80 Spiral circulation and Compressed circulation (2/2)

This was a saint realm expert giving him pointers, he had never had anyone teach him anything before so this was an opportunity he would not miss. Kang walked over to the training dummy and nonchalantly raised his index finger, green swirls quickly wrapped around the finger and he brought it forward to the chest of the dummy ....Bang! pieces of black metal went flying out the back of the training dummy leaving a hole the size of a pumpkin, the dummy did not even stumble or take any steps backward, it just stood in the same spot sporting what would be a very painful and fatal wound.

The training ground turned quiet as everyone stopped training and paid attention to Hartley and Kang, the pieces of metal that sprayed across the sand quickly turn to black liquid and raced back across the sand to the training dummy, crawled up its body quickly filling the hole on its chest and was again standing there without a scrath, it was reminiscent of a scene from the movie terminator 2.

Kang turned to Hartley and asked ”do you see now?”

Hartley nodded his head while he concentrated on every detail he had just seen. ”That's called spiral circulation” Kang said. ”Use all the elemental power that would have escaped as residual energy and focus it at one spot.

The most important aspect of it is to not have any power leakage at all. The concentration of all that power on one spot can penetrate even the toughest of armor and beast hide.”

Kang turned back to the newly formed training dummy saying again ”pay attention.” Once again he moved his index finger as if he was only pointing towards the training dummy, a green disk-like aura, about the size of a gold coin went forward from the base of his finger, as soon as his finger was about to come into contact with the dummy, the green disk pulsed forward..... a bang even louder than the first one echoed around the training ground.

There was a shower of black metal as the top half of the dummy turned to metal flakes that reflected the bright yellow sunlight. There was gasps and sharp intakes of breath from the onlooking guards, some even dived for cover on the dusty floor fearing shrapnel would come their way, they had trained with these dummies for years and had never seen anyone even chip a piece of metal off one of them.

All the way down to the upper thighs of the dummy was scattered into shardslike someone had kicked a freshly made sand castle apart on the beach, leaving only the two black metallic legs standing. Pieces of the training dummy started to pool together like black liquid, it started to re-form but this time it was a very slow process.

”Ahh, that was fun” Kang chuckled to himself, turning back to Hartley he said ”that was called compressed circulation. I think if you live long enough you might even surpass me in that technique....The important aspect to that technique is timing,, with that one you have to coil all your elemental power like a spring and release it at the right time, release it early and its nothing more than a brute strike assisted with elemental energy. Release it at the right time and it turns into a blast wave, giving three or four times the damage output for the same effort”

Hartley eyes brightened in awe..he bowed from the waiste in a very respectful manner and said ”thanks for showing me senior.”Kang cackled like a hyena for a while then replied, ”no need, no need. You would have figured it out eventually, its just that your foundation in power manipulation is very bad, I take it no one has taught you?””I have never had a teacher before.” Hartley answered with a bitter smile. Kang's eye widened as he said ”That's a good thing, that's good indeed.” He flashed a smile then continued, ”most people learn techniques developed by other people and practice those techniques for years but those techniques will never be as powerful when used by a person other than the one who invented it.

This way you can start with a clean slate and experiment until you evolve it into something that is tailored for yourself. You should start by trying to move you elemental power to your will, this first step is the hardest, and there is no universal method as everyone seem to have different experiences when it comes to controlling elemental energy.”Pah! Kang clapped both hands together like he was getting rid of the dust from a hard day's work. ”Well then young man, its up to you now, its time for my milk.” He then disappeared from view.