The interest of many were immediately drawn to Instructor Valdin’s words.
Even Simon had a tiny bit of interest and curiousity, and it was not because he did not understand what Instructor Valdin was saying.
No
He wanted to see if Instructor Valdin’s method in controlling one’s input would give him more ideas on how to improve his input control.
"After much research and study by our clan and some other elite clans and kingdoms which I shall not mention, we’ve come to realize that the most effective and efficient time to draw out demonic energy from your Demon Heart is when it beats."
"Many demons, even Greater Demons draw out their demonic energy at any moment in time from their Demon Heart, but that’s inefficient."
Instructor Valdin took a step forward and began to walk up the steps of the classroom.
"Whenever your Demon Heart beats, it releases a pulse of demonic energy throughout your body, and if you attempt to draw out demonic energy between those pulses, you use more force than necessary to draw out the demonic energy from your Demon Heart."
"Many of you would not have noticed this because the ’force’ I’m talking about might seem negligible or you might be so used to it that you’ve considered it normal."
Instructor Valdin shook his head while walking down the stairs.
"But I’m telling you now that that ’force’ is what is preventing many of you from having a much better control over your demonic energy."
"If you want to be efficient in your input control, in transferring the demonic energy from your Demon Heart to the desired location or locations of your body, then you’ll need to learn how to draw out your demonic energy whenever your Demon Heart beats and releases a pulse."
Instructor Valdin raised a finger.
"Your Demon Heart releases a pulse of little demonic energy whenever it beats, but if you draw out more energy whenever it beats, you’ll realize that it’s much easier for you to draw out more demonic energy from your Demonic Heart."
"If you’re able to do this, then you’ll see that your demonic energy reserves would last longer, and your stamina would also last longer. Doing this would place less strain on your Demon Heart."
Instructor Valdin went back to the teaching platform and stood with his arms behind his back.
"I’m sure a few of you might be wondering how efficient it’d be if you could only draw out your demonic energy whenever your Demon Heart beats."
"What if you need to draw out your Demon Heart during an emergency?"
"What if you’re suddenly attacked from out nowhere? Would you need to wait for your heart to beat and release a pulse before you draw out more demonic energy from your Demon Heart?"
"What of during a battle? Do I have to continuously wait for my heart to release a pulse before I draw out more demonic energy?"
"Isn’t this method highly inefficient compared to being able to draw out your demonic energy whenever you wanted?"
The eyes of a few like Storm Reaper and Flaming Star brightened considerably at Instructor Valdin’s words.
These were all questions they had in their minds, and their wonderful instructor could accurately guess their thoughts.
"All these questions are valid questions, and they’re questions that were asked when this method was first discovered."
Instructor Valdin paused and began walking to and fro with his eyes scanning across the classroom.
He continued.
"But what you’ve all forgotten is that when you’re fighting, when you’re in distress, and when you’re in a state of fight or flight, your heart rate increases. Which means, your pulse rate also increases."
"And the wonderful thing about our Demon Hearts is that the stronger we get, the higher our heart ranks, the more our heart beats and releases pulses of demonic energy."
"So, your thoughts on whether it’s efficient are very wrong."
He swept his gaze across the class, his eyes lingering on Simon for just a second longer than the others.
"If you’re able to perfect your input control by doing this, and you’re also able to perfect your output control, I can promise you that you’ll be twice as strong compared to before."
The eyes of many widened in disbelief and excitement, and a few could not help but give Simon a cold glance.
No wonder Simon was so powerful.
Was this the boon he was benefiting from having an extremely good control over his demonic energy?
Many wondered, then they snickered in envy and disdain.
Very soon, they’d also benefit from this boon, and the advantage Simon had over them would dissipate.
They all foolishly thought.
Meanwhile, Simon had a different thought regarding the pulse draw method Instructor Valdin just spoke of.
To him, such a method was still inefficient in his eyes.
He already knew about the heartbeat and pulses of a Demon Heart, and without this knowledge or any prior knowledge on how to properly control demonic energy, his talent and experience made him to understand all these things Instructor Valdin was talking about.
However...
’Even if the heart rate increases in a flight or fight situation, there’s still that slight delay which can either cost or save one’s life.’
’It’s good, better than just drawing out demonic energy from the Demon Heart at any point in time, but my method is still more efficient and better.’
Instead of only drawing out demonic energy from his Demon Heart whenever it pulses, Simon’s method was focused more on the Chaos Flame and not on the Demon Heart.
Simon realized that the Chaos Flame burns constantly, even between pulses.
Whenever a Demon Heart beats, the force of the beat actually disturbs the already volatile Chaos Flame, and this causes it to release excess demonic energy naturally.
But this release is very little.
So, instead of waiting for pulses, Simon’s method involved him adjusting the intensity of the flame itself.
Simon stabilizes the Chaos Flame itself, and he found an optimal level where he could continuously draw out demonic energy from his Chaos Flame without having to experience the ’force’ Instructor Valdin was talking about.
Instead of bursts of energy, he suddenly feels a smooth stream of demonic energy that flows continuously.
This makes his flow of demonic energy smoother, more precise, and faster.
As Simon pondered on the words of Instructor Sormon, his eyes suddenly flashed with a creative glint.
’This might work. I might be able to improve my demonic energy control if I do that.’
The moment Simon had these thoughts, he could not help but thank Instructor Valdin for his lecture.