When ordinary cultivators wielded techniques, no matter how proficient they were, the most fundamental requirements could not be compromised in the slightest.
Once spiritual power was impure, the power of their techniques would be greatly diminished.
That was also why, beneath the Heaven-Suppressing Cauldron's domain, the vast majority of cultivators found things so troublesome.
For Yin Water Tribe cultivators wielding the Heaven-Suppressing Cauldron to attack them, they needed an overwhelming blanket of techniques to forcibly suppress their opponents' recovery abilities. Yet if the distance became too great, the techniques' power would be heavily reduced.
Other than ancient exotic beasts, whose higher-order essence of power meant they were not greatly affected, ordinary cultivators who wished to triumph over opponents of the same realm would practically have to pay with several times their numbers.
"That is precisely the significance of the Spirit Gun."
Ye Xiu snapped his fingers. "Artifacts capable of casting techniques are not rare, but all artifacts in this world are designed to amplify the caster's power as much as possible."
"But the greater the power, the greater the pressure on the caster's soul. Power and price are equal—this is an iron law that cannot be crossed."
Nie Qing stepped forward, a strange light gleaming in his eyes. "But this Spirit Gun is different. In terms of spiritual power consumption, the spirit bullet techniques it releases are even lower than casting without it. Yet it simplifies the casting process, lowering the threshold and drawing upon more spiritual power to make up for its shortcomings."
"The wielder does not need to strain their mind to control it at all. They merely need to follow instinct and channel spiritual power. With specially refined spirit stones, it does not even require a supply of spiritual power."
Light flickered in the Three-Tailed Sky Fox's