Chapter 266 - 189: Shooting 2

Chapter 266: Chapter 189: Shooting 2

Of course, he didn’t need to tell Xia Lan that, so he just said vaguely, "It’s not bad! Still enough for now!"

Xia Lan grumbled, "That’s just insane. A normal prodigy Martial Artist would have their Qi Blood depleted after charging thirty to fifty rounds at most. You charged over a hundred bullets in a single afternoon. You’re not even human."

As she spoke, Xia Lan brought the Harrier over and handed it to him.

"Here, I’ve still got 35 energy bullets that haven’t expired. You should fire them off while you’re hot!"

Yu Fei studied Xia Lan’s expression. She looked completely innocent. He suspected she was making an innuendo, but he had no proof.

As before, Yu Fei didn’t use the sights. He relied on his Illusory Cicada Star Pupil, aiming beyond visual range to shoot at the colorful stones on the distant mountain.

After a dozen or so shots, he completely got the hang of it.

The difference between energy firearms and conventional gunpowder weapons was that the bullets carried supernatural power and traveled at extreme speeds. Their trajectory was nearly a straight line, unaffected by wind or humidity, deviating only slightly due to gravity.

However, the long range and immense recoil made them considerably more difficult to use than conventional firearms.

With the combination of "Fleeting Life’s Instant" and his Illusory Cicada Star Pupil, shooting stationary targets was effortless for Yu Fei, like a fish in water.

Xia Lan patiently waited for him to fire all the bullets, then told him mysteriously.

"Come on, let me teach you something even cooler. Do you know how to deal even more damage?"

Yu Fei put down the Harrier and asked curiously, "How?"

"Come over here. You have Sword Intent, right? Let me tell you, you can imbue energy bullets with divine intent. Depending on the intent, you get special effects. By the way, what are the properties of your Sword Intent?"

Xia Lan asked curiously, her big eyes sparkling.

"Sharpness, and Durability!"

Yu Fei didn’t mention the ’Void’ property. ’For the sake of learning, these two should be enough,’ he thought.

"Good!"

Xia Lan gave Yu Fei a pat on the shoulder, then couldn’t resist patting it twice more.

"You’ve also trained in an Iron Body technique?"

Yu Fei nodded, then heard Xia Lan mutter under her breath, "Damn it, this monster gets all the good stuff!"

"Huh?"

"Nothing! I was just saying those are two great Sword Intent properties. Imbued with Sharpness and Durability, your bullets will exceed their normal maximum range and have even greater stopping power. Let me teach you how to imbue your divine intent..."

The process of imbuing divine intent required injecting one’s own Spiritual Power the moment the bullet heated up, thereby adding the properties of the intent. To Yu Fei, the process felt like enchanting a bullet.

The process itself wasn’t difficult; the hard part was mastering the divine intent.

Yu Fei stopped after imbuing twenty bullets. Unlike draining his Qi Blood, excessive imbuing of divine intent left him feeling mentally fatigued.

Then, Yu Fei tried shooting. He found the bullet’s velocity was even faster—about a fifty percent increase—and its stopping power was greater. The colorful stones that had previously shattered into large chunks were now instantly reduced to a pile of fine pebbles. ’If one of these hit a person,’ he thought, ’they’d probably just explode into a cloud of blood mist, leaving no corpse behind.’

Xia Lan had already grown somewhat numb to his performance. Little did she know that for an ordinary prodigy, imbuing ten or so bullets at once was their absolute limit.

She had developed a great fondness for this genius junior. It was mainly because he was just too powerful. He was only at the Third Realm, yet he was top-tier in every aspect. More importantly, he was handsome and had a high aptitude for learning, making the teaching process an absolute pleasure.

"Alright, that’s it for the basic instruction. Tomorrow, I’ll teach you how to hit moving targets!"

Xia Lan clapped her hands and put a box of bullets back in its place.

BANG!

Yu Fei went to put away the blast container. He tried setting it down with one hand, but lost his grip at the last second, and it slammed onto the platform.

As they were leaving, Xia Lan patted his shoulder and, with extreme naturalness, gave it a couple of squeezes.

"See you!"

’This pervert...’

That evening, upon returning to the Geometric Pyramid Realm, he grabbed a quick bite to eat before hurrying to the training grounds to begin his daily cultivation routine. The day had been so busy he hadn’t even had time to practice the Circulation Divine Vein Scripture. As for the Vermilion Fruit and Ice Spirit Flame from Mr. Ye, he had Xiaocai take them to the storage room.

He wasn’t sure if it was his imagination, but over the past few days, the various cat-form projections generated by his AI butler had suddenly become much clingier and more obedient. Even the rarely seen rainbow cat projection had stopped snubbing him.

Yu Fei noticed that Xiaohai appeared most frequently, usually showing up around mealtimes. The melancholy-looking big orange cat often stood guard at the training grounds, and a calico was usually perched on his headboard when he woke up in the bedroom. The other forms appeared at random. Only the rainbow cat was a rare sight, and it ignored him every time it showed up.

After a long, restless night, he woke up feeling utterly exhausted. He suddenly slapped his forehead—he’d forgotten to ask Mr. Ye something.

’After cultivating the Star Soul Forging Scripture, my head splits, I feel exhausted, and my sleep quality is terrible. I wanted to ask him if there were any potions to replenish one’s spirit, but I completely forgot. Oh well, I’ll just send him a message later.’

Mr. Ye had said that the Vermilion Fruit and Ice Spirit Flame could be consumed directly, but that he should stagger them, waiting a few days between each. Yu Fei naturally planned to follow his advice.

The Vermilion Fruit had an earthy texture with a hint of mellow sweetness. The moment it entered his mouth, Yu Fei devoured it in a few frantic gulps as if he’d lost his mind. He only then realized his primal instinct to consume had completely overridden his reason. It was a reaction from his very life force. Looking down at his empty hands, he saw he had even eaten the pit.

Before he had time to think, the fruit in his stomach transformed into a massive surge of Qi Blood energy. It flowed through his organs and into every inch of his body, where it was greedily absorbed by his flesh and blood, refining into pure Qi Blood power.

After just a moment, his own Qi Blood seemed to reach its limit. The excess energy then began seeping into the deeper levels of his flesh, continuously strengthening his physical body and nourishing his power.

Roughly three hours later, the enhancement finally ended. Yu Fei checked the talent description for his Xuanxiao Spirit Body. As expected, the fourth effect, Divine Martial, had changed.

Divine Martial: Base Qi Blood amplified by 12x, base strength amplified by 12x.

It was still early, so Yu Fei seized the opportunity to cultivate the Circulation Divine Vein Scripture. If he weren’t intent on strengthening his acupoints and meridians to their absolute limit, he would have broken through to the Inner Qi Realm long ago.

With his Qi Blood enhanced, his cultivation speed increased by another twenty percent. As of now, only a little over two thousand derivative acupoints and forty-five micro-meridians remained to be strengthened. He estimated that in another week, he would officially complete his cultivation in the Third Realm. Becoming an Inner Qi Martial Artist was just around the corner.

’The Inner Qi Realm...’

A look of anticipation filled Yu Fei’s face. All signs indicated that at Shenhan University, the Inner Qi Realm was the true starting point of cultivation. He would occasionally see his classmates in the group chat complaining about how difficult Pupil Skills were to cultivate, how perception-based Secret Techniques were completely broken, how Iron Body techniques consumed too many resources, or how their Body Techniques were always clumsy and awkward...

Yu Fei never replied. After all, he was only in the Third Realm. No matter how strong a Third Realm cultivator was, they were still just in the Third Realm—a low-rank Martial Artist.

At one in the afternoon, Yu Fei arrived early at the Sentong Shooting Range. Sure enough, not long after he got there, Xia Lan showed up half an hour ahead of their scheduled time. Seeing that Yu Fei had beaten her there, she showed a satisfied expression.

"Let’s go. Time for moving targets. On the battlefield, the enemy isn’t going to stand still and wait for you to take your shot. Your mission now is constant shooting practice. Charge the bullets yourself, fire them yourself, and drill that sniping ability into your very bones."

Xia Lan was right. In a real battle, only the ability to hit a moving target had any practical meaning. Whether it was Martial Artists or other races, as supernatural beings, their movements were incredibly fast. This was going to be much harder than shooting stationary targets.

"Here, put these on. They’re the range’s special simulation goggles!"

Yu Fei was surprised. "Simulation goggles?"

"Of course they’re simulation goggles! Where else are we going to find so many fast-moving targets?"

Yu Fei put on the simulation goggles and looked toward the distant mountain. He saw that the stones of various colors and sizes had transformed into fast-moving monsters of all different shapes. He took off the goggles to ask a question, but Xia Lan’s voice chimed in before he could.

"This is the range’s simulated shooting system," her voice sounded beside his ear. "The mountain is actually covered in all sorts of sensors. They use the bullet’s impact point to judge the hit in real-time. The simulation fidelity is over ninety percent, so it’s close to a real battle. It’s more than enough for you to get acclimated! Don’t worry, real combat will be waiting for you soon enough!"

"Real combat?"