88: Chapter 88 Focus

The night grew deeper.

Inside the living room of the Capital Martial Arts University freshman apartment, the lights were brightly lit.

"Ha!"

Accompanied by a soft cry, Lin Xiaoxiao gripped the Steel Spear with both hands and thrust it fiercely forward.

Bang!

The spear tip pierced the air, producing a muffled explosive sound.

Sweat continuously dripped down her fair chin.

It smashed onto the floor, shattering into crystal-clear splashes.

This was already her five hundredth thrust.

The muscles in her arms had already begun to cramp and tremble involuntarily. Even with her foundation of four hundred points of Qi and blood, this tedious and limit-challenging exertion method still caused her physical stamina to deplete rapidly.

On the sofa.

Su Yu sat quietly.

His deep and transparent eyes stared unblinkingly at Lin Xiaoxiao's movements.

Earnest.

Rigorous.

Without a shred of frivolity.

But being stared at so intensely by a pair of eyes that seemed capable of seeing through the Soul.

Lin Xiaoxiao's heartbeat involuntarily grew faster and faster.

The blush on her cheeks spread all the way to the root of her ears, unsure whether it was due to the intense exercise or that exceptionally scorching gaze.

She bit her lower lip.

Struggling to keep her breathing steady.

However, whenever she felt Su Yu's gaze land on her shoulders, waist, or even her wrists holding the spear.

She felt as if ants were crawling all over her body.

An indescribable shyness and tension caused her originally standard exertion movements to begin showing a trace of extremely subtle deformation.

"Stop."

Su Yu's flat voice sounded abruptly in the quiet living room.

Lin Xiaoxiao's entire body stiffened.

She immediately retracted the spear, standing in place like a child who had done something wrong.

Her chest heaved violently as she panted heavily.

"I… Did I do something wrong anywhere?"

She looked at Su Yu with some trepidation.

Su Yu stood up.

Striding forward with his long legs, he walked up in front of Lin Xiaoxiao.

He frowned slightly.

"The movements are correct."

"The exertion technique is also barely qualified."

"However."

Su Yu looked at the Steel Spear, his tone revealing a trace of dissatisfaction.

"It's too rigid."

"It has the form, but lacks the spirit."

Lin Xiaoxiao was slightly stunned.

Spirit?

Of course she knew what Su Yu was talking about.

That was Concept!

However, for something like Concept, even those senior fourth-year students might not necessarily be able to touch the threshold.

How could a novice like her, who had been in contact with spear techniques for less than two hours, possibly comprehend it?

Su Yu did not speak.

He simply felt that such training effectiveness was truly too slow.

If this progress continued, who knew how much time it would take for Lin Xiaoxiao to achieve anything.

It was too much of a waste of energy.

"Give me the spear."

Su Yu reached out his hand.

Lin Xiaoxiao obediently handed over the Steel Spear.

Su Yu held the spear shaft with one hand.

Deep within his eyes, a trace of grayish-black ghostly light flashed and disappeared.

Hum——!

An invisible, formless yet exceptionally profound fluctuation instantly flowed along his palm and poured into this ordinary Steel Spear!

That was his Spear Intent!

However.

Su Yu did not use that overbearing, matchless destruction attribute capable of annihilating everything.

Using the Mental Energy of a Martial King level, he completely stripped away the violent murderous aura within this Spear Intent.

Leaving only the purest, most Origin Dao insights of the spear.

Furthermore.

He suppressed his Realm to the threshold of Shape-Shifting.

Fearing that the Concept was too high, Lin Xiaoxiao wouldn't be able to comprehend it instead.

Even so.

The moment this Martial Will was injected into the spear.

This Steel Spear, which was originally like a dead object, unexpectedly emitted a crisp humming sound!

The spear body trembled slightly.

As if it had been endowed with some extremely weak life!

"Hold it."

Su Yu handed the spear back to Lin Xiaoxiao.

Lin Xiaoxiao reached out her hand somewhat dazedly.

The very moment her fingertips touched the spear shaft.

Boom!

In her mind, it was as if a silent thunderclap exploded!

A warm, profound will exuding endless vicissitudes and overbearingness directly drilled into her palm along the spear shaft!

Following her Meridians.

All the way up.

Directly rushing into her Sea of Consciousness!

"This… This is…"

Lin Xiaoxiao abruptly widened her eyes.

Her red lips parted slightly, her face filled with disbelief.

"My Spear Intent."

Su Yu's voice came from her side.

Calm as if he were speaking of a trivial matter.

"Relying solely on dead practice, you will never touch the core of spear techniques."

"Use your spirit to perceive it."

"Experience the flow of this will."

Lin Xiaoxiao was completely dumbfounded.

Martial Will!

This was Martial Will!

In this world, Martial Will was regarded by all Martial Artists as their most core and private trump card.

It was even a hundred times more precious than Cultivation Techniques and Martial Skills!

Because will was the extension of a Martial Artist's Soul!

And now.

Su Yu had unexpectedly, without reservation, stripped away a trace of his own Martial Will and handed it to her!

What was this equivalent to?

This was equivalent to Su Yu exposing a part of his Soul completely defenselessly before her eyes!

Lin Xiaoxiao's hand holding the spear began to tremble violently.

She could clearly sense it.

That will belonging to Su Yu was wandering through her Meridians.

That feeling…

Was too wondrous!

It was just like Su Yu's hands gently caressing every inch of her Meridians and every inch of her bones from the inside.

Even.

It was even more intimate and deeper than physical contact!

This was a communion on the level of the Soul!

"Focus."

Su Yu looked at Lin Xiaoxiao dazing, his brows slightly furrowed.

He didn't perceive Lin Xiaoxiao's churning, romantic thoughts in her heart at all.

In his view, this was merely a physical cheat used to improve teaching efficiency.

Su Yu walked behind Lin Xiaoxiao.

Stretched out both hands.

From behind, he loosely wrapped around her body.

His left hand grasped Lin Xiaoxiao's hand holding the front section of the spear shaft.

His right hand covered the back of her hand holding the spear hilt.

Boom!

The moment Su Yu's broad, warm palm covered over.

Lin Xiaoxiao's brain completely crashed!

Behind her was Su Yu's broad and firm chest.

Although separated by clothes, she could still clearly sense the astonishing heat emitted by that terrifying Physical Body comparable to a Martial Saint.

The tip of her nose lingered with the faint, clean scent on Su Yu's body.

And in her hand.

She was still holding Su Yu's Martial Will that penetrated deep into her Soul.

Double stimulation.

Caused this usually aloof, high-and-mighty wealthy young miss to instantly soften on one side of her body.

Her cheeks were so red they seemed about to drip blood.

Even her breathing became unusually rapid.

"Straighten your waist."

Su Yu's cold and professional voice sounded beside her ear.

Warm breath hit her earlobe.

Causing her whole body to tremble.

"Feel the circulation of the Spear Intent within the spear body."

"When I exert force, your Qi and blood will follow along with my will."

"Thrust!"

Su Yu abruptly pushed with both hands!

Lin Xiaoxiao had no time to think much.

Her body and her Qi and blood completely and instinctively followed Su Yu's guidance and that wondrous Martial Will, erupting with a boom!

Sizzle!

The Steel Spear transformed into a gray lightning bolt.