Daily Evolution from Mastering Tai Chi

Chapter 318 - 255: Thunder Forging Body

Wang Ye’s foot suddenly glimmered like a blade and flew out with a "whoosh"!

Like a bullet fired from a chamber, it swiftly swept through the air.

In the process of the blade traversing at high speed, it incessantly vibrated, the frequency and amplitude of its tremors were shockingly high.

This was because his weight imposed enormous pressure on the blade, where the upward and downward forces were at odds, resulting in this situation.

Yet, Wang Ye’s feet were firmly rooted on the blade, showing no signs of unsteadiness.

The foundation in surfing endowed him with excellent balance, allowing him to maintain a stable standing posture on the rapidly moving blade without any strain.

As the blade beneath his feet continued to accelerate, the tip of the blade created a roaring sound as it sliced through the air. Wang Ye estimated that his current flying speed must be exceeding 70-80 km/h, with the relative wind blowing against him even more intense than when he was surfing.

Once the flight trajectory stabilized, he even tried a hand-off sword-flying pose akin to those in Xianxia TV dramas.

But this almost made him fall off, as his body’s center of gravity was blown backward.

Even the flying speed of the blade was significantly slowed down.

This shows that the hand-off stance in sword-flying is particularly unscientific.

Not to mention the strength required to maintain body balance.

This stance maximizes wind resistance, making it very unsuitable for accelerating.

It’s a very inefficient way of traveling, achieving little despite much effort.

Speaking about wind resistance and aerodynamic efficiency may seem abstract. For example, if a road bike wants to go faster, the best way is to lower the posture immediately, lower the handlebars, and raise the seat height so that the upper torso is almost parallel to the ground, like an arrow leaving a bowstring, avoiding most of the wind resistance. However, if the torso is more vertical, the upper body will act like an open umbrella, capturing most of the headwind, greatly depleting forward kinetic energy.

In sports like surfing and skateboarding, standing is maintained because these activities rely on the flexible changes in the center of gravity for better control.

Frankly speaking, these sports do not aim for speed; they aim for aesthetics, striving to perform more beautiful movements, so wind resistance is not a concern.

But sword flight is different; in Xianxia films and dramas, sword flying is usually for travel. In such circumstances, maintaining a standing posture is unscientific. If a flying sword must be used as a travel medium, a faster and better posture should be lying prone or squatting on the sword.

Wang Ye’s evaluation of the hand-off standing stance is: purely for looking cool and nothing else.

He circled the wilderness two or three times, enjoying the thrill of sword flight,

then swiftly landed on the ground.

By this time, the blade he had been stepping on so forcefully had deformed somewhat.

Clearly, the material was not capable of sustaining that speed with him aboard.

"But judging from the result, this method of object flying is indeed feasible, temporarily faster than flying by myself, and with a more stable trajectory," Wang Ye mused, stroking his chin to sum up the pros and cons.

If it were a more rigid object, his object flying should be faster and more stable.

After testing object flying, Wang Ye proceeded to train in solo flying.

After all, the "Flying" skill stems from the lightweight skill "Light Body Technique," which essentially is flight from within.

This method of object flying can only be considered a temporary transitional method, not a long-term solution.

Wang Ye returned to a meditative posture, soaring amidst the wilderness.

With his current manipulation power, he could easily move his body rapidly through the air.

But due to imprecise manipulation, he often encountered shakes or tilts.

This was because the flying environment was not static.

The surrounding gales, the raindrops falling at any moment, and the lightning,

could all severely impact his flight.

For example, a sniper, when aiming at a target, would never allow the crosshair and the target position to fully overlap, because in real situations there are often many external interferences, so the sniper needs to consider the on-site wind speed and target distance and adjust the aim point to correct the trajectory based on the scale markings. If there’s a right-side wind and it’s strong, the sniper needs to move the red dot of the sight half a millimeter to the right.

At this moment, Wang Ye was like that bullet, but his situation was more complex than that of a bullet.

Because the shooting process of a bullet is at most just a moment.

While Wang Ye’s flying usually wouldn’t be less than ten minutes,

requiring him to adjust his strength at any moment according to circumstances.

The moment he sensed the change in airflow through touch, he needed to make micro-adjustments to his Primordial Qi. Fortunately, having mastered the Wind Manipulation ability, this technique was not too difficult for him, but occasionally mistakes still led to imbalance.

Boom!!!

Suddenly, a bolt of lightning struck down.

It was like a sharp blade cleaving the sky, dazzling to the eyes.

Looking at the descending lightning, Wang Ye suddenly recalled that he seemed to possess a niche skill.

And that is — Thunder Skill.

This was a skill he comprehended months ago while passing by Dragon Tiger Mountain.

Since leaving Dragon Tiger Mountain last time, he has never used this skill again.

Mostly because he encountered thunderstorms quite infrequently.