660: Chapter 660 Spirit Array Master!

The Darkness Profundity is one of the supreme profundities, the most direct manifestation of the laws of darkness.

When the two are combined, the effect is not additive, but multiplicative.

This caused the Shadow Clone's talent in the Dao of Darkness to reach a level that even Qin Yan could not comprehend!

For others, the difficulty of cultivating Mental Energy is like 'rowing upstream'; for the Shadow Clone, the difficulty of cultivating Mental Energy is like 'sailing downstream'.

He didn't know what level of talent this was, but he was certain—those Mental Energy prodigies in their Holy Land, and people like Su Qingwan and Yin Li, were simply weak compared to his Shadow Clone.

Not only that.

In the process of comprehending the Darkness Profundity, the Shadow Clone also grasped many skills.

Those skills were not taught by Qin Yan, nor were they learned from the "Four Secrets of the Heavenly Demon"; they were naturally "realized" by the Shadow Clone during its comprehension of the Darkness Profundity.

It was like water droplets falling into a pond, naturally stirring up ripples;

Like seeds buried in the soil, naturally taking root and sprouting.

Some skills were darkness attacks—condensing the power of darkness into invisible blades to strike at the enemy's spiritual world;

Some skills were darkness defense—constructing barriers with the power of darkness to block attacks from the outside world;

Some skills were darkness perception—using darkness to perceive everything around, making nothing hidden, whether in the light or in the shadows.

Although these skills were not particularly profound or mysterious, they were sufficient for Qin Yan's current Realm.

Speaking of which, one must mention an important concept that Qin Yan gradually understood only after browsing through the Holy Land's ancient texts.

Spiritual Power Cultivators are different from those in Qi Refining and Body Refining.

Those who Cultivate Mental Energy are called Cultivators.

Those who practice Qi Refining and Body Refining are called Martial Artists.

There is a fundamental difference between Cultivators and Martial Artists.

Martial Artists take the Physical Body as their Foundation and blood-qi as fuel, pursuing the ultimate strength of the Physical Body and the vastness of True Qi; their combat style leans toward close-quarters combat and externalizing True Qi.

Cultivators take the Soul as their Foundation and Mental Energy as their core, pursuing the sublimation of the Soul and the qualitative change of Mental Energy; their combat style leans toward long-range attacks, Soul suppression, and the application of rules.

Although both paths lead to the same destination, eventually reaching the supreme Peak of the Martial Dao, their cultivation paths, combat styles, and methods of Breakthrough have completely different logics and systems.

This can be seen from the panel.

The units of measurement for Body Refining and Qi Refining are both 'cal'.

One million cal, two million cal, three million cal—the larger the number, the more vigorous the blood-qi and the stronger the power.

The unit of measurement for Mental Energy is 'Hz'.

Two hundred Hz, three hundred Hz, four hundred Hz—the larger the number, the higher the frequency of Mental Energy, the purer the quality, and the stronger the power.

Moreover, according to the information Qin Yan had learned, as Mental Energy reaches the Late Stage—especially after exceeding five hundred Hz—another qualitative change occurs.

Five hundred Hz is a watershed.

Spiritual Power Cultivators below five hundred Hz can also use Mental Energy for attack and defense, but they are essentially 'borrowing' their own power.

Mental Energy is emitted from within the body to act upon the outside world, consuming one's own energy reserves.

This method of attack has limited power and limited endurance.

Spiritual Power Cultivators above five hundred Hz can communicate with heaven and earth, utilizing the power of heaven and earth to attack.

The power of heaven and earth—that is an endless, vast, and inexhaustible force.

By harnessing the power of heaven and earth, the power of every single move far exceeds the limits of one's own Mental Energy.

Furthermore, mobilizing the power of heaven and earth consumes very little of one's own Mental Energy, greatly enhancing endurance.

Consequently, this makes a five hundred Hz Spiritual Power Cultivator generally stronger than an ordinary Grandmaster.

A five hundred Hz Spiritual Power Cultivator can face a Seventh-Grade Grandmaster head-on without losing ground, and might even hold the advantage.

However, the strength of this level of Spiritual Power Cultivator is still considered average.

What is truly terrifying are those Cultivators who are not only strong in Mental Energy but also possess other skills.

For example, Formations!

If a Spiritual Power Cultivator of this level also knows Seventh-Grade Formations, then they can be called a Spirit Array Master.

Spirit Array Masters are the most terrifying existences among Spiritual Power Cultivators.

They not only communicate with the power of heaven and earth but also use that power to set up Formations.

Ordinary Martial Artists can only rely on Formation Plates and Formation Flags to set up Formations, which requires advance preparation and time to arrange.

A Spirit Array Master, with a single thought, can use heaven and earth as the Formation Plate and all things as Formation Flags to form an array.

Once the array is formed, the power of heaven and earth will operate according to the rules of the Formation, creating a terrifying force.

Qin Yan once saw a record in the ancient texts.

A certain Spirit Array Master, by his own strength and relying on a Great Array of Heaven and Earth, directly annihilated a hundred Grandmasters who were besieging him!

A hundred Grandmasters!

Not a hundred Sixth-Rank Martial Artists, not a hundred Half-step Grandmasters, but a hundred true Grandmaster powerhouses!

Each of those Grandmasters possessed a Golden Body, each possessed a Martial Dao Domain, and each was a hegemon of a region.

But before the Spirit Array Master's Great Array of Heaven and Earth, they were like ants.

When the array rose, heaven and earth shattered.

When the array fell, corpses littered the field.

One against a hundred, terrifying to such an extent!

Qin Yan's thoughts gradually pulled back.

He looked down at the number on the panel—four hundred and seventy-one Hz.

Only twenty-nine Hz away from five hundred Hz.

Twenty-nine Hz didn't sound like much. Based on his previous speed, it could be done in a few days.

But Qin Yan knew that five hundred Hz was not as simple as four hundred and seventy-one Hz plus twenty-nine Hz.

Five hundred Hz of Mental Energy was a massive threshold.

Just like going from the sixth rank to the seventh rank, it was a qualitative change.

Cross it, and it would be smooth sailing.

Fail to cross it, and one could be stuck there for a long time.

Once one breaks through five hundred Hz, their status can be on par with a Grandmaster, or even much higher.

Why?

Because general Spiritual Power Cultivators will major in one or two other skills.

Such as Alchemy, Artifact Refining, Talisman Refining, Beast Taming, Formations...

Each of these skills has requirements for a Martial Artist's Mental Energy.

Alchemy requires strong Mental Energy to control the heat and perceive the medicinal power.

Artifact Refining requires precise Mental Energy to engrave Formation patterns and fuse Materials.

Talisman Refining requires stable Mental Energy to draw runes and inject spiritual power.

Beast Taming requires strong Mental Energy to communicate with Spirit Beasts and establish contracts.

Formations require a keen perception of the power of heaven and earth.