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On the training grounds of the Tiandou Royal Academy...
Huo Wu, Yu Tianheng, and others were practicing climbing trees or sparring with each other. Between their collisions, waves of soul power erupted, stirring the air on the field.
When Tang San, Xiao Wu, Guang Ling, and others arrived, everyone stopped their training and gathered around.
"Rare visitor indeed, you don't often come to the training ground," Huo Wu teased Tang San with her hands on her hips. "Among all the captains of the Tiandou Royal Team, you're the most leisurely."
"You can't say that. I just have other areas of research," Tang San replied with a smile, scanning the group. Seeing everyone present, he continued, "Next, I'll analyze each of your martial souls, soul skills, and the rough process of refining soul power from meditation to help you plan how to create your own soul skills."
Yu Feng happily exclaimed, "Finally, you're here! I've been waiting for ages!"
Oslo shook his head, speechless. "Is there really a need to be so exaggerated? We only returned from hunting fallen ones two days ago."
Huo Wu said, "Shall I go first?"
"Sure, pair up in twos. Huo Wu and Yu Tianheng, come over here. The rest of you can continue training," Tang San instructed Xiao Wu and Guang Ling to spar with the others, while he called Huo Wu and Yu Tianheng over.
The three of them walked to the lakeside, where Tang San first analyzed Huo Wu's Sun Goddess' Six-Dimensional Chart—
Strength: 9. Although the Sun Goddess isn't a strength-type martial soul, her strength rivals that of the Blue Electric Tyrant Dragon.
Speed: 7. Movement speed is slow, but attack speed is fast, striking a balance.
Defense: 8. Despite appearing as a weak female martial soul, she can withstand strong attacks and can be used as a humanoid shield.
Endurance: 5. Significant soul power consumption.
Energy: 10. Can release energy with tremendous power.
Special: 10. Possesses light and fire attributes, with a special floating ability, presumably due to gravity.
Total score: 46.
"Forty-six, is this score good?" Huo Wu found the Six-Dimensional Chart quite novel.
"The total score is sixty. Anything over thirty is already very powerful," Tang San explained. "As you might have noticed, except for endurance, your Sun Goddess martial soul is quite strong. It's just that the endurance is slightly lacking, and the soul power consumption is a bit high. You'll probably need to reach the Soul Saint level to fully utilize the power of your martial soul without restraint."
"Next, let me talk about the path to creating your own soul skills."
Tang San continued, "Your soul skills—Sun Star Ring, Rising Sun, Fire Dance Illumination, Solar Flame Armor, and Twin Suns Across the Sky—offer control, amplification, long-range output, and close combat. They don't conflict with each other and are already quite strong when combined."
"But the stronger the soul power, the stronger the need for control."
"Fortunately, your martial soul has a special ability that can help you with control—levitation, or gravity."
Huo Wu asked, "What is gravity?"
Tang San picked up a small stone and then let it go. The stone fell to the ground, and he explained, "Why does the stone fall to the ground instead of flying into the sky?"
Huo Wu was dumbfounded. "How would I know?"
"Because of the presence of gravity," Tang San said, then pulled Yu Tianheng over and asked, "Why was I able to pull him over just now?"
"Because you physically pulled him," Huo Wu blurted out, then paused, realizing something, and said, "So-called gravity is like the Earth pulling us down, exerting a downward force with an invisible 'arm'."
"Exactly, that's the idea. When I pulled Yu Tianheng, it was horizontal, while the Earth's pull on us is vertical, or towards the center of the Earth."
Tang San smiled, thinking Huo Wu was pretty thoughtful.
It could be seen that if a soul master's mind was put to work, they were all quite capable. It was just that most people were influenced by their living environment and the strength brought about by practicing martial souls, so they didn't like to use their brains much. After all, with strength, most problems could be solved with fists. Why bother to think?
Furthermore, once adults had formed fixed ideas, it was difficult for their thinking to change without external, objective, and difficult-to-change factors. For Huo Wu and the others, who were in their youth, it was relatively easy to accept new ideas.
"By the way, am I just being used as an example?" Yu Tianheng quipped.
"Sorry."
Tang San insincerely remarked, then continued to Huo Wu, "And the levitation ability of your Sun Goddess should also be an application of gravity. If you can develop gravity manipulation, your strength will increase exponentially."
"After all, the sun also has gravity."
Looking up at the sun in confusion, Huo Wu asked, "If the sun has gravity, why aren't we being pulled towards it?"
"Because we're too far away from the sun, and according to the phenomenon of objects appearing smaller with distance, how big do you think the sun is?" Tang San didn't wait for Huo Wu to answer before providing the answer. "Based on my visual observation, it's at least tens of thousands of times larger than our world, possibly even adding tens, hundreds, or thousands of times before reaching that scale."
"Perhaps the sun's gravity is already pulling us, but it's pulling the world we're in."
Huo Wu was stunned by this statement. "How is that possible? How could the sun be pulling our world?"
"It's just my speculation. If you're interested, as a Titled Douluo in the future, with the ability, you might be able to fly out beyond the world to see for yourself," Tang San teased before getting back to business. "In short, gravity is the direction you need to focus on for creating your own soul skills. Once successful, one of the four fundamental interactions of the universe, gravity, could be at your command."
"So, what should I do?" Huo Wu didn't know about the four fundamental forces of the universe, but she understood that if she could control gravity, she would become stronger, and she couldn't help but feel excited.
"The key lies in your first soul skill: Sun Star Ring," Tang San pointed out.
Sun Star Ring, called Flame Resisting Ring when Huo Wu was still Flame, wasn't particularly powerful, lacking strong attack capabilities. It was merely a burning ring capable of pushing enemies away, preventing them from attacking up close. It was considered a crowd control type soul skill.
After Flame evolved into the Sun Goddess, her soul skill was also sublimated. Flame Resisting Ring was renamed Sun Star Ring. Although it still pushed enemies away, it had a larger range, with more intense light and fire attributes. Additionally, the ring could spin rapidly, possessing a strong cutting ability.
In Tang San's observation, this cutting ability wasn't achievable with just light and fire elements; it was another force condensing to achieve the spinning and cutting effect—gravity.
"In your future training, you can let your Sun Goddess martial soul condense the Sun Star Ring, while you sit inside it to cultivate. Inject your soul power into the Sun Star Ring and see if it can make you float," Tang San provided training advice.
"Not relying on my martial soul to carry me but using the Sun Star Ring soul skill to break free from the Earth's gravity?" After her initial surprise, Huo Wu pondered the possibilities. "This kind of flight isn't like flying with wings but relies on the interaction between the gravity of my Sun Star Ring and the gravity of the Earth. It's like two equally strong people pushing against each other in a circle, both being pushed away by the other's force, and I'll be engaging in a 'gravity punch' with the force exerted by the Earth on all objects."
"An interesting analogy, but I prefer doing push-ups. After all, we don't have the strength to push the entire world beneath our feet," Tang San smiled. "But if you can use the first soul skill for flight, controlling the speed and direction of flight will rely on adjusting the rotation speed and tilt angle of the Sun Star Ring. You may even need to create and control multiple rings to assist in flight, which requires a high level of spiritual power."
"However, during the training process, controlling them will also be a test of your spiritual power."
If Huo Wu could truly control gravity, her future would be limitless.
After Huo Wu began experimenting on her own, Tang San's gaze fell on Yu Tianheng, and he slowly said, "Now, let's analyze your Blue Electric Tyrant Dragon martial soul—"
"Strength: 10. The Blue Electric Tyrant Dragon is the overlord among beast martial souls, with extremely powerful strength, considered at the peak."
"Speed: 8. Slightly faster than Huo Wu's Sun Goddess, but not by much. Although it's not slow in straight-line running, it can't fly and isn't agile, with not very fast attack speed."
"Defense: 8. Thick-skinned and strong recovery ability."
"Endurance: 6. The common problem of top-grade martial souls, significant consumption when the soul power is low."
"Energy: 7. Can release energy externally, but without relying on soul skills, the range is limited. It's mainly suitable for close combat rather than long-range output."
"Special: 9. Possesses the power of thunder and lightning, evolved towards a stronger direction due to ingesting the petals of the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, now also possessing light and metal attributes."
"Total score: 48."
Although Yu Tianheng's Blue Electric Tyrant Dragon did not score full marks in any category, its advantage lay in its balance, with a total score two points higher than Huo Wu's Sun Goddess.
However, in a real fight, Huo Wu still had the upper hand.
After all, this was just a comparison of the basic six dimensions of martial souls without using soul skills, which was convenient for individuals to see their own strengths. It wasn't meant to evaluate combat power.
The explosive power of the Sun Goddess was stronger, fiercer, and more intense than that of the Blue Electric Tyrant Dragon.
Moreover, Yu Tianheng currently possessed four soul skills:
- First Soul Skill: Thunder Dragon Claw, which attached thunder to the dragon claws for close combat;
- Second Soul Skill: Thunderous Pressure, using thunder and lightning to strike enemies, a ranged group attack soul skill mainly used to control the enemy's movements;
- Third Soul Skill: Thunderous Fury, a self-augmentation type skill that doubled attack power and increased soul power by fifty percent, with fixed amplification attributes that did not increase with soul power;
- Fourth Soul Skill: Blue Electric Divine Dragon Dash, a single-target attack soul skill that condensed the power of thunder into a blue electric dragon over a meter long and then blasted it out.
Close combat, control, augmentation, single-target strong attack.
Not considering the bloodline enhancement effects and elemental enhancement effects of the soul rings on the Blue Electric Tyrant Dragon martial soul, just in terms of the effectiveness of the soul skills, there were similar flaws as those made by the original Xiao Wu from the story. They basically focused on plugging gaps rather than considering the perfect coordination between soul skills.
In fact, Huo Wu's situation with the Sun Goddess was similar. It just required a more harmonious coordination between soul skills.
Regarding this, Tang San didn't comment too much. After all, he didn't want to discourage them. Moreover, for the Blue Electric Tyrant Dragon family, enhancing the martial soul's bloodline, enhancing the thunder attribute, and perfecting dragonization were the most important things. With a powerful backing from a large family, they didn't need to meticulously calculate the perfect combination and connection between each soul skill like him, in order to achieve the best fit for themselves.
However, what kind of self-created soul skill was suitable for Yu Tianheng?
With thunder elements, it could develop towards electromagnetism.
But after ingesting the petals of the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, he also acquired light elements and the metal attribute.
However, Yu Tianheng's main ability was still thunder, so it could develop towards electromagnetism. The light elements and metal attributes were relatively weak, unlike the Sun Goddess's inherent gravity, which couldn't be specifically developed unless Yu Tianheng's martial soul underwent a metamorphosis, completely transforming into a Golden Holy Dragon or a Light Holy Dragon.
Otherwise, for now, he could only develop from the perspective of the Blue Electric Tyrant Dragon.
In Tang San's estimation, if Yu Tianheng wanted the Blue Electric Tyrant Dragon to completely transform into a Golden Holy Dragon or a Light Holy Dragon, all the future soul rings would need to be selected from sub-dragons or dragon-type soul beasts with corresponding attributes, and their strength would need to reach at least the level of a Titled Douluo.
From the perspective of family inheritance, the future was promising.
However, in terms of enhancing personal strength at present, it wasn't very useful. It might even lead to a significant weakening or even disappearance of thunder elements due to the transformation of the martial soul into a Light Holy Dragon or a Golden Holy Dragon. Yu Tianheng would likely be unable to perfectly control the new abilities in a short time, thus unable to fully unleash his potential.
"Is that so?" After listening to Tang San's analysis, Yu Tianheng pondered for a while before asking, "If my future soul rings are all dominated by thunder, will the light elements and metal attributes fade away?"
"No, after all, those are the elemental powers born from you ingesting the petals of the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum. At most, they won't be as strong as your thunder attribute, and there's a chance they'll be inherited by your descendants," Tang San speculated.
"Then let my future descendants try it out. As the 'ancestor' of this Light Holy Dragon or Golden Holy Dragon, it's better for me to continue along the path of thunder, since I'm most familiar with the power of thunder," Yu Tianheng said with a generous attitude. "If I want to evolve into a Light Holy Dragon or a Golden Holy Dragon, it's better to absorb soul rings with corresponding attributes from an early age. I'm already at the fourth ring now, so waiting until the fifth ring to absorb soul rings with light elements or metal attributes would be too late."
"Moreover, it's not easy to find soul beasts with light attributes, metal attributes, and dragon bloodline, even if they're sub-dragons. "Seeing that Yu Tianheng had figured it out, Tang San nodded and took out two thumb-sized iron balls. "So, for your self-created soul skill training, you'll use the power of thunder to manipulate these iron balls, making them float and able to be controlled at your will."
"When you can control these thumb-sized iron balls, you can gradually increase the size and mass of the metal balls, or even change their shape."
"I call it Electromagnetic Control Training."
Yu Tianheng found it quite simple. He took the iron balls, surrounded them with the thunder attribute soul power, and except for pushing them a short distance apart, he couldn't make them float.
Moreover, Yu Tianheng also discovered a strange phenomenon. After being covered by his thunder power, these two small iron balls actually attracted each other.
The iron balls gained magnetism!
Just like magnets!
No wonder Tang San called it "Electromagnetic Control Training," there was some connection between thunder and magnetism...
After Yu Tianheng pondered the principles behind it, Tang San called the next group of people: Yufeng and Ausro.
First was Yufeng. The self-created soul skill plan Tang San considered for him was to let him fly in the strong wind, feel the flow of air, and comprehend the true essence of wind, thereby truly mastering the wind or controlling airflow.
As for the training conditions, Yufeng could ask for help from the family members or go to the outskirts of the Stormwind Canyon with the accompaniment of the family. There, the raging winds were constant, making it a natural training ground.
If one day Yufeng could soar freely in the raging winds of the Stormwind Canyon, even if he couldn't create his own self-created soul skill, he would still become the ruler of the sky.
As for Ausro...
His martial soul was the Ghost Leopard, relatively balanced in all aspects, with the fastest speed, but it tended to go straight and was prone to not being able to immediately correct its body when turning due to inertia.
Therefore, Tang San taught him a little technique called "Leveraged Waist Twist." That is, when running fast and suddenly stopping, when the body leans forward, twist the waist and take a step in the desired direction.
This not only saved time from slipping in place but also allowed for continuous acceleration using the inertia of running.
Ausro was overjoyed and immediately began practicing.
Next, it was Yeling and Dugu Yan.
For Dugu Yan, at present, it was crucial for her to familiarize herself with and control the Nine-Headed Jade Lin Snake Emperor martial soul. Tang San's suggestion for her self-created soul skill was, "Based on the Blue Scale Pearl, feel the effect of the Jade linn Snake's martial soul poison in various soul skills, and plan out the corresponding soul power circulation routes within the body, and combine them."
As for Ye lingling, whose martial soul was the Nine-Heart Sea Anemone and whose soul skills were all healing, Tang San fell into thought and couldn't offer any substantial advice for a while.
After all, the Nine-Heart Sea Anemone was too special.
"Ah, our family's martial souls have defects, and the soul skills can only be for healing," Yeling sighed.
"Defects?"
Tang San asked Yeling to release the Nine-Heart Sea Anemone and gently touched its nine red heart-shaped petals. Sensing its aura with his own soul power, he explored its condition and finally shook his head, saying, "Perhaps this is just my family's opinion, but from my observation, your martial soul has no defects."
"Based on my research, when a martial soul obtains soul rings and gains soul skills, it is usually abilities that the martial soul itself may evolve into."
"This is also why martial souls need to cultivate—"
"Awakened martial souls are like the core framework of a puzzle, and various soul skills are the puzzle pieces, nine puzzle pieces, making the martial soul complete."
"But some unique martial souls, as soon as they awaken, the puzzle is already complete, or nearly complete. In other words, the puzzle already exists, but it's in grayscale. Due to the rule that martial souls need soul rings to use soul skills, they need a soul ring to color the existing puzzle."
(End of this chapter)