Chapter 45: How Can You Fly So Fast?

  （0045）

  "I'm dizzy! Brother Xing's flight technique, how can it be so powerful?" Looking at Xia Xingxiao jumping up and down, disappearing outside the Rolling Stone Bar in an instant, Ma Peng's eyes were wide open like a cow's. He never thought that Xia Xingxiao's flight technique had reached such a high level. No wonder he was unscathed after being surrounded by five people.

  It took a long time for Ma Peng to react, and he subconsciously wanted to chase after her. However, just as he ran to the edge of the asteroid, he had to stop. Because his flying skills were not enough to fly to the front asteroid, he could only gaze out at the distance. If he continued to move forward, he would fall into the dark and bottomless abyss.

  "Isn't he just a private third class? How can he be so fast?"

  "Right, he's just a third-rate soldier, how can his flying skills be so strong?"

  "Good heavens! Am I seeing things? Xia Xingxiao's speed is actually as fast as Li Yuzhi's?"

  At this time, the others in the Rolling Stone bar also discovered that something was wrong. Xia Xingxiao, a third-rate soldier, was actually not inferior to Li Yuzhi in terms of flying skills. Li Yuzhi was a genuine first-rate soldier, and an exceptionally experienced one at that. But who was Xia Xingxiao? He had joined the Federal Army for less than a month!

  In just one month, he's cultivated his flying skills to this extent. Is it possible that this guy has been cultivating since birth? This perverted guy, isn't he just a second-generation rich kid who only knows how to play with women? How can his martial arts cultivation be so perverted too? Right, wasn't his cultivation index zero before? Why does everything seem to have changed?

  "Hmm!"

  "This guy is really something!"

  Yan Baoqing's face also changed involuntarily.

  He's getting a bit restless. No way, Xia Xingxiao's speed has indeed made Yan Baoqing feel a strong sense of unease. Originally, the foreign aid invited by Li Yuzhi, Yan Baoqing didn't need to pay attention to at all. Because he was very clear that people with strength would never join Li Yuzhi's team and make themselves look bad. They wouldn't even think about going against Yan Baoqing.

  Only this tactless Xia Xingxiao suddenly jumped out and joined Li Yuzhi's team. At the beginning, Yan Baoqing looked down on Xia Xingxiao's third-class soldier rank. In his eyes, a third-class soldier was almost non-existent. But when Xia Xingxiao showed extraordinary speed, he immediately realized that he might have been wrong.

  "We'll go take a look too." Yan Baoqing hesitated for a moment before saying in a low voice.

  He immediately stood up, unfolded the flight technique, and quietly followed. If he didn't rush over to take a look with his own eyes, Yan Baoqing really wouldn't be at ease. It seemed that Xia Xingxiao had many secrets on him. His understanding of Xia Xingxiao was really too little. What if Li Yuzi found treasure in the garbage heap and successfully turned things around? The joke would be on him then.

  Since the boss followed, others naturally didn't dare to slack off and hurriedly followed. Yan Baoqing's companions were also attracted by Xia Xingxiao's flying technique. They deeply suspected that this guy's third-class soldier rank was fake. With his speed, it doesn't seem like he's only a third-class soldier at all!

  "Come on, brothers, let's go and take a look."

  There were also many people standing up in the bar, following suit to see what was happening.

  They're not interested in Yan Baoqing and Li Yuzi's match, but rather Xia Xingxiao's strength. They are very clear about Xia Xingxiao's background. The romantic action movie he starred in has been seen by many people present. This guy is a standard second-generation rich kid, and for the lower-level officers and soldiers of the vast Federation Army, this guy is an object that should be eliminated. If such a person were to be killed on the battlefield, they would not feel any pain at all.

  It's estimated that many people present wouldn't mind kicking Xia Xingxiao in the head under certain conditions, preferably to the point where his head resembles a pig's. This is the power of the masses. Who else would they kick if not Xia Xingxiao, a second-generation rich kid? Of course, guys like Yan Baoqing are also detestable.

  ……

  "Ah!"

  Li Yuzhi is very fast.

  Piece by piece, the meteorites were trampled behind him without cease.

  As a seasoned first-class soldier, his speed absolutely exceeded 100 meters per second.

  At first, Li Yuzi deliberately slowed down his pace, worried that Xia Xingxiao couldn't keep up. After all, Xia Xingxiao was just a third-rate soldier, and might not even have specialized in flight techniques yet! However, he soon discovered that his worries were completely unnecessary. No matter how fast he flew, Xia Xingxiao could steadily follow behind him.

  Slowly, a big question arose in Li Yuzi's mind: how did Xia Xingxiao cultivate the flying technique? His speed and military rank were completely disproportionate! Calculating his speed, he should have been awarded at least the rank of second-class soldier! Had he offended his superiors and been deliberately ignored?

  Such situations have happened before. To put it bluntly, the military is also shrouded in darkness. If you offend your superior and don't have a powerful backing, being suppressed, ignored, or exiled are all common occurrences. If you encounter a superior with no bottom line of conscience, there's even a possibility that they'll directly send you to the battlefield to die.

  The Starlight Federation is nominally a democratic nation, but within the military, it is a very autocratic regime. A long time ago, people had already criticized the darkness and corruption within the federal army. Superiors have absolute power over their subordinates' lives and deaths. Due to military orders, even if they know that their superiors are sending them to their deaths, subordinates still have to go. Because if they don't go, it's a violation of military orders, and they will be shot on the spot.

  "Ah!"

  Xia Xing Xiao's speed was indeed not slow at all.

  For the three-day holiday, Xia Xingxiao did not conceal his strength at all.

  He must make Li Yuzhi realize that he has enough strength to help him turn the tide without falling. For someone like Li Yuzhi, action is the best way to respond. Only by showing his own value can he attract Li Yuzhi's attention. Otherwise, he may still continue to underestimate himself. Anyway, no matter what, that unnamed leave card, he must have it!

  As the two flew rapidly, the Rolling Stone Bar became increasingly distant. The objects that could be seen in sight were also becoming fewer and farther between. In fact, they were flying towards the starry sky outside. In a short while, the two had burst out of the surface of Planet Ayleaf. Before Xiaoxiao's eyes, there were countless stars twinkling incessantly. Beside him, meteors occasionally streaked past.

  After flying into the starry sky, Xia Xingxiao felt a significant increase in gravity, estimated to be at least three times stronger. It was as if a pair of invisible giant hands were pulling him down, causing both of their flight speeds to slow down to some extent. Xia Xingxiao had no choice but to burn a large amount of true energy and stimulate the Azure Falling Red Dust to maintain enough speed.

  Continue to fly upwards, the stronger the gravity, eventually reaching five times that of Earth. This means they have completely left the gravitational balance range of the Minoan military base. The extraordinary gravity produced an extraordinary attraction, and those meteorites flying from other places into the gravitational range of Aylee began to orbit around Aylee.

  Li Yuzhi's speed has also slowed down significantly. Under the effect of five times gravity, anyone's speed would slow down. Li Yuzhi's current speed is estimated to be less than 10 meters per second. The consumption rate of his true energy is also very fast, and he must make an effort to control the consumption of his true energy.

  It was Xia Xingxiao, who had no feeling of consuming true energy. Because in space, there is also the existence of heaven and earth yuanqi. Heaven and earth yuanqi is not air, but a kind of energy, every corner of the universe has its existence. At the same time as Xia Xingxiao was burning a lot of true energy, his other dantians were also absorbing a large amount of heaven and earth yuanqi.

  To sum it up, the amount of heavenly and earthly yuanqi he absorbed was far more than the amount of true qi he consumed. Therefore, he didn't worry at all that his true qi would be depleted. In fact, when necessary, he could even burn his true qi more fiercely to provide himself with an even more astonishing speed. His Green Lotus Red Dust had not yet reached its maximum velocity.

  Li Yuzi didn't even turn his head and said with intention or unintentionally: "Can you keep up?"

  Xia Xingxiao followed closely behind, saying lightly: "It's barely acceptable."

  He had cultivated over a dozen flying techniques, and casually executing one of them would result in very high speeds. The natural circulation of the true energy from his dozens of dantians also neutralized most of the gravity. In essence, he didn't need to deliberately circulate his true energy to counteract gravity, making it much easier for him than Li Yuji.

  Li Yuzi turned around to look at Xia Xingxiao, and found that he didn't show any signs of physical imbalance due to insufficient true energy. He secretly admired him in his heart. As for this third-class soldier, he was getting more and more curious. In the history of the Mian Luo military base, it seemed that there had never been a third-class soldier who could fly out of the Mian Luo military base alone.

  Five times the gravity, that's no joke. Gravity has a huge impact on flight speed. Only speed-type privates can fly up relatively easily. If it's a strength-type private, they need help from others to fly up. He couldn't help but ask: "What kind of flight technique did you cultivate?"

  "Green Lotus Red Dust."

  Among all the flying techniques, Bi Luo Hong Chen's speed is the fastest and also the most exhausting of true energy. Xia Xing Xiao answered this way in order to make Li Yu Zhi think that he was relying on burning his true energy to fly. He couldn't let all his trump cards be exposed at once.

  Li Yuzi said solemnly: "This flying technique can only be used at critical moments. Generally, the Bird Crossing Technique is more cost-effective."

  He himself practiced the Bird Crossing Technique, which wasn't very fast but was very economical with his true energy. For cultivators who only had a single Dantian, every bit of true energy was something that needed to be carefully considered and used, and couldn't be wasted lightly. Someone like Xia Xingzhi, who would casually burn through his true energy, was someone other cultivators wouldn't even dare think about.

  Xia Xingxiao said casually: "I agree with your statement."