Chapter 17: Soul Skills That Can Simulate Spirits!
The next second, an extremely subtle Spiritual force spread around Tang Chuan.
The Blue Silver Grass spreading from his palm, with its swirling light, slowly changed its form!
The plant's branches rapidly thickened and blackened, instantly transforming into a heavy, pitch black Clear Sky Hammer!
Yes, that was precisely the Clear Sky Sect's Legacy Spirit—the Clear Sky Hammer!
"What? It can actually twist space through Spiritual fluctuations to change the form of a Spirit?"
Tang Chuan gazed intently at the hammer in his hand, his heart shaking with disbelief.
"Although it doesn't possess the power of a true Clear Sky Hammer, its appearance is a near-perfect Simulation, almost indistinguishable from the real thing."
Tang Chuan lightly swung the hammer, striking the ground; the ground trembled slightly, but it was far from the explosive destructive power brought by a true Clear Sky Hammer.
With a thought, Tang Chuan continued his Simulation, blue-gold light swirling around his body.
Moments later, his figure underwent a slight, instantaneous distortion, with his bones, muscles, skin color, facial contours, and even hair length being gradually reshaped in this subtle transformation.
In the blink of an eye, a figure identical to Tang San appeared.
Not only that, the purple thousand-year spirit ring slowly rotating beneath his feet also subtly shifted under the control of his Spiritual fluctuations, eventually transforming into a yellow hundred-year spirit ring, and his own spirit power fluctuations were precisely suppressed to around level ten.
"What… what an astonishing Simulation effect."
"Not only can it change the form of a Spirit, but it can also, through Spiritual fluctuations, use oneself as a foundation to simulate various seen objects, as well as conceal one's aura and hide one's strength."
Tang Chuan murmured, looking at the face in the water that was identical to Tang San's, even he himself felt a chill.
"Help!"
Just then, an urgent and panicked cry for help suddenly came from afar, sounding particularly jarring in the quiet outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.
Tang Chuan frowned slightly, abruptly raising his head to look in the direction of the sound.
The next moment, he flipped his palm, and the Blue Silver Grass Spirit had already bloomed.
Immediately after, countless ordinary Blue Silver Grass, unnoticed beneath his feet, suddenly became agitated, as if receiving some command, their branches and leaves trembling and gently swaying.
The surrounding Blue Silver Grass instantly became his eyes.
In an instant, a scene of vast vision appeared in Tang Chuan's mind.
The image quickly focused.
A young girl in a dark blue uniform was stumbling and fleeing through the forest.
Behind her, a snake-type Spirit Beast, five or six meters long, entirely black with a red belly, was rapidly closing in, its mouth wide open.
"Someone from Tianshui Academy?" Tang Chuan's eyes flickered; he recognized her identity at a glance.
"Strange, aren't they supposed to have a teacher with them? Why is she alone now?"
Tang Chuan did not immediately move, but stood still, observing calmly for a moment.
Her steps faltered; she was clearly at the end of her rope, while the snake-type Spirit Beast behind her was getting closer and closer, flicking its tongue, its snake eyes crimson, about to pounce and swallow her.
"This girl… is quite pretty," Tang Chuan stroked his chin, a glint flashing in his eyes, and he muttered to himself, "It would be a pity if she just died like this."
He did not utter any noble words, nor did he feel much compassion; he simply thought it would be a shame for such a good-looking girl to die before his eyes.
"Fine, consider it practice."
As his words fell, a blue-gold light suddenly illuminated Tang Chuan's right leg.
The next moment, his figure slowly levitated, stepping into the Void Realm, and in the blink of an eye, he flew dozens of meters, speeding towards the direction of the sound.
In a flash, the snake-type Spirit Beast had already rushed in front of the girl, then opened its massive mouth, its fangs gleaming coldly, intent on swallowing her whole.
Seeing this scene before her, her face drastically changed; she hastily urged the spirit power within her body, letting out a soft cry, and then spirit power surged around her, a phantom of a dark blue dolphin appearing behind her.
The next second, a yellow spirit ring suddenly lit up from beneath her feet.
"First Spirit Ability—Freeze!"
Accompanying the delicate shout, a beam of ice-blue light shot out from her palm, instantly hitting the pouncing snake-type Spirit Beast.
Crack, crack, crack—frost spread.
In just an instant, the snake-type Spirit Beast was frozen in mid-air, turning into a ferocious ice sculpture, suspended less than three feet from her, motionless.
"Phew… you scared me to death."
The girl gasped for breath, cold sweat pouring down her forehead, feeling a great sense of relief after escaping danger.
However, just as she slightly relaxed.
Boom!
A loud bang suddenly exploded, and the ice sculpture instantly shattered into countless splashing ice shards.
Amidst the flying ice chips, the snake-type Spirit Beast's eyes surged with killing intent; while the freeze had temporarily stopped its movements, it had not harmed it in the slightest!
It pounced again, faster than before, clearly enraged!
"It's over…"
Seeing this, her pupils constricted sharply, her heart sinking; her spirit power was exhausted, she didn't even have the strength to fight back, she could only stare blankly as the massive bloody mouth rapidly enlarged before her eyes!
Her mind went blank, already prepared for death.
Just at this critical moment.
Swish!
A blue-gold light and shadow suddenly flew out from the forest, piercing the air like a comet.
"Get lost!"
The next second, a cold and firm voice, like a morning bell and evening drum, boomed through the forest.
Immediately after, a metallic sound of something tearing through the air suddenly rang out!
Pfft!
The pouncing snake-type Spirit Beast had not even reacted before it was pierced through its seven-inch vital spot by a cold-gleaming iron spear, blood spurting out like a fountain.
Its snake body struggled violently a few times in the air, then crashed to the ground with a thud, rolled several times, twitched twice, and then lost all signs of life.
The person who arrived was Tang Chuan; he slowly withdrew the iron spear, his gaze slightly condensed, and he muttered to himself as he looked at the snake-type Spirit Beast's corpse: "About seven and a half meters long, scales dark black with purple, pupils vertical like needles—it's actually a seven to eight hundred-year-old Nether Scale Spotted Snake."
"If I hadn't flown into mid-air for a surprise attack just now, and taken advantage of its attention still being on that girl, this spear might have had difficulty killing it in one blow."
At this moment, blood was still gushing from the snake-type Spirit Beast's wound; his previous strike had precisely pierced its seven-inch vital spot, which was the reason for the instant kill.
Speaking of this, Tang Chuan looked down at his right leg; at this moment, a faint blue-gold light still flickered on it, its aura long and profound.
"The boost brought by a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Bone is indeed immeasurable.
If not for the flying ability provided by the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, my speed just now could never have been that fast."
Slowly withdrawing his gaze, Tang Chuan looked at the snake-type Spirit Beast's corpse again.
After a slight moment of contemplation, he kicked it into the deep grass nearby, then turned around and walked towards the girl who was still staring at him in a daze.
[end of the chapter]