Ji Xinghuo’s shorts turned to ashes in the blink of an eye.
His whole body was covered in blinding flashes of lightning, radiating electric energy outward!
The cultivation room was filled with incessant howling sounds.
Ji Xinghuo’s feet left the ground, his body floating up, and gradually, a visibly spherical force field formed around him, expanding outward.
On the surface, the force field appeared to be composed of streaks of lightning, but upon closer microscopic inspection, its essence was countless tiny electric charges moving at high speeds, gathering, dispersing, and flowing, thus creating forces, electric potential, electric current, equipotential surfaces, and an electromagnetic field among other profound and complex physical phenomena.
At an even deeper level, it also had the properties of a magnetic field.
However, Ji Xinghuo’s perception had not reached such a deep level, only slightly touching the more macroscopic phenomena.
But this was already very powerful!
The electrostatic field gradually expanded and stopped changing when it reached about three meters in diameter, finally stabilizing.
Countless electric currents burst forth, then instantaneously dissipated.
The electricity around Ji Xinghuo also vanished, his body fell back to the ground, and the intense disturbance returned to calm, as if nothing had happened.
He paused, opened the Wanxiang Star Pupil interface, and saw the latest information.
[Ability: Electrostatic Field (First Level 1/359)]
Integration successful!
The disappearance of those lightning phenomena was not a problem, but rather the very nature of the electrostatic field. His own body and the surrounding electric charges were at rest, the distribution of charges stabilized and unchanged, with positive and negative charges neutralized, the circulation within the electrostatic field equaled zero.
In simple terms, the electrostatic field needs changes in electrical charges to manifest.
Ji Xinghuo’s eyes flashed.
In an instant, countless sparks of electricity burst and leaped, supporting an electric field around him, piercing through the surrounding air and emitting a piercing howl.
The radius of the first-level electrostatic field was only three meters, not very large.
He raised his hand, a flash of lightning forming between his thumb and index finger, crackling continuously with visible and uninterrupted electric currents.
The currents produced by the rotating magnetic field were hard to control, and the lightning generated by Thunderbolt Hand was also instantaneous, disappearing right after release.
Now, however, Ji Xinghuo could maintain the presence of lightning indefinitely.
In his eyes, one could see the fingertips of the current’s extremes gathering positive and negative charges, electric forces moving from positive to negative charges, energy traveling along countless magnetic field lines, ultimately manifesting as macroscopic lightning and force.
The essence of the electrostatic field was the control over the movement of charges.
And the charges were generated by star power.
Ji Xinghuo found that while maintaining the electrostatic field, his star power was synchronously depleted, constantly consumed.
He raised his hand and pointed forward.
The subtle currents on his hand instantly expanded, the entire electrostatic field flashed, a massive amount of charges gathered, creating a high voltage difference and shooting out, piercing the air.
The lightning, though not very thick, struck the alloy humanoid target on one side of the cultivation room.
This was the target Ji Xinghuo normally used to practice Electric Light Spiral Force, exceedingly sturdy and insulated, and after the electric light dispersed, a hole appeared on the front of the target, the metal melted and deformed by the high temperature, with the center penetrated, directly showing the area behind it.
Ji Xinghuo himself was taken aback.
If a mutant with slightly weaker defense was hit by Thunderbolt Hand , they would probably turn directly into charred remains.
He explored for a moment.
Then he discovered that when the electrostatic field and rotating magnetic field were stimulated at the same time, not only did the lethality of Thunderbolt Hand skyrocket, but his strength, speed, and explosive power were all comprehensively enhanced, and casual strikes were accompanied by powerful electric current damage, with the power of Electric Light Spiral Force also reaching new heights!
Electricity generates magnetism, and magnetism generates electricity.
The two abilities interacted with each other, complementing each other, forming a synergistic effect where one plus one was greater than two, even one plus one equals ten.
The electrostatic field also had a protective function when expanded.
If an enemy, or a bullet, or some other object entered the electrostatic field, causing changes to the charge distribution, it would automatically trigger electrostatic induction phenomena, attacking with lightning.
If the target was a conductor, the stronger the lightning strike it would face.
Additionally, the electrostatic field had enhanced his magnetic induction ability, transforming it into a more precise and detailed electromagnetic induction, which extended deeply into the micro aspects of objects and broadened his range slightly.
Ji Xinghuo felt he had finally touched the threshold of the electromagnetic field.
"But it’s still not enough!"
His heart was full of aspirations, as the electromagnetic interaction, one of the four major forces with the greatest impact on the human world and even the entire universe, had effects far beyond this.
The professional template primarily focused on magnetic fields and magnets is the Magnetic Field Madman.
The professional template primarily focused on electric fields and spiritual energy is the Electric Field Stringer.
Once these two professional templates are fully formed, one could advance to become the "Electromagnetic Dominator," the pinnacle in both the Star Realm and Galaxy Civilization.
He still had a long way to go; both templates were only half-complete, lacking multiple Alien Species.
Ji Xinghuo withdrew his thoughts and reopened the interface.
His gaze fell on the Spiritual Origin Ability.
In the Great Rift Valley, the Titanium Cobalt Dragon Men had eliminated most of Kaminda’s army, only a few enemies and the Hunting Team escaped, and the Titanium Cobalt Dragon Men did not pursue to exterminate them all.
Those killed provided him with 2533 points of Spiritual Origin Ability.
"Perfect for upgrading the electrostatic field."
Ji Xinghuo glanced at the progress of the electrostatic field and immediately invested the Spiritual Origin Ability into it; soon, the electrostatic field upgraded to (Second Level 1/1699).
The upgraded electrostatic field had its radius expanded to about five meters.
His perception of electric charges became clearer and his control more sensitive, the power of the electric current increased again, but his physical fitness remained unchanged.
The rotating magnetic field could enhance physical fitness, but the electrostatic field only amplified effects without directly strengthening the body.
The main purpose of the electrostatic field was still to enhance the perception and control of electric charges.
Ji Xinghuo did not stop, directly upgrading the electrostatic field to Third Level!
The moment he upgraded, he immediately felt the change.
Countless flashes of electric sparks burst around him, the radius of the electrostatic field expanded to ten meters, within which Ji Xinghuo could sense countless electric charges and could generate lightning out of thin air with a mere thought, simultaneously controlling multiple electric currents to attack different targets, like a Lightning Chain.
Ji Xinghuo had a revelation in his mind, within the range of the electrostatic field, he could control more than just electric charges.
He focused his mind, staring at the air in front of him.
Though seemingly empty, the air appeared incredibly complex through Ji Xinghuo’s eyes; it was composed of countless air molecules constantly flowing, affecting each other, colliding and interacting with each other, with deeper-level particles moving at high speed.
This small cluster of air paused for a moment, as if frozen, then moved violently, generating heat through friction, releasing a slight amount of heat.
But that was it; the heat dissipated instantly.
Ji Xinghuo felt a stabbing pain in his brain, knowing he was reaching his limit.
Brief manipulation of air, changing its state, depleted him of hundreds of points of Star Power, yet the effect was negligible, not even enough to burn off a single strand of hair.
Electromagnetic force holds infinite possibilities, but mastering it is also the most difficult, intimidating to even contemplate.
He still had a long road ahead.
He continued to explore the Third Level electrostatic field, discovering his movements within the electric field range were incredibly fast. During Flash Step, he moved like a sudden bolt of lightning, too fast for the naked eye, and the physical and Star Power expenditure of Flash Step reduced. Previously he could only perform consecutive Flash Steps five times, but now it more than doubled.
Besides, his generation, perception, and control of electric charges had all reached new heights.
The efficiency of converting Star Power into electric charges had greatly improved.
On this basis, he could uncover many lightning attack methods like Thunder Strike, Lightning Chain, Electric Grid, and Electric Spark Beam, which were not all about causing damage through electric current but could also bind, explode, or obstruct to achieve different effects.
All these needed to be explored and practiced, to improve proficiency and apply them in different scenarios.
Ji Xinghuo invested the remaining 475 points of Spiritual Origin Ability into the electrostatic field, reaching (Third Level 476/8089), and practiced in the Cultivation Room for over an hour before finally stepping out.