Chapter 134: Chapter 123: Unity (3)

To rediscover that feeling he’d once had with his Spear Technique, Chu Lingguang needed to identify the precise moment of Unity of Man and Gun and grasp it firmly.

WHOOSH!

Stung by the humiliation of being repelled by Chu Lingguang’s sweeping strike, Yu Jiaxin attacked again, thrusting toward Chu Lingguang with his Fish-Chasing Spear.

Chu Lingguang held his spear in the Drip Water Technique stance.

He watched as Yu Jiaxin’s long spear rapidly approached.

His sensory systems had evolved, making his hearing and vision extraordinary. Though Yu Jiaxin’s thrust was fast, it was nowhere near the level of the Shadow-Following Form.

What made the technique feel impossible to dodge was its locking power, which was similar in principle to Guo Wei’s Flying Leaf Lotus Spear.

A lotus flower would fall.

Guo Wei could execute a light thrust and pick off all eighteen petals, with his final strike even splitting the stem. That Spear Technique didn’t just rely on speed, precision, and ruthlessness; it also possessed a locking power that gave a seemingly effortless thrust such incredible might.

The feeling was similar to an evolution in Archery.

Once one mastered the Three-Star Linked Pearls,

no matter when or where, with an arrow in hand and bow drawn, the loosed arrow would possess that same power without any need for deliberate aiming.

Before, his perspective had been narrow.

When Chu Lingguang had witnessed Guo Wei’s godlike skill, he’d instinctively assumed it was like the old oil-seller’s tale—simply a matter of practice making perfect.

But after he began to practice this type of Kung Fu himself,

and gradually achieved one realm after another, Chu Lingguang came to realize that Kung Fu was different from a skill simply honed through practice.

No matter how perfected a skill became, it was still just a skill.

Kung Fu, however, when cultivated to a certain realm, could generate an entirely different kind of power.

It was like when he had first started practicing Iron Mountain Fist. He had trained diligently for a year without getting the hang of it. Though he could execute the Fist Technique’s movements smoothly, he had never been able to produce Fist Force.

What he lacked was that specific kind of power.

Evidently, the Yu Family’s shipboard spear technique, the Fish-Chasing Spear, had been cultivated to this level of power, leaving an enemy no way to evade and forcing them to face the attack head-on.

GULP.

Just then, a gust of wind blew into the courtyard.

Watching Yu Jiaxin’s spear close in, Chu Lingguang knew he had no choice but to confront it. He took a sharp, deep breath and channeled the third layer of his Skillful Force to meet the attack.

His long spear moved.

Chu Lingguang’s spear met the gust of wind head-on.

An impacting force surged through the long spear, and Chu Lingguang instinctively sought to channel this power into his Spear Technique.

FWOOSH!

It was just like that night. His spear had whistled over the bonfire, seemingly absorbing power from the sparks and successfully borrowing the might of the flames. Lin Longde, who had borne the brunt of the attack, had felt as though Chu Lingguang was descending upon him, a sheet of fire ready to swallow him whole. That single sweep had shaken his spirit so profoundly that he hadn’t even noticed when his own long spear was knocked to the ground.

As he attacked with the Fish-Chasing Spear, Yu Jiaxin suddenly felt that Chu Lingguang’s seemingly ordinary technique was now carrying the force of a hurricane, instantly disintegrating the power within his own long spear.

He felt like a lone skiff in a hurricane, his feet losing their connection to the earth.

It was as if he were standing on the prow of a ship, having just spotted a fish and raised his spear to strike, when a massive wave swelled up, not only deflecting his attack but also swatting him clear off the deck.

“HAAH!”

Chu Lingguang let out a ferocious roar.

He saw with his own eyes that his long spear had borrowed the power of the wind. He had finally found the node of Human-Gun Resonance. ’So the essence of Unity of Man and Gun lies in a single word: “borrow”!’

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