NOVEL NEXT Chapter 11: Unlimited Sword Domain
At this moment, he forgot his previous fears.
Soaring above the clouds, flying high, overlooking the earth.
The thrill of it all was indescribable!
Feeling Su Luoheng's shift in mood, Su Junran subtly slowed down his speed.
The distance from Maple Leaf City to Maple Leaf Forest was only ten kilometers.
Even with Su Junran slowing down, driven by his soul power through the flying soul device, it took less than a quarter of an hour to return to Maple Leaf City.
However, a minor incident occurred in front of the city gate.
Su Luoheng, with a pale face, leaned against a tree trunk and vomited uncontrollably.
Although high-altitude flying was an exhilarating experience, it was too intense for a first-timer, and even a soul master couldn't handle it. Especially after the novelty wore off, the physical reactions were uncontrollable.
Inevitable, Su Junran faced a reprimand from Ye Lan.
Su Luoheng's first soul skill was quite unique.
Soul devices of the same level could either be analyzed or not.
After extensive testing by the father and son, they finally understood the pattern of this analysis.
With Su Luoheng's current twelfth-level soul power, he could only analyze first-level soul tools, typically consuming around 30% of his soul power.
A second-level soul tool would require at least three analyses, and anything beyond that was currently out of his reach.
However, if the tool was a sword-type weapon, Su Luoheng's energy consumption would significantly decrease. For instance, when analyzing a second-level soul tool that was a short sword for the first time, it only consumed less than 40% of his soul power.
Given his current soul power, his limit for analyzing sword-type soul tools was up to the third level.
So far, only sword-type close combat soul devices exhibited this characteristic, and it remains to be seen if this initial advantage will change in the future.
Aside from this,
If Su Luoheng had prior experience with a certain type of soul tool, no matter its form, the soul power consumption would also decrease accordingly.
The specific reduction would depend on the actual circumstances.
This is the basic characteristic of Su Luoheng's first soul skill.
Additionally, after analyzing numerous times, Su Luoheng suddenly felt a sense of enlightenment while within the barren desert of his martial soul's projection.
Gazing at the multitude of sword-type soul tools projected by himself, a name suddenly surfaced in his mind.
"Unlimited Sword Domain!"
This was the name of his martial soul. From this moment on, his unique martial soul had a title.
No one was more delighted by his acquisition of the first soul skill than Ye Lan, who was already a soul engineer.
She believed that with the weapon analysis characteristic, she was confident she could train her son to become an outstanding soul engineer.
She immediately began teaching him the intricacies of soul device crafting and hands-on practice.
On the other hand, Su Junran was somewhat frustrated.
His original plan was to train his son to become an outstanding soul master.
Fortunately, he did not have the traditional soul master's aversion to soul engineers.
However, the training for being a soul master did not cease because of this; instead, it became even more rigorous.
According to Su Junran, in battle, enemies wouldn't care whether you were a soul engineer or a soul master, and given that his first soul skill offered no direct advantage in combat, this natural disadvantage needed to be compensated with extensive training.
This was a profound truth derived from practical experience.
Su Luoheng understood his father's good intentions and earnestly adhered to all the training plans.
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The seasons changed from cold to warm, harvest followed by storage.
Since obtaining his first soul ring, more than a year had already passed in the blink of an eye.
After discovering Su Luoheng's talent in soul devices, crafting them became a mandatory subject, in addition to his daily training.
This included a comprehensive framework of knowledge such as soul device theory, forging, formations, engraving, and so on.
According to Ye Lan's initial expectations, it would take at least two years before Su Luoheng could attempt the core formation engraving of a soul device. After all, although forging itself wasn't difficult, it was particularly tedious, and it would be hard for a child to persist through it.
However, little Luoheng turned out to be unexpectedly diligent.
He completed all the foundational studies in less than a year, starting the core formation engraving of soul devices half a year earlier than Ye Lan had predicted.
And that was just the beginning.
His true talent in soul devices only fully emerged when he began learning formation engraving!
For most soul engineers, the greatest difficulty in crafting soul devices lies in the engraving of the core formation. Many soul engineers often make mistakes at this stage, leading to the failure of the entire soul device creation.
However, Su Luoheng did not face this problem at all.
His first soul skill was simply too overpowered!
As long as there was a soul device to analyze, he faced no difficulty in crafting soul devices.
For a new soul device blueprint, he didn't need to study it; he just needed to use his soul power to analyze the actual device, and the blueprint would imprint itself in his mind.
For him, starting to engrave was merely a process of replication.
Every cut's placement, direction, force, length, etc., was almost flawless.
Thus, in just three months, Su Luoheng had fully mastered the creation of first-level soul devices, successfully crafting twenty different types of first-level soul devices. If not for running out of materials, he could have made even more.
Ye Lan was both astonished and overjoyed by the talent her son displayed!
Even by the strict evaluation standards of the Sun and Moon Empire, he was now a bona fide first-level soul engineer.
A first-level soul engineer under the age of ten — this was a rare occurrence on the entire Douluo Continent!
However, Su Luoheng didn't become complacent.
After completing the engraving of the first-level core formations, he immediately began attempting the core formations of second-level soul devices.
But this time, he encountered a bottleneck.
Even though the structure of the second-level core formation was already imprinted in his mind, he couldn't complete the final few steps.
As a fourth-level soul engineer, Ye Lan immediately identified the problem: Luoheng had made no mistakes in the formation engraving itself; the issue was with his soul power. His current soul power reserves were limiting his ability to go further.
Once his soul power breaks through, crafting a second-level soul device will come naturally.
Conversely, without breaking through in soul power, he wouldn't be able to complete the core formation of a second-level soul device.
As a result, Su Luoheng had to temporarily put his attempts on hold.
Actually, his soul power wasn't increasing slowly. Since obtaining his first soul ring, it had been just over a year, and his soul power had already risen from the initial twelfth level to the seventeenth level.
However, his progress in soul devices was faster than his soul power improvement.
Fortunately, he felt that it wouldn't be long before his soul power broke through again, allowing him to resume attempts at the second-level core formation engravings.
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Late at night, at the Su residence.
Another day of training had just ended, and Su Luoheng was about to begin his meditation when he was called out by his father.
Walking to the courtyard, he saw his mother sitting there as well.
"Mom, Dad, what's going on?" Su Luoheng asked curiously.
"Luoheng, we have something we want to discuss with you."
Su Junran gestured for Su Luoheng to sit down beside them, then got straight to the point, "Luoheng, you're now at the seventeenth level of soul power. Your mother and I have been thinking, and we believe it's time to send you to a soul master academy for further study."