Chapter 266
The process of the creation of a martial art from the diagram of a spell wasn't an easy one .
The first phase consisted in the identification of what effects each line of the diagram produced .
Then, a cultivator had to reproduce those lines with his body to obtain a similar effect .
The issue was that a spell was generated with a mixture of mental energy and "Breath", those two energies could be manipulated easily, it wasn't hard to follow the rhythm of a diagram with those .
A martial art, however, needed for the body to execute that rhythm while following the lines of the diagram, it was impossible for a material figure to have the same maneuverability of an immaterial matter .
That was why martial arts were generally weaker than spells, the body would not keep up with the rhythm of the diagram and would produce weaker effects .
Also, the fact that the Shadow step was a rank 0 spell, its diagram was extremely simple, it wasn't created to produce strong effects .
'Body, dantian, mind are the three centers of power on which a cultivator relies . '
Noah had his eyes closed, he was still in the same cave but the density of "Breath" was far higher than before .
He had taken out his "Breath" blessing and resumed his cultivation as he pondered over the creation of his technique .
'Spells are created from mental energy and "Breath", their complex diagrams and those two energies are what make them the strongest weapons of a cultivator . '
The knowledge learned in the academy stormed his mind, he wanted to consider all his options .
'Martial arts only use the "Breath" and the body, the lack of another type of energy is what eventually determines their inferior power . Also, a body can't execute complex diagrams, leading to simplified imitations of the spells . '
The Three Forms of the Ashura depleted a large amount of Noah's mental energy because he required an insane amount of concentration to perform it .
The mental energy was the representation of his thoughts after all, the more complex an action was, the more thoughts would be expended .
'Simply speaking, I would just obtain a martial art in the second or first rank if I just try to imitate the diagram of the Shadow step . That won't do, I need it to be in the third rank if I want it to have some utility . '
Noah was sitting cross-legged on the bare ground, his hands were joint according to the Dark vortex cultivation technique .
'Yet, my body alone is in the fourth rank, creating a rank 3 martial art might be useless too . '
The Shadow step spell could not withstand the power of his body, it was normal that Noah wondered if a rank 3 martial art would do the same .
'There is only one way to approach it: I will identify the lines of the diagram that produce the propulsions of the black circles and remove everything else . Then, I have to balance that simple effect on the strength of my centers of power . '
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