The next day, Gao Ming, enticed by the immense allure of supernatural abilities, arrived early at the training camp. He even informed the coachman in charge of the carriage in advance to prepare some lunch for him at noon. Gao Ming felt a bit frustrated; why didn't the training camp provide meals for people?
In the study room, Gao Ming picked up another book on fireball techniques. Today, he was determined to learn this supernatural ability. Although he had awakened his abilities for over a week, he still lacked a genuine means of attack. When faced with provocation, he couldn't even muster any combat capability. There was no way around it – without learning supernatural abilities and relying solely on his innate powers, he would be practically useless.
Today, he was finally going to learn his first offensive supernatural ability – exciting!
Untying the rope that bound the scroll made of beast skin, Gao Ming opened the scroll for fireball techniques. Compared to the basic body refinement techniques, this fireball technique was more complex, with more detailed instructions. Gao Ming couldn't help but feel troubled; this was just the simplest supernatural ability, yet it seemed so complicated. If even this was challenging, then advanced supernatural abilities must be outrageously complex.
Gao Ming couldn't help but mock himself for such thoughts. If he couldn't endure this bit of hardship, how could he talk about cultivating supernatural abilities and making a name for himself? In this world, there were no free lunches, and success didn't come easily; everything depended on diligence. He pushed aside his scattered thoughts and focused all his energy on learning the fireball technique.
Each type of elemental energy had its characteristics, and supernatural abilities were developed based on these characteristics.
This involved arranging the elemental energy based on its characteristics to bring out certain predetermined effects. Fire energy had numerous characteristics, but the most basic ones included fierceness, explosion, high temperature, and destruction.
So, supernatural abilities began by focusing on these characteristics. The fireball technique possessed the power of high temperature, explosion, and more. If ordinary fire energy gathered together, it probably wouldn't have the potential for an explosion.
Just like gunpowder, various raw materials are mixed in specific proportions to unleash extraordinary power. Fireball techniques operate similarly, with the only raw material being fire energy. Thus, the key lies in how to utilize fire energy to create fireballs with high temperature and powerful explosive force.
The mystery behind all of this lies in the arrangement of energy, sharing striking similarities with the arrangement of souls. A special arrangement of the soul can form the spiritual power potential of a certain attribute, although this is merely potential. To truly develop supernatural abilities, tuning must be done in the supernatural energy waves within the supernatural sea.
Energy, through arrangement, gains explosive characteristics. Activating these explosive characteristics depends on the supernatural ability user.
The scroll for fireball techniques meticulously records the standard explosive arrangement of fire energy. Gao Ming's task is to control the arrangement of fire energy to bring out the explosive characteristics. The closer to the standard explosive arrangement, the more standardized and powerful the fireball technique becomes. It's possible that this standard arrangement might not be the most potent, and once the optimal explosive arrangement is discovered, the standard can be modified.
Therefore, compared to basic body refinement techniques, fireball techniques demand a higher level of precision in controlling supernatural abilities.
Fireball techniques, as a level-one supernatural ability, primarily focus on the explosive characteristic in energy arrangement. Destructive arrangements, high-temperature arrangements, and frenzied arrangements are considered higher-level fire-based supernatural abilities. The classification of supernatural ability levels generally depends on the abundance of energy characteristic arrangements. The power, when these energy characteristics are stacked, doesn't simply add up but grows exponentially.
Unlike yesterday's body refinement techniques, fireball techniques took Gao Ming more time to grasp. Just as he was about to experiment, he realized his stomach was growling. Suppressing the impulse to experiment, he left the study room and headed to the valley to have lunch.
Gao Ming found that he wasn't the only one having lunch in the valley, especially among the newly awakened individuals.
After finishing lunch and preparing to continue his learning in the training camp, Gao Ming coincidentally encountered his biggest enemy in this world, Gao Xiao. He seemed to be getting ready to leave, and seeing enemies face to face felt like a standoff. Although they met every day during dinner at the clan residence, they always consciously or unconsciously avoided each other at other times.
Unexpectedly, they met today, but Gao Xiao wasn't alone. High Jia, the savage girl, and the reserved man Gao Bao were accompanying him.
The initially cheerful atmosphere between the two stopped abruptly when they saw Gao Ming approaching. The three pairs of eyes focused on Gao Ming.
Gao Ming didn't want too much interaction with them now; after all, none of them were opponents he could afford to provoke.
It seemed that Gao Xiao also didn't want trouble with Gao Ming. From start to finish, he didn't say a word, only glancing at Gao Ming as if they had never met before. This might have passed, but High Jia wasn't someone with a good temper. She had been holding a grudge over the recent incident, but with Gao Cai's presence, she didn't dare to be too presumptuous.
However, with Yuanxiao by her side now, it seemed like she had gained confidence. Seeing Gao Ming's indifferent gaze, the anger in her heart couldn't be restrained, and she turned around, shouting at the casually walking Gao Ming, "Gao Ming, stop right there."
Gao Xiao was startled by his younger cousin's sudden move, annoyed at her lack of tact. However, he didn't have much to say at the moment.
In reality, he wasn't concerned about his cousin causing trouble for Gao Ming; what bothered him was that she didn't even greet him, giving him no time to react. Oh well, her careless and consequences-be-damned attitude. Could his future legal wife be like this? Gao Xiao's mouth twitched in discomfort.
Gao Ming let out a wry smile in his heart. The wild girl had finally found her way to him. He stopped in his tracks and glanced at the group before finally resting his gaze on the assertive High Jia. He spoke calmly, "Miss High Jia, is there something you need from me?"
Seeing the impervious expression on Gao Ming's face, an inexplicable anger surged within High Jia. She just couldn't stand the look on this guy's face. However, she also knew that directly causing trouble for Gao Ming wouldn't work. Finding a roundabout way to provoke him, on the other hand, might be effective. Arching her eyebrows, she thought of a plan, softened her expression, and a hint of charm flowed from her eyes, infecting her entire facial expression.
"Gao Ming, Master Caifan said you are the most talented genius in our clan in the past hundred years. You shouldn't be treated like an ordinary person. Hehe, so, little sister wishes to seek advice from you on supernatural abilities, just to show everyone the style of the once-in-a-century genius of our clan. I wonder if Gao Ming can agree to this abrupt request?"
By now, a crowd had gathered around, and Gao Ming's name had already become well-known within the community of supernatural beings. As a fifteen-year-old awakener, he was considered a miracle, and his supernatural potential was rumored to have reached an astonishing level of ninety-four. This was a miracle within a miracle. According to convention, the later the awakening, the weaker the potential should be. This convention was broken by Gao Ming.
So, Gao Ming became famous, and he became famous very quickly.