Chapter 71: You Bastard

“Every team member present is an expert among experts, and I’m sure many of you know more about this than I do.”

Lian Ruixue flew a few meters above the ground with her arms crossed across her chest and said, “Our combat techniques are fixed, but people are flexible. Some old methods cannot be applied to us in our Fierce Beast Form; we need to make changes. Actually, there is nothing much for me to teach you. Everyone’s form is different, and their attack methods vary. You need to figure out a combat style that suits you.”

Watching Lian Ruixue explaining calmly, Zhou Liming noticed a very interesting phenomenon: his young female captain’s favorite gesture was crossing her arms. From several observations, this action was almost subconscious, as if crossing her arms made her feel more confident, or perhaps more secure?

It was an absurd feeling, but Zhou Liming truly sensed it.

“I’m sure you are familiar with everyone’s abilities. Now it’s time for free training. I hope everyone can find a path that suits them.” Lian Ruixue’s purple wings flapped, and she silently appeared above Zhou Liming, saying, “Zhou Liming, come with me.”

Lian Ruixue’s wings flapped violently, and she shot into the sky like a cannonball, then curved through the air and headed into the distance.

Zhou Liming got excited. He grabbed the camouflage uniform he was wearing, tore it off with force, revealing a black vest underneath. With a thought, a pair of black demon wings appeared. With just the thought of flying in his mind, the wings flapped, and he slowly lifted off the ground.

“Cool!” Zhou Liming had never imagined that one day he would be able to fly.

Since ancient times, humanity’s greatest desire has been to fly freely in the blue sky like birds. Although humans can fly into the sky with the aid of airplanes, the way Zhou Liming was flying now was truly like a bird, allowing him to fly freely.

He was like a child who had just received a toy. Ever since discovering he could fly in City Wan J until now, Zhou Liming had never tried it out.

As his wings flapped, he could feel the airflow passing by his sides, carrying him through the air. You cannot imagine this feeling, what it feels like to fly. It was exhilarating and made him want to let loose. And then? Then he just wanted to fly faster, and even faster.

Driven by this intense thought, the frequency of his wings’ flapping suddenly became incredibly fast. Zhou Liming streaked through the air, leaving a blur behind, and quickly sped away.

Zhou Liming felt he was moving forward at an unprecedented speed. Objects on the ground constantly retreated, rapidly left behind him. An indescribable sense of exhilaration made Zhou Liming scream, and he even roared as he rushed into the clouds, feeling the wisps of mist.

If possible, Zhou Liming really wanted to keep flying like this forever, enjoying the thrill of this exhilarating flight.

“If you feel you’ve flown enough, can you stop now? You’ve gone far beyond the Training Base’s perimeter.”

A cold voice interrupted Zhou Liming’s excited impulse. Lian Ruixue appeared in front of Zhou Liming, blocking his path.

Zhou Liming didn’t treat her as his captain at that moment and said excitedly, “When you first learned to fly, did you feel this way too? It’s really awesome and cool, just like… just like your soul is about to leave your body. I think you must have been like that back then, haha, this feeling is just too good.”

Lian Ruixue’s face was cold as she said indifferently, “If I said I didn’t have this feeling, would you believe me?”

“Ah! That’s not possible, right?” Zhou Liming turned his head to look at his wings and said, “How could you not feel anything?”

Lian Ruixue couldn’t be bothered to explain the reason and said, “Follow me back now. I need to teach you some combat techniques.” She violently flapped her wings, did a flip in the air, and retracted her wings, falling freely from thousands of meters high.

Zhou Liming was stunned, then got excited: “This works too?” Without hesitation, he also retracted his wings. After losing his wings, he plummeted straight down. Having no experience with this, one could imagine that he started to panic, struggling in the air and screaming in terror.

The speed was so fast that as soon as he opened his mouth, the wind rushed in, filling his oral cavity.

Lian Ruixue had received a lot of professional training, after all. She slightly spread her hands in the air, making a gliding motion, and her falling speed was much slower than Zhou Liming’s. Although she started falling before Zhou Liming, in just a moment, Zhou Liming had overtaken her, screaming as he rushed downwards.

“This idiot!” Lian Ruixue said indifferently. Then she retracted her spread hands, performed a diving motion, and actually caught up with Zhou Liming.

The sky was several thousand meters high, and it only took a moment to reach the ground. The mountains and trees below became clearly visible. Lian Ruixue suddenly spread her wings and hovered in the air.

But Zhou Liming, in his current state, completely forgot that he could fly. In his panic, he felt like he was about to crash. The sensation of weightlessness made him struggle in the air. Having never experienced this before, his reaction became slow. “Holy crap, help me!”

Lian Ruixue was stunned for a moment, then dove down sharply. She caught him when he was just over a hundred meters from the ground.

Zhou Liming was covered in cold sweat from the scare. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, “Thank you, thank you.” Suddenly, he felt himself in Lian Ruixue’s arms. His body felt a softness on one side. It was like… it seemed like… Zhou Liming couldn’t help but touch it with his hand. It was soft and felt nice to the touch, so he couldn’t resist giving it a squeeze.

Lian Ruixue acted as if she had been shocked by electricity. A flush of red rarely seen on her cold face appeared, which then turned into a livid fury. Like an exploding tigress, she roared, “You bastard, go to hell! You bastard, die, die!”

Zhou Liming felt the arms holding him loosen. Then, as he fell, a foot wearing a military boot heavily stomped onto his stomach. A sharp pain shot through him, and his falling body moved faster than a cannonball. Without even a moment to think, he crashed heavily into the ground.

With a “boom,” dust flew up, and a human-shaped crater appeared on the ground.

Lian Ruixue seemed unsatisfied. She raised a hand, and a ball of light appeared in her palm. “Bastard, go to hell.”

Without hesitation, she waved her hand, and the light in her hand shot out like a meteor, heavily bombarding the human-shaped crater below.