Echo Shift

After developing Flash Step, Ye Lan's confidence soared.

Ye Lan was very satisfied with Flash Step's effects, but he did not want to be limited to using it only five times a day.

He immediately broadened his thinking and spent several months developing another movement Soul Skill!

Ye Lan called it Echo Shift, though it could also be called Soul Step.

Echo Shift operated on a different principle from Flash Step.

Flash Step used soul power to strengthen the muscles. By stomping the ground several times, it accumulated strength through Reaction Force before releasing it all at once.

Echo Shift, on the other hand, made use of externally released soul power. Soul Masters were naturally capable of releasing their soul power outward.

High-level Soul Masters could release their soul power externally—Soul Pressure—to suppress lower-level Soul Masters.

Lower-level Soul Masters could also unleash their aura, erupting with considerable force that could be quite effective against unprepared Soul Masters of the same rank.

Since soul power could erupt, why not unleash that force from the soles of his feet?

Ye Lan had long become thoroughly familiar with the pathways of his meridians, so the development of Echo Shift went very smoothly. He succeeded in just a few days.

Echo Shift was slightly faster than Instant Body, but it was harder to control the distance of the Instant Movement.

When Echo Shift was used, a massive amount of soul power erupted from beneath the user's feet. When that soul power struck the ground, it produced a deafening boom.

Echo Shift was named after that loud sound. Based on the principles behind the Soul Skill, it could also be called Soul Step.

Although Echo Shift addressed Flash Step's shortcomings, it consumed more soul power.

Each use consumed ten percent of his total soul power, meaning Ye Lan could use it at most ten times. However, combat involved other soul power consumption as well, so Ye Lan would not spend a large amount of soul power on Echo Shift. At most, he would use it two or three times, as a backup after Flash Step was exhausted rather than something he used often.

Looking at the pockmarked, messy ground of the courtyard, Ye Lan sighed helplessly as he scratched his head.

"I need Lily to get a gardener to tidy up the yard for me. I hope she won't blame me for ruining her family's courtyard."

Besides Self-Created Soul Skills, Ye Lan also put improving his meditation method on the agenda.

In the past, Ye Lan's talent had been level-three Innate Soul Power, and Spirit Hall's basic meditation method had been sufficient.

But as his Blue Silver Grass continued to evolve and his Innate Soul Power rose, Spirit Hall's basic meditation method would gradually fail to match Ye Lan's talent, causing the meditation method to hold back his potential.

Fortunately, Ye Lan could now sense the pathways of every meridian in his body. He only needed to identify several major circulation routes and the nearby minor circulation routes to develop a cultivation path suited to his body.

No meditation method could be more suitable for Ye Lan than one developed according to the paths of his own meridians.

Ye Lan named his newly developed meditation method the Radiant Meditation Method.

The effect of this meditation method was simple: it increased cultivation speed.

Ye Lan estimated that he could advance one level every three and a half months.

Of course, that was the speed after his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul had fully evolved. At present, Ye Lan's Radiant Meditation Method was still limited by his talent, and his advancement speed mainly depended on his Innate Soul Power.

Once the Blue Silver Grass evolved into Radiant Life Grass, he would be able to advance one level every three and a half months!

Three and a half years later, Vast Sea City, sunlit beach.

"Three years! The Blue Silver Grass has finally evolved into Radiant Life Grass. I've been stuck at level twenty for four months, and I can finally obtain my second Soul Ring." Ye Lan opened his eyes and looked toward the setting sun with a sigh.

Ye Lan had reached level twenty soul power four months earlier, but he had not rushed to obtain a Soul Ring.

That was because his Blue Silver Grass still needed one final stage before it could evolve from level-eighteen Innate Soul Power to level-twenty Innate Soul Power.

This final stage of evolution alone had taken Ye Lan an entire year.

Only after his Martial Soul had completely evolved would the Soul Ring he obtained be the best fit for his Blue Silver Grass.

As for his cultivation speed, Ye Lan had reached level twenty in a little over three years. Including the four months he continued cultivating while stuck at level twenty, he had gained roughly ten levels in three and a half years.

Over those three years, he had advanced one level every 4.2 months on average, which was even faster than the four and a half months per level of Innate Full Soul Power.

Naturally, after Ye Lan's Blue Silver Grass evolved into Radiant Life Grass, his average would no longer be more than four months per level. Instead, he would advance one level every three and a half months.

Aside from Innate Soul Power, I Want to Grow Up had another effect: a six-hundred-percent increase to the Blue Silver Grass's vitality.

As for the next stage's seven-hundred-percent increase to the Blue Silver Grass's vitality, it would likely take around fifteen months.

Ye Lan summoned his Blue Silver Grass—Radiant Being Form. Compared to when he was level eleven, the fully evolved Blue Silver Grass had grown more than twice as thick, reaching over twenty centimeters in diameter.

Though it had only become twice as thick, the Blue Silver Grass now possessed the Ultimate Life Attribute, along with a sixfold vitality boost. It was far more powerful than the Blue Silver Grass from three years ago.

Besides granting the Blue Silver Grass an enormous base vitality, Ultimate Life also gave it an endlessly regenerative quality.

With only a small amount of soul power, damaged Blue Silver Grass could regenerate at incredible speed.

Besides Ultimate Life, the Blue Silver Grass now also possessed the Extreme Light Attribute.

Because the Extreme Light Attribute came from the sun, the Blue Silver Grass could now not only restrain Evil attributes and resist light attributes, but also possessed Fire Immunity.

Only Ultimate Fire could restrain the current Blue Silver Grass. Ordinary fire-attribute Soul Masters were helpless against it.

After inspecting the changes to his Blue Silver Grass, Ye Lan once again marveled at the power of his chosen Soul Skill.

The boosts granted by I Want to Grow Up, his First Soul Skill, were simply too great. Besides improving Ye Lan's innate talent, it had also given the Blue Silver Grass dual Ultimate Attributes, elevating it in one leap into one of the most exceptional super Martial Souls.

After his Martial Soul Evolution was complete, Ye Lan could finally begin acquiring his Second Soul Skill.

Ye Lan had his own plans for his Second Soul Skill. He intended to further amplify the health bonus advantage of I Want to Grow Up and continue down the Life path.

Although he possessed dual Ultimate Attributes, Ye Lan had no intention of obtaining Light-type Soul Rings to strengthen his Light Attribute.

Ye Lan would not try to have it both ways. Since he already had a foundation of several times the normal health bonus, he would stick to this path from beginning to end.

Trying to have everything would only leave him unfocused and mediocre, turning him into a low-tier Soul Master.

The First Soul Skill granted Blue Silver Grass a sixfold health boost. At present, Blue Silver Grass was like a super tank with low defense.

The damage it could withstand was not much less than that of a Diamond Mammoth—probably enough to endure the attacks of a Soul Elder.

If Ye Lan's Martial Soul had been a Diamond Mammoth with exceptionally high defense, then with a six-hundred-percent vitality boost, its defense could likely withstand several attacks from a Soul Ancestor.

Of course, while its damage resistance was not much greater than that of a Diamond Mammoth, Blue Silver Grass now possessed dual Ultimate Attributes. Its strength and control were far beyond anything a Diamond Mammoth could compare to.

Considering the scalable health bonus of his First Soul Skill, I Want to Grow Up, Ye Lan planned to obtain another Soul Ring that could further enhance Blue Silver Grass's vitality.

He would continue expanding its advantage in vitality and evolve Blue Silver Grass into the number one Life-type Martial Soul on the continent.

Besides using the clear weather to strengthen Blue Silver Grass, Ye Lan had come to Vast Sea City for another reason: to learn what Sea Soul Beasts lived in the ocean.

Sea Soul Beasts naturally possessed the Water Attribute, while Blue Silver Grass required sunlight and water.

His First Soul Skill was related to sunlight, so for his Second Soul Skill, Ye Lan naturally chose a Sea Soul Beast.

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