Rebirth: Supreme Soul Master

If it turns out that trying to control the direction of each strike consumes more energy, then he will try to reduce the number of strikes he controls. For example, if he uses the dark element to perform ten or more attacks stacked together, then he only needs to control two of them to block the enemy's path.

He wanted to use the Starburst Technique as a trap. This was to ensure that his enemies had no chance to escape his impending attack and would ultimately suffer too many losses or die.

Moreover, any enemy caught in such an attack has no ability to retaliate.

But after witnessing firsthand how terrifying the combined attack of this technique was, he stopped thinking about the trapping part.

In his mind, another variant of his new technique began to take shape. He imagined how devastating his final spell would be if he could fuse the superimposed elements of dark magic with the combined elements of light magic.

This time, the explosion from just five slashes wasn't as violent as the first time. Nor did it drain his soul power.

"Just as I thought... The difficulty lies in controlling the direction of each strike..." He checked his soul power and found that he had consumed nearly 20% of it.

“If I use ten moves…” He replenished his soul power for ten minutes, and then came back to verify his theory.

"Just like the first time, it caused devastating damage... and only consumed thirty percent of my soul power..." He now realized that focusing solely on the slashing combo resulted in horrific damage, but the soul power consumption was far greater. Bad.

“So… what if I tried to combine lightning and light magic together…” He was curious about the possibility. After all, the two elements were compatible.

The lightning technique he had learned consumed 10% of his soul power. Therefore, he deduced that using these two techniques together would consume at most about half of his soul power.

But when he tried, he found himself in an unexpected situation.

He flashed forward, his sword flashing ten times before striking the ground. The explosion was so violent that he could even feel the earth beneath the sword tip trembling slightly.

The sheer force of the explosion created a deeper crater in the ground, nearly twenty meters deep. At the same time, the combination of these two elements brought about changes he hadn't anticipated.

First, lightning began to arc and dance around his sword. With each full-force swing, an arc of light was created, and William sensed just how deadly the energy within was.

But when he struck, he was astonished to find that only one arc passed through his sword and landed on the ground. "Such a fatal blow, coming from only one arc, and there are nine more?!" He lay on the ground again, muttering incredulously.

He raised his sword in front of him, but his soul power was almost completely depleted. He didn't understand why this was happening. According to his calculations, his soul power should have only decreased by forty to fifty percent.

That was hitting the ball with all the power his technique possessed. But it turned out how naive he had been.

"Mental strength isn't so predictable either, just like combat skills and special mental elements... Tsk!" He recalled a sentence he had once heard. He had learned it from his master's many sermons, and it was related to this part.

He had almost forgotten this phrase, because he had never encountered these elements in his previous life. But as things unfolded, the phrase resurfaced, resolving his doubts.

This is not like one plus one equals two. In this case, attempting to fuse two special elements together yields results that are quite different from what he had previously imagined.

This made him wonder what it would look like to combine these three elements together.

"At least I have a technique that can attack multiple opponents at the same time..."

He sat down, preparing to replenish his lost soul power, muttering to himself about his attempt as he threw the sword away.

When the sword touched the ground, it uncontrollably unleashed nine consecutive, overlapping attacks.

The earth shook violently, as if the end of the world was approaching. Gradually, William felt the ground beneath him slightly cave in with each explosive rumble.

Once the dust settled, William could see a hole in its center that was nearly fifty meters long. The edges looked like a slope of a mountain, and the hole encompassed most of the garden.

He found himself sitting in that haphazard place.

"I can't imagine the expression on the principal's face when he saw this..." William could only sigh in his heart and accept the outcome when he saw this irreversible tragedy.

His attention shifted from worrying about what might happen if the principal acted here to how to solve the big problem he was facing.

When he unleashed that arc of energy, he felt his soul power being drained by the attack. "Before reaching the Silver level, I can't unleash the full power of such an attack... at least not at the Gold level..." He thought for a moment, feeling even more helpless.

All the answers he found required him to become stronger. He wanted to solve the current problem, not the problem of tomorrow.

"This attack... is more suitable for throwing things..." He thought for a long time, recalling the enormous damage caused by the combination of nine electric arcs.