I applied the antidote for the Draught of Living Death to Yu Xiaogang, then hit him with a Stupefy to ensure he stayed unconscious.
"Alright, let's give this a try."
Activating Spirit Possession with my Dark Devilgod Tiger, I raised my hand and triggered Assimilate.
A surge of gray light burst from my palm, completely enveloping Yu Xiaogang. A moment later, the light was absorbed into my body.
A lifetime of memories flooded my mind, instantly sorted and categorized. My spirit energy surged—
Rank 21… 23… 25… 28… 29…
Finally, it hit Rank 30 before stabilizing.
Yu Xiaogang had been stuck at Rank 29 for decades due to his mutated martial spirit, Luo San Pao. Originally, it was a fat, yellow, dog-like creature with a horn on its head, supposedly a mutation of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon—or perhaps the Golden Holy Dragon. However, the mutation had gone wrong, turning it into something that resembled a bloated dog rather than a majestic dragon. Worse, its primary ability was attacking with farts.
But now, I felt something change.
Luo San Pao materialized before me, its body suddenly twitching and growing.
Scales spread across its form, its once-plump body morphing into something sleek and powerful. Within seconds, the ridiculous dog-like creature had transformed into a large, muscular golden lizard—about the size of a horse—with a sharp horn, deadly claws, and reptilian eyes. Its tail was long and whip-like, clearly built for combat.
The newly transformed creature padded over to me, tongue lolling from its mouth like an overgrown dog.
I gave its head a pat, and it let out a deep, rumbling purr.
Looking behind me, I saw two new spirit rings materialize—both glowing yellow.
Thundershock
Sleeping Gas
"...I feel like a Pokémon trainer now. Please don't still be a fart attack. Thundershock!"
The first spirit ring lit up.
Luo San Pao opened his mouth, and a crackling bolt of yellow lightning shot out.
"Excellent. Sleeping Gas!"
This time, he exhaled a purple mist from his mouth.
I didn't need an explanation to know what Thundershock and Sleeping Gas did.
"...Oh good, they aren't fart attacks."
Still—who in their right mind gave a dragon a sleeping gas ability? That had nothing to do with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon or the Golden Holy Dragon! At least Thundershock made sense.
Seriously, at least give him Dragon Breath or something.
"Now, let's see…"
Focusing on Luo San Pao as I had with my other spirits, several abilities appeared.
One innate ability stood out—External Summoning.
This allowed Luo San Pao to act independently from me and even possess his own spirit energy. However, there was a drawback—any damage he suffered would be reflected back onto me. If he was poisoned, I was poisoned. If he was injured, I felt it too.
"Yeah, no thanks. Is there a way to fix that?"
As if responding to my will, a spirit ring appeared before me.
Spirit Possession/Summoning: Allows the user to freely merge with or summon their spirit. When merged, the user can use the spirit's abilities directly. When summoned, the spirit acts as an independent entity. This ability also enhances the connection between the user and their martial spirit.
"That'll do it."
Sitting down, I began absorbing the spirit ring. Soon, a purple ring formed behind me.
As I absorbed the new ability, I noticed Luo San Pao growing slightly larger.
With a final click, the process was complete. I didn't push for a stronger spirit ring than 1,000 years, as it wasn't necessary for this ability.
Now, I had complete control over whether to summon Luo San Pao or fuse with him via Spirit Possession.
To test it out, I willed him to merge with me.
Immediately, he turned into golden light and fused into my body.
This time, my left arm transformed—becoming a golden dragon claw.
"Pretty cool."
I flexed my new claws before dismissing the transformation.
With the process complete, I checked my spirit rank.
It had jumped up again—now sitting at Rank 34.
Originally, I had been Rank 20, but after absorbing Yu Xiaogang's cultivation, I had jumped to Rank 30. After acquiring my new spirit ring, the extra energy had propelled me further to Rank 34.
Fourteen ranks in total from absorbing his 29 ranks of cultivation.
Of course, the higher your rank, the more energy is needed to increase it—so 20 + 29 didn't equal 49.
Still, this meant I could now gain more spirit rings for my other martial spirits.
And with that, I was likely the first person in the Douluo Dalu world to possess three martial spirits.
Turning my attention back to my Hate Ground No Handle Set, I searched for the ability I wanted.
One stood out immediately.
Damage Reflection: A passive ability that reflects 10% of any damage taken back to the attacker. Increases by 10% per additional spirit ring.
You hurt me, I hurt you. Let's see who lasts longer.
With three spirit rings, that meant I'd be reflecting 30% of all damage back at my enemies.
And considering I was immortal, with instant healing…
Can you heal as fast as I can?
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[Feel free to Suggest on the 3rd spirit ring for the Dark Devilgod Tiger. My brain is being stupid and I'm having trouble thinking of something nice that fits. Most of its original attacks were lightning based and I would like to avoid that as having the rumble rumble fruit makes that a bit redundant. I am open for anything involving space, time, evil, darkness, or poison. Could be attacks, debuffs, auxiliary abilities, defensive abilities, etc. Also you guys are slacking on the pics of big titty anime girls in the comments shame on you. Send Powerstones and soda money, cashapp $Ryantheholy. Also vote on whatever ability you like to most.]