On how PhDs become human evil

Seven Stars - All-round High-Speed ​​Seven-Hit Combo.

Chaotic Shadows - High-Speed, Random Slashes.

......

It's clear that the core of Bai Jie's swordsmanship is speed. He uses extremely high-frequency continuous attacks to disorient his enemies and eventually kill them. That's Bai Jie's swordsmanship.

Anyway, the saying goes, "In the world of martial arts, speed is the only thing that can't be broken."

As long as I cut fast enough, the enemy can't kill me. @SwiftSwordMaster

Putting away the status panel, Bai Jie stroked his chin: "It's time to go check that place out, it's not good to keep it hanging like this."

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Five floors above that foggy floor, in a corner, there is a path leading to a three-meter-high, solemnly decorated gate. Beside the gate sit two statues of one-eyed giants, half of their bodies buried in the wall.

Bai Jie discovered this place two weeks ago. As soon as he approached the door, he felt an intense chill and immediately realized that he could not get through this place with just his swordsmanship.

Of course, Bai Jie could rely on his immortality to brute force his way through, but that would be cheating. Since he has decided to make a living through swordsmanship, it's better not to use something as bug-like as immortality.

Using cheats in games has a connotation of being like a snake!

Incidentally, the stats on Bai Jie's status panel are based on his stats after he used magic to enhance them, because magic would automatically strengthen Bai Jie's body at all times. However, Bai Jie has now actively sealed his magic, so the permanent enhancement has been automatically removed.

Although Bai Jie could reapply the buff at any time if he wanted to.

Bai Jie took small, quick steps to the front door. Upon closer inspection, he could see that the door was exquisitely decorated, with a magic circle in the center of the door featuring two recessed grooves.

Bai Jie didn't recognize the spell formula of the magic circle, because he had never paid any attention to magic in this world, so it was only natural that he didn't know it, but that didn't hinder his actions.

"Clang clang clang clang!"

Four crisp metallic clangs rang out as Bai Jie's longsword struck the gate four times in succession, but only sparks flew, leaving not even a white mark.

"It's so hard. I probably can't cut it with just this sword."

Sheathing his longsword, Bai Jie slammed his fist into the door, followed by a powerful side kick, but the door remained unmoved.

"Physical attacks are ineffective, which means this door can only be activated by magic?"

Bai Jie looked at the door with a slightly speechless expression. After all this time, it turned out to be a magical artifact. Wasn't this just making things difficult for him, a swordsman? Right now, he couldn't use a single bit of magic power.

After waiting in front of the door for a while, Bai Jie decisively turned around and left.

(The things inside are probably some kind of treasure. There are too many treasure rooms like this in the game, but they're not very useful to me. I'll leave them for Nagumo.)

Bai Jie hadn't forgotten Nan Yunshi, whom he had dragged down. After being left unattended for four months, Nan Yunshi had completely shed his former cowardice and become extremely ruthless and decisive. He even started eating the flesh of a monster that was highly poisonous to humans. Sure enough, people will do anything when they are pushed to the limit.

According to Bai Jie's prediction, Nagumo Hajime should arrive at this floor in a few days. He will probably discover this place then. He should keep the good stuff behind the door for himself. Bai Jie is a Kamen Rider who is even more kind-hearted than Kadoya Tsukasa. He gives away good stuff to others without hesitation.

Bai Jie, who was thinking this way, had no idea what kind of impact his decision would have on Nan Yun Shi.

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Ten floors above Bai Jie's current location, Nan Yunshi, who was in his workshop, suddenly shivered for no reason!

"Hiss~~~ Why is it suddenly so cold? Is Fafnir up to mess with me again?"

Nan Yun Shi still remembers that when he was fighting a powerful demon one-on-one, Bai Jie, who came back to check on the situation, turned around and lured another demon over for him, forcing him to fight fifteen at once, and he almost died!

While doing so would indeed increase his stats quickly, Hajime Nagumo really didn't want to do it again. Fighting fifteen enemies stronger than himself meant he could die at any moment.

After withdrawing his magic and finishing the alchemy, Nagumo Hajime breathed a sigh of relief as he looked at the bullets scattered on the ground.

"Great, now that our ammunition is replenished, we can proceed to the next level."

At this moment, Nagumo Hajime had no idea what awaited him below.

Interlude 230: Chen Juewu

Gensokyo, sunflower field.

As the residence of the strongest youkai in Gensokyo, few people have approached this place for hundreds of years. After all, Kazami Yuuka's personality is unpredictable, and if she is in a bad mood, she will turn you into flower fertilizer. Therefore, the sunflower field has become one of the absolute forbidden zones in Gensokyo.

Naturally, no one would dare to cause trouble here.

But recently, unusual noises have been frequently heard from the sunflower field, just like now.

"Roar—!"

The dragon's roar that erupted from the sunflower field instantly shattered the white clouds for miles around. The crimson dragon suddenly shot straight into the sky and then transformed into an enormous dragon god's blade, which crashed down like a falling meteorite!

This is an attack that even a great demon has to take seriously. Even a physically powerful demon would suffer serious injury if it takes this attack without preparation.

However, the target of this sword strike was the sunflower field.

"boom--!"

Just as the Dragon God's Blade was about to reach the sunflowers, a beam of emerald-colored magic cannon shot out from the sunflower field like a volcanic eruption, directly meeting the Dragon God's Blade head-on!

"boom!"

In an instant, truly just a moment of contact, the Dragon God's Blade shattered into countless fragments like glass the moment it made contact with the magic cannon. A crimson gust of wind instantly swept across the sky within a radius of nearly a thousand meters, and even the human village was caught in the blast!

"Here we go again, and today's event is as grand as ever."

"That's true. I wonder if Miss Chen will win today."

"It's hard to say. Judging from the situation, it seems that Miss Chen is at a disadvantage again."

......

What should have been an event that could be called an anomaly was accepted by the people in the Human Village as if it were an everyday occurrence. They even started discussing it, and everyone had an expression of being used to it.

After all, if the same thing happens hundreds of times in a row, anyone would get used to it.

And in the sunflower field where the incident originated—

"Not bad, that made me have to use about 20% of my strength."

Holding a parasol, Kazami Yuuka, whose clothes were completely wrinkle-free, looked at Chen lying on the ground and said something.

Upon hearing this, Chen frowned, stood up from the ground again, and gripped Chixiao tightly: "Thank you for today too, Kazami Yuuka. I'll come and bother you again in a couple of days."

"It doesn't matter. It's good to have someone to relieve my boredom. Besides, you've shown me the willingness to train you and give you some pointers."

Yes, Yuuka Kazami was giving Chen pointers.

Why do you want to become stronger?

Kazami Yuuka once asked Chen this question: If someone wants to gain power, there must be a reason. There is no one who wants to become stronger for no reason.

Chen's answer was—

"To be a woman worthy of him, so that I can walk with him through life."

Six months ago, shortly after Bai Jie left, Chen came to the Sunflower Field, hoping to become Kazami Yuuka's apprentice and further improve her strength. Her strength was top-notch in the Honkai world, and even the Herrscher was no match for her, but it was not enough in Gensokyo.

Moreover, now that Bai Jie has become a god-slayer, Chen, as his wife, absolutely must demonstrate strength commensurate with his.

"I know that even if my strength is far behind Bai Jie's, Bai Jie will not despise me. He will even cherish me more. If I were an ordinary woman, I would probably be very happy because of this."

"But I don't want that. If I did, I would just be a pretty face. My dignity wouldn't allow me to do that."

Bai Jie's strength has increased dramatically. The man who once needed her protection has grown to the point where he protects her instead. In fact, Chen Da doesn't need to continue training like this. She only needs to stand behind Bai Jie, because Bai Jie already has the power to shield her from all storms.

However, what Chen wanted to be was not "the one behind him," but "the one beside him."

She is Bai Jie's wife and cannot leave everything to her husband. She has an obligation to face everything with him, but her strength is not enough to enter Bai Jie's world.

So she sought out Yuuka Kazami, hoping that this strongest youkai in Gensokyo could become her teacher and help her become even stronger.

Watching Chen's retreating figure as he strode out of the sunflower field, Kazami Yuuka suddenly grabbed a parasol and hurled it at the space beside her, shattering a section of space and revealing a dark gap.

"Oh dear, you're still as wild and rough as ever. Be careful you never find a man in your life."

"I'll return those words to you verbatim. What do you want with me, Yakumo Yukari?"

Kazami Yuuka's scarlet eyes were fixed on Yakumo Yukari, who emerged from the gap. She was the kind of woman who wouldn't come here without a reason, so she must be up to something again.

"We came to see Chen. We were originally going to Rhodes Island, but when we heard she was here, we rushed over. We happened to see the two of you sparring, so we watched for a bit."

"Well, it's really not a big deal. Yuuka, stop looking at me like that. Do I look like the kind of bad woman who would set traps for others?"

She rolled her eyes at Yukari Yakumo without saying a word, and then swung her parasol at her.

As she dodged the attack through the gap, Yakumo Yukari said with a smile, "Then I'll be leaving now, I won't bother you anymore."

"Yukari Yakumo, I'm warning you, Chen is my friend for the time being. If you do anything reckless, don't blame me for being impolite."

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"Chen, is now a good time? There's something I'd like to talk to you about."

On his way back to Rhodes Island, Chen Gang passed through a grove of trees and found Yukari Yakumo waiting for him there.

Frowning, Chen asked, "You actually came to me? Shouldn't matters concerning Gensokyo be handled by Reimu Hakurei?"

“This matter has nothing to do with Gensokyo, so Reimu doesn’t need to get involved. After thinking about it, I think it would be better if you went.”

"I refuse. I don't have any more time to deal with other things right now. You should go find someone else."

With Yuuka Kazami's special training and Rhodes Island's various affairs... with Bai Jie absent, Chen is essentially the acting doctor, with too many things to handle every day, let alone time to deal with Yukari Yakumo's affairs.

However, just as Chen Gang was about to leave, a sentence that flew out of Yakumo Yukari's mouth made her stop.

"Even if this could bring you closer to Bai Jie's world, you still refuse?"

Bai Jie's world.

What Yakumo Yukari was referring to was not the other world that Bai Jie was currently in, but the world at the level that Bai Jie was in.

"How to say?"

"Actually, my family recently discovered a rather interesting world, and we sensed the presence of dragons in that world. Since you are a dragon, perhaps you could find some ways to improve your strength. By the way, I would also like to ask you to help me go to that world and see what the local customs are like."

Dragon.

Although she understood that Yukari Yakumo was tempting her, but—

"...I'll go back and explain things about Rhodes Island to Kal'tsit today, and tomorrow you'll take me to that world."

In order to get closer to Bai Jie, and to prevent him from venturing alone into a strange world, even an unknown one, Chen was determined to venture out.