"Watch closely. Next is another Self-Created Soul Skill, different from the Spiral Maru."
Murong Huai's right palm glowed with golden Soul Power. At first, it formed a huge sphere, then kept compressing until it was the size of an egg. He aimed it at a boulder.
He gently exerted force with his right hand. The golden orb instantly burst into a domineering, needle-thin beam of light that shot out like a sword. It was incredibly fast. The boulder was pierced as easily as tofu, and the beam went on to punch through several giant trees.
"Holy crap, that move is way too powerful!"
"That boulder has to be two meters thick! And it pierced right through so easily?"
Ning Fengzhi and Wu Chuan cried out in astonishment once more. Though this move's range was nowhere near as wide as the Spiral Maru's, its power far surpassed the other technique's.
"This move compresses Soul Power to create a beam with tremendous penetrating force. You gather power in your arm and release it from your palm. There's also a version where you gather power in your finger bones and fire it from your fingertips."
As he spoke, Murong Huai raised his index finger. Golden Soul Power shimmered along the bone, then gathered at the fingertip like a trickling stream, fluid and graceful. A golden sword-shaped beam shot from his finger.
It struck the boulder, leaving a small hole about a meter across.
"The fingertip version is a little more powerful than the first, but it doesn't penetrate as well. Still, you don't have to use just one finger..."
As he spoke, Murong Huai raised his right hand. Soul Power gathered in all five fingers, and he fired five slender beams. Five small holes appeared in the boulder.
"You can also fire them