Chapter 351: Depth Mastery (2/2)

'Is this his ability…?' Heira finally concluded.

When Heira came to this conclusion, she sucked in a cold breath. She suddenly understood why Leonel would disdain to be a bodyguard.

Though Heira had already seen through Leonel's potential, it seemed that even her own evaluation was too low. Someone with such an ability wouldn't be restricted by… anything!

Of course, Heira was technically incorrect, but also could be considered to be correct in a way as well. Without his ability, it would truly be impossible for Leonel to do what he was doing now.

'… If this is truly the case, we have picked up a treasure… But… This treasure will be difficult to control…'

Mistress Heira regained her calm. No matter how one looked, it had become impossible to read her thoughts from her expression.

…

'So that's how things are…'

Leonel realized several things through countless experiments.

For one, it was far more efficient to split his mind and meditate on the same spear.

From Leonel's trials, for a spear at the bottom of the hill, it took about a single minute to master while meditating on the Natural Force Art. For one nearer the middle, it took about five minutes. For one near the top, it took upwards of ten minutes.

However, if he meditated on a spear with two minds at once, the time was lowered by a factor of three. A lower tier spear would take 20 seconds and so on…

The more minds Leonel used, the efficiency became greater and greater. Eventually, when he used all eight minds, it took him no more than a second or two for a lower tier spear and not even a third of a minute for a higher tier one.

Still, even this wasn't the greatest realization Leonel had made.

When he went back to the base of the Spear Peak in order to experiment with lower tier spears, he realized that masteries could be separated into tiers.

Leonel personally chose to split masteries into two tiers. One, the lower, was what he called 'Shallow Mastery', while the higher was named 'Depth Mastery' by him.

Shallow Mastery was all Leonel had grasped until now. In order to evoke this mastery, he had to recall the memories and project the image of the spear consciousness outward. This was why whenever he battled with his spear, the images of the spear owners would pop up.

However, when he reached Depth Mastery, this evocation was no longer necessary. It became ingrained into his very bones.

In order to reach Depth Mastery, the requirement was ten times the time.

This meant for a lower level spear, it would take about 20 seconds. For a middle level spear, it would around two minutes. For a higher tier spear, it would take around four to five minutes.

But for Leonel, this was well worth it because he realized that when he reached Depth Mastery…

The stamina it took him to use his Dreamscape Battle Sense plummeted!