Gao Wu: If this BOSS isn't nerfed, is it even playable?

Chapter 52 Piercing the Clouds and Breaking the Army
Lin Ye naturally wanted to control more of the five elements at the same time.

More of the five elements entering the body naturally equates to higher leveling efficiency.

However, maintaining the circulation of Qi in the body while performing various difficult guiding postures requires immense and unwavering mental strength as support!
He needs a complete set of visualization techniques to hone his mental strength!

Alternatively, adjust the current skill point allocation plan.

Previously, Lin Ye's stat allocation was an all-around build with a balanced distribution of Strength and Agility. Now that he has realized his weakness in Spirit, Lin Ye is more inclined to first increase his weakest attribute, Spirit, and then go for a balanced stat allocation path that is good at all three attributes: Strength, Agility, and Spirit.

As for stamina, with the Thick Skin skill and the Soul Forge mechanic, it's not lacking at the moment.

Having figured this out, Lin Ye stopped being overly ambitious.

He used the terrifying regenerative power of [Disengagement Health Recovery] to stop and rest for ten seconds whenever he reached his limit in training and was mentally exhausted.

Once he recovered, he immediately threw himself back into the next round of training.

If the quality of a single training session isn't enough, then you can increase the number of sessions!
The entire morning and afternoon were spent, apart from going to the cafeteria to continue taking advantage of deals for lunch.

Lin Ye stayed in the gravity chamber.

From initial unfamiliarity and awkwardness to gradual proficiency.

at dusk.

He was already able to activate 1.5 times the gravity, applying pressure to his physical body while barely maintaining the operation of the "Five Qi Guiding Technique".

[Ding! You have gained 4.5 experience points from practicing the Five Qi Guiding Technique!]

The system notification sounded every ten seconds or so.

Efficiency, take off!

……

The school bell rang, and Lin Ye finished his day of intensive training and went straight to Chen Meng's office.

Lin Ye got straight to the point.

"Teacher Chen."

"I have basically mastered the technique, but I have found that my mental strength is not enough to control a larger volume of Five Qi Source Energy."

Upon hearing this, Chen Meng's face revealed an expression of "I knew it."

“I knew you would come back to me asking for visualization techniques again.”

He leaned back in his chair, then abruptly changed the subject.

"But this time, I'm sorry to disappoint you."

"I do not have either."

Lin Ye was surprised.

Chen Meng looked at Lin Ye and said in a deep voice, "Compared to the cultivation methods for refining qi and blood, the visualization method for refining spiritual power is the truly rare and secret method that is passed down only. It is the core inheritance of all major forces."

"Qi and blood determine the lower limit of a martial artist."

"And spirit determines the upper limit of a martial artist."

"I've reached this level through years of practice, not through any particular visualization method."

"If you can't control too much of the five elements, then reduce the amount of qi you draw in, and accumulate it little by little."

"My mental progress is slow, so I can only endure it and persevere little by little."

These words gave Lin Ye a jolt.

Only then did he realize that his teacher was a martial artist who was many levels stronger than him.

They too struggled to climb up from the very bottom of poverty.

If it weren't for his military career, he probably wouldn't have had the chance to even come across this book, "The Five Qi Guiding Techniques".

Lin Ye nodded and raised several new difficulties he had encountered during his afternoon cultivation, discussing and verifying them with Chen Meng.

Chen Meng patiently answered all of them.

After the exchange, Chen Meng led Lin Ye to the combat training room.

Then he picked up a long spear made entirely of hardwood, unsharpened, from the weapon rack in the corner.

The gun barrel is straight, and the tip is rounded.

"Starting today, I will teach you marksmanship."

Chen Meng's eyes sharpened at that moment.

"The staff is the ancestor of all weapons; it is the foundation." "Your foundation is quite good."

"But the spear is known as the king of all weapons!"

"This marksmanship is a combination of military marksmanship and my own understanding of the techniques."

"The gun technique is called..."

"Piercing Clouds and Breaking the Army!"

Chen Meng stood in the center of the open space, holding the unsharpened wooden spear in his hand, and his entire demeanor suddenly changed.

He himself was like a spear, sharp and menacing, carrying an aura of iron-blooded ferocity honed from mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

Chen Meng's gaze fell on Lin Ye.

"In your opinion, what's the difference between a stick and a gun?"

After a moment's thought, Lin Ye, drawing on his two years of basic theoretical learning, spoke.

"The stick is a blunt weapon, mainly used for smashing, sweeping and chopping. It emphasizes large and wide movements and relies on powerful kinetic energy to kill."

"A gun is a sharp weapon, with thrusting, stabbing, and picking as its core techniques. It aims to concentrate power on a single point to penetrate and break through defenses."

"One main surface, one main point."

Upon hearing this, Chen Meng nodded slightly, a hint of approval in his eyes.

Lin Ye's theoretical foundation is indeed very solid.

"Yes."

"But that's not right either."

Chen Meng weighed the wooden gun in his hand; the gun trembled slightly in his palm and emitted a low hum.

"What you're referring to is merely the difference in the shape of the weapons."

Chen Meng's voice became deep and powerful, each word seeming to strike Lin Ye's heart.

"Remember, the stick is an extension of strength, and the spear is an extension of intent!"

"Using a stick amplifies the power of your body through the principle of leverage and transmits it to the tip of the stick, causing a heavy blow. Therefore, when a master of stick fighting moves, you see him wielding it with the force of a tiger and the power of a thousand pounds."

"But guns are different."

"The gun is about unleashing all your essence, energy, spirit, and will, twisting them into a single rope, and releasing it without reservation from the tip of the gun!"

"Therefore, a true master of marksmanship can stand there, with the gun still, and you can feel as if you've been pierced through."

"Because his intentions preceded the gun!"

"The difficulty lies in the word 'intention,' which requires you to have an extremely precise and meticulous control over your own strength."

"A little too much will be excessive, the power will be dispersed, and the penetration will be lost."

"If you lose even a fraction of your strength, you will be in trouble. If you lack the power, you will be unable to break through the defense. The key to this is that you can only achieve it through countless trials and tribulations."

These words made Lin Ye's eyes light up.

He seemed to understand, yet not quite, as if he had touched the door to a new world, but everything behind that door remained shrouded in mystery.

Chen Meng noticed his confusion.

He said no more and turned to walk towards the training dummy made of high-strength alloy in the center of the field.

"No matter how much theory you talk about, it's all empty talk."

"Okay."

"I'll demonstrate it once."

The moment the words fell, Lin Ye felt that Chen Meng in front of him and the wooden gun in his hand had completely merged into one.

A chilling killing intent, like a tangible cold current, rushed towards us!

The next second, Chen Meng simply took a step forward.

But this simple step made Lin Ye feel the entire training room floor tremble!
Chen Meng stomped his feet on the ground, and his waist and hips suddenly exerted force, which was like a raging dragon that had been gathering strength for a long time, and went up his spine.

It penetrates the shoulder blade, then passes through the arm, and is transmitted to the gun body!

Om-!
A low, booming sound echoed through the air!
That ordinary wooden spear seemed to come alive at that moment, and its tip suddenly pierced out at a speed that was almost impossible to detect with the naked eye!
There was no earth-shattering noise.

There was only a very faint "pfft" sound, but it sent chills down Lin Ye's spine!

That unsharpened wooden spearhead actually... pierced straight into the hard chest of the alloy dummy!
(End of this chapter)