Volume analysis, mass analysis, initial speed analysis, size analysis, shape analysis…
Drag coefficient, Magnus effect, turbulent shedding…
Using normal physics to analyze Tang San's hidden weapons was, to be honest, somewhat difficult.
But after all these years, Chen Ming had long gotten used to treating inner energy, or rather Spirit Power, as a variable in his calculations.
The earliest calculators in the world had been used to calculate ballistics.
Compared to things like playing games, this kind of pure calculation actually required lower hardware.
Chen Ming was not a true AI.
Because of the mutation in part of his soul, a portion of his soul had gained AI-like traits. By setting up algorithms and increasing his own computing power, he could run special calculations and get answers.
He had the detailed calculation ability of a calculator.
At the same time, he also had the special rough estimation ability of the human brain.
He could be detailed where detail was needed, and complex where complexity was needed. He could also skip some dead loops and directly move to the next set of calculations.
Calculating the path of hidden weapons, figuring out Tang San's force, and using energy as a way to calculate how Spirit Power and inner energy changed the power and curve of the weapons…
These things were almost perfectly suited to Chen Ming.
Tang San's hidden weapons were quite impressive, but they were already within Chen Ming's grasp.
Zhao Wuji did not even move his feet. He simply stood there, relying on his Spirit Power barrier and the powerful body gained from Martial Soul possession to take Tang San's hidden weapons head-on.
This method, like attacking a fixed target, allowed Tang San to quickly throw out his hidden weapons.
It also allowed Chen Ming to observe Tang San's process of launching them very clearly.
Chen Ming sharply noticed that the hidden weapons Tang San used at first were not poisoned. Their piercing power was also slightly weaker, and the metal used was only ordinary metal.
They were perfectly normal hidden weapons.
Their power depended almost entirely on Tang San's throwing technique.
But as the fight went on, Tang San seemed to become a little angry out of shame.
Not only did the styles, types, and materials of the hidden weapons change, but through the reflections one could tell that something had been applied to their surfaces. Chen Ming guessed that it was most likely a special poison Tang San had made himself.
But if they could not pierce through, then they could not pierce through.
If they could not break the defense, then they could not break it.
Tang San's hidden weapons struck Zhao Wuji like raindrops. After a series of metallic clanging sounds, they were casually bounced away.
Tang Sect hidden weapons were roughly divided into two types.
One type relied on throwing techniques.
The other type relied on mechanisms.
Technique-type hidden weapons had extremely high requirements for personal skill and also required deep inner energy cultivation.
Mechanism-type hidden weapons were hard to make, but anyone who used them could unleash decent power.
Even so, aside from special cases like Guanyin's Tear and Bodhi Blood, technique-type hidden weapons also had strict requirements for their materials.
A rather ironic point was that although Tang San, in theory, had been the strongest person in his previous life when it came to Tang Sect mechanism hidden weapons, Tang San himself actually did not know how to forge metal.
He was not skilled in forging.
When he made hidden weapons, he simply reused materials that already existed in the Tang Sect.
When it came to using hidden weapons as weapons, one did not have to be good at forging. But a true hidden weapon master would definitely forge hidden weapons suited to himself.
From this point alone, it could be seen that Tang San did have quite a few problems in the field of hidden weapons.
Compared to thrown hidden weapons, he was better at mechanism-type hidden weapons. But because he had no materials, the most he could copy was only the Godly Zhuge Crossbow
These bits of scrap metal struck Zhao Wuji's body and truly could not break through at all. Aside from looking flashy, they had almost no effect.
In the original story, Tang San would have found the treasure called Plate Crystal Gold in Flender's shop in Suotuo City.
Using its natural traits, he would have turned it into a hidden weapon and relied on its natural armor-piercing ability to fight against Zhao Wuji's protective Spirit Power.
Because the Dragon Beard Needle would quickly shrink and curl back into a small ball once it lost inner energy support, it caused Zhao Wuji quite a bit of pain.
But now?
The soul tools and Plate Crystal Gold from Flender's shop were all quietly sitting inside Chen Ming's soul tool.
And Chen Ming had truly paid Flender according to market price for all of them.
It had been a perfectly normal money transaction between the two sides.
"These special things are so strange. Could they be some kind of special… trick?"
Ning Rongrong spoke softly beside Chen Ming's ear, a trace of curiosity in her voice.
Tang San was busy fighting and did not hear her. Otherwise, with his twisted way of thinking, he would have immediately treated looking down on hidden weapons as the same as looking down on the Tang Sect.
Then he would have turned around and given Ning Rongrong a good taste of his hidden weapons.
"It's a special kind of method. It does have its good points, but for Spirit Masters, it doesn't mean that much."
"To train this method, you need great effort, high talent, and a very long time."
"For a Spirit Master, it's far less worth it than cultivating your own Spirit Power and creating your own self-created Spirit Abilities."
Chen Ming's words were entirely reasonable. After all, Tang San only used hidden weapons because he had already thoroughly researched them in his previous life; this life he could simply pick up where he left off.
However, if a Spirit Master were to devote themselves to hidden weapons while neglecting the cultivation of their own Martial Soul, that would be putting the cart before the horse.
Even in the later eras of the Tang Sect, which branch had ever dominated the continent purely through hidden-weapon techniques? Had they not all relied on Mysterious Heaven Skill to accelerate their cultivation before fighting with their own Martial Souls?
The Hidden Weapon Hundred Separation was merely a supplementary set of techniques to assist in battle. Anyone who believed they could rule the world with hidden weapons alone would truly meet a premature end.
Expecting to simultaneously cultivate hidden weapons and Spirit Power to great heights and then dominate the world? The probability of success was not zero, but it was at least no higher than being struck dead by lightning.
Zhu Zhuqing leapt and darted like a flea, attacking every part of Zhao Wuji's body in every possible way.
Even though she made no progress at all, she showed no impatience.
Instead, she kept trying again and again, as if she wanted to break Zhao Wuji's protective Spirit Power through sheer number of attacks.
Tang San, after using up more than half of the hidden weapons on him, angrily took out the Godly Zhuge Crossbow and shot at Zhao Wuji.
But when he found that even the strongest Zhuge Divine Crossbow in his hands was completely useless, he fell into deep silence.
Seeing that the incense stick was almost burned out, Zhao Wuji finally moved his body slightly.
He stepped forward.
His first Spirit Ring quickly lit up.
The famous ability of the Motionless Bright King—Motionless Bright King Body—was released.
Then his third and fourth Spirit Rings lit up one after another.
Third Spirit Ability, Gravity Increase.
Fourth Spirit Ability, Gravity Tracking.
Zhao Wuji lightly stomped his foot.
Several nearby hidden weapons on the ground were shaken into the air.
He casually grabbed two that looked unpoisoned and not too harmful. Then he threw one at Tang San and one at Zhu Zhuqing.
There was no technique at all.
But with the support of Gravity Tracking, the two hidden weapons gained a locking effect.
Zhu Zhuqing was hit in the stomach. She let out a muffled groan and stepped back several times.
She was forced to release her Martial Soul possession and collapsed to the ground, unable to move.
As for Tang San, under that lock, he fought against Gravity Increase with all his strength.
He pushed his Spirit Power to the limit and used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, trying to dodge Zhao Wuji's almost blasphemous hidden weapon.
But Zhao Wuji's fourth Spirit Ability, Gravity Tracking, was a lock-on skill. With Tang San's small bit of resistance, there was no way he could escape its range.
Under Tang San's gaze—filled with incomprehension, rage, and a trace of hatred born from his faith being desecrated—that Flying Locust Rock struck him squarely in the chest. The tremendous impact instantly knocked him to the ground.
Tang San lay there as if his soul had been pulled out.
He stared at the sky above him and felt the pain in his body.
But deep inside, he felt as if a large piece of his heart had been dug out.
His sacred and perfect faith had been stained by a crude outsider in the most disrespectful way.
This isn't a hidden weapon.
This isn't a hidden weapon.
Hidden weapons shouldn't be like this.
This method is too blasphemous.
Too shameless…
Tang San's body hurt.
But he felt that his soul hurt ten times, even a hundred times more.
Why?
Why don't I have an ability like that?
Blue Silver Bind, Parasite…
These abilities aren't what I want at all.
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