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"Being able to split your focus between multiple tasks can itself increase your Soul Power, so long as you are not afraid of the hardships involved.

"The advantage of this technique is that once you can divide your mind, you can unleash several Soul Skills at once on the battlefield, leaving your enemies unable to react. Your combat strength will surpass that of ordinary people."

"Soul Skills?"

Chen Feng was puzzled.

Jiang Shiran suddenly realized and said with a smile, "I forgot. You're in the Regular Class, while I'm in the Special Class. It's normal that your teacher hasn't explained this knowledge to you.

"A Soul Skill is a method of combining your Soul Power to unleash highly destructive moves. After all, if your Martial Soul goes out to fight on the battlefield, wouldn't your frail body be in great danger all by itself? That is when Soul Skills can protect you."

Jiang Shiran said:

"If you can unleash two or even several at the same time while fighting an enemy, Martial Soul Users at your level will be overwhelmed and then slain by you.

"Dividing your mind is very powerful, but the early stages are rather difficult. If you choose another technique now, you can directly increase your Soul Power. But this is your own decision. I can only offer advice."

That was what Jiang Shiran thought. She would not choose this kind of technique. Though dividing one's mind could offer considerable advantages once mastered, wouldn't it be better to directly increase her Soul Power, unleash powerful Soul Skills, stay ahead of everyone else, and defeat an enemy in a single move?

Jiang Shiran had her own thoughts.

Chen Feng had his own as well.

"I'll choose this one!"

Chen Feng had looked through many others, but this one suited him best. Moreover, Chen Feng knew that he possessed the Enlightenment Bodhi Tree. It might not suit others, but it suited him perfectly.

And this technique itself contained a Soul Skill: the Soul Needle Technique!

Soul Needles condensed essence energy and dealt physical damage.

When fired on their own, Soul Needles could slay souls. It had to be said that it was quite good.

The other visualization methods did not have such effects.

"Needle Soul Art"—what he valued was its method of condensing needles.

Needles could not simply be condensed at will. Only the unique condensation method of this technique could form needles with lethal power. Without cultivating a specialized method, even if one condensed Soul Power on one's own, it would only look imposing while being weak within.

That was why Chen Feng favored this technique.

"I didn't expect you to know so much."

Chen Feng smiled.

"Uh... I only know a little..."

A flush rose to Jiang Shiran's fair face.

At that moment, Chen Feng immediately began flipping through it. After Jiang Shiran left in surprise, Chen Feng summoned his Martial Soul and recorded everything in the technique into his mind...

"Before, I couldn't memorize books in a short time. Now, after reading them five or six times, I remember them."

After finishing the book, Chen Feng set it down and closed his eyes to think. There were no omissions. Once he had finished reading, he had gained some understanding.

His eyes shone with excitement as he continued searching. He wanted to find a better technique for cultivating the body. Both his body and Martial Soul needed cultivation—that was Chen Feng's current thought.

After browsing for an hour, Chen Feng had looked through no fewer than seven or eight techniques before finally choosing one called the "Essence Gathering Method."

In the early stages, Chen Feng could cultivate anything that improved him. Once he obtained higher-level techniques in the future, he could switch whenever he wanted.

These techniques were not of very high rank; they were all beginner techniques. Chen Feng's Needle Soul Art, on the other hand, was Human-grade, but he was probably the only one who would cultivate it.

After all, the early stages were relatively slow. Though its effects were very powerful, its slow start made it more trouble than it was worth for many people. For Chen Feng, however, it was not much of a problem, so choosing the Needle Soul Art was best.

After memorizing both the Essence Gathering Method and the Needle Soul Art, Chen Feng went to the school's testing room.

Inside stood many instruments taller than a person. There were not many people testing at this hour. Chen Feng looked around and saw that most were at Blood Qi Stage Two or Blood Qi Stage Three.

Their test data generally came out to around two hundred or three hundred kilograms. Occasionally, someone reached three hundred and twenty, drawing plenty of admiration and exclamations.

Bang!

Chen Feng found an unattended machine and threw a fierce punch at the target.

Beep, beep, beep...

His body's Blood Qi surged and his muscles rippled. With a simple punch, clang, the blue numbers on the machine jumped continuously before finally stopping at 980.

Chen Feng froze. "Over nine hundred kilograms already? That's eighty kilograms above the Blood Qi realm standard?"

At the same realm, even a little extra force was terrifying. Once a person reached their limit, gaining even one more kilogram was immensely difficult. That extra strength was where one surpassed others. Setting aside moves and tactics, in a pure contest of strength, if others were no match for you, you held the upper hand. That was how the gap emerged.

One had to know that in battle, even a trace of extra strength could be the last straw that broke the camel's back. A little more could determine many things.

For example, if your strength exceeded your enemy's during a fight and forced them back one step, that one step became an opening. You could press your advantage and launch a relentless assault, dragging the enemy into your rhythm. At that point, they had basically lost.

Seeing that no one was paying attention, Chen Feng reached out and cleared the data.

Then he went to the speed testing room.

For the speed test, Chen Feng waited until there were fewer people before he began sprinting wildly. His legs were like powerful machines. Blood Qi surged through him, and he raced as if crazed, incredibly fast.

After the test, the machine displayed 25 meters per second—four seconds for one hundred meters.

Ordinary students could only manage 8 meters per second.

Chen Feng was three times faster than an ordinary student.

Chen Feng let out a breath. At this level, he had already reached Blood Qi Stage Nine. And whether in speed or punching force, Chen Feng had not erupted with his full strength. If he did, the numbers would only be higher.

The school actually had reaction tests, combat tests, and the like.

Chen Feng did not go to them.

Once speed reached a certain level, one's reactions would not be slow. He had no real combat experience yet. Besides some basic theoretical courses, the school had trained them from childhood in things like fighting techniques. Every student at Jiangzhou High School, whether they possessed a Martial Soul or not, had some foundation in martial arts.

With the two important statistics meeting the standard, Chen Feng was too lazy to test the rest.

After clearing the data, he went back.

Over the following week, aside from necessary theory classes during the day, Chen Feng spent all his time training on his own at school. He would find a place to sit cross-legged.

After returning home, he also cultivated the Essence Gathering Method and Needle Soul Art through the night.

These two techniques complemented each other. Improving the body could increase Soul Power, while increased Soul Power made one more sensitive to essence energy, allowing them to better absorb essence energy and temper the body. They mutually promoted the growth of strength.

For several consecutive days, he summoned the Bodhi Divine Tree to envelop himself in its aura, improving his comprehension and sensitivity. The essence energy of heaven and earth followed, entering his body in specks and flecks, bringing a cool and comfortable sensation.

After the seventh day, Chen Feng stood in the morning park amid birdsong and blooming flowers, feeling refreshed and clear-minded. Deep in his mind, a mass of Soul Power had gathered, and within it, a transparent gray needle about an inch long had been born.

Upon closer inspection, many holes had appeared in that mass of Soul Power. As the essence energy of heaven and earth entered his body and stimulated his Blood Qi, they were gradually recovering.

Through repeated piercing and recovery, Chen Feng endured torment, but his Soul Power grew with every recovery. Its expanded area had become twice what it was before!