Chapter 831: Understand Spirits (2/2)

Roben and Zap didn't mind replying. Finding new Spirit Awakeners was too hard, so they made sure to not try and scare any of the candidates away.

”Very well, is there any other question?”

Someone else raised his hand.

”Is the Spirit Awakener's level determined by the level of the equipment he can awaken? Also, since Spirits can cultivate now, wouldn't it be better to simply awaken some low-level equipment and let the Spirit cultivate to increase their level?”

Zap laughed after hearing the last question.

”Hahaha! Sorry, but it isn't that simple. For example, you can indeed awaken the Spirit of one low-level piece of equipment and have it cultivate to get stronger. However, it will be forever limited by the materials it's made of. In the end, it couldn't possibly match a piece of equipment at the same cultivation level but was made up of rare materials. In fact, if the level difference between the pieces of equipment is too big, a Spirit with low cultivation can trash a high-level one just because of its higher quality.”

Roben nodded.

”As for your first question. Yes, the Spirit Awakener's level is determined by the level of equipment where they could awaken a Spirit. The higher the equipment level, the more energy and rare materials it has. Naturally, its structure becomes more complex and harder to understand. All of that makes awakening its Spirit harder.”

Krune pondered for a bit before asking.

”You said that a few Spirits have been released by their masters and are cultivating normally on their own now. In that case, how strong are Spirits without Masters? Also, can they take human form?”

Roben then explained.

”As mentioned before, a Spirit's power is determined by its cultivation and the level of the equipment he was awakened into. There are a few Spirits out there who have been awoken in powerful equipment. Naturally, they're very strong because of that. However, they have a big flaw. That's the fact that they can't move to another equipment.”

Zap agreed with Roben as it continued.

”Exactly. So, unless a Spirit is awakened inside the highest level of equipment, he would never match a cultivator or demon beast of the same level. That being said, they will always need to be a cultivation realm or higher to match others. Last but not least, Equipment Spirits can't take human form. Because of that, they can't hold other equipment to help them in battle like humans and demon beasts can. In the end, an Equipment Spirit is better matched with a Master. An Equipment Spirit will never win against that combination alone.”

Krune couldn't help but think about Little Arty. Because of the Soul Cultivation Technique, Little Arty was able to leave his equipment and enter a puppet.

'It seems like the cultivation system of the Spirits is different from the Soul Cultivation Technique. At the very least, their cultivation techniques don't include the option to move away from your actual bodies.'

Roben then looked at the group once again.

”Any other question?”

A female cultivator narrowed her eyes before asking.

”Suppose the Spirit still decides to not accept its owner as a Master even though it's still a kid. What would happen then? Can the owner wipe out that Spirit and ask for a new one to be awakened?”

Hearing that made Zap's mood turn gloomy. Roben noticed that but answered anyway. There would be no point in hiding this fact, after all.

”Exactly. If the Equipment Spirit refuses to accept a Master, the equipment owner can ask a Spirit Awakener to destroy it.”

Immediately, the opinions of the people and beasts in the room became divided.

”Isn't that too wicked?”

”What are you talking about? If the owner of the equipment doesn't do that, he will lose his or her equipment!”

”That's what I call wicked! Is that a reason to simply kill a Spirit?”

”Ha! Of course, it is! What if you spent a fortune on that equipment? Will you simply let it go away and sulk over your lost money? I definitely wouldn't do that.”

”I wouldn't have the heart to do such a thing.”

”You're naive, that's all.”

The discussion began to heat up when out of nowhere, Roben called everyone's attention.

”Enough! We're not here to discuss what is right or wrong. This kind of argument has already been going for a very, very long time, and no one has gotten to a conclusion yet. You definitely won't find an answer here today. If you don't have any more questions, let us start the test.”

In the end, everyone could only stop and nod their heads.