Among You Chen's second-tier targets, the Wind Summoner was one of the weakest soul beasts in terms of raw strength. However, despite its glaring weaknesses, You Chen placed it in the second tier due to its significant advantages.
This soul beast is among the few that are purely constructed of wind energy, making it particularly beneficial for enhancing a martial spirit's control over wind attributes. Absorbing a Wind Summoner as a soul ring enhances a soul master's ability to create and manipulate wind-based self-created soul skills, offering more flexibility compared to other wind-attributed soul beasts.
For example, the Evil-Eyed White Tiger's second soul skill is typically solidified as "White Tiger Light Wave" after hunting a soul beast traditionally chosen by experience for its compatibility.
From this, You Chen inferred several conclusions.
Firstly, the soul beast's compatibility with the Evil-Eyed White Tiger is very high; otherwise, every Evil-Eyed White Tiger soul master wouldn't consistently derive this soul skill from its ring.
Secondly, even if the soul master uses the method of self-created soul skills during absorption, the foundational nature of this soul skill cannot be altered.
Self-created soul skills are not simply a matter of thinking what skill to create and having it manifest as such. High compatibility, combined with high stability, often results in more powerful soul skills but also limits the potential for variation.
Regardless of how much subjective influence is applied during the skill's creation, it will ultimately remain an energy-releasing skill through the mouth.
Even if You Chen were to attempt alterations, the most he could achieve would be to adjust whether the skill leans towards long-range or medium-range combat.
Most high-compatibility soul rings have predetermined skill types before absorption. The remaining flexibility lies in secondary attributes such as "release method," "operability," "range," and "soul power consumption," with at least one or two aspects being non-negotiable.
For instance, when Yan hunted his second soul ring's soul beast, it was predetermined to be a defense-type soul skill, presenting only as a shield or barrier.
In contrast, the Wind Summoner's soul ring offers the highest degree of freedom among soul beasts. Except for the restriction to pure energy types, unable to enhance physical strength or create solid-like soul skills, it can produce attack, support, defense, or amplification types.
Thus, although it lacks the raw power of other soul beast rings of the same age, this flexibility is invaluable to You Chen.
Around twenty to thirty thousand years is nearly the limit for this type of soul beast. The skill You Chen intended to construct was the signature technique of the Stardust Dragon, known even more widely than the "Sanctuary of Sacrifices"—"Sonic Shot"!
Strictly speaking, it wouldn't be a perfect replication of "Sonic Shot."
After Little You Chen (You Chen II) absorbed the first soul ring, the "Sanctuary of Sacrifices" skill provided You Chen with an initial understanding of the Stardust Dragon's power, which is the future form of the Star Skeleton Dragon.
He still couldn't perfectly control this power, but like someone who doesn't play soccer but understands the game, he began transitioning from a complete outsider to someone who could think like a "player."
In his initial vision, the "Sanctuary of Sacrifices" was primarily a holy power ability, at most supplemented by star power.
Yet, the reality was that not only star power but also wind power was integrated.
It was an ability born from the perfect utilization of three powers.
Previously unaware of the "Sanctuary of Sacrifices" mechanics, You Chen only knew the Stardust Dragon possessed this skill.
Upon "expressing the desired effect," because the Stardust Hatchling, as the Stardust Dragon's precursor, harbored the requisite power, the soul ring automatically completed the necessary modules.
You Chen provided the "output result," and with the martial spirit having the capability, it gave the "input process," resulting in a complete skill.
It was akin to a reverse engineering process facilitated by the system-granted soul ring.
The unexpected result was entirely within You Chen's anticipation.
In fact, this was his initial goal.
Through glimpses provided by the "Sanctuary of Sacrifices," he perceived that "Sonic Shot" wasn't a pure wind skill.
Attempting to derive the original "Sonic Shot" with a Wind Summoner's soul ring, lacking star and holy powers, was impossible; at most, it could approach closely.
Throughout this process, You Chen was bound to deepen his understanding of his martial spirit.
With his Spiritual Abyss-level mental strength and mastery as the "self-created soul skill" inventor, the process was smoother than anyone might expect.
What about the twenty-four-thousand-year soul ring age?
Not long ago, he could barely handle a soul ring just over twenty thousand years old, but after his martial spirit evolved, his life essence improved.
The strengthening brought by Little You Chen's first soul ring absorption, even if most enhancements were tied to the soul ring and not accessible when switching back to the main role, even retaining just one-tenth of the enhancement equated to absorbing an additional perfectly compatible millennium soul ring.
The combination allowed for a 25% age increase, well within his capacity.
As he absorbed the soul ring, he etched his impressions of the "Sonic Shot" depicted in animations into the ring while weaving the principles and concepts he analyzed since arriving in this world.
During the skill's formation, much like when he originally created the "Sanctuary of Sacrifices," insights naturally emerged.
'Indeed, this is a technique primarily of wind, but integrating star and holy powers as well!'
'Wind as the primary, star secondary, holy as the hidden undertone? Is the energy ratio… 5:2:1?'
'Hmm, no, I can't analyze the exact integration process; the martial spirit's support is insufficient.'
Soul rings with a certain compatibility can develop the martial spirit's inherent abilities. Thus, even though the Wind Summoner is purely wind-based, in constructing "Sonic Shot," the martial spirit would tap into potential, steering the soul skill towards the original "Sonic Shot."
Naturally, it would fill in previously absent attribute powers.
However, the energy from tapping into martial spirit potential couldn't compare to a soul ring concentrated with most of a soul beast's life force.
As the Wind Summoner's wind energy began to dominate, the soul skill's final form inevitably started to deviate.
After twenty minutes, You Chen slowly opened his eyes, smiling.
The fifth soul ring was complete!
Constructing the full version of "Sonic Shot" was never truly possible; at least You Chen's initial objectives were achieved.
Unlike other soul masters eager to complete absorption quickly, You Chen found the time too short, too limited!