130: Chapter 130 Yu Step and Space Folding, A Physical Manifestation, Su Qing's Shock

Those two ancient pictographs were like two red-hot branding irons, deeply seared into Lin Qi's retinas.

This is it!

In his previous life's game, this footwork technique had a much simpler and more brutal nickname.

Physical Blink!

It did not involve any spatial Law, nor did it require channeling to cast.

Its core principle was to compress Internal Energy and the explosive power of the Physical Body to the extreme within 0.01 seconds through a special rhythmic footwork, then release it instantly!

Thereby achieving a terrifying effect similar to "Spatial Jump"!

This Cultivation Technique was practically tailor-made for his current body, which was filled with liquid True Qi!

...

Longya Academy, outdoor training ground.

Zhang Wei was hugging a bucket of iced soda, a straw dangling from his mouth, watching the figure in the middle of the field who looked like a madman with boredom.

"Brother Qi, what exactly are you practicing?"

Zhang Wei really couldn't hold it in anymore.

For the past few days, Lin Qi had been soaking here every day, neither going to the gravity room nor practicing punches.

He just kept walking back and forth in this open space.

That footwork—to put it nicely, it was erratic; to put it bluntly, it was like a drunkard performing a ritual dance.

A step here, a step there, completely without method.

The most outrageous part was that every time he put a foot down, it was like a pile driver.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The hard special plastic floor was being stomped into footprints of varying depths, and he was practically tearing the entire training ground apart.

"Shut up and watch the show."

Lin Qi didn't even look back, his voice carrying a hint of irrepressible excitement.

His entire focus was immersed in an unfathomable Realm.

He could feel that with every step he took, the pool of mercury-like liquid True Qi within his Dantian would be forcibly mobilized and poured into the Meridians of his legs.

This power was too violent!

At first, he couldn't control it at all.

The True Qi was like a wild horse breaking free from its reins, rampaging through his Meridians; every time his foot landed, it felt like detonating a micro-bomb.

But after tens of thousands of repetitions.

Muscle memory began to take effect.

His Martial Saint-level combat instinct was helping him, little by little, tame this violent power.

His footsteps still appeared chaotic.

But in the eyes of an insider, one could see that the landing point of every step corresponded with the Eight Trigrams positions, and the distance of every step was precise to the millimeter!

He was searching for a resonance.

A resonance between his body and the earth!

Another afternoon passed.

When the afterglow of the setting sun stretched his shadow long.

Lin Qi's footsteps suddenly stopped.

He closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

The airflow of the entire training ground seemed to be slightly stalled by this single breath of his.

The next second.

He opened his eyes, stepped forward, and took a completely ordinary step.

There was no earth-shattering noise.

There was no cracked ground.

This step landed silently, as soft as a feather falling to the ground.

However, the straw in the mouth of Zhang Wei, who was standing tens of meters away, dropped to the ground with a "clatter."

He rubbed his eyes vigorously, thinking he was having hallucinations.

Where is the person?

Lin Qi, who was in the center of the field a second ago, how… did he disappear?!

"What are you looking for?"

A lazy voice suddenly sounded in his ear.

Zhang Wei shivered all over and turned his head violently.

Lin Qi's magnified face was right in front of him, almost nose-to-nose.

"Ghost… ghost!"

Zhang Wei flopped onto the ground, spilling the soda all over himself.

He swore he hadn't blinked for even a second just now!

How did Lin Qi instantly move from tens of meters away to behind him?

There was absolutely no trajectory of movement in between!

"Not teleportation."

Lin Qi's heart, however, was as calm as water.

This was merely a low-level illusion created by using extreme explosive speed combined with visual persistence.

But even so, it was astonishing enough.

[Yu Step · First Layer: Shrinking Ground into Inches]!

One step, ten meters!

This unreasonable displacement ability had already surpassed the limits of the vast majority of Second-Rank Agility-type professionals!

"It seems your new toy is about practiced enough."

A cold, clear voice came from the entrance of the training ground.

Instructor Su Qing was wearing a tight-fitting black combat suit, walking over slowly while striding with her breathtakingly long legs.

Her gaze fell upon the training ground that had been stomped by Lin Qi until it resembled the surface of the moon, and a trace of hard-to-detect curiosity flashed in her eyes.

"Instructor Su, any advice?"

Lin Qi straightened his body and flexed his wrists.

"Advice is not necessary."

Instructor Su Qing walked up to him, her cold eyes scanning him up and down, as if evaluating a rare treasure.

"I just wanted to see to what extent the monster who could still jump around after drinking an entire bottle of 'Gene Collapse' has evolved."

Her right hand slowly pressed against the dagger at her waist.

"Come, let me test your speed."

Before the words had even faded.

A cold, icy glint had already torn through the air, stabbing straight at Lin Qi's throat!

Fast!

Fast to the extreme!

As a former Level 60 Third-Rank powerhouse [Shadow Dancer], Instructor Su Qing's speed was her absolute pride!

However.

Facing this strike that was enough to instantly kill any Second-Rank professional.

Lin Qi's body merely shifted to the left, gently, by one step.

Just that one step.

Instructor Su Qing's sure-hit dagger brushed against the skin of his neck and stabbed into empty air!

"Hmm?"

Instructor Su Qing's eyes showed a trace of gravity for the first time.

She flicked her wrist, and the dagger transformed into a sky full of blade light, like a net of heaven and earth, instantly enveloping all the evasion space around Lin Qi!

But Lin Qi never even thought about evading.

Under his feet, he stepped to a strange rhythm.

One step.

Another step.

He just walked two steps through that impenetrable blade light as if he were strolling in a courtyard.

All the attacks missed completely!

Instructor Su Qing felt like she was stabbing at a mass of intangible air!

This guy was like a slippery loach; no matter how swift and dense her attacks were, he could always appear in the most inconceivable position half a second in advance!

This was no longer just about pure speed!

This was a combat intuition bordering on "pre-judgment"!

"Your speed has slowed down."

Lin Qi's voice suddenly sounded from behind her.

Instructor Su Qing's body froze instantly.

She could feel a cold finger quietly resting on the back of her neck.

If that finger were to push forward just one inch.

Her neck bone would be mercilessly crushed.

She had lost.

In the Domain of speed she was most proud of, she had lost completely.

Instructor Su Qing slowly withdrew her dagger and turned around. For the first time, that icy face of hers revealed an emotion called "shock."

"You… monster."

She thought for a long time, but could only use these two words to describe the youth before her.

With this elusive footwork, Lin Qi had completely made up for the last shortcoming of his short reach.

He possessed the absolute capital to counter any long-range "kiting" profession!

Lin Qi withdrew his finger, smiled, and didn't respond to her words.

His gaze passed over Instructor Su Qing's shoulder, looking at the silhouette of Tianhai City in the distance.

The Five-Academy League is about to start, isn't it?

Those Geniuses from other cities must be very rich, right?

The corners of Lin Qi's mouth curled into an arc full of anticipation, exclusive to a money-grubber.

"It's time to go to other schools and harvest a wave of leeks."