"By the way, Sui Sui, is your ninth spirit ring also a hundred-thousand-year one?" Xiao Wu asked curiously.
Tang Sui smiled. The space around her began to distort. A dark golden mask sliced through the void, and her personal status panel, along with a circle of resplendent spirit rings, simultaneously appeared—
[Name: Tang Sui]
[Race: Demon (The End of Exotic Blood is Near)]
[Spirit Power Level: 91 (Stubborn but Don't Be Reckless)]
[Demon Power Level: Complete Form (You are now a mature demon)]
[Mental Power: ??? (You can find a Titled Douluo to spar with)]
[1. Martial Soul: Spirit Mask
First Spirit Ring: Thousand-Year Spirit Ring (Purple)
Spirit Skill: Spirit Infusion (Group buff: 40% Mental Power, 60% Speed, 40% Attack)
(Restriction: Consumes 10 Mental Power for each level difference within 10, 20 for 20, n+1 times increase)
Second Spirit Ring: Thousand-Year Spirit Ring (Purple)
Spirit Skill: Kind Face (Complete individual healing, restores 60% Spirit Power, clears all negative buffs)
(Restriction: Maximum of 2 targets. Second target restores 50% Spirit Power. Cooldown: 50 seconds)
Third Spirit Ring: Thousand-Year Spirit Ring (Purple)
Spirit Skill: Void Mask (Ignores all physical attacks, enhances deterrence, with a chance to trigger special effects)
Fourth Spirit Ring: Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring (Black)
Spirit Skill: Annihilation (Spirit skill lock, guaranteed hit. Target receives 7 times their total Spirit Power as critical damage)
Fifth Spirit Ring: Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring (Black)
Spirit Skill: Samsara Mask (Further amplifies speed by 25% on top of the base, critical damage by 20%. Surrounding white masks can absorb 33% of damage and convert it to health, spirit power, or demon power);
Sixth Spirit Ring: Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring (Red)
Spirit Skill: Forbidden Mask (Designates a single attack target. On top of automatically maximizing buffed attributes for each mask, each mask's attack further increases by 55%)
Seventh Spirit Ring: Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring (Red)
Spirit Skill: Tool Spirit True Body (Normal state effect: All spirit skill restrictions are removed, spirit skills are locked. In Tool Spirit True Body form, attack power increases by 50% for each mask, and enemy defense can be ignored by 15%;
Attack state effect: Second one is disabled. Attack power stacks 100%, critical strike stacks 115%, defense stacks 100%)
Eighth Spirit Ring: Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring (Red)
Spirit Skill: Dream Void Realm/Samsara Breath (Normal state effect: Allies marked by demon power within the domain gain 25% speed, marked enemies have their defense reduced by 20%, and 2% of enemy mental power can be siphoned per second;
Attack state effect: The spirit skill "Dream Void Realm" will be replaced by "Samsara Breath," restoring 100% health. When attacking, each mask increases critical damage by 63%. 1% of enemy spirit power can be siphoned per second, and own defense is enhanced by 50%)
2. Martial Soul: Clear Sky Hammer (Why don't you have a spirit ring yet?)
[Demon Power Expansion:
Domain: Twinborn Domain (Darkness and shadows pave the stairs of glory, the phoenix sings your song of sin amidst ruins. In this chaotic world, you are the only truth.)
—Evolved Domain: Sinful Twins (Why haven't you discovered the surprise easter egg yet?)
Fox Mask (It is said the fox mask symbolizes wisdom)
Ape Mask (It is said the ape mask instills fear)
Great Flying Out (It is said the great flying out heralds rage)
Fortune God (It is said the fortune god brings good luck)
Old Woman Mask (It is said the old woman mask represents loneliness and confusion)
Cicada Ballad (It is said the cicada ballad foretells tragedy)
Child Mask (The manifestation of reason and self)]
[Equipment: Purple Crystal Jade Bracelet (Currently a messy storage space), Spirit Control · Sea Moon Fire Jade (A free four-piece set), Spirit Control · Bat Wing (Elder's earnest hope), Spirit Control · Qing Nü Fang (Congratulations on getting a resurrection armor)]
[Spirit Coins: * (Why are you still losing money?)]
Her spirit power had only increased by one level.
Tang Sui's gaze lingered for two seconds on the line indicating her spirit power level, her eyes swiftly scanning the changes in her other spirit skills.
Ignoring the familiar, sarcastic tone within the parentheses, the most significant change was to her first spirit skill. The original composite attribute bonus had been replaced by two new attributes, and when viewed alongside her fifth spirit skill, it clearly transformed into the attack and speed buff setup most familiar to her as an Onmyoji player—
Speed-attack-crit and Attack-attack-crit attribute bonuses.
The moment the nine imposing spirit rings beneath Tang Sui's feet pulsed outwards, Tang Hao and the others surrounding her instinctively took two steps back under the overwhelming pressure.
Tang Hao, regaining his senses, looked at Tang Sui enveloped by the nine rings and repeatedly exclaimed, "Good! Excellent! At only 25 years old, you've become a nine-ring Titled Douluo, surpassing even the greatest genius in continental history, your great-grandfather Tang Chen! With this, no one will ever look down on you again. Your mother and I will be able to..."
As he spoke, Tang Hao's voice carried a hint of suppressed emotion.
Sensing the sadness emanating from her father, Tang San frowned, about to inquire, when he saw his sister retract her outwardly projected spirit rings and seven masks. She stepped forward, took her father's hand, and placed her other hand on top of his, saying earnestly:
"Dad, I know you still care about the Clear Sky School. But..."
Tang Sui tilted her head, her eyes meeting her brother's for a brief moment before returning to Tang Hao: "Whether it's me or my brother, to be honest, we don't feel a strong sense of belonging to the Clear Sky School."
High EQ: Not a strong sense of belonging.
Low EQ: We don't care about it at all.
"You don't need to worry that my brother and I will face discrimination and ridicule from other disciples in the sect when we are later added to the Clear Sky School's genealogy. My brother and I don't need to compare ourselves with them. You and Mom are the most important family to my brother and me. As long as you and Mom are proud of us, that's enough."
"We don't need the approval of others."
Tang Sui's words had a double meaning. Though subtle, they directly told Tang Hao that even with an uncle and aunt in the Clear Sky School, in terms of kinship, she valued Tang Hao and Ah Yin more.
Xiao Wu's face showed surprise upon hearing this. She couldn't help but glance at her boyfriend beside her, whose expression was a little off, and then at Tang Sui, who remained composed, and Tang Hao, whose face showed a hint of error, as if he wanted to say something but ultimately didn't. She sighed inwardly.
Betting five carrots, she dared to say that if it weren't for Uncle, Xiao San and Sui Sui probably wouldn't have bothered returning to the Clear Sky School's genealogy.
Tang Hao, understanding the implication of Tang Sui's words, also grasped her meaning.
—No matter how talented she was, or how outstanding they were as siblings, these honors had nothing to do with the Clear Sky School. If the news spread, it would only be about Tang San of the Tang Sect reaching the Spirit Douluo level at such a young age, or Tang Sui, the power broker from the Slaughter City, becoming the youngest Titled Douluo on the Douluo Continent.
And all of this was achieved through their own efforts, their nominations having no connection to the Clear Sky School.
His face shifted with complex emotions, and he finally sighed, "I understand."
A sense of belonging wasn't something that could be acquired overnight.
Moreover, although he hadn't gone to the Clear Sky School with the children four years ago, he could imagine that they must have faced unfair treatment within the sect.
Seeing her father yield, Tang Sui wisely decided to stop there. A radiant smile appeared on her delicate face, "Then let's discuss it now, about helping Mom reshape her human body~"
—Author's Notes—
Speed-attack-crit and Attack-attack-crit have been etched into Mo Li's DNA as an Onmyoji player.
Note: Although the Demon Realm and the Domain share similarities, they are distinct entities. For example, a Domain is like an electronic special effect, while the Demon Realm is like a natural, built-in spotlight with petal rain.