Sweeping both worlds: Starting from idealistic martial arts

Chapter 550 The Aura of Intelligence Degradation!

A quiet interior.

Fang Can leaned against the wall, silently watching the girl who was cultivating.

With the added advantage of her aptitude for martial arts and the support of the magnificent environment of this world, the girl's cultivation level continued to rise.

In just a short while, a hypercube of approximately G (12434) dimensions was constructed within the dantian!
This is the invincible advantage of the Mind-Based Martial Arts: switching to any system is incredibly smooth, and one's aptitude is 100% certified as an absolute prodigy by that system.

But as he waited patiently, the whole world began to change miraculously.

Flowers bloom in the tranquil room, greenery covers the carpet, load-bearing walls transform into ancient trees, and the bed becomes a rock...

The teapot, cups, and windows that were originally there have vanished into nothingness, just like a transition in a movie!

The sudden change was so rapid that even Fang Can didn't have time to react.

By the time they realized it, the entire indoor environment had undergone a complete transformation.

Watching the thick wall behind me transform into an ancient tree, I heard the chirping of birds overhead and the clear, melodious sound of flowing water in my ears.

In an instant, the two of them seamlessly leaped from a quiet indoor space into a bright, sunny forest!

Not only the external world, but even the power within the two of them has undergone a tremendous change.

Fang Can felt the heavy laws pressing down on him suddenly lighten.

His power, which had been suppressed to the point of being a super-explosive building by heaven and earth, had jumped to the stellar level in a short instant!

Clearly, in this ever-changing world, the suppression of martial artists has been greatly reduced.

'What exactly happened in this world?' Fang Can frowned, sensing the dramatic changes around him.

Not only him, but even the girl who had been focused on her cultivation felt the change in power and looked up at Fang Can in surprise.

The two exchanged a glance, both seeing the surprise in each other's eyes.

Clearly, the sudden changes in the world were beyond their expectations.

"Roar~~~~"

Just as the two were staring at each other, a roar that shook the entire world came.

The two looked up and gazed at each other. Through the branches overhead, they saw a giant dragon tens of thousands of meters long soaring through the clouds in the far distance, its wings covering the sky.

With a flap of its wings, it stirred up a hurricane that easily dispersed the surrounding clouds.

A terrifying force propelled the dragon soaring through the sky at thousands of times the speed of sound, creating a vast trail visible to the naked eye.

Clearly, the suppression in this world is not as severe as in the previous world, resulting in an increase in expressive power.

He turned to look at the girl and asked, "To what extent has your strength recovered?"

Fang Shuyue looked at her soft, delicate hands and said, "I can probably crush a 300-cubic-meter block of concrete in one blow."

Fang Can nodded slightly and said, "Okay, then let's explore this world and see what happens."

After obtaining the girl's consent, the two figures disappeared from the spot almost instantly.

After his strength increased, many abilities were naturally unlocked. After sensing the location where the crowd was gathered, Fang Can immediately used spatial teleportation to get there.

Meanwhile, in Guiyuan City within the Song-Mongol martial arts world—

Liu Xingwen earnestly recounted to City Lord Ye Guiqian the extraordinary encounter outside the city, the descent of an immortal, the annihilation of a centurion with a single palm strike, and the annihilation of dozens of iron cavalry with a single punch.

When he got excited, his hair and beard stood on end, and his eyes gleamed with an almost fanatical light.

Ye Guiqian frowned deeply as he listened to this fantastical tale, his doubts growing ever stronger.

Fairy?

Since the legend of the immortals disappeared more than a hundred years ago, it has long since become just idle gossip in the marketplace.

But Liu Xingwen, a renowned figure in the martial arts world and a chivalrous hero throughout his life, was not one to speak carelessly, and there was no need for him to lie!

The immortal techniques he described were far beyond the comprehension of ordinary grandmasters... Could it be... there really is a glimmer of hope?
"Lord Ye, may Heaven bless the Song Dynasty!"

Liu Xingwen grabbed Ye Guiqian's arm: "The immortal is of unparalleled grace and extraordinary bearing, and is currently resting in my humble abode! City Lord, please come with me to pay your respects. Once you see him with your own eyes, you will know that what I said is true!"

Looking at the undeniable fervor in Liu Xingwen's eyes, and thinking of the Mongol army pressing in from outside the city, Ye Guiqian felt that even if there was only a one in ten thousand chance that it was true, it was worth a try!
"it is good!"

Ye Guiqian slammed his hand on the table and stood up abruptly: "If a celestial being truly descends, it will be a blessing for our Great Song Dynasty and a boon for all the people on the border! Senior Liu, please lead the way at once!"

The two disregarded their decorum, hastily straightened their clothes, and rushed out of the city lord's mansion.

To show their sincerity, the two did not choose a carriage, but instead walked all the way.

The wandering swordsmen on the road looked at the two people hurrying along with puzzled expressions, and then stepped forward to ask them questions.

Soon, through Liu Xingwen's animated description, in which he pointed to the heavens and swore an oath, they learned that an immortal had descended to earth, and curiosity appeared on their faces.

Subconsciously, they followed the two of them and headed towards Fang Can's residence.

"Elder Liu said that an immortal has come from outside the city!"

"An immortal? Killed dozens of Mongol cavalrymen with a single palm strike? Is that for real?"

"Elder Liu is a highly respected and virtuous man; how could he speak recklessly? Go and see for yourself!"

Countless wanderers and city dwellers, whether surprised, curious, or eager to try their luck, flocked to the streets.

They trailed far behind Ye Guiqian and Liu Xingwen, forming a winding stream of people that converged on the mansion in the east of the city.

As these people hurried forward, they soon arrived at the gate of the mansion.

Outside the door, Ye Guiqian and Liu Xingwen exchanged a glance and shouted in unison, "On behalf of all the people of Guiyuan City, we, the Lord of Guiyuan City, earnestly request the Immortal Master to come out of the mountains and save the Song Dynasty from its impending doom!"

After saying this, the two of them bowed deeply towards the door in front of the crowd, under the watchful eyes of the people.
quiet--

The room fell silent in the face of the two cheers.

Faced with absolute silence, a sense of tension rose in both of them. Then, Ye Guiqian shouted again, "I beg the Imperial Advisor to save the country!"

It remained silent.

Amidst the growing murmurs and unrest around them, the two waited outside the door for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn before pushing open the gate with suspicion.

Before long, after confirming that the entire mansion was empty, Liu Xingwen stood frozen at the door, his face drained of color, his eyes filled with utter bewilderment and disbelief.

Facing the questioning gazes of Ye Guiqian and the people of Guiyuan City, he murmured, "Where...where is the immortal? He was clearly here just now..."

"The immortal must have had something to attend to and has temporarily left. Yes, that must be it. He must still be in the city now!"

Liu Xingwen looked at Ye Guiqian like a drowning man grasping at a straw: "I trouble the city lord to search the entire city and find the immortal's whereabouts!" "Or maybe we should just give up." Ye Guiqian looked at the old man in front of him, whose expression had collapsed, and the dissatisfaction that had arisen from being mocked gradually disappeared.

After all, he's over seventy years old, and it's normal to have some delusions and hallucinations at that age.

……

In another world, within a city with a Western fantasy style.

The streets were bustling with people, with countless humans and orcs moving about.

No one noticed that two people suddenly appeared in the corner.

"This is the city-state of this world," Fang Can said calmly. "The entire city has a population of about 500 million, which is not an exaggeration for the Middle Ages, where people possessed extraordinary powers."

As he spoke, Fang Can looked at the boy surrounded by the crowd in the distance and said, "According to my calculations, that boy is the strongest in the entire city."

At this point, Fang Can added, "The one with the biggest gap is the strongest!"

Following Fang Can's gaze, the girl turned her head to look.

Amidst the bustling crowd, a somewhat shy boy in the very center held a wooden sword and stared with extreme panic at the young man holding a spear in front of him.

"Dad, are you sure you're not mistaken?" Fang Shuyue asked, somewhat puzzled. "This young man doesn't seem like the strongest at all."

"Because you've been trapped in a cognitive cage!"

Fang Can laughed and said, "This man carries a cognitive dissonance barrier that is enough to distort anyone's perception."

"No one, including the boy himself, believes he is the strongest."

In this distorted perception, everyone underestimates the boy's strength, and even the boy himself feels weak.

As Fang Can spoke, a roar erupted from the spearman's mouth:

"Hey! You're just a low-level E-rank mercenary! How could you possibly defeat an ancient dragon!"

Faced with the spearman's questioning, the shy boy asked doubtfully:
"What ancient dragon are you talking about? I just fought a lizard that looked really big. Are you sure you haven't mistaken me for someone else?"

"I don't know why my teammates died at the hands of such a weak lizard. I'm very confused too."

Upon hearing the boy's explanation, the spearman sneered, "Don't play dumb. The one you killed was the legendary S-class ancient dragon."

"Everyone else who was in your team, including A+'s older brother, died, but you survived and even brought back the Ancient Dragon's Dragon Crystal!"

"Speak! Did you embezzle the legacy your teammates risked their lives for?! You didn't even kill that ancient dragon!"

Upon hearing the spearman's question, the boy's expression immediately changed to one of sudden realization, and he thought to himself:
"So that's how it is. No wonder I killed that dragon so easily; it was severely injured by your teammates!"

In an instant, his doubts about the so-called ancient dragon vanished. He realized that he was still so weak and needed to work even harder.

Just then, the spearman's eyes flashed with angry hostility, clearly displeased with the boy's act of taking advantage of the situation.

Seeing this mere E-rank mercenary, he, a C-rank mercenary, immediately prepared to teach him a lesson and, incidentally, take the magic crystal for himself.

Thinking of this, he pointed the tip of his gun at the boy and said, "You, an E-rank mercenary, are not worthy of that Primordial Dragon Crystal. Hand it over immediately, or I won't be polite!"

Before he could even finish speaking, the spearman thrust his spear forward, aiming to intimidate the boy.

But this so-called shot seemed incredibly slow to the boy.

'What's going on? Are they deliberately letting me win?' Karen was immediately moved.

He thought that the senior was deliberately saving face for him, so he gently waved the wooden sword in his hand.

Clang——! !

The wooden sword is understated and simple.

Bart's tiger's mouth exploded, and his spear shattered into pieces! He was sent flying backward like a cannonball, crashing through three rune stone walls in succession!
Emerging from the smoke, the spearman, writhing in pain, was utterly bewildered: 'How is this possible! How come this guy's wooden sword didn't break when I struck it?!'

What he didn't know was that the wooden sword in Karen's hand was actually forged from a branch of the World Tree, and it was something that his tempered steel spear could not withstand.

"As expected, the senior is very lenient with me. He even didn't want to damage the wooden sword that I casually picked up."

With tears in her eyes, Karen threw herself into the dust and cried out, "Senior Bart! Why did you deliberately break my weapon and make me..."

"Did I give way?" The man asked, his eyes filled with confusion. The initial surprise at this so-called E-level mercenary instantly turned into a sense of entitlement.

They said, "How could a mere E-level mercenary possibly defeat a C-level one?"

"Scattered soldiers!" Fang Can made a precise assessment of the boy in front of him who truly thought he was a pig.

After a while, the noise gradually subsided, and Karen, still an E-rank mercenary, looked at the fragile dragon crystal in his hand.

He said that after absorbing it, he didn't feel any increase in power. It turned out that the energy inside had been exhausted in the battle with those A-rank seniors.

'Sigh, I can't even beat a D-rank hero right now. I need to train even harder.' Karen thought to herself as she walked into the alley.

Immediately, a fist slammed into the back of his head from behind.

Feeling that the surrounding space was completely sealed off, the boy was knocked unconscious by a punch as soon as he became alert.

Fang Can looked at the unconscious boy in front of him and kicked him in disgust, thinking how he had made him watch such an idiotic performance.

Kneeling down, Fang Can turned the unconscious boy over and placed his finger directly on the boy's forehead.

In an instant, countless memories were read by Fang Can from the other person's mind.

In an instant, Fang Can had a complete view of the opponent's techniques and memories, and countless pieces of knowledge frequently emerged.

"I see!" Fang Can said, looking at the unconscious Karen.

"This guy is born with the [Intelligence Reduction Blessing]. As long as he trains with his intelligence reduced, the aptitude and luck he gains will be multiplied by 10000, which is why he is so strong."

With a hint of speechless disbelief, like watching a light novel protagonist, Fang Can learned from the boy's memories that he lived in a world where everyone was protected.

If you receive good blessings here, you will be invincible; if you receive bad blessings, you will have no chance of success.

Since receiving this blessing that lowers intelligence, the boy has become like a chosen one, his strength increasing day by day as his intelligence gradually decreases.

Despite repeatedly scavenging, killing monsters, and completing impossible missions, this guy never got any stronger as an E-rank mercenary.

Those around the young man who recognized his strength believed that he was indifferent to fame and fortune and disdained the so-called mercenary title. Even if he clarified, no one would believe him.

'What kind of idiotic world is this?!'

Fang Can stared speechlessly at the unconscious boy, but he couldn't find a way to return to the original martial arts world.

He looked at the girl and said, "Stay here for the night. I have a feeling things will change tomorrow."

(End of this chapter)