Chapter 28: Kung Fu and Martial Arts
Chapter 28: Kung Fu and Martial Arts
In fact, there is a reason why people in Douluo Continent are not keen on the research and development of their own soul skills.
Even if it is a plug-in given to the protagonist by the original author, it can be used completely seamlessly with the Xuantian Baolu.
Take the Ghost Shadow as an example. If you cultivate it to perfection, it is at most equivalent to a ten thousand year soul skill.
It is unknown how much time and energy it would take for ordinary people to cultivate it to perfection.
But what about the spirit master? One spirit ring can do it directly.
The greatest function of these self-created soul skills is not to be used by soul masters of this department, but to help soul masters of other departments to find and fill in the gaps.
For example, if the offensive and auxiliary systems learn a flexible step, they can enhance their output space and survivability.
But the problem is that the most suitable and skilled in developing this type of soul skills are agile attack soul masters.
Is there any need for a spirit master of the Agility Attack type to independently develop this kind of spirit skill? There is no need.
If you have this much time, wouldn’t it be nice to train your soul power a little more?
Over time, this has created an atmosphere where researching and creating original soul skills is extremely unpopular.
Even if one creates one's own soul skills, they are basically not universally applicable. They are basically the type that can only be used by martial souls inherited from a family and are not transferable.
The skills and martial arts that You Chen obtained were all general types, with no requirements for martial souls or additional talents.
With the infusion of systematic knowledge, he also crossed the initial threshold and directly achieved entry, saving a lot of time for practice.
But apart from the spiritual-related "Soul-Shocking Art" and the functional "Breath-Containing Art", You Chen did not intend to spend too much energy on the rest.
In addition to the above two items, You Chen also acquired three martial arts skills.
They are the boxing technique "Yun Dong Quan", the light skill "Flying on the Grass", and the explosive secret technique "Wu Qi Sha Gong".
Among them, "Cloud Moving Fist" is a boxing technique that tends to be water-based. It uses soul power to draw cloud energy, making the boxing technique unpredictable. It is a typical slow boxing technique, which is slightly in conflict with You Chen's agile attack style. But from another perspective, it may be able to catch the opponent by surprise and become a piece of the puzzle of You Chen's offensive ability.
"Flying on the Grass" has a simple name, but the effect is quite good.
As for the "Five Qi Evil Skill", it is an explosive secret technique that nourishes evil spirits in the five internal organs and detonates them at critical moments, thereby enhancing one's overall attributes. Although it puts a considerable burden on the five internal organs, the effect is also real.
From this perspective, You Chen can actually use all three martial arts techniques.
But, as I said before, it will take a long time to cultivate to the highest level and perfection, even for a wandering cultivator.
This is also why You Chen had no intention of passing these skills and martial arts to Yan.
At first glance, showing Yan these general self-created soul skills may help him to learn by analogy.
But in fact, what Yan developed were all original soul skills exclusive to his martial soul, and giving these things to him would only cause him more trouble.
With Yan's stupid brain, You Chen felt that it would take a lot of time just to understand the contents of these martial arts techniques, not to mention getting started smoothly afterwards.
You Chen has reached the entry level of the system. These three martial arts techniques are equivalent to the effect of a hundred-year soul skill.
Not to mention boxing and light skills, many people have a misunderstanding that when traveling through Douluo, the early low-level soul skills should choose amplification-type soul skills so that they will not be eliminated in the future.
This is totally wrong.
The timeless amplification effect of the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda has nothing to do with the age of the spirit ring, but is the ability of the spirit itself.
For the same amplification soul skills, the amplification effect of normal auxiliary soul masters will vary depending on the amplification object. As for self-amplification, the amplification effect of a hundred-year soul skill and a ten-thousand-year soul skill will naturally be different.
The latter can still have a certain effect when he becomes a Titled Douluo, but the former will most likely not even be a mosquito leg by that time.
The same thing happened to You Chen with the "Five Qi Evil Power".
The effect looks pretty good, and it's somewhat useful to You Chen now, but he's about to absorb the fifth ring. Once he reaches the Soul King level, this secret technique will be nothing more than a drop in the ocean if it's only at the entry-level level.
If the Soul Saint stage is to be useful, then one must at least practice to the Great Success level.
And in order to play a significant role on the Titled Douluo level, it is probably necessary to practice this secret technique to perfection.
But this requires talent and opportunity, and is not something that can be achieved easily.
Even if You Chen practiced "Flying on the Grass", he would not practice the seemingly wonderful "Five Qi Evil Skill".
However, You Chen was vaguely moved by the "Cloud Moving Fist" and thought that he could practice it a bit when he had free time. Perhaps it could really become a good killing soul skill.
But unlike these three martial arts techniques, You Chen is more interested in "Soul-Shocking Art".
Even without considering one's own spiritual talent, it is worth learning considering that its activation is concealed and extremely difficult to guard against. As long as it locks on the target, it will basically not miss.
The effect it exhibits is similar to "soul shock", but the emphasis is on the word "deterrence". It uses mental power to stimulate fear in the target, creating a short-term unconsciousness effect. If the target's mental power is too different from your own, it can even cause severe damage to their mental will, causing them to have an irreversible fear when they see you again in the future.
If one is born with qualities such as "dragon power" or "imperial majesty", this skill can also bring additional deterrent effects.
As for whether there are other hidden functions, it remains for You Chen to discover them himself.
When I first got the "Soul-Shocking Art", although its power was stronger than the other three, it was still limited to the scope of a hundred-year soul skill.
But after You Chen's practice for this period of time, although he has not reached the level of minor success, his skills are already comparable to those of a thousand-year-old soul.
This also shows You Chen's talent in this area.
If he puts all his energy into this "Soul-Shocking Art", You Chen is confident that he can cultivate to the great perfection realm in a few months. According to the instructions on the technique, his power may reach the first level of ten thousand year soul skill, and he will not be out of date even if he is used until he becomes a Titled Douluo.
Here I would like to talk about some concepts about the years of soul skills.
First of all, the same hundred-year soul skill, when used by a Titled Douluo and a First-Ring Soul Master, will naturally have different powers.
But this difference in power is caused by the difference in the strength of the soul power of both sides.
The form of the soul skill and the soul power injected will basically not change. This is the limitation of the soul ring itself.
Soul ring skills are equivalent to fixed programs. Soul masters can basically only click to start and then select the target.
Many soul masters believe that self-created soul skills will not become obsolete as their soul master level increases. A big part of the reason is that when their own level is higher, their soul power control is stronger and their soul power is greater. Even if the realm of the self-created soul skills used remains unchanged, they can make the form of the soul skills more exaggerated, and forcibly increase the power of the soul skills by injecting more soul power.
In this way, a soul skill that only lasts for a hundred years when performed perfectly is forcibly raised to the level of a thousand or ten thousand year soul skill, which will naturally cause a large amount of soul power and energy to be wasted.
However, if the soul master himself does not possess the corresponding soul rings and soul skills, there is no problem with this choice.
Self-created soul skills are inherently more "free" than soul ring soul skills.
(End of this chapter)