Chapter 4: Spear Technique, Score

The spear tip tears through the air, bringing with it a sharp whistle.

"So fast!"

"Li Yuan's spear." Most students watch with bated breath, feeling Li Yuan's long spear is too fast, crossing several meters in the blink of an eye.

One must know, Li Yuan and Teacher Xu Bo are less than ten meters apart, and the long spear in Li Yuan's hand is nearly three meters long, plus Li Yuan's instantaneous burst speed... the spear tip points directly at Teacher Xu Bo's chest.

"Middle-level spear?" Zhou Qi grips his long spear, recognizing this move of Li Yuan's.

Spear techniques are ever-changing, but the basic spear forms are nothing more than blocking, holding, piercing, stabbing, hacking, collapsing, pointing, winding, twisting, etc. All spear techniques are derived from these basic moves.

The middle-level spear can be called the most ordinary move in spear technique, but it is also the most important.

The so-called middle-level is flat stabbing and straight piercing, taking the shortest distance between two points, with an offensive momentum like an arrow.

It bets on accuracy, speed, and strength.

"Clearly the same move, Brother Yuan's spear could probably stab me to death directly." Zhou Qi secretly clicks his tongue.

In the field.

"Straight pierce? Using weapon and strength advantage?" Xu Bo sees Li Yuan's goal.

As the saying goes, "The saber is like a fierce tiger, the sword is like a swimming dragon, the staff sweeps a large area, and the spear picks a single line."

The staff is shorter than the long spear.

In this kind of head-on confrontation, the long spear will inevitably arrive first, and the speed and strength Li Yuan possesses are both stronger than the Level 5.0 speed and strength Xu Bo is bursting out.

"Boom!"

Facing Li Yuan's attack, Xu Bo no longer dodges as he did before, but takes the initiative to attack, stepping out. Following that, the long staff in his hand draws a smooth arc in the air, striking the spear tip like lightning, borrowing force to strike force, causing the spear head's direction to suddenly skew.

He avoids Li Yuan's fierce strike.

"Sss~!" Li Yuan seems to have expected this. At the moment the spear body is rebounded by force, he takes advantage of the force, with his waist as the core, suddenly twisting his body and exerting force. The spear body suddenly rotates 180 degrees, hacking at Xu Bo like an axe blade.

This time the two are closer, and the burst speed is faster.

"Haha!" Teacher Xu Bo suddenly laughs, as if he knew it beforehand, retreating backwards and avoiding Li Yuan's fierce hack.

"He could even avoid this?" Li Yuan is slightly shocked. The teacher's reaction speed is simply too fast.

Before he can think more.

"Hoo!" A blurry staff shadow has already taken advantage of the long spear's horizontal sweep missing, and smashes over fiercely.

"Retreat!" Li Yuan immediately changes his footwork and retreats violently, while holding the spear horizontally, trying to block this staff.

"Boom~" Weapons collide.

Li Yuan doesn't feel the strength impact of the other's long staff; it's as if his long spear is stuck to the other's long staff.

Very uncomfortable.

Hoo!

Xu Bo suddenly advances a step, narrowing the distance to Li Yuan again, the long staff in his hand changing and poking over, fast and fierce.

"Swish!" Li Yuan is forced to retreat and dodge. The long spear is a long weapon and must open up space to have enough power.

What shocks Li Yuan is that although his footwork is fine, he just can't retreat. Teacher Xu Bo's long staff can always smash over at just the right time, forcing him to block the spear again and again without being able to fully exert force.

That long staff is sometimes violent, sometimes soft, ever-changing.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The weapons collide more than ten times in a flash, and Li Yuan has already retreated to the edge of the silver floor.

"Boom~" Another staff shadow sweeps over, and Li Yuan only feels a slight pain in his chest, and his whole body involuntarily retreats backwards.

Retreating several steps, he finally stops.

With full armor protection, and Teacher Xu Bo not bursting out with strong strength, a training staff strike cannot cause any damage to Li Yuan.

"I lost." Li Yuan holds his black long spear upright and says helplessly: "Teacher Xu, my speed and strength advantage are so great, yet I couldn't even block twenty of your moves."

It only shows that the gap in cold weapon skills between the two is huge.

Around them, there is dead silence.

All the students are looking at Li Yuan and Teacher Xu Bo in a daze.

The confrontation between the two was very short, but extremely intense, as if it were a real battle, not at the same level as the skill tests they had just undergone.

"You have already blocked more than ten moves." Teacher Xu Bo says, a rare smile appearing on his cold face: "Your spear technique is a big step stronger than it was at the end of last semester, and I also went all out to win against you."

Went all out?

Li Yuan sighs. This is only Teacher Xu's full-strength level at Level 5 physical fitness.

If both sides' burst strength and speed were the same, he probably couldn't block three moves.

This is the difference in skill level.

"At the end of last semester, my spear technique and footwork were both at 99% of the second stage, and I broke through after the exam." Li Yuan thinks: "By this inference, Teacher Xu's skill realm is at least at the fourth stage."

Without other references, Li Yuan doesn't know the specific differences between the first, second, and third stages in the panel.

But he can vaguely judge that the cold weapon skills of the students in the class should only have reached the second stage for a very few, like Wan Xiao.

At the same time, Li Yuan is clear about one point.

If his spear technique and footwork improve, it will definitely be reflected in the panel data.

Tick!

The martial arts skill number for Li Yuan has already appeared on the screen at the back of the classroom—"365 points."

"So high?"

"It exceeded 360 points." Zhou Qi's eyes light up.

"This is college entrance exam difficulty. We've only just entered senior year, and Li Yuan's martial arts skill score has risen so much compared to last semester?"

"This kind of single-subject score is probably the most powerful batch in the city."

"By the time of the college entrance exam, maybe Li Yuan can compete for the city's single-subject champion in martial arts skills."

"Li Yuan will definitely get into a martial arts university."

"If my spear technique were as powerful as Li Yuan's..."

"Whoever has yellow urine, come and wake him up."

These students are shocked and envious, whispering.

If Li Yuan only had 320 or 330 points, these students might be jealous of Li Yuan because the gap between them wouldn't be so outrageous.

But the gap is too large, and most people will only admire him.

Most people have self-knowledge. Why be jealous of someone who is clearly not at the same level as themselves?

Moreover, martial arts skills are different from physical fitness.

If the family conditions are extremely good, one can be equipped with specialized dietitians, physical therapists, and have a specialized training plan, and one awakens martial arts spiritual nature... it is hopeful to raise physical fitness to Level 7 or higher in the senior year.

But the improvement of martial arts skills cannot be achieved just by throwing money at it.

With the end of Li Yuan's assessment, the time has reached 5:30 PM.

"Okay."

"Judging from today's test, most students have been working hard since entering senior year," Teacher Xu Bo says in a low voice: "But there are also some students who have regressed instead of progressing."

"You are already senior students. The college entrance exam, if not determining your life's fate, is at least a major life opportunity... I will come again the day after tomorrow afternoon to supervise your martial arts practice. Class dismissed." Teacher Xu Bo turns and leaves.

Following that, another sentence drifts over: "Li Yuan, Wan Xiao, you two come to my office."

Many students, whose feet were already aching and who were covered in sweat, immediately disperse.

Many boys, while drinking water, call out to rush to the cafeteria for seats.

Some girls discuss going to the restroom first.

"Brother Yuan, I'll go to the cafeteria with Yan Zhou and the others, and help you grab a seat! I'll bring you a nutritional meal by the way," Zhou Qi shouts.

"Old Zhou, get two portions for Brother Yuan." The sturdy boy named Yan Zhou laughs and calls out to Li Yuan: "Brother Yuan, leave the meal to us, you go to the office quickly."

"Thanks, I'll transfer the money to you later," Li Yuan laughs.

"Don't, I didn't pay you for the breakfast you brought me a few times, today's dinner will pay you back," Yan Zhou laughs.

Li Yuan smiles.

Besides Zhou Qi, he has several other classmates in the class with whom he has a good relationship.

"Li Yuan, let's go." The burly Wan Xiao calls out to Li Yuan: "Why is Teacher Xu looking for us?"

"Looking for you, it should be to transfer you to the elite class," Li Yuan laughs.

As for why he is looking for himself? Li Yuan has a guess in his heart, but he cannot confirm it yet.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 5 =====