At this moment, the Tideblade King looked at Grando with even greater envy.
Just now, he had only casually unleashed a Water Severing Form after watching Luo Fan's attack.
With his comprehension of the laws and his mastery of the Tide God Blade, his eighteen arcs of blade light had instantly merged into one, greatly enhancing their power.
He hadn't expected that such a casual strike would trigger Luo Fan's enlightenment.
Only now did he truly realize how terrifying Luo Fan's talent was.
Before this, he had only paid attention to Luo Fan's comprehension of the laws.
Now he remembered another crucial point...
Luo Fan was only in his twenties!
That meant he had cultivated for only a little over twenty years!
In the Tideblade King's eyes, even the most gifted geniuses were usually people who had begun cultivation since infancy.
In the universe, especially among great families and powerful factions, this was common practice.
Such forces would start educating their children the moment they were born, laying a solid foundation for smooth cultivation in adulthood.
He never could have imagined that Luo Fan had been cultivating for less than ten years!
If he knew that, he would be even more shocked.
To gain enlightenment from just a single strike...
If Luo Fan were to receive personal instruction from him, how far could his achievements reach?
First place in the Cosmic Genius Battle?
If he could teach a disciple who became the number one genius of the universe, how glorious would that be?
Especially one so young!
Normally, strong warriors would only accept disciples after they reached the Universe level.
After all, below that stage, comprehension of the laws was too slow and vague.
Anyone who could step into the threshold of laws at the Star level was already considered a genius.
But Luo Fan... He was beyond that. He was a super genius.
At his age, he was the kind of prodigy that appeared only once in a hundred thousand eras.
"Disciple, how was your enlightenment just now?"
"Show me and your Martial Uncle what you've gained."
Grando walked over, smiling as he spoke to Luo Fan.
"Yes, Teacher!"
Luo Fan nodded and stepped to the side, preparing to perform the Water Severing Form again.
Out of his line of sight, Grando nudged the Tideblade King with his elbow and transmitted his voice.
"Well? My disciple's talent isn't bad, right?"
"He comprehended something just from one attack."
Grando's eyes gleamed with pride and satisfaction.
The Tideblade King brushed his elbow aside irritably.
Right now, he didn't feel like talking at all.
He was entirely focused on thinking about how to steal Luo Fan away.
Grando didn't mind his silence and simply smiled.
Then, Luo Fan raised his Tide God Blade and slashed.
In an instant, eighteen arcs of blade light flew out, cutting through the air toward an empty area.
During their flight, the arcs drew close to one another, some even overlapped for a brief moment, but soon separated again.
"To merge the eighteen arcs of the Water Severing Form into one is extremely difficult,"
the Tideblade King said.
"You'll need to keep practicing."
"What you've done already is impressive."
"Your teacher and I couldn't achieve this much when we were at the Star level."
He had seen through Luo Fan's intent at a glance.
Given Luo Fan's current strength, trying to merge all eighteen arcs into one was far too ambitious.
If the Water Severing Form's eighteen arcs of blade light could truly unite, its power would rival even the Fourth Form of the Tide God Blade.
Thus, the difficulty was unimaginably high.
Luo Fan also realized this.
Even with his current perfect proficiency, merging the eighteen arcs was impossible.
He guessed that he might only succeed after raising the Water Severing Form's proficiency to the Transcendent level.
However, reaching that level would be extremely hard.
Now, proficiency no longer capped at ten thousand like before, nor did it increase tenfold with each level... It had jumped directly to a million proficiency requirement!
Although this enlightenment had boosted his proficiency by thirty thousand points, it was still a drop in the ocean.
He would have to let his avatars slowly accumulate proficiency through combat.
"Very good, this strike is at least twice as powerful as before!"
Grando smiled from the side, eyes full of pride.
Most of the disciples he had taken before were alchemists.
As for those focused on cultivation, there had only been two.
One had already died.
The other had barely managed to reach the Marquis level.
The rest, those alchemist disciples, had at most attained Immortality.
Some hadn't even reached that stage, dying of old age at the World Master level.
Now, however, Grando had finally accepted a true prodigy.
Luo Fan's comprehension of the laws far surpassed that of any previous disciple.
Even those who reached the World Master level before dying hadn't understood the laws as deeply as Luo Fan did now.
Of course, not everyone was like the Devouring Flame Sovereign, someone who could force even a dull-witted descendant to Immortality with endless resources.
The Wood Spirit King was wealthy, yes, but even he couldn't easily access the very best resources.
After all, such resources couldn't simply be bought with Universe Coins.
The finest treasures could only be traded through barter, purchased with precious points, or even Supreme Treasure Points.
"You're being too ambitious trying to merge all eighteen arcs at once," the Tideblade King continued.
"You should start by merging them in pairs."
"Fuse the eighteen arcs into nine."
"Then merge those nine into three."
"Finally, merge the three into one."
"Step by step, it'll be easier that way."
As he spoke, the Tideblade King waved his fingers.
Eighteen blue arcs of blade light appeared, just like Luo Fan's earlier ones, but far stronger.
As they flew forward, the arcs began merging two by two, becoming nine arcs.
Then nine merged into three.
And at last...
They fused into a single, transparent blade light.
After witnessing that strike, Luo Fan's Water Severing Form proficiency rose again by a few points.
However, this time there was no enlightenment, so the improvement was minor.
"Do you understand now?"
The Tideblade King walked up and patted Luo Fan's shoulder.
"Thank you for your guidance, Martial Uncle!"
Luo Fan bowed respectfully.
The Tideblade King nodded, then continued instructing patiently.
"These arcs, aside from merging, you can also do this…"
"And when you slashed earlier, here's where you can…"
"When fusing laws into your blade technique, your flow wasn't smooth enough, this part should be…"
With each correction from the Tideblade King, Luo Fan's Water Severing Form proficiency increased again, by over a thousand points.
By the time the instruction ended, the total increase was nearly two thousand.
After that, Luo Fan could only rely on his own hard practice to improve further.
Watching his Martial Uncle and disciple interact so harmoniously, Grando couldn't help but feel pleased.
He hadn't expected his old brother and his new disciple to "get along" this well.
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