Combat and Insight

If you are not as strong as others, then the best way to attack is to launch a surprise attack.

However, Ye Wan said that it is impossible for a person to always be in a proactive position. While ambushes are important, blindly pursuing how to launch an ambush is nothing more than opportunism.

Qing Chen kept trying to attack, showing no signs of fatigue.

He held a genuine switchblade in his hand, and his opponent was not air, but Ye Wan, a real person with flesh and blood.

Ye Wan was like a mountain; no matter how fiercely Qing Chen attacked, he could easily withstand it.

If the first step is to identify the key point.

Now comes the second step: the routine.

Logically speaking, there aren't many angles at which the spleen can be pierced; there are only a few.

But what Ye Wan taught him was how to feign his intentions, causing his opponent to misjudge where he was going to attack, and then open the door to his spleen for him.

"If you reveal your intentions directly, you will always be at a disadvantage in battle," Ye Wan said. "When your strength is insufficient to overwhelm someone, then feints are your most effective killing technique."

Qing Chen seemed to be deep in thought.

He had underestimated the importance of this matter, thinking it was just about practicing straight thrusts and oblique thrusts.

Unexpectedly, Ye Wan was teaching a set of tricks.

For example, how to skillfully exert force to strike an opponent's neck with a knife, and at the moment the opponent makes a defensive move, to pull your waist and elbow together to change the trajectory of the dagger in your hand and pierce the opponent's spleen.

Ye Wan taught more than sixty similar tricks.

More than ten of them involve two feints.

Ye Wan said, "You have to remember one thing: combat is always unpredictable and ever-changing. You see many tactical dagger masters who can make many moves in a second, but in reality, only one of them is a real attack."

Close combat is the most dangerous psychological game.

Ye Wan could do was teach Qing Chen these practical techniques so that he could acquire the most basic killing skills within two days.

All Qing Chen needed to do was memorize all of these things.

The third and final step: practical application.

It's not enough for just his mind to know; Ye Wan believes that Qing Chen must also be very clear about what his body is capable of.

You must have a clear understanding of your own strength and speed.

Knowing your enemy is not enough; you also need to know yourself.

This kind of training, where he put in all his effort each time, left Qing Chen exhausted after just 3 hours.

In addition, he had been standing by the window for the first half of the night, so by 9 a. m., he was already somewhat sluggish.

At this point, 2 hours and 40 minutes had passed since the mealtime.

The prisoners in the prison gradually realized that something was wrong, and they frantically pounded on the alloy door.

But no matter how much they patted, no one responded.

It was as if all the doors were broken.

Among them, Guo Huzhan pounded on the door the most fiercely, as if he wanted to force the door open.

It was only after Li Shutong went to his door and warned him that the bald, burly man finally quieted down.

Instead of being angry, Guo Huzhan laughed in the cell and asked enthusiastically, "Boss Li, what kind of secret operation are you up to? Tell me about it, or maybe you can let me out to help you? I'm quite the strategist in Black Spade."

But Li Shutong completely ignored him.

Gradually, all the prisoners quieted down again. They recalled the fear of the previous night and suddenly felt that this prison seemed a little different.

This place is full of serious offenders, and more than half of them have lived here for more than five years.

They had never experienced anything so bizarre before.

However, what they didn't realize was that all of this was simply because a boy needed to face a crisis, and his teacher wanted to buy him some time.

When Ye Wan said they could rest for a bit, Qing Chen simply tilted his head and lay down on the ground, falling fast asleep.

Lin Xiaoxiao brought over a tray of food. He watched as the Flame Markings on Qing Chen's face gradually disappeared, then he picked him up and said, "Don't let the prisoners out yet. Otherwise, if only Qing Chen doesn't come out to eat, people will become suspicious. We'll talk about eating after he wakes up."

Ye Wan nodded. "However, they'll definitely sleep until dinner time, which means the prisoners will miss two meals."

Lin Xiaoxiao said cheerfully, "It's okay, the boss said they won't die even if they skip two meals."

In fact, when Qing Chen met Li Shutong and the other two, everyone already had a relatively friendly attitude.

To this day, he has not really come into contact with the other side of the Knights and Heng Society.

The cold and cruel side.

When it was time for dinner, all the alloy gates of the cells were opened at the same time after Qing Chen got up.

During mealtimes, the prisoners were all careful not to make a sound, for fear of causing some trouble and being used as a target for violence in the middle of the night.

What if... this time it's not just talk?!

After the meal, the prison's loudspeaker announced that everyone should return to their cells, and the prisoners all complied.

Li Shutong looked at Qing Chen with great interest. "So, have you grasped the basics?"

Qing Chen thought for a moment, "It's alright. Memory and thinking abilities play a bigger role in combat than I imagined. It's just that the training time for the auxiliary Breathing Technique was a bit short, and my physical fitness is still a bit lacking. I will train harder in the future."

Even though one day of assisted Breathing Technique training is equivalent to half a month for others, his training time is still too short. All in all, it has only been a little over ten days.

This was still the result of his training volume exceeding Ye Wan's plan.

Lin Xiaoxiao at Ye Wan: "By your standards, how is his training progress?"

Ye Wan thought for a moment and said, "Ordinary people are definitely far inferior to him. For example, when I was learning the tactical dagger technique, it took me three months to reach his level. The Hyperthymesia is indeed terrifying. Let's practice some more tonight and some more during the day tomorrow. Killing a couple of people won't be a problem."

"What are the drawbacks?" Lin Xiaoxiao asked.

Ye Wan replied, "The downside is that there's still too little real-world experience, and the formulaic approach is too rigid. It's fine against ordinary people, but you'll suffer greatly against true masters. You have to rely on your comprehension to overcome that."

Just like when Qing Chen played chess with Li Shutong, even though he had mastered the variations in the chess manual, he still couldn't beat Li Shutong sometimes.

They could have won, but they were always forced into a draw.

This is also why he didn't participate in the chess tournament back then.

Ye Wan looked at Qing Chen and smiled, "Did you sleep well?"

"You've slept well, you can continue," Qing Chen nodded, his Breathing Technique having fully rejuvenated him.

"Come on, I'll practice with you," Lin Xiaoxiao said cheerfully.

After saying that, he took the initiative to stand in the middle of the field and raised his hand to Qing Chen.

Qing Chen thought for a moment, then suddenly pushed off with his legs, and swiftly stabbed Lin Xiaoxiao in the thigh with his switchblade.

Lin Xiaoxiao and said, "This kind of feint attack is too childish... Ouch! We almost capsized in the gutter!"

Qing Chen's dagger was stuck in his leg, but luckily he reacted quickly and pinched the tip of the knife with two fingers, otherwise he would have been bled out.

Qing Chen was taken aback. Lin Xiaoxiao had previously said that she was not a combat-type talent, but rather a functional one.

Even so, the opponent's ability to catch the blade with two fingers is still too incredible.

There is an insurmountable gap between the extraordinary and ordinary people; only the extraordinary can fight the extraordinary in close combat.

Or perhaps those Combat Masters who possess the most advanced mechanical limbs.

At this moment, Lin Xiaoxiao angrily said, "Didn't you say you were going to focus on the spleen? You were using your waist strength just now, so why didn't you raise the blade? What happened to the feint and deceptive movements!"

Li Shutong looked at Ye Wan with a smile, "How's your comprehension?"

Ye Wan replied, "I wasn't as good as him back then."

"Keep practicing, don't slack off," Li Shutong laughed heartily as he went to the reading area.

"Well, it seems the training has been effective enough for now. It's time to teach him how to launch surprise attacks," Ye Wan replied.