Chapter 302: Seven Years Ago?
Chapter 302: Seven Years Ago?
Editor: H2dH2mr There was a loud ‘boom’ — due to the collision this ti, the interdiate cha was sent flying back.
anwhile, Ling Xiao’s body actually wavered slightly as well due to the astounding power behind this stomping art.
“This is no ordinary stomping art …” Ling Xiao was stunned.
Could it be that his daughter had added so special technique into this stomping art?
Before Ling Xiao’s astonishnt could fade, sothing even more surprising occurred.
The interdiate cha actually flew backwards at a greater speed than that which it had used to attack Ling Xiao.
In the air, Ling Lan flipped her body without trying to control the cha, letting it careen as it would towards the walls of the private room …
“Ah ah ah, he’s going to hit the wall!” Despite being extrely dissatisfied with how the interdiate cha was using basic assessnt moves to fight, when he saw the other leave his cha alone to let it just hurtle towards a wall at high speed, Zhao Jun was instantly yelling out in concern.
Only Ling Xiao and Li Lanfeng had a gleam of light run through their eyes at the sa ti, though the aning behind each gleam was vastly different.
Ling Xiao believed his daughter was not that weak — he believed that his daughter would not really crash into the wall.
On the other hand, the na of a skill which belonged solely to the rabbit cha he knew had floated into Li Lanfeng’s mind: ‘Rabbit Sky Leap!’.
Oftentis when it had seed like the situation was completely out of control at high speeds, the rabbit cha would use this move to turn things around.
Sure enough, just as the interdiate cha was about to slam into the wall, Ling Lan, who had long been prepared, operated the cha’s two strong and powerful legs to kick out forcefully at the wall.
There was a loud ‘boom’, and the entire room suddenly began to shake violently, almost sending the spectating Zhao Jun’s and Li Lanfeng’s cha tumbling off their feet.
anwhile, following this push off the wall, the interdiate cha used this surge of rebound force to send its body shooting like lightning towards the imperial cha standing in the middle of the stage …
Zhao Jun and Li Lanfeng reacted quickly to steady their cha.
Once they were stable once more, they turned their eyes towards the stage again and saw the interdiate cha zipping around like lightning back and forth across the private room.
Clang!
Clang!
Clang!
Clang!
…
the powerful sounds of collision reverberated like the wild rain of a thunderstorm within the combat room.
The two cha sparred — one as quick as lightning, its movents almost untrackable, while the other was as steady as Mount Tai1, taking moves as they ca, unmoving as a mountain2.
“This is just the stomp technique, countless applications of the stomp technique …” Zhao Jun peered closely for several 10 or so seconds, then felt his eyes were sowhat raw, with even a trace of pain.
He could not help but raise his hands to rub at his eyes.
It turned out that the speed of the interdiate cha had already exceeded the capacity of Zhao Jun’s motion vision — having stared intently at the screen all this ti, he was now feeling rather overwheld.
“Yes, it’s the stomp technique …” But this was no ordinary stomp technique, otherwise that imperial cha would not have surreptitiously shifted its original stance.
In contrast to Zhao Jun’s carelessness, the conscientious Li Lanfeng had caught the shift.
The imperial cha, who had initially been standing straight with its legs together, had now spread its legs, and its knees were slightly bent.
This was the specific stance of a cha stabilising its lower body.
It was clear to see that the interdiate cha’s stomp technique was dealing significant impact to the imperial operator, causing the other to have no choice but to use this most stable stance while defending.
And the only one who could utilise the stomp technique so proficiently, in Li Lanfeng’s mory, was the rabbit cha and no other.
Could it be that the rabbit he had searched for in these 7 long years was this interdiate cha warrior before his eyes right now?1 But based on the rabbit cha’s strength, he should not have remained stuck at interdiate cha level …
One question in Li Lanfeng’s heart seed to have been answered now, but this answer rely spawned even more questions …
Just as Zhao Jun was kneading at his eyes and while Li Lanfeng was plagued with questions, the interdiate cha, who had been moving at high speeds all this while, suddenly dropped to land at a corner of the stage after one more violent clash with the imperial cha.
Due to its sudden stop from a high speed, the cha was sent sliding forwards 5 tres or so before it found firm footing.
Perhaps extrely used to this type of abrupt stop from high speeds, though the interdiate cha slid for about 5 tres, its upper body did not waver at all.
This proved that this amount of slide was within the interdiate cha’s calculations.
Li Lanfeng and Zhao Jun shared a look, unsure why the interdiate cha had suddenly chosen to stop its attack when the situation was looking so optimistic.
An idea sparked through Li Lanfeng’s mind.
He rembered the rabbit cha saying once that this type of high-speed stomping actually put a great burden on cha.
Trainee cha would not be able to withstand it for long — could it be that it was the sa for interdiate cha?
Seeing this, Ling Xiao stood up from his defensive stance and said to Ling Lan with a smile, “Looks like you understand now.” “Yes, thank you, father, for your guidance,” replied Ling Lan gratefully.
That combination of moves she had just perford was so familiar to her they were embedded in her marrow — it was no effort at all to execute, perhaps even casual and easy.
Still, whether in terms of speed or attack power, that set of moves had not been any weaker than any of the other advanced techniques she had used previously.
In fact, they could even be considered better, because she still had energy to spare in her controls, unlike before when even as she drained herself, her cha was forced to operate over its capacity, damaging its lifespan.
This also made Ling Lan realise on a profound level what Ling Xiao’s words ant.
Having understood, she stopped her attack, because she had already obtained what she wanted from this instructional fight.
Mission complete, it would be a waste of ti to continue fighting.
Ling Lan’s words made Ling Xiao’s smile deepen.
Ling Xiao knew very well that Ling Lan had achieved true understanding, once again proving that his daughter’s learning ability was absolutely superior to others’.
“Your stomp technique should have been integrated with so other special technique.
How did you think of it?” Ling Xiao was extrely curious.
Mind you, those who had only begun to learn cha control would just rotely follow instructions to complete the training exercises.
Normally, they would never even think of combining or improvising on any of these controls …
Ling Lan’s ability to do so undoubtedly surprised Ling Xiao greatly, because even he had not been able to do so when he had been younger.
“By coincidence.
Back when I first started learning cha control, I t soone else who had also just begun learning cha control.
The other was a control genius, able to execute each move to utter perfection.
His results were very good; I was no match for him at first.
This made determined.
Things he could do, what was stopping from doing them too?
So I thought hard on how to increase my cha’s speed, and worked hard to perfect my transitions between all types of actions.
Without knowing it, I applied a leg technique from physical skills to my cha control, and discovered that it actually produced a certain effect.
And so, I began to experint …” Hiding part of the truth, Ling Lan told her father the story of her eting with the leopard cha1 back then …
As Ling Lan was telling the story, she realised that a large part of her proficiency with the basic assessnt controls should definitely be credited to the leopard cha.
The other’s companionship had undoubtedly made that dry and routine training ti of her life beco considerably more interesting.
Upon closer examination, of all the basic controls Ling Lan knew now, this set of basic assessnt controls was the one Ling Lan was most adept and comfortable with.
This was why when Ling Xiao had insisted for Ling Lan to use basic controls, she had chosen this set without thinking.
Reality proved that this was the set that had seeped into her bones, the set which had beco part of her basic instinct, the set of basic controls that she had truly mastered.
Understanding all this, Ling Xiao prepared to go offline.
Although he did not care much about the enlistnt assessnt results of the military academy, as the head of the division’s assessnt delegation, he should still at least show his face and ask cursorily about the results at the end of every day.
Otherwise, the administrators of the school might misunderstand and assu that the 23rd Division did not care at all about the First n’s Military Academy …
In order to successfully accept his daughter into the 23rd Division later on, he needed to maintain a good relationship with the school no matter what.
After saying goodbye to his daughter, Ling Xiao instantly logged off from the private room.
The next ti he went online, his cha would automatically appear within the main hall of the cha combat hall.
If Ling Lan required instruction again later, he would not have to spend the effort finding his way here anymore …
Seeing the imperial cha vanish, Li Lanfeng knew the pair was about to leave.
Impulsively, he rushed forwards and connected to his general comms to say, “Hello, can you please wait a mont?” Ling Lan was just about to go offline — hearing this, she paused and raised her head to look towards the advanced cha who had spoken.
Seeing the interdiate cha looking at him silently, Li Lanfeng hesitated for a mont, but then asked resolutely (because he did not want to miss another chance), “May I ask, 7 years ago, were you at the capital city of planet Azure?” “Planet Azure?
The capital city?” Ling Lan’s face was filled with confusion.
Seven years ago, she had indeed let Little Four secretly bring her out into the virtual world, but back then, the place she had asked Little Four to bring her to had been the capital city of Doha!
“Uh, Boss …
I forgot to tell you.
Back when you asked to take you to the capital, I accidentally chose planet Azure …” Little Four, who had been drawn out by the advanced cha warrior’s question, revealed his blunder to Ling Lan.
At these words, Ling Lan instantly had her guard up.
“How could he know that I was at planet Azure 7 years ago?
Could it be that I was exposed sowhere?” Little Four beca agitated by this supposition — that’s right, back then, he and Boss had been undercover, so how could soone else have discovered this?
Little Four quickly scanned the other’s spiritual power …
“Hmm?” Li Lanfeng frowned lightly.
He had sensed so strange disturbance in his surroundings, but could not say for certain what it was.
Cautious and vigilant, he imdiately wrapped up his spiritual power with his spectre ability.
Regardless of whether he was being paranoid, Li Lanfeng’s first reflex was still to choose and protect himself.
“Ah …
what a familiar energy signature!” Little Four sensed Li Lanfeng’s spectre power and instantly exclaid in shock.
He swiftly dashed back into Ling Lan’s mindspace and rummaged through his mory bank of energy signatures, comparing them to the energy he had sensed.
Soon, he had dug up the long-buried information of the leopard cha, that is, the spectre whom they had t back then.
“Boss, we’ve bumped into an old acquaintance!” replied Little Four excitedly.
Because Ling Lan had forbidden him from taking the initiative to venture out and test the spiritual power of others, Little Four had not noticed anything before this even though Li Lanfeng had already been standing there for a long while.
Of course, this was also because Little Four had been busy helping Ling Lan control her cha at the ti, with no mind to spare.
“Who?” asked Ling Lan, brow lifted in curiosity.
“It’s that leopard cha!
That spectre who watched the cha fight with us!” Little Four responded enthusiastically.
“So it’s him …” Ling Lan was floored.
She had just been telling her father about him, and now he actually showed up?
It appeared that she and this leopard were truly tied by fate.
稳若泰山: Mount Tai is a mountain of historical and cultural significance located north of the city of Tai’an, in Shandong province, China (wikipedia, 2018).
Due to its significance, it is often referred to in idioms and quotes, this being one of them.
You all can check out more of them in the cultural references section on the Mount Tai wikipedia page.It may seem redundant to use a mountain reference again so soon after Mount Tai, but that’s what the author did.
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