The next morning, Yang Yu went to the park for his usual fist practice.
Wang Lin was already practicing San Ti Shi.
Seeing Wang Lin work so hard, Yang Yu felt very gratified.
After watching Wang Lin complete a set of San Ti Shi, Yang Yu stepped forward. "Not bad, Xiao Linzi. You've improved so much lately. Your San Ti Shi is already taking shape."
"Haha, I'm still far behind you, Brother Yu. But the more I practice San Ti Shi, the more endless its charm feels." Wang Lin stopped moving and said happily.
Having gone through a brush with life and death, Wang Lin's state of mind had also been tempered. Practicing fist techniques now felt completely different from before.
"Not bad at all. Keep at it for a while longer, and you'll truly get started with Xingyiquan. Your Fist Technique will enter a period of rapid improvement."
Yang Yu affirmed him. "But starting tomorrow, Xiao Linzi, you should train at home. Although you've begun to grasp the basics of Fist Technique, your physical fitness is still poor. You should spend more time and energy tempering your body."
Although the walk there that morning had not been far, Yang Yu's keen senses had still detected tremendous mutations among the surrounding animals.
Bound by their previous instincts and their innate fear of humans, there had not yet been any serious incidents of animals harming people in the city.
But seeing animals evolve far faster than ordinary humans, Yang Yu still felt uneasy.
As time passed, powerful Monsters would sooner or later lead beast hordes in attacks against humanity.
After all, there was only so much living space. Once humans no longer possessed overwhelming strength, the natural order would inevitably change.
It was bound to happen.
"Since you say so too, Brother Yu, I'll train at home after I go back. If there's anything I don't understand, I'll ask you over the phone."
Wang Lin had also noticed that something was wrong lately. The Stray Cats and Stray Dogs that usually ran at the sight of people now dared to bare their teeth at him.
Even the rats in the sewers had mutated terribly. The largest had grown to the size of small dogs. If rats that size gathered in sufficient numbers, it would be nothing less than a disaster.
"No problem. Ask me anytime if there's something you don't understand. Now I'll take you through Xingyi Five Elements Fist and Twelve Form Fist once more."
Under the rising sun, the shadows of the two practicing fists stretched long.
Once they finished practicing, Wang Lin returned home.
Yang Yu then headed to the mid-mountain area of Nanshan and began training his Multi-tasking Technique.
This was also something that Spirit Readers of the Controller School had to master.
For the trials ahead, Yang Yu planned to take the Controller School route first.
After all, without an inheritance, the Illusion School's killing power was not as simple and brutal as directly controlling objects.
With his Martial Way Foundation, Yang Yu's control over flying daggers and other objects could also produce astonishing lethality.
Moreover, once he mastered Dual-tasking Technique, Quad-tasking Technique, Eight-fold Tasking Technique, and Sixteen-fold Tasking Technique, Yang Yu alone could be used as sixteen people!
That was the terrifying part of Spirit Readers. Every Flying Dagger could be treated as a powerful Martial Artist, and their attacks were even swifter and more unpredictable!
Several flying daggers that could freely change direction and seemed to have minds of their own were even more terrifying when used together.
That was why Yang Yu now spent half his time training Mental Force.
Though Yang Yu appeared to be a Martial Artist on the surface, he could not neglect his hidden trump card.
However, the technique of dividing his attention among multiple tasks was still somewhat difficult.
His old habits were too deeply ingrained. Even for Yang Yu, whose comprehension was astonishing and whose talent was extraordinary, it took half a month before he could skillfully master Dual-tasking Technique and fully control two flying daggers to attack in different ways without any loss in power!
If he did not pursue extreme precision, Yang Yu could now control ten flying daggers, five on each side.
During this time, the shield and Metal Inner Armor Yang Yu had ordered were also delivered.
After fastening them onto his left arm, Yang Yu began practicing Blade and Shield Coordination.
He still used the Crossing Fist from Xingyi Five Elements Fist as the foundation, gradually evolving it into a Shield Technique focused solely on defense.
And so it went.
Yang Yu immersed himself in the Martial Way.
His physical fitness, Blade Technique, Shield Technique, Fist Technique, Movement Technique, and more all steadily improved.
Meanwhile, the school repeatedly postponed the college entrance exam.
Two months later, this year's college entrance exam was canceled outright!
There was no choice. The Mutated Animals outside were becoming increasingly rampant.
It was not only overseas that reports of Mutated Creatures harming people appeared frequently.
Many similar vicious incidents had also occurred within the country.
For the safety of students and civilians, the nation had no choice but to prepare for the cancellation of the college entrance exam and urge everyone to exercise diligently.
It also used daily news reports to spread Martial Way knowledge and basic emergency defense measures for animal attacks.
Seeing the Huaxia authorities act and administer preventive warnings two months in advance, Yang Yu felt quite gratified.
Although two months was still far too late, and quite a few people online mocked the matter, saying that people these days were too sensitive, that it was this era already and people were still learning martial arts, that no matter how skilled one's kung fu was, one still feared a kitchen knife.
There was no shortage of such comments.
But that was normal. Only when blades struck their bodies and Monsters began eating people would they wake up.
One could not place too many expectations on such people.
It was good enough if some people listened.
After all, the operation of an entire national apparatus required extraordinary caution. Without a large number of cases and models, the nation would not have made such a response.
Moreover, when Yang Yu flew into the distance at night on his shield to practice, he discovered that the Huaxia military had already begun making preparations.
Under the pretext of drills, military regions had moved their troops to the outskirts of major cities and established military defenses.
Seeing the authorities' response, Yang Yu knew there was no shortage of farsighted people among those at the top. These measures might not be very useful when the Beast Tide fully erupted, but having a buffer period and allowing more people to survive was still good.
Yang Yu's current strength might seem decent, but he would still be in danger if he truly faced an overwhelming Beast Tide and several Lord Level Monsters.
Although Yang Yu could currently increase his punching strength by around 300 kilograms each day, after two months of training, his physical fitness had reached the Senior War General level.
With Spiritual Force, he could even reach the Intermediate War God level.
But Spiritual Force was not unlimited. If he failed to keep a low profile and encountered a Senior Lord Level Monster, Yang Yu would have to go all out. If three appeared, even escaping would likely be difficult!
And most importantly, Yang Yu still had to protect his grandfather!
That meant Yang Yu could not keep fighting Monsters without restraint.
And no matter how strong Yang Yu was, he was only one person. Faced with a Beast Tide numbering in the tens of millions or even hundreds of millions, individual strength was exceedingly insignificant.
At such times, the role of the military and modern weaponry became apparent.
Though they were useless against high-level Monsters, they could still kill ordinary Monsters and weaker Mutated Creatures.
After all, during the early days of the Grand Nirvana, the vastly more numerous Beast Soldier Level Monsters were actually a greater threat to humanity.
Clearing out those Beast Soldier Level Monsters could also ease the pressure on top-tier Martial Artists and make it easier to save more civilians.
But the problem was that humanity currently had far too few top-tier Martial Artists above the War General level!
Even by the most optimistic estimate, there were no more than ten in all humanity!
They included Yang Yu, Hong, Thor, and several of the strongest councilors.
Most likely, their current strength was already not weak. With deep Martial Way foundations and the ability to smoothly absorb Cosmic Energy, they should now possess War General-level strength.
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