Chapter 21 - Water Sense (2/2)

Will surmised that the experience he gained from killing demonic beasts increased his yuan quantity but not his quality. In other words, his foundation had been too poor. The longer he cultivated the higher quality his yuan became. The effects were quite obvious as time went on in terms of his abilities.

As the Lion Snake approached, it opened its mouth, revealing a pair of lethal fangs that would no doubt be able to penetrate steel. The head was the size of a car, and the body was about 30 meters long. It was an odd-looking creature, and this strange appearance only served to make it seem more frightening.

Swoosh!

With a lunge, it attempted to maul Will in one fell swoop, but Will moved to the side just in time. As the head passed him, Will unleashed a water blade toward the beast. Being surrounded by snow, Will had no issues with water supply. One of the boons of having higher quality yuan was his ability to manipulate water's state increased drastically.

The water blade landed on the beast's body and made a small dent in the scales before dissipating. Will grinned at the result of his little experiment.

”Just like I thought.” the enemy was not kind enough to give Will time to relax; it quickly circled around and attempted to attack Will from behind. Little did it know that Will could see every single one of its movements.

Once more Will dodged in the nick of time as the creature lunged at him. At the same time, he quickly rotated his body and got into position at the creature's neck. He then lifted his sword; afterward, he quickly covered his sword in water and struck down like lightning.

Swoosh!

What happened later held no suspense. The creature was immediately beheaded and blood sprayed like a fountain from its throat. Will nodded his head in approval at his performance. ”It looks like I have improved quite a bit. That was quicker than I expected.”

A current of energy entered his body, and Will quickly compressed it into higher quality energy before converting it into yuan and sending it straight to his dantian.

Will's improved yuan also boosted his water blade by quite a bit. He discovered that if he produced it from his sword the effects would be multiplied. This pleasant surprise led Will to call it mistaken, although it was not a custom technique recognized by the system, that didn't stop Will from naming it.

Another ability he gained after cultivation was what he called water sense. He would convert large amounts of water into vapor and cover his surroundings. Similar to the blood fog, it allowed will to constantly monitor his environment, except, unlike the fog, it was much more sensitive and had a wide range of almost a kilometer if Will stretched it. However, that's all he could do at that distance: he could only sense not control. The closer the water was to Will, the more information he got.

If Will was to use his blood fog in such a manner he would not be able to control it as well since it was not pure water. Not to mention Will wanted to avoid using bloodlust as much as possible. Although it was his ability, he was reluctant on being dependent on a particular ability. Will had the feeling that depending on it continuously would be a bad thing for him so he avoided using bloodlust and the blood mist as much as possible.