Dawn of a New Era - Chapter 34

Chapter 34: Piercing Small Balls

Translator: Lordbluefire Editor: Lordbluefire
Wang Ruyue backed off two steps, her face flushed red and she was panting. She looked at Chen Shouyi, who seemed to be badly shaken with a pale countenance, but he wasn’t panting much.

She really wanted to curse but had no idea if she should voice it out.

Given his capabilities, why the hell was he still coming for a tuition class? Did he think that the Martial Apprentice Test was a Martial Practitioner Test?

If it wasn’t because she had witnessed his rapid growth with her own eyes, she would have thought that he was someone from the same line of business who came here to create trouble!

“Then shall I bring the real swords over?” she said with a cold expression.

When Chen Shouyi heard that, he was taken aback. “Miss Wang! That can cause deaths!”

Wang Ruyue threw a glance at him and let out a cold laugh. “What are you thinking about? I only have two wooden swords and one real sword. Now that the wooden swords are both spoiled, what can I use if not a real sword for teaching?”

Chen Shouyi let out a dry laugh, feeling that he had overreacted as well.

However, anyone would misunderstand when they saw the cold expression that she was wearing!

Chen Shouyi quickly brought over the alloy sword from the weapon rack, handing it to her.

The beautiful teacher didn’t say much and started the lesson right away. “You won’t benefit from being too greedy. The most important thing in sword practice is to increase your mastery. Your pierce strikes have become a decent ability in actual combat, with you being able to use them quite agilely for both defense and attack. I suggest that you continue to focus on practicing your pierce strikes.

“You should have heard this saying before. That across all the martial arts in the world, speed is the only power that is invincible!

“Pierce strike is the fastest sword stance and one of the main factions in sword techniques. I’ll be teaching you the remaining types of pierce strikes: Knee-Raised Pierce, Turning Lower Pierce, and Sword-Hanging Pierce!

“As for the remaining sword stances, you just need to know them roughly. I’ll teach them to you in the next two lessons.”

…

Although the beautiful teacher put up a front that seemed to want others to not get close to her, she was quite serious when she started teaching. She was also patient and detailed.

…

10 p.m.

By that time, Chen Shouyi had returned to the motel from the beautiful teacher’s place, and he saw that the express delivery he had ordered yesterday had arrived.

He collected the parcels from the reception and then headed back to his room.

However, he didn’t open up the parcels immediately. Instead, he opened up his briefcase and let the shell girl out.

When he had removed the tape on the shell girl’s mouth, she was so angry and shouted very loudly.

She had been lying in the pitch-black briefcase for an entire day, sleeping, waking up, then sleeping again. The accumulated wrath in her heart was so great that they were almost going to break through the skies.

Thankfully, there was no wrath that couldn’t be appeased by a glass marble.

If one wasn’t enough, then make it two.

After feeding the shell girl honey, Chen Shouyi switched on the television. The shell girl’s earlier wrath disappeared without a trace.

…

After settling things with the shell girl, Chen Shouyi opened up the parcels.

He first opened up a narrow and long box, rapidly removing the stiff cardboard surrounding it.

After opening the sword case, what appeared was a sheathed sword. The scabbard was made from some kind of tough wood that was decorated with prints, making it appear rustic and impressive.

He held onto the sword handle and slowly drew the sword out.

A grayish-white alloy longsword was instantly revealed before his eyes.

Although this was a secondhand sword, other than there being a few tiny sawtooth chips that made it appear a little flawed, it looked no different from a brand new sword. Clearly, it had been well maintained.

He took a liking to this sword immediately.

The blade was about 90 cm, and it was about 1.1 meters with the handle included. Weighing at about 10.1 kilograms, it was far heavier than the practice wooden swords.

The sword wasn’t thin like an ordinary decorative sword. Instead, it looked quite thick and sturdy. Chen Shouyi could faintly smell a hint of blood stench from it.

This was a true killing sword.

He casually performed a few pierce strikes in the air. Although it felt a little heavy, it was surprisingly handy.

The seller even sent a bottle of maintenance oil and a piece of silk cloth as gifts.

He stroked the sword lovingly, picked up the cloth, and gently wiped away the sweat stains left on it. He then returned the sword to the sheath and placed the sword back into the case.

Thereafter, he opened up the other parcel.

There were parts for a recurve bow inside and a quiver, as well as 20 metal arrows with triangular prism arrowheads. Chen Shouyi could imagine the terrifying damage dealt if one were to be shot by this kind of arrowhead.

The recurve bow was one that could be taken apart and required the individual to assemble it themselves.

Thankfully, he was able to quickly assemble it with reference from the pictures.

The entire bow was about 1.7 meters long, just like a pair of spread wings. The bow’s limb was made from multiple sets of highly elastic composite materials, while the grip was made from anti-slip metal with a grit finishing.

Chen Shouyi tried to pull hard but was only able to draw it by a little.

With a solemn expression, he drew in a deep breath. All the muscles on his body bulged, and he used close to 90% of his strength before he could draw the bow fully.

Not long later, he slowly released the bowstring.

“Excellent bow! This is really an excellent bow!”

Chen Shouyi felt very excited as he looked at this sharp killing weapon. If he had had this battle bow with him yesterday, he wouldn’t have had to take the risk to engage in close combat against those two barbarians.

…

Before he slept that night, he went to his memory space again to practice some force exertion stances he had learned today.

The night passed by peacefully.

Early the next day, he went to the small accessory shop to purchase a pile of miscellaneous stuff before arriving in the Otherworld while holding onto two bags that served as a cover.

After letting the shell girl out, Chen Shouyi went to the mountain peak on the island immediately to look at the surrounding seas. Thankfully, there weren’t any sightings of barbarians, and even the canoe that he had pushed into the sea wasn’t within sight.

He heaved a sigh of relief. This was good news.

This meant that the island was quite remote, and barbarians rarely moved around in this stretch of the sea.

Although he was prepared, he still felt that it was best not to have any confrontations whenever possible.

After all, not all barbarians would be as “weak” as the ones he had encountered yesterday. In this extraordinary world where gods existed, the difference in strengths between every single entity was as if they were of different races.

After Chen Shouyi had headed back, he opened up the two parcels and assembled the battle bow.

Thereafter, he went to the biggest tree on the island while holding onto the two weapons and the wooden rod he usually used for his training.

…

Although this tree was the tallest, it was only about four to five meters tall.

The trunk was distorted, and the bark appeared dried and sullen. It looked like a deformed living creature.

However, this tree was tall enough for what Chen Shouyi was planning to do.

He took out the 15 bouncy balls that he had purchased from the accessory shop this morning, used a small screwdriver to drill holes into them, and then tied them with thin nylon ropes.

Climbing up the tree, he estimated the distance of the bouncy balls from the ground and then tied them.

…

Half an hour later, all the balls were tied onto the branches, hanging down like clock pendulums.

He patted his hands, feeling a sense of achievement at what he had done.

“It’s finally done.”

He stood in the middle of the bouncy balls formation and picked up the wooden rod from the ground. Then, taking in a deep breath, he rapidly pierced out toward one of the balls.

At the next instant, the ball was sent flying from the tremendous impact. It swung into midair, and during this gap, he immediately pierced out toward another ball.

This was a ball-piercing training most commonly seen in martial academies. Before he left last night, the beautiful teacher had told him to try it. It was for the accuracy of his sword pierces, as well as for his physical and mental reactions. It also trained his ability to capture moving objects.

The more balls he pierced out at, the greater the difficulty of the training.

By the time he pierced the fourth ball, the first ball was already charging toward him rapidly.

He quickly reacted, turning back and piercing the first ball again.

However, he missed!

Every bouncing ball was only the size of a longan, and under the effect of the Otherworld’s gravity, its speed was extremely fast. Hence, the difficulty was very high for him if he wanted to pierce it in time with a sword.

“I hadn’t expected that I’m still such a far cry away!”