Chapter 230: Chapter 156: Flesh Aspect

The Turtle Breath Technique had reached the level of Perfection.

Chu Lingguang could now make the Turtle Breath Technique resonate with heaven and earth at will, causing a hazy image to appear in his Sea of Consciousness. He could perceive every rustle of the wind and blade of grass around him. His sensory system had also evolved unknowingly the night before.

That critical spear thrust.

It was an awakening of his perception.

It allowed Chu Lingguang’s naked eye to see moments that were previously imperceptible, and his reaction speed increased along with it. At the crucial moment, he not only caught Lian Junmiao’s spear thrust but also used the advantage of his Dragon Elephant and Operation Technique to unleash an explosive strike that sent Lian Junmiao’s long spear flying.

Lian Junmiao felt as if he’d been struck by lightning.

All the spear afterimages coming from Chu Lingguang seemed to vanish in an instant, coalescing into a single Lightning Spear aimed straight at his throat.

He had never expected that Chu Lingguang, whose Spear Technique was originally slower than his, could turn the tables at the critical moment. Not only did his spear speed surpass his own, but the power of that final thrust also seemed to have reached its peak, actually knocking his long spear away.

“How did you do that?”

Lian Junmiao asked.

“Relentless training, day and night.”

Chu Lingguang said simply.

“What kind of training?”

Lian Junmiao was a little bewildered.

“Repetitive practice, every day. Building it up over time to make my Spear Technique faster and faster. Just now, I almost failed to block your final thrust. But in that instant, I suddenly felt your spear become very slow, giving me the perfect chance to counterattack. I didn’t expect to win, either.”

Chu Lingguang confessed honestly.

“Quick eyes and fast hands!” Guo Wei explained for everyone’s benefit. “Each of you knows the Basic Thirteen Spear Techniques. But your situation is different from Lin Guang’s; you have other, more profound Spear Techniques to cultivate. I have not yet taught Lin Guang the Flying Leaf Lotus Spear. For more than two years, Lin Guang could only practice the Basic Spear Skill over and over every day. Now, not only has he trained the Basic Spear Skill to the level of Perfection, but he has also gained immense focus through this repetitive practice. His sensory system has evolved without him realizing it, reaching the state of ’quick eyes and fast hands’.”

“Oh!”

It dawned on the crowd, who found it completely unexpected.

“I’ve heard my master say that ’quick eyes and fast hands’ is a state in Archery. Someone with this ability can achieve at least Three-Star Linked Pearls. I wonder, Chu, if you…”

Xue Bingsheng inquired.

In the Archery event of the Martial Arts Examination, Chu Lingguang’s score was only Double-Star Linked Pearls. Everyone had looked into his scores for all the examination events.

“My junior brother mastered Three-Star Linked Pearls right after the Archery event in the Martial Arts Examination ended. Now that his sensory system has evolved to the ’quick eyes and fast hands’ state, I think he can already achieve Four-Star Linked Pearls.”

After speaking, Hei Hu couldn’t help but add with a sigh, “I’ve said it before, my junior brother has the bearing of a great emperor.”

“And I can see you have the bearing of a great fool.”

Guo Wei couldn’t resist retorting.

Hei Hu’s expression immediately fell.

“Lin Guang can indeed achieve Three-Star Linked Pearls. However, even after mastering the ’quick eyes and fast hands’ ability, it’s not easy to achieve Four-Star Linked Pearls. Improvement in Archery is much more difficult than in Spear Technique.”

Guo Wei explained.

“Congratulations, Chu. With your personality, you’ll be able to achieve Four-Star Linked Pearls sooner or later. To be honest, even if my Spear Technique were faster than yours, I wouldn’t be able to block a Four-Star Linked Pearls Archery technique.”

Lian Junmiao congratulated him.

“You’re too modest, Lian. I awakened this ability by accident. Whether it will help my Archery is still unknown.”

Chu Lingguang could tell that Guo Wei didn’t want him to become too famous, and especially not to get complacent. If Hei Hu hadn’t been so quick to speak, Guo Wei would probably have just said that he had only recently grasped the knack for Three-Star Linked Pearls and was still a long way from reaching the state of Do as You Please.

“In any case, you have plenty of opportunities to figure it out. Come on, let’s keep going!”

Lian Junmiao said, retrieving his long spear.

’Losing to Chu Lingguang once is nothing,’ he thought. ’As long as I can win it back.’

“Alright.”

Chu Lingguang had been wondering where to find an opponent with a Spear Technique as fast as Lian Junmiao’s. He immediately clashed with him again. With his sensory system having reached the state of ’quick eyes and fast hands’, every one of Chu Lingguang’s spear thrusts was as fast as his final one from before. Lian Junmiao was quickly forced onto the defensive.

He used the second technique of the Xuanming Spear Technique, Shadow-Following Form, to resist Chu Lingguang.

In the eyes of the crowd, the curtain of light formed by Chu Lingguang’s spear afterimages was visibly more solid than Lian Junmiao’s. Sensing trouble, Lian Junmiao wanted to retreat quickly and put some distance between them.

But Chu Lingguang pressed his advantage.

Within the curtain of light, a tangible spear afterimage soon appeared. This afterimage seemed to pierce through Lian Junmiao’s defense in a single blow, thrusting toward his shoulder.

Lian Junmiao tried with all his might to intercept the thrust but found his speed simply couldn’t keep up. In the end, he only managed to parry it with the shaft of his spear. Unfortunately, his hasty block was defensively very weak. Chu Lingguang’s spear was barely deflected, as if brushed by a blade of grass. Its tip was aimed right at Lian Junmiao’s shoulder; a simple push forward was all it would take to wound him.

“Again!”

Lian Junmiao, unwilling to admit defeat just like Xue Bingsheng and Yuan Zeng, took advantage of the pause as Chu Lingguang held back. He knocked Chu Lingguang’s long spear aside and attacked with a Spear Lock Throat.

Chu Lingguang temporarily retreated.

But he saw Lian Junmiao’s spear thrust seem to burst forth from underwater. The tip of the spear carried a splash of water, and every droplet within that splash seemed to be a sharp spear afterimage.

Chu Lingguang was greatly alarmed.

He realized this thrust was not some Unity of Man and Gun that created illusory pressure by borrowing the surrounding Potential Energy. It was a tangible technique originating directly from Lian Junmiao’s Spear Technique.

If his sensory system hadn’t reached the state of ’quick eyes and fast hands’, he might have been completely deceived by it.

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