Chapter 181 Enlightenment (Two chapters in one)
The morning of three days later.
When Ryan came ashore again from the sea, the people practicing swords on the beach had different expressions.
Basque saw that Ryan had been underwater for at least fifteen minutes, and couldn't help muttering to himself: "Damn, why do I feel like a mentally retarded person compared to Ryan's learning progress."
"What a shock!"
Several young people next to them looked at each other. They felt the same way, but they didn't say it out of face.
They were taught by the same teacher, but Ryan seemed to be an apprentice in the accelerated elite class, while they were apprentices in the ordinary class. The other party completed their one-month learning content in one week.
No, even faster, who can stand this!
The short-haired man sighed: "It seems that the other party has mastered it. It took only three days to master the internal breathing method. It took me five days."
"Now, there is one more person in my group."
At present, Ryan's control of the internal breathing method is level 3 (14/500).
As for why the improvement speed is so fast, it is mainly due to the accelerated perception effect of the tough seaweed juice and the training in the sea.
But at present, it seems to have gradually reached a bottleneck. After the progress of the inner breathing method has entered level 3, it has slowed down.
During these three days, Ryan also saw the young people who practiced swords on the island. They would disappear for half a day from time to time, as if they were going to the next stage of training.
But he did not ask.
Because in his opinion, it is most important to concentrate on doing what he should do at this stage and push the progress and efficiency to the highest.
As for the follow-up content, Master Gunther will naturally tell him.
In the past three days, he practiced the inner breathing method underwater while harvesting those tough seaweeds, and he had a lot of insights.
Ryan found that the accuracy of each move and style of using a two-handed sword in water is much higher than on land.
If your sword is swung, once there is an angle deviation, it is much more difficult to adjust it in the sea water than in the air, and the speed is also much slower.
In addition, when Ryan was chopping the tough seaweed, he found that if he wanted to achieve the best effect with each sword, he had to observe and understand the rhythm of the tough seaweed swaying in the sea water.
This is a big test for the joint coordination of the hands, eyes, and heart of a swordsman.
Although Master Gunther did not teach him other content in these three days, Ryan has been working all day with the two things of "internal breathing method" and "cutting seaweed".
Ryan has a feeling that even if Master Gunther does not teach him the rest from now on.
He can find something from these two things and greatly improve his swordsmanship.
From the perspective of others, Ryan, if described in four words, deserves the title of "cultivation madman"!
In addition to eating and sleeping, Ryan basically does not chat and rarely rests. He is either applying tough seaweed juice in the stone house, feeling the inner breathing, or "cutting seaweed" in the sea.
If you can look down from mid-air at the sea area near the island, you can clearly see that the area where the tough seaweed grows in front of you has an obvious "bald spot".
But this is really not Ryan's fault.
Because every time Ryan cuts seaweed in the sea, the system prompts continuously:
[You have trained the underwater giant bear swordsmanship, and the relevant understanding has been improved! ]
[Your skill giant bear swordsmanship has been improved, experience value +15]
[You have trained the internal breathing method, and the relevant understanding has been improved! ]
[Your skill internal breathing method has been improved, experience value +2]
This is very addictive.
In particular, the process of cutting seaweed underwater can exercise the "giant bear swordsmanship" and "internal breathing method" at the same time, and the effect is much better than on land.
With Ryan's current lv7 giant bear swordsmanship, if he practices giant bear swordsmanship on land, the experience value will be more likely to be +5 or +6, but if he cuts seaweed in the sea, the experience value will almost double or more.
The efficiency is obvious!
In addition, Ryan has another important discovery.
That is, if he practices the inner breathing method, he can clearly feel that this inner breathing method training is subtly driving the giant bear breathing method he practices, and producing some subtle changes.
It seems to be increasing his internal organs and body functions bit by bit, and this change becomes increasingly obvious as the level of the inner breathing method is improved.
And this time, when Master Gunther, standing on the reef, saw Ryan coming out of the sea, dragging a long bundle of "tough seaweed" behind him, and after fifteen minutes of intense exercise, his face was still not red and he was not out of breath, he knew that Ryan still had some strength left.
In other words, Ryan had exceeded his task standard.
Before Ryan looked for him, Gunther took the initiative to walk over and said, "Okay, Ryan, you can do the third training now. Follow me."
The people on the shore looked at this scene, and their minds were different.
Although they knew that Ryan was very strong from the first day, they found that Ryan's perseverance was even more amazing. He practiced almost without rest, like an iron man.
Therefore, they could say that they had personally seen Ryan improve at a visible speed during these three days.
From the initial seven or eight minutes of cutting seaweed in the sea to now being able to stay in the sea for more than fifteen minutes, the progress of his internal breathing method was too obvious.
"Is the third training so soon? This progress has caught up with us!" Arturo said in surprise.
"Not catching up, but about to surpass us." The young man named Doug said in a deep voice.
Everyone was silent!
In fact, Gunther's second training task required Ryan to master the inner breathing method within three days. Converted to Ryan's career panel system display, that is, the entry level of the inner breathing method reached lv1 (1/100), which was considered to have reached the standard.
But Ryan considered that since there was three days, it would be better to improve the inner breathing method as much as possible, because he felt that the effect of this inner breathing method was very unique and would be very useful.
On the other hand, Basque took the initiative to say that the general standard for judging whether you have mastered the inner breathing method is to see whether you can chop tough seaweed continuously underwater for fifteen minutes.
Therefore, Ryan hid his skills a little, and only revealed them on the third day.
With Ryan's current control, he should be able to maintain a fighting state underwater for about half an hour.
From the display of the system panel, Ryan is not lv1 (1/100) now, but has reached lv3 (14/500).
The lv1 level of the inner breathing method can almost keep fighting underwater for fifteen minutes, and the lv3 level can even reach half an hour.
Although this time does not seem to be very long, you should know that during this period of time, people are always chopping tough seaweed, which is a state of high oxygen consumption, rather than quietly holding their breath in the water.
These are two completely different concepts!
Soon, under the leadership of Master Gunther, Ryan came to a cliff at the north end of the island, while the place where he practiced swords before was at the south end of the island, completely in two directions.
No wonder Ryan didn't notice such an area before.
"Basque, give Ryan the shark skin, and prepare a round tube worm!"
"Okay, Master Gunther."
Basque took out a set of dark gray leather armor with fine scales on the surface from behind and handed it to Ryan.
Ryan was slightly surprised, but took it without hesitation. The touch was like the tough cowhide texture soaked in oil, but much thicker.
The shape is also unique, very similar to the diving suit in the previous life.
"This is made of the skin of a reef shark, and it has a very good defensive effect against the attacks of offshore fish. After putting it on, even if you are besieged by multiple offshore fish, there will be no problem with safety."
Master Gunther explained with his head tilted.
Ryan nodded and started to put it on immediately.
Although he had the extraordinary characteristic 'Iron Skin LV3' to protect his body, he thought that his defense was not inferior to this leather armor made of a reef shark, but there was no need to be a conspicuous bag at this time.
Basque on the side began to take out a brown worm about one meter long, as thick as a thumb, which kept wriggling from the wooden barrel he had prepared long ago.
"This is a round tube worm, which is the favorite of offshore fish. And Ryan, your training task at this stage is to kill as many offshore fish as possible within an hour." Master Gunther pointed to the brown worm and said.
"As many as possible? Master Gunther, what is your standard in your mind?" Ryan thought for a while and asked.
After all, having a clear boundary or standard will be more motivated.
"Ten! If you can kill ten near-sea fish within an hour, you should be able to proceed to the next training." Master Gunther looked at Ryan and smiled.
"If you find it difficult to kill near-sea fish at first, you can take some time to practice the swordsmanship you are good at, just like those few, and you may have a different feeling."
"In addition, for the first training 'cutting seaweed', it is best to take some time to practice it every day. This will help improve your internal breathing method."
After a pause, Master Gunther added:
"The time limit for this training task is one month."
After that, Gunther turned around and slowly left.
Gunther did not say what the result was that was not achieved, but in fact, there was no need to say it again. There was no other choice except to go home.
"Okay, Master Gunther." Ryan nodded and agreed.
Until Gunther left, Basque looked at Ryan with envy and said, "Great! Ryan, I didn't expect you to progress so fast!"
"Even Master Gunther looks at you differently."
"Oh? How did you see that? I didn't feel that way." Ryan couldn't help but ask.
Master Gunther gave Ryan the impression of being a rather old-fashioned master teacher, not the kind that easily makes people feel close to him.
"You have to compare this. When dealing with others, Master Gunther doesn't talk so much. He usually just leaves a task requirement and leaves." Basque explained.
Ryan raised his eyebrows slightly. He really didn't know this.
"Ryan, you should be the fastest to complete the first training task, and the second fastest to complete the second training task. I wonder how long it will take you to complete the third training task?"
Basque said with a smile.
"Oh? How long did it take to master the internal breathing method for the second training task?" Ryan couldn't help but ask.
"Half a day, it was created by Miss Claire." Basque showed an expression of admiration and nostalgia.
Ryan glanced at Basque, shook his head slightly, and sighed, "Young man, you are hopeless. Women will only affect the speed of your sword swinging."
Besides, it seems that Claire is the "white moonlight" in Basque's heart!
Half a day.
If I don't hide my shortcomings, it seems to be half an hour?
Ryan thought about it, and then shook his head again.
What's the point of this? Only learning something is the most important.
"Then Ryan, I will start to release the round tube worms. You pay attention to the sea surface. Soon, the offshore crazy fish will come over, and there is a high probability that more than one!"
"Their favorite food is round tube worms." Basque reminded.
Ryan nodded and began to look at the sea surface with full concentration, preparing.
Seeing this, Basque immediately threw the snake-like round tube worms into the sea water four or five meters ahead.
As soon as the round tube worms entered the sea, they began to struggle violently.
It seemed that Ryan smelled the breath of the round tube worms. He keenly observed that several ripples were generated on the sea surface dozens of meters away.
Three or four fishes of a certain kind, ranging in size from thirty centimeters to half a meter, approached the round tube worm rapidly like high-speed torpedoes.
As these fishes approached, Ryan discovered that this fish, called the offshore mad fish, had brown round spots on its light blue body, a row of finned spines on its back, and a large mouth densely covered with a row of sharp teeth.
The other party saw the round tube worm twisting its body in the water and pounced on it fiercely.
In just a few moves, the round tube worm was torn into pieces by the other party and eaten.
Although Ryan had not yet entered the water to kill it, he judged from just a few seconds of observation on the shore that the third training task - 'killing the offshore mad fish', was more than twice as difficult as the first training task 'cutting seaweed'.
No wonder the seven or eight young people, although they came earlier than him, seemed to be stuck at this level.
Compared with the tough seaweed, the biggest difference is that although the tough seaweed is affected by the undercurrent and sways in the sea water, it is relatively speaking, there is still a certain pattern.
The process of a piece of tough seaweed floating back and forth is like a swinging pendulum.
If a person can grasp the moment when the pendulum swings to the highest point, and swing the sword to chop, it will be easier to cut the tough seaweed.
But this offshore crazy fish is different. This fish has a shuttle shape, and its streamlined body allows it to swim very fast in the sea water.
This is equivalent to upgrading from fixed target practice to mobile target practice!
Of course, the specific situation can only be known after killing it.
Ryan wore shark skin, drew out his two-handed sword, and began to go into the water.
Seeing Ryan was about to go into the water, Basque on the side reminded him: "Ryan, this fish is also called ironhead fish by our locals. The head is as hard as an iron shell. Be careful of the opponent's collision and bite."
"Thank you." Ryan nodded and thanked.
Ryan took a deep breath, operated the internal breathing method, and began to step into the sea.
As the whole person was submerged in the sea water, the cold sea water squeezed from all directions.
Huh?
Ryan found that the shark skin, which was a bit bloated on land, did not affect his movements in the water. It seemed that the special surface structure of the shark skin had the function of reducing water resistance.
When he came to the vicinity of the offshore mad fish that was still wandering around the wreckage of the round tube worm, Ryan raised the glimmering giant sword, cast "Break the Limit", and immediately aimed at a offshore mad fish and chopped it down!
Because of the training of "cutting seaweed", Ryan had a preliminary understanding of the power in the water.
Therefore, this sword chopped the offshore mad fish firmly.
I saw that a hole was torn open on the offshore mad fish in an instant, and dark red blood emerged from it.
At the same time, Ryan's expression changed slightly!
Because a feeling of cutting into layers of thick cowhide was transmitted from the sword body to Ryan's hands.
The opponent's defense is so strong!
With one blow, I failed to kill it directly.
Just when Ryan thought he would alert the enemy, the suddenly attacked offshore fish turned around and rushed towards Ryan, intending to fight back.
This was very different from the habits of ordinary animals.
Generally speaking, after being attacked instantly, animals would flee first, then observe the attacker, and then decide whether to fight back.
But the offshore fish was indeed worthy of the name of "crazy fish". It immediately fought back after being attacked, regardless of the attacker's strength.
However, this also made Ryan happy. He was originally worried that he would not kill the offshore fish with this sword, and the opponent would escape directly.
Because Ryan had just seen the speed of the offshore fish swimming in the water, which he could not catch up with even if he tried his best.
When the offshore fish was about to approach Ryan, it swung its tail fin vigorously, and its speed suddenly increased, which made Ryan's second sword and the opponent's body just pass by.
The offshore fish took the opportunity to bite Ryan fiercely. With the protection of shark skin, Ryan only felt a tearing sensation, but was not hurt.
In fact, for Ryan, it would not be a big deal if the offshore fish bit him, because the defense of the lv3 iron skin was higher than that of shark skin, so he was not worried.
After several consecutive battles, Ryan almost returned without success.
However, Ryan soon discovered the problem. For this kind of fish that can move at high speed in the water, the water flow driven by its high-speed movement will cause great interference to the accuracy of Ryan's sword.
This forced Ryan to focus his attention on the trajectory of the offshore fish, trying to find its flaws or patterns.
But this pattern does not seem to be so easy to grasp. Ryan decided to "cheat" a little and study the body structure of this offshore fish, which might touch him.
So.
"Great force!"
A 30% "Power Explosion!"
Ryan's muscles swelled, aiming at the head of the offshore fish that was attacking from the front, and directly chopped it from top to bottom!
"Bang!"
Unlike what Ryan expected, the offshore fish was not chopped in two, but its hard skull clamped the big sword and was still struggling.
Huh?
Such a hard head?
The vitality is also extremely tenacious!
Thinking of the nickname "Iron Head Fish" that Basque reminded him before, Ryan seemed to understand something.
After turning on the "Power Explosion" to cheat and kill a offshore fish, Ryan carried it to the shore.
"Ryan, you... succeeded so quickly?" Basque looked at Ryan with horror, raised his hand and pointed at the offshore fish in Ryan's hand, and said.
What's more, what made Basque even more unbelievable was that the head of the offshore fish, the hardest part of the body, was actually split open.
This damn...
Basque didn't know what to say for a while.
As Basque was curiously exploring, Ryan quickly dissected the near-sea mad fish.
First, its scales were made of extremely tough material. Each scale was in a semi-arc shape, with both ends tightly buckled on the surface of the fish body. Then, multiple scales were stacked layer by layer to form a scale armor that looked like metal armor.
This was real scale armor!
This feature was quite similar to the scavenger fish Ryan had seen in his previous life. The scale structure of the scavenger fish was also the same.
In addition, Ryan found that most of the body area under the scale skin had a layer of white exoskeleton, which further enhanced its defense. Among them, the bone density and thickness in the head area were particularly exaggerated.
This was already a double defense superposition!
Ryan estimated that if this kind of fish died on the coast, even if an ordinary person was given a small knife, he might not be able to dissect its body.
Therefore, when it was alive and kicking and swimming quickly in the sea, it was easy to imagine how difficult it would be to kill it.
Of course, on the other hand, the difficulty comes from Master Gunther's training task requirement - 'swing the sword in the water to kill it', rather than using other methods.
Otherwise, with human intelligence, even ordinary people have some ways to kill the offshore mad fish, such as bait, poisoning, etc.
After dissecting the offshore mad fish, Ryan stared at the distant sea and fell into thought.
Just now he found that the combat power bonus given to him by performing the 'Triple State' in the water was far less than that on land.
The reason is simple. The resistance in water is hundreds of times that in the air, and the resistance in sea water is even higher.
If Ryan remembered correctly, the resistance of sea water seemed to be more than 800 times that of air.
This made Ryan's huge power be dissolved layer by layer by the sea water's 'softness overcomes hardness', and when it chopped the offshore mad fish, the power dropped significantly.
In a simple comparison, assuming that the 'Triple State' increases Ryan's combat power by 100% on land, then fighting in the sea water will at most increase Ryan's combat power by 20%.
As for the solution?
Ryan quickly remembered what Master Gunther said before he left - 'You can take some time to practice the swordsmanship you are good at.'
At the same time, he also remembered the scene of those young men practicing swordsmanship on the shore.
Obviously, the key to solving the problem lies here.
So, facing the sea, Ryan began to swing the sword in his hand on the reef and practice the giant bear swordsmanship!
Gradually, the two completely different feelings of sword swinging in the sea and on land began to intertwine.
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed through Ryan's mind, and his insights burst out!
At this time, the system prompt also sounded
(End of this chapter)
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