"Just now, I already had maximized the defense to the late stages of Qi-Controlling. Normally speaking, when someone at the Qi-Controlling stage hits me with a punch, they should endure about ten times the recoil force. This force is enough to cause a comminutive fracture in your arm, but you seemed to have redirected the force, only bearing less than three times, even less?" Professor Guo said, puzzled.
The three times the recoil force wasn't enough to fracture the arm.
"I redirected the recoil force, look, my clothes are shattered."
Xiang Beifei's shirt had been shredded to strips, and he was quite helpless about it.
Professor Guo smiled and said, "So that's how it is! No wonder! You should be able to precisely calculate the operation of spiritual power, with excellent judgment and reaction ability. Only a person is qualified to learn my defense skills!"
After nodding in satisfaction, he then exclaimed,
"Over the years, only four students have been able to learn this method of utilizing spiritual power from me. You are the fifth, but they didn't grasp the essence, and even after completing their training, the force of their counters is not even one time—it's just attack for attack, unable to double it like me. The same is true for the SSR-tier Awakeners."
"Even SSR-tier Awakeners can't learn it?"
"Yes, they have high talent but are only suited for learning the cultivation techniques of their own systems. Not all systems of SSR Awakeners are comprehensive. Many of them also lack defensive power, so I teach them this, but many SSRs can't even begin."
At this point, Professor Guo was quite helpless, and after a moment, he looked at Xiang Beifei expectantly, "As for how well you can grasp it, that depends on your own comprehension."
"I understand, I will diligently practice," Xiang Beifei said earnestly.
Professor Guo nodded slightly and then said, "Good, I'll teach you how to cultivate. This technique is called 'Counter Deflection'. Just do your best and don't be too hard on yourself. It's very difficult to learn! I must make this clear to you, so don't be discouraged by failing ten times or a hundred times! It's not as easily mastered as the techniques provided by your own system."
Professor Guo emphasized again.
He was very willing to teach his skills to his students, but unfortunately, the techniques provided by the students' own systems limited their accomplishments.
Elder Luo chuckled beside them, "How hard can it be to learn!"
Last time he taught Xiang Beifei spiritual power, he had told Xiang Beifei the same thing, explaining how difficult it was to master spiritual power!
Then Xiang Beifei learned it pleasantly.
But Professor Guo didn't know this and retorted Luo, "It's the kind of difficult that you can't learn!"
Clearly, Professor Guo also wanted to teach Luo, but Luo relied on leveling up his defense and was too lazy to learn.
"To master 'Counter Deflection', you need to consolidate spiritual power around yourself and then discern the characteristics of your opponent's spiritual power. You should understand that whoever attacks you uses spiritual power, but each person's method of operating spiritual power is different. Thus, you can't wait until after they have hit you to distinguish it; by then it would be too late. You must begin to analyze it the instant they make their move."
"Analyze the opponent's spiritual power the moment they make their move." Xiang Beifei remembered the key point.
"The essence of 'Counter Deflection' lies in the use of spiritual power. Once you have fully analyzed your opponent's method of operating spiritual power, you can use your own spiritual power to mimic it. Why does someone else's spiritual power hurt you? It's because the spiritual powers of different people are distinct, and they produce a repelling force, but when your spiritual power mimics your opponent's, their spiritual power will treat you as one of their own and will not harm you."
Xiang Beifei suddenly realized and said, "Oh, so as long as the imitation is right and you guide it a bit, you can redirect the opponent's attack back at them, but this guiding process requires mixing your own spiritual power to ensure it's distinct from the opponent's?"
Professor Guo paused, then turned his head, looking suspiciously at Luo, "Hey, Luo, did you teach him these theories?"
"Teach my ass! He figured it out himself!" Luo muttered.
"You figured this out yourself?" Professor Guo was quite surprised.
"Isn't that normal?" Xiang Beifei asked.
Professor Guo looked amazed but still said, "Okay, let's not dwell on this for now. Theory and practice are different, and the process of imitation has its special techniques. So my 'Counter Deflection' is about teaching you how to disguise your own spiritual power, so it won't be repelled by an opponent's spiritual power."
Professor Guo taught patiently, detailing all the key points to Xiang Beifei. His cultivation technique was very peculiar, during operation, the spiritual power would momentarily change, making it look identical to Xiang Beifei's, indistinguishable whether the spiritual power was his own or Xiang Beifei's.
This method truly opened Xiang Beifei's eyes!
Of course, 'Counter Deflection' not only could mimic the aura of someone else's spiritual power but could also directly copy various forces, allowing even a small stone thrown at him to be deflected back along its original path.
Professor Guo spent an hour teaching Xiang Beifei all he could. Then he said, "You have learned my defense techniques, and in exchange, you cannot refuse the matter of being the class representative. Learning how to command battles is very important. From your fight with the Triangular Thunder Kraits, I see you have great analytical ability. Because you were injured and it's said you killed two Triangular Thunder Kraits, you must have adjusted swiftly during those instances. This strong analytical ability is precisely what's needed to command battles when beast tides approach."