Olivia Brooks watched with great interest from the side; after all, she had gone through these same steps when she learned swordsmanship back in the day.

Holding a 2.4-kilogram sword and repeatedly thrusting it straight was no easy task. Olivia Brooks watched Ethan Brooks thrust again and again, her expression one of amusement, as if watching a joke.

Time passed.

Five minutes, ten minutes, twenty minutes, half an hour...

Very soon, Olivia Brooks could no longer laugh.

Half an hour.

Ethan Brooks maintained a pace of one thrust every three to four seconds, thrusting for a full hour.

At a rate of twenty thrusts per minute, in half an hour, that’s a total of six hundred thrusts.

For a beginner...

No, even for her, this was unbelievable.

Without resting, her own record for consecutive thrusts was only two hundred and ninety-two, and she had been much faster than Ethan Brooks at the time. But now...

Ethan Brooks had doubled her record!?

Not only was Olivia Brooks a bit stunned, but David Brooks also felt as if he had found a treasure.

Although he thought that for a beginner, holding a 2.4-kilogram steel sword straight and thrusting for half an hour should already be Ethan Brooks's limit, he still wanted to see just how far this boy could go, so he didn’t call a stop...

And Ethan Brooks himself had no idea how long a beginner was supposed to keep thrusting the first time; he just felt okay—tired, yes, but with his recovery ability, he could last another hour or two without a problem.

As he kept thrusting, he also recalled David Brooks's guidance and the smooth, continuous movements of Olivia Brooks when she thrust. With this kind of correction, his form became more and more proper, more and more standard.

Not only that, as he recalled Olivia Brooks's movements, Ethan Brooks also focused inward.

His Thunder Dominator Spirit-Refining Visualization Technique had already reached the second level with ease, allowing him to use the spirit-refining method to observe himself internally and sense subtle changes. Relying on this perception, he kept adjusting his way of exerting force, making his thrusts lighter, smoother, and more fluid.

Gradually, gradually...

At some point, without even knowing how many hundreds of thrusts he had done, he twisted his waist, and a surge of strength suddenly rose from the soles of his feet, flowed into his spine, then gathered along the spine and surged into his arms, condensing into a single force with the motion of the thrust, causing the speed of this thrust to double.

"Whoosh!"

The sound of air being pierced suddenly rang out.

Chapter 0006: Mission Accomplished, Withdrawing

"Whoosh!"

Hearing the sound, the seventy- or eighty-year-old David Brooks couldn’t help but jump up.

Olivia Brooks was left numb and bewildered.

Over a thousand thrusts by now, right?

And just now, what did she hear?

It seemed like the sound of the sword tip piercing the air?

"Ethan Brooks, did you just generate force?"

Her tone was full of doubt.

Fortunately, the sound only happened once; the next thrust, it was gone.

The next thrust still didn’t make a sound.

It seemed as if that earlier sound was just an illusion.

But on the third thrust, the sound came again.

"Whoosh!"

And then...

The fourth, fifth, sixth thrust...

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Ethan Brooks seemed to have entered some strange state, one thrust after another, the sword tip stabbing out smoothly and fluidly, each thrust faster than the last. By the end, the sound of the sword tip piercing the air was almost continuous, and his speed had increased from one thrust every three seconds to one per second—each thrust breaking through the air!

"Did... did he really generate force?"

The sense of superiority Olivia Brooks had felt earlier vanished in an instant: "I... it took me three months just to steady my sword, and a year of practice to reach this level, and Grandpa even praised me for having talent in swordsmanship..."

But Ethan Brooks...

This was only his second day of martial arts training!

"He did it, he really did it!"

David Brooks, who had been suppressing his excitement for fear of startling Ethan Brooks out of his state, could no longer hold back his wild joy after confirming that his grandson had truly generated force: "Achieving force in two days—this is the mark of a prodigy! Good! Good! Excellent, truly excellent! Heaven blesses my Bai Li family, our martial lineage has a successor at last, hahaha... uh..."

As David Brooks burst out laughing, his blood surged, and he was suddenly struck by dizziness, his vision spinning. The next moment, his laughter stopped abruptly, and he collapsed straight to the ground...

"Grandpa!"

Emily Brooks, who was nearby, rushed out in panic: "Ah, no, Grandpa’s cerebral infarction is acting up—quick, call emergency services..."

For a moment, Ethan Brooks couldn’t care about practicing anymore and rushed out to find a phone booth.

Soon...

A "wee-woo, wee-woo" sound approached from afar.

After the ambulance stayed in the yard for a while, it took David Brooks away. Accompanying him were Jack Brooks and his wife, who lived in Sanshun Town, the parents of Emily Brooks and Olivia Brooks.

...

Ethan Brooks followed to the hospital. Soon, Henry Brooks and the children from the second granduncle’s side also arrived. The situation was urgent, and they went straight into surgery.