Hovering

But to truly bring out the full power of Rhino's Mark, Quan Yi had to touch his opponent's body with his gauntlets.

After all, no matter how powerful a soul skill was, it meant nothing if it could not hit the enemy.

Quan Yi had analyzed himself before. Among the weaknesses he had thought of, one was a lack of ranged attack methods, and the other was a lack of mobility.

His ranged attack methods had, to some extent, already been made up for. But his mobility was still lacking.

Starting tomorrow, Teacher Bai Yan's Combat Training would definitely become even harder. When the time came, Quan Yi might have to face Teacher Bai Yan head-on.

If he did not make up for his weakness in mobility, Quan Yi could only fall into a passive defensive position.

Besides, his trump cards had more or less already been exposed. If he wanted to keep holding the advantage in the battles to come, Quan Yi also needed to keep increasing his foundation—or rather, increase his methods.

Quan Yi sank into thought.

After years of study, Quan Yi had gained a certain understanding of Spirit Master knowledge, and he had developed his own views on it.

He had made relatively vivid analogies for Martial Souls, soul power, soul rings, and soul skills.

A Martial Soul was a Spirit Master's most important vessel, and also a Spirit Master's foundation. Quan Yi compared a Martial Soul to a computer from his previous life.

Soul power represented energy, and could also be compared to electricity from his previous life.

A soul ring was application software developed by Soul Beasts over countless years. By absorbing soul rings, Spirit Masters downloaded that software onto their own computers to use, which was both convenient and effortless.

The relationship between soul rings and Martial Souls was also one of mutual support. A soul ring needed to rely on a Martial Soul, but it also amplified the Martial Soul.

Moreover, only by installing software could a computer's system be upgraded.

A soul skill was the effect attached to a soul ring. As long as a Spirit Master clicked open their own software, it would run automatically and realize the function that came with the soul ring.

The older the Soul Beast that created the software, and the better its quality, the better the effect and quality would be.

That was why soul rings were also called Treasures in the Spirit Master World.

But an exception had appeared here, and that was Self-Created Soul Skills.

Self-Created Soul Skills essentially represented humans using their own wisdom to develop software themselves and apply it in battle.

A soul ring, which originally required a Soul Beast to spend more than ten years creating, could be matched by a Self-Created Soul Skill created through humanity's own wisdom and effort. This was an embodiment of human initiative.

Now Quan Yi realized that, with his own conditions, he could entirely develop soul skills on his own according to his own needs.

This discovery was extraordinarily significant to Quan Yi.

It also meant that Quan Yi could freely choose the soul rings he needed.

Because the soul rings Quan Yi needed were those that possessed both strength attribute and Fire-attribute. Such a choice would often make it impossible for Quan Yi to also consider the practicality of the soul skill.

In other words, Quan Yi could not obtain a soul ring that specialized in speed. Teacher Bai Yan had also reminded Quan Yi that he needed to have a focus when choosing soul rings, that he should Promote Strengths rather than Compensate Weaknesses.

Besides, this was also related to his Over-Limit Soul Ring Absorption Plan.

Therefore, Quan Yi actually did not place much importance on soul skills. This was also the main reason Quan Yi had somewhat neglected the importance of technical training in soul skills and Martial Souls.

In his view, those were merely techniques, not the path. The true focus should be the increase of his Soul Power Level and the improvement of his Physical Quality.

His goal was to become a Titled Douluo as quickly as possible, and the Extreme Soul Ring Absorption Plan would greatly speed up Quan Yi's progress.

But after all, Spirit Master was a profession that required fighting. The development and practice of techniques were also necessary, so Quan Yi could only squeeze out some time to take care of training in techniques as well.

Fortunately, Quan Yi's Martial Soul had a unique advantage when it came to techniques.

Therefore, Quan Yi decided to place his breakthrough point on Self-Created Soul Skills.

He wanted to create a Self-Created Soul Skill that could make up for his mobility.

Then Quan Yi continued to analyze his own conditions in greater depth.

Quan Yi's speed was actually very fast, even faster than some Beast Soul Masters. This was thanks to his long-term training; his Physical Quality far surpassed Spirit Masters of the same level.

This was Quan Yi's advantage, but when facing Agility Attack System Soul Masters, Quan Yi's speed was somewhat stretched thin.

In the world of speed, being one second slower was also a huge gap.

This was a realm Quan Yi could not set foot in, just as a boxer could not set foot in track and field.

Quan Yi lowered his head and looked at the black-and-red Blazing Sun Gauntlets on his hands.

But with the Blazing Sun Gauntlets, it might not be impossible.

"I think I've found a way."

Quan Yi seemed to have thought of something, and a trace of excitement and madness flashed through his eyes.

Quan Yi bent the fingers of both hands toward his palms, then let his arms hang down, palms facing the ground.

A large amount of Quan Yi's soul power surged separately toward both hands and condensed in his palms.

Fire, Quan Yi silently chanted in his heart.

Raging flames suddenly burst from the palms of the Blazing Sun Gauntlets. Like the breath of a Fire Dragon, they wantonly scorched the earth beneath Quan Yi's feet.

The flames instantly set Quan Yi's shoes on fire. Fortunately, Quan Yi was wearing shorts; otherwise, even his pants probably would have burned along with them.

"Whoosh, whoosh."

Quan Yi began pouring in large amounts of soul power. The flames also grew larger and larger, and the sound produced by the jetting fire grew louder and louder.

After reaching a certain limit, Quan Yi immediately held his breath and focused, concentrating all his Mental Power on the flames.

Quan Yi wanted to compress the flames.

"Gather."

Under Quan Yi's full control, the flames gradually shrank, but their color deepened and their temperature kept rising.

Under Quan Yi's absolute focus, the flames had already shrunk to their limit.

The massive release of flames made Quan Yi's Soul Power drain away like flowing water, but Quan Yi did not choose to reduce the amount of Soul Power he was pouring in.

Quan Yi wanted to keep concentrating the flame Thruster Port at the very center of his palm.

Although the amount of flame being jetted out was the same, because Quan Yi restricted the outlet, the flames that had already shrunk by more than half began to shrink further. Their color grew brighter and brighter, and the flames were compressed to the size of a palm.

As the flames shrank, Quan Yi's arms gradually felt a force pushing his palms upward.

A gleam of delight flashed through Quan Yi's eyes.

Quan Yi strengthened his control and reduced the flame Thruster Port even further.

Suddenly, a powerful roar came from his hands.

The Thrust of the Flame Jet increased sharply in an instant. From his shoulders to his arms, then to his palms, Quan Yi exerted strength all at once, forcefully bracing against the Thrust of the flames.

Under the Thrust, Quan Yi's feet began to slowly leave the ground.

Quan Yi clearly felt the sensation of both feet hanging in the air, and he was instantly wild with joy.

At this moment, Quan Yi was barefoot, his hands blooming with dazzling, brilliant light as he hovered there over the Training Ground.

Quan Yi did not rise very high; his feet were only a few centimeters off the ground. Even so, it was an unbelievable sight.

Fortunately, there was no one on the Training Ground. Otherwise, such a shocking scene would certainly have caused a huge uproar.

Under such extreme control, Quan Yi's face also gradually turned pale.

His Physical Quality was extremely tough, but his Mental Power and Soul Power had been consumed in large amounts over a short period of time. Even Quan Yi found it hard to keep going.

Quan Yi slowly reduced the amount of Soul Power he was pouring in, and his body descended smoothly as well.

The instant his feet fully touched the ground, Quan Yi immediately stopped pouring in Soul Power.

Feeling the sense of security brought by the solid ground, Quan Yi burst into unrestrained laughter.

"Hahahahaha, I did it! I did it!"