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Bai Ye opened her eyes.

The lake remained calm, without a ripple, like a perfectly smooth mirror.

"bring it on."

Bai Ye drew his sword.

As if it were a signal, another white night slowly emerged from the void on the other side.

"Don't repeat the same mistake as last time... I'm going to ruin this painting again!"

Xi's voice came from the side.

Bai Ye nodded.

Yes, we must avoid that outcome; otherwise, repeating the same attempt would be pointless.

Then, the instant their eyes met, their eyes simultaneously emitted a silver light.

Speed ​​up your thinking, get started!

"Oh well... it'll probably have to be restarted again..."

Everything went black before my eyes.

It feels like the ending is going to repeat itself.

Chapter Thirty: The First Before the First

There's no way around it; if you don't quicken your thinking when you meet someone, you simply won't have any chance.

Because Bai Ye knows himself best. He certainly knows how difficult the other side of himself is to deal with.

In truth, Xi had no way of replicating Bai Ye, even though she was an incarnation of the Sui Beast, no different from a giant beast. However, she clearly did not possess such terrifying computational abilities.

As mentioned before, the so-called dream is nothing more than a revolving scroll of self-questioning and answering, and Bai Ye deliberately amplified this process.

The "self" that appeared before him at this moment was actually no different from the illusion he had created with his own abilities, except that it had taken away half of Bai Ye's computing power.

In other words, Bai Ye was indeed fighting with both hands simultaneously at this moment, but it was happening in his mind.

However, such a massive and infinitely increasing amount of data processing is clearly beyond what Xi's single painting can contain or bear, and Xi also has no way to evolve such a terrifying amount of data.

It's probably the only outcome that it will burst.

And now, the second time, it will probably repeat the ending of the last time...

Silver light gleamed in the eyes of two identical figures in the night sky, and an invisible clash was taking place, imperceptible to most ordinary people. Although only a moment had passed, the number of attacks and defenses exchanged between the two sides was already countless.

The database in Bai Ye's mind was simply too vast. It contained records of his training since childhood, his combat experience from six versions of the game, and then the two years after his transmigration...

Earth's, players', Terra's... all sorts of moves and techniques have formed a terrifying ocean.

Every drop of water there can be used by White Night.

The two individuals share the same database, meaning they can each select corresponding weapons as strategies to counter each other's changes.

Almost exactly the same result as the first attempt, Xi had basically given up, and she was prepared for the scroll to be crushed.

……

However, this time, the unexpected still occurred. It was Bai Ye again who proactively made the change; after all, he knew he couldn't repeat the previous outcome. At a certain point in the unspoken clash and defense, Bai Ye suddenly stopped calculating.

A silver light shimmered in his eyes, and his accelerated thinking state did not end. However, Bai Ye no longer calculated or constructed a tree diagram of his opponent's action patterns, nor did he explore the most suitable path.

Bai Ye stopped in his tracks, while his opponent, the one who had taken away half of his computing power, continued on.

However, in Bai Ye's eyes, the opponent had already completely forbidden it.

……

Accelerated thinking, in essence, is a modification of the brain. It allows the brain to process far more information, boosting thinking ability, judgment, and reflexes to terrifying levels—at least a thousandfold. Only through such modification and adjustment can individuals be competent for interstellar travel missions, handling vast amounts of complex and varied information.

This ability became increasingly outrageous with each addition of points, and when Bai Ye's mental attribute approached 100 points, a mutation occurred.

At this moment, in Bai Ye's eyes, time seemed to have completely stopped. He had used this ability often in the past, but only as a side effect; moreover, in order to spare mental energy for calculations, he would at most enter "bullet time," far from being as thorough as he was now.

"What can I do now...?"

Bai Ye felt her mind go blank.

Previously, he only used this ability to collect data on his opponents. After building models and action tree diagrams and exploring paths, he devoted almost all his mental energy to continuous calculations.

In the subsequent battles, Bai Ye never entered bullet time, let alone the current state that is almost like time stop.

However, it seemed that there was nothing Bai Ye could do at this moment.

Although his thoughts, his spirit, and his consciousness accelerated to an incredibly terrifying state, and the world seemed to have almost completely stopped in his eyes, his physical body remained on the physical level.

Simply put, it's obvious that his body cannot accelerate to 1000 times.

His body couldn't keep up with his consciousness, so aside from thinking, he couldn't do anything else in this world where time had stopped. Unless, of course, he forcibly activated his body, achieving complete physical acceleration. After all, consciousness could control the body; however, Bai Ye didn't know what would happen after that control ended.

Even with his near-100 points of physical attributes, his body would likely be unable to withstand the acceleration of a thousand times.

No, no, even 100 times would be too much.

It would probably be torn to pieces... If it were 1000 times larger, it would probably have burned to ashes due to friction and heat. You can get the result just by simulating it in your head.

Does that mean there's nothing we can do?

Bai Ye stared at the frozen world and time before him, as if he had stopped thinking.

If he were to attack his opponent in this state, the opponent would likely be too slow to react. Because by the time he noticed the change in Bai Ye's body, Bai Ye's attack would already be over. After all, in Bai Ye's perception, time stands still.

It's like attacking someone while time is stopped, and by the time time resumes, the attack is already complete. The moment the attack is initiated and the moment it is completed are almost simultaneous, with negligible error in between.

This is an attack that surpasses even the most prescient and predictive attacks, including those of Baiye. Because it's a preemptive strike before the opponent can react, it can achieve almost 100% accuracy, unleash full destructive power, and strike at the opponent's weak points.

It can also be called a frontal assassination.

Or rather, the earliest of the early.

It's actually very similar to the attack after Bai Ye explores the path, but it lacks the time and process of collecting, analyzing, and calculating data beforehand. It can complete a preemptive attack that guarantees a hit without having to go through this process.

Moreover, the attack started and ended simultaneously, almost like a time stop, which is terrifying.

So, the question is, is there any way to launch an attack in this state?

Physical attacks are difficult to be effective unless he can make his physical speed as fast as his mental speed, similar to Kabuto's Clock Up and 555 Acceleration Mode.

It's not possible right now.

However, Bai Ye was not entirely helpless.

Because there is something else that can transcend physical speed limits, and that is what Bai Ye is currently using.

spirit.

Or rather, consciousness.

Just as Bai Ye's consciousness accelerated to the point where he could perceive the standstill of time in the outside world, if this thing could be used for offense, it could bypass the limitations of physical speed.

In a state of being at the very beginning, only the spirit can be utilized.

Chapter Thirty-One: The Sword Severs the Flesh, the Heart Severs the Soul

"There's still plenty of time..."

Although physically Bai Ye was in a state of stagnation, just like his opponent, his thoughts were accelerated to a factor of over 1000. Therefore, in this state, even a second was stretched to an unbelievable length, giving Bai Ye ample time to think.

On the other side, the "self" that Bai Ye had created by splitting off half of his mental and computational power in his subconscious was still using a lot of mental and computational power to explore the path, so he had not actually entered Bai Ye's current state.

In this state, if one can attack the opponent directly through consciousness, the attack will start and end almost simultaneously, and will not trigger super-intuitive reflexive evasion.

Once you've figured out what method to use to defeat your opponent, you've already completed more than half the work.

After deciding what to do, the remaining task is naturally to figure out how to do it.

Fortunately, Bai Ye had some understanding of consciousness or spirit. He was no stranger to this kind of power.

The dean of the Loyalty Academy once told him:

"Human consciousness is remarkable. I think this is exactly what has been said: if you change your perspective, the whole world will change. It is a passion that can turn light and shadow, fortune and misfortune, sun and moon upside down."

To prepare them for interstellar travel, their parents were selected as infants, subjected to genetic screening and testing, and subsequently underwent genetic modification surgery. Some of these modified individuals awakened supernatural abilities.

As the offspring, Bai Ye and his group inherited the genes of their parents, and the best among them also possessed supernatural abilities.

The specific manifestation of this ability is that consciousness and spirit can influence the physical universe, and it also possesses abilities similar to telepathy. This phenomenon breaks with the traditional view that matter is primary and consciousness is secondary, and is indeed somewhat idealistic. However, some argue that when spiritual power emerges, this ability is actually a form of material manifestation, and therefore not idealistic.

Bai Ye wasn't particularly good at philosophical or intellectually demanding topics, but he knew that Zhongsi Academy had a dedicated research institute for psychic abilities, where many people were responsible for researching and developing such supernatural abilities.

As a candidate with the potential for supernatural abilities, Bai Ye had naturally undergone training there. Therefore, he possessed a certain theoretical foundation for the application of consciousness and mental abilities.

Moreover, Bai Ye was no stranger to mental power. After all, this thing was actually linked to Originium Arts, and although Bai Ye was a Nine-Intelligence Warrior before, he had also specifically strengthened this aspect after transmigrating.

Things are different now. While he can't be considered a master of magic, and certainly can't compare to the tower sorcerers of Letania or the top magicians of Rhodes Island, he has still achieved some success, at least far surpassing most ordinary sorcerers.

Bai Ye hadn't invested much experience points in leveling up his skills, but this overpowered guy possessed authority, giving him a deeper understanding of magic than ordinary people. More importantly, Bai Ye's mental attribute was simply too high.

There's a strange beauty in his numerical values, which is enough to enhance his Originium Arts adaptability.

Logically speaking, with such high mental strength, he should have been able to easily influence the physical realm long ago. However, Bai Ye had never realized this before. Wouldn't it be more convenient and direct to use mental strength to activate power, and wouldn't that be more effective and risk-free?

Therefore, Bai Ye subconsciously confined his mental energy within his body and never released it outward to break through the limitations of his body.

However, it is clear that this cannot continue. Bai Ye needs to let his spirit break through the limitations of his physical body.

First, Bai Ye gathered his scattered thoughts and entered a state similar to focusing his attention and listening intently, with a mind as clear as a mirror. This was actually not difficult to achieve, since Bai Ye had long ago been able to easily enter a state of clarity where his mind was unmoved by external things.

Next, it was time to break through the limitations of mental power. Bai Ye did not choose to simply release his mental power, but instead chose to enter the more demanding state of nothingness, where all phenomena are without self.

In this state, Bai Ye believes that he himself does not exist, and that his body has merged into all things. Therefore, at this moment, his essence is considered non-existent, yet omnipresent.

When Bai Ye entered this state, he suddenly felt a sense of ease and freedom, as if he had been freed from constraints. He was surprised to find that he seemed to be able to move freely, while the world remained still, indicating that he had not escaped the relative time-stop state of hyperaccelerated thinking.

What is free is not his physical body, but his consciousness that has broken free from its constraints.

Bai Ye strolled leisurely to the other "self" and then casually reached out and placed his hand on "him".

The next moment, Bai Ye stopped his accelerated thinking, and his consciousness returned to his body. The world around him began to flow again.

Time began to flow again. Or rather, although time never stopped, it did slow down briefly in the world of white night.

Bai Ye's body was in a very relaxed state, and this change was naturally incorporated into the next step of the "he" opposite him.

However, just as he was about to act, his body inexplicably froze. He lowered his head expressionlessly and saw his body collapsing.

"It seems the attack was effective." Bai Ye breathed a sigh of relief.

The attack started and ended simultaneously, so much so that even Bai Ye "himself" didn't have time to react.

At the same time, both the "White Night" and the mirror-like lake in front of White Night vanished in an instant...

After the world spun around, Bai Ye returned to Xi's pavilion.

"So this is the realm of a master swordsman: the sword cuts through the flesh, and the heart cuts through the soul..."

Bai Ye suddenly realized something, looked down at his hands, and muttered to himself.

Upon opening the game system panel, sure enough, the skill originally described as "Cold Weapon - Swordsmanship (Expert - Master)" on Bai Ye's personal attribute panel had finally transformed into "Swordsmanship Master".

"It seems there's no difference?"

There was no transformative feeling after breaking through to a new level. Everything seemed perfectly natural, calm and serene.

This is normal, after all, Bai Ye's combat strength is already at the master level, that is, the grandmaster of the Great Yan Dynasty. Moreover, his abilities are the nemesis of ordinary martial artists.

Now it's just a matter of changing our way of thinking and developing a new technique; skill upgrades and breakthroughs are a natural consequence.

Chapter Thirty-Two: The Master

[Cold Weapons - Swordsmanship (Expert - Master)]

Description: Countless training sessions and battles have made you adept at using weapons; they are an extension of your body. As a swordsmanship expert, you have found your own way of the sword.

At the end of your path, your martial arts will undergo a transformation.

Note: "Holding a murder weapon requires awareness; it must not be done out of vanity or curiosity."

In fact, Bai Ye's skills were originally between expert and master, and even among masters, he was an extremely powerful fighter. This had nothing to do with realm; it was simply that his skills had reached their limit.