Chapter 305.
There are two ways to control, one with soul power and other with with mental/spiritual power. They are two distinct concepts. Simply put, using mental power, Wang Feng can control the Armored Black Thorns freely. With a single command, the Armored Black Thorn can attack from various angles without any delay.
Controlling it with soul power, on the other hand, is more troublesome and offers limited control, allowing only simple changes.
Shaking his head, Wang Feng dismissed the thought. He looked at the sharp blade again and continued his practice. He couldn't be sure if his rapid progress was due to the black hoop spirit skull or his extreme concentration, but by the end of the day, he had made significant strides.
A sharp blade floated quietly beside Wang Feng, spinning gently. This blade was very short, about the size of a hand. This was the limit of Wang Feng's current control.
"Go," Wang Feng snapped his fingers lightly, and the sharp blade flew out suddenly, piercing into a large icy tree. However, it only caused the tree to shake slightly and made a cut only two or three centimeters deep. Due to the limitations of controlling it with mental power, its force was insufficient.
Wang Feng shook his head. This was a weakness of mental power control—without a point of leverage, the power was very weak. While it could be used for simple object manipulation, its lethality was not upto par.
In other words, Wang Feng lacked a specific spiritual power cultivation method and a technique for controlling objects. In the practice of cultivating spiritual power, this was probably a specialized method. He could only explore it on his own, but Wang Feng found this process enjoyable.
"Aside from being handsome... there's nothing great about it," Wang Feng remarked –with a click of his tongue. "It seems it will take a long time to practice. Eventually, I'll also be able to fly with a treasure sword and live like a true immortal."
To be honest, it might truly look awesome flying on a sword like a true sword immortal from Xianxia novel.
With a movement of his mental thoughts, Armored Black Thorns instantly transformed into weapons, whizzing through the air. However, it would take a long time to perfect this technique.
Yesterday, Wang Feng had been practicing this mental power manipulation skill. Today, he decided to use the Armored Black Thorns to quickly construct a triangular arched wooden house of about 30 square meters. This task was not difficult for him.
Interestingly, these icy and snowy trees were quite special. Despite growing in a frigid environment, after stripping the bark, Wang Feng found that these trees could keep warm and release heat. As a result, the temperature inside the wooden house was much higher than the outside.
After building the wooden house, Wang Feng spent about three days exploring the surrounding terrain. This extremely northern land was truly deserted and uninhabited, with a strange terrain. About two kilometers north of Wang Feng's wooden house, there was a small ice valley inhabited by tens of thousands of year-old soul beasts, which was not a significant threat to him of now. To the north and south, there was a long range of glacier whose end was unknown.
From below the glacier, Wang –Feng could see many soul beasts in the water, as well as some special fish. After exploring an area of nearly ten miles, he found nothing but snow and trees, unless they were buried beneath the snow.
If he ventured further inward, it would lead to the inner region of the extreme north, which was relatively more dangerous. Wang Feng estimated that there were many ten-thousand-year soul beasts in that area. The extreme north was vast; although he hadn't traveled through it extensively, it seemed no less formidable than the Star Dou Great Forest.
Wang Feng's future goal was to find a 90,000-year soul beast, as this was the requirement for signing in. He did not have any ambition of killing a 100,000-year soul beast. Despite the small difference of only 10,000 years, it marked the same difference between the strength of a Soul Douluo and a Titled Douluo.
Cultivating alone in this ice and snow forest, one might feel extremely lonely. But this is also a form of cultivation. Cultivating in solitude bereft of the worldly problems with only few emotions may even temper one's state of mind.
In this environment, Wang Feng was free from external disturbances, allowing him to focus intensely on his cultivation. With the help of his skull soul bone, Wang Feng's cultivation speed had increased significantly. Within a month, he had broken through to Level 47. However, he found that his cultivation speed slowly began to slow down with this level of improvement.
Despite this, Wang Feng remained patient and did not venture deep into the extreme north, choosing instead to practice on the periphery of the forest. He knew that danger and opportunity coexisted in the inner regions of the extreme north. There were surely treasures within, but also powerful soul beasts. He was in no rush.
On a typical day, Wang Feng opened his eyes from his nightly meditation practice on the wooden bed in his wooden house. A black light flashed in his eyes. With a mental command, the black light flew from his body and transformed into a long rod, which automatically picked up his clothes from the hanger and draped them over him. Then it turned into a comb, tidying his messy hair. As it combed, it transformed into scissors to trim his slightly grown long hair.
After a month of brief training, Wang Feng was able to control the Armored Black Thorns with mental power and perform various operations easily. It was extremely convenient.
While training, he could also trim his appearance, as Wang Feng didn't want to become a savage due to excessive training. There is always a sense of ritual in life, and the same applies to practice. Although Wang Feng's whole body became messy every day because of combat training, with the aid of the Armored Black Thorns, he didn't need to do it himself. Driven by his mental intent, he could quickly groom himself and become a refined individual in less than a few minutes, ready for another day of training.
This was possible because the Armored Black Thorn was a soul bone, which had partially fused with his body, allowing him to use it for intricate tasks. If it were any other object, Wang Feng couldn't control it with such precision. In just a few minutes, under the control of the Armored Black Thorn, Wang Feng was energized and ready.
He had to admit that the Armored Black Thorn was indispensable for lazy people. With it, Wang Feng never had to dress himself again. Wang Feng got up and pushed the wooden door open, facing the strong cold wind and the familiar ice and snow world.
He mentally thought, "A Spear!"
With a focused gaze and a gesture of his hand, the black light condensed from the air into a long black spear. It spun in the air for several moments before flying toward Wang Feng's palm. However, it was slightly off course, grazing Wang Feng's palm and hitting his face directly.
"...," Wang Feng muttered, rubbing his cheek and grabbing the spear formed of Armored Black Thorns.
The spear wasn't conscious, but was controlled with his mental power, attempting to make a stylish move. The spear was too large, and Wang –Feng's mental power couldn't control such a large weapon with much precision. Only small objects like scissors, combs, and short sticks could be controlled finely by Wang Feng with his mental power.
Over the past month, Wang Feng mainly explored the nearby terrain or used mental power to control the Armored Black Thorns while practicing, with only occasional battles. Starting today, Wang Feng planned to practice with the spear first. He wanted to develop a set of special technique, but he wouldn't use the God Killing Spear as it was consumed soul power. Instead, he would use the Armored Black Thorns to form a spear, which was more effective for developing a technique.
After contemplating for a month, Wang Feng had a few ideas on how to proceed with his training.
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