Daily Evolution from Mastering Tai Chi

Chapter 317 - 254: Sword Flight (Part 2)

Even when training several hundred meters offshore, he wouldn’t be at any risk of injury.

If he compromised for them, it would affect his training efficiency.

Therefore, after several training sessions, Wang Ye decisively left the yacht and started swimming alone.

Carlos and the others wanted to persuade him. But when they discovered that Wang Ye’s swimming speed with a surfboard exceeded 10 meters per second, they couldn’t help but fall silent.

It’s known that the current fastest human swimming speed in the world is just over 2 meters per second.

Wang Ye directly raised the human limit by over five times!

And it’s important to note that Wang Ye was carrying a surfboard.

Although the surfboard is light, its very low density is affected by the high-density sea water.

It’s akin to running with a parachute, severely impacted by drag.

Despite this, Wang Ye’s swimming speed still surpassed 10 meters per second.

It wasn’t even much slower than the yacht they were on.

This notion once again severely impacted everyone’s mindset.

But they didn’t know that this wasn’t Wang Ye’s full effort.

Unburdened, his maximum swimming speed could even reach 20-30 meters per second.

Approaching the swimming speed of a Pacific marlin.

But this speed, if demonstrated in front of them, would be too astonishing.

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Night soon arrived.

After Wang Ye returned to the hotel by truck, he changed out of his surf suit and rested for a while.

Then he left the hotel to head into a nearby deserted area to train other skills.

After leaving the hotel area, he increased his running speed to subsonic.

He kept his perception ability active the whole time to ensure no one was within several hundred meters around him.

Soon, Wang Ye arrived in a nearby deserted wilderness.

He placed his backpack on the ground, preparing to train flying for a while.

Since he had spent the previous month in Chicago, he didn’t have the chance to train flying. So now he spends most of his daily training time on high-intensity flight training, making up for last month’s gap.

The secondary focus was training Vajra Indestructible, as this skill is his life-saving skill. The more refined this skill is, the stronger his resistance to blows will be, increasing his survival chances when pushing his limits or fighting assassins.

The rest of the time, he would casually train Throwing Skill.

He doesn’t pay much attention to this skill anymore.

Because his current level is enough to unleash power on par with artillery shells.

Even if he encounters threats, this power is more than sufficient to handle over ninety-nine percent of enemies. Moreover, the scenarios for this skill’s use are rare, and he wouldn’t use this skill unless something unexpected happens, so Wang Ye only trains it occasionally when he thinks about it.

After nightfall,

the rain grew heavier.

Occasionally, a bolt of lightning appeared in the sky.

Wang Ye wore a storm jacket, and raindrops pounded against his outerwear, gathering into beads of water that flowed onto the ground.

He found a clean piece of ground and sat cross-legged.

Then he suddenly activated Innate Skill, instantly mobilizing his entire body’s Primordial Qi,

forming an upward force that gradually lifted him up.

Wang Ye maintained his cross-legged position with palms together,

startlingly floating upwards, gradually from 1 meter, to 2 meters, then to 3 meters.

The surrounding rainwater seemed to be influenced by an invisible force, beginning to distort, with not a single drop falling on Wang Ye, instead dispersing in all directions, resembling the distortion of light above a burning firewood. This is because when Wang Ye operates Primordial Qi, the air density nearby becomes extremely high, affecting the flow of surrounding objects or gases.

Wang Ye maintained the cross-legged and palms-together posture, and after floating up to ten meters, began attempting to maneuver and turn, all while his eyes remained closed, relying on touch, smell, and hearing to sense his surroundings.

He appeared to maintain a motionless cross-legged posture, but actually relied on this stable pose to keep his body balanced, minimizing the use of Primordial Qi. Should the body’s center of gravity become slightly unbalanced during flight, he would need to expend extra Primordial Qi to stabilize the body, which would naturally waste more energy.

This cross-legged posture is a relatively stable triangle.

Immune to external forces, the hovering isn’t greatly affected by wind resistance.

After countless validations, Wang Ye concluded it’s currently the most suitable posture for flight training.

Yet eventually mastering flying would certainly mean abandoning this posture.

The cross-legged stance is just transitional.

Wang Ye maintained his floating state, flying for a long half-hour until finally exhausted, gradually descending from the air.

After returning to the ground, he slowly opened his eyes, revealing long-lost fatigue but also a hint of joy.

The fatigue resulted from excessive consumption of Primordial Qi, plunging his spirit into a state of decline, as is the case with ordinary people when lacking Primordial Qi, often leading to poor mental states.

But the joy stemmed from finally being able to maintain flight for a period. Although half an hour isn’t lengthy, it’s not short either, sustaining flight for half an hour sufficiently proves he has achieved proficient flying ability. It should be noted that many drones only have flight times of up to half an hour.

Wang Ye maintained the cross-legged state, operating Innate Skill for an additional ten minutes before finally restoring the depleted Primordial Qi.

Afterward, he intended to continue flight training.

But then, an intriguing idea flashed through his mind.

Since he had already mastered solo flight, the legendary Sword Flight shouldn’t be a major ordeal either.

The difference between Sword Flight and solo flight essentially boils down to an additional medium.

Even before learning flight, Wang Ye had mastered telekinesis. Perhaps because external objects are easier to construct into imagined forms, he found telekinesis slightly easier, able to effortlessly lift external objects of his own weight.

He contemplated for a moment, then retrieved a sharp, forearm-length blade from his bag.

This sharp blade was originally used to hone his physique.

Its shape resembles a sword blade, although not as long as a sword blade, it bears about seventy to eighty percent similarity.

Now using it to test Sword Flight shouldn’t be an issue.

Wang Ye placed the blade on the ground and stepped onto the midpoint with both feet. Possibly due to frequent surf training recently, he instinctively assumed a regular surfing stance.

This posture resembles a lunge, ideal for stabilizing the center of gravity, even allowing balance adjustments through weight distribution on extremely uneven water surfaces.

"Alright, let’s go with the surfing stance, after all, it’s quite intuitive,"

Wang Ye slightly shook his head. With a surfing background, he found it easier to control the object beneath his feet.

Even if he lacks stability while controlling with telekinesis, he wouldn’t immediately topple over.

Upon settling into position, he began channeling Primordial Qi into the blade beneath his feet.

Soon, the blade became saturated with high-density Primordial Qi.

The Primordial Qi gradually ascended, causing the entire blade to quiver slightly.

Buzz——

The steel of the blade emitted a faint collision sound.

Almost immediately, the blade detached from the ground, lifting Wang Ye over a meter high!

"It actually works!"

Wang Ye’s eyes brightened. He hadn’t directed any Primordial Qi to his body, purely using the blade to ascend!

Moreover, he found "Sword Flight" slightly easier than controlling his own flight. Because the blade’s volume is relatively small, it doesn’t require mobilizing as much Primordial Qi to envelop his entire body.

After a brief pause, he instantly controlled the blade underfoot to dart forward.

Buzz——!!!

The blade turned into a streak of cold light, streaking away with a swift "whoosh"!