Clothing and Lock

On the evening of the fourth day, the trainees followed their respective captains to a building.

"303... It's here." Before pushing the door open, Zhao Jingzhong turned his head and said to the trainees, "Once inside, absolutely do not touch anything randomly. If anything is lost... you will be responsible for the consequences."

After these past few days, the trainees of the Eighth Team basically knew Zhao Jingzhong's character.

Although he came from the military, whether it was because Jie Qiansi had contradicted him or because it was his nature, Zhao Jingzhong spoke about everything very calmly and didn't like to emphasize things.

He would say what needed to be said, but he would gloss over the consequences, and whether the trainees listened was up to them. It wasn't an exaggeration to describe him as 'perfunctory' and 'slacking off'.

When training at the Third Training Ground on the morning of the third day, Zhao Jingzhong casually mentioned not to use the equipment marked with a Red Star, without explaining why. Then, a trainee went over and tried it once, and was instantly drained of strength by the equipment. He was weak in all four limbs for the entire morning and could only wait until mealtime to drink Spirit Liquid to replenish his energy.

It turned out that part of the equipment was specifically for First Cycle practitioners. Using it would consume Active Aura. By consuming Aura in a healthy and gradual manner, the total amount of Aura could be slightly increased. However, for trainees who were still in the Formation Stage of cultivation, using it would definitely result in being drained dry.

Therefore, everyone treated Zhao Jingzhong's words with extreme caution and dared not be careless. When they entered, they saw that it seemed to be a classroom, with a blackboard, a podium, and three rows of long tables. On each long table was a hexagonal plate, on which a nearly transparent cubic crystal was suspended.

There were a total of ten people in the Eighth Team, and there were also a total of thirty cubic crystals in the room. They stood behind the tables, carefully observing the crystal that gave them a strange sense of palpitation.

"Magnetic levitation?" someone asked.

"If you have to say so, it should be Aura levitation," Zhao Jingzhong said indifferently. "Let me ask first, is there anyone who hasn't opened their Qi Vortex yet?"

No one spoke.

"That's good. In this class, only those who have opened their Qi Vortex will benefit."

"Today, you will learn the most basic Aura Techniques."

Aura Techniques!

Everyone became excited. They were finally going to master Transcendent power!

If a Transcendent was compared to a firearm, then their previous cultivation of the Qi Vortex was accumulating ammunition, and Aura Techniques were the firearm! The strength of a Transcendent, of course, was not determined by how much ammunition they had, but by how much power the ammunition would generate when fired!

Zhao Jingzhong used magnetic stickers to attach two large diagrams placed on the table in front to the blackboard. Everyone looked and saw that each diagram had two small figures interacting. The two diagrams were labeled: "Clothing" and "Lock".

"The Aura Techniques you are going to learn are 'Clothing' and 'Lock'. 'Clothing' consumes the Active Aura in the Inner Qi Vortex to wrap yourself in an invisible layer, used to offset external damage."

Zhao Jingzhong said, "You encountered someone Awakening at noon, right? That Awakened's Awakening Skill is very good, not only can they transform but also control the power of flames. But as long as you use 'Clothing', you can completely ignore damage like flames."

"When swimming, casting 'Clothing' can simply push the water away, allowing you to obtain air."

"During external force tests, practitioners can use 'Clothing' to withstand the impact of a large truck traveling at 60 kilometers per hour, and they themselves will not be knocked away by the impact at all. Of course, the premise is that the amount of Aura can keep up. As for the attacks of ordinary people, that goes without saying."

Zhao Jingzhong pointed to the large diagram, which showed a small figure attacking another small figure wearing an invisible battle suit: "Swords, fists, chainsaws... as long as the Aura can maintain 'Clothing', they can basically be blocked. However, bullets can penetrate the defense of 'Clothing'. Remember, if you encounter someone with a gun, run quickly."

"Furthermore, 'Clothing' also has good uses, for example..."

Zhao Jingzhong took down the diagram of 'Clothing', then extended a finger and slashed fiercely!

The diagram ripped with a swish, revealing a neat tear, split in half by his finger. However, the tear looked as if it had been cut with a knife, not torn by a finger.

"If you study it more and compress the Aura of 'Clothing' to be extremely sharp, you can also achieve the effect of a sword. Of course, it's very difficult and very unnecessary," Zhao Jingzhong said. "If you are truly going to fight for the country, you will naturally be taught Aura Techniques for combat. However, 'Clothing' is the starting point for most Aura Techniques, so using it more won't be wrong."

Ren Suo was very sure that Zhao Jingzhong had definitely held back when they sparred before. If Zhao Jingzhong had used this move during their previous spar, even with "Physical Enhancement" and "Introduction to Fighting", Ren Suo wouldn't have been able to touch a single hair on Zhao Jingzhong!

"This is 'Clothing'." Zhao Jingzhong showed them his right arm. "Although it's called an invisible battle suit, you can still see some subtle details if you look closely. Look carefully..."

In the trainees' line of sight, Zhao Jingzhong's palm seemed somewhat hazy—like the air distortion caused by radiating heat.

"After using 'Clothing', there will be an invisible Aura membrane outside the body. This membrane filters gases, causing a slight displacement with the air. This is why all damage cannot harm cultivators. After mastering the enhancement, this membrane can be deployed at will, appearing only on the parts of the body where you need it. However, the difficulty is naturally very high, but the Aura consumption will be much less."

"Currently, the damage that 'Clothing' cannot resist includes supersonic kinetic impact from firearms, light attacks, gas attacks, and sound wave attacks. Hmm, if you jump from a building, depending on the situation, you should be unharmed within 30 meters. Beyond that, it depends on each person's fate."

Zhao Jingzhong pointed to another diagram: "Besides 'Clothing', you also need to learn 'Lock'."

In the diagram, figure A is grabbing figure B's right hand and pressing down on figure B's back of the head with their hand.

"Aura is invisible, and the Qi Vortex is also invisible, but attacking the Qi Vortex with Aura is feasible," Zhao Jingzhong said. "'Lock' is a special technique for dealing with ordinary people. It directly suppresses the human body through Aura. When 'Lock' is activated, the cultivator can only suppress the target and cannot do anything else, while the target will be completely unable to move because key parts of their body are locked by Aura."

"If you encounter an Awakened, 'Lock' is still effective and can even restrict the target's Aura flow. Of course, the premise is that the target does not use Aura to counteract your Aura attack, which means that 'Clothing' can perfectly deal with 'Lock'. But if you encounter an Awakened who cultivates on their own, using 'Lock' can basically make the target lose their combat ability."