Snowy Night: Flying Dagger Direction Change

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"Hah! Hah!" The moment Li Yang entered the training area, a smile blossomed across his face. Hearing the shouts, he turned and walked toward a training room.

Glancing at the electronic number "4" outside the training room, Li Yang said with a smile, "Hei Yan, you really are working yourself to the bone. You're still training under four times gravity. I bet you'll be the first in our group to enter Security Bureau Group 11!"

The burly man inside the training room stood nearly two meters tall, his muscles bulging like mounds. The moment he heard Li Yang's voice, he dropped the huge stone weight in his hands with a bang! Then he grinned broadly at Li Yang outside the room and said in a booming voice, "Li Yang, you brat, quit showing off on purpose. Even the experts in Security Bureau Group 11 wouldn't dare underestimate your Flying Dagger Mastery. In this year's assessment and recruitment, you'll definitely enter Security Bureau Group 11! Hmph, it really makes no sense. I, Hei Yan, have been in Security Bureau Group 9 for eight years, while you've only been here for two. Yet no matter how hard I train, I still can't match you!" Hei Yan seemed rather rueful.

Li Yang could not help but laugh. "Hei Yan, you greedy fellow, and you're still not satisfied! You've cultivated internal martial arts for over ten years, while I've only done so for two. And I missed the best age for cultivation when I started, so my meridians have already taken shape. It's simply too difficult for me to make any breakthroughs. Put me under four times gravity, and I probably wouldn't last a minute. How could I be as vigorous and lively as you under four times gravity?"

As he said this, Li Yang also sighed. Starting to cultivate internal martial arts at twenty-two made it fundamentally impossible to achieve much progress. His meridians had already taken shape, and expanding them was exceedingly difficult—unless some Innate Stage expert was willing to expend their Inner Yuan to help open his meridians.

Hei Yan stared hard at Li Yang, his heart filled with nothing but admiration. Li Yang was the only one in all of Security Bureau Group 9 who had come from the special forces; the rest of them had trained since childhood. Of course, Li Yang had been admitted not only because of his own high ability, but also because of that astonishing Flying Dagger Mastery!

Hei Yan had seen it himself. Li Yang could make a flying dagger abruptly change direction mid-flight and strike his opponent. His accuracy far surpassed even those expert marksmen!

Flying Dagger Direction Change! A sudden change of direction while the flying dagger was in flight!

Such a skill was something even Hei Yan had never heard of before!

If the gap in strength was not too great, a flying dagger suddenly changing direction would absolutely kill its target in an instant! Imagine an expert already having dodged the flying dagger and relaxed his guard, only for the dagger to abruptly change direction as it closed in! That was a flying dagger straight from hell!

Li Yang had been specially recruited from outside and had not cultivated internal martial arts since childhood. Thus, his meridians had already taken shape, and there was almost no hope of making great progress in internal martial arts!

Thinking of the two years he had spent with Li Yang, a powerful brotherly bond surged up in Hei Yan's heart. He suddenly looked at Li Yang and said firmly, "Li Yang, you brat, don't worry. My Six Extremes Pure Yang Technique has already reached the third level. I'm only one step away from the fourth level, the Innate Realm. Once I, Hei Yan, reach the Innate Realm, I'll definitely help open your meridians!"

A trace of warmth stirred in Li Yang's heart, but he also knew that once Hei Yan reached the Innate Realm, he would immediately become a member of Security Bureau Group 11—a guardian of the nation. At that time, even if Hei Yan himself wished to expend his Inner Yuan to help him, Li Yang would not allow it. After all, opening another person's meridians would severely damage one's vital energy.

"Thank you, but with my Flying Dagger Mastery, I may not need such formidable internal martial arts. All right, I need to train too. Hei Yan, carry on!" Li Yang said with a smile as he walked into an empty training room.

With a casual motion, he adjusted the gravity to twice normal. Li Yang entered the training room.

Li Yang stood quietly in the practice room, his eyes closed and his body utterly motionless. Twice normal gravity was nothing to an elite among the special forces like him, much less after cultivating internal martial arts!

Although Li Yang was exceptionally gifted, because his meridians had already taken shape, even if he spent decades cultivating, he could at most reach the second level.

Yet now, Li Yang had achieved Qi-Sense Resonance and reached the first level of the Six Extremes Pure Yang Technique in only two years. That was already quite remarkable. From this alone, one could see his talent. Meng Tian, the leader of Star Luo Base, had once said, "If Li Yang had begun cultivating as a child, he would definitely have reached the Innate Realm within ten years!"

Though his internal martial arts could not reach Great Completion Stage, merely the first level had greatly enhanced his abilities. In truth, Li Yang could move around even under three times gravity. However, what he needed was cultivation—combat training!

Li Yang suddenly broke into a brilliant smile.

"Since I can hardly achieve anything great with Internal Energy, I'll make full use of the strength of my body. Training combat skills is the best way!" Li Yang slowly closed his eyes. His mind became completely empty, and images instantly began to appear within it: two fierce experts fighting to the death.

One was a Black man about two meters tall, his muscles astonishingly developed, like solid rock. The muscles in his legs in particular were so developed that they were terrifyingly powerful. His legs were like iron pincers; every kick tore a "whoosh, whoosh" through the air, forcing his opponent back each time.

His opponent was a White man, slightly shorter but similarly muscular. However, this White man was clearly extremely crafty and refused to meet force with force. He was highly agile, his legs shifting as he drifted all over the arena like the wind.

But...

Boom!

As though a watermelon had been smashed apart, the White man's brains burst from a sudden kick by the Black man, killing him on the spot!

If this footage were shown, some wealthy men in the United States would surely cry out, "Isn't this the Underground Boxing Ring's Battle of the Demon King that just took place in New York?"

The images in Li Yang's mind suddenly vanished. What appeared next were the Black man's legs—at once like a tank and like a cunning fox slipping from its den. The attack routes and movements replayed over and over without pause. Every movement and every variation was carefully slowed down and displayed. At last, Li Yang had dissected every variation, every movement, even that final lethal side kick. The Black man—the Demon King's—great ultimate move, the Killing Side Kick, had been fully analyzed.

In fact, a computer could also clearly analyze the Demon King's ultimate move. But knowing and understanding the move did not mean one could withstand it. Its speed was simply too fast!

Li Yang's tightly closed eyes suddenly snapped open.

"Hah!" With a low shout, Li Yang's figure flashed. His legs slashed through the air like lightning, their powerful force making the air howl. For a moment, even the afterimages of his legs appeared before him.

Suddenly, Li Yang's right leg seemed to pierce heaven and earth as it shot violently out from those afterimages! His right leg came to a halt, but the wind it carried continued to howl, while the afterimages of his legs vanished without a trace.

"Mm, after watching sixteen recordings, this Battle of the Demon King was still the most effective. After half a year, I've finally grasped the essence of the side kick! Not bad. As expected of the killing technique of a warrior who had struggled on the line between life and death. This side kick really is formidable!" Li Yang suddenly smiled.

Li Yang walked out of the training room with a satisfied smile and headed toward the testing area.

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