Over the next few days, with a clear goal to strive for, Xiao Qing returned to his usual three-part routine.
During the day, he continued attending the group training Yu Xiaogang had arranged on time, completing weighted runs, sparring drills, and tactical exercises alongside Tang San, Dai Mubai, and the others.
The basic training benefited him as well, helping him adapt to the rhythm of Soul Power circulation after reaching level forty.
More importantly, it gave him a chance to build some rapport with Dai Mubai and the others. After all, the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud had recognized Tang San, and Xiao Qing would need it if he wanted to reach Sea God Island.
But once daily training ended and Dai Mubai and the others went to rest or do their own thing, Xiao Qing would head alone to an empty patch of ground behind the academy and bury himself in research on how to perform a combined attack technique.
Yu Xiaogang had pointed him in the right direction, and his theoretical knowledge was enough to let Xiao Qing experiment. But once he put it into practice, the difficulty of performing a combined attack technique far exceeded his initial estimates.
Soul Beasts were not Soul Masters. Each Soul Beast's Soul Power carried the traits of its species as well as individual differences, while Soul Masters' Soul Power only varied from individual to individual.
So, if he wanted the attacks of two or more of his companions, like Xiao Feng, to resonate, he had to make their Soul Power vibrate steadily at the same frequency.
To achieve that, Xiao Qing needed to act as a link, using extremely precise control and guidance to regulate their Soul Power.
The first thing he had to do was accurately sense each Soul Beast's Soul