harleyscars Chapter 31 Learning the Art of Flying
Chapter 31 Learning the Art of Flying
Shang Yun was not proud of Mr. Bobo's praise, but suddenly remembered something and made a request to Mr. Bobo.
"Hmm? What request?"
"I would like to ask Mr. Bobo for advice on the art of flying. I hope Mr. Bobo can teach me."
"The art of flying? You don't need to ask, I'll teach you. Sun Wukong has already learned the art of flying," Mr. Bobo said with a smile.
"Wukong has already learned the art of flying? Then what is Wukong doing now?"
"He's fighting against himself."
"How do you fight against yourself?"
"You'll find out later. This is the final training at the Temple of the Gods: overcoming yourself." Mr. Bobo added mysteriously.
"Alright, you should learn the Flying Technique first. After you learn it, you'll have to practice against yourself." Mr. Bobo finished speaking and began teaching Shang Yun the Flying Technique.
In the world of Dragon Ball, the Flying Technique is a skill that allows a person to fly through the air.
Shang Yun's purpose in learning the Flying Technique was naturally for combat. In the later stages of the Dragon Ball world, most battles took place in the air; otherwise, the aftershocks of any battle could potentially destroy the Earth.
Although Shang Yunhui possesses the Zen supernatural power of Divine Footwork, which is undoubtedly more powerful than the Soaring Technique, Divine Footwork is more like instantaneous teleportation. At a high level of cultivation, it can even disregard time and space. The Soaring Technique, on the other hand, allows one to stand in the air as if walking on flat ground, making it more suitable for combat.
At first, Shang Yun also thought that, like Sun Wukong who learned teleportation, he could charge up his combat skills to the critical point and then use his Divine Footwork to teleport into the enemy's stomach. The result was wonderful just to think about.
However, it turned out that Shang Yun was overthinking things.
Zen supernatural powers arise naturally as one reaches a high level of spiritual cultivation, helping sentient beings alleviate their suffering. One must maintain a calm and compassionate mind to use them. If one flaunts one's abilities and uses them to extract benefits from sentient beings, bringing them pain and disaster, then even the greatest supernatural powers will be useless and may even disappear from one's body, as if they were never obtained.
To put it bluntly, one cannot use these Zen supernatural powers to kill, commit arson, fight, or do anything that is immoral, harmful to others, or for personal gain.
Shang Yun had also created some light-foot techniques similar to those in martial arts novels from his previous life, such as the Cloud Ladder Leap, Golden Goose Skill, and Grass-Walking Technique, based on the operating principles of the initial stage of the Divine Foot Technique. These techniques allowed him to jump higher and run faster. However, these light-foot techniques were somewhat insufficient in the Dragon Ball world. Therefore, in the end, he still had to learn the Flying Technique.
The training principle of the Flying Technique relies on the control of one's own "qi" (vital energy). First, one must perceive the existence of "qi" and be able to freely control its flow within the body. Through combat and training, one continuously improves the precision of their "qi" control. By gathering "qi" at the soles of the feet or other parts of the body and adjusting the direction and intensity of its release, a reaction force is generated to propel the body off the ground and into flight. Just as a jet aircraft uses the backward thrust of its engine to gain forward lift, the Flying Technique uses "qi" as its power source for flight.
Soon Shang Yun learned the art of flying, and Mr. Bobo led Shang Yun to a room where they saw a boy with the same hairstyle as Sun Wukong. No, to be precise, he was a man. This man was none other than the grown-up Sun Wukong. Unbeknownst to them, the two had been cultivating in the Heavenly Temple for nearly three years, and they had both grown up.
At this moment, Sun Wukong was fighting a puppet that looked a lot like Krillin. When Sun Wukong saw Shang Yun coming, he was very happy and was about to greet him when the puppet Krillin kicked him in the face and sent him flying to Shang Yun's side.
"Shang Yun, you're here! That's wonderful! How's your training going? Mr. Popo told me you've been using the time machine to go back in time. Have you seen Master Mutaito? Have you seen Master Roshi when he was young?" Goku covered his face, stood up, hugged Shang Yun, and shouted excitedly.
"Yes, Goku, it's so great to see you! I've already met Master Mutaito, Master Roshi when he was young, and even the girl Master Roshi liked." Shang Yun hugged Son Goku tightly and chuckled.
After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Mr. Popo instructed Goku to continue battling Krillin, while also arranging for Shang Yun to battle various puppets.
Through battles with the puppets, Shang Yun learned to counter various attack styles. Against agile puppets, Shang Yun's reaction speed improved significantly, allowing him to more accurately dodge rapid attacks and find opportunities to counterattack during the process. Battles with the puppets also honed his control over the rhythm of combat, enabling him to know when to attack and when to defend.
Shang Yun has become more flexible in using his abilities. When facing power-type puppets, Shang Yun understands how to better use his Qi to enhance his strength and defense, so that he will not be at a disadvantage in the power confrontation.
Later, after Shang Yun and Sun Wukong were able to deal with various puppets, Mr. Bobo simply plucked a hair from their heads and created puppets identical to them, so that the two could fight against him.
Fighting against one's own puppet is quite interesting. Shang Yun was initially very confused when faced with a puppet that resembled him. This puppet could mimic Shang Yun's combat techniques, including not only Zen Buddhist supernatural powers but also his Zen Meditation/Void Domain and Zen Awakening/Spirit Evasion techniques, and even the Vajra Prajna Force. During the battle, Shang Yun had to simultaneously deal with familiar attack patterns and think about how to break through them. Because the puppet didn't tire or show emotional fluctuations, it was a very tenacious opponent. This forced Shang Yun to go all out, constantly searching for the puppet's weaknesses, trying new techniques or faster attacks, thereby further honing his combat skills and reaction abilities.
Humans are, after all, thinking beings. How can one defeat a puppet with the same strength and combat skills as oneself, and one that has no emotions, knows no fatigue, and can perfectly unleash 100% of one's strength? There is only one answer: one can unleash more than 100% of one's strength.
Shang Yun's method was to improve his strength. Having just advanced his Prajna Heart Sutra, it was unrealistic to expect him to gain enough power to overwhelm his opponent in the short term. Therefore, he had to find a way through combat techniques. After much deliberation, Shang Yun decided to focus his energy on breaking through the Vajra Prajna Force. Fortunately, the puppet was ultimately just a puppet; it could only mimic Shang Yun's current strength, but not his "comprehension." As he was repeatedly defeated by his puppet, Shang Yun's Vajra Prajna Force finally broke through to the second level, increasing his strength fourfold. However, this also increased the consumption of internal energy and mental energy. Shang Yun only used it once, and with his current strength and mental state, he could only sustain it for ten seconds. But with the second level of Vajra Prajna Force, Shang Yun defeated his puppet in less than a second, truly living up to his name as the "Ten-Second True Man."
"Ding!"
"Congratulations, host, your Vajra Prajna Strength has been upgraded to the second level, which can increase your strength by 4 times."
"Ding!"
"Friendly reminder! With each level of Vajra Prajna Power, the rate at which internal energy and spirit are consumed will double when used. When using the second level of Vajra Prajna Power, the consumption is twice that of the first level."
The mechanical voice of 9527 appeared in Shang Yun's mind at the same time that Shang Yun's Vajra Prajna Power was enhanced.
This is not hard to understand. With each level of Vajra Prajna Power, the strength increases by twice that of the previous level, while the rate of consumption of internal energy and spirit only increases by one time. For example, when using the sixth level of Vajra Prajna Power, the strength increases by 64 times, but the rate of consumption of internal energy and spirit is only 6 times that of the first level. It is truly a divine skill!
In this way, Shang Yun passed the test in a slightly clever manner. In terms of combat talent, Shang Yun was indeed inferior to Sun Wukong, but fortunately, Shang Yun was not a warmonger.