Chapter 094 – Chamber of the Eighteen Bronze Figures (2/2)

But after one day one night, Jing Hao crumbled again.

After he finished meditating, Tang Tian was revitalised, just in time for hardship practise, thus he entered the Cross Door and began practising.

Following the improvement of martial techniques, the hardship behind the Cross Door began to change. Tang Tian spent more time practising in Uncle Bing’s Recruit Training Camp, and not behind the Cross Door. According to Uncle Bing, that place was for people who do not qualify to enter the Army to practise.

Now Tang Tian’s Hardship Training had been moved to the Recruit Camp, and big changes had occurred, such as the Hardship Training for martial techniques were now gone.

The proficiency in martial techniques became the most basic requirements. This change made Tang Tian unaccustomed, but he couldn’t deny the fact that these new methods of training were more effective. For example, the take a beating training, Tang Tian learnt to enhance his intuition.

“Is it still take a beating training today?” Tang Tian was full of fighting spirit.

“Nope. Take a beating training no longer has any obvious upgrades to your intuition,” Bing shook his head, and he pointed to another planet.

Tang Tian felt that the surroundings changed, and he came to a martial practice room made of green tiles.

The martial practice room was not big, around fifteen metres long, five to six metres wide. But Tang Tian’s gaze, was curiously fixated on the bronze figures in front. These bronze figures were about the height of Tang Tian, each with different postures, some fine, some rough, as they stood quietly in three rows.

One, two, three, four… …

Tang Tian counted eighteen of them altogether.

“Hey, Uncle, what are they?” Tang Tian asked inquisitively.

“The Eighteen Bronze Figures.” Bing lightly replied, “This was the Army’s Number Four Mechanic’s masterpiece, the Chamber of the Eighteen Bronze Figures.”

“The Chamber of the Eighteen Bronze Figures?” Tang Tian was eager, “Are they formidable?”

“In my eyes, they are of course very ordinary, but if the recruits back then were to choose the three most hated courses of training, the Chamber of the Eighteen Bronze Figures, would definitely be on the list.” Bing’s voice sounded vaguely sorrowful.

“What do they train? Instincts as well?” Tang Tian looked at Bing, although he has not been in contact with the Recruit Training Camp for long, he has started to know the styles of the Southern Cross Army, each practise room in the camp must have their own customised purpose.

“Nope, it’s suitable for practising [Staining Fall].”

Bing’s explanation caught Tang Tian off guard, he could not help himself, “Staining Fall? Uncle, are you sure?”

Four gold cards, [Staining Fall] was probably of the least importance to Tang Tian. Because [Staining Fall] requires body contact with the enemies, but in actual sparring, Tang Tian knew how difficult this would be. For example, throughout the sparring with Jing Hao, Tang Tian did not even manage to touch a corner of Jing Hao’s clothes. Jing Hao’s sword arts were superb, the veil created was to Tang Tian’s helplessness.

During the sparring with Jing Hao, the technique that Tang Tian used the least, was the [Staining Fall].

Thus, when Tang Tian heard that Bing had specially found a place for him to practise [Staining Fall], he was rudely shocked and taken aback.

“Mmm, [Staining Fall] is a rather good technique.”

Bing’s explanation was unsatisfactory for Tang Tian, he questioned, “Which part of Staining Fall is formidable?”

“Using the opponent’s force to counterattack.” Bing explained, “This is where it is most formidable. It’s actually encompassed by two main parts, one is the judgement of the opponent’s power, the other is the exploitation of the opponent’s power, and these two parts need to be completed within the shortest timeframe. It has high difficulty level.”

Tang Tian shook his head, “But this is only effective provided you are able to get close to the opponent. Look at how Brother Jing Hao and I sparred, I totally couldn’t get close to him.”

Bing does not approve, “Given your current capabilities, yes.”

“You……” Tang Tian’s eyes became round and wide, with an unfriendly expression.

“Who said that this technique can only be used with body contact?” Bing’s tone was full of mockery, “His sword, doesn’t it have strength? Didn’t you touch it? Just because your power differs vastly, your concept of power is not as good as him, naturally you won’t be able to exploit it. But this doesn’t mean that this technique isn’t good.”

Tang Tian gave it a thought; that was true.

Brother Jing Hao’s sword was solid, and comparatively, his strength was rather scattered.

“He’s level six, you’re level four, he is much stronger than you. The only area where you surpass him is the Martial Spirit. A Silver Martial Spirit brings strong intuition, that is how you could survive for so long. Thus, the Silver Martial Spirit and intuition, is where your greatest ability lies.” Bing sternly said, “As a soldier, you must learn to make full use of your strong points!”

“I’m not a soldier… …” Tang Tian weakly replied.

Bing stopped, but soon, as though he never heard Tang Tian, continued, “A Silver Martial Spirit allows you to be more sensitive to the surroundings, which includes power. That’s why, when you practise now, your improvement will be faster, and because of this, you are more sensitive to True Power.”

“And during sparring, you will be even more sensitive towards the enemy’s power.” Bing added on, “As long as you know how to use it.”

He suddenly broke into a smile, and sinisterly said, “Kid, welcome to the Chamber of the Eighteen Bronze Figures.”