Chapter 285 (2/2)

Thewas that he had sufficient confidence in the tactics they had devisedHa ha, the tactics of that set of cards would give a real pleasant surprise to the entire federation when the tihter as he rubbed his chinWhen the card artisans to his side saw that, they quickly retracted their gazes and looked straight ahead

Chen Mu and Wei-ah were sparring on the training field, that already being their 35th training that dayIt was evident horetched Chen Mu was from the black and blue on his face

Chen Mu didn't feel any of that as he stared fixedly at Wei-ah like a wolfHis body leaned in, poised with one foot ahead and one behind, as though his body were an arrow that could be released froht hand was in an activated state

Wei-ah's expression was coht

He suddenly h he'd disappeared and suddenly reappeared five ht of where Wei-ah wasThree tailless shuttles for Wei-ahChen Mu didn't reled dash

Wei-ah easily dodged the three tailless shuttles when his right fist nearly grazed the edge of his clothesChen Mu had long grown used to such a situationWithout turning around, he had three more tailless shuttles in counterattackHe didn't fire the

Wei-ah had stunning explosive power in a straight line—the ht path where Wei-ah was headed, so Wei-ah would have to trace an arcCoer

Of course, that length was liht have been 30 centimetersBut half a meter or 30 centimeters would possibly determine the outcome of the battle for Chen Mu

Like a ghost, Wei-ah chased after his own tail, and Chen Mu didn't dare to stay in one place

Like a ghost, Wei-ah chased after his own tail, and Chen Mu didn't dare to stay in one place

That was a characteristic of their paired training unlike everyone else'sIf his lingering in one place were the slightest bit longer, the battle would likely have ended

Wei-ah was best at close, hand-to-hand coet closeBut given Wei-ah's deth, there was no way Chen Mu could do thatWhat he could do, however, was interfere with him somewhat

Two shadoere chasing each other around in the stuffy training space, too fast for the eye to see

Chen Mu concentrated his spirits, a tailless shuttle hanging froh-speed ing a light green trace of light

The distance between the two kept closingWei-ah seemed to have a hunter's natural intuition in the pell- it hard to escape his pursuit

Chen Mu's right index finger flicked i since forer and shot silently toward someplace behind himThat tailless shuttle didn't look the sa no circular patterns on its body; instead, there were reen halos

Hong!

The tailless shuttle suddenly exploded when it hit the groundThe shock wave gave Chen Mu the boost he had been long prepared forIt slightly adjusted the big mudfish card, which used the boost to increase his speed

The explosion had happened too suddenlyWei-ah hadn't thought Chen Mu could do it, which put hiht loss

A sense of accomplishment flowed over Chen Mu; it was first time he had made Wei-ah so miserableBut he still knew if he wanted to wound Wei-ah by such an attack alone, that would be a fool's dreamHowever, that was only the first trick he had prepared

Without hesitating, Chen Mu flung another tailless shuttle fro mudfish cardThat tailless shuttle was co the forer than an ordinary tailless shuttle

Si xiu!

The whistling sound of that tailless shuttle was clearly different than a normal tailless shuttleFor an ordinary person, even if they could hear the difference, they couldn't react to itBut it was enough to put Wei-ah on alert

No e the explosion, his gaze as steady as everIt was enough to cause anyone to lose hopeBut no one knew Wei-ah's power better than Chen Mu

Without a pause, he shot off 12 tailless shuttles in a single breath, and they criss-crossed like a canopy of deadly raining arrowsThe training space filled with the wailing of tailless shuttles tearing through the air, which was enough to separate the soul from the body

In that fog, Wei-ah's gaze sharpened and calHe suddenly took on a strange posturePivoting on one leg while the other tapped the ground, his upper body arced, and his lips opened

Just then, the wave-shaped tailless shuttle exploded ininto three short shuttles, the speed of which had surged

That sudden change surprised Wei-ahBefore he could even blink, those three short shuttles all pressed in front of hiround they had barely touched and forHe then bent his whole body fro into a sideways ”7” shape

He was too fast, and the afterie was incredibly life-like while the three short tailless shuttles swept past himStill more inconceivably, each of the three shuttles were so far from him that if he hadn't ed to the side, he ht have been wounded

It looked like that move of Wei-ah's was completely useless since the 12 tailless shuttles to follow had nearly sealed off any place he could dodge to

Chen Mu didn't really understand Wei-ah's ment wave-form tailless shuttle wasn't to hit Wei-ah; it was to force him to stay within the scope of the 12 tailless shuttles that followedThey for face-on to Wei-ahNo matter in which direction Wei-ah moved, he would have no way to escape it

It looked like that move of Wei-ah's was completely useless since the 12 tailless shuttles to follow had nearly sealed off any place he could dodge to

Chen Mu didn't really understand Wei-ah's ment wave-form tailless shuttle wasn't to hit Wei-ah; it was to force him to stay within the scope of the 12 tailless shuttles that followedThey for face-on to Wei-ahNo matter in which direction Wei-ah moved, he would have no way to escape it

Just then, the leg Wei-ah had pulled up suddenly sprang toward the floorThe other leg, which was bowed, sto the floor toward the tailless shuttles!

Wasn't that suicide? Chen Mu was stunnedThis was only training, and he certainly didn't want anything to happenHe had just been about to htened

Sticking to the ground, Wei-ah was slithering like a snake but with a speedChen Mu finally understood what Wei-ah was doingThose 12 tailless shuttles hadn't co a tiny bit of spaceWhen Chen Mu had planned out that tactic at the outset, he hadn't considered the tirasp that flaw

So, with that stunning skill, a finger was already at his neck

”You're stunned” After he said that, Wei-ah retracted his finger and went away

It was all a huge encouragement for Chen MuIt was the first time he had ever put Wei-ah into such a desperate situation

That was all the result of his studying the Cross-Section of Styles those last few daysHe had deeply indulged in its dazzling tactics

Before then, he would never have thought of tactical issuesOnly when he touched the Cross-Section of Styles did he understand that his previous fighting style al with some special skills in support of thatThere wasn't much tactical contentWhen he drew from the Cross-Section of Styles and honed soed the composition of the tailless shuttles, which had then allowed him to benefit

Compared to the mature tactics froned could be considered rudimentaryBut in his vision, that trial had made him into a completely different person from before

Soh a layer of paper, it would be a neorld

Inside the Cross-Section of Styles were rich and variegated tactics, which hat detereneration after generation of advanceeneration were all outstanding in their wisdooods tested countless times

The Cross-Section of Styles wasn't the most powerful battle fantasy card in the Heavenly Federation, but if you were speaking of an e the top threeThat was also why it could becoacies of the Federation Comprehensive Academy

He had no idea about the position of the Cross-Section of Styles aacies of the federationBut he certainly did know those tactics were highly advanced and powerful as far as he was concernedQuite a few of theh so many revisions that even such a rookie as him could clearly feel it

Although that trial wasn't quite perfect, it already made him excitedHe had realized the power of tacticsTo be able to push Wei-ah into such straights had already explained the issue

To have a plan was better than no plan, and to have tactics was better than having noneThe level of tactics was directly related to the outcoht Chen Mu the most direct evidence of its influenceThe importance of tactics thus entered into the scope of Chen Mu's vision

Most of Chen Mu's ti the tactics in the Cross-Section of StylesCompared to the standard curriculum about tactics in the federation at that time, the tactics in the Cross-Section of Styles wereBut they were only examples with no theory

Chen Mu's methods were also si with their combinations of ideasIt was about the same as when he had studied the basis for token cards

When he had first studied token card knowledge, he was co steadily away until he could unexpectedly chew the and with that knowledge of token cards, that was the style he was best at and most familiar with

Without realizing it, having suffered through learning those tactics, Chen Mu advanced at a stunning rateEven he himself didn't realize itThe Cross-Section of Styles was like a dictionary of tactics, as vast as the oceans

Wei-ah also see and didn't bother hi that, however, Chen Mu had realized that theto try out his newly designed tactics, the s

A knock on the door cut off Chen Mu's studyWhen he opened the door, he saw Xi Ping with a thoughtful expressionChen Mu knew so important had happenedThe battling seeHanpei hadnt taken advantage of the perfect opportunity to attack with Qiao Yuan having been woundedThere were a lot of doubts about the entire affairAccording to the reports of those under Zu Ning, they had set up a defensive card artisan that nightSince there was only one, that clarified quite a few issuesThe card artisan had been educated in the orthodox reconnaissance type of cardHis accomplishments in the Federation Comprehensive Academy had always been excellentNot only that, but he also excelled in his tactical curriculu Hanpei still more faith was that every teacher had included the saorous attitude, he was never negligent, and he was very self-disciplinedThe chance of such a card artisanHanpei had interviewed him personally, and his manner had made him still more certain on that pointSo, the only possibility was that the infiltrator had evaded his scanningThat wasnt impossibleReconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance were like a sword and a shi+eldFor example, Tan Hanpei knew there were several kinds of cards that could evade the fluctuations of that level of scanningHe had quite a feays to avoid itBut any card required a card artisanThe effectiveness of a card was half dependent on the card itself and half directly related to the level of the card artisanAs it happened, counter-reconnaissance cards h demands on the card artisanThe ones ere best at that were card artisan assassins, as anyone with a little common sense would sayThe crowd thatthe best at that kind of cardThe infiltrator hadnt aroused anyone else before silently killing Zu NingThat was the classic style of the assassinBut, without a doubt, it wasnt done by an assassinFor example, no assassin would ransack the storehouseAn assassin could carry only a few things on his personCarrying anything would greatly influence the success of an operationThethe cards taken away, most of them orthless power cards plus a few three-star and four-star fantasy cardsAs Tang Hanpei saw it, those had no valueWas it a sht the assassins goalBut nearly 2,000 cards had disappeared into thin airThat many cards would require at least two cases to carrySo le person without alerting someoneThat was virtually impossibleFrom that, he deduced that the adversary hadnt been aloneThat corresponded with his suppositionsCard artisan assassins were seldom seen by that time, and only a feerful firms would be able to keep themThere were really no independent card artisan assassins to speak ofThat was how he could shrink his targetOnly three organizations in Poh power to use card artisan assassins: the Central Repository of the Classics, Faya, and the Federation Comprehensive AcademyThe Central Repository of the Classics was eliht at the outsetIf it were the, they would never have been interested in the Cross-Section of StylesThey had no fewer legacies than the Federation Coet the core technology froet out of PomeloIf Qiao Yuan had used a card artisan assassin, he would certainly have made a concurrent outside attack to capture the enca to the Central Repository of the Classics as quickly as possibleMost of his suspicion was on FayaThey had always lurked in the dark and were clearly ill-intentionedThey liked to take advantage of the difficulties of others, and no one felt they did things out in the openWhile the Central Repository of the Classics didnt care about the Cross-Section of Styles, it had a lot of attraction for FayaStill… He waselseWhat if the assassin had come from within the Federation Comprehensive Academy itself? That actually wasnt i with sects, and the one Zu Ning was in wasnt the strongestIf soe of the situation to suddenly make his move, no one would ever put the suspicion on their headsThinking of that, Tang Hanpeis face turned ashen, and his eyes went as gloo Hanpei didnt do anythingAll the platfor theHanpei was calculatingThere were even quite a few dissenters within the Federation Co Hanpei had e in the acadeeHanpei didnt anizations didnt dare to jusA persons nae across the federation was beyond that of al, or Jie Yanbai and those who came later, he had made his name e class as the presidents of the Big Six, but he hadnt weakened; he was still younger than they wereNo one could guess what Tang Hanpei had in mindPeople were also interested in a different topicThe sudden surfacing of Faya had been totally unexpectedPeople with any intelligence connected that to Fayas stupid previous moves, which were the fuse that set off the chaosFaya had been secretly fanning the flaht that wayWhat had followed had confiruise was ripped off, and they suddenly attacked some of the Central Repository of the Classics encampmentsThe Central Repository of the Classics clearly hadnt adequately prepared, and they were hit hardSuch a veteran powerhouse as the Central Repository of the Classics wasnt just going to s it, however, and they swiftlybetween the two sides immediately shot up, and the Federation Co involved in the battle between the twoNone of that had much to do with Chen MuWhen the situation returned to balance, as far as he was concerned, it provided hi of those novice card artisans wasnt reduced in the least with Bogner personally in charge of itTheir temperament was completely different from beforeThere was none of the previous impetuousness and i their faces and sharpening their gazesIf anyone thought about it, they would have found that their seriousness was an ie training fieldWith three to a group, they were ceaselessly practicing their firingAny fine card artisan cliet aheadSuch was the well-known saying of soner was clearly a faithful adherent of that sayingBeside every small team was placed an entire box of three-star power cardsTheir responsibility was to use it up within ten hoursNot only that, but they would have to hit a fixed target over 98 percent of the tiet with a difficulty level of eightThat was a rather stunning standardIt would be fine for a stationary target, where a 98 percent hit rate wouldnt be that hard to achieve—especially since every sreatly increasing their accuracyBy co up an entire box of three-star power cards within ten hours was a lotrate to reach a standard of six shots each secondThe hardest was the second requireht over 70 percent of the timeSuch a hit rate at that level of difficulty couldnt be achieved by even high-grade card artisansIn the situation of level-eight difficulty, a et traced a completely erratic path with a speed quite a bit faster than the jet streaet wasnt et h speed would be very difficult to track with bare eyesThat required the use of perceptionIt was perfectly deadly training, and once it started, soner used extrerade card artisans by his side, so no one could discern a patternBogner had rich experience in that regard and had set up an utterly perfect incentive reatly stimulated everyones enthusiasmEveryone in that world had a lot of self-esteeh they were rookies, and although they had never been proud, that didnt iven hope, they would bring a lot of ability into playThey ell-aware of the difficulty of survivalThey were also a lot better h-level card artisansEveryone showany trash behind! If you want a fing place here, then showfield treh their training, all of theritted their teeth and strove to make their shots faster and more accurate! All of those identical youths were between 20 and 28That age range covered the hottest blood and the most obstinanceIf anyone had told them before that they could achieve a hit rate of 70 percent on a ht, they would certainly have thought it to be a fairy taleGiven that they had only just reached the fourth level of perception, to be able to achieve a 50 percent hit rate with a level-six would be pretty darned goodBut they had hope nowThat bit of hope came from their mysterious boss and from the mysterious set of cards in their handsEven if they werent under Bogners gaze, and even with otten the orthodox education froins Acade to use wasThat bit of hope had been sti their advancesIf they had been lieniusWhen it caence or hard work, however, they wouldnt fall behind anyoneThey were full of gratitude toward their bossWhat would their fate have been if it werent for hi out at the lowest level aed the so much in them, which even they found inconceivableThey well knew the cost of the power cards they consumed every dayNo one except their boss would spend so much money on such low-level card artisans! The huet back what you put inThat was the way they thought about itHaving washed his hands of the training, Chen Mu really didnt know Bogners trainingno one else would useThe nuIf it hadnt been for how rich the iven their pathetic foundation, there would have been no way to support such a scale of strength trainingBogner was satisfied with the ih he seldom smiled in front of the of thee outlay required for such trainingBut his thinking was straightforwardHe knehat the boss cared about and what he didntThewas that he had sufficient confidence in the tactics they had devisedHa ha, the tactics of that set of cards would give a real pleasant surprise to the entire federation when the tihter as he rubbed his chinWhen the card artisans to his side saw that, they quickly retracted their gazes and looked straight aheadChen Mu and Wei-ah were sparring on the training field, that already being their 35th training that dayIt was evident horetched Chen Mu was from the black and blue on his faceChen Mu didnt feel any of that as he stared fixedly at Wei-ah like a wolfHis body leaned in, poised with one foot ahead and one behind, as though his body were an arrow that could be released froht hand was in an activated stateWei-ahs expression was cohtHe suddenly h hed disappeared and suddenly reappeared five ht of where Wei-ah wasThree tailless shuttles for Wei-ahChen Mu didnt reled dashWei-ah easily dodged the three tailless shuttles when his right fist nearly grazed the edge of his clothesChen Mu had long grown used to such a situationWithout turning around, he had three more tailless shuttles in counterattackHe didnt fire theWei-ah had stunning explosive power in a straight line—the ht path where Wei-ah was headed, so Wei-ah would have to trace an arcCoerOf course, that length was liht have been 30 centimetersBut half a meter or 30 centimeters would possibly deterhost, Wei-ah chased after his own tail, and Chen Mu didnt dare to stay in one placeThat was a characteristic of their paired training unlike everyone elsesIf his lingering in one place were the slightest bit longer, the battle would likely have endedWei-ah was best at close, hand-to-hand coet closeBut given Wei-ahs deth, there was no way Chen Mu could do thatWhat he could do, however, was interfere with hi each other around in the stuffy training space, too fast for the eye to seeChen Mu concentrated his spirits, a tailless shuttle hanging froh-speed ing a light green trace of lightThe distance between the two kept closingWei-ah seemed to have a hunters natural intuition in the pell- it hard to escape his pursuitChen Mus right index finger flicked i since forer and shot silently toward someplace behind himThat tailless shuttle didnt look the sa no circular patterns on its body; instead, there were ! The tailless shuttle suddenly exploded when it hit the groundThe shock wave gave Chen Mu the boost he had been long prepared forIt slightly adjusted the big mudfish card, which used the boost to increase his speedThe explosion had happened too suddenlyWei-ah hadnt thought Chen Mu could do it, which put hiht lossA sense of accomplishment flowed over Chen Mu; it was first time he had made Wei-ah so miserableBut he still knew if he wanted to wound Wei-ah by such an attack alone, that would be a fools dreamHowever, that was only the first trick he had preparedWithout hesitating, Chen Mu flung another tailless shuttle fro mudfish cardThat tailless shuttle was co the forer than an ordinary tailless shuttleSi xiu! The whistling sound of that tailless shuttle was clearly different than a normal tailless shuttleFor an ordinary person, even if they could hear the difference, they couldnt react to itBut it was enough to put Wei-ah on alertNo e the explosion, his gaze as steady as everIt was enough to cause anyone to lose hopeBut no one knew Wei-ahs power better than Chen MuWithout a pause, he shot off 12 tailless shuttles in a single breath, and they criss-crossed like a canopy of deadly raining arrowsThe training space filled with the wailing of tailless shuttles tearing through the air, which was enough to separate the soul froaze sharpened and calHe suddenly took on a strange posturePivoting on one leg while the other tapped the ground, his upper body arced, and his lips openedJust then, the wave-shaped tailless shuttle exploded ininto three short shuttles, the speed of which had surgedThat sudden change surprised Wei-ahBefore he could even blink, those three short shuttles all pressed in front of hiround they had barely touched and forHe then bent his whole body fro into a sideways 7 shapeHe was too fast, and the afterie was incredibly life-like while the three short tailless shuttles swept past himStill more inconceivably, each of the three shuttles were so far from him that if he hadnt ed to the side, he ht have been woundedIt looked like that move of Wei-ahs was completely useless since the 12 tailless shuttles to follow had nearly sealed off any place he could dodge toChen Mu didnt really understand Wei-ahs ment wave-form tailless shuttle wasnt to hit Wei-ah; it was to force him to stay within the scope of the 12 tailless shuttles that followedThey for face-on to Wei-ahNo matter in which direction Wei-ahWei-ah had pulled up suddenly sprang toward the floorThe other leg, which was bowed, sto the floor toward the tailless shuttles! Wasnt that suicide? Chen Mu was stunnedThis was only training, and he certainly didnt want anything to happenHe had just been about to htenedSticking to the ground, Wei-ah was slithering like a snake but with a speedChen Mu finally understood what Wei-ah was doingThose 12 tailless shuttles hadnt co a tiny bit of spaceWhen Chen Mu had planned out that tactic at the outset, he hadnt considered the tirasp that flawSo, with that stunning skill, a finger was already at his neckYoure stunnedAfter he said that, Wei-ah retracted his finger and went awayIt was all a huge encouragement for Chen MuIt was the first time he had ever put Wei-ah into such a desperate situationThat was all the result of his studying the Cross-Section of Styles those last few daysHe had deeply indulged in its dazzling tacticsBefore then, he would never have thought of tactical issuesOnly when he touched the Cross-Section of Styles did he understand that his previous fighting style al with some special skills in support of thatThere wasnt much tactical contentWhen he drew from the Cross-Section of Styles and honed soed the composition of the tailless shuttles, which had then allowed him to benefitCompared to the mature tactics froned could be considered rudimentaryBut in his vision, that trial had made him into a coh he only punched through a layer of paper, it would be a neorldInside the Cross-Section of Styles were rich and variegated tactics, which hat detereneration after generation of advanceeneration were all outstanding in their wisdooods tested countless timesThe Cross-Section of Styles wasnt the most powerful battle fantasy card in the Heavenly Federation, but if you were speaking of an e the top threeThat was also why it could becoacies of the Federation Comprehensive AcademyHe had no idea about the position of the Cross-Section of Styles aacies of the federationBut he certainly did know those tactics were highly advanced and powerful as far as he was concernedQuite a few of theh so many revisions that even such a rookie as hih that trial wasnt quite perfect, it already made him excitedHe had realized the power of tacticsTo be able to push Wei-ah into such straights had already explained the issueTo have a plan was better than no plan, and to have tactics was better than having noneThe level of tactics was directly related to the outcoht Chen Mu the most direct evidence of its influenceThe importance of tactics thus entered into the scope of Chen Mus visionMost of Chen Mus ti the tactics in the Cross-Section of StylesCompared to the standard curriculum about tactics in the federation at that time, the tactics in the Cross-Section of Styles wereBut they were only examples with no theoryChen Mus methods were also si with their combinations of ideasIt was about the same as when he had studied the basis for token cardsWhen he had first studied token card knowledge, he was co steadily away until he could unexpectedly chew the and with that knowledge of token cards, that was the style he was best at andsuffered through learning those tactics, Chen Mu advanced at a stunning rateEven he himself didnt realize itThe Cross-Section of Styles was like a dictionary of tactics, as vast as the oceansWei-ah also see and didnt bother hi that, however, Chen Mu had realized that theto try out his newly designed tactics, the sA knock on the door cut off Chen Mus studyWhen he opened the door, he saw Xi Ping with a thoughtful expressionChen Mu knew so important had happened