"Ouch … It was so fast just now, and it hurts. Fortunately, I have armor. Otherwise, I would have definitely vomited blood."
The advantage of being in school was that they had armor during training. Lin Yao and Zhang Heng could train fearlessly because of the armor.
"Are you alright?"
"No, let's do it again."
Zhang Heng, who refused to admit defeat, wanted to fight with Lin Yao again. However, he lost again.
After unleashing his vital energy, Lin Yao's strength, speed, and explosive power exceeded 30% of his normal state. The Sword-Drawing Technique was a fast, ruthless, and accurate swordsmanship. Even an extra minute could determine life and death, let alone 30%.
In every battle, Zhang Heng's fist was always one step slower than Lin Yao's. Even if he guessed correctly sometimes, it did not help.
With more than 30% explosive power and speed, Lin Yao\'s basic attributes completely crushed Zhang Heng\'s. When the fist and the sword collided, Zhang Heng would often be left defenseless. Then, when Zhang Heng\'s center of gravity was unstable, Lin Yao could defeat him with a casual wave of his hand even without any follow-up swordsmanship.
However, Lin Yao, who had won consecutively, was not happy. He knew very well that he had won purely because of his basic attributes. They were both martial artists. If Lin Yao unleashed his vital energy and the opponent unleashed his vital energy as well, Lin Yao's Sword-Drawing Technique would not be able to break the opponent's block.
'Therefore, I'm still the younger brother since I only have the Sword-Drawing Technique. '
While Lin Yao was sighing, Zhang Heng was speechless.
"You've only just started learning a single move and you want to kill others in an instant? You're dreaming! Even if you practice combat skills, others have gold combat skills. If you want to kill others in an instant, you'll have to at least reach the profound level."
During the break between battles, Zhang Heng also asked Lin Yao about his plans.
"Are you going to use the Sword-Drawing Technique to see through or slash iron?"
Seeing through and slash iron were the two profound meanings of the Sword-Drawing Technique, as well as the profound meanings of many moves.
Seeing through was easy to understand. It involved observing the enemy and seeing through their moves the moment they made a move. Then, one could block or dodge the attack and counterattack while the enemy was still on the offensive. The Sword-Drawing Technique was even more radical. After seeing through the enemy's moves, one would not block them. Instead, one would attack the enemy's flaws and kill the enemy with one strike.
Being able to see through the enemy's attack methods before they even moved was called seeing through.
This was also an era without spiritual energy. This was the main attack method of the Japanese Sword-Drawing Masters. Because of this, one could see that experts who were good at using ijutsu rarely took the initiative to attack. Instead, they would circle around and look for flaws.
The profound meaning of Slashing Iron was more intuitive, which was to cut through steel. For the Sword-Drawing Technique, it meant that regardless of the enemy's moves, one could only strengthen oneself so that one sword strike could cut through everything.
If Lin Yao had the profound meaning of Slaying Iron, Zhang Heng might have been able to block the sword gleam he had pulled out. However, blocking the sword gleam would not be the end. The sharp sword gleam would cut off his arm that was holding a fist and his body.
"Seeing through and cutting through iron? It's not that I want to go in that direction, but that I can comprehend it. "
"Uh …"
These words were heart-wrenching. If they were not geniuses, they would not be able to make this choice easily. Zhang Heng, who was filled with emotions, raised his head and drank the water that Lin Yao had bought in one gulp.
"Forget it, let's not think about this anymore. Let's continue practicing."
…
Lin Yao did not return to the school training ground until Zhang Heng went to class, where he trained alone.
However, just as Lin Yao thought that this was the end of his training today, something unexpected happened. Yan Yan, who was known as the Ice Princess at school, walked over.
"I saw your training with your companions today. Do you need my help?"
"Okay!"
Yan Yan's arrival surprised Lin Yao. He had not expected that the Ice Princess would actually talk to him outside the orphanage.
Lin Yao felt that Yan Yan's arrival was troublesome. Upon seeing Lin Yao frown, Yan Yan's face turned cold.
"I understand …"
"Thank you for your help. I hope I didn't delay your training."
In Lin Yao's opinion, beautiful women were the source of trouble. He would not look for a beautiful girl, let alone someone who had always been cold.
However, this did not mean that he was afraid of trouble. Lin Yao was talented and had a sharp blade in his hand. He also had a heroic spirit.
'A martial artist is a fighting profession. If I don't even dare to talk to a beautiful girl, how can I practice martial arts with this mentality?'
Although Lin Yao had made up his mind, he did not want to delay Yan Yan's training.
In this regard, she was very relaxed.
"You can't train for long. You have to rest after two or three hours. You, on the other hand, have been training much longer than me."
"It's because of my talent and good luck."
While speaking, Yan Yan had already distanced herself from Lin Yao and got into an attacking stance. Upon seeing Lin Yao's somewhat grateful expression, Yan Yan finally said, "You don't have to thank me. I also need to find a target."
"Uh …"
Advanced martial artists already had at least 60 vital energy seeds. With so many vital energy seeds, they did not need to unleash their vital energy seeds at the most critical moment of a battle. They could unleash their vital energy seeds as a norm.
Yan Yan, who had ice talent, was even more exaggerated. With her talent, she casually waved her hand, and a stream of water shot out from the lake, surrounded her, and turned into ice fragments under her talent.
While facing Lin Yao, who was waiting in the distance, she moved her palm again, and the ice fragments shot toward him like arrows.
'The speed of a martial artist unleashing their vital energy is indeed not something that my younger brothers and sisters can compare to.'
Clang!
When the ice fragments reached him, a sword gleam also rose from Lin Yao's hand. The sword gleam flickered, and the first fragment was directly smashed by Lin Yao.
However, while smashing the ice fragments, a chill was transmitted to Lin Yao's body and mind from the point of contact.
"Ouch … It's so cold."
The icy chill made Lin Yao's fingers stiffen and his movements change.
Therefore, Lin Yao did not block the next ice fragment that shot toward him. The fragment directly exploded in front of Lin Yao's chest, causing his body to tremble again.
"So powerful."
"You are too weak. Continue."
Then, Lin Yao was ravaged by Yan Yan. She shot ice fragments at him one by one. While Lin Yao smashed them with difficulty, he also had to resist the erosion of the cold.
Fortunately, it was daytime, and the sunlight was quite strong. The sunlight was warm and had the effect of dispelling the cold. This allowed Lin Yao to slowly adapt to the cold and train for a long time.
This scene actually surprised Yan Yan. She knew how cold her ice was. She had originally wanted to reduce her ice talent.
'This is just right. I can't train if I'm too weak.'
Upon seeing that Lin Yao could withstand the direct attack, she also made some changes. As she waved her arms, the ice fragments surrounding her turned into the shape of swallows.
With another wave of her hand, the swallow-shaped ice pierced through the air and flew toward Lin Yao. The bird form made them faster. However, there was still some distance between them, so Lin Yao had time to react.
However, just as Lin Yao saw the right opportunity to slash the ice bird, the flying bird suddenly turned around and moved under Lin Yao\'s sword. It dodged Lin Yao\'s attack like a real swallow.
'This is a long-range attack that can be controlled.'
'Try your best to smash the ice bird that I control.'
Subsequently, Lin Yao's training was no longer about smashing things that were moving in a straight line. Instead, he was about to attack the ice birds that were flying freely. Yan Yan's training had also begun. She was training her ability to control the ice birds.
To Lin Yao's surprise, she could control more than one ice bird. There were three ice birds flying around Lin Yao.
Clang, clang, clang.
The sound of the sword being unsheathed echoed on the playground again and again. Keeping a close eye on the flying birds in the sky, Lin Yao drew the long sword in his hand from time to time. Each time he drew the long sword, he would either gain something or return empty-handed. However, through these battles, Lin Yao's mastery of the Sword-Drawing Technique was also getting better.
'Sasaki Kojiro used to slash the flying swallows in the past. This is considered a similar training method. I hope this will help me comprehend and see through it.'
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