It’s important to know that ordinary people would be exhausted after swimming about a hundred meters in the ocean. But Wang Ye swam several kilometers in succession without ever feeling tired, and he didn’t even surface.

Because the gill slits on his neck allow him to breathe freely underwater, eliminating the risk of life-threatening oxygen deprivation. However, even without the gill slits providing oxygen, Wang Ye’s current lung capacity would allow him to comfortably hold his breath and engage in normal activities all day.

Ever since completing the challenge of the Life of Water, Wang Ye hasn’t trained his swimming. Even now, his Swimming Skill remains at lv4. But as his physique has strengthened, his swimming speed has long surpassed the human pinnacle, though his technique remains quite crude, at most reaching the level of a First-level Athlete. Any National Elite Level Swimmer could easily point out the flaws in his movements.

Now that his other skills have been enhanced to the Extraordinary Level, only a few skills remain at the Ordinary Level, with Swimming Skill being one of them.

Therefore, Wang Ye wants to upgrade all these skills to the Extraordinary Level as soon as possible. Making his skills more comprehensive is not a bad thing. According to the bucket effect, the amount of water a bucket can hold doesn’t depend on the longest plank, but on the shortest one. Simply put, in a system, the overall performance is often determined by the weakest part. Hence, by supplementing the shortcoming, his overall strength will significantly improve.

Although Wang Ye has not encountered a battle in the ocean, if one day he is forced into the water by an enemy, the Swimming Skill will be crucial. Moreover, the essence of Swimming Skill is also a means to overcome resistance and increase speed, having a unique synergy with his other skills. Therefore, improving his swimming will not only help with Running but also with his Flying Skill and others.

Wang Ye kept swimming laps around the nearby sea, covering nearly fifty kilometers in one afternoon.

Finally, as the time approached four in the afternoon, the Swimming Skill broke through to lv5.

In an instant, Wang Ye’s swimming speed doubled,

jumping from the previous speed of one hundred kilometers per hour to two hundred kilometers per hour.

It was more than twice as fast as the fastest marlin in the ocean,

and his movements became increasingly streamlined, no longer relying on the standard freestyle or breaststroke actions by using hand strokes and kicks for propulsion, but using subtle twists of his waist to simulate propeller-driven propulsion. The twist was very small but had a very high frequency, which made him look like an arrow, near-straight, shooting forward under the water, leaving a long trail of bubbles behind.

Wang Ye maintained this speed for another twenty to thirty kilometers before returning to shore.

As he dried off, he checked his panel.

The breakthrough to Swimming Skill lv5 naturally brought new Traits.

[Swimming lv5 (0.7%)]

[Trait: Speed increase by 50% when moving in water]

"The increase is actually this big?" Wang Ye was somewhat surprised, no wonder his swimming speed suddenly surged more than twice just now. Normally, Skill Traits usually only increase attributes by 10%. Even the "Void Master" trait only increases All Attributes by 10% in levitating state. Only the Extraordinary Skills sometimes reach the 50% level for Traits.

Wang Ye suddenly had a hypothesis in mind: if he continued to advance the Swimming Skill to the Extraordinary Level lv5, the Traits obtained might further break through to over 100%. By then, the formidable physique combined with percentage gains could yield terribly impressive performance. Breaking the speed of sound underwater might not be an impossibility.

Although he currently possesses the Flying Skill and the ability for Subsonic Sprint, needing to operate underwater is rare, but as the saying goes, having more skills doesn’t burden you. The skill you learn will always be of use in unexpected places.

For example...

When exploring the stars in the future.

Who says the galaxy isn’t a river?

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The next day.

Wang Ye took the high-speed train as soon as morning came.

The only luggage he carried was a backpack.

He didn’t even bring a suitcase.

After settling into a first-class seat, he placed his backpack in the corner overhead compartment.

Then he sat down in the chair and took a nap.

As tourists gradually boarded the train, it started slowly.

Wang Ye leaned next to the window, watching the natural scenery rushing past, surprisingly feeling that the high-speed train moved rather slow, like a crawling turtle.

But upon looking up, the speedometer in the car had already shown 320 km/h.

This was not surprising.

Considering Wang Ye’s current Running speed had reached nine hundred kilometers per hour, more than three times the maximum speed of the high-speed train, accustomed to Subsonic Sprint, he naturally felt the speed on the train was extremely slow.

In reality, with Wang Ye’s current speed and endurance, relying on Running would definitely be faster than taking the high-speed train or even a plane.

But China’s population density is very high, and Wang Ye’s identity is very well known. So Running along the way would easily get him recognized, and if he accidentally got photographed during the process, it would be troublesome.

Therefore, taking the high-speed train is still the most convenient choice, just needing to pay a little attention in the car to avoid passengers recognizing his identity.

Since Wang Ye had bundled up in coat, mask, and sunglasses tightly, no passengers recognized him during the ride; occasionally, someone shot him a strange look, merely because his physique and temperament were a bit unusual.

But as he arrived at the hometown city and left the high-speed train station,

Wang Ye was recognized by a fan.

"Qi Refining Brother? Can we take a photo together?"

"Of course." Wang Ye nodded, removed his mask and sunglasses, his expression somewhat helpless, surprised that despite wrapping himself up like this, some fan could still recognize him. But his physique now was indeed quite noticeable, and it was easy for those who frequently watched his videos and streams to identify him, although many dared not confirm his identity face unseen, so actual interactions and photo requests were rare.

Once consent was given, this fan stood beside Wang Ye, excitedly took out his phone, and snapped three photos in rapid succession.

After the photo session, the fan expressed thanks repeatedly before swiftly departing.

After the fan left, Wang Ye pulled out his phone to search for Bone Shrinking Skill online. If he kept this physique forever, he’d often be recognized by passersby. This would seriously affect his normal life and training.

If so, he’d better learn some Bone Shrinking Skill to reduce his body size.

Bone Shrinking Skill is a traditional Chinese Martial Arts technique, although calling it martial arts may be somewhat misleading, because this skill is mostly employed in cultural performances.

The principle of this skill is utilizing Inner Qi and Inner Power to narrow the gaps between bones, making the bones of the entire body closely arranged in sequence, naturally shrinking the body size. Simply put, through long-term practice, making all joints freely dislocate, and under dislocation conditions, the body relies on the power of muscles and bones to drive bones and complete certain movements, hence the illusion of "bone shrinking".

Apart from shrinking, this skill can also temporarily enlarge bones. It’s a technique enabling the skeleton to perform many actions unimaginable to ordinary people.

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