World-Ending Demon Emperor-Chapter 49 - 47 Spirit Transcendence Skill

49: Chapter 47: Spirit Transcendence Skill

49 -47: Spirit Transcendence Skill

“Suo Lun, how much strength does your arm have now?” Ye Jingyu asked.

“One hundred and twenty jin,” Lanling said.

“What?” Ye Jingyu exclaimed in shock.

It had been less than a month since they started the actual combat training at the Southern Barbarian Border, yet Lanling’s arm strength had increased by a whopping sixty jin.

At this moment, there were still over two months left until the big exam, and at this rate of improvement, there might very well be a huge surprise at the time of the graduation exam.

This rate of cultivation was terrifying.

Indeed, Ye Jingyu had seen him shoot and kill a fiery red barbarian ox with a hundred jin bow, but he had always thought Lanling was using a Dragon Strength critical hit, and that his arm strength was still only around seventy or eighty jin. freewēbnoveℓ.com

“Since you have already broken through one hundred jin, the first stage of training has ended,” Ye Jingyu said.

“Next, we will move on to the second stage of training, and we will leave Wild Ox Valley for another place.”

Lanling said, “To hunt more powerful beasts?”

Ye Jingyu looked at Lanling for a while, then said, “Pick up your bow and arrows, and follow me.”

Subsequently, Ye Jingyu packed up, and along with Lanling, rode their horse toward the west.

They galloped for hundreds of miles and entered a completely new wilderness; suddenly Ye Jingyu stopped, immediately dismounted the horse, hid in the bushes, and pointed dozens of meters away, saying, “Do you see that Blood Cloud Leopard?”

Lanling nodded.

In the grass dozens of meters away, a beautiful leopard lay there.

It was entirely gray, while its spots were blood red, hence it was called the Blood Cloud Leopard.

Lanling now understood that the fiery red barbarian ox, the Blood Cloud Leopard, and their vivid red color came from their relatively strong Dragon Bloodline.

“Try shooting it,” Ye Jingyu said.

Lanling picked up the hundred jin bow, took a deep breath, bent the bow and nocked an arrow, and locked on with his spiritual power.

“Shoot…”

The dark gilded arrow shot out like a meteor.

However, the moment the bowstring sounded, the arrow had not yet reached its target when the Blood Cloud Leopard abruptly became alert and leaped out like lightning.

Immediately afterward, its eyes turned towards Lanling’s direction.

It quickly sensed the strong killing intent from Ye Jingyu and turned around, running away at breakneck speed.

“Quick, use all your spiritual power to shoot it, however many arrows you have, shoot them all,” Ye Jingyu said.

Thus, Lanling quickly locked on and fired rapidly.

From start to finish, he shot a total of five arrows, but he did not even graze the Blood Cloud Leopard, with the closest arrow still more than a dozen meters away.

In just a moment, the Blood Cloud Leopard had disappeared without a trace.

“Do you know why I brought you here?” Ye Jingyu asked.

“I know,” Lanling said with his head down.

“In the first stage, I had you shoot wild oxen because they have big eyes and slow reactions, and they like to stand still.

Although they are live creatures, shooting them is not much different from shooting at a stationary target,” Ye Jingyu said.

Lanling nodded, indicating that hunting wild oxen was indeed too easy.

“However,” Ye Jingyu continued, “such a stupid exotic beast is rare, and your enemies, as well as the exams at the Royal City Academy, will involve moving targets.

With your current ability to lock onto targets with spiritual power, do you think you can hit moving targets?”

Lanling shook his head – it was completely impossible.

He had already tried it.

The arrows he shot were several meters away from the Blood Cloud Leopard at their closest.

“Next, we move on to the second stage of training, which is shooting fast-moving targets,” Ye Jingyu said.

Then, Ye Jingyu sighed and continued, “There are only just over two months left until the Royal City Academy’s big exam.

And shooting moving targets is the hardest part; we really can only do our best and leave the rest to fate.”

Yao Xing had also said that, to a great extent, Lanling had to rely on himself in spiritual power.

So, this stage was indeed very difficult.

Ye Jingyu went on, “The first goal for the second stage is to lock onto a moving target forty meters away with your spiritual power.

Come on, I’ll take you to a new place to conduct the second stage of training.”

Then, the two mounted their horses, and Ye Jingyu led Lanling in a different direction, heading south.

…

After traveling hundreds of miles, the forest gradually became dense.

Ye Jingyu continued to advance, moving another twenty miles forward.

Even from a great distance, Lanling could already hear the thundering sound of water.

Turning a corner of a valley, they suddenly saw a waterfall, dozens of meters high and hundreds of meters wide.

The roaring water crashed down, splashing and creating mist, and under the sunlight, a natural rainbow was formed.

The water here was so cool and clear.

Ye Jingyu couldn’t help licking his lips, thinking this flow of water was perfect for swimming – it was just too bad it wasn’t the time for that.

“Only the most foolish beasts, for the most part, will stand still, making them virtually no different from shooting a stationary target,” Ye Jingyu said.

“However, most enemies in the world, including those you need to hit for your graduation exam, are moving targets, and they move fast and are small.”

Ye Jingyu continued, “Next, you must learn to lock onto fast-moving targets with your spiritual power.”

“Okay,” Lanling said.

“How should I practice?”

Ye Jingyu responded, “This waterfall is almost fifty meters high.

Just watch it.

Focus on a single droplet of water, from the moment it begins to fall until it disappears into the surface, and be able to lock onto the droplet with your spiritual power throughout the entire process.”

Lanling nodded and asked, “So, the marker of success is being able to continuously track and lock onto this droplet of water from its appearance to its disappearance?”

“Yes,” Ye Jingyu said, “nothing speaks louder than a test, try it first.”

Seated on a rock on the opposite side of the river, Lanling was exactly forty meters away from the waterfall.

He took a deep breath, gathered all his spiritual power, opened his eyes wide, and stared at the waterfall forty meters away.

However, as soon as he began, he realized it was an impossible task.

Because from forty meters away, it was impossible to clearly see a single water droplet; they were simply too small.

Normal human eyes, let alone from forty meters away, would struggle to make out a water droplet even from ten or twenty meters.

Lanling tried over and over again, but found he couldn’t see any water droplets at all.

Ye Jingyu asked, “How did it go?”

Lanling said, “I can’t make out anything at all, let alone lock onto it.”

Ye Jingyu said, “Next, try to channel the dragon power into your brain and spiritual power, then shoot it straight out through your eyes.”

Lanling started to release dragon power from Yao Xing according to Ye Jingyu’s instructions, channeling it into his brain’s spiritual power.

In an instant, Lanling felt his brain tremble, his mind became ethereal, and his body felt as if it were floating.

Then he condensed all his spiritual power and projected it directly through his eyes.

Suddenly, a miracle happened—the scene before his eyes seemed to zoom in and magnify.

The forty-meter distance seemed to have shrunk to right in front of his eyes in an instant.

It was truly mysterious; dragon power was incredibly powerful.

When it combined with his physical strength, it would create a critical hit.

And when it merged with his spiritual power, it provoked such an astonishing reaction, bringing his vision much closer.

“Can you see clearly now?” Ye Jingyu asked.

“I can see clearly,” Lanling replied.

Indeed, he could see every single droplet in the waterfall forty meters away, almost every one crystal clear.

Of course, Lanling’s field of view had also become extremely narrow; aside from that area of water droplets, he could see nothing else.

Ye Jingyu said, “Now, start trying to lock onto a single water droplet, track its entire trajectory from the fall to the moment it hits the water surface.”

Therefore, Lanling’s spiritual gaze began to lock onto a water droplet, attempting to capture it at all times.

But he found he simply couldn’t do it, because the droplet moved too fast, taking only three or four seconds from its appearance to its plunge into the water.

He had barely begun locking on before it disappeared.

Moreover, the key issue was that his current spiritual field of view was an entire curtain of water, not an individual droplet.

“How did it go?” Ye Jingyu asked.

“I can’t do it at all,” Lanling replied.

“Why can’t you do it?” Ye Jingyu asked.

Lanling said, “Because the water droplets move, whereas my field of view is completely static and can’t dynamically lock on and track…”

“Exactly,” Ye Jingyu said.

“What you’ve learned before is static locking.

Now, you will start learning dynamic locking.”

Lanling pricked up his ears and listened quietly.

Ye Jingyu continued, “When you infused dragon power into your spirit, what did you feel?”

Lanling replied, “I felt very light, and my spirit seemed to become tangible, as if it was about to float away.”

Ye Jingyu said, “Correct, your spiritual power is supposed to float out and move with it.

That way, you can lock onto a moving target at all times.

Remember, it’s the movement of spiritual power, not the movement of your sight.”

Then, Ye Jingyu said, “First withdraw your dragon power and spiritual power, and we’ll enter the water again.

We’re going to start learning the Spirit Transcendence Skill.”

After that, he took out a medicinal pill and handed it to Lanling, “Swallow this.”

Lanling did so, and after a moment, his whole body became excited, lighter, with a sensation of floating on air.

“What is this?” Lanling exclaimed.

“A kind of stimulant for the spirit,” Ye Jingyu replied.

“It’s necessary for learning the Spirit Transcendence Skill.”

By now, Lanling’s spirit was getting more and more excited, to the point where he was hardly aware of his body anymore.

Then they entered the water again to sit cross-legged, each holding a breathing tube, allowing the water to completely submerge them.

Ye Jingyu sat behind him and said, “Next, I will start infusing the ‘Drifting Skill’ into your ears and soul.

You don’t have to do anything except to follow my Drifting Skill, allowing your spiritual power to be forced out of your body.

The ultimate sign of success is that you can see yourself.”

See oneself?

And not in a mirror?

That was too mystical.

Lanling opened his mouth to speak, but he couldn’t make a sound in the water.

“I know what you want to ask,” Ye Jingyu said.

“You want to know how long it will take to complete the Spirit Transcendence Skill.

Well, I’ll tell you, someone with high spiritual talent might take a dozen days, while someone with low talent might never complete it in their lifetime.”

To be honest, Ye Jingyu was very much looking forward to seeing how long it would take Lanling to complete the Spirit Transcendence Skill.