Conquer the game world

Chapter 122 Speed
"Ye Feng, your comprehension is absolutely the strongest among all the disciples I have ever seen. I estimate that even the inner disciples are far behind you in terms of comprehension. Although your talent is not great, with such comprehension, I think you will become one of the top geniuses in Yanluo Sect sooner or later." Jiang Wuyai took a deep breath and said, his evaluation of Ye Feng was extremely high.

"Perhaps your future is limitless, and your future status will surpass mine, but you must remember not to be arrogant and complacent. Arrogance and complacency will prevent you from gaining anything on your cultivation path. Without comprehension, with your talent, it will be very difficult for you to make progress through cultivation once you reach a higher realm."

"Your Thunderfire Strike just now was incredibly powerful, enough to kill an ordinary Spirit God warrior without a problem. However, there's a major issue: your charging time was too long. If the enemy attacks you during this time, it will be difficult for you to unleash this move," Jiang Wuyai summarized Ye Feng's performance.

Indeed, the biggest weakness of Ye Feng's Thunderfire Kill is the charging time, which is too long. If the enemy attacks first during this time, Ye Feng will have no choice but to expend his true energy to defend. If he expends his true energy to defend, once the power is dispersed, it will be even more difficult to gather it back together.

When facing martial artists at the Spirit God Realm in the Illusion Killing Formation, Ye Feng used the Heavenly Wind Step to deal with them, instead gathering his power to unleash the Thunderfire Kill.

However, in the fight with Jiang Wuyai just now, it wasn't that Ye Feng didn't want to use the Heavenly Wind Step, but rather that Jiang Wuyai was too fast, and Ye Feng was captured before he even had a chance to use the Heavenly Wind Step.

Since Ye Feng did not use the Heavenly Wind Step, Jiang Wuyai naturally assumed that speed was Ye Feng's weakness.

“Besides being fast, you also need to be fast with your sword. The reason I was able to block your sword with my bare hands just now is because your speed seemed too slow to me,” Jiang Wuyai continued.

"I'll demonstrate for you, watch carefully." Jiang Wuyai took out an ordinary sword from his storage ring.

The space inside the training room shifted, and we arrived at the foot of a large tree in autumn, where fallen leaves were constantly falling with the autumn wind.

Jiang Wuyai gripped his longsword, a glint of light flashing in his eyes, and thrust out the sword repeatedly.

Ye Feng stared in astonishment at the scene before him. Jiang Wuyai's sword speed was so fast that it shocked Ye Feng. With just his naked eye, Ye Feng couldn't even judge the specific movements of Jiang Wuyai's thrusting sword.

After Ye Feng carefully observed Jiang Wuyai's movements using his soul power, he was able to barely keep up with Jiang Wuyai's speed. Moreover, Jiang Wuyai did not use any of his true essence when using the sword; he only used the power of his physical body to achieve such terrifying speed. This strength made Ye Feng admire him greatly.

Every time Jiang Wuyai drew his sword, he would inevitably pierce a fallen leaf. This swordsmanship was not only incredibly fast, but also extremely precise.

Jiang Wuyai said, "A sword is a flexible weapon, and its speed is its advantage. Since you are using a sword, you should make good use of its advantages."

"Of course, this speed doesn't mean you should just stab randomly. Blindly thrusting your sword is meaningless. When practicing swordsmanship, you need to pay attention to three things: speed, accuracy, and ruthlessness. Right now, the only thing you have is enough ruthlessness in your sword strikes, but you still need to practice the first two points more."

"I understand." After Jiang Wuyai's guidance, Ye Feng gained a lot of insights. Even if he couldn't cultivate soul power, he had no problem cultivating physical speed and reaction. He had neglected this aspect of cultivation before, which was really wrong of him.

"If you understand, then practice hard." Jiang Wuyai said and left. Jiang Wuyai had previously said that he hoped the competition would be as fair as possible. Before the competition, Jiang Wuyai personally instructed Ye Feng, which was already somewhat biased towards Ye Feng. Therefore, Jiang Wuyai did not intend to say anything more, nor did he intend to leave any pills to help Ye Feng's cultivation. Everything still depended on Ye Feng himself.

After Jiang Wuyai left, Ye Feng carefully savored Jiang Wuyai's actions.

"My speed is indeed lacking. In the past, I only focused on dodging with the Heavenly Wind Step, but I didn't think that the speed of my sword strikes is also crucial," Ye Feng thought to himself.

At the same time, Ye Feng also began his training, with leaves fluttering in front of him.

"whoosh whoosh"

Ye Feng thrust out his sword repeatedly, piercing many fallen leaves. However, the falling leaves were unpredictable, making it easy for Ye Feng to hit them once, but difficult to hit them repeatedly.

In order to continuously strike the leaves and avoid missing, Ye Feng was very careful with each sword strike. However, this slowed down Ye Feng's speed, and many leaves drifted past him and fell to the ground before he could even thrust out his sword.

Ye Feng frowned as he looked at the fallen leaves on the ground, as well as many leaves that he had pierced in two with his sword.

"I have two problems right now: one is that I can't keep up with the speed, and the other is that I can't control the force well," Ye Feng thought to himself.

Previously, all the leaves around Jiang Wuyai were stabbed by Jiang Wuyai, and there was no situation where the leaves fell to the ground and were still stabbed by the sword. This shows that Ye Feng's sword speed is far from enough. Of course, part of the reason for this lack of speed is also because Ye Feng's accuracy is not enough when he strikes the sword at a high altitude.

Looking at the leaves that Jiang Wuyai had previously stabbed, Ye Feng noticed that all the leaves had a narrow cut in the middle, and the leaves were still intact. This meant that Jiang Wuyai had applied the same amount of force to each leaf. In contrast, the cuts on Ye Feng's leaves were of varying sizes, and many leaves had even been cut in half.

This is because Ye Feng doesn't have good control over his strength. Although Jiang Wuyai didn't point out this problem, Ye Feng could easily have discovered it by observing carefully. It's likely that Jiang Wuyai deliberately didn't explain it, letting Ye Feng figure it out himself. "It seems I need to practice more."

Ye Feng had no solution to this problem. His own system couldn't enhance his abilities in this area, so he could only practice, day after day.

For a whole month, Ye Feng gained experience in the Illusion Killing Array every day, and then spent all his time in the training room practicing swordsmanship.

Through persistent and tireless practice, Ye Feng's sword-wielding speed is now quite good. Perhaps because he has cultivated the Heavenly Wind Step, training the speed of Ye Feng's sword swing is also very easy, and he has not encountered too many difficulties.

Now, as the fallen leaves fly past Ye Feng, he can basically ensure that none of them are missed, and all the leaves will be pierced by Ye Feng.

If Ye Feng has any shortcomings, it is his control over force. Controlling force is a very difficult thing because leaves are very fragile. If you exert even a little too much force, the leaves will be cut off. And this little bit of force is sometimes imperceptible to the powerful Ye Feng.

Mastering the control of strength is not an easy task; it requires years of accumulation. Therefore, Jiang Wuyai did not initially require Ye Feng to master strength, but only asked Ye Feng to practice speed. This is because speed is easier to practice than strength, and in combat, the speed of sword strikes is obviously more important.

During this period, not only Ye Feng, but Yan Feng also began to train intensively.

Although Yan Feng was full of confidence, he also knew that Ye Feng was very strong and that he might be caught off guard if he was careless. The pressure from Ye Feng made Yan Feng train even harder.

Compared to Ye Feng's training, Yan Feng's training is different. In the Yanluo Sect's training ground, one can fight against some mechanical puppets. This is the training and combat ground that disciples often come to, besides the Illusion Killing Array.

This is different from the Illusion Killing Array. Even if you get injured in the Illusion Killing Array, it's just an illusion and won't cause any harm. Once you get used to this method, getting injured won't put any pressure on you. Sometimes, this can actually make it less convenient to practice.

These mechanical puppets are different; if they get injured, it could be fatal. Of course, the disciples know to act within their limits, so injuries are common, but no one has ever died.

"Boom boom"

Yan Feng's continuous sword strikes almost always severed the arm or leg of a mechanical puppet with each strike. Although mechanical puppets are not considered to be injured, as they are essentially just fighting machines, the sword strikes still made the puppets unable to move and thus rendered them unable to fight.

"Senior Brother Yan Feng is so strong! He managed to fight against so many mechanical puppets at such a difficult level and still achieve this level of skill." The disciples couldn't help but exclaim in admiration upon witnessing Yan Feng's strength.

"Yeah, it seems Senior Brother Yan Feng is serious. I wonder if Ye Feng can pull it off. By the way, I haven't seen him lately."

"I heard Ye Feng has been practicing in the training room lately, I wonder what he's up to."

"A training room? What is he planning to do? The most important thing for a martial artist is real combat."

"How would I know? Maybe they're practicing powerful martial arts techniques."

"No matter how powerful your martial arts are, they're useless if you lack real combat experience. Don't be fooled by his good performance in the Illusion Killing Formation; there's still a gap between that and real combat. No wonder Senior Brother Yan Feng wanted to spar with him; it turns out he lacked real combat experience. I think Ye Feng's chances are slim."

Inside the training room, Ye Feng continued practicing his sword speed.

"I've already hit the target fast enough, but my control over the force is a little lacking," Ye Feng said, looking at the leaves on the ground. Some of the leaves had been cut in half because Ye Feng hadn't controlled his strength well.

“Mastering the power cannot be achieved overnight; it can only be gradually understood. Next, I need to practice other sword techniques more,” Ye Feng said. There are many kinds of sword attacks, such as thrusting, slashing, cutting, sweeping, etc. Although Jiang Wuyai only demonstrated one, all techniques ultimately come down to one word: speed. Therefore, Ye Feng only needs to practice in this way.

"Not only do I need to be fast, but I also need to build up my momentum along the way," Ye Feng thought to himself. After Jiang Wuyai pointed out the shortcomings of his Thunderfire Kill, Ye Feng had another idea. On the basis of speed, he would multitask and quickly accumulate the true essence of a powerful weapon. This was the power-building, and then he would unleash it, which would definitely catch the opponent off guard.

This is Ye Feng's unique advantage after mastering the Thunderfire Killing Technique.

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