Heart Separation Control

Ning Rongrong truly deserved to be the most gifted disciple in the history of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. The sect had practically used every good thing it possessed on her, and she had probably eaten so much whale rubber that she was sick of it.

Whale rubber normally had an excellent effect the first time it was used, but after Yang Xiong used it repeatedly, the effects were no longer as obvious as they had been the first time. Of course, at Yang Xiong's age, he had only used Hundred-Year Whale Rubber. He had only tried Thousand-Year Whale Rubber once, and as for Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber, he still did not quite dare to touch it. Even so, both his physical condition and soul power had improved to a certain extent.

Ning Rongrong had Innate Soul Power at rank nine. She became a Soul Master at the age of six and absorbed another soul ring. Just after turning nine, she had already reached level twenty. It seemed whale rubber had been extremely effective for her. In terms of improvement speed, she was no weaker than Tang San, who possessed Innate Full Soul Power.

Meanwhile, Yang Xiong was only level fifteen. Even without counting soul rings, he lagged behind by five levels. The gap in their soul power was much greater than when they had first awakened. Still, he was not the worst in the class. At the very least, absorbing soul rings beyond his level could make up for the gap between him and his classmates.

However, ever since Yang Xiong began researching the Rasengan several months ago, he had become somewhat lost.

As the class's Little Devil Girl and leader, as well as the first person in the class to break through to Soul Grandmaster, Ning Rongrong naturally wanted to make a display of it.

Especially after absorbing her Second Soul Ring and reaching level twenty-two, it seemed that she had also absorbed a soul ring beyond the limit. Her proud little expression was practically nose-in-the-air throughout the entire class.

Yang Xiong finally witnessed the truly terrifying amplification of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

As a top-tier support martial soul, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda had a default amplification effect of ten percent. With each additional soul ring, it could amplify one more attribute, while the amplification effect on every attribute enhanced by previous soul rings would also increase by another ten percent.

Moreover, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's amplification ignored one's base strength. No matter how great the difference in strength between the target and the owner of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda martial soul, the amplification remained fixed. Its amplification effects were not influenced by soul ring quality, but the higher the quality of the soul ring, the less soul power was consumed when using soul skills.

It could be said that the more one surpassed the limit when absorbing soul rings, the higher the quality of those soul rings would be. Whale rubber was even more effective for owners of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda martial soul than Yang Xiong had imagined.

Although Ning Rongrong only had two soul rings, she could actually amplify several people at once, with excellent results, and her own consumption was not even particularly high.

When Yang Xiong saw Ning Rongrong amplifying the others, a flash of inspiration struck him. He skipped class and went to the seventh floor of the library again, opening the book he had always looked down upon.

Yang Xiong had gone through nearly every book on the top floor of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Anything placed on that floor was an invaluable treasure, yet he had never been particularly interested in Heart Separation Control, always feeling that his Body Martial Soul had no use for such things.

But now, Yang Xiong opened the book on Heart Separation Control as if he had found a priceless treasure, and his mind instantly cleared.

Compared with the Clear Sky Sect's Clear Sky Nine Secret Skills and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's Dragon Transformation, Heart Separation Control was not nearly as famous. It could even be said that it was not exclusive to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. However, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had developed this technique to its utmost limits, and it could even be considered one of the sect's supreme techniques.

For the next period of time, Yang Xiong temporarily gave up developing the Rasengan and instead began practicing Heart Separation Control.

The foundation of Heart Separation Control was multitasking. At first, one had to achieve two tasks with one mind, while the highest level required seven tasks with one mind. Only top experts like Ning Fengzhi could simultaneously grant seven different amplifications to others, while using precise control over soul power to minimize their own consumption and maximize the amplification.

In a sense, Heart Separation Control placed greater demands on mental power, while also testing how finely a Soul Master could control their soul power.

Heart Separation Control was divided into the Three Aperture Control Heart, Four Aperture Constant Heart, Five Aperture Scattered Heart, Six Aperture Wishful Heart, and Seven Aperture Exquisite Heart. Each corresponded to an aspect of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda martial soul. It could be said to be the most suitable soul skill for Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Soul Masters, especially since the manual in the library lacked the final two levels.

But it was enough for Yang Xiong at his current stage. What he wanted more was precise control over his own soul power. Moreover, Yang Xiong had taken a different path and devised a cultivation method of his own.

During his medicinal baths, Yang Xiong simply released soul power from both palms and manipulated the soul power in his hands according to the direction of the water currents in the bath barrel, trying to make the soul power more orderly—or rather, more refined.

The deeper Yang Xiong's research into Heart Separation Control became, the more impressed he was. While Heart Separation Control might not possess overwhelming power, its demands on soul power control were truly extremely strict. In terms of pure precision in controlling soul power, Ning Fengzhi might even surpass those Titled Douluo.

After studying for several months, Yang Xiong's Heart Separation Control finally reached the first level—the realm of the Three Aperture Control Heart.

That day, a water-filled balloon sat before Yang Xiong. The balloon was only the size of his palm. Yang Xiong summoned his Body Martial Soul and held the balloon in both hands. Transparent soul power appeared in both hands at the same time, and the two streams of soul power actually worked together upon the balloon. The balloon slowly rose from Yang Xiong's hands, while the water inside it seemed to begin rotating in a certain pattern.

As more and more soul power was injected, the balloon grew increasingly restless. The water inside spun like a whirlpool, and the balloon's surface began swelling under the force of the rotating water within.

This process consumed an enormous amount of soul power and mental power. Just as Yang Xiong's mental power and soul power were about to run dry, the balloon suddenly exploded, and all the water within burst outward like a bomb.

Yang Xiong was overjoyed as well. "It worked! The first stage of development has finally succeeded. It seems I was right. Soul power and Chakra are fundamentally the same—both are forms of energy within the body. Perhaps someday, I can forge a new path in the Soul Master world."

Yang Xiong was still very weak. He could only control the rotation of soul power through his hands, but he believed that as long as he cultivated diligently, he would gradually perfect it and perhaps even create the most terrifying soul skill in the Soul Master world.

Once Yang Xiong had fully adapted to training with water-filled balloons, he immediately began the next stage of training: rubber ball training.

Compared with training with water-filled balloons, a rubber ball was a hundred times harder. This no longer merely tested the precision of soul power control; it also tested the strength of one's soul power.

And once he completed the rubber ball training, successfully cultivating a Douluo-version Rasengan would naturally follow.