Douluo : Diary System in Douluo Continent

At the same time, Bibi Dong considered Su Ming's potential ability to revive Ah Rou, or perhaps obtaining a resurrection-related reward herself.

Even though she knew Su Ming's Rinnegan had resurrection capabilities, such a power was bound to come with a hefty cost—it was simply too overwhelming to be without consequences.

There was no point dwelling on it now. All she could do was avoid using Ah Rou's spirit ring and bones to preserve the integrity of her soul. Fortunately, Ah Rou was a hundred-thousand-year-old soul beast, meaning her soul was stronger; otherwise, it would have dissipated long ago.

Meanwhile, Su Ming and Xiao Wu finished lunch and returned to Nuoding Academy.

They went to a quiet, secluded spot where Su Ming planned to test his martial spirit abilities and a few basic Wood Release techniques, with Xiao Wu helping assess their effectiveness.

Su Ming turned to Xiao Wu and said, "Xiao Wu, I want to test my martial spirit's power, and I have some ideas for self-created soul skills that I want to try out. Can you help me gauge their strength?"

Xiao Wu thought to herself, Are you sure these are self-created skills and not just the system's so-called Wood Release? Despite her skepticism, she nodded. She was also eager to test out her Fengshen Leg technique, which she'd been practicing since the morning. Although she hadn't fully mastered it, she could still give it a try.

Once they were ready, Su Ming considered his options and quickly made up his mind. He decided to use a Wood Release technique that he should be able to handle for now.

Recalling the hand seals used by the famed Senju, Su Ming clasped his hands together. "Wood Locking Wall!"

Xiao Wu was startled. Was this how Wood Release worked?

You just clasp your hands together and shout? It seemed almost too ridiculous to be true.

In the next instant, a row of wooden pillars rose from the ground, curving into a circular shield that enveloped and protected Su Ming inside.

Su Ming took a moment to assess his soul power consumption. The technique had used up about a third of his total soul power, and that was without enhancing the technique further. Clearly, his soul power reserves and quality needed improvement. If the basic "Wood Locking Wall" took this much out of him, attempting stronger techniques like "Tree Bound Barrier" was out of the question for now. It could drain him completely.

Su Ming aspired for his Wood Release to be as powerful as Senju's, not something limited to building greenery like Yamato's.

Now wasn't the time to dwell on that. He stepped out of the wooden wall and turned to Xiao Wu, saying, "Xiao Wu, try attacking the shield. Let's see how strong its defense is."

Xiao Wu composed herself, eager to test the defensive capability of this so-called Wood Release.

Without hesitation, Xiao Wu launched a series of rapid kicks against the wall.

The first kick landed—nothing. The wall didn't budge.

The second kick—minor cracks appeared.

The third kick—the surface was covered in fissures.

By the fourth kick, the wall shattered completely.

Su Ming was quite satisfied. For Xiao Wu to need four kicks to break it, especially since she had already condensed her first soul ring and experienced an attribute boost, was impressive. The wall had held up better than expected. After he compressed and refined his soul power, the defense should improve even further.

On the other hand, Xiao Wu was less pleased with her own performance. Her kicks had increased in power with each strike, and despite being at the eleventh level now, it still took four kicks to break through this wooden wall.

Determined, Xiao Wu resolved to practice her Fengshen Leg technique even harder. Next time, she aimed to shatter the wall in a single blow!

At the same time, she also realized how formidable Wood Release was. A shield made entirely of wood had such remarkable defensive power—it was hard to believe!

If Xiao Wu knew this technique was one of the most basic defensive ninjutsu in Wood Release, what would her reaction be?

Now that the defensive technique was tested, it was time to try an offensive—or perhaps control-oriented—technique.

Considering that he only had two-thirds of his soul power remaining, Su Ming chose a relatively simple control move.

He turned to Xiao Wu and said, "Xiao Wu, I'm going to try a control technique now. Stand still and see if you can break free."

Xiao Wu nodded.

Snap!

Su Ming clasped his hands again, then extended his right hand.

"Silent Strangulation Bind!"

In an instant, wooden tendrils shot out from Su Ming's hand, wrapping around Xiao Wu and binding her tightly.

Su Ming checked his soul power consumption—about a quarter of his reserves, which was manageable.

"Xiao Wu, try to break free."

Xiao Wu struggled against the wooden tendrils but found that no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't generate enough force to escape. The binding was too tight, preventing her from using her full strength.

Seeing that Xiao Wu couldn't free herself, Su Ming dismissed the technique. Wasn't this technique more effective than Tang San's Blue Silver Grass Binding? A simple grasp of his martial spirit, and he could execute a basic binding—there was no need to waste a soul ring slot for something like that!

Su Ming silently ridiculed the decision to waste a soul ring on Tang San's skill. A 400-year-old Mandala Snake only gave Blue Silver Grass a binding ability with some paralyzing venom—utterly useless against stronger soul masters! And yet, Yu Xiaogang praised it? Ridiculous!

Once freed, Xiao Wu hopped back to Su Ming's side, exclaiming, "Su Ming, these self-created soul skills of yours are really impressive!"

"You don't even have a soul ring yet, and these skills are already this powerful. Once you get your first soul ring, they'll be even stronger!"

Su Ming grinned. So far, the results of his tests were promising, but there was still room for improvement. His Wood Release had to reach Senju's level someday!

For his final experiment, Su Ming wanted to test the healing properties of the Wood element. He'd learned shortly after awakening his martial spirit that the Wood element had a passive healing ability.

Gritting his teeth, Su Ming used a wooden spike to cut a small wound on his hand.

Xiao Wu was shocked, exclaiming, "Su Ming, what are you doing?! Why would you hurt yourself like that?"

Su Ming calmly explained, "My martial spirit has healing powers—I want to see how effective it is."

Xiao Wu hadn't expected Su Ming's martial spirit to have a passive healing ability. How amazing!

Su Ming activated the healing power of the Wood element, and in less than a second, his wound closed up completely. Of course, it was only a small cut, so the soul power consumption was minimal.