Brute force! The best time to unleash Dou Qi is when explosive power and impact are intertwined. Of course, when they are coiled together, the effect of Dou Qi is only applicable to short-range force generation, such as from the knee or elbow; it is at this moment that brute force finds its opportunity to manifest.

The short man's Iron Tempering Palm descended, instantly enveloping his comrade! He hurriedly changed his attack trajectory, simultaneously reaching out with his right hand, attempting to catch his companion’s body.

A perfect opening! Qian Jin’s legs shook rapidly, his body moving forward at high speed almost skimming the ground. His ten fingers snapped loudly, shooting out like eagle claws, stopping just shy of the two warriors' private parts. If he had moved even a tiny bit higher, the male symbols of the two warriors might truly not have been spared.

Huuuhuuuhuuu......

Qian Jin gasped for air in great gulps, looking up at the two massive Iron Tempering Palms hovering near his head. The dojo fell into complete silence.

Enlak squinted his sword-like eyes, staring intently at the three figures in the center of the battlefield, and nodded slightly. If it had been a one-on-one fight, Qian Jin would have already lost. Instead, because his opponents were two, he managed to salvage the situation by utilizing various combat methods.

Win? Enlak shook his head softly. Qian Jin hadn't won this round; at best, it was a draw. This was only achieved by relying on that bizarre combat experience to reclaim so much ground in the final moments.

"This round can be considered a draw," Enlak waved his hand. "You two can step down now."

The two warriors, one tall and one short, slowly withdrew their aggressive stances, looking dismissively at Qian Jin for using such an unrefined method of attack, and strode toward the sides of the dojo with their heads held high.

Looking down on my fighting style? Qian Jin scratched his head and smiled carelessly. On the battlefield against the Human-Demons, only life and death matter. The Demon Race won't praise you just because your fighting style was aesthetically pleasing when you die. Even if they did praise you, what use would it be? Dead is dead!

"This round is barely a draw," Enlak slowly stood up. "As such, you will not receive the reward pertaining to Dou Techniques, but only one question answered by me."

Qian Jin watched Enlak slowly sit down cross-legged on the ruined dojo floor, his brow deeply furrowed as he replayed the recent fight. Even though the Demon Slayers' control over Dou Qi had improved significantly, the Fat Man’s shift in Dou Techniques moments ago was still too fast.

When warriors fight, even when employing different Dou Techniques, they generally choose techniques of the same type for conversion between them, to achieve the fastest possible transition.

Ground Shattering Slash and Gold Splitting Continuous Slash both belonged to the fiercely rigid slashing type of Dou Techniques. Although one was a Bloodline Dou Technique and the other a Saint-level Dou Technique, they still shared a certain flavor, making the shifting of the Dou Qi arrangement sequence relatively easier during combat.

To instantly transform a technique of utmost rigidity into one of utmost softness? Qian Jin vigorously shook his head. These were two complete extremes; the arrangement sequence of the Dou Qi should be vastly different. Even with the highly malleable Wind-Cloud Dou Qi, or Dou Qi that naturally held an advantage in arrangement sequencing, achieving such a swift conversion was impossible.

Forget the first battle against the Demons; Qian Jin was certain that even with the strength gained from the Nine Demon Slaying Battles, he still couldn't execute such an instantaneous, fluid transition.

How was it achieved? Qian Jin lightly tapped his right index finger against his chin. It seemed as if in that instant, his opponent hadn't needed to distract himself controlling the Dou Qi conversion; the speed was as if it were instantaneous—as soon as he willed the transformation, it was immediately complete.

Willed it, and it was done? Qian Jin forcefully knocked his head. The old man said the Heart can also think—did he mean the kind of fighting style just displayed? Should I try it? Support Gaolou, click to subscribe and vote.

"Gold Splitting Continuous Slash!" Qian Jin suddenly raised his hand. His Dou Heart consciousness propelled the Dou Qi within him to spin rapidly and arrange itself densely, but the speed was no faster than before; it was exactly as fast as it had always been.

Was it wrong? Qian Jin scratched his head, noticing a faint hint of appreciation blooming in Enlak's eyes.

Dou Heart Thinking! Qian Jin settled his mind once more, focusing all his spirit by looking at his nose and his nose at his heart, trying to feel the Dou Heart within him that he didn't fully comprehend.

The Dou Heart was like a glass marble being flicked by a finger, never ceasing its spin, constantly rotating, rotating, rotating, guiding the streams of Dou Qi within his body, allowing them to flow ceaselessly through the Dou Meridians.

The breath of life emanated from the Dou Heart, yet it showed absolutely no sign of thinking.

Qian Jin’s eyebrows knitted tighter and tighter as he sensed the ceaselessly turning Dou Heart within him, observing it closely, scrutinizing it further—like a person lost in the pitch darkness of midnight, unable to see any path ahead, yet persistently reaching out with his hands to constantly touch the surrounding environment to deduce his direction of travel.

One minute... three minutes... ten minutes... half an hour... one hour...

Qian Jin was like a stone carving, utterly absorbed in observing the Dou Heart inside him. Gradually, he discovered something he had never noticed before! The Dou Heart was not as pure and clean as it was when it was first born.

That's right! If he hadn't observed it so long and meticulously, he might never have noticed that other things had appeared on this Dou Heart! Impurities? No. Qian Jin shook his head lightly, dismissing his initial guess.

The Dou Heart itself was a special existence generated through purification. One of its functions was to purify and refine the Dou Qi within the body, making the Dou Qi cleaner and purer. When both quality and quantity reached a certain limit, a formidable Dou Soul could be nurtured!

There could not be impurities on the Dou Heart! Qian Jin’s tightly furrowed brows slowly, painstakingly spread outwards. This new thing on the Dou Heart was not impurity; it was extremely, extremely faint traces.

It was like very light lines drawn on a solid slab of stone with a blunt knife, yet they weren't truly carved onto the Dou Heart itself. Instead, they were wisps of even purer Dou Qi, faintly moving within.

This is Gold Splitting Continuous Slash! This is the Dou Qi arrangement sequence for Ground Shattering Slash! Qian Jin’s eyes snapped open suddenly, astonishment and confusion flickering rapidly within them. How could this arrangement sequence be inside the Dou Heart?

"You found it?" Enlak raised an eyebrow, a greater degree of surprise surfacing in his eyes than Qian Jin’s. "Real or fake?"

Qian Jin looked up at Enlak doubtfully. "Is it real or fake?"

Enlak smiled, wrapping his arms around his chest and chuckling lightly. "You tell me, is it real or fake?"

Qian Jin tilted his head and once more sensed the Dou Heart within him. Those faint, almost imperceptible yet undeniably real sequences of Dou Qi arrangement that comprised the Dou Techniques surfaced within the Dou Heart from time to time, incapable of being faked.

"Why is this happening?" Qian Jin looked at Enlak in confusion. "Can the Dou Heart contain the Dou Qi arrangement sequences of Dou Techniques? Is this what is meant by thinking with the heart?"

"What else did you think?" Enlak clicked his tongue several times. "I never imagined! Merely a single sentence of reminder, and you could find the original source. That's right! This is the true utility of Dou Heart Consciousness!"

Qian Jin silently watched Enlak, awaiting the reward he was due. He realized that finding this was easy, but fully grasping its meaning was not easy at all. If he couldn't find the answer here (Are these going to be censored?), continuing to grope around on his own...

It would probably take some time! Qian Jin nodded gently. To grasp everything solely through his own exploration would likely require a significant period! Since someone could provide the answer, why waste time struggling alone?

"You must have sensed the speed at which those two lads changed their techniques during the fight, right?" Enlak sat opposite Qian Jin and casually waved his hand. The surrounding shattered wood chips rapidly reassembled themselves and fell back into their original places. The broken battlefield was once again pristine.

Qian Jin could only nod in admiration watching this divine manipulation of Dou Heart Consciousness; he truly couldn't find enough adjectives to describe the subtlety and power of Enlak’s Dou Heart Consciousness.

"They can switch between completely opposite techniques at will, correct?" Enlak tapped the wooden floor lightly, making a dong dong sound. "Faster than when you convert between techniques of the same general type."

Qian Jin nodded repeatedly. Gold Splitting Continuous Slash and Ground Shattering Slash were indeed different. Gold Splitting Continuous Slash relied more on movement combat, and once contact with the opponent was made, it was difficult to unleash a stronger offensive attack without separating the limbs.

Ground Shattering Slash was completely different! To strike an opponent, one must precisely calculate the moment of impact, exploding the force exactly at that instant to maximize its power!

If, after making contact with the Gold Splitting Continuous Slash, one did not disengage the limbs but immediately used Ground Shattering Slash, it could form two overlapping cutting attacks, maximizing the effect and even tearing through the defense of lingering techniques to seize victory in one move.

After all, the two techniques were different; instantaneous complete conversion was fundamentally impossible. Failing to retract the arm before unleashing force upon physical contact would only result in defeat.

"Actually, the way they achieve this conversion is very simple," Enlak said with a smile, watching as Qian Jin raised his hand, causing the wood splinters on the ground to fly into his palm. "It's by using the Dou Heart! They place the Dou Qi arrangement sequence of the Dou Technique, formed by the purest Dou Qi, into the Dou Heart beforehand."

The wood splinters spun slowly, intertwining to form a small wooden ball. Its structure was completely hollow; Qian Jin could clearly see that within this control sphere, there were many other splinters arranged in a strange pattern.

Bang bang! The wooden ball pulsed violently, like a heart. One set of wood splinter arrangements rapidly expanded, driving the surrounding splinters to instantly combine and form the same arrangement sequence as the splinters inside the ball.

Bang bang! The wooden ball pulsed again like a heart. This time, a different set of wood splinter arrangements expanded, and the previously formed outer layer of splinters changed dramatically once more, transforming into a new sequence.