Top-Tier Perception Starts From Basic Fist Techniques

Lu Changsheng stood alone near the harbor. The area around him had been cleared, but a large crowd had gathered farther away. Some watched through binoculars, while others pointed cameras toward the harbor and continuously took photographs.

He had indeed come to the port as promised, but there was one problem—he did not have a boat. The warships were stationed far offshore, well beyond the harbor, and Lu Changsheng was still standing on land.

The spectators soon realized the problem as well.

"Wait... Without a boat, how is Lu Yuan supposed to reach them?"

"Exactly. Those warships are patrolling far out at sea. He can't fight them if he can't even get close."

"This is awkward. He came all the way here to take on the warships, but there's no way for him to reach them."

"Don't tell me he's planning to swim out there..."

The more people thought about it, the more absurd the situation seemed. They imagined themselves in Lu Yuan's position, and they could not think of a practical solution.

The Flame Dragon Federation's warships were cruising far beyond the port, while any vessel belonging to the Jade Dragon Kingdom that attempted to approach them risked being attacked immediately.

Lu Yuan possessed strength far beyond an ordinary human, but he was still standing on the shore while his opponents were kilometers out at sea. Surely he was not actually planning to swim all the way to them?

Just as everyone was wondering how Lu Yuan intended to reach the warships, he walked to the edge of the harbor and looked out across the vast expanse of sea. Then, without hesitation, he pushed off the ground and leaped forward.

𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

"Ah?"

"He jumped into the sea! Is he really planning to swim all the way there?"

The crowd stared in disbelief.

With a splash, Lu Yuan landed on the water. But instead of sinking, he stood upright on the surface of the sea, with the water barely covering the soles of his feet. It was as though the seawater beneath him had become solid ground. Then he strode forward, one step at a time, walking across the surface of the sea, drawing closer to the warships.

Before the stunned eyes of everyone watching, he walked across the sea toward the distant warships. For several moments, the crowd could do nothing but stare at him.

"He's... walking on water?"

"How is he not sinking?"

"So this is what happens when you evolve..."

As he steadily closed the distance between himself and the Flame Dragon Federation's warships, the crews aboard noticed him as well. And they, too, found it fascinating. Even so, they had already received clear orders regarding Lu Yuan. Regardless of his fame or influence, he was approaching their fleet as an enemy, and enemies had to be eliminated.

"Fire!"

The massive cannons on the warships fired at once, and shells streaked across the sea toward Lu Yuan.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The sea around Lu Changsheng erupted under the bombardment, sending towering waves surging into the air. Some of the warship's shells detonated almost directly against him, and the resulting shockwaves finally allowed Lu Changsheng to feel just how destructive naval artillery truly was.

However, he endured it all, or more precisely, his physique was at a level where he could endure such attacks. The shells were immensely powerful, but even direct hits were not enough to blast him apart.

The crews aboard the warships were shaken at the sight. They could accept the idea of someone surviving ordinary explosives, but these were naval artillery shells, and no human being was supposed to be able to withstand such firepower.

They had heard that Lu Yuan had already undergone one, perhaps even two, rounds of evolution. Some of them had dismissed such claims as exaggeration, but after seeing him withstand naval artillery with his bare flesh, they could no longer deny that he had truly evolved beyond the limits of an ordinary human being.

"Launch the missiles!"

At last, the warships brought out their ultimate weapons.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Missiles shot from the warships and tore across the sky toward Lu Changsheng. Unlike ordinary artillery shells, these were guided weapons. Once they locked onto him, he would not be able to dodge them.

However, Lu Changsheng had no intention of dodging them to begin with. He had already stepped beyond the limits of an ordinary human body, and he knew these missiles could not hurt him.

Missile after missile struck him directly, and the thunderous explosions echoed all the way back to the harbor. Still, Lu Changsheng pressed forward, step by step, drawing ever closer to the warships.

Whoosh!

When Lu Changsheng came within range of the warships, he suddenly accelerated. His figure blurred as he broke into a full sprint across the sea. At top speed, he shot over the water like a torpedo, rapidly closing the remaining distance. Before long, he reached one of the warships and stopped directly beside its towering hull.

The crew immediately found themselves in an impossible position. Lu Yuan was far too close for them to use torpedoes or other heavy weapons without risking serious damage to their own vessel.

However, at the same time, allowing him to climb aboard would be even worse. Someone who could survive artillery shells and missiles would hardly be threatened by the weapons the crew carried.

Despair spread quickly through the crew. But to their surprise, Lu Yuan made no attempt to climb aboard. He simply stood beside the warship, looked up at its enormous steel hull, and slowly raised one hand.

Everyone watching stared in confusion.

"What is Lu Yuan trying to do?"

"Don't tell me he plans to overturn the warship with his bare hands."

"That's impossible. These ships weigh more than ten thousand tons. No matter how strong he is, how could a person overturn something that heavy?"

Lu Changsheng looked at the warship with a serious expression. He had come here to give Extreme Martial Dao one final, overwhelming push in popularity, and he believed that destroying a warship in the full view of the entire world would give him that final surge.

"Extreme Third Body!" he growled under his breath.

Boom!

In a matter of moments, Lu Changsheng grew from roughly five chi and four cun[1] tall to more than nine chi.[2]. With his Third Growth progress at ninety-nine percent, the power contained within him had already reached a level ordinary people could scarcely imagine.

"Heaven! Turning! Seal!" Lu Changsheng enunciated each word, and every syllable echoed clearly in the ears of the crew aboard the ship.

"What is he doing?"

"He really wants to destroy the ship with his bare hands?"

"Full speed ahead! Ram him!" The captain's face twisted with fury as he gave the order to charge Lu Changsheng with everything the ship had.

The ship surged forward, carrying over ten thousand tons of terrifying force behind it as it slammed violently into Lu Changsheng. Instead of retreating, however, Lu Changsheng simply raised his palm and smacked the approaching ship.

Boom!

Before a warship that weighed over ten thousand tons, Lu Changsheng looked insignificant, but when his palm slammed into the hull of the ship and he unleashed every ounce of power inside him, the steel hull groaned noisily.

He was no longer merely an unusually powerful human. After advancing through repeated Growths, his fleshly body had already reached transcendence, giving him a level of strength that ordinary human experience could no longer explain.

A harsh metallic screech tore through the air, and the enormous ship shuddered with a deep, thunderous roar, as though some fearsome force were bearing down on it from within.

Crack!

A crack appeared across the hull, then another crack appeared moments later. They spread rapidly through the steel plating like a spiderweb, branching outward from the point where Lu Changsheng's palm had landed. Then, water poured into the damaged hull, and before the stunned eyes of countless people around the world, the ten-thousand-ton warship began sinking beneath the waves.

"I-Is this real?"

"How is something like that even possible?"

"Even if Lu Yuan has evolved into a person who can catch bullets with his bare hands and survive bombs, how could he possibly destroy a warship? That ship weighed more than ten thousand tons. Where could that kind of strength even come from?"

"This is incredible. Who could have imagined that Lu Yuan could actually destroy a warship with his bare hands?"

"Until now, most people had assumed that Lu Yuan's greatest advantage was in defense and longevity—that he could survive bullets, endure explosions, and live far longer than ordinary humans. Who would have thought that he was so strong as well?"

As everyone stood shaken, Lu Changsheng broke out into a sprint once more, charging step by step toward the other two warships.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

This time, he attacked with overwhelming force, driving punch after punch into the massive steel hulls. Each blow crushed plating, tore open cracks, and sent violent tremors through the vessels.

The two ten-thousand-ton ships were left covered in damage, torn apart by Lu Changsheng's unimaginable force. Then one after another, they sank beneath the waves. Just like that, the Flame Dragon Federation's warships were gone, and the sea fell quiet again.

1. Roughly 1.8 meters ☜

2. Roughly 3 meters ☜