He had opened the Third Gate for the first time just now, so its research value had outweighed everything else. Now that he was opening it again, it was time to test its power.
First came speed. Overall, he had not broken the sound barrier, but Xing Ran felt he was not far off. According to the official records, the Eight Gates could only break the sound barrier after the fifth gate, the Gate of Limit, was opened.
But Xing Ran was Superman. His foundation was already above that of an ordinary person, so reaching near-sonic speed with the Third Gate was not exaggerated.
Moreover, the Eight Gates indicated that he now met the requirements to perform the Reverse Lotus. This needed some explanation: if the Eight Gates were a buff skill, then attack methods like the Front Lotus and Reverse Lotus were offensive skills. Put simply, one was internal cultivation, while the other was a move.
The Reverse Lotus was an explosive technique, at least that was how Xing Ran understood it. Before the Eight Gates reached the fifth gate, his normal speed could not break the sound barrier. Yet after opening the Gate of Life, the Reverse Lotus's brief attack phase could push the speed of a single strike past the sound barrier.
This was stated in the official explanation. Because of it, Xing Ran experienced for the first time what it felt like for his body to break through the sound barrier. It was an utterly wonderful sensation.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Sonic booms rang without end across the training ground. If not for the soundproofing enchantments surrounding it, no one in the entire camp would have been able to stay there.
He had to thank the Konoha higher-ups for investing in the camp's training grounds. Though it