Chapter 232-4: Champion’s Lecture, The Way of Technique (4) |
He did not rush to start the next duel. He began rewatching the Champion Fighter’s lessons.
The benefit of recordings was that he could drag the progress bar at any time and watch the parts he could not understand repeatedly.
He could also slow the footage to see the Champion Fighter’s demonstration moves clearly.
This markedly improved learning efficiency.
During repeated viewings, one passage from the Champion Fighter left a deep impression on Phase Kill.
“The strongest combat technique is the use of Shi, turning one’s own emotions into a blade that cleaves the enemy’s mind.”
“You can understand Shi as a kind of invisible power. It originates in oneself, yet can influence the outside world. It can be soaring fighting spirit and the belief in victory, or it can be a cool head and precise judgment. The formation of Shi requires fusing one’s emotions, will, and spirit into one, turning the intangible into the tangible, making it a weapon for defeating the enemy.”
“Anger, fear, joy, any emotion can become the source of Shi. The key is not to be ruled by emotion, but to turn it into a killing tool against the enemy. For example, turn anger into a fierce offensive, and turn fear into a cautious defense.”
“This is a combat technique that turns emotion into a blade. It is not easy to master. It requires long-term training and tempering in real combat. But once mastered, it can push your potential to the limit.”
The reason he brought it up was to plant a seed in their hearts.
Perhaps someday in the future, it would take root and sprout in some warrior present, and ultimately grow into a towering tree.
The ‘Shi’ mentioned by the Champion Fighter made Phase Kill think of the Anti-Tide Legion training camp instructors’ courses.
He had watched every session’s edited clips uploaded to the forum.
Although the Anti-Tide instructors taught war techniques, there were still many techniques that could be used in real battle.
Shiasura, the chief instructor of the Grind Kings’ third training camp, had once explained the cultivation of Shi.
He said Shi could be understood as pressure.
It was an invisible power originating from a warrior’s inner emotions and will.
It could be understood as momentum, yet it far exceeded the scope of momentum.
It required the warrior to mobilize his own emotions and transform them into a force that could influence the outside world.
Its release required no energy consumption, yet it could change the surrounding environment.
But the process of learning Shi had no practical demonstrations, only theoretical explanation. After watching it twice, he decisively gave up at the time.
This time he had heard ‘Shi’ again from the Champion Fighter.
It stirred his strong interest in this special combat method.
But he did not plan to tinker with it for now. This was clearly a very hard technique to comprehend and would demand a massive investment of time and effort.
He planned to first comprehend what the Champion Fighter had explained, then go back to the arena and finish the remaining duel.
As for nine wins, there might be a chance, but he was more likely to be eliminated in the eighth win match.
The Champion Fighter had said that absolute numerical crushing of attributes was the key to victory, and technique was more of an aid.
The further the win count went, the higher the hunting level of opponents appearing.
He did not have much advantage in technique, and when facing many powerful warriors, both technique and attributes were crushed. The chance to win was low.
Thinking of this, Phase Kill suddenly turned to look at Guide hovering at his side.
“Brother Guide, regarding the strength crushing the Champion Fighter spoke of, how large is the span? How much higher must the opponent’s attribute values be than one’s own to count as complete crushing?”
In response, the Guide clone opened his eyelids.
“Absolute crushing theoretically has only two possibilities. The first is that the opponent can kill you with a casual strike, unavoidable. The second is that no matter what you do, you cannot inflict any damage on him.”
“Apart from these two forms of attribute level suppression, no matter how strong the opponent is, as long as in an all-out state you can dodge one attack or withstand one attack, it does not count as numerical crushing. You can win through technique.”
Hearing the explanation, Phase Kill was taken aback.
Guide’s positioning of combat technique was far higher than he had imagined.
He immediately asked.
“So even if the opponent’s attributes are three times mine, I still have a chance to win?”
“Not just three times. Even ten times is not a problem. The specific criterion is not how many times the opponent’s attributes are compared to yours, but the two standards I gave. If you can break past those two limits, it means you have a chance to win. This is the breakthrough from 0 to 1.”
“Got it. Thanks, Brother Guide.”
The Guide clone ignored him and closed his eyelids.
Guide’s explanation gave Phase Kill more anticipation for the path he had chosen.
It was like bosses in soul-like games. Even if the enemy crushed the player numerically and could kill the player in one strike, as long as you could dodge and deal damage, there was a chance to win.
This was the charm of technique and the way to win the against strong as the weak.
As Phase Kill immersed himself in learning combat techniques, heated discussion had already broken out in the livestream.
Guide’s answer also sent the arena players in the stream into ecstasy.
This meant the arena road of improving technique held infinite possibilities.
So long as it was not absolute numerical crushing, technique would grant them the power to overcome the strong with the weak.
At the same time, the Champion Fighter’s foundational course on combat techniques also caused quite a stir on the forum.
Among players, besides those who simply liked numerical crushing, there were many who wanted to improve combat skill.
But they lacked ways to improve. Skill improvement could only be accumulated through trial and error in real battles, with no systematic learning channel.
Although strategy players often posted combat teaching videos, those teachings skewed toward body arts, derived from real world fighting styles.
Applying blood and qi energy, controlling combat rhythm, shaping combat instinct… these were techniques those strategy players could not teach.
In contrast, the basic techniques mentioned by the Champion Fighter were better suited to players who had mastered Inherited soul abilities and were no longer ordinary people.
But in the learning process, a large number of players still had trouble understanding some of the techniques the Champion Fighter described.
Fortunately, strategy players on the forum carried out frame-by-frame analysis, breaking the teaching down into digestible parts.
When they encountered a problem they did not understand, strategy players would ask Guide, then add their own understanding to Guide’s answer and post it on the forum.
This was precisely the meaning of the forum exchange platform Qi Sheng had built.
Boasting and chatting were only incidental.
Intelligence exchange, technique teaching, and strategy sharing were the core goals.
Players who contributed enthusiastically on the forum were not without reward.
The tipping function in posts and the livestream tipping function were both channels for enthusiastic strategy players to monetize.
With a large fanbase, one would inevitably have considerable income.
For example, in this record-breaking challenge, Phase Kill successfully received over one hundred thousand in sacrificial power tips. Even after fees, he could net over seventy thousand in sacrificial power.
This was one of the reasons players were especially willing to share strategies, intelligence, and techniques.
This time, the Champion Fighter’s teaching course was also a chance for strategy players to ride the heat.
As the number of strategy analysis posts increased, a new melee craze ignited once again.