Thousand-Faced Dragon

Chapter 419 Stacking Music

"Fire Serpent."

Rean sat cross-legged in mid-air, the surrounding flames transforming into tentacles.

It either lifted him up, or transformed into a snake's head with protruding sharp teeth.

"Sharp teeth".

The elemental mantras of the Four Symbols Monks are spoken, and tentacles of flames emerge from their hands, waist, and feet.

These are the tentacles of the fire serpent. Normally, a monk will only summon two, not only because of the limitations of its elemental power, but more importantly because they are essentially extensions of the arms. When controlling the limbs in combat, two fire serpent tentacles are already the limit of control.

However, this does not mean that this ability is weak. Compared with orthodox elemental magic, the monk's fire serpent tentacles are two different things.

It's more like an extension of a fist, turning the area of ​​attack that was only around you into the limit that your tentacles can reach. The monk's fist techniques, ki, and extraordinary characteristics that come with the tentacles are what make it deadly.

"Light dance".

Around Rean, at least six fiery serpent tentacles were dancing.

With multiple thought processes at his disposal, he easily manipulates these elemental tentacles.

He could sense the "qi" infused within, which, although both were elemental flames, were fundamentally different from the flames controlled by mages.

This is part of my own body. The energy in the tentacles can be adjusted at any time, so how could it possibly harm me? There may still be some unavoidable heat, but it is insignificant in the face of the red dragon bloodline.

"Is this what a martial monk is? Not satisfied with merely controlling their own body, they can also use elements to construct new bodies."

Those fiery tentacles don't consume much energy to maintain, but they are actually as nimble as arms.

"Other monks probably won't find it so easy. To be precise, a normal monk wouldn't come into contact with the Four Symbols sect at this stage."

Most extraordinary professions only consider branching, school, and domain differences when they reach the second or third tier, and the monk is no exception.

Ultimately, it's because the earlier stages are foundational; only with sufficient accumulation can one specialize in a particular area. And this is simply the normal situation.

"The Qi I possess now is probably at least at the third or fourth level."

The three dragon hearts were beating wildly, and a large amount of life force was being converted into energy. This profession, which uses life force in combat, was quite suitable for Rean, who had "several dragon lives".

Compared to other monks of similar skill level, Rean possesses a vast amount of ki, and following the established path would be a clear waste. While the basics can be improved later, Rean has a reason to leapfrog into advanced learning!
"Wu's possession greatly enhanced my control; his monk-like skills are invaluable."

For ordinary monks, overflowing energy might not be a good thing, as it requires a higher level of control, which is often only possessed by higher-level professionals. It requires experience and physical instinct, and takes time to hone.

Rean toyed with the "snake head" in his hand, easily making it twist and transform.

He couldn't explain how he controlled it, but he could. He only needed to want to do it, and he could do it naturally. The monk profession requires a lot of skill and operation, and this control ability must be trained to the point that it becomes an instinct of the body.

Coincidentally, Rean now possesses the instincts of a "top-tier monk".

He only needs to constantly simulate and use advanced techniques to turn them into his own abilities.

Once you have enough Qi, enough control, and even your body is accustomed to advanced techniques, you will naturally need to use them extensively to completely integrate them into your body's instincts.

Rean's experience of learning swordsmanship from Sue was playing out again, and he was growing rapidly. He tried various "energy manipulation techniques" of the Four Symbols Monks. Due to his bloodline, his abilities in sound waves, fire, and acid were all enhanced to some extent, but the ones he used most smoothly were always the fire type.

This is not only due to his bloodline nature, but also because Wu himself was once a warrior monk from a lower plane, and most beings in the lower plane can play with fire. His own specialty is the four elements of fire-based techniques.

The experience Rean is currently leveraging is what he excels at.

The ability to make "everything stop breathing" requires touching the opponent, and Wu is extremely skilled at those fiery tentacles. Rean can also stack the "Wallbreaker" soul ability on them, breaking through the opponent's defenses first and then directly destroying their body.

Of course, it's possible to do it now, but it's probably not possible in the short term.

Currently, Rean's Soul Ability (Thousand-Faced Dragon) can only stack two additional Souls. After Kuku's "Multiple Minds" became permanent, the second slot became extremely precious.

He is currently possessed by Wu, and with the two soul characteristics attached to his own soul ability, he has barely managed to achieve a triple effect. Once the next heroic soul arrives, he probably won't be able to stack the effects anymore.

How to improve the soul ability of the Thousand-Faced Dragon?

Rean also couldn't find his direction, but it seemed unlikely he would improve in the short term.

He never expected that he would so quickly crave more "soul characteristics".

"I'm not fighting anymore! I'm not fighting anymore! It's so frustrating!"

Hela was too lazy to fight Rean anymore; those tentacles were just too disgusting.

When you're on guard against Rean's punches and swords, those tentacles will suddenly creep up on you, and they're even equipped with the Penetrating ability (Wallbreaker), making it really painful to hit them.

The most painful part is that during this process, additional spells can even be summoned from those flying tentacles.

Even a single level one spell like Magic Missile, Fire Arrow, or Mage Shield can make a battle extremely painful.

For Rean now, casting first-level spells and zero-level tricks using super magic techniques is not difficult. For his opponents, however, it is quite disgusting to avoid the tentacles only to be suddenly sprayed in the face by an extra acid arrow.

"It felt like being ganged up on by a squad, the kind of disgusting collaborators who were so well-coordinated they were practically inseparable."

Now that Rean's professional abilities have increased, he is increasingly tasting the benefits of stacking combat characteristics. Kuku's soul ability is really useful, but unfortunately he can't bring it to its full potential.
"No, it's mainly the monks' ability, their characteristic of using life as a weapon at will. Otherwise, in my bloated state, I simply couldn't achieve such a balanced allocation."

If the snake's departure solidified his foundation as a strong individual, then Rean could barely be considered a strongman.
"I am a tactical platform. As long as new 'weapons' are continuously added, it will naturally be strengthened steadily. I need to work hard to ensure that it is used stably and form a combat power combination, so that one plus one is greater than two."

Now, this strong individual has probably found their path and can crush those of similar skill level who are lost and confused.
"Uh. I'm actually kind of looking forward to the extra thought lines that the fourth dragon head will bring, so I can use my psychic abilities. Just kidding, it's too early for that."

On the other hand, Rean's psychic abilities did indeed begin to increase significantly.

This wasn't because he spent much energy and time cultivating his psychic abilities, but because most of the gem dragons were powerful psychic users, and after obtaining this bloodline, Rean's psychic abilities were naturally enhanced.

Consequently, his profession as a "spirit of the soul" also naturally advanced and improved.

"And this profession, which transforms psychic abilities into physical weapons, is surprisingly well-suited to the monk class."

Rean raised his hand, looking thoughtfully at his fist that had transformed into a "psychic hammer."

Perhaps, the psychic elemental monk is a more suitable path for me.

(End of this chapter)