Chương 22: War God — Chapter 22 - Blade Technique Small Success! Grandmaster's Martial Demonstration!

A few days later. Four in the morning, by Xuanwu Lake next to Hailan Residential District. Willow shadows draped in gloom, water dew forming marshland. In a low-lying spot by the shore, a lone figure gripped a wooden blade and swung it with tiger-like ferocity. The blade momentum was watertight, churning up curtain after curtain of water. Even the surrounding morning mist converged upon the blade itself. Suddenly, the figure leaped lightly and slashed three times toward the lake's surface. WHOOSH!

Intangible blade force condensed at a single point, cleaving through empty air. The calm lake surface split. Two towering sprays of water shot up several meters high.

"Hu!" The figure withdrew the blade and gazed at the lake, nodding slightly.

"After Wave Roar Universe reaches Small Success, I can unleash three blade strikes in succession, each multiplying my own strength. The third strike is three times my own surging power..."

"At merely Small Success, it elevates my limit strength to three times... among Foundation Martial Techniques, that's truly formidable." The essence of martial techniques is unleashing one's potential to a greater degree. For example, if a life force limit of 0. 5 corresponds to 500 jin of strength, then after executing a martial technique, the power burst forth will be even stronger. How much stronger depends on the martial technique itself.

Generally, Foundation Martial Techniques pushed to their limit can only burst forth three to four times. But the Flowing Water Blade Technique, at Small Success, can already burst forth three times. Reaching Perfected Mastery, it can directly burst forth five times. It already surpasses most Foundation Martial Techniques. In this regard, it's quite similar to the Extreme Path Stele-Shattering Palm from Third Uncle's martial hall.

The Extreme Path Stele-Shattering Palm, as a pure fist-palm martial technique, can reach a burst limit of six times. Only, this martial technique is far more difficult to cultivate. Moreover, it produces a certain backlash against the body. After sheathing his blade, Wang Xian jogged a few more laps along the lake, warming up slightly, before preparing to head to school.

"Today is Sunday. It's been one week since the Wind King Falcon attack..."

"According to the arrangement, after classes let out this afternoon, Ye Miyue will have to come for the massage..." On his way to school, Wang Xian sank into thought. This past week, Ye Miyue's improvement had been considerable. Every day at school, he would run to the rooftop at noon to feed Ye Miyue. He could roughly sense her strength level. As for other times, aside from the first day, Wang Xian hadn't even attended morning self-study.

Support the creativity of authors by visiting Royal Road for this novel and more. Most mornings and evenings, he found a secluded spot to contemplate and cultivate the Flowing Water Blade Technique. Then he would go straight to school for classes. At 8 o'clock, Wang Xian arrived at school right on time.

"Wang Xian, why haven't you been coming to morning self-study these past few days, or the morning broadcast martial drill?" As soon as he sat down, before his seat even warmed, Chen Yuting walked over, looking angry. Today she also had a ponytail, and she hadn't even put on makeup compared to usual. Her exquisitely sculpted figure and long, toned legs were still exceptionally eye-catching. A touch less allure, a touch more youthful freshness.

"Overslept," Wang Xian said offhandedly.

"Don't make excuses!" Chen Yuting rapped on Wang Xian's desk.

"Are you thinking of giving up on yourself again?" Wang Xian was stunned.

"That's going too far, Chen Yuting," Zhou Xukun interjected from the side.

"With my bro Xian's talent, he's definitely training in secret on his own, waiting for the next martial arts class selection to quietly amaze everyone."

"Right?" Zhou Xukun winked at Wang Xian.

"You don't need to make excuses for him." Chen Yuting gave a cold snort.

"His blade technique is at the first stage. He's already qualified to train in Foundation Martial Techniques. But I checked. He only went to the school library once to borrow blade technique manuals."

"What effect can going just once have?"

"He probably thinks martial techniques are too hard, right?" Li Zihang from the other side gloated.

"That Xia Sichen, when she trained in martial techniques a few weeks ago, went to the school library three times to borrow materials, and also consulted teachers several times before she mastered one Foundation Martial Technique."

"A genius like that needed to borrow materials three times... Wang Xian, even if you have some blade technique talent, without teacher guidance, you can't possibly master it in just one go, right?" Zhou Xukun said nothing. He had made considerable progress this week. His technical skill was about to reach the first stage. Naturally, he had also looked into the difficulty of cultivating martial techniques. It was indeed very high...

Otherwise, the requirement for the Martial Arts Accelerated Class wouldn't be just mastering one martial technique to get in directly. With less than a month of time left now, it might be a bit tight. So, he went just once and retreated in the face of difficulty. He planned to consolidate for a while longer.

"Wang Xian, don't shrink back the moment you encounter difficulty..." Chen Yuting spoke in an encouraging tone, her voice soft.

"Martial techniques are hard to learn, but the martial path emphasizes perseverance... Setting everything else aside, you don't even participate in the morning broadcast martial drill... How is that acceptable?" These words made Li Zihang beside them unbearably jealous. Chen Yuting had never spoken to him in that tone of voice! Wang Xian frowned at Chen Yuting. This little green tea from his past life. Why did she feel more and more off? Had she awakened ahead of schedule?

Also, her clothing style, her makeup and dress. Why did it carry a hint of Ye Miyue's flavor?

"Just couldn't be bothered..." Wang Xian didn't want to say more. Because it was completely useless. Other students' daily broadcast martial drill, where they could follow Dean Zhou Dahai to learn the Body-Forging Fist, was beneficial. But for him, going once a day was utterly useless. Better to train alone in the morning and practice blade technique right after. Far more effective.

"You!" Chen Yuting's willow-leaf brows shot upright, as if she wanted to get angry, but she took several deep breaths and held it in. Just then, the class bell rang. Helpless, she could only return to her seat. Wang Xian still took academic classes seriously. In his past life, his academic performance was a mess. Now reborn, the martial path was firmly in his grasp. But academics, that was truly fumbling blind. Three academic classes that morning, Wang Xian studied quite diligently. Especially history.

In his previous life, he suffered from his lack of cultural knowledge. When he entered the alien star battlefields and followed the main force, his ignorance of those battlefields made him like a headless fly, narrowly escaping death several times. And history class, though it didn't explain much about the alien star battlefields, recounted the origins of the martial path and the changes in heaven-and-earth vital energy. All of this, every bit of it, was connected to the emergence of the alien star battlefields.

After three classes, the last session was martial arts class.

"Today, we only discuss theory. No martial practice." Cui Sanyan walked in. His expression today was very strange. His eyes were stirred with excitement, yet his complexion was poor.

"Before class begins, two announcements." Cui Sanyan took a deep breath and said slowly, "Tomorrow afternoon, that is, Monday, we have half a day off." Hearing this, everyone looked astonished. Wasn't half a day off for weekends? What major occasion next Monday warranted half a day off? Immediately after, Cui Sanyan continued:"The school has invited Seventh Realm Great Grandmaster Bai Hongtian to temporarily hold a martial demonstration lecture at our school."

"Therefore, tomorrow afternoon, all students are to assemble at the sports field." In that instant, upon hearing this, the entire class erupted into an uproar. ➤ Next: Once You're at My House, What You Wear Won't Be Up to You!