I rely on myself

Chapter 27 Ikki's Talent
In the evening, Lin Yuan, Yihui and others gathered together to celebrate, celebrating that all of them had successfully passed the first round of the selection competition.

"Cheers" x6
"Ah." Stella drank the juice in the glass in one breath. "Sure enough, the food after the victory is especially delicious. I must eat enough this time."

"Oh, you are the princess of a country, but you eat so rudely. Can't you be as elegant as me? Right, brother?"

As she spoke, Shizuku picked up a piece of food and planned to feed it to Ikki, but Ikki was of course very resistant to this. After all, doing such an exciting thing in public was a huge challenge for a humble and gentle person like Ikki.

Just when Ikki didn't know how to refuse, Stella beside him couldn't bear it anymore.

"Hey, Shizuku, didn't you see that Ikki was resisting?"

Seeing this, Zhu Shizuku had no choice but to stop what she was doing and whispered, "Really, a country princess should just shut up and eat."

Stella, who was already angry, immediately retorted: "Ha, what on earth do you want to say?"

"Big Stomach Girl"

"little guy"

"Hamburger meat"

"Little Pudding"

Seeing that the two were arguing more and more fiercely, everyone immediately tried to comfort them, otherwise this rare celebration banquet would turn into a battle between this year's top freshman and the second-best freshman.

Although the two were no longer arguing, they were still hostile to each other. Arisuin, who had maxed out his social skills, immediately changed the subject.

"Although Lin Yuan performed very well in today's game, Ikki is more curious about how you saw through Kirihara's invisibility."

While saying this, Arisuin looked at Ikki, and Chione beside him was also very curious. Even Stella and Shizuku didn't bother to sulk when they heard this, and turned to look at Ikki, which showed that they both cared about this very much.

Looking at everyone's curious eyes, Yihui said modestly: "It's not as serious as you think. I just simply feel it."

"feel?"

Everyone was very confused to hear this unexpected answer.

"Yes." Ikki continued to explain: "If it weren't for Lin Yuan's guidance, I might not have thought that the nature of my <Imitation Sword Skills> was like this."

<Imitation Sword Technique> is a technique that Ikki has mastered in order to learn advanced swordsmanship.

It only takes one minute to see through most swordsmanship and master the entire swordsmanship - including skills, routines, and even how to respond to your own movements. Then correct all the shortcomings in the enemy's swordsmanship and weave a new set of swordsmanship that is compatible with the enemy.

Ikki once learned Stella Famillion's royal swordsmanship through this technique, and everyone present was also aware of this.

"On the night of the special training..."

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Back to Sunday night, after Stella left, Lin Yuan started special training with Yihui again.

Under Lin Yuan's pressure, Yihui improved at an extremely astonishing speed. He was hit by Lin Yuan's long stick from time to time, but later, even invisible long-range attacks, Yihui could react and resolve them all. But that was all. Although Yihui was able to stop being hurt, he could not confirm Lin Yuan's hidden figure, and could only passively resolve Lin Yuan's attacks, and finally collapsed on the ring again due to exhaustion.

Lin Yuan unlocked his invisibility and said to Yihui: "Although you can now remain unscathed even when you can't see the opponent's figure and attack, it is entirely due to your own amazing concentration and superb swordsmanship. It is not helpful at all for finding the opponent's figure, Yihui."

Hearing this, Ikki smiled bitterly. He also understood the problem. Although Ikki could remain unscathed under Lin Yuan's attack now, that was all maintained by his amazing concentration, which consumed a lot of physical strength. Once a long time passed, Ikki's own physical strength would be insufficient, and he would still be defeated.

Although Ikki knew the problem, he couldn't think of any solution. After all, he couldn't see through Lin Yuan's invisibility, let alone Kirihara Shizuya's.

Ikki thought about it over and over again, but still didn't know how to break Kirihara Shizuya's invisibility ability.

Looking at Yihui's distressed expression, Lin Yuan understood that the other party couldn't figure out the reason.

"So Ikki, why do you have to find a way to crack the opponent's ability? Can't you see through the opponent yourself?"

Faced with Lin Yuan's questions, Yihui was very confused.

"Lin Yuan, what are you talking about? I can't see through the other party, so we are training here. Do you want to find a way?"

"Ikki, what is your <Imitation Sword Skills>?" Lin Yuan did not directly answer Ikki's doubts, but instead raised a question.

Although Ikki was puzzled by this, he still replied: "＜Imitation of Sword Skills＞ is......"

After listening to Yihui's answer, Lin Yuan continued to ask: "Since you can see through all of the opponent's swordsmanship and learn it in just one minute, why can't you see through the opponent's actions? After all, for you, their structures should be the same."

Hearing this, Ikki suddenly realized that whether it is swordsmanship or people, the structure is the same. All actions are related to the root "concept". This can also be explained as values. As long as you infer the actions, interests, words, etc. of that person from there and understand them, you can know what that person is thinking at the moment. What actions will you take and what actions will your opponent take? Will he move forward or backward, attack or defend? All actions are easy to understand.

In this way, Ikki mastered the technique called "Complete Mastery".

The special training did not end thereafter. After Ikki mastered <Completely Mastered>, Lin Yuan continued, "Although this is enough to deal with Kirihara Shizuya, Ikki, there is still a lot of time. Do you want to continue?"

This time, Lin Yuan no longer just used invisibility to fight, but fully displayed most of his abilities, including various supernatural powers such as high temperature, ice, airflow, lightning, etc., coupled with ever-changing spiritual equipment and techniques that can fully utilize the above abilities.

Faced with such pressure, Ikki evolved again and realized the ability called "Mind's Eye".

It is not correct to say that he has realized it. It is better to say that he has brought into play his original abilities. Ikki's two abilities, whether it is "Imitation of Sword Skills" or "Complete Mastery", the foundation of these two techniques is "Mind's Eye".

<Mind’s Eye> is an ability that anyone can acquire, and it represents the pinnacle of human observation.

And Ikki has acquired this ability, which allows him to see through everything about his opponent and obtain his skills.

Now under Hayashimoto's guidance, Ikki no longer uses his <Mind's Eye> to focus on just one person, but instead gives up precision to gain a broader perspective.

At this point, Ikki saw the dust floating in the air, the vibration of the ground, and the trajectory of magic power, all of which were seen clearly by Ikki.

It was also at this time that Ikki's talent officially blossomed and bore fruit.

(End of this chapter)