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Because of this, although a Food System Martial Soul is in a state of devouring rather than fusing when absorbing Soul Rings to strengthen its own origin—making it appear similar to Support System Martial Souls on the surface—the reality is quite different.
After a Food System Martial Soul strengthens its origin by devouring the power of Soul Rings, its Martial Soul origin indeed grows significantly, and its power becomes stronger.
However, the soul itself still lacks innate special power. To produce food possessing extraordinary effects, the Soul Master must still rely on Soul Ring Soul Skills.
Basic food produced solely by driving the Martial Soul with Soul Power remains the same as it was during the initial awakening; it possesses no special properties and is merely ordinary food.
At most, the satiety it provides is slightly better, the quality is higher, and the taste is more delicious. Aside from this, there are some other benefits. Compared to before, producing food of the same level consumes less Soul Power, and the shelf life of the food is extended.
Furthermore, when using previously obtained Soul Skills, the effects are enhanced due to the strengthening of the Martial Soul's origin. However, once a Soul Ring is not channeled, even though the Food Martial Soul's origin is enhanced, it remains like ordinary food.
Even if the consumption to produce it decreases, the Martial Soul itself is still just ordinary food. Outside of activating Soul Rings, its basic form lacks any special power.
Even for high-level Food System Soul Masters who have reached the level of Soul Saint, the Food Martial Souls awakened by their offspring remain ordinary Food Martial Souls without innate power.
It is precisely because of this extremely strange characteristic that there has never been a famous Food Martial Soul Clan on the Douluo Continent. Furthermore, Food Martial Souls have another drawback: the inability to create Self-Created Soul Skills.
Battle Soul Masters and Support System Soul Masters can perform Soul Skills without relying on Soul Rings as long as they have a high enough comprehension of their own Martial Soul.
However, Food System Martial Souls cannot; only by activating a Soul Ring can they produce food with various peculiar effects.
Once they lack the assistance of a Soul Ring, no matter how they drive their Martial Soul origin or circulate their Soul Power, they cannot produce food with special effects.
The current explanation in the Soul Master world is that this phenomenon occurs because Food System Martial Souls exhibit a stability far exceeding any other Martial Soul during the process of absorbing Soul Ring power.
They remain completely unaffected by the Soul Ring's influence in terms of altering their inherent nature to produce special power. No matter how strong the Martial Soul's origin power becomes, it remains the origin of an ordinary Martial Soul.
In other words, the quantity of their Martial Soul origin is constantly increasing, but the quality never truly improves. Therefore, no matter how one drives the Martial Soul, ordinary food remains ordinary food, incapable of generating special power.
It is like common iron—it will always be common iron. Even the most peerless craftsman cannot forge a divine weapon using only common iron.
Thus, Food System Soul Masters can only produce special food by activating Soul Ring Soul Skills and combining the power of the Soul Ring with their own Martial Soul origin.
It is for this reason—and in stark contrast to the Support System—that Food System Soul Masters do not place much importance on the specific type of their Martial Soul.
Instead, they are the Soul Masters who value the quality, rarity, and compatibility of Soul Rings the most in the Soul Master world. At the same time, they place extreme importance on the level of Innate Soul Power.
After all, the level of Innate Soul Power determines the capacity of the Martial Soul to accommodate power, which in turn determines how many powerful Soul Rings it can absorb.
Additionally, because Food System Martial Souls are modeled after ordinary food and lack innate special power, they are considered ordinary Martial Souls. Naturally, the Innate Soul Power awakened is often not high.
Consequently, high-level Food System Soul Masters are rare in the Soul Master world. To a certain extent, Food System Soul Masters even face a degree of contempt within the Soul Master community, especially from Support System Soul Masters and the lineage of Alchemists.
Although they all possess supportive capabilities, the Food System Soul Master's abilities are extremely singular. They rely almost entirely on a few Soul Rings and have no other capabilities whatsoever.
In contrast, Alchemists can study and create more pill formulas to improve their alchemy techniques. Support System Soul Masters can attempt to create Self-Created Soul Skills and are not strictly limited by Soul Rings.
Moreover, because their Martial Souls possess innate power, they are outwardly perceived as being a grade higher than Food System Martial Souls, often awakening with higher Innate Soul Power and achieving greater future accomplishments.
Furthermore, Food System Soul Masters are the type of Soul Master who interact most frequently with the commoners of the secular world, making them seem less "superior." After all, Food System Soul Masters are best suited for providing supplies to groups like mundane armies.
Among the three groups possessing supportive power, Food System Soul Masters have the lowest market value compared to Support System Soul Masters and Alchemists; hiring a Food System Soul Master is the cheapest option.
Due to all these unique characteristics and the many differences from Support System Martial Souls, Food System Martial Souls are not classified under the Support System in the field of Martial Soul research, despite having supportive capabilities.
Instead, they form a category of their own.
However, most people in the Soul Master world do not focus on theoretical research, preferring instead to focus on a Soul Master's combat capability.
As a result, while theoretical research clearly defines Food System and Support System Martial Souls as two major distinct categories, most people still consider the Food System to be a sub-type of the Support System.
Even some high-level Soul Masters at the Soul Saint realm, who grew up through raw talent without systematic theoretical education in a Soul Master Academy, hold this belief. To be honest, even today, Food System Martial Souls still hold many unsolved mysteries.
For instance, why does the Food System Martial Soul remain an ordinary Martial Soul no matter how much its origin is strengthened? What is the significance of this law? Why does the Food System appear so disadvantaged compared to other Martial Souls?
If a Food System Soul Master practices to the Nine-Ring realm, can they truly only produce eight types of special food? How should one cultivate in the subsequent realms?
Since they cannot create their own Soul Skills or comprehend their own Martial Soul power to forge their own path, what would happen if someone with a Food System Martial Soul and extremely high Innate Soul Power appeared?
How would they break through the bottleneck after Rank 95? These questions await resolution by future generations. It remains unknown when the Soul Master world will explore the answers to these questions, or when the dawn for Food System Soul Masters will finally bloom.
Regardless of what Sun Chuantao was thinking, Li Kai's confidence surged after receiving assistance from Xu Yu, and a spark of determination appeared in his eyes.
"Sun Chuantao, I will definitely not admit defeat. I must defeat you!"
A dull, heavy voice echoed out from within the Black-Horned Mountain Boar Martial Soul.
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