"He has the innate ability to control the wind!" Lu Shouhu said with a laugh.
"No wonder!"
The crowd burst into discussion.
"So that's how it is!" Wang Lie had overheard the explanation from the side, and his heart immediately eased somewhat.
With the ability to control the wind, one could greatly reduce the effects of wind resistance and rising air currents while running. Naturally, one's speed could break through its limits and continue to increase.
However, this was only useful for escaping. It could not improve one's performance by much in battle.
There were plenty of people with innate abilities. Most of them were on Earth, and their abilities were nothing more than little tricks meant to fool people.
True combat strength still depended on a martial artist's body, tempered through relentless training, and the sword in his hand.
He inwardly muttered sourly.
The next test measured reaction speed.
The examiner had Chen Shouyi stand in front of a huge machine riddled with holes. The holes were spaced far apart, roughly one meter between each. The leftmost and rightmost holes were a full five meters apart, and there were ten holes in total.
"Mr. Chen, this machine will fire rubber bullets later. Their speed will be equivalent to that of ordinary handgun bullets. The requirement is to block as many bullets as possible within thirty seconds!" the examiner said politely.
"I understand!" The rules were clear and simple, so Chen Shouyi nodded.
Soon, he stood ten meters away.
With a shout of "Begin," the bullets started firing.
At first, the frequency was not high, with barely one bullet fired each second, but the firing positions varied.
Chen Shouyi easily took a single step forward and knocked each bullet away with his sword.
But gradually, the speed grew faster and