Chapter 6: Soul Change
Testing reflexes is not like testing strength and speed, and the slightest mistake is very likely to cause injury.
In the small room, in addition to a protected display screen, the walls and ceiling are covered with dense holes, roughly estimated to be in the thousands.
Tang Zhan already knew the rules, when the test began, these small holes would keep spraying special marbles outward, and as a tester, they would dodge within a limited range, and as the dodge time extended, the strength and speed of the marbles would gradually increase, and whenever a marble was successfully dodged, it would vaporize and disappear in an instant, avoiding the situation that the room was full of marbles.
Tang Zhan's mood was both nervous and excited, and he didn't expect to refresh the list of martial artists in the speed test, and even now he felt unbelievable.
As the most difficult of the three tests, the reaction test is relatively easy at the beginning, but in the later stages, every extra second of persistence will greatly improve the score.
Tang Zhan looked at the display screen on the wall, and there was no surprise that the first place was still Qin Hongwu, with a holding time of three minutes and thirty-four seconds and a score of eight hundred and twenty thousand, while the second place had a holding time of three minutes and one second and a score of only four hundred thousand. In this test, the score is determined by the number of dodged marbles, and even if they are hit, the test will not end immediately, and will not end until the test subject can no longer withstand the force of the marbles and give up, although too many hits will also greatly affect the final score.
When the preparation time was over, Tang Zhan completely got rid of distracting thoughts, and his heart was like water. Ten marbles shot head-on at the first time, and the speed was no less than the attack speed of the sixth or seventh layer of an ordinary martial artist, but such a speed could not pose any threat to Tang Zhan.
He didn't move on his feet, and just by writhing his body, it was easy to miss all the marbles.
But now it was just the beginning, and then ten more marbles whizzed, and the direction was completely different from the angle of the previous jet.
Tang Zhan clearly knew that even if there were only ten marbles sprayed, it was actually not simple at all, and the small holes of each spray were completely random, and there was no law at all.
Be vigilant in your heart and don't dare to be careless, and in the following time, the speed and number of marbles will increase rapidly.
From twenty to thirty ...... Until fifty, almost every few seconds, the number of marbles increases, seventy ...... Hundred...... One hundred and fifteen ...... Two hundred...... Four hundred...... Nine hundred......
At this time, the difficulty of dodging had increased greatly, and even if each marble had a slight difference in time, Tang Zhan had to increase his speed to the maximum.
When all the holes began to spray marbles, only two minutes had passed for Tang Zhan to hold on.
At this moment, things like rankings had been left behind, or he didn't have any extra time to think about it, the speed of the marbles increased rapidly, however, Tang Zhan's thinking activities were getting slower and slower, until he was at absolute static, and dodging seemed to become instinctive.
At this time, Tang Zhan's spiritual level appeared a mysterious and mysterious feeling, his body was ethereal, and his thoughts were withdrawn, as if he was looking down on the body that was hiding from a high place.
After experiencing the things of Haotian Tower, he was no longer surprised, and the feeling now was quite similar to when he entered Haotian Domain.
It's a new experience, looking at yourself from the perspective of a third person.
Originally, it was difficult for him to dodge marbles, so he could only choose to avoid the key points and try to delay time, but now, in this state, time seems to be distorted, the trajectory of each marble becomes clearly visible, and the difference in distance and speed can also be fed back to the body in time.
At this point, his body and mind split into two separate individuals, but they were inextricably linked, his body was evading, but his mind was beginning to think.
It didn't take long for Tang Zhan to find a trace of weirdness and incongruity in his body, although every movement was still fluid, he could feel stiffness from it.
In an instant, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he understood why he had such a strange feeling, and at this time, the movements of his body obviously lacked the support of a belief, and he was just dodging for the sake of dodging.
"What is my belief?" Tang Zhan thought hard, completely abandoning his body below, and suddenly, his spirit perked up, thinking of his father, who was seriously ill and bedridden.
"Yes, I'm not hiding for the sake of avoidance, everything is for curing my father's illness!" Tang Zhan continued to think: "Is this belief? It seems to be, but it's not, at least not entirely." ”
His brain raced, ignoring the changes beneath him, and just as he found a plausible answer, his body seemed to sense, and the dodging movement seemed to move.
When he was unconscious, a white jade-colored pagoda phantom appeared above him, and above his spirit, the pagoda emitted a faint light, and in an instant, it seemed like a hundred years, Tang Zhan no longer had the ability to distinguish the length of time.
In this state, however, he had a deeper understanding.
"Yes, martial artists pursue martial arts, but what is martial arts? As if individuals understand differently, is it martial arts to become stronger? Is it martial arts to defeat the strong? Or, invincible is martial arts?"
"Obviously not!" Tang Zhan asked himself in his heart.
He couldn't tell what martial arts were, but he had a vague feeling. His father was seriously ill, and the purpose of his martial arts training was never to become stronger, but simply to get credit points and pay for his father's medical expenses.
"What about this...... It's my current martial arts!" Tang Zhan suddenly strengthened his thoughts, "That's right, martial arts is a thought, a belief, a concept, can become the martial art I pursue." ”
When Tang Zhan further clarified his martial arts, he thought more, "In this way, there are no low and high martial arts, and even with the change of time, with the improvement of strength, with the change of beliefs and concepts, the martial arts itself will also change." ”
"Oh, it turns out that martial arts are thoughts, martial arts are means, and Tao is goals!"
When Tang Zhan gave the final definition of martial arts, his mind returned to the essence, the feeling of Xuanzhi and Xuanzhi completely disappeared, and Haotian Pagoda also disappeared into nothingness, as if it had never appeared.
Everything just now was like a dream, in the dream realm, Tang Zhan had a feeling of soul sublimation, and his divine thoughts and consciousness were more condensed, because he had his own martial arts.
The trajectory of the marbles was more visible in his eyes, and the figure in the dodge had a sense of mystery, as if every step was supposed to be.
Tang Zhan didn't know that if his state at this time was seen, it would definitely cause shock, his body seemed to turn into the wind, turned into fog, and drifted to the extreme, moving forward and backward in every square inch, compared to his movements, the whistling marbles were dull and stiff, and no longer without a trace.
He didn't know that when the time came, the martial arts hall had already been fried, not one martial arts hall, but all twenty martial arts halls in Jiangdu.
A new appearance appeared to be named 3105 from the tenth place in the martial arts reaction test list, and rose rapidly, and went straight to Qin Hongwu's first place in a short time.
The onlookers were only surprised at first, and two successive martial artists broke the martial arts record in one day, but as the number of 3015 surpassed Qin Hongwu in a short period of time, people's surprise turned into shock.
The martial arts hall has existed for nearly a thousand years, and the list will return to zero every twenty years, which also happens to be the time when a generation of martial artists grows up, and the appearance of Qin Hongwu has almost surpassed the achievements of previous generations, and it is not an exaggeration to call a century-old wizard, but after only three years, another name has broken the record, and it is even possible to surpass all previous martial artists in the realm of martial artists.
It's been a full ten minutes, just thinking about the speed of the marbles in the room is enough to make people's faces pale, even a martial artist-level martial artist can't continue to hold on for too long in such a situation, but the 3015 in the test still hasn't stopped.
No one knows exactly how many marbles there are in each room, but it is certain that it is by no means endless, and if it weren't for the marbles that would disappear on their own, I'm afraid that the spray of marbles alone would be enough to fill the room more than ten times.
Tang Zhan didn't know about the sensation he had caused, but he had to stop testing at this time, because there were no marbles to spray.
"Congratulations to Tester No. 3015, who refreshed the martial apprentice-level reaction test list and ranked first, did you announce your name?"
"Announced!" Tang Zhan replied, because of this transformation, many of his thoughts have changed, and the martial artist does not have to hide himself at any time, and doing his best is what the martial artist does.
"Congratulations to the tester Tang Zhan, who has refreshed the hundred-year record of the martial arts realm, and hereby announces!" The voice sounded at the same time in all the martial arts halls in Jiangdu, three times in a row, completely shocking all the martial artists in the martial arts hall, although they had already guessed this possibility, when it was really confirmed, people still couldn't help but feel incredible.
Xiao Yu had just come out of the strength test room, and when he heard this announcement, he was even more shocked, "Could it be him?" Tang Zhan's appearance flashed in his mind, and then he shook his head again, "Maybe it's just the same name!"
It is normal for him to think like this, Tang Zhan has his impression that Xuan Yuanjue has degenerated, and his strength is even inferior to him, how can he break the record, and as a city with a population of tens of millions, even if it is a small city, there are not a few people with the same name and surname.
The news was announced, and soon it came out of the martial arts hall, and more and more people knew about it, even though it was only a record of the martial arts realm, people were still shocked, which indicated that another potential genius was born from here.
Reporters from major media flocked to interview this strong man among the martial artists, and complete the test with such experience, if there is no accident, this person will also rank first in the evaluation of the martial arts combat power list.
However, when people were looking for Tang Zhan, he had already quietly left the martial arts hall, walked on the way home, entered the Haotian Domain, and checked the previous changes, which was the most important thing for him, and he already vaguely felt that an extremely huge change had taken place in him.
This change made him feel that he only had the realm of martial apprentices, but he could look down on all martial apprentices, warriors, and even martial artists, which was not a downward view in the realm of cultivation, but a downward view from the understanding of martial arts and the essence of the soul.
He wanted to know as soon as possible, where this feeling came from, and what happened just now, and the answer could obviously only be found in Haotian Domain.