Douluo Continent: This Tang San is different

Chapter 180 analyzes the self-created soul skills of the Heaven Dou Team.

On the training grounds of the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy.

Huo Wu, Yu Tianheng, and others practiced climbing trees, or practiced in pairs. The bursts of soul power generated by their collisions blew through the air on the field.

The arrival of Tang San, Xiao Wu, Guang Ling, and others caused everyone to stop their training and gather around.

"What a rare guest! You don't come to the training grounds often," Huo Wu teased Tang San, one hand on her hip. "Of all the captains of the Heaven Dou Royal Team throughout history, you're the most carefree."

"You can't say that. I just have other areas of research." Tang San smiled, glanced around, and seeing that everyone was there, continued, "Next, I will plan how you can create your own soul skills based on each of your examinations of your martial souls, soul skills, and the rough way you processed the energy of heaven and earth into soul power during meditation."

Yu Feng danced with joy: "It's finally here! I've been waiting forever!"

Oslo was speechless: "Isn't that a bit of an exaggeration? We've only been back from hunting the Fallen Ones for two days."

Huo Wu said, "Shall I go first?"

"Okay, pair up. Huo Wu and Yu Tianheng, come over here first. The rest of you, continue training." Tang San had Xiao Wu and Guang Ling practice with the others, while he called Huo Wu and Yu Tianheng over.

The three walked to the lakeside, and Tang San first analyzed the six-dimensional diagram of the Sun Goddess for Huo Wu—

Strength: 9. Although the Sun Goddess is not a strength-type martial soul, her strength is comparable to that of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus.

Speed: 7. Movement speed is relatively slow, but attack speed is relatively fast, a balanced value.

Defense: 8. Although the martial soul looks like a weak woman, it can withstand strong attacks and can be used as a human shield.

Endurance: 5, consumes a lot of soul power.

Energy: 10. It can release energy with tremendous power.

Special: 10. Possesses light and fire attributes, and has a unique levitation feature, possibly related to gravity.

Total score: 46.

"Forty-six, is this a good number?" Huo Wu was quite curious about the six-dimensional graph.

"The total score is sixty points. A score over thirty points is considered very powerful," Tang San said. "As you can probably tell, your Sun Goddess Martial Soul is quite good except for its stamina and soul power consumption. It's just that its speed is a bit slow."

"Indeed, my martial soul is powerful, but it consumes a lot of soul power. I estimate that I will be able to use the power of my martial soul freely and without restraint after I reach the Soul Saint level." Huo Wu also knew the weakness of the Sun Goddess, which is a common problem of powerful martial souls - when the soul power is low, it is difficult to exert its full power.

"Next, I'll talk about your path of creating your own soul skills."

Tang San said, "Your soul skills, Sun Star Ring, Sun Rising, Fire Dance of the Sun, Fire Sun Armor, and Twin Suns Across the Sky, have control, amplification, ranged output, and melee combat, and they do not conflict with each other. When combined, they are already very strong."

"But the stronger the soul power, the stronger the control it requires."

"Coincidentally, your martial soul has a special ability that can help you control it—levitation, or rather, gravity."

Fire Dance asked, "What is gravity?"

Tang San picked up a small pebble, then released it. The pebble fell to the ground. He asked, "Why did the pebble fall to the ground instead of flying into the sky?"

Huo Wu was dumbfounded: "How should I know?"

"Because of gravity." Tang San then pulled Yu Tianheng to his side and said, "Take Yu Tianheng as an example, why was I able to pull him to my side just now?"

"Because you pulled me." Huo Wu blurted out, then paused, as if realizing something, and said, "The so-called gravity is the earth pulling us down with an invisible 'arm' that exerts a downward force."

"That's right, that's the principle. When I pull Yu Tianheng, it's horizontal, while the earth's pull on us is downward, or rather, towards the center deep within the earth."

Tang San smiled, thinking that Huo Wu was quite thoughtful.

This shows that Soul Masters are all quite intelligent when they're working, but most of them are influenced by their living environment and the strength they gain from cultivating their Martial Souls, which makes them less inclined to use their brains.

After all, with power, most problems can be solved with fists, so why bother thinking about using your brain?

Then, as adults, our beliefs are already formed, and unless external, objective, and unchangeable factors are imposed upon us, it is very difficult for us to change our thinking.

For Huo Wu and the others, being young and full of life, they are more receptive to new ideas.

"To be honest, I was just using it as a demonstration," Yu Tianheng retorted.

"Feel sorry."

Tang San said something rather insincerely, and then continued to Huo Wu, "And your levitation as the Sun Goddess should also be an application of gravity. If you can develop gravity, your strength will increase exponentially."

"After all, the sun also has gravity."

Huo Wu looked up at the sun in the sky, puzzled: "Since the sun has gravity, why weren't we pulled up to it?"

"Because we are so far from the sun, and based on the phenomenon of things appearing larger when closer and smaller when farther away, how big do you think the sun is?" Tang San gave his answer before Huo Wu could reply, "From my observation, it is at least ten thousand times larger than the world we live in, and you could even add tens, hundreds, or even thousands of times to that number."

"The sun's gravity may already be pulling us along, but it's the world we live in that's being pulled along."

Huo Wu was horrified by these remarks: "How is this possible? How could the sun possibly pull our world along?"

"This is just my guess. If you're interested, once you become a Title Douluo, you might be able to fly out of the world and see it for yourself." Tang San kept everyone in suspense before getting down to business. "In short, gravity is the direction you need to create your own soul skill. Once you succeed, one of the four fundamental forces of interaction in the world, and even the entire universe, will be able to move for you."

"So, what should we do?" Huo Wu didn't know 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 look forward to it.

"The key lies in your first soul skill: Solar Ring."

Tang San pointed out the key point.

The Solar Ring, when the Sun Goddess was still the Hokage, was called the Resist Fire Ring by Huo Wu. It doesn't have a strong offensive capability; it's just a burning ring with flames that can push enemies away and prevent them from getting close to you. It can be considered a group control type of soul skill.

After the Hokage evolved into the Sun Goddess, her Soul Skills were also elevated. The Resist Fire Ring was renamed the Sun Star Ring. Although it still pushes enemies away, the range is larger, the light and fire attributes are more intense, and the fire ring can rotate at high speed, possessing extremely strong cutting ability.

In Tang San's observation, this cutting ability could not be achieved by the elements of light and fire, but by another force that condensed it to achieve the effect of rotating and cutting.

And this force is gravity.

"When you cultivate in the future, you can have your Sun Goddess Martial Soul condense a Sun Star Ring. You can then sit cross-legged within it and cultivate, injecting your soul power into the Sun Star Ring to see if it can make you levitate," Tang San advised.

"Not relying on my martial soul to carry me, but relying on the Sun Ring Soul Skill to break free from the Earth's gravity?" After her initial surprise, Huo Wu pondered the possibilities. "This kind of flight doesn't rely on wings, but on the interaction between my gravitational pull on the ring and the Earth's gravity. It's like two equally matched people facing off, both being pushed away by the other's force. I, on the other hand, am engaging in a 'gravitational fist fight' with the force exerted by the Earth on all objects."

"It's an interesting analogy, but I prefer to do push-ups, since we don't have the strength to push the whole world under our feet aside."

Tang San smiled and said, "If you can fly using your first soul skill, then controlling the speed and direction of your flight will require adjusting the rotation speed and tilt angle of the Sun Ring. In fact, to help you fly better, you will need to create and control multiple rings, which requires a very high level of mental strength."

"However, the process of manipulation during training is also a test of mental strength."

If Huo Wu can truly master gravity, her future is limitless.

After Huo Wu went to the side to try it out, Tang San's gaze fell on Yu Tianheng, and he slowly said, "I'll also analyze your Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex Martial Soul—"

"Strength: 10. The Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus is the overlord among beast martial souls, with extremely strong power, considered to be at its peak."

"Speed: 8, slightly faster than Mai Shiranui's Sun Goddess, but not by much. Although her straight-line running speed is not slow, she cannot fly, is not agile, and her attack speed is not fast."

"Defense: 8, tough skin and high recovery ability."

"Endurance: 6. A common problem for top and bottom-tier martial souls is that they consume a lot of energy when their soul power is low."

"Energy: 7. It can release energy, but the range is limited without relying on soul skills. It is mainly suitable for melee combat rather than ranged output."

"Special: 9. Possesses the power of thunder. Due to consuming the petals of the Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum, the martial soul has evolved in a more powerful direction, acquiring light and metal attributes."

Total score: 48.

Although Yu Tianheng's Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex did not get a perfect score in any category, it was well-balanced and its total score was two points higher than Huo Wu's Sun Goddess.

However, if the two were to actually fight, Huo Wu would have the upper hand.

After all, this is just a comparison of the six basic dimensions of a martial soul without using soul skills, to help people see their own advantages, not to evaluate combat power.

The Sun Goddess's explosive power is stronger, fiercer, and more intense than that of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex.

Moreover, Yu Tianheng currently possesses four soul skills—

First Soul Skill, Thunder Dragon Claw, imbues the dragon claw with lightning, used for close combat;

The second soul skill, Thunderous Might, uses lightning to strike enemies. It is a wide-area group attack soul skill that can be used to clear out small fry, but its main purpose is to control the movement of enemies.

The third soul skill, Thunderous Fury, is a self-amplification skill that increases attack power by 100% and soul power by 50%. The amplification attribute is fixed and cannot be increased with the increase of soul power.

The fourth soul skill, Blue Lightning Dragon Swiftness, is a single-target attack soul skill. Its effect is to condense a blue lightning dragon more than one meter long with the power of thunder and then unleash it.

Melee combat, control, amplification, and single-target strong attack.

Without considering the bloodline bonus and elemental enhancement effects of the spirit rings on the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Martial Soul, in terms of spirit skill effects alone, it makes the same mistake as the original Xiao Wu, failing to consider the perfect combination between spirit rings and spirit skills, and basically just filling in the gaps.

In other words, the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex Martial Soul is a top-tier beast Martial Soul with powerful Soul Skills, so its weaknesses are not obvious.

The situation is similar for Huo Wu's Sun Goddess, except that the combination of her soul skills is more harmonious.

Tang San didn't comment much on this, after all, he didn't want to discourage the other party. Moreover, for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, strengthening the bloodline of their martial soul, improving their lightning attributes, and perfecting their dragon transformation were the most important things. Large clans have strong backing and don't need commoner soul masters like him to "meticulously calculate" the combination and connection between each soul skill in order to achieve the best fit for themselves.

However, what kind of self-created soul skill is suitable for Yu Tianheng?

The element of thunder can be developed into electromagnetic force.

However, after consuming the petals of the Qirong Tongtianju, he also gained the elements of light and metal.

However, Yu Tianheng's main ability is still lightning, which can be developed in the direction of electromagnetism. The light and metal elements are relatively weak. This situation is different from the gravity brought by the Sun Goddess. It cannot be developed specifically unless Yu Tianheng's martial soul undergoes a transformation and completely becomes the Golden Sacred Dragon or the Light Sacred Dragon.

Otherwise, for now, we can only develop it from the perspective of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex.

According to Tang San's estimation, if Yu Tianheng wanted the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon to completely transform into the Golden Sacred Dragon or the Light Sacred Dragon, the subsequent spirit rings would need to be from sub-dragon species or dragon-type spirit beasts with corresponding attributes, and the strength would need to reach at least the Soul Douluo level.

From a family genetics perspective, the future looks promising.

However, in terms of enhancing his current personal strength, it won't be of much use. In fact, because his martial soul will transform into the Holy Light Dragon or the Holy Golden Dragon, the lightning element may be greatly weakened or even disappear. Yu Tianheng will most likely not be able to perfectly control the new ability in a short period of time, so he will not be able to fully exert his strength.

"Is that so?" After listening to Tang San's analysis, Yu Tianheng thought for a while and asked, "If my future spirit rings are all based on lightning, will the light and metal elements diminish?"

"No, after all, that's the elemental power that was born after you consumed the petals of the Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum. At most, it's not as strong as your lightning, and there's a chance it will be inherited by your descendants," Tang San said, offering his guess.

"Then let my future descendants try. As the 'ancestor' of the Holy Light Dragon or the Holy Golden Dragon, I should continue to follow the path of thunder. After all, I am most familiar with the power of thunder." Yu Tianheng was open-minded. "If you want to evolve into a Holy Light Dragon or a Holy Golden Dragon, it is better to absorb a soul ring with the corresponding attribute from a young age. I am already at the fourth ring. It would be too late to absorb a soul ring with the light or metal element at the fifth ring."

"Furthermore, it's not easy to find a soul beast that possesses light and metal attributes and has dragon blood. Even sub-dragon species are hard to find."

Seeing that Yu Tianheng had thought it through, Tang San nodded, took out two iron balls the size of a thumb, and said, "Then, if you want to forge your own soul skill, you will use the power of thunder to pull the iron balls, making them levitate and be able to control them at will."

"Once you can manipulate an iron ball the size of your thumb, you can continuously increase its volume and mass, and even change its shape."

"I call it electromagnetic control training."

Yu Tianheng thought it was quite simple. He took the iron balls and controlled his soul power with lightning attributes around the two iron balls. Apart from pushing them a distance apart, he could not make them float.

Moreover, Yu Tianheng discovered a strange phenomenon: after being covered by his lightning power, the two small iron balls actually attracted each other.

The iron ball has become magnetic!

It's like a magnet!

No wonder Tang San called it "Electromagnetic Control Training"—there's some connection between lightning and magnetism...

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After Yu Tianheng pondered the reasoning behind it, Tang San called over the next group of people: Yu Feng and Oslo.

First is the ability to control the wind. Tang San's self-created soul skill plan for him was to allow him to fly in the gale, feel the flow of air, understand the true meaning of the wind, and thus truly master the wind, or rather, control the airflow.

As for training conditions, Yu Feng can ask his family for help, or he can go to the outer edge of Storm Canyon with his family's accompaniment. There, the wind is constantly howling, making it a natural training ground.

If one day Yu Feng could soar freely in the raging winds of the Stormy Canyon, even if he couldn't create his own unique soul skill, he would still become the overlord of the sky.

As for Oslo.

Its martial spirit is the Ghost Leopard, which is relatively balanced in all aspects and has the fastest speed. However, it is straightforward and easily loses its balance due to inertia when turning.

Therefore, Tang San taught him a technique of using leverage to twist the waist, which is to suddenly stop while running fast, lean forward, twist the waist, and take a step in the desired direction.

This not only saves time from slipping in place, but also allows for continuous acceleration by utilizing the momentum of running.

Oslo was overjoyed and immediately began practicing.

Next up are Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan.

For Dugu Yan, the key right now is to become familiar with and master the Nine-Headed Azure Serpent Emperor Martial Soul. As for creating her own Soul Skill, Tang San's advice is: "Use the Azure Scale Pill as the foundation, feel the effects of the Azure Scale Serpent's Martial Soul Poison on each Soul Skill, and then plan the corresponding Soul Power flow route within your body and combine them."

As for Ye Lingling, whose martial soul is the Nine-Hearted Begonia and whose only soul skill is healing, Tang San fell into deep thought and couldn't offer any substantial advice for the time being.

After all, the Nine-Heart Begonia is too special.

"Sigh~ Our family's martial soul is flawed; our soul skills can only be healing," Ye Lingling sighed.

"defect?"

Tang San had Ye Lingling release the Nine-Heart Begonia. He stroked its nine red heart-shaped petals, using his own soul power to sense its condition. Finally, he shook his head and said, "Perhaps this is just my opinion, but from my observation, your martial soul has no flaws."

"According to my research, the ability of a martial soul to acquire a spirit ring and a spirit skill is usually an ability that the martial soul itself can evolve into."

"This is also why martial spirits need to be cultivated—"

"A newly awakened martial soul is like the core framework of a jigsaw puzzle, while various soul skills are the pieces of the puzzle. Nine pieces make the martial soul complete."

"But some peculiar martial souls, once awakened, already have a complete puzzle, or rather, almost complete. That is to say, the puzzle already exists, but it is gray. Due to the rule that martial souls need a soul ring to use soul skills, a soul ring is needed to color the existing puzzle."

(End of this chapter)