Su Yun's figure darted through the forest like a nimble hare.
"I've now gained an initial grasp of the first form of Wind God Leg, Catching the Wind and Grasping the Shadow."
He murmured to himself, feeling the wind beneath his feet as he sped along.
Su Yun lightly tapped the tip of his foot against a branch.
The branch bent slightly under his weight.
But in the blink of an eye, it sprang back up.
If Tang San had been there and seen how the branch swayed up and down by barely an inch,
he would surely have been amazed.
The sight alone was enough to show just how precisely and lightly Su Yun had placed his weight.
Of course.
His progress hadn't come easily. He'd suffered plenty over the past month.
To improve the agility of his legs and feet,
he'd been injured more than thirty times in the past month.
"Good thing I have the Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul. Otherwise, I might've gotten myself killed before Tang Buddha ever had the chance to do it."
Su Yun sighed inwardly.
But as he brought the first form of Wind God Leg to the initial threshold of mastery,
he'd begun to develop his own understanding of how to control his legs.
Suddenly, Su Yun began to understand those people from his previous life who loved extreme sports.
He'd once thought they were simply a bunch of people who liked to risk their lives.
But now, he saw things differently.
They endured pain and kept pushing on, and finally got the results they wanted.
That sense of satisfaction truly couldn't be replaced by anything else.
Especially in a world of fantasy, where he could truly master a power of his own!
Whoosh!
The instant the branch sprang back, Su Yun's lips curled into a slight smile, and he pushed off again.
Snap!
His figure vanished from the branch.
The next second,
Su Yun became a small, dark blur and darted into the depths of the back mountain within a few breaths.
The academy's back mountain was quite safe.
There were almost no Soul Beasts here.
Of course, the word "almost" meant there were definitely still some.
It was just that most of the Soul Beasts here had only recently gained Soul Power.
They probably hadn't been cultivating Soul Power for even ten years.
If these Soul Beasts were taken out and made to fight some truly wild beasts, they might not even be as strong as the latter.
That was why some teachers at Notting Academy brought Su Yun and the other lower-grade students to the back mountain.
They specifically chose docile Soul Beasts to teach them about.
With his spear on his back, Su Yun passed the habitats of some Soul Beasts that were still less than ten years old.
He didn't attack them, but simply passed the weak Soul Beasts and continued farther in.
With Su Yun's current strength, fighting these Soul Beasts would be like playing a game of "beat up little kids."
Easy as could be.
Of course, he would never attack such weak Soul Beasts.
Only the weak picked on those weaker than themselves.
Killing a low-level Soul Beast with a single thrust would indeed be easy for Su Yun.
But even if he killed ten thousand low-level Soul Beasts, it wouldn't improve his spear skills or sharpen his battle awareness.
It would be a complete waste of effort.
It was like playing Go.
If he wanted to improve his skill,
he naturally had to play against a world champion—or even AlphaGo.
Playing against a terrible player would only be a waste of time.
If he wanted to grow stronger, it made far more sense to fight powerful opponents, or at least opponents who were evenly matched with him.
Some time ago,
when Su Yun had just started practicing with the spear, he would hear a series of squeals from the back mountain every day.
Later, he asked one of the academy's teachers and learned that there was a group of wild boars in the back mountain.
Wild boars,
whether you considered their toughness or their fighting ability, ranked among the strongest ordinary animals.
Su Yun thought wild boars would make the most suitable practice opponents.
Just as Su Yun had hoped, as soon as he entered the depths of the back mountain,
a wild boar rooting around in the dirt appeared right in front of him.
"Snort, snort~"
The wild boar stood about a meter tall and was two meters long.
Its black bristles gleamed as if they'd been coated in oil.
Even to the naked eye, every bristle looked hard.
This was exactly the kind of beast Su Yun wanted to practice against.
"Tap!"
The wild boar had been busily digging a hole when it suddenly felt a pebble hit its body.
Its whole body jolted, and it whipped around.
A human child was throwing stones at it?!
"Rumble~"
A flash of anger crossed the wild boar's eyes as its four sturdy, stubby hooves scraped at the ground.
It looked ready to attack Su Yun at any moment.
Seeing that the wild boar was angry, Su Yun tossed aside the pebble and took the long spear he'd been carrying on his back.
He gripped the spear in both hands, straightened his back, and raised the spearhead slightly.
The metal spear tip gleamed coldly, radiating a trace of murderous intent.
Su Yun could have chosen to attack by surprise just then.
But he still wanted to face the wild boar head-on, fairly and openly.
"Roar!"
The wild boar let out a low growl and stomped all four hooves against the ground!
The earth began to tremble!
Its massive body charged toward Su Yun with a thunderous rumble!
Wild Charge!
With their tough skin and bristles, wild boars were surprisingly powerful fighters in the wild.
Even some iron weapons couldn't pierce their defenses without enough force.
Whoosh!
When Su Yun saw the wild boar make the first move, he pushed off with his feet as well.
His figure vanished from where he'd been standing.
A gust of wind swept through the spot.
The next instant.
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