Chapter 38
Chapter 38: Wave Transmutation
The virtual screen above Wink focused on the last humanoid. This one first triggered Wave Cloak, then used Wave Burst, and finally employed Wave Focus to concentrate most of his Wave in his right hand before finally shooting a fireball.
“That is Wave Transmutation. In a nutshell, it is the conversion of our Wave into something else. It can be simple elemental forces like lightning, fire, water, or even more complex like gold or poison.”
Wink raised his hand and focused Essence Wave in it before making fire, water, and even earth appear.
“This art plays a fundamental part in the use of spells. Not only does it improve our proficiency in them, but it also diminishes the amount of Wave we need to use them. Of course, although anyone could change their Wave into flames, someone that does it following the principles taught in a technique can show much greater destructive power.”
The Wave in Wink’s hand transformed once again into a ball of fire, but while the amount of Wave was the same, the power in it was greater.
“When it comes to proficiency in this art, Essence Wave Cultivators have a much higher innate talent, which can increase even more as our cultivation advances, and our perception develops.”
Those words did not surprise anyone. Essence Wave lacked the enhanced vitality and durability of Astral Wave, but it was more malleable, so it made sense for it to be easier to transmute.
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“Astral Wave Cultivators usually focus on the element related to their Lineage since, at least in it, they do not fall behind their counterparts. Some with powerful Lineages can even transmute their Wave at an intuitive level.”
Cain nodded as he heard that. Among the skills learned after obtaining his Lightning Lupus Lineage, there was Lightning Conversion.
Transforming his Astral Wave into lightning was not hard, but he found it highly challenging to do it with any other element. As for things like poison or gold, that was simply impossible for the current Cain.
“Those are the Four Basic Wave Arts. As all of you should understand by now, the word basic is not a reference to their power but the fact that everything else emerges from them. They are the essence of spell casting and any battle style.”