93: Chapter 90 Reaction

After testing his strength, the group of foreigners became even more expectant of Li Changsheng's explosive power and reaction test.

They were now certain that a mysterious power must be hidden within Kung Fu, which might be greatly related to the 'Qi' culture they often mentioned.

"Qi! This must be that mysterious Qi from the legends of the Xia Kingdom!"

Professor Howard was full of excitement; his hand gripping the notepad had turned white, and his face was flushed with agitation.

Beside him, Professor Thomas was also looking at Li Changsheng with glowing eyes. If this were in their own country, they would certainly request the government to detain this person and send him to a research institute for careful study.

Li Changsheng glanced at them; he had thought these foreigners would demand compensation for the testing machine.

Since that was the case, after a slight hesitation, he walked to the reaction testing area. A white circle had been drawn on the ground here, and Li Changsheng needed to stand within this limited space to dodge the BB pellets fired randomly at him.

Those BB pellets were coated with a special pigment. According to the foreigners' description, the speed of the BB pellets would continuously increase, and the test duration was one minute.

There was a professional in their team who had won shooting competitions; this person would serve as the shooter to ensure precision. As for the firing speed, it was said it would increase to near the speed of actual firearm bullets.

Therefore, this time, Li Changsheng put on a full-face translucent mask and also wore a bulletproof vest.

The shooter would fire the bullets precisely at the vest; wearing the mask was just a precaution.

Once ready, Li Changsheng began to highly concentrate his mind.

"The most important point in practicing martial arts is reaction. The old man mentioned this to me, and the System also placed great emphasis on it when instilling memories."

"Practitioners of martial arts believe that big movements are not as good as small movements, small movements are not as good as micro-movements, and when one part moves, everything moves."

These thoughts had long since taken root in Li Changsheng's mind. In combat and sparring, one must pay attention to the connection between the root, the middle, and the tip.

The movement of the tip is primary, followed by the process of transitioning to the root driving the tip. The root urges the tip to move, and the tip carries the root along, trembling as a whole like a spring.

This is also called "Trembling Power." At this time, the force does not distinguish between first and last; it is the integration stage of force, which can also be called the higher level of Dark Power, known as "Neutralizing Power."

Zhang Youdao had only occasionally mentioned this. To achieve a state where every tissue in the body carries a bit of Trembling Power, to the point where not even a feather can be added and no fly can land...

...any bit of force applied to the body can be easily neutralized; this is Neutralizing Power.

Whether it is Visible Power or Dark Power, in the end, it is all the same force, which is "Trembling Power."

Still as a virgin, moving like a collapsing mountain.

"Stillness" is like falling asleep, while "movement" is like being startled awake. The more inadvertent it is, the closer it is to human instinct. Human potential is often burst forth after enduring strong external stimuli.

At this time, one can integrate the body's neural reflexes with the internal organs, tendons, and bones, approaching animal-like instincts. Therefore, practicing boxing is practicing the return to the Innate state!

"However, I certainly cannot reach the level of Neutralizing Power right now; I cannot yet achieve that near-instinctive reaction. But observing any slight muscle change in the opponent with the naked eye to judge the attack trajectory is the direction I can learn and approach for now."

This is a type of Eye Power, which is actually the cultivation of subtle observation skills, requiring persistent practice.

By judging the opponent's subtle muscle changes, one can accurately predict the opponent's next move.

This has the same effect as the Listening Energy in Tai Chi. Tai Chi Listening Energy is the skill of using one's mind to examine everything about the opponent in the moment of "seemingly touching but not touching," where even the movement of the opponent's hair can be perceived.

Being able to reach this level means that one's Tai Chi kung fu has reached perfection, almost only a step away from Tai Chi Neutralizing Power.

Li Changsheng dared not hope for Listening Energy; that requires either decades of painstaking research in the art of Tai Chi or being someone born with an eye condition.

Generally speaking, people with eye conditions have exceptionally keen hearing, and some can even perceive the world solely through sound over a long period, achieving a clear understanding of the distance to their surroundings.

Running his Internal Alchemy Meditation slowly, Li Changsheng focused his gaze on the shooter a few meters away. Beside him, Sith had already raised his arm high, watching the stopwatch, ready to time at any moment.

As Sith's palm dropped, the stopwatch was pressed quickly, and in an instant, the shooter rapidly fired several shots in succession.

The moment the crisp sound rang out, Li Changsheng's eyes suddenly narrowed.

There was one on the left and one on the right, but one was in front and the other behind.

Before the shots were fired, Li Changsheng had noticed the subtle change in the direction of the opponent's muzzle. The moment the gun fired, he quickly calculated the position in his mind, while his whole body, like a nimble monkey, continuously dodged back and forth.

The range of Li Changsheng's footwork was extremely small. Even his largest strides were just the small steps from Xingyi, such as jumping steps, snake-form steps, and dodging steps, which were performed in overlapping combinations. Most of the time, he just dodged by rotating his body, twisting his waist, and ducking or tilting his head.

With a small range of motion, the speed was naturally faster. Even if he gave up on explosive force, he was still extremely fast.

Li Changsheng's feet were like the pads of a feline; every dodge and shift did not result in any loss of center of gravity, and he could change direction instantly.

This was the result of the System's instillation and his hard training. Every time Li Changsheng practiced boxing, he would not be confined to the boxing techniques but would combine them with corresponding footwork.

If you practice boxing without practicing footwork, you will get beaten by your master.

Both Xingyi and Baji Quan place great importance on footwork, especially Baji Quan; the saying "The hands are two doors, but the feet do all the hitting" is not just a figure of speech.

The one-minute duration felt extremely long for Li Changsheng at this moment. His pores were closed, and the Qi inside his body was flowing incessantly like boiling hot oil; this was the result of the intense consumption of stamina in a short period.

In the first half-minute, Li Changsheng was not hit by a single shot because the firing speed was only in the range of 100-150 meters per second.

This meant that the speed was far inferior even to a slow-firing shotgun.

As time passed, at forty seconds, the firing speed suddenly increased; the original speed of 150 meters per second suddenly reached 200.

This had reached the minimum firing speed standard for a shotgun, which also meant it had reached the level of real bullets.

Of course, the firing speed of a shotgun is not fast, but at this moment, Li Changsheng was already gasping for air.

In such a high-frequency, small-range, and extremely tense environment, the consumption of stamina was a huge test.

But even so, there were still no bullet marks on the vest on Li Changsheng's chest.

The onlookers had become somewhat solemn, and the two professors were not even blinking.

They were now a bit curious; this Xia Kingdom youth's movements did not look particularly fast, so why could he dodge the speed of the bullets?

As the firing speed reached 300 meters per second, which is the minimum firing speed of a handgun, a red pigment mark finally appeared on Li Changsheng's body.

Time continued, and when the firing speed reached 450 meters per second, the peak firing speed of a conventional handgun, the test came to an abrupt end.

Looking at Li Changsheng again, there were twenty-two red marks on his body.