Chapter 217: Xie Tian Advances to Level Ninety-Fifth, Star Orbit Moon Wheel Domain!
A day and a night passed. With Hu Bai's short blade assisting—enhancing Xie Tian's comprehension and control over space elements—he managed to condense his Soul Core with little trouble!
This achievement directly propelled him to Level 95 Titled Douluo, just one step away from Super Douluo!
The breakthrough brought by a Hundred-thousand Year soul ring + Hundred-thousand Year Soul Bone + successful condensation of the Space Soul Core directly elevated Xie Tian's soul power by five levels!
Xie Tian stood up, feeling his immense strength, and couldn't help but burst into laughter: "Hahaha, I finally succeeded! I finally succeeded!"
"Son, I have to thank you for obtaining this Hundred-thousand Year soul ring and Soul Bone!" Xie Tian couldn't help but hug Hu Bai tightly.
Hu Bai chuckled, "Family doesn't say thank you. Dad, I'm happy for you that your cultivation has improved."
Through Xie Tian's introduction, they also learned about the four soul skills he had acquired, one of which was a Domain skill.
The two soul skills gained from the soul ring were Star Orbit Moon Blade Thrust, and Moon Wheel Space Stagnation.
Star Orbit Moon Blade Thrust is a powerful single-target offensive Soul Skill.
When activated, the Moon Blade is instantly enveloped by brilliant, star-orbit-like spatial energy. With a thought from the Soul Master, the Moon Blade can traverse space in short, instantaneous thrusts at an uncommonly high speed.
This is not a simple high-speed attack; as the Moon Blade travels, it tears open tiny spatial fissures along its path. The moment it strikes the target, these fissures violently close, exerting immense crushing force on the target.
It not only causes direct physical piercing damage but also inflicts additional damage from spatial distortion, impacting the target's internal organs and soul power.
This causes a chaotic state for a certain period, making it difficult to smoothly use soul skills and apply soul power.
The second Soul Skill, Moon Wheel Space Stagnation, is a control and auxiliary Soul Skill.
Upon activation, the Moon Blade unleashes a crescent-shaped light blade imbued with powerful spatial Law. Wherever this light blade passes, space seems to be frozen.
Enemies within the range will find their movements incredibly sluggish, and the flow of time in their perception seems to slow down drastically.
In reality, the spatial energy carried by the light blade interferes with the normal flow of the space the enemies occupy, reducing their movement speed, attack speed, and soul power circulation speed to one-third of their original!
As for the Soul Bone skill, Xie Tian became even more excited.
"This Soul Bone skill granted me a Domain-type Soul Skill and a defensive Soul Skill. The Domain Soul Skill is Star Orbit Moon Wheel Domain. When I activate this Soul Bone skill, a fifty-meter radius around me is instantly enveloped by a star-like Domain."
"Within the Domain, the ground manifests golden star-orbit patterns similar to the Star Orbit Moon Wheel Tortoise's shell. These patterns resemble flowing energy veins."
As he spoke, to help Hu Bai and Hu Leyao better experience it, Xie Tian directly released it.
Instantly, the two felt as if they were deep within a starry sky, with silver star orbits on the ground, shining as the Milky Way Hu Bai had seen in his previous life.
"Enemies entering the Domain will first be affected by spatial gravity. Every movement will feel like overcoming immense resistance, reducing their speed by forty percent.
At the same time, the space within the Domain becomes extremely unstable. Any attack from an enemy will be partially offset by spatial energy, reducing attack power by thirty percent.
As for me, within the Domain, my control over spatial energy becomes even more proficient. My Martial Soul's attack speed increases by one hundred percent, attack power increases by one hundred percent, and I can use spatial traversal skills more frequently and with lower energy consumption!"
Hu Bai thought to himself, this was probably the Star Orbit Moon Wheel Tortoise's original Domain skill, but because he had severely suppressed it, its Domain could never be fully unleashed.
Looking at the effects of this Domain, Hu Bai believed that the Star Orbit Moon Wheel Tortoise truly had the capital to be arrogant. All three soul skills so far were quite good, especially this Domain Soul Skill!
"Hehe, wife, aren't my soul skills powerful?" Xie Tian smiled.
Hu Leyao gave Xie Tian an alluring eye-roll: "Hmph, what about the fourth Soul Skill? What is it?"
Xie Tian continued: "The last one is Star Orbit Moon Wheel Guard. Upon activation, a semi-transparent shield formed by star-orbit energy instantly materializes around me."
"Look." Soon, a shield appeared around Xie Tian.
"Besides normal physical and energy defense, it also has a special feature: it's specifically for spatial skills. When encountering spatial attacks, such as spatial cutting or spatial collapse, the shield absorbs the spatial energy from these attacks, converting it into its own energy."
"And after absorbing a certain amount of spatial energy, it can increase the shield's defense by two hundred percent, lasting for five minutes."
"Xiao Bai, why don't you try it on me?"
Xie Tian rubbed his hands; he himself was curious how much defense this defensive Soul Skill offered against spatial attacks.
There was no other way. In the recent battle, the Star Orbit Moon Wheel Tortoise was completely suppressed. Many of its abilities couldn't be used before it was defeated here.
This ability was also related to space, so when Hu Bai performed spatial stripping earlier, the Star Orbit Moon Wheel Tortoise couldn't use it at all and could only rely on the thickness of its shell to withstand the Divine Artifact attacks of the Charm Demon.
That's why it seemed somewhat vulnerable.
But in fact, being able to withstand Divine Artifact attacks, its defense was commendable.
And since there were relatively few spatial-attributed Soul Masters, he could only have his son test it out.
Although this defense against spatial abilities was quite niche, even against other attacks, its defense was astonishing. After all, it was a Soul Skill granted by a Hundred-thousand Year Soul Bone.
And this Hundred-thousand Year Martial Soul Beast was a tortoise!
Hu Bai nodded, holding the short blade, and gently poked Xie Tian's shield.
Then, an unexpected situation occurred...
The shield... actually broke!
Xie Tian and Hu Leyao were both dumbfounded. No... how did this shield break like a bubble with just one poke?
Hu Bai: ...
Snow Empress: "This should be because your short blade is a Divine Artifact. Although your own strength is low and you cannot unleash the full power of the Divine Artifact, that doesn't mean the Divine Artifact itself is weak!"
"An energy shield formed by spatial elements, when it encounters a spatial Divine Artifact, is like seeing its master; it simply doesn't dare to block."
"If this were physical defense, it would be a bit better, but unfortunately, this translucent shield is entirely composed of elements."
Hu Bai: ...
This left Hu Bai a bit speechless, feeling as if he were Chen Jingchou and the short blade in his hand was the Xuanyuan Sword!
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