yasinovel Chapter 26 Overload Training
Chapter 26 Overload Training
Gu Shenyan did not close his eyes that night.
He hid in the shadow of the stone pillar, the spirit-binding iron shackles on his wrists gleaming faintly.
The Binding Iron will continuously increase its suppressive power as one's strength grows.
He rapidly improved after consuming the synthesized silver dragonfish, and the suppressive power also increased accordingly.
When he whipped the reef away, he could clearly feel the suppressive force coming from the shackles.
Sensing that the water control ability had become stronger, they immediately rushed over to suppress, weaken, and bind it.
"This shitty stuff..."
Wait, if it's about suppressing myself, can I do the opposite?
A thought suddenly flashed through his mind.
In my past life, I would stay up late watching anime, catch up on comics on weekends, and read various online novels when I had nothing to do. These were some of the few pleasures in my otherwise monotonous life.
And now, the suppression of this Spirit-Binding Iron...
"Gravity chamber! Extreme training!"
He suddenly realized the key to it.
In a world-renowned action manga, the main characters always train in a gravity chamber to become stronger!
From the initial ten times the gravity, to the later tens, hundreds, or even hundreds of times the gravity!
In such extreme environments, their combat effectiveness often increases dramatically.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this idea made sense.
"etc……"
Gu Shenyan gradually calmed down.
"We can't act rashly based solely on our anime experience; this is, after all, the real world, not the two-dimensional world."
"I need to analyze whether this method is truly feasible under the logic of this world."
First, from a practical perspective.
There are similar concepts in real-world martial arts training.
Muay Thai fighters tie sandbags to their calves and kick tree trunks year after year to make their shinbones as hard as iron.
Shaolin monks practice Iron Palm, inserting their fingers and driving them into wooden stakes day after day, until they can eventually break bricks and stones with a single palm strike.
The core idea behind these training methods is simply "overload training," isn't it?
Allow your body to adapt to extreme pressure, and then break through its original limits.
"Look at this world again..."
Gu Shenyan recalled his observations in his dreams during this period.
Although the merfolk are imprisoned in the fishing grounds, their physical abilities far surpass those of humans.
The ability to survive in the deep sea and manipulate water flow demonstrates that their bodies are naturally adapted to high-pressure environments.
Isn't the pressure of deep sea water a tremendous burden?
The fact that merfolk can move freely in that environment shows that their bodies have long been adapted to that kind of pressure.
"So here's the question..."
Gu Shenyan stared at the spirit-binding iron shackles on his wrists, his eyes growing brighter and brighter:
"The suppression from this Spirit-Binding Iron, like the pressure from deep-sea water and gravity chamber training, is essentially applying a kind of 'load'!"
"However, the pressure of deep sea water is physical pressure, while the suppression of the Soul-Binding Iron is a suppression of divine sense and spiritual power."
"But the principle should be the same—allowing the body and mind to adapt and break through under high pressure!"
He became more and more excited as he thought about it, and used all his strength to activate his water control ability.
The surrounding seawater moved in response, condensing into a fist-sized ball of water that hung between my palms.
The shackles on his wrists immediately lit up, and an invisible force pressed down, causing the water droplet to tremble and almost disintegrate.
He gritted his teeth and forced himself to maintain maximum output.
Veins bulged on his forehead, and his consciousness felt as if it were being cut by a blunt knife, causing him so much pain that he almost fainted.
But he just wouldn't let go.
The water clump trembled violently between suppression and maintenance, sometimes solidifying like iron, sometimes dispersing like smoke, changing repeatedly dozens of times, until finally...
"Snapped!"
The water burst open, scattering into countless water droplets.
Gu Shenyan gasped for breath.
But instead of frustration, his eyes were full of excitement.
【Water Control (Spiritual Grade, Lower Level)】
[Proficiency: Beginner (35/100) → Beginner (36/100)]
It went up!
Just that brief fifteen minutes of maintaining the limit increased my proficiency by a little!
You should know that he had practiced hard for most of the day, but only gained two or three points.
The suppressive power of this Spirit-Binding Iron is truly the best whetstone!
He raised his hand again.
This time, I'll try to condense a water blade.
He activated his water manipulation technique, causing the surrounding seawater to surge in, swirl, compress, and condense between his palms...
The oppressive force surged forth like a tidal wave, almost crushing his consciousness.
Gu Shenyan gritted his teeth and resisted the suppression inch by inch.
The water flowed with difficulty in his palm, its edges sharp as knives.
His consciousness nearly collapsed from the excruciating pain, but the water blade, under this extreme pressure, became more solid and sharp than ever before.
Fifteen minutes later.
"clang!"
With a crisp sound, the water blade struck the stone pillar heavily, leaving a shallow mark!
[Proficiency: Beginner (36/100) → Beginner (37/100)]
It's gone up again!
As if possessed, Gu Shenyan would start practicing his water manipulation technique whenever he felt he had rested enough.
Condensate water, disperse water, gather water, transform water...
Water blades, water whips, water shields, water prisons...
He practiced each variation repeatedly under the extreme suppression of the Binding Spirit Iron.
Each time a supernatural power is used, the shackles glow and suppress it;
He fought back desperately against every instance of suppression;
With each confrontation, I could feel that faint but real progress.
[Proficiency: Beginner (37/100) → Beginner (47/100)]
Proficiency grows slowly but steadily, like a gentle stream.
The surrounding merfolk gradually noticed this unusual fellow merfolk.
"What...is that guy doing?"
"Are you crazy? Daring to mess with that Spirit-Binding Iron? You're asking for trouble!"
"No, look at his aura..."
The perceptive merman noticed something was wrong.
Ze's aura was growing stronger at a visible rate.
The spiritual energy fluctuation that was originally so weak as to be almost imperceptible has now become completely solidified.
The most obvious thing is the force with which he manipulates the water flow.
When ordinary mermaids use their water-controlling abilities, the water flows obediently, but there is always a degree of unruliness, like a naughty child playing, making it difficult for them to achieve great things.
The water in Keze is solid and sharp as a sword, each strand containing astonishing penetrating power.
"He...he's using the Spirit-Binding Iron to temper his supernatural powers!"
Finally, someone figured it out and exclaimed in surprise.
This exclamation was like a boulder thrown into a dead fishing ground, stirring up ripples.
The merfolk looked at each other in bewilderment.
Binding Iron—that's a torture device specifically used by human cultivators to suppress demons!
Countless powerful demons were bound by it, unable to unleash even 30% of their supernatural abilities, and ultimately left to be slaughtered.
But this person, who was once the weakest and most useless, actually used it as an aid in cultivation?
What a crazy idea! And what an unwavering will!
After recovering from his injuries, he swam back with several helpers, looking for revenge.
But when he saw that familiar figure in the distance, he froze on the spot.
Ze Zheng floated beside the stone pillar, surrounded by flowing water, as if a spirit snake was coiling around him.
The water flow sometimes condensed into sharp blades, sometimes transformed into long whips, and sometimes dispersed into mist. The agility of its transformations and the exquisite control it displayed were far superior to what they had been a few days prior.
Jiao subconsciously swallowed.
He could sense that if he made a move now, he probably wouldn't even be able to withstand a single strike from his opponent.
Gu Shenyan glanced at the reef out of the corner of his eye, but didn't even bother to turn his head.
He simply continued his cultivation calmly, and the merfolk who came seeking revenge were not even worth his attention.
Seeing this, the reef slunk away.
His henchmen, too, had eyes filled with fear.
The strong rule, this is an unchanging law of the demon race.
When Ze displayed overwhelming strength, past grudges became insignificant.