Tendon Training Great Accomplishment

Though it was not without techniques for shifting and maneuvering in close-quarters combat, it was far inferior when it came to long-distance running and explosive bursts of speed in a straight line.

Thinking back to the Eight Hundred Li Barren River Ice Field, Fleet Foot truly had been the martial art best suited to such a harsh environment.

Xu Yunfan could not help but sigh inwardly. Every time Li Haomiao imparted a martial art, he had clearly given it careful thought. Each technique had its own unique purpose.

"You practiced Fleet Foot seriously once and discovered a trick you had never noticed before. You found that this way of exerting force increased your speed slightly. Fleet Foot proficiency increased."

"You carefully pondered Fleet Foot's cultivation principles. By reviewing the old, you gained new insight and noticed a bottleneck you had previously overlooked. Enlightenment dawned upon you, and your force became increasingly fluid and natural. Fleet Foot proficiency increased."

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"Your Fleet Foot proficiency is full. Advancement successful."

"Your Fleet Foot has reached great accomplishment."

With each round of practice, Xu Yunfan felt a wondrous change taking place within his body.

As Fleet Foot's proficiency steadily rose and the prompt in his vision informed him that Fleet Foot had reached great accomplishment, scenes of cultivation in the mountains suddenly flooded his mind.

It was a dense mountain forest, with ancient trees towering into the sky and mist coiling through the woods.

Xu Yunfan drew a deep breath of the moist air, rich with the fresh fragrance of grass and trees. His legs bent slightly, his knees settling into the perfect angle, like an arrow about to leave the string, poised to strike.

In an instant, the muscles in his legs seemed to ignite like gunpowder, erupting with astonishing force.

Every muscle fiber contracted at high speed, like taut steel cables, continuously transmitting power into his calves.

His calf muscles were like a precision power mechanism, driving his body forward at high speed with the immense force coming from above and below.

Whenever he exerted force, he could clearly feel the blood rushing through his muscles.

His footsteps landed lightly and swiftly. The instant his toes touched the ground, they sprang up again, like a dragonfly skimming the water.

The length and rhythm of every stride were controlled with flawless precision. The cushioning of his legs upon landing connected seamlessly to the next burst of force, his movements flowing as smoothly as drifting clouds and running water.

As he sprinted at high speed, Xu Yunfan's breathing coordinated perfectly with the force in his legs.

His breathing was steady and deep, his breath circulating through his body in rhythm with his steps.

As he darted through the forest, his gaze remained sharp and focused, constantly watching his surroundings.

Even at a mad sprint, the grass and trees of the forest did not slow him in the slightest. Instead, he cleverly used the gaps between the trees and the shifting air currents created by their obstruction to adjust his speed and direction, somehow becoming even faster.

Whenever an obstacle appeared ahead, he could anticipate it in advance. His body would tilt slightly, slipping past it at the smallest angle. The entire process was smooth and natural, without the slightest pause.

After day upon day of cultivation and year upon year of running, one day, suddenly—

As he ran at full speed, immersed in this ultimate experience of power and speed, he suddenly felt himself merge with everything around him.

The sound of wind through the forest, the rustling of leaves, and the cries of birds all became part of his body's rhythm.

He suddenly realized that the circulation of force in Fleet Foot did not lie solely in the strength and speed of his legs. More importantly, it lay in the perfect coordination of every part of his body and harmonious coexistence with his surroundings.

In an instant, a hot current surged up from the soles of his feet and rapidly spread throughout his body.

The power in his legs underwent a qualitative leap. His muscles contracted with even greater strength, and his speed rose to an entirely new level.

His figure became even more blurred among the trees, as though he had transformed into a gust of wind that howled past.

Fleet Foot, great accomplishment!

At the same time, warm currents appeared out of nowhere within Xu Yunfan's body as he digested the cultivation memories in his mind. They continuously circulated through his limbs and bones, with particular focus on his legs. More than half of the warm currents flowed ceaselessly through them.

The muscles in his legs began to undergo obvious changes.

His already powerful muscles became even more compact. Every muscle fiber continuously reorganized and strengthened, as if they had been forged from steel.

The contours of his muscles grew increasingly distinct, their lines smoother and filled with explosive force.

The major tendons in his legs also thickened continuously, becoming incomparably tough like heavy ropes that connected his bones and muscles.

Each time he exerted force, the major tendons could feel that powerful transmission of strength, letting out a humming sound.

The skin on his legs also became tougher, like a layer of hard armor capable of withstanding external impacts. Its color turned faintly red, as though his surging blood and vitality were about to burst through the skin.

Under the sunlight, a faint halo seemed to cover the reddened skin of his legs, radiating vigorous life.

A great-accomplishment lightness martial art for tendon training—Fleet Foot.

Xu Yunfan opened his eyes and expelled a visible arrow of white vapor from his throat. It actually blasted the snow in front of him backward, while the major tendons in his legs gave off a hum like taut bowstrings.

His Achilles tendons, which had originally stood out in knots whenever he exerted force, had now shrunk back to their normal size. Yet when he flicked them lightly with a bent finger, they produced a crisp sound like Metal Striking Metal.

This was the sign of tendons tempered to great accomplishment—the sign of Silk Winding Turns to Steel.

With a thought, he took a step and shot more than ten meters away. He lightly cleared the courtyard and landed in the Clear Water River.

His toes were as nimble as hands, constantly stirring the river water. He actually managed to keep his entire body standing firmly atop the surface from his ankles upward.

Treading on Water Lilies!

Xu Yunfan was exhilarated. He had never imagined that he could rely solely on bodily movement to tread water without sinking, remaining there for three minutes without falling.

After standing still for roughly three minutes, Xu Yunfan felt his legs reach their limit. He stopped moving and fell into the water.

Although the Attribute Panel's advancement of Fleet Foot to great accomplishment had filled his mind with a vast amount of skill and knowledge related to its cultivation, the changes to his body in the real world had been completed in only a few breaths.

The drastic increase in his physique gave him the surging sensation that he could tear apart an entire mountain.

This was the unreal feeling caused by his strength skyrocketing in a short period of time. He only needed to digest it for a while, and this surging state would gradually settle.

As Xu Yunfan rinsed away the fine sweat seeping from his skin due to the rapid transformation of his physique, he looked at the changes on the Attribute Panel.

Fleet Foot 0/5000 (Great Accomplishment)

Effects: Flying Eaves Walking Walls, Running Like a Raging Horse, Treading on Water Lilies, Nimble Ape Leaping, Iron Feet Copper Ankles, Tendons Like Entwined Silk

The physical enhancements brought by Fleet Foot's effects after reaching great accomplishment were incredibly powerful!

Xu Yunfan only felt that his body had never been so light. It seemed that with a tap of his toes, he could easily leap onto a roof or cross water with his bare ankles exposed.

Lightness martial arts that trained the tendons were exceptionally rare.

Though Fleet Foot had an overly common name, the enhancement it gave him was simply beyond imagination.