Chapter 76: Extreme Speed

Those head constables are Second Grade Martial Artists; they are Skin-Tempering Realm martial artists whose skin has undergone the tempering of True Qi, making it extremely tough. The iron fragments fired by the Elm Cannons could at most scratch their skin, unable to inflict fatal damage upon their bodies.

In the volley just now, after the First Grade yamen runners and constables at the front were pierced through, these Second Grade head constables acted as human shields, blocking many of the flying iron fragments and protecting the First Grade yamen runners and constables behind them; otherwise, it would not have been over fifty people dead just now, but at least seventy or eighty.

"Ding! Team-killed one First Grade Lower Stage Martial Artist, gained 5 points of Experience Value."

"Ding! Killed one First Grade Lower Stage Martial Artist, gained 20 points of Experience Value."

"Ding! Team-killed one First Grade Lower Stage Martial Artist, gained 5 points of Experience Value."

"Ding! Team-killed one First Grade Intermediate Martial Artist, gained 10 points of Experience Value."

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The notification sounds from the Game Panel in Meng Yifan's mind rang out one after another. In that volley just now, one Elm Cannon was fired by Meng Yifan himself, killing three First Grade Lower Stage Martial Artists, each yielding 20 points of Experience Value.

As for the other Elm Cannons, they were fired by the villagers, so the Experience Value allocated to Meng Yifan was reduced by a large margin. After this round of volley fire, he harvested a total of 480 points of Experience Value.

Meng Yifan did not hesitate and once again converted these Experience Value points into speed attribute points. This brought his body speed to 152 points; without needing to consume True Qi, as long as he fully exerted his body speed, he could reach 152 meters per second. If he added the amplification of Lingbo Microsteps, his current speed could be called terrifying.

In the world of the Great Wu Heavenly Dynasty, due to the richness of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, the physical fitness of ordinary people is generally much stronger than that of people on Earth.

Under normal circumstances, an untrained adult ordinary person can run at a maximum speed of 10 meters per second and throw a punch with a maximum force of 100 kilograms.

Martial artists who practice Yellow-grade Lower-tier Techniques will have their physical fitness greatly improved.

A First Grade Lower Stage Martial Artist can run at a maximum speed of 15 meters per second and throw a punch with a maximum force of 150 kilograms.

A First Grade Intermediate Martial Artist can run at a maximum speed of 20 meters per second and throw a punch with a maximum force of 200 kilograms.

A First Grade High-Level Martial Artist can run at a maximum speed of 25 meters per second and throw a punch with a maximum force of 250 kilograms.

A Second Grade Lower Tier Martial Artist can run at a maximum speed of 30 meters per second and throw a punch with a maximum force of 300 kilograms.

A Second Grade Middle Stage Martial Artist can run at a maximum speed of 50 meters per second and throw a punch with a maximum force of 500 kilograms.

A Second-grade High-tier Martial Artist can run at a maximum speed of 80 meters per second and throw a punch with a maximum force of 800 kilograms.

A Third Grade Lower Tier Martial Artist can run at a maximum speed of 120 meters per second and throw a punch with a maximum force of 1200 kilograms.

Martial artists who practice Yellow Grade Middle Tier techniques have their physical fitness increased by twenty percent compared to those who practice Yellow-grade Lower-tier techniques.

Martial artists who practice Yellow Grade High Rank techniques have their physical fitness increased by forty percent compared to those who practice Yellow Grade Middle Tier techniques.

Martial artists who practice Mysterious-Grade Lower-Tier Techniques have their physical fitness increased by sixty percent compared to those who practice Yellow-grade Lower-tier techniques.

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These data are merely the average levels of strength for martial artists at different tiers; the specific strength of a martial artist varies from person to person, with some exceeding the average and others falling short.

From these data, one can see that the better the technique practiced, the more powerful the improvement in physical fitness. Even among First Grade High-Level Martial Artists, the gap in strength can be very large; some martial artists can even fight across tiers.

However, the better the technique, the greater the difficulty of cultivation. If one's aptitude is poor, it is better to practice low-level techniques to avoid a lifetime of making no progress.

And various martial arts techniques can better allow a martial artist to exert their own strength and speed.

Consuming True Qi to use Lightness Skill movement techniques can significantly increase speed.

Yellow Grade Low Rank Lightness Skill increases speed by fifteen percent.

Yellow Grade Mid-Rank Lightness Skill increases speed by thirty percent.

Yellow Grade High-Rank Lightness Skill increases speed by fifty percent.

Mysterious-Grade Low-Grade Lightness Skill increases speed by seventy percent.

Mysterious Grade Middle Quality Lightness Skill increases speed by one hundred percent.

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The Lingbo Microsteps that Meng Yifan is currently practicing is a Mysterious Grade Middle Quality Lightness Skill. Although it is incomplete and he can only practice the first few moves, by circulating True Qi and executing the Lingbo Microsteps Lightness Skill, his speed can skyrocket by one hundred percent, reaching 304 meters per second.

One must know that the speed of sound is only 340 meters per second; Meng Yifan's current limit speed is already approaching the speed of sound.

However, the more speed a Lightness Skill movement technique adds, the more True Qi it consumes. If Meng Yifan were to exert his limit speed with full force, his True Qi would be exhausted in just a few moments.

Following that volley of Elm Cannons, smoke filled the air around the courtyard, blood splattered everywhere, and corpses littered the ground. Some yamen runners and constables who were severely wounded but not dead let out miserable wails.

All the yamen runners and constables were stunned by this volley. They came to capture the culprit, so why were they suddenly bombarded by so many cannons? How could these hunters from the mountains have so many cannons? Even Luolong County city didn't have this many cannons, right?

Zhang Butou saw it very clearly from the back: inside the courtyard, under the command of a young man, twenty cannons were suddenly set up on the wall. The Shenwu Great General Cannon is very heavy; to fire it, one must fix it in a cannon position in advance, and it is absolutely impossible to be this flexible and mobile.

"There must be the mysterious person who killed Guitou Dao Wang Lei inside. Their portable cannons seem to be made of wood? It's truly incredible that wood can also be used to build cannons. No matter what, I must obtain the method for manufacturing these portable cannons from them later."

Zhang Butou often participates in frontline combat; he understands better than Lv Dazhi how much of a role a portable cannon that one person can carry and run with would play.

"Continue charging inside! Their cannons have already fired, and reloading takes a long time. Let's take advantage of this time to rush over and avenge our fallen brothers!" Zhang Butou shouted loudly. This time, he did not hide in the back but charged at the very front.

Led by Zhang Butou, the nine Second-Rank Head Constables and over two hundred constables and yamen runners brandished their weapons and launched another charge.

"Switch cannons, keep firing!" Meng Yifan shouted loudly. Another twenty Elm Cannons loaded with Iron Balls were set up on the courtyard wall, aimed at Zhang Butou and those Second-Rank Head Constables, and once again emitted earth-shattering roars.

Meng Yifan had long since spotted Zhang Butou. He was worthy of being a Third Grade Lower Tier Martial Artist; his speed was the fastest, reaching at least 260 meters per second, fast like a gust of wind.

Zhang Butou's goal was to use his limit speed to quickly break into the courtyard, so that he could destroy the cannons inside and reduce the casualties of the constables and yamen runners.

Half a second, at most only half a second, and Zhang Butou would be able to rush into the courtyard and slaughter everyone.