novelraw Chapter 606 - 468: Push Point Update! Ehehe... (4K)_2
Chapter 606 - 468: Push Point Update! Ehehe... (4K)_2
Li Zheng’s eyes lit up with surprise. The All-Knowing Training Device’s dodging speed wasn’t actually fast. If he were wielding a more manageable weapon, with that speed, it definitely couldn’t avoid his attacks.
However, its agility during dodging, as well as some technical aspects, gave Li Zheng quite a bit of inspiration.
"It feels a bit like that special footwork from Zhan Zhouzhou’s family."
If he could practice regularly with this device and observe closely to learn its dodging techniques, perhaps he could also master this footwork?
Thinking this, Li Zheng didn’t stop his hand movements, swinging the whip a few more times, all of which were deftly dodged by the training device.
This further strengthened Li Zheng’s determination to learn this footwork. Being able to dodge attacks with much less strength and speed, even if dodging was just a few random swings of a whip, was quite remarkable.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Snap! Snap! Snap!
Li Zheng gradually got serious, immersing himself in the process of practicing Whip Technique.
With every whip he cracked, he ensured it made a sound, following Mirel’s requirements.
The All-Knowing Training Device, like a small top, agilely darted around, precisely avoiding every lash of the long whip.
As Li Zheng was about to get used to this inexplicable training method, the device suddenly stopped dodging and instead took an offensive stance with two exotic weapons, one long and one short, rushing at him.
The long sword in the front hooked and lifted, parrying the incoming soft whip.
The short sword in the back, concealed behind the stance of the long sword, was like a hidden venomous snake.
Its spring-like limbs twisted a few times, and the short sword slid along Li Zheng’s whip, using his own attack as cover, against the flow, appearing just three millimeters in front of Li Zheng’s neck, motionless.
The virtual screen displayed a message, changing to four large characters:
[Training Over.]
!!!
Li Zheng was shocked. Did he just lose like that?
Lost without fully understanding?
Moreover, why did the scene just now give him a sense of helplessness?
He couldn’t even react in time, and that short sword ended up at his neck?!
The speed of that strike wasn’t particularly remarkable; it was a matter of angle and timing that allowed it to break through the defense of the soft whip right under his nose and advance to his front?
The device’s actions were bizarre and comical, but upon careful recollection, Li Zheng discovered that these seemingly comical movements were often simple yet highly efficient, with not a single unnecessary move.
Li Zheng felt that it could hardly be considered a complete ’technique’!
Back to the basics!
Integration and mastery!
This is genuine Swordsmanship Mastery!
Far beyond the Swordsmanship Mastery gained from learning a systematic set of techniques.
"Damn, our Treasure Chest product, truly a masterpiece!"
Li Zheng was excited as he finally understood the purpose behind the device’s design from that recent scene.
Those four spring-like limbs were actually a clearer manifestation of a force-exertion technique.
With every twist, if carefully observed, it becomes clear that they correspond to the most efficient force details of human muscles and bones in every movement!
This is equivalent to the training device dissecting all the details and laying them out before you.
You don’t even need to understand the principles; as long as you follow and imitate step by step, you can easily grasp it!
It’s like when you were lazy and copied homework as a kid; someone gave you all the correct answers, and you didn’t need to think, just copy them verbatim.
Of course, if you really don’t use your brain while copying, then the copying is in vain.
It’s only when you copy while thinking about it, reverse-engineering the problem-solving process, that you convert it into your own gain.
Only then is the act of copying truly valuable.
Otherwise...
Just be an honest failure!
Mirel also noticed the key point, her expression changing as she approached and said, "Can I borrow this thing for a bit?"
"Of course." Li Zheng pushed the short sword away from his neck, only then realizing that the weapons used by the training device weren’t actually sharpened.
"But this thing can only exhibit the ultimate in skills at best. It shouldn’t be of much value to you, even if you practice with it."
Mirel wasn’t concerned about this, merely shaking her head and softly saying, "I just want to verify some ideas."
"Hmm, do you need me to adjust the training conditions for you?"
"Adjust them, preferably to have it use Whip Mastery." Mirel nodded.
"This..."
Li Zheng was unsure if the training device even contained Whip Technique, but he squatted down and changed the conditions to Exotic Weapons Specialization anyway.
After confirming the final condition, the training device retracted its two weapons, then tapped another spot and pulled out a Nine-Section Whip and a Meteor Hammer from the hemisphere...
"It added some weird thing; it seems this state is fixed, and it can’t be made to use just the Nine-Section Whip separately. Is that okay?" Li Zheng examined but couldn’t find a way to make the device retract the Meteor Hammer.
"It’s fine."
Mirel asked, "How do I make it target me and spar?"
"Just shout ’start’ at it; it seems to recognize the target based on command."
"Oh, then step back."
Li Zheng walked away, curious to see what Mirel intended to do.
He observed as Mirel, without removing the long whip at her waist, called out a command empty-handed, instructing the training device to initiate an attack on her.
Subsequently, Li Zheng witnessed how a master with Whip Mastery truly exerted force with a whip.
The training device’s spring connected to the Nine-Section Whip only swayed with a very small arc, and the slack weapon straightened tightly, striking at Mirel.
"Stop!"
Before the move was even complete, Mirel called ’stop,’ nodded contentedly, and walked up to Li Zheng, saying, "You, learn from it in the future!"
"..."
Li Zheng’s lips twitched, realizing she was merely verifying whether this device could serve as his Whip Technique teacher, to potentially be rid of him?
"Alright then, you keep practicing; I won’t disturb you."
Mirel skipped out of the training room, visibly in a very good mood.
Li Zheng watched Mirel’s cheerful silhouette and remained silent for a moment.
This is bullying!
Is his talent really that poor?
To be dismissed to this extent?
However...
With this training device, as long as all the martial arts techniques recorded within are studied, even with his talent, he should be able to achieve twice the result with half the effort, right?
Mastery, becoming a Warrior, is within reach!
Without bothering about Mirel, Li Zheng once more plunged into training.
Although this sparring was more about him being abused one-sidedly, and sometimes to clearly observe the exertion techniques, he had to repeat the same process many times, appearing both foolish and dull.
But he relished it.
And during the sparring process, through constant reflection, not only did the progress of his Whip Mastery rapidly advance.
Even the mastery and specialization he already had gained new insights.
This fully demonstrated how important it was to have a good teacher in the martial arts path.
When ten o’clock arrived and the fishing competition officially began, Li Zheng finally emerged from the training room.
In this session lasting over an hour, he advanced the progress of his Whip Mastery to 34.77%.
That’s about a third more than the last time under Mirel’s guidance.
Upon leaving, Li Zheng happened to see Fukada in a leather outfit passing by the staircase.
After some thought, he issued a new task for the combat android.
To go to the training room and learn more combat techniques.
With an intelligent learning core, Fukada could certainly acquire more fighting styles and techniques this way.
...
[Registration for the ’Fishing Competition’ large-scale entertainment event has concluded.]
[Leaders of the units successfully registered, please note, the fishing competition venue is officially open. By activating the new functionality within your unit, initiate mass teleportation and lead players interested in participating into the venue.]