Age of Heroes, 10-game winning streak

"The stress period is the first threshold before reaching the first level of Transcendental. In my personal experience, the stress period shouldn't be too long, ideally within a month. Generally, the shorter the stress response, the easier it is to master the Transcendental skill. If it's prolonged, a second or third Transcendental skill might emerge... which usually means the original skill is weakened."

If you want to quickly stimulate your stress response, long-term exercise is essential. It's the prerequisite for reaching the stress stage. You also need stimulation from different aspects. Those who have never done bungee jumping can try bungee jumping or skydiving. Those who are afraid of ghosts can try locking themselves in the house and watching the entire Nightmare on Elm Street series at night. Those who are single can find a partner and torture themselves for a month. In short, whatever stimulation you can give... If you still can't trigger a stress response at this stage, then you may need to force yourself into a certain desperate situation.

"What exactly this desperate situation is can only be determined by the individual... Failing the mock exam is certainly a desperate situation in some sense."

"However, this kind of artificially induced stress response is, in a sense, a shortcut. To truly complete the stress phase and enter the transcendental realm, one only needs a single, correctly timed, and sufficiently long stress response... A true stress phase is long-lasting and sustainable, though this is often referred to as enlightenment or awakening. I'm not sure if this can be used as a reference, but in my personal experience, I entered a state of enlightenment during the third stress phase. The specific process..."

The essay is over a thousand words long, and its content can be said to be useful or useless.

It is useful because it is a practical experience sharing, but it is useless because it only provides reference rather than advice.

Stress reactions vary from person to person, and not everyone knows themselves particularly well... If watching a horror movie can trigger a stress reaction, you are still quite lucky, because most people are both afraid and not afraid.

After finishing the essay, Bai Yu suddenly heard a ding sound.

[Props: Su Ruoji's Diary]

【Collected: 1/4】

It's actually a collectible.

But it’s only one quarter, and I need to collect three more parts to be complete... What can I do once it’s complete?

Can you threaten Su Ruoji by saying, "You don't want your dark history to be exposed, do you?"

"How is it?" Tao Rusu interrupted his wandering thoughts.

"It's of no use to me." Bai Yu put the essay back into the box: "Take it back and keep it there. After all, it's Sister Su Ruoli's thing."

"I do have some ideas." Tao Rusu touched his chin and thought: "The best way to defeat fear is to face it..."

"What? You want to watch a horror movie? Then I'll introduce you to a black version of The Little Mermaid... Is it scary enough?"

Tao Rusu rolled her eyes: "I'm not afraid of ghosts, but I know what I'm afraid of."

"I'm afraid of so many things," Bai Yu counted on his fingers. "Unemployment, no job, no insurance for retirement, no money in my wallet, no wife in my life, and a 300,000 yuan betrothal gift..."

"Stop, stop, stop, what a mess." Tao Rusu put her hands on her hips. "If you don't have a job, go to the social assistance department. If you don't have insurance for retirement, go to the relevant department. If you don't have money in your wallet, you should reflect on whether you are spending too much. If you don't have a wife in your heart, go to the marriage registration office or the matchmaking bureau. I've never heard of a betrothal gift of 300,000 yuan. How much dowry should be given for such a high betrothal gift?"

Bai Yu's expression was filled with awe after hearing this: "For some reason, I've become more optimistic about this world and society."

"Nonsense." Tao Rusu snorted softly: "Let's stop here for today, it's almost evening..."

"Indeed, it's time to go back." Bai Yu stretched lazily: "We still gained something."

"I've hinted so clearly, and you're not going to treat me to a meal?" Tao Rusu glared, "I treated you to popsicles."

"I'm sorry, I only brought my keys with me today, but no money." Bai Yu took out his pockets and found they were empty. "I can treat you to a meal, but we have to stay and wash the dishes afterward. With our hand speed, we can even outsource the dishes to a few more stores without any problem. Maybe we can even earn back the money for breakfast for the next week."

Tao Rusu sighed, "I never thought that I, a freeloader, would be taken advantage of one day. I miscalculated... I'll remember to treat you next time."

Bai Yu patted his chest with a solemn vow: "Next time, I will!"

Although it sounded insincere, the little rascal still accepted it.

She went to the martial arts gym's bathroom, took a shower, and changed into casual clothes that were not usually worn.

It can only be said that the students' appearance is mostly hidden by their school uniforms. If they just change their clothes, they will look quite outstanding.

"Are you stunned?" Tao Rusu put one hand on her hip and stood like a model. "How would you rate it?"

Bai Yu didn't answer directly, but said: "I noticed something...You have very long legs."

"Isn't that obvious?"

"So your center of gravity is too high, so your upper body strength is not enough. Punching always causes your body to tilt. It's not that your lower body is not stable enough, but that your upper body's center of gravity is too floating."

"...You looked at my legs for ten seconds and that's the conclusion you came to?" Tao Rusu tilted her head, her eyes full of 'I don't understand': "Is your head filled with golden nanmu?"

"Then what should I say?" Bai Yu asked back, "Your legs are pretty nice. Can you sell them to me to use as a clothesline?"

"Pfft..." The receptionist who was drinking water couldn't help but spit it out: "Cough cough cough, hahaha, cough cough cough... Sorry, I'm so rude."

Tao Rusu took a deep breath and exhaled slowly: "I finally understand why you and Su Ruoli are still childhood sweethearts after all these years."

Bai Yu shook his head and said, "Don't get me wrong. After all, I'm not a true sage, much less a Buddhist disciple. Everyone has a natural love for beauty, but I don't use Sese as my primary mode of thinking. Granted, your legs are beautiful, but we're friends. Why should I look at you with tinted glasses?"

After listening to this, Tao Rusu looked a little strange, with a look of some emotion and some complexity.

"I don't know whether I should be happy that I have a new friend, or lament that my charm value has dropped."

"You are very attractive, but I would never take you as..."

"As if?"

"To be honest, real people are actually not as useful as pornographic pictures."

“…Get lost!”

The middle-aged people on the side drank tea and sighed: "It's good to be young. Modern young people are so open-minded."

"If we had discussed this ten or twenty years earlier, it would have been nothing more than public hooliganism."

"I can only say that times have changed. Now everyone can drive, and many women drive faster than men."

"I think it's because the guy is handsome and young."

"Well, now I have to mention the value of three love letters I received when I was young!"

……

Left the Black Water Martial Arts School.

Bai Yu stretched out his body. He was sweating all over and just wanted to go home and take a shower.

The two came to the bus stop, and the latter yawned lazily, and then stopped yawning.

"Look over there." Tao Rusu nudged Bai Yu's arm with her elbow.

Bai Yu looked away from his phone and just sent a text message to Su Ruoli.

'Are you there'

The latter replied immediately.

Before Bai Yu could see what she replied, his attention was drawn to the bus stop across the street.

It was already late afternoon, the sun was still scorching, and the air was a little hazy and distorted.

A thin man at the bus stop opposite was shouting something to the other end of the phone with a somewhat crazy expression.

"I've bought everything you wanted, what else do you want?"

"This is all I get in a month, and I'm giving it all to you. I'm almost malnourished from eating instant noodles all day!"

"Do you think it's enough if I give you my heart?"

"When have I never taken care of you? You've become like this, and I've been mean to you so many times!"

His eye sockets were red, even his eyes were red, and a dark aura was released from his body. The aura seemed violent just by looking at it, as if there were flying insects surrounding him.

The people around have already taken the initiative to avoid them.

"I just said I was sick and needed to withdraw some money from my salary card!"

"I took the bus to the hospital and came back alone, and you argued with me about this. Are you still a human being?"

"I, I've had enough of you!"

"Get out! Get out of here!"

"Just pretend I never gave birth to you!"

The man was so angry that he smashed the information terminal to the ground.

At the same time, the blood in his eyes and the hostility in his body could no longer be concealed. He gritted his teeth, his back was hunched, and his thin body actually began to swell.

He kept turning his head to look left and right like a wounded beast.

A sharp-eyed woman suddenly remembered something and shouted to the bus stop across the street: "Everyone, run! Get away from here!"

"He has fallen into the devil's body!"

Chapter 71: Fallen Demon Body

"Demon body?"

Bai Yu began to search for the answer in his mind.

This is not the first time I have heard of this related word, but it is the first time I have seen it.

Tao Rusu was more experienced. Her eyes flickered, "Fallen demon body... Does Nanling also have a kind of demon?"

"What kind of demon?"

"You can think of it as a source of pollution... But forget about it for now. He's about to fall into a demonic state. Once he does, he'll be instantly promoted to a higher level. We can't handle that!"

Tao Rusu hurriedly said, "Let's quickly notify the nearby patrol..."

Bai Yu frowned: "It may not be too late to notify now."

This is a bus stop. There are many people waiting nearby, all of them are ordinary people. Even if some of them have practiced martial arts, they are not extraordinary.

Seeing the middle-aged man in the fallen demon body roaring in pain, he looked around, and his muscles swelled up, his thin figure became strong, and his strong muscles were revealed under his torn clothes. His skin turned deathly gray, his nails turned white, his hair turned gray, and his eyes revealed a creepy violent aura.

"Die, they all deserve to die!"

He let out a vague roar and rushed directly towards the old man who was walking slowly beside him.

Bai Yu couldn't help himself when he saw this.

Tao Rusu tried to grab his wrist, but was immediately freed, and she only had time to pull off a button on his sleeve.

He bent down slightly, activated the Heroic Spirit projection for a moment, gained the gift of advanced precision, and picked up a piece of gravel the size of a goose egg from the ground.

He turned slightly to the side, his legs in a lunge stance, and moved like a baseball pitcher. He swung his right hand violently, and his entire right forearm swung in the air as if dislocated due to excessive force, and then it was put back into place.

The full-strength stone throwing attack takes effect.

The stone hit the head of the fallen demon. Although the stone was quite hard, it still shattered immediately after hitting the opponent's skull.

His forehead was smashed and bleeding, revealing the bones, but the wound healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Tao Rusu's anxious voice was heard at this time: "The people behind the fallen demon have a very strong life!"

"I can see it." Bai Yu complained. The blood was quite thick.

But the stone just thrown had successfully hit the demon, interrupting its further actions.

He rushed across four lanes without stopping, kicked up in the air, and hit the demon's chin with a knee. The two of them passed through the billboard on the bus stop at the same time.

Tear a tear in the beverage advertising sign.

After Bai Yu landed, he immediately performed two Fire King-style rolls to create distance.

"Hurry up and help the old man away!" he shouted to the people nearby.

A white-collar worker who had been running faster earlier turned around, gritted his teeth, dropped the coffee he was reluctant to let go of, and rushed over with several other people to lift the old man up and ran towards a nearby convenience store.

It was too late for Tao Rusu to follow because the light was green and several cars passed by. Others also held her back, saying, "Little girl, don't be impulsive!"

Bai Yu exhaled, shook his hands and feet, and twisted his neck, as if the Flame Dragon Knight and the Earth Tiger Knight had taken over.

Even at the first level of transcendence, he had fought against them before, and the actual gap was not as huge as imagined.

Moreover, the one before him was a skinny middle-aged man who had not undergone systematic training and had been transformed into a fallen demon. The threat he posed was not that great.

Too late to say.

The demon crouched and launched a sudden attack at a very fast speed, and the attack trajectory of its sharp claws was a set of turtle punches.

Bai Yu didn't intend to get hurt. Who knew if this evil energy was contagious? He didn't choose to use his arms to block it. After all, the claws looked sharp, and if he grabbed it, he would definitely be torn into pieces.

But his fist was supported by his head teacher, and he punched back.

Two sweeping punches followed by a lunge punch.

He blocked the demon's attack head-on and knocked it into a state of obvious stiffness.

Not wanting to miss the opportunity, Bai Yu rushed forward and directly performed half a set of military boxing.

The demon was beaten and screamed.

However, the damage was basically ineffective. His muscle defense was not low to begin with, and he recovered in a few seconds.

...Fists and feet are useless. It would be better if I had a weapon, but the Lionheart Spear cannot be used in public.