When the screams ceased, only a pile of ashes remained in the room, along with Su Ming and Nana.
"You handle the rest yourself."
Electrolux's voice carried a trace of fatigue. He just said this and then left Su Ming's body.
Regaining control of his body, Su Ming felt residual special power within his Spirit Power.
"Just now, even my Spirit Power was perfectly controlled by Elder Yi. Such a method is truly astounding."
Su Ming knew that in the original work, Tianmeng, Bing Di, and Xue Di also demonstrated the ability to control Huo Yuhao's body, but this was clearly not the same concept.
Those three all had Spirit Rings on Huo Yuhao; their power could be said to have been given to Huo Yuhao, and Huo Yuhao's Spirit Power contained their power, so they could naturally utilize Huo Yuhao's Spirit Power.
But Electrolux was different.
Strictly speaking, Electrolux was still an independent fragment of divine consciousness, basically unmerged with Su Ming.
One could only say that Electrolux's true prowess was still improving.
"Senior Sister, are you okay?"
Su Ming's words jolted Nana awake from her shock.
She looked at Su Ming and said with a wry smile, "Junior Brother, your abilities are rather exaggerated."
"I originally wanted to capture him alive for research, but he was six-ring. Controlling him would have been too troublesome, so I had to burn him to death first."
Su Ming said this, but in reality, he split his focus to condense a mental avatar within his Sea of Consciousness, observing the new thing that had appeared there.
At this moment, in his Sea of Consciousness, there was a ball of white flame, within which was wrapped a pitch-black skeleton. The skeleton was very small, only the size of his palm.
After observing it, Su Ming's expression showed hesitation.
"Elder Yi, is this the Evil Spirit Master's Martial Spirit?"
"Correct. Extracting the Martial Spirit was quite strenuous. I shouldn't have had that sudden inspiration."
Hearing Electrolux's words, Su Ming fell silent.
Wait, is this something you can just do on a sudden inspiration?
"Haha, there was also some luck involved. That Evil Spirit Master wasn't very bright; he fed the Purifying Flame himself."
After Electrolux's explanation, Su Ming roughly understood the key points.
That skeleton Evil Spirit Master brought about his own doom by attempting to use black flames to extinguish the Purifying Flame, never expecting the Purifying Flame to perfectly counter it and even devour it, becoming fuel for the Purifying Flame.
The key was that the black flame came from the Evil Spirit Master burning his Spirit Rings!
The Purifying Flame, having devoured the black flames, came into contact with the Evil Spirit Master's Martial Spirit.
"Your Domain of Chaos also played a miraculous role. The chaotic heaven and earth power at that time gave me a sliver of opportunity."
Electrolux chuckled, explaining the situation in simple terms.
"According to normal logic, a Spirit Master's soul dissipates directly upon death. Countless soul fragments reassemble into a new soul, entering a new cycle of reincarnation. The core of a Spirit Master's Martial Spirit lies in the soul. When the soul dissipates, the Martial Spirit naturally vanishes as well."
"The situation was special then. The Domain of Chaos distorted heaven and earth, preventing his soul from dissipating normally. But he himself was already dead, so his Martial Spirit was smoothly integrated into his soul, and I conveniently stripped his soul."
Su Ming listened, his scalp tingling.
Is this the composure of a Necromancer?
Why talk about such things while chuckling?
"So, this is that Evil Spirit Master's soul?"
"No, I burned away his soul. What should have dissipated has dispersed. What remains is his Martial Spirit, which I managed to preserve."
Su Ming stepped forward, observing carefully the tiny skeleton wrapped in the Purifying Flame.
"I've already sensed it briefly. This skeleton indeed has a defect."
"What defect?"
A flash of excitement passed through Su Ming's eyes.
Finding a defect was exactly the answer he wanted.
In his view, the reason Evil Spirit Masters could rapidly cultivate through their Martial Spirits using evil methods was that there was a bug within the Martial Spirit. They used this loophole to quickly increase their cultivation.
And the difficulty in advancing after reaching Titled Douluo was also because this bug became a stumbling block. If one couldn't remedy this bug, they would be unable to progress.
The purpose of researching Evil Spirit Masters also included finding a way to freely toggle this loophole on and off.
"Where is the loophole?"
Su Ming carefully observed the small skeleton, even probing it with his mental power to perceive it, but he couldn't find the so-called loophole.
This was also his first time intuitively seeing an extracted Martial Spirit. He could clearly feel the many mysteries of the Martial Spirit, which was much more direct than when the Martial Spirit was possessed on a Spirit Master!
But even from this perspective, he couldn't perceive where the Martial Spirit's defect lay.
"It's normal you can't see it. The defect has been patched."
"Has it been made up?"
Wait, why did you fix it for him?
"It wasn't me. It was automatically supplemented supplemented when his Martial Spirit integrated into his soul." Electrolux's tone was also somewhat helpless. "The defect of this Martial Spirit should be at the soul level. When he lost his physical body and the Martial Spirit was completely integrated into his soul, it automatically supplemented this defect. It was precisely because of this change that I could directly capture it."
Electrolux indicated he wasn't omnipotent either; being able to sense the Martial Spirit's defect was purely a matter of time and place.
Good time and place?
Elder Yi is still too modest.
Does this need explanation? Is it ability or luck?
"Returning to the soul, automatically completing defects..."
Su Ming focused his attention on what Electrolux said, falling into thought.
If that's the case, can it be seen as the root of the Martial Spirit lies in the soul? And the defect of Evil Spirit Masters lies in the Martial Spirit detaching from the soul, becoming closer to the body, thus allowing some brainless operations to directly enhance the Martial Spirit's Spirit Power?
But that's not right. Martial Spirits can be inherited, so they should also be related to bloodline.
"If forced to explain, it seems it can only be understood as the seed of the Martial Spirit is in the soul, but the key to its formation lies in how the physical body nurtures it. If problems occur during the nurturing process, then the Martial Spirit will detach from the soul and instead remain at the physical level."
"Detaching from the soul might be an overstatement, but the Martial Spirits of Evil Spirit Masters definitely have a barrier between them and the soul. Just a barrier is indeed more reasonable. This can also explain the existence of Evil Spirit Masters who awaken due to extreme emotions."
After some contemplation, Su Ming temporarily gained a basic understanding of the nature of Evil Martial Souls.
If not for the key information provided by Elder Yi, wanting to understand the essence of Evil Martial Souls to this extent would have taken Su Ming, who knows how long to research, and he might never have reached his current conclusion even after extensive study.
"Speaking of which, if we follow this conclusion, it feels like Martial Spirits also have some defects..."
Martial Spirit, Martial Spirit – the Martial Spirit is a part of the body itself. Doesn't that mean it has also detached from the soul?
But are Martial Spirits overpowered?
Early-stage Martial Spirits are very weak, showing no signs of being overpowered at all, so they definitely aren't Evil Martial Spirits.
A spark of inspiration flashed through Su Ming's mind.
It's not like detaching from the soul as Evil Martial Spirits do; Martial Spirits should be exactly the opposite!
(Chapter End)