Alone and Infinite

She then glanced at the deep ditch beneath Li Xia's feet, her lips twitching.

The spell model for Resist Fire Ring is to generate a violent explosion centered on the caster.

By using mental force to control the direction of the explosion, the force spreads in a circular pattern, resulting in immense power. A normal person would be thrown hundreds of meters away by such a violent push.

That would have been enough for her to deal damage for several rounds, unlike now, where she's only dealing damage to a few monsters in the top ten.

This was the first time she had ever seen someone withstand the power of the ring of fire!

Li Xia felt as if her arms were immersed in hot water, warm and extremely comfortable.

It seems that the mage's combat strategy hasn't changed much; it's still about maintaining distance, and most of their skills are resistance, control, or displacement abilities.

Therefore, the key to fighting mages is to avoid giving them any space to maneuver.

In just a few seconds, countless thoughts and ideas had already passed through Li Xia's mind.

One proposal after another was generated, and then one after another was rejected.

Just then, a burning, stinging pain suddenly shot through my chest.

This is a warning signal from our senses!

Li Xia's body moved instinctively. As his true qi circulated, his body sprang to the left as if propelled by a spring.

"laugh--"

A bright red ray shot out from the staff, piercing through 'Li Xia' and leaving a deep trench in the ground.

Even the edges of the ravine were ablaze with flames.

Li Xia glanced to the side and saw his 'illusion' slowly dissipating a few meters away.

Just now, my body's instincts erupted completely, and with the simultaneous activation of True Qi and the Soaring Technique, I subconsciously used the Afterimage Fist.

"Clone Technique?"

The female mage's attack missed, and her expression grew increasingly grave. The monster opposite her seemed to have appeared out of nowhere.

"Your Highness, what's wrong?"

Aowu noticed that Li Xia seemed to have a smile on his face, but it quickly disappeared, and his posture, which was originally preparing to attack, also changed.

It's more like a defense.

"Nothing—" Li Xia stood still, waiting for the female mage opposite him to pull out more new things.

Winning is not the goal; the goal is to learn from each other through competition, increase one's inner strength, and that is the true purpose.

"I just think I've grasped something new."

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Chapter 132 Instant!

Winnie found this battle utterly bizarre.

First, there was this one player who suddenly appeared out of nowhere, a top 100 player in the arena. He really did appear out of nowhere.

The arena is arguably the place most frequented by all the apostles, and it is also one of the main sources of practical combat experience.

Let alone the top 100, even the top 500 apostles are names that everyone has at least heard of.

A 10-game winning streak and a jump in rankings?

Winnie frowned; 100th place was exactly the limit for ranking jumps.

From level 100 onwards, you can only engage in normal battles.

What Winnie couldn't understand the most was what the man opposite her was doing!

He stood about several dozen meters away, without attacking.

He was merely on the defensive, and his probing attacks were all dodged by the skill that allowed him to leave behind illusory clones in place.

Could it be that you're using me as practice?

Winnie felt a surge of humiliation and anger rising within her.

As a second-tier core member of the Nightingale guild, a second-tier guild, Winnie always felt that mages were too weak in the early game.

Not only is his mana low, but his skills are also not yet fully developed, putting him at a significant disadvantage when fighting melee opponents.

Many times in arena battles, I ran out of mana and unfortunately lost. If I had more mana and more skills...

Winnie is even confident she can make it into the top 20!

She bit her lip, the faint, alluring smile on her face completely gone, and stared coldly at Li Xia not far away.

He exuded a chill that was completely different from the surrounding fire.

The staff was raised high, and the raging flames around it seemed to be drawn by some invisible force, forming a huge vortex of fire that converged towards the staff.

It coalesced in the air into a blazing white fireball.

This is Winnie's special move—Fire Supernova!

Without a word, she waved her staff and locked onto Li Xia with her mental power, preparing herself to use her skills to create distance should Li Xia charge at her.

"Your Highness, this skill seems very powerful."

The fireball landed on Li Xia's shoulder with a roar. In terms of sheer destructive power, this fireball is definitely the most powerful skill he has encountered so far.

"By the way, what was that you just thought of?"

"about there."

Li Xia straightened up, and to Winnie's astonishment, suddenly jumped lightly twice on the spot, then stretched her limbs.

"I just figured out—how exactly to use skills."

How should I use the skills?

Amidst the horrified stares of the onlookers, Li Xia's body suddenly trembled, and he knelt on the ground, as if an invisible pressure was suddenly pouring down from the sky.

Li Xia's feet even left two deep imprints on the ground.

"hiss------"

The scorching air was slowly inhaled into the lungs, and the entire breath was concentrated!

"boom!!"

A tremendous force exploded, and Aowu was swept away by the shockwave, tumbling and flying.

A crater suddenly appeared on the ground, and soil was sprayed out and evenly sprinkled behind it.

In the center of the pit, an incredibly realistic phantom figure still knelt on the spot.

But Aowu's gaze was already drawn to something dozens of meters away.

In what seemed like less than a second, Li Xia had already covered a distance of several dozen meters and arrived in front of Winnie.

A hand grabbed Winnie by the neck, lifted her up, and pressed her against a large tree.

The terrifying fireball, now free from the constraints of mental energy, was expanding and contracting erratically, its flames flickering.

Finally, it exploded into a sky full of flames.

Winnie struggled, her smooth, straight legs beneath her mage robes kicking twice, even sending her high heels flying off.

But the hand gripping his neck was as firm as an iron clamp.

From her perspective, behind Li Xia was a sky full of flames, the shockwave from the explosion ruffled her hair, and her eyes, illuminated by the firelight, seemed to glow.

The corners of his mouth curled up slightly, as if he were smiling, or perhaps mocking.

Winnie stopped struggling, but looking at Li Xia's handsome face, she felt her face getting hot, whether it was the firelight or something else.

Your opponent has surrendered; you have won!

Current Arena Rank: 100

Li Xia left the arena immediately and hurriedly arrived at the training ground with Aowu.

You have unlocked the Free Practice Area.

Only then did Aowu ask in a low voice, "Your Highness, have you gained some insight?"

Li Xia nodded with a smile on her face:

"I was thinking about how to break through the mage's defenses as quickly as possible, and that's when it suddenly came to me."

Aowu nodded thoughtfully:

"That final sprint?"

"Correct!"

Li Xia squatted down, and an invisible pressure seemed to envelop his entire body once again, making all the bones in his body crack and pop.

He then shook his head and stood up, as if the pressure had vanished without a trace.

"No, I didn't time it well just now—"

He simply sat down cross-legged and said to Aowu:

"There are many kinds of power in martial arts. Some of them are things we can generate normally, while others are difficult for us to imitate."

For example, the "Beng Jin" technique trains explosive power in a short period of time.

But actually, the greatest force in the body is—surprise!

Li Xia raised a finger: "Sneezing and shivering are actions that are difficult to control, but the power that bursts out in an instant is terrifying and even impossible to imitate."

A sneeze can expel an airflow equivalent to a Category 15 hurricane—that's an incredibly powerful burst of air.

Awoo listened quietly. It didn't really understand this, after all, it wasn't human, it was Awoo.

"When the apostle on the other side attacked me with light, my body moved on its own and I dodged the attack."

I suddenly thought, could we make use of this bodily instinct?

So I've been experimenting and defending myself.

Li Xia became more and more excited as she spoke, explaining that the method was both simple and complex.

First, by using the reverse application of the aerial maneuver, one flies in the opposite direction, which is equivalent to artificially applying multiple times the force of gravity to the body.

When the body suddenly feels heavy, all the muscles in the body are mobilized, taking advantage of this moment.

Mobilize your strongest power to rush forward, and adjust the direction of the force of the aerial technique the instant you rush out.

Reduce the force on the body to almost zero gravity.

Like pressing a spring, first press the spring all the way down, then suddenly release it.

During the sprint, one must also mobilize all the true qi in the body and use the extreme burst of the flying technique to provide a huge thrust forward.

This allows for a sprint speed that exceeds the limits.

Furthermore, the above steps need to be completed within a fraction of a second; even the slightest mistake will lead to an error.

Even in the arena just now, Li Xia didn't actually finish; he only completed half of it.

But that half increased his speed by almost double.

Aowu was dumbfounded. How could someone come up with so many things just from a fight?

"It's not over yet—"

Li Xia shook his finger and slapped his hand on the ground:

"Wow, I've also discovered a pretty powerful way to dodge!"

Chapter 133 Three-Pointed Double-Edged Sword

"A method of dodging?"

"Um--"

Li Xia stood up. It was too troublesome to explain verbally, so he simply brought up the training ground panel in the hall.