Daily Evolution from Mastering Tai Chi

Chapter 509 - 350: Mastering the Skill of Breaking the Sound Barrier

But at this moment, the howling sound brought by Wang Ye’s running was no less than the sound of a high-speed train, and even more terrifying.

Because the maximum speed of a high-speed train is only around 300 kilometers per hour. And Wang Ye now exceeded 1,200 kilometers per hour.

Although Wang Ye’s body is far less massive than a high-speed train, his speed was enough to make up for it. A whip as thick as a finger makes a sonic boom louder than that of a whole arm swinging at 300 kilometers per hour.

However, Wang Ye couldn’t hear any of these sounds.

He had already blocked out his hearing. He couldn’t even hear the sound within his own body.

But this exhilarating sense of speed didn’t last long.

It barely lasted more than ten seconds.

Allowing him to thoroughly enjoy the thrill of supersonic running.

What followed was severe pain throughout his entire body.

The high-speed motion of his limbs caused severe congestion at the extremities of each limb.

The arms, swinging rapidly to maintain balance, became increasingly heavy. The legs running at extreme speed were like filled with lead, increasingly difficult to lift.

Moreover, the tips of his fingers swelled as if they were about to explode, almost the same feeling Wang Ye had when he used Sonic Punch, only the Sonic Punch’s ultimate speed had exceeded multiple times the speed of sound, so his arm would burst on the spot after using it.

And now the speed of his arm’s movement did not exceed the speed of sound too much.

His physical body could barely withstand this load, so it wouldn’t burst.

But being stuck on that critical point caused him extreme pain.

The fermentation metabolism overworking also brought an unprecedented burden to his organs and muscles.

The carbon dioxide filled in his muscles began to rapidly dissipate, and the once-swollen muscles gradually deflated, losing the power which maintained supersonic running. It left him feeling increasingly powerless, and his speed visibly slowed down.

Wang Ye naturally didn’t force himself. His goal of breaking the sound barrier had been achieved. Continuing to damage his body would have no benefit, only increasing his recovery cost.

His speed rapidly decreased.

About half a minute later, Wang Ye came to a stop.

He gasped heavily, his clothes slightly damaged or charred.

The extremities of his limbs and the leading muscle groups for running throughout his body showed obvious signs of severe damage, with most areas turning purplish-black, veins severely engorged, grotesquely covering his skin, and the high-speed rushing blood had nearly damaged these venous blood vessels.

This degree of blood accumulation might mean amputation for an ordinary person, as the internal nerves and tissues would have necrotized.

But for Wang Ye, this could barely count as a slightly serious minor injury. A short ten-minute rest would completely heal these wounds, without any after-effects or side-effects.

"The damage fermentation metabolism does to the body is really huge..." Wang Ye murmured. Don’t be fooled into thinking that fermentation metabolism just fills muscles with carbon dioxide. The process is very brutal, causing large-scale muscle fiber rupture, while muscle fiber recovery is incredibly slow.

Moreover, during the fermentation metabolism process, a great deal of lactic acid is produced, which makes Wang Ye feel extremely lethargic and causes immense muscle soreness. The combination of the two makes his muscles feel as if they were hammered hundreds of thousands of times, unbearably painful.

Furthermore, fermentation metabolism consumed too much energy,

Wang Ye needed to sit and absorb the moonlight for a while to replenish his body’s energy back to average levels.

This wasn’t because Wang Ye absorbed energy too slowly, but because the energy density contained in moonlight was too low.

If moonlight were replaced by sunlight, Wang Ye’s recovery speed might increase twofold or threefold,

making breaking the sound barrier much easier, instead of being as painful as it was now.

Wang Ye sat cross-legged, practicing the Creation Skill, and after ten minutes of practice,

his body was completely healed.

Then he adjusted his state and continued with the second round of running training.

After breaking the sound barrier once, each subsequent attempt became increasingly simple.

Because his body tissues gradually adapted to this kind of destruction, and he became more skilled at using the fermentation metabolism to burst.

However, inevitably, each time breaking the sound barrier caused very severe damage to his body.

Requiring him to rest for about ten minutes after each run.

However, Wang Ye didn’t mind this ten-minute rest. He practiced the Creation Skill during these breaks, so it wasn’t a waste of time.

Thus, throughout the entire night, there would occasionally be a deafening explosion sound from the direction of the military camp. Each explosion would awaken them. The standing soldiers would nervously look around.

And Ning Junyi would need to run down each time the explosive sound echoed to reassure the soldiers, telling them that it was just an exercise, not to worry too much.

Once or twice was fine, but after more occurrences, Ning Junyi couldn’t help but feel exhausted.

Looking into the distance towards the untamed wilderness where the constant rumble came from, his eyes reflected a sense of despair.

How long is Wang Ye planning to train like this...

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Finally, at some point in the latter half of the night.

The system panel’s Divine Speed upgraded to lv2.

While running at supersonic speed, Wang Ye subconsciously slowed his pace, and his speed immediately declined.

A massive influx of information flooded into his brain. If an average person can learn 4GB of information in a lifetime, then at this moment, he absorbed several hundred GB instantaneously.

His vast cognition, as extensive as the Cosmos, seemed inundated by a flood; many pre-existing running techniques were forcibly overturned, constructing newer, more advanced tall buildings of knowledge. The new techniques were extremely complex; a normal person might never fully grasp them even after a millennium of sleepless study.

But for Wang Ye, mastering these techniques was merely a momentary task.

With the system’s assistance, he seamlessly integrated this knowledge in less than a second, ready to execute it proficiently at any time.

Gasping, Wang Ye reviewed the new knowledge in his mind.

His eyes betrayed a trace of delight, undimmed by fatigue.

Though unsure of the exact extent of his progress,

he was certain he had made substantial advancements.

Needless to say, at least breaking the sound barrier was now a mundane task for him.

Suppressing his excitement, Wang Ye immediately commenced his first test post-upgrade.

Adopting a fundamentally different starting stance. This time, his posture was even stranger, totally unrelated to the human crouching start.

Nor did it correlate with a beast’s ambush stance; his stance was more upright, requiring minimal preparation time. The initial movement time was shortened, allowing him to burst into maximum speed from a casual standing position.

Clearly, this start considered practicality, as bending down into position for each start wastes considerable time. While still adjusting posture, others would have already dashed several hundred meters ahead.

Now, Wang Ye’s standing start was more responsive, able to initiate a swift burst start at any moment.

Taking a deep breath, Wang Ye vanished in the next instant, reappearing hundreds of meters away.

In just an instant, his speed soared to 0.9 Mach.

With another moment’s passage, a sonic boom exploded across the plain,

countless sonic boom clouds scattered in all directions.

He broke the sound barrier in just two instants!

This time, his body felt excellent during the sound barrier breakthrough, as he didn’t overly rely on the fermentation metabolism power; he broke the barrier naturally.