Chapter 93
The element of earth can manipulate any solid materials, to a lesser extent the plastic ones and to a greater extent the hard ones.
For example, effective manipulating of marshmallows requires each element by 33% - earth, air, and water. The distribution of the effectiveness proceeds the same way with any substance that consists of different proportions of gas, water, and solid matter.
The earth element is most effective for solids with a p.r.o.nounced molecular lattice. Kyon started to manipulate his bones at once. It was an immediate success.
While he was fighting with a shadow, the boy realized that he had gained another battle fist to his inborn ten. Taking into account water and wind, his skills can be compared with 13 combat fists. His movements became so unpredictable that any opponent would be confused. This is the quality of energy that he wanted to get. {That's great…}
During the experiments, he found out that he could create and concentrate the element into solid minerals, or rather, a handful of earth.
He scanned it with Synergy and saw no end of different solid elements, including gold and platinum, but the more ma.s.sive they were, the more complex structure they had, the less amount of them could be created.
{Holy cow! I need to finish the books in the library! Is it possible to create solid minerals out of nothing?! If some talented bender of earth starts creating refined pieces of gold, the precious metal mines will completely disappear!}
Kyon concentrated in his hand a certain amount of pure energy and the element of earth, set parameters of the outgoing energy. It transformed into a solid piece of granite with an irregular semicircular shape. It was integral, with no impurities.
It takes an ordinary person a couple of months to learn the technique of creating granite. After that, they can create the whole cliffs, as many as they can.
A crazy smile appeared on the creator's face.
In his previous world, it took a huge amount of energy and ultrhigh technology to create matter. But in this world, the creation required little mental or physical effort. Kyon changed the shape of the channel to set for the outcoming energy the parameters of the molecular lattice of atoms which it should take, that is, get a physical form, become a certain material, a solid element.
The energy of the earth element can't choose what to create. It fills the given lattice like water fills the tank, and creates the item. If the lattice is wrong (more precisely, if the element doesn't exist or is too complicated for the pract.i.tioner) the result will be ordinary earth, sand, or dust.
It's difficult to be a bender of earth. They need to know the molecular lattice to create solid matter. Only after they study the molecular lattice they can create granite and use it for their purposes.
Chemistry as a science does not exist in this world. They use inherited knowledge attained through practice to create solid matter. If someone "accidentally" recreates the form of the diamond lattice, they will be considered a rare talent and accepted in any family right away. Such gifted (lucky) people are chosen by heaven to grant the world the technique of creating gems.
For example, dwarves own the secret knowledge of how to create some metals. As a result, the short people don't have to buy or produce them. Thanks to this (one of many) feature, the dwarves had achieved authority and greatness among people.
Top jewelers of large guilds own the appropriate technology and can create precious stones of the highest standard out of the elements.
However, no one has ever succeeded in mastering the art of creating gold, platinum, or diamond...
Kyon would laugh if he read about it. His great knowledge is enough to bring any earthbender to their knees... Each of them would beg to put his knowledge into the nephrite to learn the valuable skills themselves.
With his knowledge of all available chemical elements and their properties, he could create anything (solid). He knew at once what substance he was dealing with. Synergy successfully helped with the a.n.a.lysis.
On the first try, Kyon managed to create some rare
All of his creations fell from his hands to the ground like from the cornucopia. For the boy, it was putting theory to practice and a fun game, but for the rest, every element he created was a new technique that should be examined closely.
Kyon hadn't discovered all the nuances so far. He frowned when he faced a number of creation restrictions. First, he couldn't create toxic, alkaline or chemically active matter. Second, he didn't manage to make anything difficult, like the carbon structure of diamonds or precious stones. Those he could create were of low strength and cheap. He could not create many crystals, rocks, and elements of middle and higher weight, either. At present, he could make only simple elements and substances of low weight.
He decided that he lacked the grade of the elements. {What are the pract.i.tioners with the highest (3) grade of the earth element capable of? Can they create a bar of platinum right away? Wow... I want to create refined gems!} - His eyes sparkled with indomitable enthusiasm. Kyon lived to play the game of life.
Time inexorably moved forward.
He found he could control and compress the rocks with the help of the element of earth. He could also bend and break metal. All he needed was to infuse his energy of the earth element to the solid matter.
The earth element has little combat potential. In fact, it's a long and costly process to create hard stones from energy. Any earth attacks are fairly predictable and it takes time to prepare them. It's easy to dodge from a flying boulder or direct it in another direction. Especially if your development is superior to the enemy. Kyon's high self-esteem will never let him fight with peers, this is too low for him.
He can use the earth element to create sharp weapons, throwing knives and hail of stones. The rain of fireb.a.l.l.s will be more effective, though. But it has the greatest protective potential. If Kyon gets a superior grade he will be able to make complex and durable rocks and even carbon skin.
With the help of the earth element, he can put a stone wall, cover his skin with hard rock, create a strong s.h.i.+eld... After all the diversity of things he created, the boy managed to make something unique and extra strong - adamantium.
This rock has outstanding properties: high impact resistance, strength, density and heat resistance, as well as a relatively small ma.s.s. Consequently, it requires only little energy to be created.
Adamantium is a super-strong stone with a glossy greenish tint.
For the sake of the experiment, Kyon threw a weighty stone and immediately teleported it back. Everything happened in a split second. He tested the effectiveness of the protection against sudden attacks.
The stone changed its direction and flew back.
The boy put out his hand for protection. A thin layer of adamantium had grown on its surface.
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The stone ricocheted from his wrist and flew away. There was no visible damage on the smooth green surface of the "armor."
A happy smile lit up Kyon's face. The rock, invented by scientists, had proved its worth. From now on, he was going to use the earth element for protection, creating adamantium. Besides, he would use the elements of wind, water, and land to balance his body during the battle, which is equivalent to adding three fighting fists to his movements. Also, the young talent hoped to use water + ether against his enemies to create a powerful discharge.
When he completed the energy recovery cycle, Kyon experienced yet again an indescribable feeling: he'd moved to the fifth stage of the base phase. The feeling of soul and body development intoxicated and excited his mind. Everyone in this world is obsessed with development for a reason. Anyone who was recently equal to you may become lower in strength and status at any time. The difference in one stage can turn the balance of power.
He created adamantium when he was at the 5th stage. With the help of Synergy, he found out that the stone had become stronger, which surprised him a lot. It turns out that any matter has an energy component that determines its strength. So, when he increases his stage of development, the matter he creates becomes stronger. Surely at some point, his adamantium will surpa.s.s the Stone sword in strength, it will also surpa.s.s the best weapons of the dwarves and not only that. It all comes down to his development.
Kyon decided to put one theory to practice. He created two small sharp sticks from different substance. One of them was made of medium strength granite, the other one was of high strength quartz. He infused the granite with pure energy then struck the strong quartz with it. The result was perplexing: the granite stick with pure energy inside could not cut through the quartz even if he'd expected a different result. Pure energy was to take the blow and help granite cut the quartz.
The results of the experiment proved that infusing pure energy into the weapon doesn't make it stronger but the attack significantly gains in power. It seems heavier by a hundred or two kilos.
Kyon knew that pure energy works one-sidedly. For example, when he meets Juno's fists, it extinguishes all girl's strength while the surplus harms her. But in the case of the sticks, one of them had cut the other before pure energy took effect.
About an hour of experiments later, Kyon learned some new information.
It turned out that pure energy is suitable for protecting the body. He can survive the attack of an equal opponent: a fist blow, heat, cold, electricity, a blunt blow, to a lesser extent a sharp one. However, under certain conditions, pure energy can't take effect when two solid objects come in contact with each other.
The condition is as follows: if the difference in the quality of the weapon is high enough, the sharper one will cut the less sharp one before pure energy takes effect. However, if the weapons are approximately equal in quality and the attacks are crossed... He had to be ready for the full impact of the difference in forces. In the best-case scenario, he'll drop the weapon. In the worst case, he'll get the dislocated shoulder or even the shattered bone.
{So, it is advantageous to have high-quality sharp weapons against strong opponents...} - Kyon was a little annoyed by the fact that his pure energy was equal to that of the pract.i.tioner only 5 stages above him. If someone is only a stage higher they can make mincemeat of him with one hit. Or, if the clash of weapons doesn't chop up one of them, he'll get the impact of the blow.
He wondered how he could raise the quality of weapons.
Kyon infused a sharp stick of the same granite with an attribute of light and hit a stick of durable quartz one more time. To his delight, less durable granite cut through the quartz. As expected, the attribute of light made the matter much stronger, therefore, more efficient. There it was the first and very important combat aspect of the attribute of light.