After the baptism of fairy grass, several students of Lanba Academy made significant progress.
Among them, Yu Tianheng, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing had all completed their advancements. They could become Soul Masters and Spirit Masters as long as they obtained their spirit rings.
Oscar had also reached level 35. Unfortunately, he lost three petals; otherwise, he could have advanced another level.
Liu Erlong also greatly benefited. Although her spirit power hadn't changed, her combat strength was now unmatched.
Her original fire was more feminine, but now her golden flame became extremely fierce when fully unleashed.
What annoyed Yu Xiaowei slightly was that Liu Erlong's golden flame could also explode.
Now, Dugu Bo—who was still in contact with him—had become an explosion maniac. When competing with Yu Yuanzhen, he often shook the family estate like an earthquake.
And now, seeing Liu Erlong's excitement in the simulated training environment, it was clear she was going to become the next explosion maniac.
Thinking about how his own breath could also explode, it seemed that Lanba Academy had now become a group of Deidaras.
Tsk tsk, just think—those three all had explosive breath. It seemed the Blue Tyrant Academy's slogan could be completely changed to: "Range is truth, and equality is justice!"
Now that Xiao Wu had been captured by the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect, she could begin her slaughter as soon as Lin Li reached level 90.
In this hunt for soul beasts, it could be said that all the benefits went to the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect. Not only would the family gain another titled Douluo, but the one who would obtain the 100,000-year spirit bone was also their son-in-law.
However, this also led to some discontent within the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. After seeing that Dugu Bo and Yu Yuanzhen's soul-thieving beasts were unharmed, some elders believed that the 100,000-year soul ring and bone should have belonged to the clan, but Yu Xiaowei had given away half.
As a result, after careful consideration, Ning Fengzhi decided to teach one of their family's secret techniques to Yu Xiaowei, which could be considered compensation for their ally and relative.
Disruption Control.
This unique secret technique of the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect was not just a magical skill for support and control-type Soul Masters, but also a magical skill for attack-type Soul Masters.
Because the greatest feature of Disruption Control—
One was to enhance a Soul Master's perception of their surroundings.
Another was that during battle, even if the Soul Master only had a three-holed control heart, their distribution of spirit power and skills, as well as their control over the battlefield situation, would become clearer and more thorough. If a powerful attack-type Soul Master could cultivate to a five-holed dispersing heart, then even if they fought with their eyes closed, it wouldn't hinder their actions.
Yu Xiaowei stayed in the training hall of the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect, learning Disruption Control from Gu Rong.
The training method for attack-type Soul Masters was different from that of support-type Soul Masters, so Ning Fengzhi couldn't help much.
Chen Xin also took Ning Rongrong to hunt spirit rings, so now only Gu Rong could teach Yu Xiaowei.
As for Gu Rong's teaching plan, it could be summed up in four words:
Simple and brutal.
The content was: Gu Rong did not use any soul skills, suppressed his soul power to the level of a Soul Master, and attacked Yu Xiaowei, who had to block or dodge.
Because Gu Rong's Bone Dragon martial soul was very special—it not only had amazing natural defense but also spatial power—so even without soul power, his attacks were strange and could strike Yu Xiaowei from two or three directions simultaneously.
This was also Gu Rong's method of teaching Disruption Control: facing attacks from multiple directions on the battlefield while making the most accurate judgment and precisely using the appropriate spirit power and skills to respond.
"Xiao Wei, your method is wrong. You should be using your mental power to see, not your eyes."
Gu Rong's harsh reprimand echoed throughout the training hall.
Yu Xiaowei said nothing but tried hard to mobilize his mental power to track Gu Rong's attacks.
But the effect was minimal.
"Ouch."
Seeing Yu Xiaowei lying on the ground panting, Gu Rong sighed softly.
"It's really difficult for a 13-year-old to start so early."
Mental Power.
This was the barrier preventing strong attack-type combat Soul Masters from learning Disruption Control.
Moreover, combat Soul Masters who hadn't specifically trained in mental-type skills lacked sufficient mental reserves, which caused them to neglect using mental power altogether.
Yu Xiaowei had this issue too.
Although his close-combat ability was unmatched—even Gu Rong had praised his combat talent many times—his mental power was very disproportionate to his physical strength. As a result, when facing Gu Rong's attacks, he unconsciously relied on his eyes instead of his mental power.
Thus, a problem arose: without using mental power, he kept getting hit. The more he got hit, the more Yu Xiaowei wanted to use his eyes to track Gu Rong's movements—forming a vicious cycle.
"Grandpa Gu, let's do it again?"
After a short rest, Yu Xiaowei rubbed his sore shoulder and got up from the ground.
Gu Rong gave a smile that was more terrifying than a cry, but he didn't continue attacking. Instead, he waved Yu Xiaowei over.
"Good boy, come here to Grandpa."
"You just used your mental power in the wrong place. Do you know what you did wrong?"
Yu Xiaowei stood in front of Gu Rong obediently and shook his head.
"I don't know."
"You're too impatient."
"Too impatient?"
"Correct. If you want to start learning Disruption Control, you must first learn to perceive, to sense the changes in your environment. Don't use your mental power to track my movements—instead, use it to understand your surroundings."
Seeing that Yu Xiaowei seemed to understand, Gu Rong continued.
"When the environment merges with your perception, then whether it's airflow, color, smell, sound, or other changes, you will have it all under control. At that moment, no matter who attacks you, you'll sense it instantly."
"At that point, with Disruption Control, you can allocate your spirit power and skills appropriately to handle incoming attacks. This way, whether defending or counterattacking, you'll conserve much more energy."
"But no matter what, it's extremely difficult for strong attack-type Soul Masters. So you must not rush—step by step, one step at a time."
"Like just now, I reminded you repeatedly, but you still didn't notice the environmental changes. Instead, you used your mental power incorrectly and even relied on your duller eyes to follow Grandpa's movements. That's your biggest mistake."
"Do you understand?"
Yu Xiaowei nodded, then furrowed his brow in deep thought. Gu Rong's explanation was thorough, but now another problem arose.
How could he use his weak mental power to perceive the environment and merge it with himself?
He spent the entire afternoon thinking about this. Gu Rong wanted to call him over a few times, but after some thought, he put his hand down and let him stand there dazed.
Finally, that evening—
Yu Xiaowei's cluttered mind was suddenly struck by a flash of inspiration.
There was a shortcut!