Chapter 2197 - Key (3) (2/2)
The simple explanation was that one used their soul in order to perform numerous calculations to find a path to change comprehended techniques. This allowed one's combat prowess to skyrocket by relying on the soul to increase strength.
The second portion also had three abilities. Tier Four allowed one to [Manipulate]. Tier Five allowed one to [Change]. Tier Six allowed one to [Layer].
[Manipulate] gave one the ability to control the shape and density of one's technique. This ability was an upgraded form of [Shrink] and [Grow].
When one used [Shrink] it concentrated the power of a technique into a smaller form, thus allowing its strength to skyrocket. When one used [Grow], it dispersed the power of a technique into a larger form, thus weakening it, but giving it a greater area of effect.
[Manipulate] could concentrate more power or disperse more power without changing the size of a technique, making it the greater Degree of Freedom. It was also possible to stack [Grow] and [Manipulate], allowing a technique to grow in size without losing its potency.
[Change] gave one the ability to convert the core of a technique. Essentially, one could make a fire technique into a water technique, or vice versa. However, it was deeper than this. It was possible to apply the concepts of a fist technique into a leg technique, or even convert concepts of a movement technique in an attacking technique.
This Degree of Freedom was only limited by the imagination and soul strength of its wielder.
[Layer] gave one the ability to fuse and stack techniques in the truest sense, vastly increasing their strength. It was the simplest of these so far, but its abilities were likely the most potent, especially when stacked with the others.
The third portion had the final three Degrees of Freedom.
[Enlightened Lines of Efficiency] has the ability to drastically lower the energy needed to perform techniques without decreasing their power. It was essentially a stronger version of the [Weaken] and [Slow] Degrees of Freedom.
Finally, [Transcend] was the final Tier Nine Degree of Freedom. It allowed one to raise the grade of a technique entirely, causing a qualitative change in its strength. This was the upgraded version of [Reinforce]!
Dyon felt like a child on Christmas day. He also felt less troubled about only finding this technique now. Judging by its complexity, he wouldn't have had a chance in comprehending it before his Divine Sense broke into the Immortal Sense Realm.
'Could [Enlightened Lines of Efficiency] have what I need to fix Luna's problems…?'
[Soul Aid], after the first portion, wasn't as simple as mere calculation any longer. Each held profound laws that manipulated the rules of existence itself… It really might hold the very keys he needed.