Chapter 272: Chapter 167: True Intent

Time was short.

Chu Lingguang and Zhuoyi rode hard the entire way.

They shortened the ten-day journey to just eight.

During this period, they traveled day and night. Besides eating and sleeping, they spent practically all their time on the road.

Chu Lingguang had no time to cultivate at all.

On the ninth day, the two of them rested in a small town near the Hundred Thousand Mountains.

Having completed a ten-day journey in only eight days, Zhuoyi told Chu Lingguang to use the remaining two days to replenish his Qi Blood and calm his mind.

Chu Lingguang obediently complied.

He began practicing the Flying Leaf Lotus Spear in the inn’s backyard.

This Spear Technique had a total of six levels.

Currently, Chu Lingguang had only mastered the first level: Thrust.

Thrust contained a covering Potential Energy.

A single thrust of the spear could cover and intercept all incoming attacks.

Chu Lingguang had comprehended the first level, Thrust, only after taking the Heart-Devouring Powder. His consciousness became completely immersed in the Blood-colored World, and when his Thoughts Reached Far and Wide during a moment of sudden Enlightenment, he finally grasped it.

During his fight against Samba, the covering power of Thrust not only allowed him to kill Samba, but it also saved his own life.

However, the coverage of Thrust could be large or small.

After some guidance from Guo Wei, Chu Lingguang could now intercept ten simultaneous attacks with a single thrust.

But Guo Wei had said that for the Flying Leaf Lotus Spear, even for just the first level of Thrust, one could only be said to have truly grasped its essence by intercepting eighteen attacks simultaneously with a single thrust.

This was because in battle, if one needed to use the Flying Leaf Lotus Spear and rely on the power of Thrust to intercept or attack, it meant they were facing a different caliber of opponent.

Opponents at that level could often launch over a dozen attacks at once. Only by grasping the essence of Thrust and being able to intercept eighteen attacks simultaneously could this level of power be considered truly useful.

Back then, Samba had used Hidden Weapons, and only seven projectiles had broken through Chu Lingguang’s Spear Technique defense, which was why his one thrust had been effective.

Otherwise, against an opponent who necessitated the use of the Flying Leaf Lotus Spear, the number of simultaneous incoming attacks would certainly not be a mere seven.

If Chu Lingguang’s thrust failed to cover even a single one of those attacks, his life would be in danger.

Of course.

The limit of Thrust’s coverage wasn’t just eighteen attacks.

Both Guo Wei and the Spear Manual had stated in detail that if Thrust was practiced to its peak, it could completely cover the three-foot space in front of the user, allowing a single thrust to stop any and all attacks entering that area.

Naturally, the first level, Thrust, was not invincible.

The power of its coverage could be great or small.

If the opponent’s Attack Power exceeded its limits, even if the Spear Technique’s Potential Energy covered the attack, it wouldn’t be able to stop it.

Therefore, the second level was Lock.

Combining Thrust and Lock would not only cover and intercept attacks, but also completely lock down attacks that exceeded the user’s power range.

Locking down was different from locking on.

Lin Longde’s Spear Technique possessed a locking-on Potential Energy. When Chu Lingguang first fought him, he couldn’t evade it. But once his sensory systems evolved and things began to slow down in his vision, he was able to neutralize that locking-on Potential Energy.

The power of locking down, however, was like trapping an opponent’s force in a quagmire, not only effectively weakening it but also slowing its speed.

When the first level, Thrust, and the second level, Lock, of the Flying Leaf Lotus Spear were combined, Chu Lingguang’s Spear Technique would undergo a world-shaking transformation.

Of course, that was a matter for the future.

Chu Lingguang knew he couldn’t get ahead of himself. He had to fully comprehend the first level, Thrust, first. Once he had practiced this level to its peak, able to cover all attacks within the three-foot space before him, it would not be too late to attempt mastering the power of the second level, Lock.

Fortunately, his Flying Leaf Lotus Spear was at Perfection.

In addition, because his Thoughts Reached Far and Wide recently, many things he couldn’t figure out or see clearly before, he could now slowly begin to grasp.

His Spear Skill Realm was advancing by leaps and bounds.

WHOOSH!

He thrusted forward again and again.

An invisible shockwave rippled from the spear’s tip. The range and number of attacks it could cover were quietly increasing with each repetitive thrust.

After eight days of hard travel, Zhuoyi, who was accustomed to a life of comfort, wanted nothing more than to get a good rest at the inn.

He lay on his bed, planning. ’Once I hand Chu Lingguang over to the people at the Trial Ground and head back to report, I should take the waterways. Even if it adds a dozen or so days to the trip, I don’t care. The important thing is to enjoy myself.’

But just then, as Chu Lingguang repeatedly thrusted his spear forward, Zhuoyi, who was trying to rest upstairs, felt as if he could hear someone constantly beating a drum in the backyard.

Every thrust Chu Lingguang made seemed to produce a continuous roll of drumbeats.

At first, Zhuoyi assumed it was just some Jianghu performers practicing in the backyard while stopping at the inn. He calmed his mind and circulated his Inner Power Heart Method, managing to block out the sound.

Unexpectedly, as Chu Lingguang’s thrusts grew faster and faster, the drumming became like a heartbeat, possessing an incredible Penetration Power. Even though he was focusing his mind and remaining calm, he found he couldn’t block the sound out at all.

In fact, the more he resisted, the stronger the drumming became.

Exasperated, he stormed out of his room and onto the balcony corridor, intending to let out a thunderous shout to quiet the people downstairs.

But as soon as he reached the balcony, just as he was about to circulate his Qi Blood for the shout, his eyes fell on a figure below, and he froze.

There weren’t any traveling Jianghu performers beating gongs and drums down there.

There was clearly just a single figure, repeatedly practicing Basic Spear Skill—standing in one spot, thrusting the spear forward, quickly retracting it, and thrusting again.

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