Chapter 3: [Martial Spirit: Lord of the Rings]

"Fortunately, I didn't use the ring," Zhou Tian said with a bit of relief.

Although the Innate Primal Chaos Pyramid Altar is more powerful and has greater potential, with extremely high growth potential, it merely passively aids Zhou Tian's growth. It's more like a life treasure rather than a self-contained extraordinary system.

Unable to cultivate, unable to directly enhance oneself. Losing the cultivation system of soul power would only be detrimental to Zhou Tian's initial growth, with no benefits. After all, in this world, there is only the soul power system, and until the Chaos Pyramid fully grows, it only possesses auxiliary capabilities.

"Fortunately, it's a pair of twin martial s!" Zhou Tian smiled slightly.

As for the remaining martial soul, although the martial soul is crippled, it still has a spiritual grid without the divine grid! Unlike the divine grid, which evolves based on the concept of the original body, the abilities of the spiritual grid enhance the individual to its utmost, strengthening the current individual.

In other words, if the individual's potential is high enough, the effect of the spiritual grid won't be much worse than the divine grid.

"Hopefully, your limits are higher!" After saying this, Zhou Tian's mind moved, and one of the three spiritual essences slowly merged into the source of the first martial soul.

Threads of light appeared, a phenomenon similar to the effect of the divine essence but much weaker. The innate soul power also fluctuated, not in the sense of enhanced cultivation but in increased aptitude.

However, this fluctuation was weak. After a while, it only increased by one level.

When everything ended, the glow from the ring on his right hand disappeared, and the soul power barely increased to level seven.

Rather than immediately examining the ring, Zhou Tian sensed his own soul power first.

"A soul power of level seven, although it can be enhanced to this extent, it is undoubtedly a high-level martial soul, but this is quite strained and only qualifies as an ordinary high-level martial soul," Zhou Tian commented.

Despite this, Zhou Tian was quite satisfied.

He began to sense the ring in his hand. Unlike the original dry texture, the ring now had a lively atmosphere and seemed to carry a touch of golden texture.

The original wooden texture has undergone some changes, giving it a mysterious feeling.

" Lord of the Rings!" Zhou Tian squinted his eyes, giving a new name to the martial soul.

As for the abilities of the Lord of the Rings martial soul, Zhou Tian shook his head slightly. Ultimately, it was just a high-level martial soul, not heaven-defying.

The essence of the martial soul will manifest in the soul power as it becomes higher in quality. For example, the soul power of the Blue Electric Tyrant Dragon is accompanied by a blue light, while the soul power of the Evil Fire Phoenix, a fire attribute martial soul, has a red light.

Even without using soul skills, they exhibit their respective effects.

As introduced in the original work, Su Ma, who fought against the Blue Electric Tyrant Dragon, felt the thunder when clashing with it. In contrast, the sticky and scorching sensation came from the soul power of the Evil Fire Phoenix.

The Lord of the Rings martial soul that Zhou Tian possessed had a special characteristic—versatility.

Zhou Tian raised his hand, and a clear light blue glow slowly lit up. This was the light of soul power.

It transformed into a gentle breeze, like ribbons, entwining around his five fingers.

Then, a pale mist appeared, containing a cold breath. Finally, it transformed into a red light with flickers of fire.

"Although these are very weak and don't contribute much to combat strength, this versatility won't limit my future path!" Zhou Tian nodded in satisfaction, looking at the manifestation of the three elements in his hand.

As for other elements, Zhou Tian felt that he could transform them, but there was still a long way to go.

Wind, cold, fire!

Zhou Tian looked at these three elements and probably understood why he could naturally transform these three elements.

Over the years, Zhou Tian had experienced the cold wind every day and relied on a bonfire for warmth. He had truly felt these elements, making it natural for him to convert them.

"If I get struck by lightning, I might be able to transform it into thunder!" Zhou Tian smiled with a touch of irony.

Although it was a painful experience, turning it into his own strength made it less tragic.

Two days later!

Outside the thatched house, Zhou Tian was moving his body, and although his physique was weak, he danced with fists and feet, accompanied by sonic booms.

"Although my physical strength is weak, under the amplification of soul power, I have the strength equivalent to that of an adult man, or even stronger." Zhou Tian felt the power in his fists and feet.

"Due to the breeze surrounding me, my speed is much faster than that of an adult. I can easily follow the village hunters into the mountains to capture some prey."

These two days, Zhou Tian had been familiarizing himself with his martial soul and divine skill. He had become proficient in using soul power and, with the help of the breeze's power, made himself more agile.

He had also experimented with the divine skill of the first layer of the Innate Primal Chaos Pyramid Altar.

He could disintegrate clumps of soil, rocks, and flowing water, but there wasn't much difference after disintegration.

Only when he tested it on a boulder outside the village, as tall as a person, did he get something different.

[Elemental Aura (Stone): A giant rock has condensed a trace of elemental aura within the earth for thousands of years. Absorbable. (Note: Absorbable by flesh and blood substances; improper handling may cause a change in nature.)]

The moment Zhou Tian obtained this item, it unraveled the mystery of why ordinary soil blocks remained unchanged after disintegration and why after wood decomposed Still wood, rather than more detailed base elements, whereas this stone carried the elemental aura.

"So, this is specifically the ability to disintegrate extraordinary things." Zhou Tian retracted his fists, a smile on his lips.

Compared to the initially thought disintegration ability, the current ability was more miraculous and extraordinary.

Because what was disintegrated was absorbable by Zhou Tian, even with some side effects. With proper handling, it could perfectly enhance himself.

For example, the fusion of elemental aura and soul power!

Zhou Tian clenched his fist, a soul power enveloping his hand. The originally diffuse light adhered closely to the skin, bringing a certain toughness.

This was the result of the trace of elemental aura.

Although the enhancement was very weak, just giving the soul power a bit of strength, at Zhou Tian's current level, the effect was like adding a layer of cowhide to his hand.

It still impossible to hide the abnormality of this ability, and as long as he kept disintegrating, this characteristic would continue to strengthen.

Eventually, he might awaken the power of the earth element without feeling it himself. Under continuous strengthening, it might even surpass top-level martial souls like Diamond Mammoth in terms of enhancing soul power.

"Extraordinary!" Zhou Tian stood in place, uttering these two words.

Up to now, he had only experimented with inanimate objects—dried wood, stones, and flowing water. He hadn't experimented with living creatures, as the complexity of their composition might yield different results after disintegration. Moreover, martial souls should also be considered extraordinary!

Zhou Tian squinted his eyes slightly, his small body standing in place. He turned to look at the surrounding village.

He shook his head slightly.

"Let's go hunt some wild beasts first! It can also improve my diet and help my malnourished body recover a bit." Zhou Tian muttered to himself.

Soon, a somewhat old but robust man approached.

"Grandpa Wang!" Zhou Tian greeted.

This was the village hunter, who, upon hearing that Zhou Tian wanted to learn hunting, agreed to the village chief's request to teach Zhou Tian.

After all, there were still several months before school started, and this would not only improve his diet but also help him accumulate some combat experience.

(End of this chapter)