After a summer rain, the forest floor was a quagmire, as if nature itself had prepared a battlefield for the upcoming clash. Ray Willow, a seasoned warrior, stood in the mire with his signature shield-sword on his back, clad in black light armor, like a soldier emerging from the darkness. His voice came through the team's voice chat, steady and forceful: "You all move freely, give it your all."

"Yes, Captain," the team responded in unison, their voices filled with respect and trust for their leader.

"Let these young ones know, we're not to be messed with," Ray Willow added, his words carrying a hint of provocation but more so a trust and expectation in his team.

Samuel Bell, Hugh Smith, Dane Tony, and Michael Davis, these four veterans, their coordination was a testament to the countless battles they had fought together. Their every move in the Fireseed Cup was a display of their years of friendship and trust. If they could resolve the battle, then Captain Ray Willow would not need to step in; but if necessary, he would be the one to finish it.

Jamie Smith, the young warrior, was making his way down the hillside, his gaze as sharp as an eagle's, spotting Ray Willow standing boldly in the distance. Ray Willow's imposing figure, now clad in armor, was not only a sign of respect for Jamie Smith's team but also an affirmation of his own warrior status.

"Whoosh." Jamie Smith immediately dove down, like a falcon swooping on its prey, heading straight for his master.

"Master's at Point A, everyone steer clear," Jamie Smith's voice came through the team's voice chat, firm and resolute. "I'll keep an eye on the master."

"Roger that, we'll take on the others first," Emily Johnson, the female warrior, immediately led the rest of the team into action, their figures darting through the forest like a pack of agile cheetahs.

In the forest, Jamie Smith and his distant master Ray Willow faced each other. Their gazes met in the air, as if they could ignite the surrounding atmosphere.

"The scenery in the virtual world is pretty nice, huh?" Ray Willow said with a smile to his apprentice, his voice coming through a private chat that the live broadcast couldn't pick up. He turned his gaze to the surrounding woods, plucked a leaf from a tree, and took a sniff, "The scent of the forest after the rain, that kind of aroma, it's only found in the old woods. The smell of city parks is different, too superficial, while here it's deeper and more distant."

Jamie Smith also noticed the residual water droplets on the trees and grass, shimmering like nature's pearls under the sunlight.

"Life is not just about martial arts. You have to know how to relax, how to observe the world," Ray Willow said, his words carrying a hint of philosophy. "Everything in the world has something in common with martial arts."

As they talked, Emily Johnson and the others were locked in fierce combat with Hugh Smith, Dane Tony, and their team. Emily Johnson, having reached the third stage, didn't fight with all her might, allowing the older generation to fully express themselves.

Jamie Smith and Ray Willow, the two captains, faced each other from afar. Their gazes were filled with anticipation, a thirst for battle.

"Yes, everything in the world is indeed interconnected with martial arts," Jamie Smith nodded, responding through a private chat.

Ray Willow continued, "Like a leaf, it has its time of resilience and its time of withering. When it's weak, a child can tear it apart, but when it's sharp, a single leaf can pierce through wood." With a flick of his fingers, the leaf whooshed and embedded itself halfway into a tree.

Jamie Smith was taken aback, knowing this was his master demonstrating his strength, and also teaching him the essence of martial arts.

"Everything has its yin and yang, and so does martial arts. Rigidity cannot last, but softness loses its dignity. Only by combining rigidity and softness, yin and yang, can you achieve the great way," Ray Willow said, looking at Jamie Smith.

"The principles of everything..." Jamie Smith said, "can be called physics!"

"All martial arts can also be attributed to physics," Jamie Smith looked at his master, "The speed of this move, how much force does it have? How long does it take to build momentum? How fast is the opponent's neural response time? My move from building momentum to striking through the enemy's throat is faster than their neural response limit, naturally they can't dodge."

"The distance between me and the opponent, the distance I step forward, the advantage of the length of the weapon... Naturally, I can kill the enemy, and the enemy can't touch me." Jamie Smith said, "The body exerts force, there is internal muscle group exertion, and there are lever force techniques. The force of an ordinary person's punch, a professional master's force can be several times stronger, because they have mastered the technique." His words were filled with confidence.

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Jamie Smith looked around, "Everything in the world, the growth of trees, the leaves absorbing light, the side facing the sun will grow better. The ground is hard, but it becomes muddy when water penetrates. When the water dries, it becomes hard again... Everything has logic, there is a scientific reason, it's not mysterious. Everything is like this, and so is martial arts!"

"Everyone says that rigidity cannot last, but the sun can always burst." Jamie Smith said, "The concept of traditional martial arts also needs to explore its roots, not everything the predecessors said is right."

Ray Willow smiled and said, "Apprentice, science also has its limits, what they can understand now is just so much. And the laws of everything they have summarized may exceed the exploration of science."

The battle continued on the side, with team members falling one by one. "The laws of everything summarized, some are right, but some may even be wrong." Jamie Smith said, "Because the ancients did not grasp the essence, they also wanted to grasp it, but the technology was not enough at the time."

"Now that science is more and more developed, have you seen it? Even the virtual world has come out, presenting everything you think of as everything, one hundred percent virtually in front of you." Jamie Smith said, "Having a pair of eyes that observe physics, exploring the essence of martial arts, is the only way to let martial arts go further."

Puff puff! After Quincy Shawn and Finn Brown died one after another, Emily Johnson finally went for the kill.

Arrow after arrow, even Hugh Smith, who was holding a double shield, finally fell, accompanied by the last arrow, piercing through Samuel Bell's body. The other four members of Ray Willow's veteran team were all annihilated.

"Tai Chi Yin and Yang are inherently inclusive, containing everything." Ray Willow said, "Everything can be absorbed, but there is a foundation after all. Tai Chi Yin and Yang are the foundation, and many moves can be summarized and unified, for my use."

"All martial arts are in line with physics. Science is infinite, physics is infinite." Jamie Smith said, "Martial arts also have infinite possibilities."

Ray Willow smiled: "Very good, dare to insist on yourself in front of me."

"Master, your martial arts achievements are far beyond the disciple." Jamie Smith said, "But when I realized that the body is like fire, I understood... I need to follow my own philosophy. What I realized is my own. What others teach is ultimately what others have mastered."

"What you realize is your own?" Ray Willow nodded slightly, his smile becoming more brilliant, "Then let me see how much you have grown."

Saying that, he picked up two stones from the ground.

Suddenly thrown out!

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Ray Willow threw two stones with his left and right hands in succession, and these two stones, like shells, instantly crossed the sky.

Jamie Smith was shocked and even said in the team voice: "Be careful!"

He didn't have time to say a few more words because it was too fast.

"Whoosh——"

In the official live broadcast room of Xiaguo, they couldn't hear the content of the dialogue between the master and apprentice, they only saw the two people talking, saw the other four people in both teams fighting, until the end.

Suddenly Ray Willow picked up two stones, both stones were about the size of a palm, Ray Willow picked up, and suddenly threw them.

In the live broadcast scene, the virtual world naturally marked the maximum speed of the two stones flying at high speed.

"723 meters per second!" "718 meters per second!"

These are the maximum speeds of the two stones, respectively, and this number made all the people who know the industry change color.

Ray Cloud, Celia Green, Yvonne Archer, Eugene Fong and others all trembled when they saw this number.

"How can it be so fast?"

The Blue Star Alliance's mission to attend Xiaguo's Fireseed Cup competition was a courtesy, and the second was to see the strength of Xiaguo's top masters. But the stones thrown by Ray Willow at the moment really made them unbelievable.

"This is just two stones picked up by hand, how can it be comparable to the arrow speed of a third-order divine

archer?"

"Stones are much heavier than arrows."

"How strong is this Ray Willow?"

All the envoys were shocked, this global first called Ray Willow, threw stones like real shells, with a speed of more than 700 meters per second. This is a speed that makes other third-order masters despair.

You know, Eugene Fong's short halberd reached 400 meters per second, which made Jamie Smith shocked, and this is considered a very powerful throwing weapon among high-order evolution masters.

But compared with Ray Willow, the gap between heaven and earth!

"Is the gap between ordinary third-order masters and the global first so big?" Some of the envoys of the Blue Star Alliance who were confident in their own country's masters originally, but saw these two shell-like stones, looking at the displayed speed, they were a bit panicked.

……

In the forest.

"What?" Emily Johnson and Chase Ron, who were reminded by Jamie Smith, turned their heads to look.

But the stone was too fast!

When they turned their heads and saw two shell-like stones, Emily Johnson barely had time to move a step, and the stone passed through the front of her chest, the impact wave crossed the sky, and the terrifying strong wind hit the robe, and the robe was torn, and there were scars on the soft armor.

Chase Ron was a bit slow to react, and the stone passed through his skull, and he directly turned into a virtual image and disappeared.

This stone made Emily Johnson a bit scared, and she looked at Ray Willow in the distance in shock. You know, the entire forest map is only one kilometer in range, and Ray Willow is in the center of the forest, and Emily Johnson is more than 300 meters away from Ray Willow, which is already far enough.

But it was still almost, she was almost killed by a stone.

"Okay."

Ray Willow pulled out the knife behind him, holding the knife in one hand, looking at Jamie Smith, and then looked at Emily Johnson in the distance, "There are only two of you left."