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A newly emerged path of cultivation represents infinite possibilities and vast troves of wealth waiting to be excavated.
Whoever seizes the initiative can rapidly strengthen themselves; furthermore, even if this path is later fully revealed to the continent, the early adopter will possess immense attraction and influence in this field.
Da Weisi could not hide his shock. He asked, "Sir, may I ask, what is a Soul Warrior?"
"A warrior who uses Soul Power to fight?"
"But if that is the case, the power displayed would likely be..."
Da Weisi did not finish his sentence, but his meaning was clear.
If it were merely about using Soul Power to fight, it would be inferior to being a Soul Master. After all, the combat style of a Soul Master is based on the Martial Soul origin as the core and Soul Power as the supplement.
Once the two are combined, the resulting power is far beyond what pure Soul Power can achieve.
It is precisely for this reason that, although humanity on the Douluo Continent has developed for ten thousand years, few in the Soul Master world have focused on creating martial techniques that utilize only Soul Power.
It isn't that the Soul Masters of the Douluo Continent are foolish; it is simply that it was unnecessary and meaningless—half the result for twice the effort, a loss outweighing the gain.
The core of a Soul Master is the Martial Soul.
The most important part of one's strength is the power of the Martial Soul origin; its intensity and displayed power far surpass Soul Power. Whether it is Soul Ring skills or genuine Self-Created Soul Skills, they basically contain both Soul Power and the power of the Martial Soul origin.
Therefore, pure Soul Power martial techniques simply cannot compete with the Soul Skills of a Soul Master. If Ling Xiao were here, he would definitely take the opportunity to complain.
Tang San's so-called Tang Sect martial arts—like the Mysterious Jade Hand, Ghost Shadow Perplexing Step, and Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon—only used pure Soul Power without a single trace of Martial Soul power.
Inherently, they shouldn't be able to compare to a Soul Master's Soul Skills.
Yet, the result was that he could still crush others.
This was highly illogical.
If pure Soul Power techniques could be this powerful—stronger even than Soul Skills—then why didn't anyone else on the Douluo Continent create them? You wouldn't even need to hunt powerful Soul Beasts for Soul Rings; how great would that be?
Was everyone on the Douluo Continent a moron except for him? One could say that Tang San essentially radiated an "Idiot Aura" from start to finish, lowering the IQ of everyone on the Douluo Continent.
This aura was so strong that even the Gods and the world plane itself had their intelligence lowered. From this perspective, the most suitable Godhood for Tang San should be the God of Auras or the God of Stupidity; his power might even rival a God King.
Hearing Da Weisi's words, Qin Yi smiled faintly.
"If it were truly as you say, then Your Highness would have come here in vain today. And I, Qin Yi, would become 'famous' across the continent as a trash equal to Yu Xiaogang. In fact, I would likely be seen as mocking the Star Luo Imperial Family, bringing trouble upon the Qin Clan."
Hearing Qin Yi speak this way, Da Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun couldn't help but smile.
Mr. Qin's relaxed manner and his ability to joke about Yu Xiaogang showed his absolute confidence.
"A Soul Master is a Soul Master, and a Soul Warrior is a Soul Warrior. The two take different paths from the very beginning; their characteristics and cultivation methods are vastly different. Even the philosophy behind their creation is diametrically opposed to that of a Soul Master."
Qin Yi turned serious.
"May I ask Your Highness, what do you think of the Soul Master path of cultivation?"
Faced with Qin Yi's question, Da Weisi thought for a moment. He said, "Soul Master as a profession seems very unique to me. The world is vast, and the types of Martial Souls are endless."
"Even with the same type of Martial Soul, different variations appear through cultivation. The specific cultivation isn't hard—one could even say it's simple. The only real difficulty lies in the application and understanding of the Martial Soul origin."
"Aside from that, a Soul Master needs the help of powerhouses during their growth to hunt sufficiently strong and suitable Soul Rings. If one cultivates alone, it is quite difficult and wastes one's Martial Soul aptitude."
Qin Yi nodded slowly and said flatly, "It seems Your Highness holds the Soul Master profession in high regard. That's normal. For Your Highness, you will at the very least be an eight-ring Soul Douluo in the future."
"Even if you hadn't been born into the Star Luo Imperial Family's White Tiger Clan, as long as your Martial Soul aptitude remained the same, any academy, sect, or Soul Master clan would never turn you away. They would not only guide your cultivation but also help you obtain Soul Rings."
"All of this is because you are destined to reach the eight-ring Soul Douluo rank at minimum."
"It seems you have a different perspective, sir. Da Weisi is willing to hear the details."
Qin Yi shook his head and smiled, but it was not a joyful smile; instead, a trace of sorrow leaked from his eyes.
"I wouldn't call it a 'different perspective,' but in my eyes, the Soul Master is an incredibly cruel profession."
"Because from the very beginning, this profession abandons the vast majority of people in this world. The ones it favors are always geniuses with outstanding Martial Soul aptitude, like Your Highness."
"For ordinary people with extremely low Full Innate Soul Power, they lose the possibility of becoming a Soul Master from the start. And even for those low-level Soul Masters who can cultivate but possess weak aptitude..."
"They are destined never to reach a high level. Once their Soul Power cultivation can no longer advance, it means they have hit an insurmountable chasm."
Da Weisi frowned slightly.
"That's unavoidable. Those with low Martial Soul aptitude indeed find it difficult to become powerhouses."
"No."
Qin Yi interrupted.
"It's not 'difficult'; it's 'impossible'."
"Why do you say that, sir? Generally speaking, when a Soul Master's cultivation is blocked, isn't it because they hit a bottleneck? If they can break through the bottleneck, they can naturally continue to increase their level."
"Oh? Then does Your Highness know of anyone whose Full Innate Soul Power was no higher than Level 5, yet reached the rank of Titled Douluo by breaking through one 'bottleneck' after another?"
"This..." Da Weisi was suddenly speechless.
He truly did not know of anyone who had achieved such a feat.
"Mr. Qin, as far as Zhuyun knows, in several thousand years, there has never been a Titled Douluo whose Full Innate Soul Power was below Level 5. The lowest recorded was Level 7."
"And that Titled Douluo's strength..." Zhu Zhuyun added, though she hesitated at the end.
"Hehe, and that Titled Douluo's strength was among the weakest of his rank; he might even have a record of being defeated by a peak Soul Douluo in his early years, right?"
Da Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun were somewhat surprised.
"It seems you have a very clear understanding of this matter, sir."
Qin Yi shook his head.
"I wouldn't say 'clear understanding.' These were merely conjectures I made before creating the Soul Warrior path. Though they were eventually verified through my own body, I stopped focusing on them later."
"When I first discovered that these conclusions were being proven true through myself, I was happy at first. But the further I went, the more desperate I became. Eventually, I completely gave up on the path of the Soul Master. And precisely because of that, I created the path of the Soul Warrior."
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