What, what happened?

Fang Yue felt a little dazed.

He was like an internet addict surfing at high speed, suddenly having the network cable pulled, leaving him completely stunned.

The sea in front of him became turbulent and unpredictable, without any regularity, and he could no longer calculate the shape of the waves or the formation of their trajectory.

The surrounding wind force and direction became fickle and bizarre, constantly changing, making it impossible to see any pattern, let alone use the wind force as an aid to increase speed.

The Liubing (Glazed Ice) Steps, which had just been so familiar that they were like second nature, suddenly became rusty and unfamiliar. He was at a loss even for how to take the next step, like a complete beginner.

That wonderful feeling of perceiving everything was gone.

The world was still the same world.

It was just that his way of looking at the world was no longer as clear as before, reverting to a mortal's eyes.

The river was just a river, and the sea breeze was just a sea breeze, without any special meaning. It was no longer possible to see through the phenomena to perceive the essence, to see the future changes of the surrounding things.

He had returned to his ordinary self.

For a moment, Fang Yue felt a sense of loss. The huge gap was like falling from the clouds to the abyss, making it difficult to adapt.

But Fang Yue had to admit that this was his true self.

The mysterious state before was only reached by chance through some luck he had plundered from the demon corpse.

Although that state had disappeared, the things he had grasped were still imprinted in his mind.

It was just that he wasn't used to the sudden loss of that state.

Following the movements from his memory, he continued to swing his legs.

Sure enough, the Liubing Steps were once again activated, but they had become very clumsy and stiff, like a beginner on ice skates. He could barely stand steady, relying entirely on the inertia he had accumulated before to slide forward.

"Ye-ge! It's Ye-ge!"

"Great! It really is Ye-ge!"

"I knew Xiao Ye would come back!"

"Hahaha! Brother Ye has finally returned safely!"

Familiar voices came from the stationary Cold River Giant Ship ahead.

But Fang Yue had no energy to pay attention. All his attention was focused on his footwork.

Even after experiencing the special state of enlightenment, the actual difficulty of using the Liubing Steps was still much higher than imagined.

This was a technique that involved gathering inner force at the soles of the feet, using the numerous acupoints on the soles as the core, and circulating inner force.

Each resonance cycle between inner force and acupoints would stimulate a strong, special chill!

This chill could freeze the substance underfoot in any environment, transforming it into a special ice surface conducive to sliding.

Each time this special ice surface was formed, it would consume a small portion of inner force, which would remain on the ice surface to maintain its structural stability.

Finally, under the control of his own will, the ice surface under his feet could extend forward or in any direction, forming an ice path.

This special ice path was the key to the Liubing Steps' ability to rapidly increase speed!

As long as one was on this special ice surface, using the Liubing Steps would result in an extreme increase in speed.

And the key to all of this was inner force!

Only the inner force generated by the Ningbing (Freezing Ice) Heart Sutra could generate the inner force needed for the Liubing Steps and create the special ice surface.

While on this ice surface, the power of the Ningbing Heart Sutra would also be amplified, complementing each other.

Therefore, these two techniques were actually complementary and closely linked, and neither could be missing to unleash their full power!

It was similar to the relationship between the Xinghuo (Spark) Blade Technique and the Xinghuo Heart Sutra that Fang Yue had practiced before, but the effect, difficulty, and degree of connection were not at the same level.

The relationship between the Ningbing Heart Sutra and the Liubing Steps was even closer, and the amplification of their effects was far beyond what a Houtian (Acquired) technique could compare to.

In Lord Han's inheritance, just these two techniques had already made Fang Yue feel that his strength had reached a new level.

If he could gather the final sword technique, combining the three, his strength would definitely rise to another level!

However, the Liubing Steps were already so difficult that Fang Yue was dizzy. The final sword technique would probably also be extremely difficult to learn.

Fortunately, Fang Yue had a high aptitude, and he had truly felt it with his body in the previous special state of enlightenment. Therefore, when Fang Yue rushed to the front of the Cold River Giant Ship and jumped up, he had roughly grasped the basic operation.

Although he couldn't achieve the terrifying proficiency of the enlightenment state afterward, he was at least able to use it.

Before others excitedly surrounded him, Fang Yue opened the system prompt and glanced at it.

"System Notification: Congratulations to player [Ye Se Li Ming] for learning [Liubing Steps]."

"Name: Liubing Steps."

"Level: Yu (Rain)."

"Layer: First Layer."

"Restrictions: 10 points of aptitude, Ren (Human) level realm, Ningbing Heart Sutra [First Layer], 10000 Yuli (Control) points, 10000 Xieli (Discharge) points."

"Description: Liubing Steps, walking on ice, unmatched by anyone."

"Effect: When activated, the substance underfoot will freeze into ice, walking on ice, speed greatly increased! Comes with special effect [Stacked Ice]!"

"Stacked Ice: Continuously sliding on the special ice surface made by inner force will gradually increase speed, faster and faster! If interrupted, leaving the ice surface, or losing speed, this effect will be lost and must be re-accumulated to obtain it again."

"Note: Friction, friction, friction on this smooth ice, step by step, is the devil's footwork."

This system prompt had popped up quickly after he used it in the previous state of enlightenment.

It was just that Fang Yue hadn't noticed it at all at that time. His mind had long been attracted by that state of enlightenment, and he hadn't paid attention to anything else.

As a Yu-level footwork, the Liubing Steps were several levels higher than the Taying (Shadow Step) Steps, and the speed at which they operated was also extremely fast.

Most importantly, it could be stacked!

As long as it wasn't interrupted, and he continued to slide on the ice surface, the speed increase would only become faster and more outrageous.

In simple terms, this was a skill with a very low lower limit and a very high upper limit.

In the hands of experts and ordinary people, it would have completely different effects.

It was similar to how only killing monsters without taking damage could ensure the maximum use of the Liubing Steps' [Stacked Ice] effect.

Fang Yue had experienced that extreme speed like racing in the state of enlightenment.

However, it seemed to have an upper limit. Even so, that speed was already at a level beyond his current realm, not a speed that should exist at this level!

Moreover, Fang Yue vaguely felt that what was limiting the speed of the Liubing Steps in the state of enlightenment was not inner force or anything else, but the strength of his body. He seemed to know that that speed was already the limit, and that further increasing it would damage his body, so he controlled the speed.