The instant the silver-blue starlight completely merged into his brow, the turbulent energy around Xiao Cheng gradually settled.
He slowly spread his fingers, closed his eyes, and focused on sensing every mystery of his new Soul Skill. After only a few breaths, an expression of utter shock crept into his eyes, and he could not help drawing in a sharp breath.
The effect of this Soul Skill was simply outrageous. It had directly granted Xiao Cheng a small pocket dimension.
At present, the most basic function of Xiao Cheng's fifth Soul Skill, Tai-Xu Grotto-Heaven, was storage. He could store items within the Tai-Xu Grotto-Heaven, which had a capacity roughly equal to a room.
Beyond its storage ability, the Tai-Xu Grotto-Heaven's core combat function was full-domain spatial interference.
The moment he activated the Soul Skill, Xiao Cheng could use the laws of his pocket dimension to overwrite and suppress the structural order of the real space around him.
When attacking, he could draw upon the power of the grotto-heaven to tear apart and twist the surrounding void at will. Such attacks were invisible and formless, impossible to guard against, and possessed tremendous penetration and destructive power.
When defending, he could condense spatial barriers and solidify the space around him, forming a void defense layer with no blind spots. Whether faced with Soul Power impacts, powerful physical attacks, or elemental bombardments, it could weaken them layer by layer, isolate them, and block them.
Xiao Cheng could also use the power of the grotto-heaven to lock down an area, directly sealing off spatial movement. Within that range, Teleportation, void traversal, spatial concealment, and every other effect that allowed enemies to manipulate space would either completely fail or be severely affected.
When facing an enemy's fierce assault, Xiao Cheng could precisely capture the attack's