527: Chapter 527 will unlock a new skill; experience flying through the wind.

Chapter 527: New Skill About to Unlock, Experiencing Flight on the Wind

Several brand new notification messages slowly emerged before his eyes.

They finally stopped on that heart-accelerating number.

"Just experienced a thousand-meter-high Flight once, and the effect is already this good?"

Fang Cheng's eyes shone brightly as he stared at the panel and muttered to himself.

He made a rough calculation in his heart.

The static airborne time had increased by a full second.

Coupled with the previously mastered 7.98-second record, it meant that the maximum limit of his airborne time had impressively reached 8.98 seconds.

If one subtracted the percentage increases brought by the two skill effects of Ape Waist and Air Walk, converting it into the original base numerical value...

It was equivalent to an increase of about 0.35 seconds in base airborne time.

Being able to reap such huge gains from this gliding descent from a thousand meters high was indeed somewhat unexpected.

You must know that in the past, whether relying on fitness skill upgrades or agility attribute Breakthroughs beyond human limits, the airborne rewards given by the panel each time could be said to be negligible.

At least zero point one second, and at most only a fraction of a second.

Every small step of improvement required countless sweat and a long time to polish.

If they followed the previous mindset, solely relying on daily exercise and continuously stacking airborne time in a vain attempt to achieve Physical Body Flight, I'm afraid they would have to wait until the Year of the Monkey and the Month of the Horse.

Because although airborne time and agility attributes were related, they were not completely identical.

Agility represented muscle control, flexibility, and balance; it allowed you to run faster on the ground, jump higher, and perform various high-difficulty actions.

On the other hand, airborne capability, and even Flight, were essentially fighting against the most fundamental physical Law of this planet—gravity.

Human bone density, muscle structure, and fluid dynamics characteristics were naturally designed for walking on land.

Wanting to shake off Mother Earth's gravitational embrace and relying on the Physical Body to borrow force in the thin air was itself a Heaven-Defying evolutionary paradox.

What it required was not just perfect control over the body, but also a nearly instinctive perception of airflow.

That was using the five senses in a weightless state to accurately "catch" the rhythm of the wind, instantly adjusting the tiny angle of every muscle in the whole body.

And ultimately achieving the transformation of the originally illusory air into a solid entity that could be leveraged.

This subtle bodily sensation could never be simulated in flat-ground training.

For humans, wanting to master this ability could not be more appropriately described by the four characters "difficult to ascend to the heavens".

Fang Cheng's gaze flickered slightly, as if he had some realization.

It seemed that the polishing of any skill ultimately could not rely solely on dead practice.

It must be thrown into cruel actual combat, applied and verified in the most realistic environment, in order to reap the most practical insights and experience.

Although Fang Cheng had previously tried many times to leap from mountain tops and tall buildings, using aerodynamics to glide...

Those attempts were strictly controlled by him within the limit range that his own abilities could bear.

The altitude was controllable, the airflow was stable, and the gliding distance was only one or two hundred meters.

Even if something went wrong or a mistake was made midway, it would at most be some superficial injuries and would not endanger his life.

But that jump just now was completely different in nature.

That was the consequence of the fierce battle between Fang Cheng and Ghost Sickle, not any deliberate drill.

In that flesh-and-blood pounding situation, adrenaline surged, and the only thought in his mind was how to kill the opponent, completely unable to consider too many external conditions.

Until climbing to the desperate situation of a thousand meters high, placed in the center of the violent explosive air wave.

In order to survive, his senses and Potential Activation were forced to the extreme by his survival instinct.

Not only did he have to squeeze out every ounce of muscle strength to fight gravity, but he also had to instantly analyze the direction of the chaotic airflow and forcefully integrate himself into the wind.

Even if any tiny mistake appeared in the middle, even if he hadn't turned into a puddle of meat patty right now, he would have fallen into a full-body comminuted fracture.

Just as the panel prompt said, this was a "life-and-death trial challenging the limits of the sky".

Much like a sailor rowing a famous small wooden boat in a pond, no matter how skilled his techniques were, he could never understand what true navigation was.

Only by placing oneself in the vast ocean, being thrown onto the crest of waves amidst turbulent billows, and facing the fear of the abyss directly...

Would bodily instincts truly Awakening, learning how to control the wind and waves, and challenge and defeat the rules of nature.

No matter how perfect the theory was, without undergoing the tempering of life and death, it was ultimately just talking on paper.

Fang Cheng took a deep breath, shook his head slightly, and then cast his gaze toward the very bottom of the skill column.

Right below [Potential Activation], that box that used to be faintly discernable and seemed covered in dust...

At this moment, it was emitting a strange micro-light, looking quite different from usual.

[Hidden Skill (Upcoming Unlock)]

This mysterious skill column was an Easter egg accidentally triggered after the "Leg Raise" skill was promoted to Grandmaster level.

The prompt information at that time was very vague, only saying that when the static airborne time exceeded 9 seconds, unexpected abilities might be unlocked.

Looking over at it now, the edges of that gray box were rhythmically pulsing.

Like a heart under gestation, it could break through that layer of restriction and untie the unbreakable Seal at any time.

Fang Cheng looked carefully at the inconspicuous small text annotation behind the skill column:

[This skill belongs to a hidden skill and requires meeting the prerequisite conditions to activate]

[Remaining required airborne time: 0.02 seconds]

"0.02 seconds..."

The corners of Fang Cheng's mouth twitched slightly.

It was just this tiny bit short.

This feeling was like being separated by a window paper as thin as a cicada's wing.

Clearly able to see the scenery on the opposite side clearly, his fingers had even touched that thin film.

Yet it happened to lack that final ounce of strength to puncture it.

If it could be said that previously Fang Cheng still had some doubts about this "unexpected ability"...

Then, after experiencing that brief yet real high-altitude gliding experience just now, he could be almost one hundred percent certain.

This upcoming unlock hidden skill was definitely the legendary "Flight ability"!

Fang Cheng slowly spread his palms; within his palms, it seemed that the tactile sensation of controlling the raging wind just now still remained.

He took a deep breath, his nasal cavity filled with the chilling Aura unique to high altitudes, which was refreshing.

This was the taste of freedom, and also the joy of breaking free from shackles.

"It is not considered a regret."

Fang Cheng closed his five fingers, a flash of sharp light crossing his eyes.

According to past experience, as long as he waited for the agility attribute to break through the human limit milestone of 80 points, the qualitative bodily change brought by it would be enough to make up for this final 0.02-second shortboard.

Even more would overflow.

By then, he might be able to use the two skill effects of Charged Ejection and Elasticity to instantly launch himself into the high sky like a cannonball.

And then truly soar above the Nine Heavens relying on the Physical Body like a bird.

"Flight..."

He muttered to himself, the corners of his mouth curling into a wild arc:

"Just like walking and Running, it should be the simplest thing."

At this moment, the roar of a car engine vaguely drifted over with the night wind.

Fang Cheng lowered his head and cast his gaze downward, looking down through the steel grating at the soles of his feet.

He saw that on the desolate highway below the TV tower, two dust-covered cars were speeding towards this side one after another.

One was a fake-plated black modified off-road vehicle, and the other was none other than his own Land Rover Range Rover.

Through the front windshield, one could clearly see the two faces in the Driving position almost glued to the glass.

Xiaosa and Xu Hao had expressions of anxiousness mixed with uncontainable excitement; clearly, their destination was this TV tower.

"You guys came quite fast..."

Fang Cheng's eyes narrowed slightly, a smile appearing under his mask.

This battle was fought quite enjoyably.

Next, it was time to clean up the mess and deal with the subsequent fallout.

Fang Cheng opened his arms once more, embracing the raging wind of the high altitude for the last time, enjoying the stirring aftermath.

Then, he made a jaw-dropping, counter-intuitive action.

He had no run-up, nor did he bend his knees to store power; he just extremely naturally raised his right foot and took a step forward.

This step impressively stepped into the three-hundred-meter-high night sky.

"Whoosh————"

His body instantly detached from the support of the steel, falling toward the abyss.

But this time, there was completely no sense of out-of-control falling.

The instant his right foot stepped into the air, Fang Cheng clearly perceived the changes in the surrounding airflow.

Those night winds that were originally invisible and intangible turned into layers of thin yet solidly existing stairs in his senses.

"Rise."

Following his silent incantation in his heart, Fang Cheng quickly adjusted his posture in mid-air, his torso leaning slightly forward, his arms stretching out.

The surging Qi in his body suddenly vibrated according to a strange frequency, Running abruptly along his limbs and bones.

The airborne capability that had just been upgraded was instantly activated.

His entire person did not smash down vertically like a stone, but rather like a falling feather, gently supported by an upward airflow.

If previously he had been wrapped up by the raging wind and charging blindly...

Then right now, he was completely controlling the power of this wind.

The height of over three hundred meters seemed to have turned into an invisible slide beneath Fang Cheng's feet.

Then flying into the night sky, carving out an elegant and calm arc.

There was no need to spray steam from his pores to obtain reverse thrust, nor was there any need to drastically adjust his center of gravity.

Merely relying on fine-tuning the wind direction, he slowly descended in mid-air.

Strolling leisurely as if in a courtyard, his posture graceful, resembling an Immortal traveling on the wind in legends.

On the highway below.

Inside the speeding Land Rover, Xu Hao suddenly widened his eyes and blurted out towards the sky:

"Holy crap! That is... Boss? Is he flying?!"

Xiaosa's hand trembled even more, almost snapping the steering wheel off, and he slammed his foot down on the brakes.

"Screech————"

The tires of the two cars violently rubbed against the ground, dragging long black marks on the highway, and stopped with emergency brakes one after another.

Right at the end of the intersecting light beams of the headlights.

A figure fluttered down silently.

There was no earth-shattering loud noise, nor any impact with rising smoke and dust.

Fang Cheng's feet lightly tapped on the asphalt road surface, not even stirring up a trace of dust.

It was just like having just walked the final step of stairs, standing calmly on the earth.

At that moment, the night wind suddenly stopped.

Xiaosa and Xu Hao pushed open the car doors and rushed down, but upon seeing this scene before them, both of their steps simultaneously froze in place.

The glare of the headlights shone on Fang Cheng.

That man with a bare, well-built body and wearing a white fiend mask was standing there quietly.

His body seemed to still retain undissipated high temperature, and the surrounding air was slightly distorting.

That set of perfect muscle lines emitted a suffocating sense of oppression under the light and shadow.

"Pres... President..."

Xiaosa swallowed a mouthful of saliva, his voice inevitably trembling somewhat.

Fang Cheng slowly raised his hand, took off the mask on his face, revealing that stern and calm face.

He casually threw the mask to Xiaosa, his tone casual, as if he had just gone downstairs for a walk:

"Drive steadily in the future; you almost hit me."

Xiaosa flurriedly caught the mask carrying residual warmth, holding it in his arms like holding the Imperial Seal.

The entire person was obviously still in a state of brain overload.

Xu Hao beside him had his mouth opened wide enough to stuff an egg into, his eyes staring straight at Fang Cheng's unscathed body.

As if looking at a monkey that had just jumped out of Lord Taishang's Pill Furnace.

Fang Cheng ignored these two clowns and twisted his neck on his own.

"Crack."

A crisp joint explosion was exceptionally clear in the silent night.

The feeling of leaping down from the TV signal tower just now could be said to be very marvelous.

His body felt a few fractions lighter out of thin air, as if he was no longer a land creature that only knew how to perform free-fall motion.

Compared to the fierce Aura of falling from a thousand meters high previously, that jump just now obviously had an extra sense of relaxed and calm control.

This was the intuitive feedback after the improvement of the airborne capability.

Even if he hadn't truly unlocked the "Flight" skill, he was still missing that final kick of 0.02 seconds.

But that realization of traveling on the wind was solidly engraved into his bones, becoming an instinct manifested in concrete actions.

Pulling back his thoughts, Fang Cheng raised his eyes and scanned the slightly desolate scenery around.

The night wind blew the withered grass on the roadside to rustle.

In the direction of the unfinished building in the distance, there was still undissipated black smoke and firelight.

Seeing that the two underlings were still standing foolishly in place, Fang Cheng slightly frowned and then asked:

"I asked you guys to guard the perimeter and monitor the situation. Any discoveries?"

"Ah? Oh!"

Xiaosa gave a start all over, only then waking up, hurriedly straightening his waist and reporting respectfully:

"Report to the President! After you and the prey arrived at the unfinished building, we set up many monitoring devices on the perimeter according to the plan, and there have been no suspicious targets so far."

"Seeing that the commotion here was huge just now, we immediately drove your car over to pick you up."

Xu Hao also patted his chest loudly on the side, adding:

"Rest assured, Boss, Xiaosa's and my four eyes were wide open like copper bells, guaranteed to leave no fish slipping through the net!"

Speaking of this, he paused, sneaking a glance behind Fang Cheng like a thief, and asked cautiously:

"Boss, that... little brat who planted the bomb, has he been dealt with?"

While exercising his wrists, Fang Cheng nodded slightly:

"Yeah, turned to ashes."

"Awesome!"

Hearing this, Xu Hao excitedly slapped his thigh, almost jumping up:

"I knew Boss was outrageously strong! That kind of punk who only knows how to play with bombs is just a firecracker making some noise in front of you!"

Although Xiaosa didn't speak, the look of adoration in his eyes grew a bit thicker.

He reacted very quickly, immediately diving into the back seat of the off-road vehicle, taking out a brand-new set of clothes and trousers that had been prepared long ago and handing them over.

"President, put on the clothes first, it's cold at night."

Fang Cheng took the clothes and didn't shy away, standing open and honestly in the middle of the highway to put them on.