Control Greatly Improved, Developing It Again

The next afternoon, the sun slanted west.

On a lake, two figures, one male and one female, stood upon the surface of the water. They were none other than Yu Tianlin and Shui Bing'er.

The difference was that there was still a layer of thin ice beneath Shui Bing'er's feet, serving as support, while Yu Tianlin was standing entirely on the water's surface.

From standing quietly to pacing lightly, Yu Tianlin soon began running across the lake, treading over the rippling waves as if he were on flat ground.

Shui Bing'er looked at Yu Tianlin and congratulated him. "Congratulations. You succeeded so quickly."

Yu Tianlin stopped and replied, "I still have to thank you for your help. Otherwise, I'd probably have needed two more days."

Before Water Treading Training was fully mastered, it required constant attempts, which meant constantly falling into the water. Then he would have to swim back to shore all over again, wasting a lot of time, and having wet clothes clinging to his body was also extremely uncomfortable. Now, with Shui Bing'er's help, whenever he made a mistake, she could help freeze the lake surface, greatly improving his efficiency.

Shui Bing'er smiled with her lips pressed together. "It's fine. It's what I should do."

Yu Tianlin shook his head and stopped being polite with her. It was enough that he knew it in his heart.

One had to know that freezing the lake surface also consumed Shui Bing'er's Soul Power. She also had to do Water Treading Training, while taking care of him at the same time. She was only Level Twenty-Five right now, and her total Soul Power was not high. These past two days must have consumed a great deal.

No longer focusing on his own matter, Yu Tianlin asked Shui Bing'er, "What about you? How are you doing now?"

Shui Bing'er said, "I can now completely restrain the chill within my Soul Power. As long as I don't want to, even if I touch the lake surface with my Soul Power, it won't freeze the water. Likewise, as long as I want to, I can quickly release the chill and freeze the lake surface."

Although there was a layer of thin ice beneath Shui Bing'er's delicate feet, that was formed by her releasing chill to freeze the water after stepping through the surface while attempting Water Treading. It was not something naturally emitted because she could not control it.

Yu Tianlin nodded. "Restraining the chill inwardly. Next, you just need to rely on the repulsive force produced by your Soul Power to stand on the water's surface. That shouldn't be hard for you. You should be able to finish it within two days."

It was already getting late, and Shui Bing'er had consumed a lot of Soul Power today, so they simply stopped training. The two of them headed to the cafeteria for dinner.

After dinner, because all the students at Skywater Academy were female, it was inconvenient for Yu Tianlin to go look for Shui Bing'er. So the two of them directly agreed to meet tomorrow morning in the vice dean's private room on the second floor of the cafeteria. After that, Shui Bing'er went to join up with Skywater Academy's main group and returned to the accommodations Thunderbolt Academy had arranged for Skywater Academy.

As for Yu Tianlin, he did the same as usual. He went to the Lightning Rod in the southeast corner, meditated to recover the Soul Power he had consumed today, then quietly waited for night to fall.

The night passed just like that. Around four in the morning, Yu Tianlin once again endured one hundred and forty Lightning Strikes, slightly increasing the age of his First Soul Ring.

Afterward, Yu Tianlin returned to his dormitory and began thinking about the issue of developing Chidori.

Tree Climbing and Water Treading had both been completed perfectly. Yu Tianlin's control over the Power of Thunder and Lightning had improved greatly. Calling it as responsive as his own arm would not be an exaggeration. Now that he was developing Chidori again, it would no longer be as dangerous as it had been at the beginning.

Before he knew it, the first light of dawn had appeared, and scattered voices of students gradually came from outside the dormitory. Yu Tianlin knew it was breakfast time now, so he temporarily set aside his thoughts and went to the cafeteria to meet up with Shui Bing'er.

When he arrived on the second floor of the cafeteria, Yu Tianlin saw Shui Bing'er waiting in front of the private room from afar.

Shui Bing'er had changed into a pair of trousers today. It seemed she had made preparations in advance for the Tree Climbing Training later, so it would not look abrupt when the time came. Her long water-blue hair was tied into a single ponytail, and she looked full of vitality.

Yu Tianlin hurried over and apologized. "Sorry, I'm late. I made you wait."

Shui Bing'er smiled. "It's fine. I just got here too."

After the two of them finished breakfast, they left the cafeteria, separated from the main group heading to the training field, and arrived beside the familiar lake.

Shui Bing'er directly began practicing Water Treading, while Yu Tianlin sat cross-legged on the lakeshore and once again began trying to develop the skill Chidori.

Previously, when he had been doing Tree Climbing and Water Treading, Yu Tianlin had needed to maintain adhesive force or repulsive force while restraining the Power of Thunder and Lightning, so the difficulty was much greater than in Naruto. But now that it had changed to developing Chidori, the situation was directly reversed.

In Naruto, in order to use Chidori, one first had to perform a Thunder Attribute nature transformation on one's own Chakra, then control Thunder Attribute Chakra to form a powerful electric current and improve one's bodily activity. The difficulty was relatively high. However, now that it was Yu Tianlin on Douluo Continent, the situation was different.

Yu Tianlin's own Soul Power already carried the Thunder Attribute, so he did not need to perform any bothersome nature transformation. He only needed to directly stimulate the Power of Thunder and Lightning within his Soul Power. What he had to do was merely control the intensity of the Power of Thunder and Lightning—not so great that it injured himself, and not so weak that it had no effect at all. Therefore, the difficulty was greatly reduced.

Thinking of this, Yu Tianlin began trying.

This time, he did not let his right arm undergo Dragon Transformation. On one hand, it was because he was outside right now and could not expose it. On the other hand, it was because he had completed Tree Climbing and Water Treading Training, and his control over the Power of Thunder and Lightning had improved greatly. Therefore, he was now extremely confident in his control over himself. Even if he failed, it would not go so far as to injure him.

Controlling his Soul Power to circulate to his right palm, Yu Tianlin stimulated it slightly, and a faint electric current flashed past.

The electric current was still too weak. Yu Tianlin had long anticipated this, so he slowly increased his Soul Power output and cautiously raised the strength of the current. After a long while, it finally reached the limit his palm could endure.

"Zzzt—crackle—"

A powerful electric current gathered in Yu Tianlin's right palm, letting out waves of low humming. Yu Tianlin could feel that this was the limit his palm could withstand. If he increased the current any further, even by a single thread, his palm would very likely be crippled.

In Yu Tianlin's senses, the electric current on his palm was already extremely powerful. If he slapped it onto a Soul Master below Level Thirty, unless the opponent had a powerful Defense System Beast Martial Soul, it would be very difficult to resist. They would be shocked into nonstop spasms and enter a paralyzed state.

However, although Chidori also had this aspect of electric current attack, it was more of a thrusting-type physical attack. Yu Tianlin also did not feel any bodily activation at all. It seemed there was still a long way to go before Chidori was fully developed.

Next would be spending time making fine adjustments, controlling the powerful electric current in his palm to stimulate his own bodily activity, making his palm incomparably sharp and producing powerful piercing and cutting force, thoroughly completing the development of Chidori.