8 First Spirit Ring (1/2)
Over the past month of me working on sculpting and my siblings with their intensive training, I've realized one thing. Sculpting is hard! When it comes to Physical or spirit energy endurance, I can work non-stop for days and not even break a sweat, but it has an intense mental taxation. I cannot keep going for more than eight hours until I am exhausted, my father tells me that it is an impressive feat because he said that when he started he could barely last more than three hours. I attribute this to my reinforced soul that has been refined with the cultivation technique and... death.
I do notice that this technique does increase my focus and my mental energy to an extent because I am always straining it while working. I am lucky though in comparison to my sisters who come to bed every night like beat dogs. They have been having a very intensive training sessions. Liu Ning wants to be a power attack system and has been practicing with a mace, I tease her that she is gonna grow up into a barbaric girl that just likes to smash stuff, but she doesn't care and just smiles foolishly. Liu Ping has started training archery and wants to be a control system with a mix of power attack system. She is very talented in the control system and has been using arrows imbued with ice to create slippery paths to slow down people charging as well as to lock them in place.
They also do a lot of endurance and strength training. It is getting close to the end of one month training and I learn that we are going to be teleported by Uncle Ainz using one of his spirit abilities. He actually has a Space attributed plant type spirit, It turns he married my aunt Angela into the clan and became great friends with my father. I never realized aunt Angela was part of the clan because she never really showed her spirit but apparently it is a Light flood dragon, a very powerful spirit.
It is the day before we leave and I am in bed with the girls who just took baths and dried up. They are now cuddling me so I ask them ”How was your training? Are you guys excited to see the world with just the three of us and no restrictions?”They nod and Liu Ning starts speaking ”It was hard big brother, but we understand the meaning of it because if you don't have strength in the world then you will just be bullied around.” I nod and Liu Ping starts speaking excitedly ”But we are going to able to travel and experience with just the three of us now with no restrictions in the clan! we can do whatever we want!” after saying that they both look at me meaningfully which I smile wryly too.
We go to sleep for what is to await us the next day. I go into my personal space tonight, I have been searching for a suitable spirit ring for the last month once a week while the rest of the time has been spent training sculpting here. I have a good feeling about finding a spirit ring today for at least one my spirits. I am once again spawned in a forest, but this time I set myself in the second layer. Over the last month although I haven't gone in here as much I have been able to get both my unique spirit rings over 1,000 years old, Both my spirit energy regeneration and healing are about 5 times as fast and it is always working. With my illusions I can fool up to a level 40 spirit elders, and with my armament creation I can create a heavy halberd and a sturdy light armor, or just several small weapons.
It is nighttime in the forest and I can hear my creatures of the night prowling around. I cast an illusion on myself to keep myself invisible and more silent. I sneak through the underbrush looking for spirit beast, I spot a large black bear spirit beast. I focus on its abilities.
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Name: Metal Claw Bear
Age: 807 years old
Spirit ability: Reinforcement
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I ponder about this ability because what it does is uses spirit energy to strengthen weapons or parts of the body. I suspect this bear uses it on its claws to attack. I think this would be a good ability if I have a normal dragon spirit, but because of my Golden dragon king spirit I already have a very sturdy body and I would rather not waste a spirit ring slot on it. Even then I plan to take its spirit ring and solidify it, I plan to make a shield sculpture with it that can be used as a life saving tool. I change my halberd to a bow and create an arrow. I take aim at the bear in the eyes and slowly bring back the bow into a half moon. *woosh* The arrow cuts through the air and enters the weakest point of the eye destroying the brain and killing it. A dark yellow spirit ring materializes above the bear and I go up to it and use the special technique to solidify it.
This is another benefit I found in this spirit ascension platform, although he spirit beast technically are not real, what they drop are 100% real. I put away the spirit ring and I am about to continue to walk through the forest when I feel a chilling sensation on my neck, I hurriedly fling myself to the side and then the sound of slicing air is heard behind me. I look up to see who my attacker is and I see a large white owl looking coldly at me.
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Name: Mystic Spirit Owl