Chapter 118 - 117: Overlapping Waves
"Overlapping Waves?"
Yang Shen shook his head.
He’d never heard of it.
Huo Jun slowly brought his raised finger closer and closer.
Yang Shen watched, confused. The finger looked completely ordinary, nothing unusual about it.
But gradually... he started to hear a strange buzzing sound...
His pupils constricted slightly. The powerful perception granted by his Cultivation made him vaguely sense danger...
Yet visually, the finger remained perfectly still...
The next moment, the finger slowly poked Yang Shen’s shoulder.
It was very slow, with no hint of force exerted. You could even say it was just placed there.
BANG!!!
In an instant, a colossal force erupted without warning. Yang Shen felt a sharp pain in his shoulder as his entire body was sent flying!
It was like being hit head-on by a truck!
For a split second, a fleeting red light appeared on his shoulder.
It looked like countless tiny red bolts of lightning! It was as if space itself was being torn apart.
While airborne, he gritted his teeth against the pain and adjusted his posture, but his momentum didn’t decrease. Yang Shen had to slide for several meters across the ground before he managed to stop, narrowly avoiding the embarrassing fate of being plastered to the wall.
His shoulder was bright red and even had minor injuries. Given his physical constitution, which was at the peak of his realm, this was absurd.
Yang Shen rubbed his shoulder and looked up. ’Damn it! This Madman!’
The sudden commotion made the ten-person team in the distance turn to look.
They were all well aware of how strong Master Yang was. Although they were all in the early stage of Marrow Refining, his physical strength and combat ability far surpassed their own.
’What happened?’
For a moment, only Huo Jun’s savage laughter echoed in the basement. "This is Overlapping Waves!"
While Yang Shen was fuming, his mind was also racing.
’Overlapping Waves... what the hell is it?!’
’How can a single finger unleash that kind of power with no visible sign of force being exerted?!’
Meanwhile, when one of the PE teachers in the ten-person team heard those two words, he was stunned for a moment, then his heart sank.
It was a term they seemed to have heard back in college!
Even in college, the term had only existed in theory. It was an extremely profound Martial Arts technique!
Powerful, but also dangerous!
One of the teachers couldn’t help but step forward and say, "Huo, isn’t this... a bit too advanced for the high school level? It’s very dangerous."
Huo Jun continued to hold up his seemingly harmless finger, completely ignoring the others’ stares.
’PE teachers? Just a bunch of old, soggy trash.’
Huo Jun ignored the man and looked only at Yang Shen. "Martial Arts have been passed down for a thousand years, giving rise to countless styles and paths. In the modern era, they’ve been categorized into the ’Balanced Path,’ the ’Speed Path,’ the ’Horizontal Training Path,’ and so on."
"But regardless of the path, anyone can practice ’Overlapping Waves.’ It’s a killing blow coveted by countless Martial Artists. Its training difficulty and killing power... have no upper limit!"
Yang Shen pondered this. ’No upper limit?’
’What kind of technique could dare make such a claim? How is that possible?!’
The Madman, Huo Jun, pointed that finger at the PE teacher. Alarm bells screamed in the man’s head, and he shot back several meters to create distance. "Huo! I was just passing by... I’ll shut up now."
’He’s going to hit me, too?!’
’Have I no dignity?!’
Huo Jun said, "Yang Shen, ’Overlapping Waves’ is not a Cultivation Technique, not a Body Refining Technique, and not even a Martial Art. It is pure skill—the art of killing! Generally, only those at the True Gang Realm are qualified to even begin attempting it. But just like Fist Intent, not every True Gang Realm Martial Artist can master it. In fact, those who can are as rare as a phoenix feather."
Yang Shen muttered, "Only the True Gang Realm can practice it? Then I..."
Huo Jun chuckled sinisterly. "In my opinion, you already possess the basic qualifications to practice it!"
"Because your Fist Intent is special. You already have the ability to actively mobilize the ’Source’ within your body..."
"What’s even more special... is that unlike other early-stage Martial Artists, you can already perceive the circulation path of the Source within your body. Isn’t that right?"
Yang Shen’s gaze tightened.
’Huo Jun actually saw that I have Qi Sensitivity?!’
As someone who possessed both Martial Cultivation and Immortal Cultivation, Yang Shen had many differences from ordinary Martial Artists.
Mastering "Qi Sensitivity" in the early stages was one of the core differences.
In the conventional path of Martial Arts, this aspect was only touched upon during the Late-stage Innate to True Gang Realm phase, and the perception was nowhere near as clear or keen as a Cultivator’s.
Yang Shen’s mastery of "Fist Intent" was merely proof of his talent in Fist Technique.
But being able to extend his Rising Sun Fist Intent at this level and develop a special technique like "Flame Fist" was largely due to his Qi Sensitivity.
How the "Rising Sun Wheel" inside his body operated, how to mobilize it, how to adjust and familiarize himself with it bit by bit—none of it would be possible without Qi Sensitivity.
Other early-stage Martial Artists were like blind men in this regard, but Yang Shen could see it all with perfect clarity.
These changes were all internal, and Yang Shen hadn’t told anyone about them, yet Huo Jun had keenly sensed them.
However, Huo Jun didn’t care about the reason. He only cared whether a "straight-A student" in his eyes could become even better—an "A++ student," an "A-thousand-plus student," an "A-ten-thousand-plus student"!!
Huo Jun walked toward Yang Shen step by step.
As he walked, he said, "The Source is not very active within a Martial Artist’s body, and it decays rapidly after being released externally. Increasing the total amount of Source and strengthening the physique is naturally the best choice. But there are always geniuses who come up with brilliant ideas, and ’Overlapping Waves’ is one of them."
While walking, Huo Jun made a beckoning gesture with one hand. From a corner in the distance, a yoga ball used for training was seized by his Gang Qi and flew through the air toward him.
Huo Jun waved his hand, and the yoga ball was thrown at the wall. Naturally, it bounced back and was caught steadily in his hand once more.
"The moment an attack makes contact with an enemy, you guide the flow of Source within your body to circulate between the enemy and yourself. Through multiple, overlapping reflections, you greatly increase its power!"
The yoga ball was thrown at the wall again. Huo Jun continued to walk forward, calmly holding his palm out. Clearly, his Gang Qi was helping him control such a large and light object.
The yoga ball bounced continuously between the wall and Huo Jun’s palm... As the distance shortened, it moved faster and faster.
"The total amount of Source is conserved. During the continuous reflections, energy is actually being consumed. But as long as you maintain a constant gradient and continuously add force, the Source will become more and more active and powerful, just like this ball."
Before Yang Shen’s astonished eyes, Huo Jun had already walked right up to him, still maintaining his one-handed posture.
The space for the yoga ball to reflect in had shrunk to less than a meter, then to just a dozen centimeters!
The yoga ball should have stopped, but under Huo Jun’s "constant pressure," its reflection speed reached an unbelievable level!
It was so fast it left afterimages. So fast it generated intense wind pressure. So fast that Yang Shen, standing right there, felt as if war drums were booming in his ears.
The yoga ball was still accelerating, even emitting a sharp hum from the vibration of rapidly compressed air.
Huo Jun held his arm up and grinned ferociously. "Likewise, the closer the reflection distance is to the contact surface, the harder it is to mobilize your physical Power and Source Power, and the higher the precision required."
"But the power is also that much greater, and as a killing blow, that much more fatal!"
"This... is ’Overlapping Waves’!!"
Finally.
BOOM!
The yoga ball completely exploded! It was like a clap of thunder in the basement!
A fierce wind swept out, and the air pressure surged! That same red lightning from before flashed and vanished!
The entire wall cracked, caving inward. Masonry dust trickled down as a dense, spiderweb-like pattern of fissures spread across it.
Everyone fell silent...
They couldn’t imagine how a soft, light yoga ball could produce such terrifying destructive force!
Huo Jun continued to stare straight at Yang Shen. He saw the expression he wanted.
The others were shocked.
But Yang Shen was deep in thought!
Huo Jun said, "Overlapping Waves! A Martial Arts skill. Its principle seems simple, but not one in ten thousand can master it! Overlapping Waves allows a Martial Artist to unleash destructive power far beyond their own realm! Moreover, it is the bane of all Gang Qi, Horizontal Training, defenses, and Biological Force Fields!"
"When cultivated to a profound level, there is nothing it cannot break, nothing it cannot shatter! If you master Overlapping Waves, you’ll have a way to defeat even opponents in the True Gang Realm, instead of being toyed with by their Gang Qi."
He then pointed at Tian Zihan in the distance. "A scrub like him? One punch would be enough to shatter his five viscera and send him off to be reincarnated."
Tian Zihan flinched and immediately cupped his fists toward Yang Shen from afar.
’Master, you know me, I’m the most loyal!’
Yang Shen ignored him. His mind was actually working at high speed.
’It can shatter the Biological Force Fields of the True Gang and Jade Viscera Realms?’
’Are you sure this is something an early-stage practitioner can learn?’
Huo Jun continued, "After you successfully execute ’Overlapping Waves,’ the Source in your body will vibrate and become more active and agile. After using it, you will enter a temporary ’active’ state, boosting your overall strength."
"Even if you only land one punch on an enemy, this temporary buff has many benefits. In the future, when you master other Martial Arts, it will enhance their effectiveness as well."
"Of course, it’s very difficult and very dangerous. If the overlapping, vibrating force explodes in the wrong place inside your body due to an error, you will be injured."
Yang Shen wasn’t too concerned about that.
’It’s normal for powerful things to have a certain degree of danger!’
’You can cut yourself just by practicing with a sword. What’s there to be afraid of?!’
"Yang Shen, do you want to learn Overlapping Waves or not?!"
Yang Shen nodded firmly. "I do!"
"Good. I’m leaving tomorrow."
Yang Shen: ???
"Then... where do I learn it from?"
Huo Jun chuckled sinisterly. "I’ve already finished teaching you. That’s all there is!"
Yang Shen: ...
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