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"It looks like being wrapped in black fungus is also effective."
Tang San pondered for a moment, then began to teach Guang Ling how to read and write, so that she could learn the commonly used characters before the start of Nuoding Academy.
Then, he helped Xiao Wu test her physical fitness after obtaining the second soul ring. He found that even after a 100,000-year soul beast transformed into a human form, it would still be affected by the soul ring's enhancement, causing the Soft Boned Rabbit martial soul to change.
This also confirmed one of Tang San's previous conjectures: a 100,000-year-old soul beast that had transformed into a human form was essentially a human, no longer a soul beast.
In terms of physical form, a transformed soul beast had a human-like appearance, and even their organs were no different from a human's.
In terms of martial souls, because before they transformed into humans, they were soul beasts, their martial souls naturally had a 100% compatibility with their human bodies (although this could not be completely confirmed, Tang San felt that based on the current cases, aside from those mutated cases, there were no major problems). Although the soul ring could be condensed according to the 100,000-year cultivation, and the soul skills could also be automatically evolved according to one's own thoughts, the martial soul itself would also change to a certain extent due to the enhancement of the soul skills.
The soul ring that a 100,000-year-old transformed soul beast condensed might be the most suitable, but the soul skills might not be.
So what if they had lived for so many years?
They had spent most of their lives in the primeval forest, at most, they had some understanding of the various soul beasts in their living environment. Other than that, they had no other advantages.
It could be said that a 100,000-year-old soul beast that had just transformed was a human who had a corresponding understanding of the soul beast species that they were familiar with and who had the original source of 100,000-year cultivation.
Aside from that 100,000-year origin, they were just ordinary human children with eccentric personalities.
"Now that the test is over, the soul skill Wind Listening'' mainly strengthens my spiritual power. It can sense the vibration of the air, making my five senses more acute, and allowing me to control my soul power more precisely." Xiao Wu described her advantages. "According to your classification, I am now a close-range assassination-type agility attack system soul master. However, I currently only have one waist bow attack-type soul skill. If the enemy's defense is very strong, I can only interfere at most."
"That's true. Therefore, while you are practicing your control over your soul power, you also need to practice other things." As Tang San spoke, he took out three short knives from his white jade belt. Two of them were made of iron, and the other one was made of wood and had no handle.
"I'm going to practice with knives?" Xiao Wu was surprised as she picked up the two short knives and swung them a few times. "They feel quite handy, but what's the deal with this wooden knife without a handle?"
"That's right, you're so fast. It would be a pity if you didn't practice with short knives or daggers. After all, other than not being able to use anything other than your martial soul's abilities in the Soul Master Competition, you don't have to be so rule-abiding at other times."
Tang San talked eloquently, "However, the reason why I chose short knives for you instead of daggers is because daggers are too short, while short knives are longer, allowing you to also have a certain amount of close-range combat ability."
"As for this wooden knife without a handle, I want you to practice the three-sword style."
"Three-sword style?" Xiao Wu was puzzled. "I don't have three hands."
"You have a third hand." Tang San pointed at Xiao Wu's hair. "Didn't you not want to cut your hair short? Such long hair. In a regular competition, your opponent wouldn't use such a despicable technique as grabbing your hair. However, when you're traveling the continent and walking the rivers and lakes, when you encounter enemies who have ill intentions towards you, there won't be so many rules."
"But your braid is just like a whip. You can use it."
"However, it's more dangerous to just use it as a whip. After all, it's your hair, and it's connected to your scalp. If someone grabs it, you'll be in trouble. Moreover, compared to a normal whip, your hair is too short."
"Therefore, by tying a knife to the end of your hair and swinging it, you can unleash its power. Moreover, if you can find the corresponding technique, you might be able to achieve unexpected results."
Xiao Wu's eyes lit up. She immediately picked up the wooden knife without a handle and passed her hair through the knife hole at the back. She swung it a few times, and the wooden knife hit her head, causing her to cry out in pain.
"This is also the reason why I chose to use a wooden knife first for your hair."
Tang San released Blue Silver Grass to heal Xiao Wu and treat the red mark on her head. "If you had used an iron knife, you might have injured yourself at the beginning."
Xiao Wu took out a mirror from her white jade belt and looked at it. Seeing that her face was not disfigured, she heaved a sigh of relief and said, "It's really difficult to use my hair to swing it. Also, these two short knives in my hands, do you know any knife techniques?"
"I don't, but in the end, it all boils down to three words: fast, ruthless, and accurate."
Tang San expressed his opinion. "The two knives I forged for you have flat blades without any curvature. They are not considered swords just because their tips are slanted, not symmetrical like swords."
"This design makes it easier for you to stab. Your speed is already fast enough among Great Soul Masters. As long as you find the other party's weak point and hit them with one strike, you can finish them off."
"However, you don't seem to have even killed a chicken. Therefore, you need to practice being ruthless."
Xiao Wu nodded frequently. "Fast, ruthless, and accurate. Are these three things enough?"
"That's not enough. In the future, you should ask Teacher Zhang from Nuoding Academy for more advice. Her martial soul is a short knife, so she has a lot of experience in this area." Tang San said, "When the time comes, you can give her some gifts, and she will teach you. Other than that, you can ask Teacher Li about using your hair as a knife. His martial soul is a whip. At the very least, he can teach you the techniques used in swinging it."
"A whip? Got it." Xiao Wu knew that a whip was actually a very powerful weapon. With a light swing, the end of it would hit someone, and it would be very painful.
This was actually the whip-tip effect.
When swinging a whip, the force, or rather, the applied energy, moved forward in the form of an isolated wave. It looked like there was a constantly moving arc-shaped wave on the whip.
When the energy was transmitted to the end of the whip, this arc-shaped wave would become incomplete, and its mass would decrease.
However, because of the conservation of energy, when swinging the whip, the faster the arc-shaped wave traveled towards the end, the faster its speed would be. It could even reach the level of a sonic boom.
If Xiao Wu could control her scorpion tail braid well, she would be able to kill a Soul King in one blow.
Of course, the so-called instant kill was only possible if the Soul King stood there foolishly and did not move. Otherwise, Xiao Wu, who had just entered the Great Soul Master stage, would be killed by the Soul King with one punch. There was no other possibility.
"As for your third soul ring in the future, I think you should have thought about which part of your body you want to strengthen, right?" Tang San asked with a smile. "You can make your scorpion tail braid your advantage in the future, not a disadvantage."
"I know, strengthen my neck, right?" Xiao Wu said proudly. "After all, I need the strength of my head and neck to swing my hair."
Tang San was a little helpless. He said, "You're close, but you're still a little stupid."
(End of chapter)