Chapter 46: Your Fantasy, I Will Shatter

“That scared me.”

Yang Liuqing took a couple deep breaths to calm down.

“Also, Master is the absolute ruler here. You can kick me out with just a thought.”

Ke Ling stated the key point.

Since the connection between the two was centered on Yang Liuqing, naturally he was in charge.

“Then can I become ten times stronger?”

Yang Liuqing’s imagination ran wild.

Ke Ling shattered his fantasy.

“Master, please eat a few more catty of turnip heads and have a nice dream tonight.”

“Yeah, I can only display strength that matches my body after all.”

Yang Liuqing felt no regret.

It was only natural.

The spiritual space wasn’t a fantasy space.

Ke Ling nodded.

“That’s right.”

“Also, I need to specially remind Master that when the spirit reaches its limit, the body will be affected too.”

“We can’t train ourselves to death.”

Those words dashed Yang Liuqing’s plan to use the time difference between spirit and physical sensation to train.

Because the more you trained, the more you consumed, and that would feed back to the body, causing immense fatigue.

He didn’t have time to slowly rest and recover.

A group of hunters were searching everywhere; it wouldn’t be strange for them to show up at any moment.

As the search area narrowed, the Xinxin Commercial Lending Company could only hold out until nightfall at most.

“So there isn’t much I can practice.”

“Master only needs to master the basics.”

The little one didn’t ask for much.

If he could polish his movement technique and some common combat skills during this time, his survival rate would skyrocket.

The rest was pure luck.

If he made it through, the road ahead would be smooth—not completely, but certainly much easier.

If he didn’t make it, all three of them would be completely finished.

There was no third option.

“Ke Ling, pause for a moment. Let me see which cards in my hand I can improve.”

Yang Liuqing called her over to discuss.

Ke Ling flickered and appeared beside him.

The light sword in the air dissipated instantly.

Without wasting words, Yang Liuqing got straight to the point.

“The Hound Body Movement has to be polished again and again—after all, it’s for survival.”

“But this movement technique has a major flaw: it’s not good for dealing with multiple opponents.”

“Is there any way to compensate?”

Ke Ling used her loosely clenched fist to tap her smooth chin, thinking.

“There is a way. If you continuously activate it and repeatedly hop side to side, you can create a misleading effect.”

“…Repeatedly hop side to side?”

Yang Liuqing imagined it.

The picture was weird.

“I was just joking. Don’t take it so seriously.”

Ke Ling’s face was expressionless, but the corners of her mouth twitched as if she was holding something back.

Yang Liuqing nearly rolled his eyes.

“Ke Ling, you’re pretty naughty too.”

“Master, please don’t say that. I’m just trying to lighten the mood. There’s no need to be so tense.”

Ke Ling paused here.

“While we’re here, there’s no need to worry too much about time.”

“As for safety, Ke Li is on guard.”

“That’s true.”

Yang Liuqing obediently relaxed his mind and body, and immediately felt his thinking become much clearer.

“Repeatedly hopping side to side won’t work. How about accelerating and changing direction to mess up perception and vision?”

“That’s possible, but the consumption will be relatively large.”

“It can work wonders in narrow spaces.”

“In wide areas with many people, it won’t be very effective.”

Ke Ling laid out the pros and cons.

Yang Liuqing pursed his lips.

“I understand.”

The Hound Body Movement, which relied on ultra-high-speed movement to hide in blind spots and launch ambushes, had significant limitations.

One-on-one, it was hard to predict.

Many-on-one, there was nowhere to hide.

Even with continuous activation and high-speed direction changes, it only served to create confusion.

“Aside from being more advantageous in small-scale chaotic fights, using it against multiple opponents is still too much.”

“Exactly.”

Ke Ling’s expression turned serious.

“The direction Master should polish the movement technique is evasion, not offense.”

“The Hound Body Movement has the characteristic of fast startup. Using it in a near-limit state for dodging is more effective.”

“It can deal a certain blow to the enemy’s confidence.”

“Especially when they are almost certain of hitting.”

Yang Liuqing simulated similar battles in his mind, his brow slightly furrowed.

“Putting myself in danger to dodge—isn’t that a bit too risky?”

“So you only take that risk when you’re fairly confident.”

Ke Ling certainly didn’t want him to enter that state anytime, anywhere.

“Everything has risks. You have to see if you can bear that risk.”

“If you can, go ahead.”

“Alright.”

Yang Liuqing nodded lightly.

He didn’t have many choices.

When it was time to take risks, he had to take them.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t live until tomorrow.

After settling the training direction for the Hound Body Movement, he turned his attention to offensive methods.

“Ke Ling, do you think it would be better for me to strengthen my boxing?”

“Does Master mean that third-rate boxing, or the monkey version of Cannon Hammer?”

Ke Ling countered.

Yang Liuqing thought for a moment.

“The monkey version of Cannon Hammer. Daoba’s boxing technique only has very basic stuff.”

Ke Ling reached out and raised one finger.

“Master isn’t familiar with Qi yet. When you use Cannon Hammer, it’s only the form, not the substance.”

“Think back—isn’t it far inferior to Chen Yanran’s?”

Yang Liuqing stared at her finger, where a spiral of Qi was wrapped around it.

“Of course it’s inferior. I was just imitating. Even getting one or two tenths of the power is pretty good.”

He knew very well that he relied on his Magic Eye to observe and analyze, then tried to replicate it, but he hadn’t really grasped the essence.

The Hound Body Movement and boxing could be perfectly replicated because their difficulty was much lower compared to Cannon Hammer.

Plus his own powerful abilities, he could easily make them his own.

Being able to bring out one or two tenths of Chen Yanran’s Cannon Hammer was actually sufficient.

Against an ordinary A-Class Transcendent like Daoba, one punch could take half their health.

But wanting to improve further wouldn’t be easy.

Unless Chen Yanran taught him hand-in-hand, pressing her body against his.

“So there’s no need to practice. Once you become familiar with Qi later, it will naturally improve.”

Ke Ling didn’t want him to waste precious time studying something he hadn’t even started.

Spirit Particle Manipulation and Qi Manipulation were not the same path.

The former drew in from the outside, the latter erupted from within.

Yang Liuqing’s power was indeed very strong, but his use of his own Qi was quite unfamiliar.

Mostly it came from instinctive reactions.

Given the time crunch, it was better to prioritize practicing the parts he was good at.

“By the way, Ke Ling, is there no way for me to learn Daoba’s Black Flash or Chise Liequan’s concealment technique?”

Yang Liuqing had a sudden whim.

Those were abilities his Magic Eye couldn’t replicate.

Ke Ling felt his imagination was too wild.

“Master, those are natural superpowers. There’s no way you can learn them.”

“Daoba’s Black Flash, for example, is shot out from ten holes in his hands.”

“It’s like a new organ.”

“Master doesn’t want to become something like that, does he?”

Yang Liuqing was stunned, then slowly shook his head.

“That’s too weird. I’d better pass.”

In his eyes, Daoba was not much different from the mutants he’d seen in movies.

“Chise Liequan’s concealment ability was most likely drawn from a lottery. If it could be replicated, it wouldn’t be meaningful.”

Ke Ling shattered his last shred of fantasy.

“Too bad. If I could learn it, escaping would be a lot easier.”

Yang Liuqing let out a light sigh.