Chapter 402: Heart Net! When Did He Learn It?

Every movement of a sixth-rank ability user is extremely swift.

In the eyes of lower-rank ability users, it often looks like their vision blurs for a moment and the action is already done, which really hurts the viewing experience.

Lei Ting Wu Guan had naturally long since made the relevant preparations for this.

Very quickly, the holographic projection above the stadium displayed the slow-motion replay of what had just happened.

Through the slow-motion replay, one could clearly see that the blood-red blade-light had originally been aimed at the head.

Yet Xu Jingming only needed a slight tilt of his head, and the blade-light grazed past at a distance of barely one centimetre from his cheek.

It did not cause the slightest bit of injury.

"Ah, this..."

"His control over his body is actually this terrifying?"

Seeing this, the entire audience instantly erupted into an uproar.

Too bold!

Very few ability users would adopt such an extreme dodging style in combat!

"Putting on a show!"

Chen Hai on the arena darkened his expression, too lazy to keep probing, and gripping his warblade he pressed forward!

His speed was very fast; in the blink of an eye he had already charged to Xu Jingming's front.

The warblade in his hand, roughly a little over a metre long, was swung out without the slightest hesitation!

Whoosh!

Blade-light flickered, the warblade swift as lightning!

Yet Xu Jingming on the opposite side sidestepped, still dodging it with complete ease.

"I don't believe you can keep dodging!"

After two swings missed, Chen Hai was clearly getting anxious, and a fierce crimson qi-and-blood suddenly coiled around his warblade.

Swish! Swish! Swish!......

The warblade seemed to transform into a blood-red phantom, slashing out in rapid succession!

As an Enhancement-type ability user who excelled in close-quarters slaughter, Chen Hai's blade technique had likewise reached the Master level!

Moreover, what he practised was the swift-blade style! His draw-and-slash speed was astonishingly fast!

Every time he swung the blade, a piercing sonic boom rang out!

At this moment, the sonic booms rang out one after another in a dense, flowing stream.

"What a fast blade!"

"He's also sixth-rank, yet his draw-and-slash speed is more than double mine!"

Chen Hai's swift blade was certainly shocking, but what was even more astonishing was—

Every single one of those slashes was dodged by Xu Jingming by the barest of margins!

"Hiss! Just watching, my goosebumps are about to pop up!"

"This control is simply too terrifying."

"Please, Xu Jingming, dodge with a slightly bigger margin!"

"Exactly, watching him play, my heart is about to leap out of my throat."

"..."

If the first dodge could still be explained as coincidence.

Then Xu Jingming's subsequent series of performances undoubtedly proved beyond doubt that he had seen through every single one of Chen Hai's moves!

And every one of his dodges seemed like dancing on the tip of a blade.

Giving quite a few spectators a different kind of thrill.

Being able to produce such a stunning effect was naturally because Xu Jingming had already activated the SS-rank combat skill 'Heart Net', taught to him by Teacher Su Qingli.

"Fifty seconds have already passed, and it seems you still haven't touched me once.

What? Even if I give you a full minute, you still can't defeat me?"

After dodging once more, Xu Jingming stood still in the distance.

His pair of resolute eyes watched Chen Hai with a hint of teasing in them.

Once Heart Net was activated, every single one of Chen Hai's movements was seen by him with perfect clarity.

He could even foresee the attack trajectories!

It was just like running a precognition cheat, so naturally dodging all of Chen Hai's attacks was extremely easy.

"You!"

Chen Hai's expression was so gloomy it looked as if water could drip from it.

He had no idea where the problem lay—how could he fail to touch Xu Jingming even once?

"Only ten seconds left! Again!" Gripping his warblade, he launched another charge:

"Wheel-Blade Slash!"

The cold warblade carved a crimson arc through the air, slashing toward Xu Jingming.

This time, the speed was considerably faster than before!

Wheel-Blade Slash! An offensive S-rank combat skill!

It could unleash 128 consecutive slashes, each one faster than the last!

It was the strongest combat skill Chen Hai had at his disposal!

"Getting serious? Lei Jitai!"

Xu Jingming's sword-shaped brows rose slightly, and amid the flicker of golden thunder, he likewise entered the Enhancement form of Lei Jitai!

With the Heart Net activated, although he could foresee Chen Hai's movements,

his body still needed time to react. The stronger his physique, the better it was for dodging.

"Wheel Blade Slash — it looks like this match will be decided very soon."

Wang Dong in the audience couldn't help but nod.

The further Wheel Blade Slash progressed, the faster it became. By the final 128th slash, even he wouldn't dare take it head-on!

The only way to break it was to interrupt it right at the start.

But Xu Jingming was bound by his own promise — he couldn't possibly interrupt it.

Then the ultimate victor was bound to be Chen Hai!

Yet the battle that followed did not develop as he had predicted.

Chen Hai's blade was indeed getting faster, but correspondingly, Xu Jingming's dodges were getting faster too!

Later on, the dodging Xu Jingming became a blur, like a golden phantom — impossible to see clearly.

"What??!!"

"That's absurd! How on earth is he doing this? Is Xu Jingming's neural reaction speed really that fast?"

Many spectators in the audience were completely dumbfounded.

Before Chen Hai, Xu Jingming was like a slippery loach — impossible to catch!

No, even a loach under that kind of slash speed would have long since been reduced to a pile of meat paste.

Xu Jingming was simply even more agile than a loach!

"Why do I feel like it's not that Xu Jingming's neural reaction speed is fast, but that he's somehow foreseeing Chen Hai's movements in advance?"

An instructor from Lei Ting Wu Guan did manage to spot some clues.

"Indeed — before Chen Hai even raised his blade, Xu Jingming had already begun dodging in advance.

Once could be coincidence, but every single time? That already says something."

Due to the way human muscles work, before an esper makes a move, the relevant muscles act a step ahead.

Some highly experienced espers can judge your movement trajectory from this.

But this is generally a technique only espers with at least ten or twenty years of combat experience can master.

How could Xu Jingming, a young man who just turned 20, employ it so skillfully?

What's more crucial — often, before Chen Hai even raised his blade, before his muscles had even engaged, Xu Jingming had already predicted and moved first.

This was simply an impossible feat!

"Why do I feel like this ability seems… familiar?"

A martial hall instructor spoke up in confusion. After thinking for a moment, he suddenly realized and widened his eyes:

"Holy—! Isn't that the hall master's 'Heart Net' combat technique?!"

At these words, the many instructors of Lei Ting Wu Guan suddenly realized.

Right! Wasn't this Su Qingli's signature technique?

Then the question arose.

Heart Net is an SS-rank combat technique, and Xu Jingming has only been Su Qingli's disciple for a little over a month.

When did he learn it?