Spatial Perception Lv3
When he opened his eyes again, the world seemed to have changed.
The scenery was still familiar. Dugu Bo stood with arms crossed as before, and the trees remained unchanged.
However, there was now a strange, indescribable sensation in the air.
Instinctively, he raised his hand and waved, as if trying to disperse the eerie feeling.
But his fingers merely passed through the air. The sensation was like a flower in a mirror or the moon in water,beautiful yet illusory, untouchable.
It was as if something was right before him, yet impossibly far away.
Without hesitation, Fang Ling looked at his status panel. Any major changes would usually be reflected there, and it was the most intuitive way to check.
As soon as his eyes landed on the panel, the information displayed made his pupils contract slightly.
The stat points were of little concern. With the points from the Silver Royal Falcon, he now had ten in total.
His spirit power showed: Level 31 (97%).
Only 3% away from reaching Level 32.
Although it wasn't the two-level leap he had imagined, reaching the next level would only take a short amount of cultivation.
This too was not a concern.
Naturally, the spirit rings had changed. After absorbing the second ring, the panel had already become more detailed. Now the third spirit ring had appeared:
Spirit Rings:
- First Ring: 231-year-old Star-Nosed Mole (+)
- Second Ring: 729-year-old Bloodthorn Dragonfly (+)
- Third Ring: 4396-year-old Silver Royal Falcon (+)
Although the year count of the third ring was oddly specific, there was nothing particularly strange about it.
What truly caught his attention was the Talents section.
A new entry had been added after absorbing the new spirit ring:
Spatial Perception Lv3 (Innate Talent, derived from the Silver Royal Falcon, a space-type spirit beast. With this perception, you won't get disoriented during teleportation and can accurately control your destination. It's perception only,not manipulation, not control.)
So that was it. This was what they called spatial perception.
The ethereal feeling during the absorption process had actually come from the space element itself.
Fang Ling's eyes held a hint of shock.
Although it was merely perception,without the ability to manipulate or control it,just being able to sense space could eventually lead to interaction with it.
And anything related to space was never simple.
His gaze shifted slightly downward to the Special Talent section, which had been tugging at his curiosity. It now appeared brighter and had a few new words:
**???** (Special Talent, in fusion. Your transmigration allowed the crippled boy who was supposed to die to continue living in the Douluo Continent...)
Even after reaching Spirit Elder, the description remained vague.
But the progress was clearly moving in the right direction.
From the current wording, it seemed that his transmigration was the key reason why the crippled boy who was fated to die still lived in the Douluo world.
This change appeared to be the core factor driving this special power.
So, what kind of power could this be?
Was it related to traversing through space-time? The rebirth of a dead soul? A newly derived destiny? Or perhaps a compatibility with the Nether Shadow Cat, giving him the potential to use a martial soul fusion skill with Zhu Zhuqing,linked to his most probable death?
There was a precedent in the Douluo Continent.
Ghost Douluo, Gui Mei, had technically died once as a child. But through a twist of fate, his soul reattached to his body, awakening his martial soul.
He ended up with a very unique martial soul,Ghost.
His soul was his martial soul, and he himself was an undead.
Gui Mei was ambushed and killed by Tang San, the future Sea God, in a holy light sneak attack. The way he died was abrupt,something that stuck clearly in Fang Ling's mind.
Because of that, he also remembered this highly unusual martial soul.
It was a clear example. And such a similar description naturally triggered associations.
Fang Ling pondered for a moment and thought to himself, "So, it still comes down to death."
Even he knew that space-time-type spirit beasts were extremely rare.
Among all the known spirit beasts, only the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger had anything to do with time-space.
And that creature was vicious,Tang San had almost died to it.
So that was off the table for now.
Fate-type spirit beasts were also rare.
There was the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, an imperial beast closely tied to fate. Whether it had appeared yet, he didn't know.
Even if it had, it would be heavily protected. Not something he could touch. Way too troublesome.
Weaker fate-related beasts like the Golden Tortoise didn't match his development path.
No matter how he looked at it, death seemed like the only viable option.
Though difficult, it was still far more accessible than the other two.
"Fang Ling, not satisfied with the spirit skill?" Dugu Bo asked, lightly patting Fang Ling on the shoulder as he noticed the boy standing still for a long time.
"No, I'm very satisfied, Teacher."
Fang Ling came back to his senses, shook his head, and smiled.
He spoke with excitement, describing the new skill to Dugu Bo in detail.
"My third skill,I've named it Silver Flash. It's an instant-cast ability."
Literal instant-cast,usable the moment it was activated.
A software-level upgrade to the extreme, only limited by neural response, thought processing speed, and soul power output speed,essentially hardware.
Fortunately for Fang Ling, his hardware was top-tier.
"It consumes five to ten percent of soul power per use and allows teleportation between five to ten meters."
"A bit short..." Dugu Bo commented, watching the purple glow around Fang Ling flicker as he instantly appeared five meters away.
Then promptly fell flat on his butt.
"Still not very practiced," Fang Ling laughed, getting up while patting his pants.
Five to ten meters wasn't far. Certainly nothing like the teleportation soul bone skill that Xiao Wu,a hundred-thousand-year beast,gave Tang San. That one could be used repeatedly, even competing with agility-type Title Douluos like Bai He in terms of reflexes.
But considering this was just a four-thousand-year spirit ring, what more could he ask for?
What truly thrilled Fang Ling was that the skill had more to offer.
With excitement, he added, "Teacher, Silver Flash can be used in succession!"
"After the first use, I can force a second one by consuming double the soul power. The third use costs double again, based on the second."
Most people wouldn't be able to use this effectively.
They'd react too slowly. Even if they could react, their body might not follow. Premature actions would only give opponents more time to adjust.
But for Fang Ling, this meant he could unleash a triple slash in an instant.
And still have spare capacity to adapt on the fly.
While you were busy defending against the first slash from his scythe or retreating from his front,
The next moment, the deadly curved blade of the Curse Edge would already be behind you, slashing across your waist!
Take someone like Yu Tianheng, who only had one dragon arm to attack with,this skill completely countered him.
Dugu Bo's mind raced like lightning.
As a teacher who had tested Fang Ling before, he knew about his quick neural reflexes and fast spirit skill execution, as well as how well his first two skills complemented each other.
After hearing the details, he immediately imagined all sorts of corresponding battle tactics.
If Fang Ling could adjust his position three times in one move, who could stand against him in a one-on-one duel?
Humans only have two hands and limited attention. How could they defend both front and back at once?
Even if they managed to react, they'd never be faster than Fang Ling with a third teleport.
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