Douluo: Martial Soul Research Diary

Chapter 15 The Future of Micro-Management

Where there is a sleeping dragon, there will surely be a phoenix chick within a hundred paces.

"Youth possess their own strength, their bodies as upright as mountains and rivers."

"What are you humming?" Ning Rongrong's gloating was interrupted.

"No whispering!"

After locking Ning Tian in the small dark room, the temple elder returned to the testing ground and began the next person's assessment.

Han Tao thought that Ning Tian's performance was already amazing enough, but he didn't expect there to be something even more amazing. In the end, he had underestimated everyone.

"Support Soul Master, why are you giving buffs to your teammates? The reason you're giving buffs to your teammates is because your teammates aren't strong enough!"

Ning Rongrong even cited real-life examples.

"As long as I bring Grandpa Sword and Grandpa Bone along, I can win the battle even if I do nothing."

The temple elder remained silent for a moment, unsure how to respond.

"But Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo will become even stronger with the Sect Master's assistance, won't they?"

He asked Ning Rongrong again.

Then, Han Tao heard an even more explosive answer.

"Father buffed Grandpa Sword and Grandpa Bone so that they would have special effects, making them more conspicuous and reducing the presence of support-type Soul Masters, so that enemies would not attack them."

Ning Rongrong spoke with an air of seriousness, perhaps believing that this was the answer.

After all, who would dare to attack her first when sparring with members of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School? Aren't they afraid of causing trouble for those two great gods?

The temple elder looked speechless. After giving Ning Rongrong a score of 26, he took her into the small dark room.

"Still the same?"

Ning Rongrong pouted, but didn't resist or shout. She quietly walked into the small dark room.

"Is it a surprise?"

Another member struck up a conversation with Han Tao, and Han Tao looked at him and nodded involuntarily.

"If you fail the exam, you'll be locked in a dark room. That's a rule of the sect, and no one can break it."

"However, the titled Douluo of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School have the authority to summon the sect's disciples, which is also a rule of the sect."

"If you have the power, please contact the Sword Douluo or Bone Douluo of our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. They can naturally bail you out of the dark room."

It turned out to be the case.

"So, this so-called 'little dark room' punishment is practically meaningless to these Crouching Dragons and Phoenix Chicks?"

"On the contrary, it's us ordinary disciples who have suffered the worst misfortune?"

Han Tao's doubts were answered, but to Han Tao's surprise, this disciple's understanding of the issue was far more profound than his own.

"The sect leader actually knows this, but at the same time, he tacitly approves that when you are weak and powerless, the sect's rules are not a constraint, but a protection for the weak."

"If you have the strength of a Contra Master, if you have an important mission, or if you have the status of the sect leader's daughter, you can ignore this rule. If not, then learn according to the rules and pass the test fairly and squarely."

Upon hearing the new answer, Han Tao's face turned serious, and he looked earnestly at this unknown disciple of the sect.

"May I ask your name?"

He casually cupped his hands in greeting and smiled.

"I am Yukikaze!"

After stating his name, he stepped forward to face the temple elder and began his assessment. "60 points, passed!"

Soon, Xuefeng's score was announced by the temple elder, causing an uproar among the members below.

"Finally, someone passed! It's really not easy!"

"Brother Xuefeng was able to pass this time thanks to the efforts of Elder Shoudian!"

Upon hearing this, Han Tao's lips twitched involuntarily. Indeed, the entire assessment was overseen by the Temple Guardian Elder, and Xue Feng's score was exactly 60. It seemed the Temple Guardian Elder had put in a lot of effort.

"Xuefeng, whose surname is Xue, seems to be related to the royal family of the Tiandou Empire."

The surname Xue is not simple. Currently, apart from the royal family of the Heaven Dou Empire, there are very few ordinary people with the surname Xue, especially in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

Before long, Han Tao heard his own name called.

Following the rules, Han Tao stepped forward and faced the temple elder.

"Han Tao, you have been in the sect for half a year. Today I will test what you have learned. If you fail to meet the requirements, don't blame the elders for being ruthless."

"Tell me, what areas have you mainly studied in the past six months?"

The supplementary study list covers a very wide range of topics, so most disciples of a sect will choose to study certain areas.

"The 'Control of the Field' branch primarily focuses on the book 'Muscles, Strength, and Manifest Movement'."

Han Tao chose a book that mainly discusses how, based on observations of changes in human muscles, the transmission of force within the human body can lead to corresponding movements, attacks, and defenses.
This is a very practical category. If Han Tao can sense the changes in the enemy's shape, he can calculate the enemy's next move based on the formulas in the book, and thus dodge or counterattack in advance.

Upon hearing Han Tao's choice, the temple elder nodded approvingly and asked a question.

How do the muscles and strength inside a Soul Master's body work when they run?

After thinking for a moment, Han Tao answered slowly and deliberately, word by word:
"During running, the arm and abdominal muscles of a Soul Master are used for balance, which will not be elaborated on. The leg muscles are composed of the soleus and peroneus brevis muscles. The force transmission ratio is 7:4:4:3 over time, and the force ratio varies at different times. The following is a force analysis curve."

"When a single leg propels the body forward, and the legs alternate to complete one cycle, the visible muscle changes are..."

The temple elder gave Han Tao a score of 61, which clearly shows that Han Tao's passing grade this time was not due to his efforts.

In fact, there is still much Han Tao has not told us.

Once you understand the muscle dynamics, there's a huge amount of room for maneuver.

For example, when a Soul Master is running, the muscles in one leg transmit power to the torso. In that instant when the old force is exhausted and the new force has not yet been generated, only a small amount of force is needed to disrupt the Soul Master's balance and cause him to fall.

For example, when Tang San was practicing the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique, the moment the hammer struck and collided, it was also the beginning of the next round of Chaotic Cloak. If you add a little something to the rebound force of the hammer at this time, causing the feedback force to deviate, you can imagine what would happen.

Therefore, this theory has an infinitely high upper limit below the domain, and its strength depends entirely on the Soul Master.

"This is the control of microscopic power, and at the same time, it is an offensive method for support-type Soul Masters."

If Han Tao possessed Ning Rongrong's soul power level from the original work, cultivated the Distraction Control Technique to its extreme, and fully understood and mastered "Buff Micro-Management," he could easily crush the Shrek Academy team if he participated in the National Elite Soul Master Competition, even if he were alone or just a support soul master.

"Disrupt the force as it is initiated, and deflect it as it ends."

This is quite terrifying because you're unsure whether someone else's micro-management will redirect the power towards your teammates.

A teammate's defensive actions are suddenly disrupted, and just one such instance could lead to a life-or-death crisis.

Suddenness and abnormality are the essence of micro forces.

It's like how a child practicing table tennis feels when they first encounter a spin ball.

Other Soul Masters who want to deal with this kind of power micro-management must undergo "interference resistance training" for their auxiliary Soul Skills.

Only then will there be an opportunity and a possibility to make a slight countermeasure against the power of this dimension.

(End of this chapter)