Chapter 185 Physics

The mountain forest was muddy after the rain.

Liu Hai, with his shield and saber on his back and clad in black light armor, stood in the mountain forest and said in the team voice chat, "You guys move freely and give it your all."

"Yes, Captain."

"Let these youngsters know that we're not to be trifled with either."

Zhou Fan, Xu Hong, Dai Tongda, and Tian Yiqu had a familiar cooperation. They had always worked together in the Fireseed Cup competition. If they could resolve the battle, Captain Liu Hai wouldn't need to take action. Otherwise, Liu Hai would be the one to finish things off.

Xu Jingming advanced halfway up the mountain and immediately spotted Liu Hai standing openly in the distant mountain forest. Liu Hai was tall and large, and wearing armor this time showed his respect for Xu Jingming's team.

"Swish." Xu Jingming immediately swooped down the mountain, heading straight for his master's location.

"Master is at point A. Everyone, avoid him," Xu Jingming said in the team voice chat. "I'll keep an eye on Master."

"Alright, we'll deal with the others first." Wang Yi immediately led the other teammates into action.

In the mountain forest.

Xu Jingming and his master, Liu Hai, faced each other from a distance.

"The scenery in the virtual world is quite good, isn't it?" Liu Hai said with a smile, looking at his disciple. He was using a private conversation channel, so the livestream audience couldn't hear him. Liu Hai then looked at the surrounding forest, reached out to pick a leaf, and smelled it. "The scent of the mountain forest after the rain... This kind of scent can only be found in old forests. The scent of city parks in reality is different. The scent of city parks is too superficial, while the scent here is deeper and more profound."

Xu Jingming also saw the lingering droplets of water on the trees and grass.

"There's more to life than just martial arts. You have to know how to relax and appreciate the world," Liu Hai said, looking around. "The myriad things in the world have something in common with martial arts."

While they were talking, Wang Yi and her team of four were locked in a fierce battle with Xu Hong, Dai Tongda, and their team of four.

After all, Wang Yi had reached the third realm and didn't strike too hard, allowing the older generation to give it their all.

Xu Jingming and Liu Hai, the two captains, faced each other from afar.

"Yes, the myriad things in the world do indeed have something in common with martial arts," Xu Jingming nodded, also using a private conversation channel.

Liu Hai continued, "Just like a leaf, there are times when it's full of resilience, and there are times when it withers. When it's weak, a child can tear it apart, but when it's sharp, a leaf can pierce through a tree." Liu Hai flicked the leaf between his fingers, and it shot into the tree, half of it piercing into the wood.

Xu Jingming was secretly astonished.

"Everything has its yin and yang, and martial arts is the same. Being too firm cannot last, while being too soft lacks power. Combining firmness and gentleness, harmonizing yin and yang, that is the great Dao," Liu Hai said, looking at Xu Jingming.

"The principles of everything…" Xu Jingming said, "can be called… physics!"

"All martial arts can also be classified as physics." Xu Jingming looked at his master. "How much speed and power does this move have? How long does it take to build momentum? What is the opponent's nerve reaction time? My move, from building momentum to striking, is faster than the opponent's nerve reaction limit, so the opponent naturally doesn't have time to dodge."

"What is the distance between me and the opponent? The distance I advance, the advantage of the weapon's length… Naturally, I can kill the enemy, and the enemy can't touch me."

"Body exertion involves the force of internal muscle groups, as well as leverage techniques. An ordinary person's punch is several times weaker than that of a professional expert, because they have mastered the techniques," Xu Jingming said. "These are all physics."

Xu Jingming looked in all directions. "Everything, the growth of trees, the leaves absorbing light, the side facing the sun growing better. The ground is hard, but it becomes muddy when water penetrates it. When the water dries, it becomes hard again… Everything has logic, has scientific principles, and is not mysterious. Everything is like this, and martial arts is also like this!"

"It is said that being too firm cannot last, but the sun can explode continuously," Xu Jingming said. "The concepts of traditional martial arts also need to be studied at their roots. Not everything the predecessors said is correct."

Liu Hai smiled and said, "Disciple, science also has its limits. They can only understand so much now. And the summarized laws of everything may exceed the exploration of science."

The battle continued on the side.

One team member after another fell.

"The summarized laws of everything, some are correct, but some are even wrong," Xu Jingming said, "because the ancients didn't grasp the essence. They also wanted to grasp it, but the technology at the time wasn't enough."

"Now, science is becoming more and more advanced. Do you see? Even the virtual world has come out, virtually recreating everything you think of in front of you with 100% accuracy," Xu Jingming said. "Having a pair of eyes that observe physics and explore the essence of martial arts is the only way to make martial arts go further."

Pfft! Pfft!

After Yang Qingshuo and Heng Fang were killed in succession, Wang Yi finally took decisive action.

One arrow after another.

Xu Hong, who was holding two shields, finally fell, along with the last arrow that pierced through Zhou Fan's body. The other four members of Liu Hai's old team were all wiped out.

"Taiji yin and yang are inherently inclusive, encompassing everything," Liu Hai said. "Everything can be absorbed, but there is ultimately a foundation. Taiji yin and yang are the foundation, and many moves can be summarized and unified, to be used by me."

"All martial arts comply with physics. Science is infinite, physics is infinite," Xu Jingming said. "Martial arts also have infinite possibilities."

Liu Hai smiled. "Very good, you dare to insist on your own ideas in front of me now."

"Master, your martial arts achievements far surpass those of your disciple," Xu Jingming said. "But from the moment I understood that the body is like fire, I understood… that I need to follow my own ideas. What you realize yourself is what truly belongs to you. What others teach you ultimately belongs to others."

"What you realize yourself is what truly belongs to you?" Liu Hai nodded slightly, his smile becoming even brighter. "Then let me see how much you've grown."

Saying that, he picked up two stones from the ground.

He threw them out suddenly!

Swish! Swish!

Liu Hai threw out two stones in quick succession with his left and right hands. The two stones were like cannonballs, instantly streaking across the sky.

Xu Jingming was speechless and said in the team voice chat, "Be careful!"

He didn't even have time to say more, because it was too fast.

"Whoosh—"

In the official Xia Country livestream, the audience couldn't hear the conversation between the master and disciple. They only saw the two talking, and the other four members of both teams fighting until the end.

Suddenly, Liu Hai picked up two stones, both about the size of a palm, and threw them out violently.

In the livestream scene, the virtual world naturally marked the maximum speed of the two high-speed flying stones.

"723 meters per second!" "718 meters per second!"

These were the respective maximum speeds of the two stones. This number made everyone in the know pale.

Lei Yunfang, Zhang Qing, Zhou Yi, Fang Yu, and the others all trembled when they saw this number.

"How is it possible to be so fast?"

The Blue Star Alliance envoy delegation attended the Xia Country Fireseed Cup competition, firstly as a matter of etiquette, and secondly to see the strength of Xia Country's top experts. But the stones thrown by Liu Hai at this moment were truly unbelievable to them.

"These are just two stones picked up at random. How is their speed comparable to that of a third-realm divine archer's arrow?"

"Stones are much heavier than arrows."

"Just how strong is this Liu Hai?"

All the envoys were shaken. This global number one named Liu Hai threw stones that were like cannonballs in reality, exceeding a speed of seven hundred meters per second. This was a speed that would make other third-realm experts despair.

One had to know that Fang Yu's throwing of the short halberd reaching 400 meters per second had already astonished Xu Jingming. This was considered a very powerful throwing weapon among high-level evolutionary practitioners.

But compared to Liu Hai, it was like the difference between heaven and earth!

"Is there such a big difference between an ordinary third-realm expert and the global number one?" Some of the envoys from the Blue Star Alliance who were originally very confident in their own country's experts felt a little flustered when they saw these cannonball-like stones and the displayed speed.

…

In the mountain forest.

"What?" Wang Yi and Liu Chongyuan, who had been reminded by Xu Jingming, turned their heads to look.

But the stones were too fast!

When they turned their heads and saw the two cannonball-like stones, Wang Yi barely had time to move a step. The stone passed through the front of her chest, and the shockwave streaked across the sky. The terrifying gale impacted her robe, tearing it apart, and even leaving marks on her soft armor.

Liu Chongyuan was a little slower to react, and the stone passed through his head, causing his entire person to turn illusory and dissipate.

This stone made Wang Yi feel a wave of fear, and she looked at Liu Hai in shock from afar. One had to know that the entire mountain forest map was only a thousand meters in range, and Liu Hai was in the center of the mountain forest. Wang Yi and the others were more than three hundred meters away from Liu Hai, which was already considered far enough.

But she was still almost shot and killed by a stone.

"Alright."

Liu Hai pulled out the saber behind him, held it in one hand, looked at Xu Jingming, and then glanced at Wang Yi in the distance. "Now, only the two of you are left."