Even After Transmigrating into Coiling Dragon, Who Would Still Eat Soft Rice

"Haha, this place is nice, but it is not my home. I will leave it for you to enjoy at your leisure, brother. I am setting off to explore the legendary Endless Sea and the Shadow Continent."

Seeing that Simon was determined to leave, Loya did not try to persuade him further. "Then I wish you a safe journey, brother. You must come back to visit me when you return."

"I certainly will."

Simon promised, then without further hesitation, he transformed into a gentle breeze and vanished into the distance in the blink of an eye.

"Youth is truly wonderful." Watching Simon, who was pursuing the peak of cultivation, disappear at Extreme Speed, Loya said with envy, "I cannot fall too far behind either. From today on, no more carnal pleasures! I will cultivate diligently!"

Flying rapidly past the coastline of the Loya Empire, further ahead lay the sparsely populated Endless Sea.

From Loya, Simon had learned that the Plane Teleportation Array of the Rayast Plane was located at the southern end of the Endless Sea, near the edge of the plane. The Plane Guardian stationed there long-term was very mysterious; Loya had not seen the individual in all his ten thousand years.

They had not even appeared for tens of thousands of years prior to that.

However, this mysterious Plane Guardian had left behind information about the Supreme Plane long ago and had warned those who became gods not to leave the Material Plane lightly. If they wished to leave, it was best to wait until they possessed the strength of a Midgod.

This was the reason Loya had never dared to go after learning about the situation in the Supreme Plane.

After all, no normal person would give up being an emperor to go and become someone else's slave, and if their luck was bad, they could lose their life at any moment.

From this, Simon developed a favorable impression of this kind-hearted but negligent Plane Guardian. At least they had not deliberately concealed the cruelty of the Supreme Plane to lure others to their deaths.

Simon decided to fly south, first to witness the legendary Plane Teleportation Array and this mysterious Plane Guardian.

Simon had also been curious for a long time about this teleportation array, which had been born shortly after the world was first created.

After moving far away from the land, Simon basically found no traces of humans. While in this endless sea area, Simon discovered that he seemed to be progressing faster in the Laws of Water.

Thus, Simon was in no hurry to continue his journey. He found a small island, scanned it with his Divine Sense, and after confirming there was no danger, he landed on the island, found a random spot, sat cross-legged, and began to cultivate in seclusion.

The vast world of laws.

"Water, it encompasses all things, it can be soft and it can be hard."

"It is as soft as if it were nothing, yet harder than steel."

Simon could not help but become completely immersed in the vast ocean of the Laws of Water.

At this moment, even his original body, which had been deducing the fusion of different laws, began to comprehend the Laws of Water as well.

His Wind Element Divine Clone separated and acted as a bodyguard on the side.

"Round and soft as one, the body becomes all things."

The Profound Mystery of Round Softness of water was now displayed before Simon without the slightest reservation.

Facing this Profound Mystery of Round Softness, which he had been unable to grasp before, Simon finally achieved his wish.

However, the epiphany had not stopped, and Simon remained immersed in his insights.

"Water can be the softest thing, and it can also be the hardest. When scattered as a gas, it becomes the Profound Mystery of Mist; when condensed into a solid, it becomes ice."

"Ice, it is hard and sharp."

Several months later, Simon opened his eyes.

"As expected, coming to this Endless Sea was the right choice. I didn't expect to grasp the Profound Mystery of Round Softness and the Profound Mystery of Ice Sharpness all at once."

Simon stood up, and as his right hand gripped the air, a long spear exuding an intense, frigid aura took shape. He then swung it toward the nearby island, and in an instant, the ice spear tore through space and struck the island.

Chapter 18: Stripping Property

'Boom~'

With a heavy roar, the island, which covered several dozen miles, instantly turned into dust. As the sea breeze blew, it dissipated.

"The Profound Mystery of Ice Sharpness is indeed the profound mystery with the strongest material attack power within the Laws of Water."

Simon exclaimed as he looked at the destructive power caused by the ice spear.

"Right, there is also the Profound Mystery of Round Softness."

With a thought, Simon mobilized his fused divine power to form a divine armor on his body surface according to the newly comprehended Profound Mystery of Round Softness.

His Wind Element Divine Clone swung its long sword and stabbed at the fused divine power armor. The armor formed by the fused divine power dented inward in an instant, but as the divine power circulated, the long sword became stuck inside. It could neither pierce through nor be pulled out, fully demonstrating the flexible characteristics of the Profound Mystery of Round Softness.

Seeing that a casual strike caused no damage, the Wind Element Divine Clone pulled the long sword out with full force, then circulated its fused divine power to unleash the Sigh of the Wind with all its might to stab again. Only then did it break through the defense formed by the Water Element Divine Clone using fused divine power.

"Although the Wind Element Divine Clone's first strike was just a casual one, it was comparable to the full-force attack of an ordinary Lowgod. The power was about the same as John's desperate strike back then, yet it still couldn't break the defense. This Profound Mystery of Round Softness is truly worthy of being a high-level profound mystery of water. Just by entering the threshold and combining it with fused divine power, it can withstand a full-force attack of the same level."

Simon exclaimed in admiration.

In fact, if Simon had not fused the Profound Mystery of Speed and the Profound Mystery of Slowness to near-perfection, greatly increasing the attack power of the Sigh of the Wind, it would not have been so easy to break the defense.

Afterward, Simon tried to use his soul power to form a new soul defense barrier according to the comprehended Profound Mystery of Round Softness. After some testing, he found that the defensive power was only a notch weaker than the 'Wall of Illusion'. And this was only with the Profound Mystery of Round Softness just entering the threshold. Simon immediately decided that from now on, his soul defense would be based on the Profound Mystery of Round Softness, supplemented by the Laws of Mist Illusion.

With the preliminary tests complete, Simon was very satisfied with the defensive power of the Profound Mystery of Round Softness. He thought that if he fused it with other profound mysteries of water, the defensive power would surely skyrocket, and he would have no worries about material or soul defense.

Next, the Water Element Divine Clone continued to consolidate its understanding of the Profound Mystery of Round Softness and the Profound Mystery of Ice Sharpness, while his original body attempted to deduce the intersection points between the Profound Mystery of Water Element, Mist Illusion, Round Softness, and Ice Sharpness. When he couldn't find them for a moment, he pushed forward the progress of his understanding of Round Softness and Ice Sharpness.

Now that Round Softness and Ice Sharpness were in a state of just being comprehended, this was also a favorable time to find the intersection points between them.

As for the Wind Element Divine Clone, it continued to deduce the Profound Mystery of Speed and the Profound Mystery of Slowness, attempting to reach the final bottleneck. However, the Speed Profound Truth was indeed a high-level profound truth within the Law of Wind, and the difficulty of comprehending and fusing it was exceptionally high. After temporarily hitting a standstill, Simon turned to fusing the Profound Mystery of Wind Element with Speed and Slowness respectively. After changing his approach, the fusion progress of these two items improved quite quickly.

Just like that, Simon began his deep cultivation on this nameless island, while not forgetting to use his fused divine power and soul power within his body to nourish the newly acquired divine armor.

And given the major breakthrough in the Laws of Water, his original body temporarily assisted the Water Element Divine Clone in its cultivation with all its might.

Although the number of Profound Mysteries Simon has comprehended in the Law of Wind currently lags behind the Law of Water, there is great hope for him to break through to the Midgod level ahead of schedule. Of course, it is also possible for the Law of Water to overtake it; after all, in a world of laws and mysteries, anything is possible.

After all, Simon's talent in the Law of Water is equally excellent, so it is truly hard to say which will be stronger in the future: his wind element or his water element.

Twenty years passed in the blink of an eye. During this time, aside from testing some techniques and nourishing his divine armor, Simon remained immersed in cultivation.

After twenty years of nourishment, the four sets of divine armor have now become true Midgod Artifacts. Moreover, because Simon used fused divine power, tests have shown that their defensive capabilities have fully reached the level of Midgod Artifacts, which is a significant harvest that exceeded his expectations.

Following this period of secluded cultivation, Simon has fused more than half of the Profound Mystery of Water Element and the Profound Mystery of Mist Illusion, though he is still a considerable distance away from breaking through to the Midgod level. His progress in comprehending the Profound Mystery of Round Softness and the Profound Mystery of Ice Sharpness continues to improve steadily, though, of course, he is still far from mastering them.

Regrettably, over these twenty years, Simon has only managed to harmonize the Profound Mystery of Ice Sharpness with the Profound Mystery of Water Element and the Profound Mystery of Mist Illusion.

As for the Profound Mystery of Round Softness, it has only harmonized with the Profound Mystery of Water Element and has not yet harmonized with the others, such as the Profound Mystery of Ice Sharpness or the Profound Mystery of Mist Illusion.

"The difficulty of harmonizing the Profound Mystery of Round Softness with other mysteries is very high. It seems I will have to take it slowly."

Simon knows that in the path of cultivation, one cannot force things. If one path is temporarily blocked, he must change his thinking or direction; there will always be a time for success.

In reality, compared to other god-level experts, Simon's current cultivation speed is already very fast.

During these twenty years, through Simon's constant experimentation, he discovered that the Profound Mystery of Ice Sharpness not only possesses impressive physical attack power but also excellent defensive capabilities.

Actually, thinking about it carefully, this is not strange. After all, ice itself carries the attribute of hardness, so naturally, it would also have decent defensive power.

Naturally, he could apply the Profound Mystery of Ice Sharpness to physical defense.

Especially after the Profound Mystery of Ice Sharpness harmonized with the Profound Mystery of Water Element, Simon developed the 2.0 version of the Ice Mist Battle Armor, which is several times stronger in defense than the 1.0 version fused from the Profound Mystery of Water Element and the Profound Mystery of Mist Illusion.

Under full defense, the 2.0 version of the Ice Mist Battle Armor is so tough that even his Wind Element Divine Clone would have to expend a great deal of effort to break through it, requiring thousands of attacks on the same spot. In such a long time, his Water Element Divine Clone would have ample time to react.

"It seems that in the future, my main body will have to spend a lot of energy on the Law of Water. There are too many areas within the water element waiting to be developed."

After this period of secluded cultivation, Simon discovered that the water element is by no means as weak as described in the original story. This might be related to the fact that Linley rose too quickly and had not encountered many experts who cultivated the Law of Water.

As he delved into studying the Profound Mystery of Water Element, Simon discovered that this seemingly ordinary mystery actually hides a great secret.

While experimenting with the attack power of the Law of Water Element, Simon inadvertently thought about what would happen if he could manifest all the water inside an enemy's body into water elements, thereby causing them to evaporate in a roundabout way.

An enemy stripped of a large amount of body moisture would inevitably have their defense greatly reduced, and at that point, unleashing a physical attack technique would surely yield excellent results.

Thinking of this, Simon caught a Saint Realm Octopus Monster in the nearby sea to test it. Sure enough, the Saint Realm octopus, which possessed abnormally tenacious vitality, had its massive body instantly carbonize and die after all the moisture was stripped from it.

With such an injury, even the legendary Life Source Pearl could not save it.

Although the results of this experiment were excellent, the subject was only at the Saint Realm.

Simon guessed that god-level experts should be able to resist it to some extent, as their bodies have stronger resistance and they can use divine power to quickly repair damage. However, divine power repair takes time, and during that time, the enemy would inevitably be in a weakened state—wouldn't they be at his mercy then?

Subsequently, Simon experimented on his Wind Element Divine Clone and found that, as he expected, this move currently has little effect on god-level experts, as the wind element divine body contains very limited moisture.

Moreover, Simon discovered that as long as the body is completely wrapped in armor formed by wind elements, leaving no gaps, the water elements cannot penetrate, and thus cannot strip the body of moisture. In this way, the move seems quite useless.

Thinking about it, this is normal. After all, there are so many experts who cultivate the Law of Water, and surely many have comprehended this move, yet water-element experts are still only famous for their defense. This indicates that compared to the attack methods of other laws, it is still inferior—at least in most situations.

However, Simon feels that the Stripping Property he has comprehended is still special and has great room for improvement in the future. After all, he is a soul mutation. If he can fully grasp this property and integrate it into his soul attacks, so that his soul attacks also contain the Stripping Property, then Simon, who has never been very skilled at soul attacks, will possess another major trump card.

Chapter 19: Cultivation Framework

Subsequently, after a long period of constant experimentation and refinement, and after consuming dozens of Saint Realm sea monsters in the surrounding waters, Simon was pleasantly surprised to find that he had finally successfully integrated this Stripping Property into his soul attacks.

Furthermore, after in-depth research, he found that the mastered Stripping Property has a very considerable weakening effect on an enemy's physical defense, reducing it by about thirty percent. Simon named this property "Life Deprivation."

It deprives the enemy of both their body and their soul.

This property is slightly evil. Simon thought about how water can nourish life but also deprive it, and he could not help but marvel at the wonders of the world of laws.

Moreover, benefiting from having already fused the Profound Mystery of Water Element and the Profound Mystery of Mist Illusion, Simon made slight modifications to combine this property with the Profound Mystery of Mist Illusion, further perfecting his soul attack technique, the Phantom Spear. Simon also named it the 2.0 version of the Phantom Spear.

Once Simon perfectly integrated this property, the upgraded Phantom Spear further enhanced its effect of weakening the enemy's defense.

Once an enemy is hit, both their physical defense and soul defense will be significantly weakened. If the enemy's dual defenses are weak, they could even be reduced to zero, meaning every attack received would be true damage.

Even if the enemy has strong defenses and can resist slightly, their physical defense will be significantly weakened after being hit. Once a gap appears in the enemy's physical defense, the moisture contained in their body will be forcibly stripped away.

At the same time, the enemy's soul defense will also be significantly weakened, and the Stripping Property will then invade the enemy's Soul Ocean to tear their soul apart.

If the enemy cannot withstand either of these two attacks, they will be instantly killed. It is the most bizarre move Simon has researched to date, and it has vast room for improvement with considerable lethality.

Moreover, even if the enemy successfully resists, Simon can still launch his pure physical attack technique, Sigh of the Wind. It is very difficult for the enemy to block it with their weakened physical defense. This chain of attacks, combined with his domain, Ice Wind Space, means that once an enemy is trapped within, they cannot escape even if they want to.

Cultivating to this point, Simon feels that his future cultivation framework has been roughly determined: to use the various techniques he has comprehended as a foundation and then continuously refine and improve them.

For physical attacks, he will temporarily use the Profound Truth of Speed—fused from the Profound Mystery of Speed and the Profound Mystery of Slowness—as a foundation, and then continuously integrate mysteries that amplify physical attacks, such as the Profound Mystery of Dimension, the Profound Mystery of Wind Element, the Profound Mystery of Wind Space, and the Profound Truth of Sound.

For soul attacks, he will use the 2.0 version of the Phantom Spear—which carries the Stripping Property and is fused from the Law of Mist Illusion and the Profound Mystery of Water Element—as a foundation, and then continuously integrate mysteries that amplify soul-type attacks.

For physical defense, he will use the Profound Mystery of Round Softness as a foundation and continuously integrate mysteries that amplify defense.

For soul defense, he will also use the Profound Mystery of Round Softness as a foundation and continuously integrate mysteries that amplify soul defense.

In terms of speed, he will also use the Profound Truth of Speed—fused from the Profound Mystery of Speed and the Profound Mystery of Slowness—as a foundation, and then integrate mysteries that can increase speed, such as the Profound Mystery of Wind Element, Wind Movement Technique, Clone Technique, Profound Mystery of Wind Space, and the Profound Mystery of Dimension.

For his domain space, he will use the Ice Wind Space, which fuses the Profound Mystery of Wind Element and the Profound Mystery of Water Element, as a foundation, and then try his best to integrate spatial binding mysteries like the Profound Mystery of Wind Space.

Although Simon is only a soul mutation of the water and wind elements, as he delves deeper into the comprehension of these two laws, Simon feels more and more the vastness of the world of laws. If even the seemingly ordinary Profound Mystery of Water Element has given him such a big surprise, then what other surprises will he encounter as he continues to comprehend them? Simon is very much looking forward to it.