Free Web NovelChapter 450: Chapter 450: You’ll Live
However, he didn’t dare to say that he was tired even when he got exhausted and would sink after every two minutes.
"You have to learn to endure exhaustion. It’s only been two hours. What if you are forced to stay in the water while fighting for ten hours? What will you do?" Lu Hao asked solemnly.
His question was heard by those around them and even the people in the water who were about to give up perked up after hearing it.
Yes, if they were to be forced to stay in the water to fight by circumstances and help couldn’t get to them fast enough, what would they do?
With renewed vigor, most of them bit their lips and endured.
However, there were people who were born to create trouble and didn’t care about the occasion.
Some insisted on getting back on the boats or platforms.
"I.... can’t..." one man panicked after fatigue began to set in and he began to struggle.
"Stop. Panicking will kill you faster than any monster." Silk spoke to the person who was thrashing around in a panic.
"I am too tired." The man confessed.
Everyone was already tired, but the whole point of the training was to push them beyond their limits.
So, they couldn’t give up.
"You must hold on. Control your breathing. It will help." Silk advised.
Ouyang Jin had jumped into the water and joined his team.
When he heard Silk talking to that man, he called out.
"Watch how I do it and learn." He began to demonstrate the proper movement technique that saves energy and maximized speed.
"Don’t fight the water, work with it." He advised as he kept demonstrating.
He moved smoothly despite the current, showing how to conserve energy.
Lu Tao surfaced once more and immediately climbed into the boat.
"Who said you can come up?" Lu Hao asked.
"Second brother, can you have mercy on me? I am about to completely be wiped out."
"No, go back into the water." Lu Hao insisted.
Lu Tao sighed dramatically when he heard that, looking at the murky water.
"Fine... but if I drown, tell Mom I tried my best."
Without waiting for a reply, Lu Hao kicked him back into the water.
"HEY....!"
SPLASH!
Lu Tao fell into the water with a loud splash.
A moment later, he surfaced and shouted.
"I’M FINE! I’M FINE!"
He was flailing his arms aimlessly before stabilizing himself.
Lu Hao nodded calmly.
"You’ll live."
The other spots where training was going on was basically the same.
The people training them were so strict that they didn’t even allow them to drink water.
If anyone complained about wanting to drink water, they were told that they were swimming in plenty of water. They could drink it.
Who would drink the dirty flood water?
Leng Pan couldn’t stay still when she saw the people training.
She had no issue with fighting in the water and due to her superpower, she understood this more than anyone.
So, she also chose a small group of people to train.
Her approach encompassed teaching them everything at the same time. fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm
He held a dagger and offered it to a woman who was already in the water.
"Hold your weapon like this," she said, adjusting a young woman’s grip on the short blade.
"In water, your movements slow down. So your strikes must be deliberate. Otherwise, it’s a waste of effort."
The young woman nodded nervously holding the dagger the way she had been instructed.
Leng Pan swam back and left a certain distance between them.
"Attack me." freeωebnovēl.c૦m
"...What?" The young woman asked in shock.
How could she attack her benefactor?
"Attack," Leng Pan repeated calmly.
The woman hesitated but eventually lunged forward.
Her movements were slow, just as Leng Pan had predicted.
And there was basically no force behind her attack when she stabbed the dagger forward.
Leng Pan just moved slightly to the side and the attack missed.
At the same time, Leng Pan’s hand lightly tapped the woman’s wrist.
The blade fell into the water.
Seeing how easily she was disarmed, the young woman swallowed hard.
Would she ever be able to fight like Leng Pan?
"Again." Leng Pan ordered.
She waved her hand and the blade that had sank into the water floated in front of the young woman.
Seeing this, the young woman was envious of Leng Pan’s talent.
Having such control over water where she did things as if she had telekinesis power.
However, she didn’t dwell on it too much as she cleared her head and got ready to attack again.
This time, she tried hard to focus, but the result was the same.
She missed every single time and after several failed attempts, she was already breathing heavily.
"I...I...I can’t do it." The woman nearly cries as she said this.
"You are thinking too much." Leng Pan said to her casually.
"When you are in the water, don’t rely on speed, because you can never be faster than an aquarium animal. You have to find the right timing to attack." She explained while guiding the woman with her hands.
She took the dagger and demonstrated a simple strike.
She had noticed a mutated fish approaching a long time ago. It probably thought of itself as a predator and was planning to attack but it didn’t expect to be used for target practice.
The attack was precise and hit the first squareon the stomach.
Even though it was in water, and the scales of the fish were tougher than normal fish, the dagger went through it like a hot knife cutting through butter.
"If you wait for the right moment... even a slow attack can be fatal."
The woman’s eyes lit up immediately.
"I understand." Her smile could have brightened any room.
Leng Pan nodded.
"Good. Then keep practicing."
She moved on to guide someone else.
Every day after that, the members of the base would come out into the water to train.
