Ceiling

Ring! Ring! Ring!

As Mu Yang lunged, Korin squinted and dodged in all directions. It didn't deliberately hide its presence, so as it swayed, the little bell made a "ring ring ring" sound.

Mu Yang adjusted his trajectory, following the sound, and many times he almost grabbed the water kettle, but Korin's palm retracted, and the wooden staff in its hand flicked the kettle, sliding it elsewhere.

The air at the top of Karin Tower was thin, and before long, Mu Yang began to pant.

Korin, carrying its staff, stopped.

"The environment on Karin Tower is different from below. The air here is only half as much as below. If you don't control your unnecessary movements, your body will quickly become unbearable."

"I… I understand." Mu Yang panted heavily, shouted loudly, and seized the opportunity to leap forward.

Korin laughed heartily. Every time Mu Yang was about to touch the kettle, it would shift its body, and the kettle would again narrowly miss Mu Yang.

"Listen carefully to the sound of the bell, and don't be disturbed by my movements."

Korin's voice suddenly sounded in his ear, startling Mu Yang. Looking closely, a magnified cat face suddenly appeared before him.

Korin grinned at Mu Yang, revealing two rows of clean white teeth.

As soon as Mu Yang reached out his hand, the cat face before him instantly turned into a blur of afterimages and was torn apart…

"You need to reduce your own consumption, find the optimal pouncing path, and at the same time develop good eyesight. In combat with others, you don't need to pay attention to all of their movements. You just need to learn to grasp the key points. Sometimes a simple strike can be decisive, like this…"

As Korin finished speaking, its eyes narrowed into slits.

Its dodging movements suddenly changed. Korin left several afterimages in place and directly extended its wooden staff to poke forward. The staff hit Mu Yang's chest. Mu Yang's body twitched, and a powerful force exploded in his chest. He fell to the ground, unable to resist.

"That last attack tested your eyesight and decision-making ability."

It wasn't enough to just see it with your eyes; you had to make a decision immediately.

"So strong!"

Mu Yang grit his teeth and got up, rubbing his chest, his eyes filled with a strong desire to become stronger.

"Hahaha, it's a piece of cake. You can rest for a while. When you've figured it out, we'll continue training." Korin laughed heartily, then yawned and lay down on a nearby bench to sleep.

Mu Yang watched silently, keeping Korin's words in his heart. Receiving guidance from a wise person on the path of cultivation could save many detours.

Although he had known the principles Korin spoke of before, practice was the best teacher. Just listening without practicing was useless. Practicing while listening had unparalleled effects.

In a flash, eight or nine days passed.

For the past few days, Mu Yang had been like a sponge that could absorb water, continuously absorbing the martial arts principles taught by Korin during training. This had significantly improved his understanding and control of strength. Although Mu Yang's energy level remained stagnant during these days, not breaking through the 100 mark, he felt that his gains were immense, far more exciting than an increase in Battle Power.

On the tenth day, Mu Yang's wasted movements had significantly decreased, and his openings became fewer and fewer. When he played the game of snatching the kettle with Korin again, he had already begun to show his own style.

Korin saw all of this and nodded secretly.

Finally, on the eighteenth day, Mu Yang successfully snatched the kettle from Korin's hand. Korin then went along with the momentum and revealed the truth about the Super Holy Water: "Actually, there is no such thing as Super Holy Water in this world. The kettle only contains ordinary spring water. True cultivation is the process of snatching the kettle."

"You can try it. Your strength is already much greater than before."

The strength Korin spoke of was not just Battle Power, but overall strength. For martial artists on Earth, because their energy levels were generally not high, they valued overall strength. Battle Power detected by instruments alone was not the key to determining the final outcome.

Battle Power was the force of a single strike, while overall strength considered all aspects, including combat techniques and strategies. Simply put, it was how to defeat the opponent more effectively.

Of course, the two were highly correlated. If Battle Power was high, overall strength would inevitably not be low, after all, Battle Power was the foundation of overall strength.

"Karin the Immortal, I understand now."

"Good that you understand." Korin nodded, took off the little bell from its body, "Come on, I won't go easy on you anymore."

"Please!" Mu Yang was filled with heroic spirit, his expression serious and solemn, and then he began to adjust his internal Ki.

Mu Yang initiated the attack first. His movements were as fast as the wind and as swift as lightning. A white light flashed across the air, appearing before Korin in the blink of an eye, then changing direction and attacking the kettle on its staff.

However, after taking off the bell, Korin's movements became even more mysterious and unfathomable.

Korin chuckled and casually made a move, easily deceiving Mu Yang.

Ding! Ding ding!

Only the sound was heard, not the person. Mu Yang's speed had accelerated to its limit, but Korin's movements seemed even faster. Two blurry figures flashed continuously in the training ground of over a hundred square meters, and fierce winds blew outside Karin Tower.

Mu Yang's eyes constantly followed Korin's movements, but Korin's movements were full of deception, shifting between real and fake unpredictably. His eyes seemed insufficient.

"Although unnecessary movements are not needed, movements that confuse the opponent are not superfluous."

Crackling, Korin leaped lightly, its wooden staff drawing a beautiful arc in the air, and then flicked upwards. The kettle landed steadily on the stone platform in the center.

"Alright, that's all for today's training. Continue to ponder today's training tonight."

Korin waved its hand and went to rest again.

"…"

Watching Korin's retreating back as it walked down the stairs, Mu Yang panted and wiped the sweat from his face, then plopped down on the ground.

After resting enough, Mu Yang began to adjust the Ki within his body, and with a whoosh, he entered the Acceleration Space.

At this time, the Acceleration Space still had a radius of ten meters, but it was significantly different from before.

As Mu Yang's strength continued to approach the 100 mark, the pale sky had accumulated a thick layer of clouds and mist. Those clouds and mist kept rolling, like a solid wall blocking the sky above. Especially after he ascended Karin Tower, the speed at which the clouds and mist accumulated accelerated, and the "ceiling" became lower and lower.

"If this continues, after a while, the 'ceiling' of this space will be pressed down."

Looking at the dense cloud layer, which gave the feeling of dark clouds pressing down on a city about to be destroyed, Mu Yang felt an urge to shatter it.

It seemed that if he could shatter that ceiling, a smooth path would appear before him.

"Take it slow. With the current progress, perhaps it won't be long before this Acceleration Space undergoes a transformation."

Mu Yang still didn't understand the origin of this Acceleration Space, so he could only attribute it to a byproduct of his transmigration, and thus he handled this space with great care.