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"I did it!"
Six months later, within the Tian Dou Royal Academy,Yu Tianheng shouted loudly as he suspended two thumb-sized iron balls using his own thunderous power.
After accomplishing this feat, Yu Tianheng also noticed a refined control over his soul power and thunderous abilities.
Furthermore, he realized that his subtle mental power seemed to be able to merge with a magnetic field, not thunder, but rather a certain magnetic force.
This ability allowed Yu Tianheng to perceive everything within a hundred-meter radius, with the potential for the range to expand as his strength increased.
However, there was a significant mental energy consumption issue. Continuous use would leave him feeling drowsy after just half an hour. But the advantage was that once he recovered, he felt even more mentally sharp.
This method could be considered a form of mental power cultivation, similar to the method of enhancing soul power by depleting it and then recovering, albeit primitive and straightforward. Nevertheless, compared to conventional soul power meditation, this method improved much faster, though it left him physically and mentally exhausted.
Excited, Yu Tianheng found Tang San to share his joy and asked, "Captain, what do you think I should name this ability?"
"Electromagnetic Overdrive."
After conducting a series of tests on Yu Tianheng, Tang San gave it this name.
"Your ability is derived from thunderous power or electricity, forming a domain-like ability when combined with mental power," Tang San explained. "For now, this domain can only be used for detection purposes, but with continuous development, you might be able to control the world's magnetic fields."
"In this state, all aspects of your body are greatly enhanced, surpassing the augmentation of your soul skills, especially your senses, which become extremely acute."
"This surpasses the sensory abilities of ordinary soul masters of the same level."
"Therefore, I'll name it: Overdrive."
In Tang San's eyes, Yu Tianheng's future development of this electromagnetic overdrive might enable him to control myriad phenomena.
While members of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon family were fixated on the destructive power of dragons and thunder, Tang San believed that magnetism derived from thunder or electricity was the true key element.
If one could control electromagnetism, wouldn't it be much stronger than any dragon lineage or thunder?
Dragonization could strengthen bloodlines and enhance physical strength, but if one could refine the body with electromagnetic power, what significance did dragonization hold when compared to tempering the body with the magnetic field of the entire Douluo Continent?
No matter how powerful dragons were, they were just creatures and could not compare to electromagnetism, one of the four fundamental forces of the universe.
Of course, with Yu Tianheng's current abilities, even if he became a Titled Douluo and broke through the hundredth rank, he couldn't control electromagnetic forces. However, if he continued to develop in this direction, he might be able to surpass gods of the hundredth rank with the strength of a Titled Douluo.
After all, according to the original work, the divine power used by gods was only a stage higher in quality than soul power and couldn't compare to the cornerstone of the entire universe.
"Electromagnetic Overdrive? It's a novel name, but I think it fits." Ye Ling agreed to the name and then asked, "So, my next development would be to continuously increase the size and weight of the spheres and change the shape of the metal I manipulate, right?"
"That's right, this will also improve your control."
Tang San nodded, then continued, "However, using it for attacks is also feasible. If you can find the rules of the electromagnetic field, what effect do you think it would have if a small metal ball, pushed by powerful repulsion, flew out? The speed would be very fast."
While practicing manipulating the metal balls, Yu Tianheng occasionally shot them out, and the speed was even faster than arrows shot from a bow.
"If we increase the electromagnetic force, the speed will be even faster. I can't imagine how much destructive power it could have."
"That's right, it will indeed be very fast, but ordinary metal balls can't withstand the friction with the air," Tang San shook his head.
"I understand friction; when hands rub against each other, they generate heat, but is there also friction between the air and the ball?" Yu Tianheng was puzzled.
"Of course, there is."
Pushing up the probe glasses sliding down his nose, Tang San gave an example Yu Tianheng could understand, "When people run, they feel the wind against their faces. That's actually the air hindering rapid running. Soul masters can run fast because our physical fitness is better than ordinary people, and especially for agility-type soul masters, when using soul skills, a barely visible protective film appears on the surface of our bodies, which can as much as possible repel the air on both sides, thus reducing friction."
"Here's another example, meteorites falling from the sky usually come with flames and a long tail. This is because they are moving so fast that they experience severe friction with the air, causing them to ignite."
"From this perspective, no substance is 'fireproof'; it's just that the ignition temperature varies. Ignition temperature is the temperature at which an object can be ignited."
Yu Tianheng remembered picking up the metal ball shot out and felt a higher temperature than usual. He immediately understood that what Tang San said was correct.
And he also accepted the new concept of "ignition temperature."
However, Yu Tianheng wouldn't deliberately publicize it; after all, it was Tang San's idea first. He couldn't let it spread and be plagiarized by others.
"Therefore, when you practice, you need to find metals with a higher ignition temperature," Tang San concluded, "but for now, ordinary steel beads are sufficient."
Following Yu Tianheng, it was Huo Wu's turn.
Regarding the development of gravity, Huo Wu also found some tricks. She could already "levitate" herself using only her first soul skill: Sun Star Ring, without relying on martial soul.
However, this "levitation" was merely floating, with the highest distance from the ground being only three meters, and it was extremely unstable.
Moreover, every time she experimented, Huo Wu found herself getting very dirty, covered in dust.
"That's gravity; you're attracting dust from the air to yourself," Tang San chuckled, realizing that his speculation was correct. The floating of the Sun Goddess was indeed due to gravity, not a result of her martial soul itself consuming some soul power to levitate.
"Gravity, I've already felt its power, but is there a way to prevent dust from sticking to me? Taking showers is such a hassle," Huo Wu complained, having to bathe ten times a day now.
As a former fire-attributed soul master, she already disliked water, and although becoming the Sun Goddess alleviated it somewhat, she still didn't like it much.
How could she stand bathing ten times a day?
"No problem. You can try shaping the Sun Star Ring smaller, not encasing yourself in it, but condensing it in front of you."
Listening to Tang San's suggestion, Huo Wu immediately experimented, forming a small Sun Star Ring in front of her hands, with a diameter of only thirty centimeters.
Then, under Huo Wu's control, countless dust particles around her gathered toward the center.
Gradually, a spherical "stone" composed of various dust particles in the air formed.
Looking at the fist-sized "star," Tang San looked at Huo Wu thoughtfully and said, "Not bad. If you can create a vacuum environment, mold more of them, and then add some other elements, you could become a creator god."
Huo Wu thought Tang San was joking, but this method used less soul power and indeed prevented dust from sticking to her automatically. With improved control in the future, she could use it on herself and find a way to repel the dust.
However—
"There's so much dirty stuff in the air?"
"How much dust do we inhale every day?"
Tang San said, "There's no need to be so afraid. I can tell you for sure that if there weren't this dust in the air, there wouldn't be life in this world. Just the sunlight alone would be enough to destroy all living things on earth."
"As for how much dust there is..."
"I haven't researched it, but if all the dust in the world were to gather, it would probably create a new continent no smaller than the Douluo Continent in size."
Although Huo Wu didn't know if it was true, she was willing to believe Tang San. After all, he was a master of martial soul theory.
After Yu Tianheng and Huo Wu, no one else came to find Tang San. Although gravity and electromagnetic forces had extremely high upper limits, their lower limits were also low, with corresponding attributes. The entry threshold was not high, and one could progress by perceiving various observation methods.
As for others, Yu Feng and Bai Chenxiang needed specific training environments; Oslo mainly trained in inertia utilization. These three required diligent practice.
Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling relied on their own martial soul skills and created combinations of self-created techniques similar to formations.
Shi Mo and Shi Mo trained in the fusion techniques of martial souls.
Dugu Yan integrated her fourth soul skill, the Azure Scale Pellet, and integrated her own toxins.
Zhu Zhuqing was still searching for the "refinement circuit" and "maintenance circuit" within her martial soul. She had some clues now and was strengthening her control training in spiritual power and soul power.
As for Lan Yinzi...
After sending off Huo Wu, Electrolux's voice sounded in Tang San's mind, "You're quite popular with girls. Besides Xiao Wu and Guang Ling, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Huo Wu all have good feelings for you, especially Zhu Zhuqing, who completely listens to you. I can't tell if she likes you or if she sees you as her master or something."
"Just an admiration for strength," Tang San shrugged. "In these days, you've also learned a lot about martial souls and soul beasts. How do you feel about the cultivation system in this world?"
"How should I put it? Although the cultivation systems are all created by humans, the cultivation methods in this world are very strange, especially the need for soul beast soul rings to break through major realms. I really don't understand it; it feels like there's something deliberately targeting soul beasts." Electrolux also understood the principle of "different strokes for different folks," but in his view, soul beasts couldn't be considered a group. Even if they had intelligence, they had spent too long to obtain that intelligence, making their habits difficult to change.
Unless they transformed into humans and assimilated into humans, gradually accepting changes.
In Electrolux's view, the occurrence of such a situation was definitely because soul beasts were once very powerful, oppressing humans. Then, one or more very powerful existences appeared among humans, surpassing ordinary gods, exterminated the strong among the soul beasts, and then changed the world rules of this continent.
As for the divine realm intervening to modify the rules of the plane...
Electrolux felt it was unlikely. Even his remnant soul could sense the existence of the divine realm... Those gods shouldn't be powerful enough to modify the rules of a world, right?
At most, they were using the rules.
"At least, most of the gods in the divine realm shouldn't be able to do it."
"It's indeed targeting soul beasts, but this isn't a situation we can change at the moment. However, in the future, the cultivation of martial souls must break free from soul beasts," Tang San said as he flipped through a ancient book he borrowed from the Royal Library titled "Identification of Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beasts Transformations", which recorded twenty cases of confirmed transformed soul beasts.
Among them, three were killed by Soul Douluo or Titled Douluo from humans, while the remaining seventeen escaped and disappeared without a trace.
The only method of identification recorded was primitive: only Soul Douluo or Titled Douluo could tell if a soul beast had transformed.
It was a very basic judgment.
According to Tang San's judgment, as long as one's spiritual power was strong enough, they could discern whether it was a hundred thousand year soul beast transformed. However, for the soul masters of this era, the role of spiritual power would gradually manifest only at the level of Soul Douluo or Titled Douluo.
Of course, if a person knew enough about soul beasts, even if their spiritual power was not strong, they could still make preliminary judgments based on the character, behavior, and demeanor displayed by the transformed soul beast. This only applied when the transformed soul beast had just entered human society and had not been influenced by human society.
"Xiao Wu has already confessed to me and told me how to condense soul rings on her own, but she lacks the corresponding energy to condense them. The soul power cultivated by oneself cannot be used as the energy source for condensing soul rings."
"Secondly, the most important thing in condensing soul rings is the circulation circuit of soul power within them, which is the key to releasing soul skills."
"Soul rings obtained from soul beasts contain the aura, bloodline, and soul of the soul beast. When paired with martial souls, they can autonomously evolve into derivatives suitable for the martial soul. However, for autonomous condensation, one must rely entirely on the martial soul's ability to produce what kind of soul skill."
"If one were to build their own circuit, it would be quite a project."
Energy and circuits.
These two were the keys to condensing autonomous soul rings.
Tang San knew that he had one chance to condense a soul ring autonomously, and that was to find the Blue Silver Emperor and ask for help in condensing a soul ring that could evolve with his own cultivation.
If he couldn't change the aura in his bloodline, then the soul skill of that soul ring would definitely be Blue Silver Emperor Spear.
No other choice, just inherited the lineage of the Blue Silver Emperor.
Honestly, Tang San didn't care much for this soul skill. Although it could be used for both close combat and ranged attacks, he walked the path of life after all, so what was the point of having an attack skill? He didn't lack attack methods.
Sigh~
Who told the previous Blue Silver Emperor to have such a strong inclination toward attack after transforming into a soul beast?
It seemed like all transformed soul beasts were like that.
Therefore, if he couldn't change the circulation circuit within his autonomous soul ring, then he could only place his one chance for autonomous soul ring condensation on his seventh soul ring.
At least, the skill of the True Body of the Martial Soul could match one of the two soul skills of a hundred thousand year soul ring.
"As for the circulation of soul power, this old man has figured it out. How to construct it, I also understand. It's not much different from magic or combat techniques," Electrolux spoke confidently, "Within your Blue Silver Emperor martial soul, there's a peculiar energy that can form a soul ring, but because the energy is insufficient, it cannot be formed. I think, perhaps, it can be supplemented with the power of the earth and the radiance of the sun and moon. However, I need some time to experiment with the corresponding energy combinations."
"As for the circulation circuit of soul power, from what I've observed, it hasn't been fixed. For autonomously condensed soul rings, as long as your intention is strong enough, the soul skills of the soul ring should be able to evolve in the corresponding direction... I have to say, martial souls are quite peculiar. They involve abilities of the mind that are rather unrealistic."
Speaking up to here, Electrolux fell silent. He realized that in this world, aside from the restriction of needing soul rings from soul beasts, the cultivation system of martial souls was much more powerful than the transcendent system in the Holy Demon Continent. It's just that the soul masters of this world were still stuck in the primitive stage of using martial souls and soul power.
It's like knowing how to throw stones and wield wooden sticks, but not knowing what shape, size, or weight of stones would hurt the most; or not knowing that sharpening a wooden stick to stab would achieve the greatest killing power.
But, Electrolux understood.
After all, obtaining a soul ring meant being able to release a skill directly. How many people would think about how to use soul power more rationally and ingeniously?
In Electrolux's eyes, Tang San was an anomaly, far surpassing his era.
Especially with the introduction of the Three Spirit Treasures cultivation method by Tang San, integrating Qi, blood, soul power, and spiritual power, and gradually constructing the energy circulation and transformation circuit between the three, finally condensing the soul core.
This was equivalent to constructing a miniature universe within the human body!
Using the microcosm of the human body to mirror the macrocosm of the external universe!
During this period of time, Electrolux understood Tang San's cultivation and felt that his previous belief that this system could achieve immortality was conservative. Once Tang San condensed it, in the near future, it would not be as simple as becoming a god; he could completely control the entire universe!
If a talent like Tang San were to be born on the Holy Demon Continent, which had been plagued by the demons of the various major temples for over six thousand years, it would probably take less than thirty years for Tang San to completely resolve it.
There wasn't any special reason; Electrolux just felt that if Tang San went to the Holy Demon Continent with his current wisdom, in thirty years, he could become a perfect and flawless deity, not assimilated by heaven and earth.
This was also the reason why Electrolux was willing to "pay rent". Just by witnessing Tang San's cultivation, he himself had gained considerable benefits, especially the theory of Yin and Yang, which allowed him to further integrate light and death. This fragmentary divine soul even became more focused, and there was even a great possibility of rebirth in the future.
"Is that so? That would save me some trouble." Tang San had speculated that if martial souls autonomously condensed soul skills, they would be related to the person's thoughts.
Now, Electrolux's words were semi-confirmation.
However, if one didn't know what soul skill they wanted, perhaps the autonomous condensation of a soul ring would evolve according to the situation of the martial soul itself...