Fierce Tiger Fierce Light Wave, Holy Tiger Holy Light Blast

In battle, he could judge his opponent's abilities and use the appropriate form of defense against them.

Against melee Soul Masters who specialized in physical attacks, he could use the physical defense form of White Tiger Heavenly Dipper Defense;

Against ranged mage-type Soul Masters, he could use the energy defense form of White Tiger Heavenly Dipper Defense;

Against Soul Masters who specialized in mental illusions, he could use the mental defense form of White Tiger Heavenly Dipper Defense;

If he encountered a Soul Master with relatively well-rounded abilities whose offensive Soul Skills dealt a mixture of damage types, he could combine "physical and energy," "physical and mental," or "energy and mental" defenses.

He could also adjust the proportions of "physical, energy, and mental" defense to create an all-around defense with a particular emphasis, or use the complete form of White Tiger Heavenly Dipper Defense.

In short, after training White Tiger Heavenly Dipper Defense and gaining greater proficiency and control over it,

He could tailor the Soul Skill to the different opponents and enemies he encountered.

As for the final defensive effect,

It would neither diminish his own defensive ability nor weaken the Soul Skill, while greatly reducing the cost of using it.

And it was not just White Tiger Heavenly Dipper Defense.

White Tiger Mountain-Shaking Charge, another Soul Skill from his First Soul Ring, also needed training.

Dai Mubai did not know whether White Tiger Mountain-Shaking Charge could turn midway once his proficiency improved in the future, and he had little confidence in it.

But White Tiger Mountain-Shaking Charge required a short period of charging before it could be used, and he needed to train to shorten that charging time.

After all, when a battle grew tense and hard-fought, the situation could change in an instant. Every second was precious, and opportunities to strike vanished in a flash.

White Tiger Mountain-Shaking Charge was astonishingly powerful, and even Zhao Wuji, a Seven-Ring Soul Sage who specialized in strength and defense, sang the praises of its destructive power.

But if he could shorten the charging time required to use White Tiger Mountain-Shaking Charge, the Soul Skill would become even more powerful.

If he could train and master the Soul Skill to the point where he could unleash it instantly without charging,

Then this astonishingly powerful Soul Skill, which also granted an uninterruptible state and immunity to control effects during its activation, would become a divine skill for charging through enemy formations-

Of course.

When he was caught in an enemy encirclement, or surrounded and focused by many Soul Masters with control skills, the offensive Soul Skill White Tiger Mountain-Shaking Charge, with its built-in uninterruptible effect, could sometimes be used as a defensive Soul Skill.

The charging time required to use White Tiger Mountain-Shaking Charge could even become an advantage on some occasions.

He might even want to charge it for longer, using it to fend off and resist the control skills his opponents sent at him.

Such moments were rare, however, and the special demands of those particular situations did not change Dai Mubai's desire and decision to train White Tiger Mountain-Shaking Charge and shorten its charging time.

Whether he shortened the charging time or maintained the charge for a long period,

It all needed to be under his control.

Through training, he could improve his proficiency and control over White Tiger Mountain-Shaking Charge.

Once he could shorten the Soul Skill's charging time and increase its charging speed and efficiency, maintaining the charge for a long period would naturally be easier too.

Besides, his third Soul Skill, White Tiger Vajra Body, itself provided a long-lasting uninterruptible state and immunity to control effects.

Before he had White Tiger Vajra Body, Dai Mubai would have paid particular attention to the uninterruptible state and control immunity provided by White Tiger Mountain-Shaking Charge.

Now that he had White Tiger Vajra Body with its built-in uninterruptible state, the brief uninterruptible effect of White Tiger Mountain-Shaking Charge had become less important.

For Dai Mubai, White Tiger Mountain-Shaking Charge had become a purely offensive Soul Skill.

Even if he trained and developed it in the future, Dai Mubai would not think of keeping it charged for a long time without launching the subsequent attack.

He would not think of developing the Soul Skill for defense.

Although he could explore that use, there was little need to develop White Tiger Mountain-Shaking Charge for defense when he had White Tiger Vajra Body, an enhancement Soul Skill that granted an uninterruptible state.

At least for now, Dai Mubai had little interest in doing so in the near term.

He only wanted to shorten the charging time of White Tiger Mountain-Shaking Charge through training, not develop and explore its defensive uses.

But although he called it development, whether it was separating the "physical, energy, and mental" defensive abilities of White Tiger Heavenly Dipper Defense for individual use,

Or shortening the charging time of White Tiger Mountain-Shaking Charge through training,

These were really just training, just little tricks that could be derived from improved proficiency and control over the skills-

They did not involve development, much less innovation or creation.

Because nothing new, or at least not much that was new, had been created.

Dai Mubai's training of his second Soul Skill, White Tiger Holy Light Blast, was what truly counted as development.

That was because White Tiger Holy Light Blast had greater potential for exploration and development than the two Soul Skills from his First Soul Ring.

White Tiger Holy Light Blast was very similar to his original Second Soul Ring skill, White Tiger Fierce Light Wave. Both were ranged offensive skills, and both were energy attacks.

His original White Tiger Fierce Light Wave Soul Skill had come from a Fierce Light Tiger, however, while his current White Tiger Holy Light Blast had come from a Holy Light Tiger.

The Star Luo Imperial Family and the Dai Family had determined through research that both Fierce Light Tigers and Holy Light Tigers were Soul Beasts suited to the White Tiger Martial Soul and could provide it with ranged attack skills.

But because the two kinds of Soul Beasts had different "attributes," the "attributes" of the Soul Skills they produced also had different emphases.

Although both were light-element Soul Beasts, the Fierce Light Tiger also possessed the secondary fire attribute alongside its primary light element, making its power more violent and blazing.

The Holy Light Tiger, on the other hand, was a pure light-element Soul Beast. Unlike the Fierce Light Tiger, it did not possess the secondary fire attribute, and its power was relatively gentle compared with the Fierce Light Tiger's blazing, violent power.

Although the Soul Skills produced by both kinds of Soul Beasts were ranged offensive skills,

If the Fierce Light Tiger and Holy Light Tiger providing the Soul Rings were of the same age,

Then, judging solely by the might and power of their offensive Soul Skills, the skill produced by the Fierce Light Tiger, with its blazing and violent power, would undoubtedly be stronger.

Of course, the Soul Skill produced by a Holy Light Tiger had its own merits or advantages-

The Holy Light Tiger's light-element energy was purer, and that pure light-element energy also gave rise to the sacred attribute.

Against ordinary enemies and opponents, the Soul Skill provided by a Fierce Light Tiger might have more astonishing power.

But against dark-element Soul Masters, or Evil Soul Masters who had committed countless evils and were entangled in karma,

The Soul Skill produced by a Holy Light Tiger would have the advantage against such Soul Masters, allowing it to suppress and counter them more effectively.

Moreover, it was not an absolute rule that a Fierce Light Tiger's power was more blazing and violent than a Holy Light Tiger's.

The fire attribute had a gentle side, after all, while light also had a dazzling, scorching and violent side.