Chapter 29 Finally Surpassed

Liu Hai, wielding a long staff, launched an attack, displaying staff techniques. After all, he was versatile, proficient in many weapons. Moreover, Liu Hai had imitated Di Tiannuo's staff techniques more than ten times in his personal space training ground, only demonstrating them when he was confident.

"I'll attack, you defend, using the first style of staff technique." As Liu Hai spoke, his staff techniques were broad and powerful, fierce and domineering. The staff chopped down angrily, as if to split the world, and swept horizontally… as if to sweep away the turbidity of the world.

Xu Jingming, holding a long spear, defended, mainly focusing on defense.

"This first style of staff technique is upright and majestic, overwhelming people with its momentum," Liu Hai said. "The second style is different."

"Whoosh..."

When the second style of staff technique was used, the staff constantly spun strangely, making its attack trajectory an arc, unpredictable. Moreover, the speed at which the staff pierced through the air was also erratic.

"Hmm?" Xu Jingming also realized the strangeness of this staff technique.

"Third style of staff technique." Liu Hai changed his staff techniques, making the moves shorter, and the changes extremely fast. Whether it was chopping, picking, stabbing, sweeping, or撩(liāo - lifting), all the movements were small, somewhat similar to the 'inch strength' concept, exerting force over a short distance. The staff techniques also involved small-amplitude changes, making the attacks more dense.

Xu Jingming also blocked them one after another.

"When Di Tiannuo fought me, I can be sure that he used these three staff techniques. He may have mixed in other scattered staff moves, but they weren't systematic." Liu Hai paused to explain, "Integrating multiple staff techniques into one, using them at will, made his moves unpredictable."

"But in front of Master, these basic staff moves were useless," Xu Jingming said.

"I used my ultimate move to block all his staff techniques, using his strength against him, and counterattacking," Liu Hai said. "But once he used his ultimate move, his staff techniques were obviously much faster, killing me with two strikes."

Xu Jingming nodded.

"Di Tiannuo must have received a legacy," Liu Hai said. "Seeing that he is proficient in at least three staff techniques, he may have learned several inheritances. Each inheritance has several ultimate moves, and he must be proficient in many ultimate moves, but to deal with me… he only used one ultimate move."

"Yes," Xu Jingming nodded in agreement.

Like the Seven Tribulation inheritance, it was much cheaper than the eighth-order inheritance, so it was possible for Di Tiannuo to choose several inheritances.

"The ultimate move he used made his movements suddenly more agile and his staff techniques faster," Liu Hai said. "Other ultimate moves… no one knows for the time being. Alright, I've told you everything I need to tell you, the final is up to you."

"Master, I want to spar with you one more time," Xu Jingming said.

Liu Hai raised his eyebrows and nodded with a smile, "Okay."

Soon, the two chose their respective armor and weapons, facing each other from a distance.

Bang!

The two moved almost simultaneously, creating visible air waves wherever they passed. Their speeds had obviously broken the sound barrier.

After colliding, Xu Jingming and his master fought together, their spears and shield-sabers clashing.

"Reincarnation." Liu Hai used his ultimate move without hesitation as soon as they exchanged blows. "This disciple of mine has terrifying strength and speed, no less than that Di Tiannuo! Without using an ultimate move, I can't withstand it at all."

Using strength against strength! The saber light howled, dividing yin and yang!

Xu Jingming had long known his master's killing move. His own speed was also faster than Di Tiannuo's, and his spear was also longer than the staff, giving him more distance to buffer the impact. He retreated sharply, avoiding his master's advancing strike.

"Bang, bang, bang!!!"

The two exchanged fierce blows. Liu Hai used his two ultimate moves together. No matter how Xu Jingming attacked, he would only counterattack more fiercely. Xu Jingming's spear moved as he wished. Although he was at a disadvantage, his situation was obviously better than Di Tiannuo's during the match.

"Water Style is one of the five ultimate moves. According to Xuan, the so-called five ultimate moves are just to make it easier for future generations to understand the artistic conception of these ultimate moves. To truly practice spearmanship to the bone, one should naturally integrate the artistic conception of these ultimate moves into every move."

"At that time, even if all the moves are spear thrusts, they will also combine the essence of Water Style, Fire Style, Mountain Style, and the space domain. That is the real Transformation Light spearmanship." Xu Jingming comprehended while fighting his master.

"The easiest thing is to integrate the essence of 'Water Style' into every move." Under his master's use of strength against strength and terrifying counterattacks, Xu Jingming was clearly using many spear techniques, but gradually the artistic conception of 'flowing water' became more and more intense, and the spear moves became more natural.

"Good kid, the power of his spearmanship is restrained. Every time it touches, it retracts, making it difficult for me to use strength against him." Liu Hai also noticed the change in his disciple.

"Compared to Di Tiannuo..."

"Di Tiannuo is more violent and fierce, while my disciple is more skilled in actual combat." Liu Hai realized this. "I estimate his actual combat skills are not much different from mine."

As time passed, Xu Jingming's spear moves became more and more complete, and it became increasingly difficult for Liu Hai to use strength, and the power of his counterattacks also weakened.

Suddenly—

Xu Jingming unleashed a terrifying spear ray!

This spear ray was swift and violent, like a rainbow, passing through the gap in Liu Hai's shield-saber, piercing through Liu Hai's chest.

Liu Hai's body naturally recovered. He looked at his disciple in surprise, "That move just now?"

"It's my ultimate move, called Fire Style," Xu Jingming said happily. "Master's two ultimate moves have touched me. I have already begun to integrate the essence of Water Style into ordinary moves. The combination of water and fire… suddenly erupted, which is why this Fire Style has such power."

"Amazing," Liu Hai nodded in praise. "Jingming, you have finally surpassed me."

At this moment, Liu Hai was filled with emotion.

Back then, this disciple had extraordinary talent. He stepped onto the World Martial Arts Competition too early. After breaking his leg, his future was bleak.

With the arrival of the virtual world, his disciple truly displayed his terrifying potential, constantly chasing and surpassing!

More than ten months after the virtual world opened, his disciple completely surpassed him!

"I relied on the advantage of strength and speed," Xu Jingming immediately said. "If we had the same strength and speed, I wouldn't be able to break Master's ultimate move."

"Haha, losing is losing," Liu Hai said with a smile. "Although actual combat skills are important, evolution is the foundation. If one day you and Di Tiannuo both break through to become Star Realm lifeforms, while I am still only a Planetary Realm lifeform, no matter how high my actual combat skills are, you will easily defeat me with one move."

"I'm leaving, the final is up to you." Liu Hai turned and left, his figure disappearing.

Xu Jingming stood in place for a moment.

He had defeated his master, but Xu Jingming didn't feel much joy.

For a long time, his master had been a mountain in front of him! His master taught him earnestly, guiding him wholeheartedly. He improved constantly, but no matter how much he improved… he always felt that his master was very strong.

But today, he defeated his master with one spear strike.

"There are always stronger people out there, and there are countless experts in the universe. I can't stop, I must become stronger and stronger," Xu Jingming said silently.

…

Liu Hai's personal space training ground.

"I've finally been surpassed," Liu Hai said with gratification.

A disciple surpassing his master is the master's greatest success.

"Cultivate hard. After becoming a Star Realm lifeform and entering the universe, the competition will be much more intense." Liu Hai flipped his hand, holding a shield-saber, and began to practice the shield-saber techniques from his inheritance again.

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Cold training method.

After Xu Jingming sparred with his master, he began the three major training methods that he performed every day.

"Puff, puff, puff…"

In the extreme cold, Xu Jingming's mind and will became more and more focused on spearmanship, to reduce the impact of the cold. He devoted himself to using Transformation Light spearmanship.

Because the 'Water Style artistic conception' was integrated into all basic spear moves, Xu Jingming felt that the 'connection' of the spear thrusts had become smoother. He unleashed each move to his heart's content.

"Boom."

The consecutive spear thrusts became more and more terrifying, and the sound of the air exploding became more and more piercing.

"Hmm?" Xu Jingming suddenly stopped, his eyes filled with joy. "Thirty consecutive strikes? Transformation Light Style, can I finally do thirty consecutive strikes?"