Chapter 553: Soul Shattering
Translator: Panda_Penn Editor: Chrissy
Lu Li asked Madam Yan and Ming Yu to be in charge of purchasing Mystical Materials, finding Lu Ling and the Bodhi Fruit and Ye Cha to be handling scouts. Taking his mind off those matters, Lu Li began to dig into the study of the two skills.
Soul Shattering and Soul Snatching!
The first skill Lu Li studied was Soul Shattering for this was a very awe-inspiring skill. The other one was more of a sinister nature, not suitable for frontal attacks. It was also evident that the second one was harder to be learned. Hence, Lu Li had decided to go with the first one.
Lu Li read about it for one day and pondered about it for two. After this, he had gained a crude understanding of the mechanism. It was more of a cruel move with a combination of strength and soul instead of a mere soul skill.
This skill would pass strength into the brain of an enemy to shake his Soul Pond. Soul attacks would follow, which would constitute a double attack, catching the enemy off guard.
The might of the skill was that it was aimed at the Soul Pond directly, sending the strength in like vibration waves, taking no heed of how powerful the enemy's defense was. If the strength could shatter enemy's soul directly, then soul attacks wouldn't be needed. On the other hand, if the physical attack wouldn't suffice, then soul attacks would enter into the Soul Pond, destroying enemy's soul, leaving the enemy half dead.
By the end of the day, the skill aimed to attack enemy's soul and shatter it. In one move, it could collapse a soul, which was why Lu Li felt that the skill was very awe-inspiring and cruel.
The name of Soul Shattering was bossy in itself.
Lu Li had been studying it for several days but he didn't know where to start. He didn't even understand how to send strength into an enemy directly.
The ancient language was different from the current one. Hence, Lu Li did not fully understand the words on the hide scroll and there were many theories that he could not comprehend.
"I shall try it out first!"
Studying it for a couple of days, Lu Li walked out of the castle. He planned to go the wild to test out his studies. Walking out of the room, he saw Little White lying on its stomach at the gate of the castle, idling about.
"Squeak, squeak~"
Little White chirped when it saw Lu Li and waved its little paws. Little White took out the Ding of Barbarian God and screamed at constantly.
Lu Li didn't understand what Little White was getting at and all his questions were responded by a shake of its head. After a while, Little White flew the Ding of Barbarian God to midair, opened the lid and jumped in.
"Well?"
Lu Li saw with his psychic power that Little White was standing in the Ding of Barbarian God, pointing its paws at the lid. Finally, Lu Li understood. He hopped onto the lid and asked, "You want to cultivate here? You want to refine your body with thunderbolts and ask me to protect you?"
"Squeak, squeak~"
This time, Little White nodded in delight. Lu Li's eyes glowed. After being blasted by thunderbolts in the tripod Ding for seven days and nights, Little White's body had been strengthened under the combined strength of divine energy and thunderbolts. Little White wanted to go on now? If so, its body could be stronger still.
The fact that the barbarians could be so powerful in their defense was because they were being refined in thunderbolts all year round. Lu Li was more than happy that Little White asked to cultivate itself.
"Don't worry. It is safe in the Deserted World. Don't be afraid to use the energy in the Ding of Barbarian God. When the energy runs out, we will figure something out. Your refinement is of utmost importance."
Even Quasi Relic was only a piece of artifact. One's own strength was what mattered. If Little White could become stronger in its defense and attacks, Lu Li wouldn't mind even if the Ding of Barbarian God was destroyed.
"Buzzing!"
Little White was relieved. The lid was put back and the tripod Ding landed outside the castle. Soon, the tripod Ding began to glow with a circulating black air and appearances of mysterious runes. Lu Li inspected with psychic power. Little White was lying on all fours inside, enjoying the thunderbolts strikes. It even closed its eyes in comfort…
"Very good."
Lu Li nodded. Little White would be stronger now that it had received divine force and was being constantly refined in thunderbolts. In the future, Little White might be able to fight against warriors of the Human Sovereign Realm or the Earth Immortal Realm.
"I need someone here!"
Lu Li shouted. A Noble Lord Realm warrior of the Cyan Phoenix Race nearby showed up. He cupped his fists and said, "Saint Lord!"
Lu Li was unfamiliar with this man who must have made the breakthrough recently and was sent here by Ye Cha to guard. Lu Li nodded and said, "You stay here. Nobody can approach the tripod Ding or the snow mountain. I will cultivate nearby. Let me know if something is up."
"Yes, Saint Lord!"
Warriors from the Cyan Phoenix Race all regarded Lu Li with utmost respect. Lu Li asked, "What is your name and your relation with Ye Cha?"
"I am Ye Gu, nephew of Clan Leader." The Noble Lord Realm warrior answered politely.
Lu Li nodded as a response. He rushed down the snow mountain while inspecting the surroundings with psychic power and found a nice location.
To the north of the snow mountain was a barren mountain. Some fights might have been broken out here before as the rabbles were everywhere at the messy grounds. There was a woods in the mountain where Lu Li decided to cultivate.
Lu Li entered the woods and then took out a rod. After he considered it for a while, he smashed the rod at a tree without using Xuan Energy.
"Bang!"
Lu Li was strong. Even a casual smash would carry enormous strength. A tree large enough for a man to circle his arms around was halved. The tree collapsed, stirring up dust.
"This Soul Shattering is tricky!"
Lu Li frowned. What he desired was not for the tree to be cut off. Instead, he wished that the bark would remain intact while the inside was smashed!
The Soul Shattering had made it clear that it could send strength into an enemy and shatter the enemy's Soul Pond directly.
This mode of attack was very freaky. No matter how strong one's defense was, it would still be on the outside. Nobody would have strong muscles, bones, internal organs or Soul Ponds, defense-wise.
Take the Lu Family's Mystic Armor as an example. Average attacks could not crack the Mystic Armor. But what if Lu Li's attack didn't have to do that? What if he could pass the strength into his enemy through the Mystic Armor and blast his enemy's internal organs?
If Lu Li could master the Soul Shattering skill, then the level of defense of his enemy would make no difference for Lu Li. There was no layer of strong defense outside his enemy's internal organs and Soul Pond. When Lu Li could shatter his enemy's Soul Pond, no amount of out-layer defense could provide any protection.
Average attacks aimed at the outside defense while Soul Shattering would pass the strength in and destroy internal organs and Soul Ponds of enemies.
Even for the strong barbarians, their internal organs and Soul Ponds were relatively weak. There were warriors with soul protection artifacts which were only effective when faced with soul attacks. Lu Li, on the other hand, would be using his strength. What was the point of having soul protection artifacts in this case?
"Bang, bang, bang!"
Lu Li kept smashing at the trees nearby with an iron rod. Every time a tree would be cut off, which was not something Lu Li was eager to see.
Lu Li needed to pass his strength through, making the outside intact while shattering the inside with his strong power.
"Whoosh~"
Lu Li hit a rock gently but the iron rod turned the rock into dust.
"No, this is not it. I cannot use my strength like this. All my strength is absorbed by the defense on the outside. It cannot penetrate inside."
Lu Li frowned and his eyes were misty. He would take out the hide scroll to read sometimes and hack at another tree. After that, he would stare blankly into the tree…
One day passed, then two, five!
Lu Li practiced day and night. Almost all the trees nearby were cut off by him and none of the stones were intact.
"Lu Li, what are you doing? Have you lost your mind?"
Bai Xiashuang had just come out from her cultivation and came here after asking Ye Gu. All she saw was Lu Li hacking at the trees and stones constantly. She thought that Lu Li had gone mad, not being able to deal with a huge pressure…