Tang Wulin began opening his eyes after overhearing the voice within his head. He blinked his eyes with surprise in his eyes.
A year? Was he that lost in the meditation, that he lost track of time?
But this wouldn't explain his lack of human needs. Unless it wasn't his body that was exposed to the passage of time but his mind.
"That would explain these changes."Mutter Tang Wulin as he began standing up before sighing.
At the moment Tang Wulin could feel his he was far more serene and relaxed than he ever was in his life except back when he was in Fiore.
When he was at his full power, with no rival or predator that could beat and overtake him. His body, mind, heart, and soul are was clear and relaxed as his eyes became even deeper.
"Feeling better I presume."Old Tang's voice rang out as he appeared right next to Tang Wulin.
"Did you know?"
"Indeed I knew the test was one of patience, unlike the one my other self and the rest took. Where we had to pass through a blockade of Devil Spirit Great White Shark, you had to stay in a world filled with silence. Although I couldn't tell you this, as it would be breaking the rules."Said Old Tang with Tang Wulin nodding his head.
"Still, I'm sure this solitude was extremely beneficial."
Tang Wulin didn't respond to Old Tang as he knew he had already noticed his changes. But before he could start to understand what these changes brought, he heard the familiar voice inside of his head.
"Sea God Third Trial learns from the master. Begin."
"Learn from the master?" Questioned Tang Wulin as he furrowed his brows before he heard the chuckling of Old Tang.
"Learning indeed." Said Old Tang before he vanished from in front of Tang Wulin and appeared at ten meters away from him.
"This is somewhat overdue, but I guess it doesn't matter with your level of insight." Said Old Tang as he extended his hand before a trident appeared in his hand.
Tang Wulin eyes slightly widen at the sight of the trident in Old Tang's hand, as it felt familiar to him.
The golden prongs were smooth as a mirror glimmering with a golden radiance. The lights it gave off, shimmered and lit the surrounding, with divine and holiness being exuded from its presence.
Old Tang smiled as he snaps his fingers causing the same trident that was in his hand to appear in Tang Wulin's own.
"Old Tang?"
"Your comprehension and level in spear art have already surpassed my initial thought. I initially thought it would take you longer to reach the spear soul level but you surpassed and went beyond my expectation. I thought you would need to learn the next technique for you to achieve this state but alas, I guess there was no need."Said Old Tang with a shake of his head, leading Tang Wulin to raise a brow.
"What skill?"
Old Tang began to twirl the trident in his hands as he began to talk with a deep voice," I'm sure you already figure it out. The Thousand Accusing Fingers was only for you to create the foundation for spearmanship. The pinnacle of the Spearman Art can be divided into one's essence, energy, spirit and spear, all of these combinations would allow one to achieve the peak. Spear consciousness is the combination of essence and energy as you have noticed. The ability form intent that you can use to release invisible attacks and so on."
Old Tang continued moving the trident in his hand with it beginning to slowly rotate around.
"Spear Soul as you already tell is the soul part of it, with Spear Spirit being the spirit part. At the moment you have mastered Soul but have yet to reach the spirit part. Naturally, that should be understandable, as normally one wouldn't reach this territory till later in their life without any external factor."Said Old Tang with a chuckle with Tang Wulin nodding his head, as he too felt something was missing.
"For you to attain Spear Spirit, you must be able to fuse your emotion, thoughts and will into the very spear itself. Allowing it to transform and becoming something even greater. After you have done this, you must also combine the three spears. Spear consciousness, spear soul and spear spirit to truly stand at the peak and birthing a technique similar to that of a domain. A true spear path."
"Your flowing water and the endless spear are a product of your comprehension and insight from your firm foundation. You are starting to walk your own spear's path, as these two spears technique was a product of your abilities. On the other hand, the next spear technique normally would have taken you a long time to learn but considering your insight into space and time. Well, I believed you should be able to learn it easily."Said Old Tang before his eyes glowed with a purple light before his aura erupted.
With a thrust of the golden trident, a myriad of overlapping layers of hazy and gentle clouds began appearing in front.
Yet what was even more strange was that Old Tang began to turn illusionary, as the area around him began to fade away.
The world began to warp, time flowing like water, fundamental particle around him was being changed as space-time began to spin.
The sacred essence of time was being controlled and willed.
Tang Wulin felt the passage of time passing through him; it was filled with neither pain nor the trident but something formless.
He could feel it, the Yangtze River of eternal time submerging him, yet his body still held strong as if not even the river of time could stop it.
"Amazing."Said Old Tang as he reappeared in front of Tang Wulin, with his trident standing upright in his hand.
"...What a terrifying skill."Mutter Tang Wulin as he could easily tell the true essence of that spear technique.
It was no different than Old Tang unleashing the passage of time upon both his body and soul, leading a thousand years to flash by.
This skill in itself was something that could allow a person to dominate if not become one of the top beings in the world.
As how many people could say they could live for a thousand years?
The answer was none, as unless one was a Spirit Beast or God, the passage of time was unkind to them.
Even those at the Limit Douluo level could at most live for three hundred years before dying.
Of course, this attack wasn't all-powerful, like all attacks its biggest weakness is against those who had a higher cultivation level.
Not only that but those with a lot of control and insight into space and time could resist the effect of a technique like this.
But such beings were rare and even those who were stronger wouldn't be much of a problem in the long run.
"Indeed, it's a spearmanship of the gods, the power to unleash the essence of time upon your foe. But alas, I guess not even the passage of time can trouble a body like yours."Mutter Old Tang causing Tang Wulin to chuckle before shaking his head.
"If it was like Sleipnir attack, then not even my body would be safe." Said Tang Wulin with Old Tang nodding his head.
"Either way, you try now." Said Old Tang as he narrowed his eyes at Tang Wulin.
Tang Wulin had gripped the trident in his hand before he started to recall Old Tang movements before.
"Remember, you must use your comprehension of time to allow the essence of time to form and then combine it with your spear. If you cannot do this, then the spear technique, Millennium Cloud will not be unleashed."
With a sigh, Tang Wulin stomps on the ground before launching his spear forward towards Old Tang.
It was similar to the display that Old Tang showed moments before except Tang Wulin lacked some parts.
Myriads of blossoming milky clouds were blooming in the fragrant air, distorting everything around both Old Tang and Tang Wulin as the trident thrust out.
The power of time was formed at the top of his spear as it started to form a vortex before it erupted towards Old Tang.
'This is.' Thought Old Tang in slight surprise as he felt the melodic fragments of time lashing at him, striking his mind and a little bit of his body.
It was only after a while that he felt the effect fade away from him, with him gazing at Tang Wulin who was in a similar posture as him.
"Impressive, you could unleash half of it."Said Old Tang with a delighted chuckle.
"It didn't have much power."Muttered Tang Wulin as he wasn't able to fade away as Old Tang could or cause the time to speed up as much.
"Considering this is your first time using the skill, it's no surprise you wouldn't be at my level. Still, even I must commend you on your terrifying insight into time."Said Old Tang with a sigh.
"You expect anything less?"
"No, considering your training with those two dragons and your eating of that spiraling source of time. I would be baffled if you couldn't do this much."Said Old Tang with a shake of his head.
One has to understand even if you were a genius. Unleashing even fifty percent of the Millennium Cloud on the first try was all but impossible.
As without a deep amount of comprehension into the formless element that is time, alongside reaching a high spearmanship.
Then the technique would always fall short. Old Tang already guesses Tang Wulin would have been able to at least be able to make a little bit of time passed by in an instant.
As his relationship with time is even deeper than the one with nature or the plane. One has to remember Tang Wulin as been eating an energy source that was filled with the essence of time itself.
This didn't just give him an increase in soul and spiritual power alongside space-time related powers. But it also made it so the formless element of time would treat him as their own, increasing his control and comprehension over it.
"Well, since you can reach this far. The only thing you need to do his practice with it a bit more and increase your cultivation. As the highest you can reach with this spear technique without Godhood is the demi-god foundation. " Said Old Tang causing Tang Wulin to nod his head.
"Is this trial completed?"
"Not yet, I have one more technique to teach you." Said Old Tang as he lifted the golden trident before twirling it around again.