Having an offensive or movent technique is undoubtedly advantageous. You can easily evade or neutralize your targets without much stress. In fact, many prioritize offense over defense. However, while offensive and movent techniques are great, defense is extrely important.
Most argue that being fast enough or possessing flawless movent techniques can help evade any attack. But what if evasion is not an option? What if you find yourself in a situation where the only recourse is to raise your defense?
In such scenarios, having the best defense becos imperative. Fortunately, Karsha has acquired one such technique. The Titan Defense Art is an imnsely powerful defensive technique that can rival even the most formidable techniques employed by powerful shieldbearers, who are renowned for their robust defenses.
This technique originates from the Chaos Era—an era of power, war, and chaos. The danger was everywhere, and the only way to survive was to beco the strongest. It was during this ti that a race called the Titans erged. These colossal beings wielded shields and weapons that towered several ters high.
They possessed such imnse strength that a single blow from them was enough to level an entire moon. Known as behemoths in that era, they truly lived up to their na.
What makes them stand out in defense is the natural elent every single Titan awakens—the Earth elent. They are masters of bending the earth to their will. Their control over the earth elent is unparalleled, and almost all their defensive and offensive skills revolve around it.
For Karsha to have acquired a defense technique from the Titans, he has indeed struck gold. However, this technique isn't one that simply requires the practitioner to follow a pre-set path and master existing forms. Instead, it is about understanding the Earth elental and using it to shape one's own defense.
The first level is called Titan Wall. However, Karsha won't be able to access pre-made walls that he can summon by spending MP. Instead, he must comprehend the ways of the Earth's elents and use them to shape walls capable of withstanding powerful attacks.
However, that is easier said than done. To create sothing as formidable as the Titan Wall, Karsha must first gain a deep understanding of the Earth elent. He needs to comprehend how it feels, how it is shaped, and how each grain of sand moves against the other. He must also understand how the earth responds to external influences.
Once he masters the basics, he can progress to the transformation phase, where he will learn to manipulate the earth into any shape or form. He must understand how to align each grain of sand to create a solid block or how to mold the earth into towering walls.
To delve deeper, he will need to revisit the fundantals, focusing on the transformation of matter and learning how to transmute earth into other minerals. This ans learning to transmute earth into gold, diamond, or even Vibranium.
It all depends on his understanding and creative abilities. Naturally, Karsha, ever ambitious, aims to craft a defense so formidable that many would deem it impenetrable. However, achieving this goal requires him to push the limits of his mind and unravel the intricacies of the Earth's composition, comprehending each atom and how they combine to form solid and powerful compounds.
"Ha, at the end of the day, it's just another challenge to overco so I can rise higher," Karsha let out a weak laugh. He knew it wouldn't be easy, but a part of him kept urging him to follow that path.
"System, how far can the clone help comprehend the ways of the earth?" Find your next read at empire
< The Subspace is only Tier 1, so the clone's affinity to the Earth Elent is only dium. This will allow it to transmute the Earth into Krystallos tal. >
"Great, but what is Krystallos?" Karsha asked, expecting this response. He wasn't disappointed—in fact, he had hoped for sothing like this.
While having a clone with a near-perfect understanding of his technique and a space to learn it almost effortlessly sounded appealing, Karsha saw it as a cheat. He craved challenges and wanted to experience these things firsthand.
The clone was useful, but it could not exceed the SSE level when using a skill. For soone to rise above that level, they would need to gain enlightennt, and as a clone, it didn't possess such capabilities.
However, when it cos to elental mastery, the clone doesn't have the sa level of proficiency as it does with other skills and techniques. The subspace regulates the clone's abilities, and since the subspace rank is currently at Tier 1, the clone only has a dium-stage mastery of the elents.
This ans it is limited to only a few things, one of which is the strange word the system had just introduced to Karsha.
< Krystallos is what you call a diamond in your world. Diamonds are minerals that can be used for various purposes. However, in transmutation, the created minerals bear different nas to distinguish them from the real tals. >
"So after Krystallos, are there any other levels of tals I can learn to transmute?" Karsha asked.
< Yes. The order is as follows: Gold (Aurum), Diamond (Krystallos), Vibranium (Vibranus), Adamantium (Adamos), Celestium, Kyreum, Arkonite, Nexarion, and Eternium.
So far, these are all the tals I know that can be transmuted from the Earth elent. Who knows, maybe there are many others out there. >
Karsha looked at the order and let a defeated sigh escape his lips. His imagination had been too limited. How could he think a diamond was the strongest tal of all? Perhaps it was because, on Earth, diamonds are regarded as the hardest natural material.
"How the hell are Vibranium and Adamantium real?" he muttered. Back on Earth, these two tals are purely fictional. Vibranium cos from the Panther god Bast, and Adamantium is from the remains of the Celestials—both are made-up things. So, seeing that they are real and knowing that one day he might comprehend them, Karsha couldn't help but ask rhetorical questions.
"Does it an the superheroes are all real?"
"So Superman and the others are all real. Damn, does it an I can one day et Wonder Woman?"
"Damn, I'm getting too old for this shit," he grumbled, turning his focus back to the matter at hand. Karsha let out another sigh before asking the system one last question.
"How strong is a diamond defense, and what relation does it have with my Earth elent?"
< A diamond defense is strong enough to withstand Tier 10 attacks and even lower the damage output of a Tier 11 attack. While that may not seem like much, imagine a 3,000-ter-tall mountain and visualize a spearman throwing their spear into the mountain. The spear strikes the base of the mountain and instantly crumbles. That's how strong a 10% attack from a Tier 10 individual is. >
"That sure is powerful. All the more reason for to upgrade this Subspace," Karsha remarked. At its current tier, the place was rely a vast grassland with no mountains or rivers. Visualizing this would be aningless.
< Regarding the connection between your elent and diamond, there indeed is a connection. While your current mastery is limited, you have a strong affinity for the diamond mineral. This ans your chances of successfully transmuting a diamond are extrely high. >
"That's what I like to hear," Karsha smiled happily. He allocated only 300 days for the defense, considering it the most important task. If after 300 days he wasn't able to create the diamond defense, he would consider extending the ti. After all, it's better to be safe than sorry.
Karsha then turned his attention back to the clone, and as expected, the clone began bending the earth. The initial process was very simple—so simple, in fact, that Karsha could instantly understand it.
It involved feeling the sand and how the grains interacted with each other. Much like the movent technique, where he could see the threads linking each connection to the next, this process had a similar frawork.
All he needed to learn was how the earth felt, how it behaved, and how best to use that feeling and behavior to control it.
Days went by, and Karsha remained focused. The clone had run countless processes, providing Karsha with a wealth of perspectives to explore. He had different combinations to try and multiple connections to establish, but he wasn't in any rush.
He aid to achieve what many considered an impeccable design. He sought to create a formidable defense that would serve as the foundation for his fortress. It wouldn't be easy, but for the first ti in a long while, Karsha felt confident in his ability to construct sothing truly remarkable by understanding the fundantals.
Ten days later, Karsha remained in the sa posture, observing the clone at work. His comprehension had significantly improved. He could now sense the earth around him and even began to feel a peculiar connection with the sand as if he could communicate with it.
This connection seed distant, yet just barely out of his reach. It drew closer, and for the first ti, Karsha knew this was the way forward. If he could tap into that sensation, he would be able to bend the earth to his will, gaining a deeper understanding of its nature.
After all, the best way to truly know soone is to communicate with them. If Karsha manages to gain mastery over this skill, he will beco an entity akin to the true Titans from the Chaos Era. He will beco soone who can effortlessly interact with the earth around him and bend it to his will.
However, that is easier said than done. While the prospect of attaining such power is enticing, he must first establish an unbreakable connection with the Earth, allowing him to communicate with it.
Twenty days later, Karsha's comprehension of the earth's elents continued to soar. It was escalating so rapidly that even Karsha himself couldn't fully grasp what was happening. If only he knew he had an innate talent for communicating with anything, he would have realized he was much more extraordinary than he had thought.
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