High Martial Arts: Enlightenment after Practices

The thirty-second move.

The Illusion’s sword thrust toward Xu Wuyi’s left ribs.

Xu Wuyi didn’t dodge. Instead, he turned slightly, allowing the blade to pierce three inches into his muscle.

At the same time, his long spear thrust toward the Illusion’s right shoulder.

Trading injury for injury.

As the blade entered his flesh, intense pain shot through him.

But Xu Wuyi’s spear had also pierced the Illusion’s shoulder.

Dark golden Power of Heart Image surged along the spear’s shaft and erupted in the wound, igniting the familiar Undying True Flame.

Against an opponent of the Illusion’s caliber, his Power of Heart Image couldn’t lock on directly, forcing him to revert to the original way of casting the Undying True Flame.

The Illusion’s right arm trembled slightly.

The forty-fifth move.

The light from the Illusion’s sword rained down like a torrential storm.

Xu Wuyi weaved through the storm of blades. The number of wounds on his body grew, but none were fatal.

The Gravity Swamp constantly interfered with the Illusion’s Sword Momentum, causing the attacks that should have severed his neck or pierced his heart to always miss by a hair’s breadth.

Meanwhile, Xu Wuyi’s counterattacks landed on the Illusion time and time again.

The tip of his spear flicked open the Illusion’s collar, leaving a bloody gash on its chest.

The spear’s shaft smashed into the Illusion’s left leg, causing its steps to falter.

The forty-ninth move.

The Illusion’s sword once again glowed with a Qing light.

This time, the Qing light didn’t spread. Instead, it all converged on the sword’s edge, condensing into a single point.

Ultimate Compression, ultimate purity.

Xu Wuyi knew this was the decisive strike.

He likewise gathered all his Power of Heart Image into the tip of his spear.

The "sinking" of Heavy Water and the "burning" of the Golden Crow were forcefully merged at this moment.

A dark golden light swirled at the spear’s tip. Within it, a flow of Flame could be faintly seen, its weight fluctuating.

The fiftieth move.

The Illusion struck.

The sword light, like a single thread of Qing silk, sliced through space, sliced through the Gravity Swamp, and aimed straight for the spot between Xu Wuyi’s eyebrows.

Xu Wuyi thrust his spear.

The spear’s radiance, like a dark golden meteor carrying a heavy Mental Realm and scorching heat, met the thread of Qing silk.

For the instant they collided, time seemed to stand still.

Then—

BOOM!

The pure white space trembled violently.

The Qing sword light and the dark golden spear’s radiance exploded simultaneously.

The Illusion’s blade pierced Xu Wuyi’s left shoulder, only three inches from his heart.

The tip of Xu Wuyi’s spear pierced the Illusion’s right chest, only an inch from its lung.

Both retreated at the same time.

Blood scattered through the air.

The Illusion looked down at the wound on its chest, then looked up at Xu Wuyi.

Its figure began to fade.

[Match Over]

[Result: Draw (Both combatants have lost the ability to continue fighting)]

[Duration: One minute, twenty-two seconds]

[Attacks Endured: Fifty moves]

[Effective Counterattacks: Eighteen]

As the system prompts sounded, Xu Wuyi was already kneeling on one knee, supporting himself with his long spear.

His left shoulder was pierced through. His right ribs, left leg, and back all bore sword wounds deep enough to show bone, and blood stained his virtual combat suit.

But he was smiling.

His fourth attempt.

Fifty moves.

He had wounded the Illusion.

Though he was also severely injured, and though it was only a draw, this was the first time since the challenge began that anyone had lasted fifty moves against this Illusion and dealt effective damage.

The lid of the Virtual Cabin opened.

Xu Wuyi sat up inside the cabin, the intense pain causing him to let out a muffled groan.

"Don’t move!"

The medical team, already waiting nearby, immediately rushed forward and began treating his injuries.

Although the damage from a virtual battle doesn’t carry over into reality, the nerve pain and physiological reactions caused by the high Simulation Level were real and required immediate relief.

Wu Dingbo and Qiao Tongyu walked over to the cabin.

"Fifty moves." Wu Dingbo looked at the final data on the screen, his voice filled with unconcealable shock. "And you even wounded it."

Qiao Tongyu clapped Xu Wuyi on the shoulder. "Well done."

With the help of the medical staff, Xu Wuyi stepped out of the Virtual Cabin and sat down in a nearby chair.

The medical personnel gave him an injection of sedatives and nutrients to alleviate his mental fatigue and physiological stress response.

"The idea behind the Gravity Swamp was right," Xu Wuyi said, catching his breath. His voice was a little weak.

"But the drain is too great. Maintaining that Domain puts more than five times the previous load on my Heart and Spirit. I can only sustain it for about a minute."

"One minute, fifty moves. That’s more than enough," said Wu Dingbo. "The fact that you could find a countermeasure and successfully implement it in such a short time is a breakthrough in itself."

"But it’s not enough." Xu Wuyi shook his head. "I only barely managed a draw with it, and that was by trading severe injuries. If this were a real battle, neither of us would have survived."

Qiao Tongyu laughed. "What, you actually wanted to kill it?"

"I did," Xu Wuyi admitted frankly. "Since it’s an opponent, victory should naturally be the goal."

Wu Dingbo and Qiao Tongyu glanced at each other, both seeing the admiration in the other’s eyes.

This was the kind of spirit a Martial Artist should have.

"Let’s call it a day," Wu Dingbo said, checking the time. "You’ve already gone through four high-intensity battles in a row. Your Spirit and body are at their limits. Get some good rest and recover."

Xu Wuyi nodded. "Can I come back tomorrow?"

"Of course," said Wu Dingbo. "But you’ll only have one chance tomorrow. For a battle of this level, exploratory bouts aside, once a day is the limit. Any more than that will damage your foundation."

"Once is enough," Xu Wuyi said. "I need time to digest what I’ve gained today."

By the time he left the basement, the sky outside had already turned dark.

The night sky over Linjiang was rarely this clear, and a few sparse stars were visible.

Xu Wuyi sat in the car on the way back, closing his eyes to rest his mind.

In his sea of consciousness, the great dark golden marsh breathed slowly, repairing the damage from the battle.

Today’s four attempts had given him a completely new understanding of how to use his Heavy Water Heart Image.

Gravity wasn’t just for suppression or enhancing attacks. It could also be used to "lay formations," "set traps," and "create interference."

When countless minute changes in Gravity were combined, they could form a Domain capable of altering the course of a battle.

But this also exposed a problem: his control wasn’t precise enough.

There were still delays and errors in the placement and activation of the Gravity Seeds. If he could make it more precise and instantaneous, the Gravity Swamp’s effect would be even stronger.

And then there was the fusion of "heavy" and "burning"...

The strike from the tip of his spear, while immensely powerful, was a crude combination of the two forces, and the drain was massive.

If he could achieve a more natural fusion, both the efficiency and power of his attacks would rise to another level.

’I need more practice,’ Xu Wuyi thought.

The car stopped outside the residence Linjiang Martial Arts University had arranged for him.

It was a detached villa with a small courtyard, a quiet and secluded environment perfect for meditation.

...

The next morning, Xu Wuyi appeared punctually in the basement of the Qiao Family’s residence.

After a night of rest, his mental state had returned to its peak.

The great dark golden marsh breathed steadily in his heart, and the Golden Crow Illusion rose and fell in an orderly rhythm. The fatigue and pain from yesterday’s fierce battle had been completely transformed into deeper insight.

"How many times are you planning to challenge it today?" Qiao Tongyu was already waiting there, holding a cup of hot tea.

"Once," said Xu Wuyi. "General Wu said that once a day is the limit."

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