Chapter Thirty: Explosive Step Breakthrough

  The four members of the "Brother Mercenary Group" hired by Ning were not weak, all with a strength of Wu Du Fourth Stage. The leader was named Li Jin, a young man in his early twenties, with a square face and curly whiskers, but he was extremely generous and enthusiastic towards Ning Chong.

  The rest of them, a young man who was always quiet and rarely spoke, tall and thin, named Zhang Long;

  That young man who loved to talk and laugh, with a chatterbox personality, was called Liu Zi.

  Finally, there was only one woman in the group, wearing a red dress, tall and slender, with an air of elegance between her eyebrows, not allowing any mustache. Her name was Ruan Hongfu, who extremely rarely used a soft whip about ten feet long as a weapon.

  In this small team, the strongest is not one of these people, but rather Ning Jing, a young girl who already has the strength of a 4th stage martial artist. Ning Chong was not surprised by this, as this little girl was originally a talented young woman with a great reputation in the outer circle of the family.

  Ning Chong followed the team and was taken care of by the wounded soldiers. He basically didn't have to do anything every day, except for rushing on the road, eating, drinking and sleeping.

  At first, when Ning Chong was seriously injured, Little Ning Jing even had a maternal outburst, holding the medicine bowl and carefully blowing on the cooled medicine liquid to feed it to Ning Chong in small mouthfuls. She also didn't forget to make soothing sounds with her mouth, taking care of Ning Chong like a young child.

  Ning Chong was covered in cold sweat, feeling extremely embarrassed, but being under someone's roof, he had no choice but to submit to Xiaoyao's "tyranny".

  However, this little girl would get impatient every few days, hastily handing the medicine bowl to Ning Chong and then going off to play on her own. Although Ning Chong had long been exasperated by the little girl's childish antics, he couldn't help but feel a warmth in his heart as he let out a deep sigh of relief.

  In the whole family, there are only a few people who take care of him as quietly as Ning Jing.

  As Ning was the calm and gentle brother of the host, the originally enthusiastic and generous crowd naturally wouldn't have any opinions about Ning's casual eating and drinking. Only Dà Mǔ Liù Zǐ, who loved to crack jokes, would occasionally tease Ning with a few words. Ning knew it was just a joke to liven up the atmosphere and didn't take it seriously, always laughing it off.

  Ning Chong's time was extremely pressing, he naturally wouldn't waste any time. Although his body was injured and he couldn't cultivate martial skills for the time being, every night he persisted in cultivating his internal yuan qi, slowly increasing his cultivation level.

  That night, everyone set up camp in a leeward place to rest, and Ning Chong quietly came alone to an open space in the forest.

  Although the injury is not fully recovered, practicing martial arts is still a bit strenuous, but Ning Chong has been able to practice his footwork for several days. In the process of practicing, a certain subtle feeling has become increasingly clear, and Ning Chong feels that his explosive step footwork is about to break through to a higher level.

  The ultimate "realm" of Gongfa and Wujiquan, can no longer be reached through diligent study and accumulation of time. Even Ningchong, who possesses that extraordinary feeling, has an unimaginable advantage over other martial artists, yet this highest realm is still his problem.

  Ning Chong's explosive step method had already been cultivated to the "perfect" realm, and it took only five or six days to reach. However, the highest "mood" realm, Ning Chong has been diligently cultivating until now, but still hasn't reached.

  Fortunately, Ning Chong had that strange feeling to help him. After a day of hard training and summarizing his thoughts, he gradually triggered that strange feeling as his accumulation deepened to a certain extent. He now has a vague sense of the highest realm of explosive steps, and it's getting clearer and clearer.

  Through practice and actual combat, Ning Chong became more and more aware of the strengths and weaknesses of the Explosive Step. He felt that its greatest advantage was its extremely strong explosive force and speed, but it also had many shortcomings. Not to mention the loud "bang bang" sound it made every time it was activated, the Explosive Step's straightforward and inflexible movement pattern made it unable to make sharp turns, which greatly affected its ability to assist and enhance combat strength.

  Ning Chong had a faint feeling that if he could cultivate the Explosive Step to its highest level, these shortcomings would either disappear or be improved. He calmed his mind, cleared his thoughts, and sat cross-legged on the empty ground, focusing his energy to capture the increasingly clear sensation accumulated from cultivating the Explosive Step over the past few days.

  His eyebrows furrowed at times, and his mouth curled up with a hint of a smile at others. Ning Chong's mind and entire being were following that feeling, clearly capturing it made him joyful, but when it suddenly became vague and unclear, he would frown in worry.

  Time passed minute by minute, and Ning Chong opened his eyes, shaking his head slightly. Although he had already captured that feeling more and more clearly, at the most critical moment, the feeling became elusive and uncertain, even with careful analysis and careful perception, it was still vague and suspicious.

  Sitting still couldn't solve the problem, Ning Chong got up, adjusted his thinking and emotions, and regulated his state. At this time, he was suddenly attracted by a small insect with a flash of light, and his eyes were fixed on the small insect flying in the air.

  After observing carefully for a while, Ning Chong was surprised to find that the flying action of this little bug was extremely similar to the explosive step, going straight and fast.

  However, this little bug flies with the explosive force of its vibrating wings, and its flight path is almost a straight line. Compared to Ning Chong's explosive steps, it is much more agile and can turn and circle flexibly and variably.

  The more he watched the little insect fly, the clearer Ning Chong's heart became, and that strange feeling surged up like a tidal wave.

  "Really! If a curve can be taken from a straight line, why can't a straight line take a curve? I see! So that's how it is... Haha!"

  Excitedly clapping his hands and laughing loudly several times, Ning Chong immediately unfolded his body technique and began to cultivate the Explosive Step along with this strange feeling.

  At first, the explosive steps were still "popping" sounds, crisp and clear, but as the practice progressed, this sound gradually weakened. By the end, it had turned into a "whooshing" sound, similar to the wind, with a significantly reduced volume.

  Ning Chong made progress and couldn't help but feel more joyful, his movements becoming more agile. He spotted a solitary large tree in the distance and immediately changed direction, sprinting towards it.

  Ning Chong tried to quickly stomp his explosive steps and turn around the big tree.

  At first, it looked extremely awkward. Even after slowing down, he could only turn by folding in a straight line, keeping a large distance from the big tree, and after several folds, he barely surrounded it.

  But as the practice went on, Ning's heart became clearer and his movements more agile. His speed gradually increased, but the circle he drew with his body became smaller and smaller, more and more like a perfect circle...

  Hoo-hoo!

  After a long time, Ning Chong's figure moved at high speed, leaving behind a series of afterimages that circled around the big tree again and again. Now, from the afterimages he left behind, it can be clearly seen that the circles he was turning had already become a perfect circle.

  Whoosh!

  Ning Chong stopped spinning and with a few agile turns, he landed on the trunk of the tree. He was now standing steadily on one of the branches of the big tree.

  With a joyful smile, Ning Chong had already grasped the explosive step to the highest "realm" of "intention", mastering the ultimate truth of "taking the curve from the straight, taking the slow from the fast".

  His explosive speed has increased by a few more points, and his footwork movements are no longer limited to just straightforward advances, becoming more agile and varied.

  Such a change has brought about an overall improvement, Ning Chong is very confident that if he encounters the black leopard again, he will be able to steadily shake it off and leave it in the dust, absolutely not as miserable as last time!