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Chapter 550 The Gap in Time and Drawing a Circle
As the prompt appeared before him, Wu Chang entered a meditative state in a daze. He seemed to enter his own mental space and arrive at a large arena that resembled a golden kingdom.

The arena is divided into multiple battle zones, each of which is a replay of his past battles using the Musou style.

He was high above the arena, overlooking all the battles below.

These battles replayed themselves before him time and time again, and the actions he had performed were extracted, with many afterimages of those actions overlapping in front of him.

By observing his own battle replays from a god-like perspective, and seeing the overlapping afterimages, he realized that when using the thoughtless fighting style, he relied too much on instinct and made many unnecessary movements.

Because his opponent's skill level was not high enough, his sluggish movements were not a big deal. However, when facing an enemy with martial arts skills at the same level as the Musou style, these sluggish movements were enough to become his weakness, allowing the opponent to seize the opportunity and take away the rhythm of the battle.

The "No-Thought Style" doesn't mean you can't truly have no thoughts in your mind. He's not a true combat genius. His inspiration is enough to trigger the No-Thought Style, but his physical combat instincts aren't enough to support him in completing the counterattack he's inspired to do.

Therefore, at times like this, he must take control of his body to a certain extent and use his consciousness to optimize his body's fighting instincts.

That is, to reach a state of being in a state of being neither thinking nor not thinking.

Thinking of this, his consciousness plummeted and entered the arena.

All the battle scenes in the arena disappeared, and under his effect of condensing the void into reality, the projection of the master of Kaiyang Immortal Mansion slowly appeared in front of him.

He conjured two ordinary longswords from nothingness, one for each of them, and they began to spar.

The projection of the master of Kaiyang Immortal Mansion, in terms of martial arts alone, is the strongest among all of Wu Chang's opponents. At the same time, he knows his opponent well enough to temporarily summon him by condensing the void into reality.

In their second encounter, he didn't use the memorized board; instead, he relied on his martial arts skills, simply reacting to each move as it came.

Using the Wuxiang style, he discovered that every gesture projected by the master of Kaiyang Immortal Mansion was clear and distinct, and he could see through it completely.

He held the upper hand in the battle; what had once been the test at the end of the Immortal Abode now seemed more like a challenger to him.

However, he did not end the battle immediately. Instead, he used the master of the immortal mansion as a whetstone to make him more familiar with the state of being in a state of being neither thinking nor thinking.

As he continued to experiment with the new state, his ability to predict the moves projected by the Immortal Abode Master deepened. He could even predict the changes in the opponent's next five moves as soon as the opponent made a move.

These changes manifested as countless illusory traces, distributed between the projection of the Immortal Abode Master and himself. He controlled his body, ensuring that no matter how the opponent changed their moves, he could respond in the best possible way.

Just as he was about to end the sparring session, he suddenly noticed that the speed of the Immortal Abode Master's projection suddenly increased, and one of the movements he had predicted became a physical entity, slashing fiercely at him.

He raised his sword to parry, but when the two swords clashed, the blades felt completely weightless, and the sword that struck him shattered like a popped soap bubble.

In a daze, he saw the projection of the Immortal Abode Master still standing in the same place, without drawing his sword, and he also maintained his previous posture, without raising his sword to block.

Before he could react to what was happening, he saw the projection of the Immortal Abode Master unleash a sword strike, the trajectory of which was exactly the attack he had just seen and tried to block.

Faced with the sword strike that had been blocked, Wu Chang did not choose the same approach this time. Instead, he struck first before the Immortal Abode Master, striking the weak point of the Immortal Abode Master's projected attack with his sword, breaking through the opponent's slash, and then stabbing into the opponent's chest through the opening.

The duel came to an end as the projection of the Immortal Abode's master shattered.

As Wu Chang recalled the last sword strike he had witnessed, he felt as if a switch had been flipped in his mind.

His intuition told him that the last sword strike he saw was not predicted by the Wuxiang style of martial arts, but rather that he saw the future, the future half a second from now.

He left his own mental space, and as he savored that special feeling, he discovered that the description of the Wuxiang skill was changing.

Skill Name: Wuxiang

Skill Level: S (Upgradeable)

"Skill Description: You can see the essence and weaknesses of moves and spells, predict the opponent's attacks to a certain extent, and make the most appropriate counterattack under the guidance of inspiration and will. The effect depends on your inspiration attribute."

Your abilities have been altered by an external force. During combat, you have a chance to see time gaps, through which you can observe your opponent's actions 0.5 to 2 seconds into the future. The probability of time gaps appearing and the duration of their connection depend on your Inspiration attribute.

Before you take any action that affects the future, the visions you see through the time gap will surely come to pass.

"Note: Another martial arts student has reached the origin of martial arts. You will open up your own path of martial arts and reach the realm of godhood."

Wu Chang withdrew his gaze from Wuxiangshi's description. The anomaly that occurred at the end of his battle with the Immortal Abode Master's projection was indeed related to the changes in Wuxiangshi.

The perfect evolution potion contains Valentine's blood, specifically the purest blood drawn from Valentine's heart, which contains Valentine's divine nature of time.

The addition of Valentine's blood caused his Ascension to be influenced by the divinity of time, allowing him to observe the world a few seconds into the future through the rift in time.

Although both are predictive effects, the Time Gap and the No Thought Style are completely different.

The Wuxiang style is based on one's martial arts level, which allows one to predict how many ways an opponent might attack and to respond accordingly in the first instance.

Wu Xiang's predictions were not accurate. In terms of performance, during the battle, Wu Chang could see dozens of trajectories around the Immortal Mansion Master's projection, each trajectory representing a possible response from the Immortal Mansion Master's projection.

He can only rely on inspiration and thoughtlessness to predict which attack method the opponent is more likely to use. The more likely the attack method is, the more intense the corresponding attack trajectory will be.

This is a judgment based on inspiration and understanding of martial arts. Such a judgment has limitations; it can only be a general judgment and is subject to information limitations.

The so-called general judgment is that he cannot be certain which move the master of the immortal mansion will definitely use.

To prevent his opponent from using low-probability moves through feints, he must be able to perfectly control his body to ensure that he can easily intercept or dodge whatever attack his opponent uses.

This is why he needs to control his body, reduce unnecessary movements, and optimize his combat instincts.

If you are slow to react, you will be put on the defensive when you encounter a low-probability attack from the opponent, lose the initiative in the battle, or even be injured by the opponent.

Furthermore, the Musou system is also subject to information restrictions.

When gathering information about the other party, Musoushiki can respond accordingly. The Immortal Abode Master's projection uses an ordinary longsword, and Musoushiki's predictions are also based on the ordinary longsword.

If he encounters an opponent whose weapon possesses the ability to release energy similar to the Eternal Lake, and if he is not agile enough to react in time to a sneak attack, he will suffer a loss due to misjudging the distance.

However, the gap in time is different. The gap in time is not a prediction, but a true forecast. It is unique and absolute. As long as he does not interfere, what he sees will definitely happen.

Once the Time Gap is triggered, no matter what means the opponent tries to use to launch a sneak attack, they will not be able to escape his prediction.

Although 0.5 to 2 seconds may seem short, in battles between superhumans, even 0.1 seconds can be enough to decide the outcome. Even a player like Wu Chang, who has a weakness in agility, can chop his opponent into mincemeat in 2 seconds. As an auxiliary prediction tool in battle, it is more than enough.

The only problem is that the appearance of the Time Rift is not stable enough, but this is understandable, since Valentine himself does not have enough control over the divinity of time, and the divinity of time contained in his blood is naturally pitifully small.

Wu Chang has already won the lottery by gaining the ability to see through time through that tiny bit of time divinity; there's no reason to criticize him further.

Perhaps once he completes Valentine's blood-red last testament, his power over time will unexpectedly increase.

Wu Xiangshi was upgraded from A to S rank, becoming Wu Chang's first lord-level martial skill.

Item Name: Seed of Martial Fortune

Item Type: Special

"Item Description: A seed containing the divine essence of the Martial Star Lord. When the holder refines at least two martial arts skills to the Lord level and masters the true meaning of martial arts, the seed of martial fortune can be activated, and the divine essence of the Martial Star Lord can be obtained."

Aside from the improvement of the skills themselves, upgrading the Wuxiang Style to the Lord level also marks an important step in activating the Seed of Martial Luck, and it is the most difficult step.

The rank of Wuxiangshi was so high that even the Fairy of the Lake shook her head. He originally thought that he would need to obtain the divinity of Wuqu Star Lord before he could advance Wuxiangshi, but he never expected that Wuxiangshi would become his first Lord-level skill.

Once the most difficult problem is overcome first, obtaining a second Lord-level ability will not be far off. As things stand, the Seed of Martial Fortune may be activated before the Seed of Literary Fortune.

The next day, following He Yun's plan, he found the survivors of the plague source instance space and had them form the Ein City Citizens' Council to protect the interests of the space's original inhabitants.

Although players usually don't do anything to the original inhabitants of the space in order to maintain its stability, there's always a chance of something going wrong.

He couldn't control other private spaces, but this private space was Eileen's divine kingdom, filled with her followers, and players couldn't be allowed to mess around there.

The Citizens' Council was established to protect the rights of citizens. It must be both capable of governance and strong. Its members are selected with priority given to leaders of survivor organizations like Wendia and Fox, and a few citizens who have returned to human form but still retain special zombie powers.

Wendy served as the first speaker, managing the entire parliament.

With the establishment of the Citizens' Council, he, as the space controller, facilitated contact between Wendy and the Tree Sea, enabling the Citizens' Council and the four space managers to jointly maintain order at Base 44.

Having obtained the perfect-grade evolution potion and with the basic framework of Base 44 in place, Wu Chang saw no need to linger in Ain City any longer. He greeted the Tree Sea and was about to leave when he was blocked by Valentine's daughter, Amira.

Wu Chang asked:

"Miss Amira, is there anything I can help you with?"

Amira got straight to the point:

"I want to be stronger."

Wu Chang shrugged and said:
"and then?"

Amira said:
"Then I will avenge my father."

Wu Chang shook his head and said:
"Unfortunately, you are no match for Loki, and taking down Loki is my business, not yours to consider."

"What you should do now is not to let Valentine's efforts go to waste and to live your own life peacefully."

Amira's strength is no less than Wendy's, but Wu Chang did not make her a city councilor because he did not want her to be involved in too much danger.

He had promised Valentine to protect Amira, and he had no habit of breaking promises.

Amira was very dissatisfied with Wu Chang's statement, and she said in a serious tone:
“I’m no match for Loki right now, but I’ll catch up to him and take him down faster than you.”

"And I'm fed up with being an outsider, powerless. I have to do something!"

Wu Chang slightly turned his head and said:
"It's good to have dreams, keep going."

"You!" Amira blushed instantly at Wu Chang's coaxing attitude towards a child, and turned to leave.

"I'll figure it out myself."

Wu Chang sighed as he watched Amira's retreating figure, and said helplessly:

"Go find Wendia, she can help you. If she can't meet your needs, go find the mechanical messenger at the Eternal Light Cathedral. I'll speak to the messenger."

Given Amira's current state, if we keep preventing her from growing, she might run away from Ein City alone in order to become stronger. If she gets captured by Loki and turned into Experiment 2, then rescuing her will be a real problem.

Instead of blocking her, we should guide her. We should assign her to Wendia, which would keep her under control in the safe city of Ain.

Amira, who was halfway there, stopped, turned around and thanked him, then ran off excitedly.

Wu Chang took one last look at Ein City, then led Eileen and Raven back to the Everlight Research Institute.

Time was of the essence, and only in the Everlight Research Institute, where time flowed slowly, would he have enough time to prepare for the next instance.

The Plague Origin instance reveals a significant difference between the instances in the Realm of Reason and the Realm of Desolation. Not only is the difficulty of the Realm of Reason increased, but the rules and constraints within the instance plane are also much stronger than those of the S-rank instances and world instances in the Realm of Desolation.

The existence of dungeon rules makes players less forgiving of mistakes. For example, in the Plague Source dungeon that invades Base 45, when the leader of Base 45, who is skilled in high-tech combat, faces the Plague Source dungeon rules, his combat power will be greatly reduced.

Therefore, in the realm of reasoning, intelligence is even more important than in the realm of desolation.

Before the start of the Realm of Reason instance, he used his Level 3 Ranger privileges to check the Bureau's internal intelligence database.

He especially focused on checking out the dungeons that appeared on the dungeon danger list.

Life at the Yongguang Research Institute was exceptionally fulfilling. In addition to reviewing intelligence, he could also familiarize himself with his abilities through various training rooms and discuss mystical knowledge with He Yun.

When she gets tired of cultivation, she can take Eileen and Raven to a certain plane of the divine kingdom to relax and help He Yun consolidate her human side, so that He Yun doesn't get lost in the power of the mechanical emperor core.

Compared to the players struggling in the Realm of Reason, his life was indescribably comfortable.

Happy times are always short-lived. Time flies by, the dungeon cooldown is about to end, and it's time to enter the dungeon again.

While conquering the world dungeon, Wu Chang, in order to deal with Emperor Zhaoning, engaged in high-intensity combat while activating the Hero's Proof, especially when breaking through the blockade of the Golden Armored Heavenly Soldiers, causing serious damage to the Peace Messenger.

Subsequently, even while damaged, it forcibly activated the overloaded "Peacekeeper," causing further damage to the mech and malfunctioning in the divine circuits of the mech's core.

This meant that He Yun only had time to repair the mecha, and no time to upgrade it further.

However, given the Peacekeeper's abilities, it should be more than enough to handle the initial dungeon entry into the Realm of Reason. Wu Chang put away the repaired Peacekeeper and returned to the Realm of Reason.

As he requested a match, he was teleported directly to the gates of the Temple of Truth.

With one hour left before the dungeon cooldown ends, the area around the Temple of Truth's gate is already bustling with activity.

There were at least seven or eight thousand people gathered here. At a glance, there were familiar faces from the world instance. At least 90% of the players were newcomers who had just been promoted to the Realm of Reason.

Like Wu Chang, they entered the Temple of Truth to start matching for dungeons as soon as the dungeon cooldown ended.

Since everyone is a newly promoted player, they are quite familiar with each other. Ordinary players will naturally avoid powerful and well-known players, leaving them a comfortable gap.

In this way, dozens of circular "vacuum" zones emerged in the densely populated entrance area.

The more famous a player is, the more space they leave around them, and the less likely ordinary players are to disturb them.

It's not easy to draw a circle in the crowd; you need both ability and fame.

For example, Hou Jingchuan, a high-ranking figure in the Desolate Realm, may have a great reputation, but his strength is not apparent; he only maintains a three-meter radius around himself.

People know he is not weak, but they don't know how strong he is. Now that everyone has entered the realm of reason, the gap between their statuses has narrowed. Due to a rebellious mentality, people will not only not overestimate him, but may even look down on him.

Even someone with a minor reputation like Killing Intent Wave, who exudes primal power and possesses the strength of an average ranked player, had a ten-meter radius around him cleared out.

Whether it's players who have just been promoted to the Realm of Reason or organizations within the Realm of Reason, they are all observing these powerful newcomers, looking for those they can recruit into their own organizations.

Players who can obtain the power of origin in the Desolate Realm are still highly sought after in the Realm of Reason. Although they are currently weak, their potential is limitless.

Placed within the Administration Bureau, beings capable of awakening Root Power in the Wasteland, even those with the most ordinary Root Power, can easily be assigned to one of the top 30 bases.

Above the ranked players, within the gate area, there are five more prominent circles, each with a radius of over twenty-five meters.

They are among the top five in the Desolate Realm's combat power rankings, including Cold Mountain and Supercore.

Being able to draw a circle in a crowd signifies that one's existence is recognized by players; both strength and fame are indispensable.

After the world dungeon, all members of the Arcane Knights received a significant boost. In terms of strength alone, the Sword Star is now on par with the Super Core.

However, Jianxing's rise was too rapid, and his reputation had not yet spread among the players. He was still labeled as the new generation genius of the Management Bureau, and the attention he received was far less than that of the veteran powerhouses. He only received the treatment of an ordinary ranked player.

Wu Chang appeared at the gate area under the identity of He Ping. His tall stature was already eye-catching, and his appearance immediately attracted everyone's attention, and the originally noisy gate area instantly became quiet.

Thousands of gazes, like thousands of searchlights, fell upon him.

Since the existence of the world instance was exposed in "Hot Topics Every Issue", he has become a top influencer in the Wasteland, and almost everyone in the Wasteland knows him.

If we say that he previously speed-cleared dungeons, was frantically courted by various forces, and declared war on the four major organizations, those are all urban legends.

His ability to control the entire world instance, single-handedly turn the tide at the end, and single-handedly defeat two major instance bosses, completely overturned everyone's understanding of the situation.

Not to mention that after the world instance, it was rumored that Peace lent the Pillar of the Present World to the four major organizations; in order to compete for Blue Star, hundreds of powerful members of the four major organizations fought fiercely in the territory of Xia Kingdom, but were all defeated and subdued by Peace alone.

Simply put, in the current Abyss game, whether it's the Wasteland or the Realm of Reason, no matter how outrageous your boast is, as long as you add "done by Peace" as a prefix, everyone will believe it and seriously discuss what kind of cheat Peace used to achieve this level of success.

Players in the main area looked at Peace and retreated in unison. This included not only ordinary players but also ranked players who should have been avoided by other players.

Five meters, ten meters, fifty meters, one hundred meters...

People kept retreating, eventually leaving half of the Temple of Truth's gate area to peace.

(End of this chapter)