Douluo Continent: On Becoming a God Through Science

Chapter 86 A Year in the Blink of an Eye (3)

A year has passed, and through his own cultivation alone, his soul power level has increased by more than two levels, from level 54 to level 57.

In terms of physical body, with the help of the "Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Technique", there has naturally been a leap in improvement.

Although the incomplete version of the system, "Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Technique," only has the effect of tempering the physical body and has no additional supernatural powers or methods, even the physical strength alone is hardly one-hundred-millionth of the original. Even if a giant elephant is conceived within the body, it does not truly grant the power of a giant elephant.

However, even the beginner-level "Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Technique" was enough to allow You Chen to cultivate his physical body to the level of a Title Douluo in this world.

Despite relying on abundant resources and spending a year, You Chen still hadn't fully mastered the beginner level of the "Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Technique." However, he had only managed to cultivate a "giant elephant" from less than one-third of the 840 million particles in his human body. By switching to the larger version, his physical strength had already reached the Soul Saint level! With the appearance of a keratinized membrane on his skin, the most significant improvement was naturally in his body's defensive capabilities!

In terms of defensive capabilities alone, it is already comparable to his original greatest strengths: reaction speed and speed!

However, in order to maintain the balance of the three elements, he does not intend to continue cultivating until his soul power level breaks through to the next stage.

The larger version has a Soul Saint-level physique, while the smaller version has reached the Soul Emperor level, which is more than enough for now. If Tang San knew that his opponent in two years would be such a physical monster, he'd probably be starting to feel euphoric right now, wouldn't he?

Among the cultivation techniques obtained by the system, the next two are the "Soul-Stealing Technique" and the "Breath-Concealing Technique"!

You Chen's talent in the mental system is undeniable. Even with only a portion of his energy, he still managed to cultivate the Soul-Stealing Technique from the Lesser Completion stage to the Greater Completion stage at an extremely rapid pace!

If the Lesser Completion level of "Soul-Stealing Technique" is only a two-thousand-year-level soul skill, and in the hands of a talented person like You Chen, it is at most a three-thousand-year standard, then the Greater Completion level of "Soul-Stealing Technique" is definitely a ten-thousand-year-level soul skill!

If used under a state of heightened focus, the power of this mental-type soul skill will be multiplied!

With the addition of You Chen's mental talent, it will never be outdated even when you reach the Title Douluo level!

Of course, it's hard to say how many years it would take to reach perfection, even if it only takes a year to reach the advanced stage.

Given You Chen's mental strength level a year ago, it would probably have taken him at least ten years to get started.

But... if it were now, this timeframe would likely be shortened by five years.

There's no other reason than that after picking up the cultivation of the "Distraction Soul Refining Technique" again, You Chen has now reached the Five Hearts Realm, and his spiritual power has at least doubled, making him extremely close to the peak of the Spirit Abyss Realm.

Meanwhile, the "Concealing Breath Technique," which You Chen was so focused on, also successfully reached the Great Completion stage under the guidance of his Great Completion level soul power control.

The Lesser Completion stage of the "Concealing Breath Technique" allows one to perfectly conceal soul power under normal circumstances, while the Greater Completion stage's effects were something You Chen had already experienced in advance through "Super Focus."

That is, "perfect soul ring convergence under the state of martial soul possession".

This is why, even when You Chen used the alias You Xing and activated his Martial Soul Possession, no one saw his Soul Rings appear. (PS: I had this in mind, but my hand forgot to write it down, oops.)

After achieving mastery, You Chen can directly experience the effects of its perfect level through super focus.

The Perfected level of the "Concealing Breath Technique" is superior in concealing one's aura and controlling one's soul power! Compared to the Great Completion level, which only perfectly conceals the soul rings, the Perfected level can even use soul ring skills directly without revealing the soul rings!

In addition, after repeated use and testing, You Chen also discovered its hidden effect—simulating and changing the color of the Soul Ring.

The principle is somewhat similar to suppressing the level of soul power, but here a more ingenious method is used. Instead of suppressing, the energy manifested by the soul ring is contained, thereby changing the color of the soul ring.

After that, the most noteworthy of the remaining system techniques and martial arts is the "Cloud Movement Fist".

Clouds are formed by the condensation of air over water. This "air" is also a side view of the wind.

During the process of practicing the Cloud Movement Fist, You Chen did not spend much effort but comprehended a martial art that was more suitable for him—the Wind Movement Fist.

However, if two fist techniques are used at the same time, an even higher level of fist technique can be unleashed – "Wind and Cloud Movement"!

Over the course of the year, You Chen also made some summaries of the cultivation techniques and martial arts skills provided by the system, and gave them simple ratings.

This time, it's not the usual "beginner, minor success, major success" approach, but rather a division based on one's own value.

Ordinary: Basically useless. Items ranging from trash to those with some borrowing value and the potential for related applications all fall into this category. The Five Qi Fiend Technique was placed at this level by You Chen.

Useful: As the name suggests, it has some use; with a little practice and accumulation, it can be put to good use. Like clouds moving and grass flying.

Strong: This can be categorized as a main skill, roughly equivalent to the importance of carefully crafted endgame gear in online games. The Soul-Stealing Technique falls into this category.

God among Gods: Whether it's for skipping class, achieving invincibility, or granting immense confidence and resources, once you obtain and use it, you can't help but exclaim "God among Gods!" Its status is similar to those game-breaking artifacts in online games that allow you to skip classes or break game limits. The Concealing Breath Technique and the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Force are examples of God among Gods. Everyone who's used them raves about them.

The Wind-Moving Fist can barely be considered "strong," while the Wind and Cloud Movement, formed by combining the ordinary Cloud-Moving Fist, is a high-level skill truly worth studying in depth. Although it's not as quick to learn or as easy to use as the Soul-Stealing Technique, and because the Cloud-Moving Fist's attributes don't perfectly suit You Chen, resulting in a higher energy consumption, it's still definitely not bad!

As You Chen's understanding of the power of the martial soul's origin deepens, there is a possibility that he may be able to develop it further.

With a few minor modifications, "Wind Wing Blade" and "Storm Stream" feel like they're almost ready to retire.

Fortunately, You Chen was very focused on his time and didn't have the leisure to do so, so his two soul ring skills were temporarily spared from being overpowered by You Chen's skills.

Where does You Chen spend all his time...?

Firstly, the research on the previously mentioned method of absorbing the age of a spirit ring and increasing that age.

The information that You Chen had asked Wan to collect had naturally been received long ago.

A year is more than enough time for You Chen to analyze and verify the findings.

Determining the optimal age is like deriving a formula. There are four main variables: mental strength, physical fitness, soul power level, and optimal age. The first two variables can be basically determined, while the last variable, although it does not have a precise value, has a data range formed by a large amount of data.

With You Chen's extensive theoretical knowledge, it wouldn't be difficult for him to deduce a general idea.

Of course, this research ultimately needs to be applied to oneself, and You Chen naturally wants to pursue a more precise scope, which ultimately requires certain experimental implementation.

Then, there's the "method to increase the lifespan".

(End of this chapter)