My stats are higher than yours!

Gu Changqing sighed. After obtaining information about the other side, he was 99% confident of winning.

The reason it wasn't 100% certain was because he wasn't sure if Bai Shuodong only had these abilities. He had used a heavy gun in previous battles, but not today. It might be because he didn't need it, or it might be because he couldn't use it.

It could be the price of opening the domain, or it could be that the weapon was taken for repair; either way is possible.

...

After returning to his private training room, Bai Shuodong's mindset gradually returned to peace.

When he thought of Mingyu again, his expression became serious. That guy had extremely strong physical strength and terrifying output ability, more terrifying than anyone he had ever seen.

Including Gauss.

After all, Gauss never really put up a serious fight from beginning to end, and judging from his current abilities, his output is not as good as Mingyu's.

"It was a very close call."

"I only managed to hit him once with my slash when he was unaware of the domain's effect, thus triggering the Laughter Factor's effect. But if the opponent knew beforehand, would my move still be effective? Would it still produce the same result?"

"Without the Laughter Factor's detection, he doesn't need to cast spells while under negative status effects. How fast would his actual casting speed be, and how powerful would it be?"

"..."

Bai Shuodong became increasingly alarmed as he thought about it. Mingyu's last-ditch counterattack had almost killed him, who was defending with all his might. He had even used [Escape Flash] beforehand to escape directly from the core range of the attack.

If he had been hit directly, he probably would have been struck by lightning and killed long ago.

Is this the mage's damage output?

too strong!

As expected of a profession built with money, their output is unbelievably strong. Who knows how complete their various multi-levels are and how high their basic attributes are?

However, their weaknesses are also obvious. Mages are a fragile class, at least in the early stages, and they have little resistance to large-scale, instantaneous, and unpredictable slashes that spread out from their domains.

"That's right!"

"Since my domain isn't working anyway, next time I'll just use pure hand seals and scare people directly, how about that? How will they know if I've made a slash?"

Bai Shuodong slapped his forehead, suddenly feeling his mind open up. A smile appeared on his face as he continued, "My thinking was too rigid before. Anyway, my domain is just an empty shell. Turning it on and off at will has no effect. It's just a simple fixed enhancement. So why keep it on all the time? Can't I just turn it on when I need it and turn it off when I don't?"

"Can't I just use the domain as a slow burst? It consumes less spiritual energy and is more difficult to defend against. I can just form hand seals when I'm far away, and the opponent won't know whether I've activated it or not anyway."

"If all else fails, I'll just shout 'Domain expand!' in front of them and then not activate it, just to scare them."

"Haha, an empty shell domain is great. How could a normal domain be switched on and off so easily? Using a real domain consumes spiritual energy much faster. Switching on and off like this consumes spiritual energy at an astronomical rate."

Bai Shuodong sat in the training room, laughing and talking to himself. 'Black Cat' watched from afar, listening to him talk to himself, and thought: Tsk, this guy is probably trying to study the underworld again, but... that piracy field does have some tricks up his sleeve.

Chapter 139 Famous Throughout the School

Infirmary

Mingyu lay on the examination table, her eyes closed, undergoing the examination.

At this moment, the deformity on his body had completely disappeared, his originally dull skin had regained its luster, and his left arm, which had been severed by the attack, had now fully recovered and was no different from his original arm.

"Ding~"

The machine emitted a crisp sound, and Mingyu slowly opened her eyes, asking, "How is it? Are there any aftereffects?"

"No."

The school doctor collected all the high-tech diagnostic equipment from his body one by one, and said, "Your body has recovered very well, and the medicine you used was top-notch, leaving no aftereffects. There are just trace amounts of laughter factor remaining in your body, but that stuff won't affect you and will be metabolized naturally after a while."

He paused, a slow smile playing on his lips, and narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at him, saying, "However..."

"You stubborn brat! You clearly had a purification item, but you stubbornly endured the pain of mutation and didn't use it. You insisted on using it after you were killed in the fight. Aren't you afraid of leaving any aftereffects? Aren't you afraid that if you use it too late, your body will be completely deformed and you won't be able to save it?"

"..."

Mingyu remained silent, her eyes subtly shifting to reveal a resolute expression, and said, "Of course I'm afraid."

"But... I'm a mage."

"I have my own bottom line."

"I can't bring myself to use disposable items on a stage where everyone is watching."

Mingyu raised her newly grown arm and tried to move it a couple of times, saying, "Disposable items don't belong to individual strength. The arena is a stage to test individual strength. What's the difference between winning and losing if you use disposable items on such an arena?"

"He has backbone."

The school doctor nodded slightly, giving him a second look of respect.

In terms of strength, Mingyu is not top-tier; among mages, he's at best a mediocre player. But this guy also has his own honor and pride, which is what makes him worthy of respect.

So the school doctor said, "I suggest you make an appointment with a psychologist in advance; it's very helpful."

"Ok?"

Mingyu frowned in confusion and asked, "Why would I need a psychologist? I don't have any psychological problems."

The school doctor didn't answer him directly. Instead, he took out his phone from his pocket, unlocked it with his fingerprint, opened the study forum, and scrolled to the first page of the trending topics list.

[Hot Post] A level 3 mage was attacked by a level 2 warrior. Is this a sign of the mage's decline or the warrior's distortion?

[Hot Post] Mingyu: Holy crap! First-tier domain opening? I'll give it to you, okay?!

[Hot Post] You may not know about other legendary classes, but you must know about the Forbidden Walker.

[Hot Post] Useless! A level 3 mage can't even beat a level 2 warrior, what kind of mage is he?

...

"..."

Mingyu stared intently at the post, her chest heaving rapidly, her face changing drastically.

"Kid, you're famous now."

The school doctor gently patted his shoulder, a playful smile on his face, and said, "Now the whole school knows that you, a level 3 mage, can't beat a level 2 warrior."

"no the same!"

"He's different!"

Mingyu immediately became agitated, gesturing with his hands as he said, "Hey! Do you know that he can use a domain at the first level!"

"First tier, domain, do you understand? Do you understand the value of a domain? That attack had no process whatsoever, how the hell was I supposed to react? Hmm? Could anyone else have performed better than me?"

"Uh-huh."

The school doctor nodded slightly, his face still smiling, without saying anything more.

Seeing him like this made Mingyu even more vulnerable.

He continued frantically, "Hey! You don't understand, you don't understand at all! Do you know how outrageous his slash was? On the surface it was just a normal attack, but in reality it had four different powerful hitboxes, four of them! Four of them!"

"his!"

"Strength, Agility, Physique, Spirit! Four different attribute checks are all coming! No one, human or ghost, can withstand this. What kind of heaven-defying checks are these? A single strike with four attribute checks? Is this my problem? Hmm? Let me ask you?"

"Hmm, it's not your problem."

The school doctor continued to agree.

He's a third-tier psionicist; how could he not know whether it's Mingyu or not? He simply enjoys seeing this kid break down.

Hey!

This is so much fun!

But... when will Bai Shuodong be able to use the Laughter Factor within his body? And it can even trigger multiple judgments. This thing is too dangerous. If he dies and the Laughter Factor within his body explodes, wouldn't it directly form a forbidden area of ​​laughter?

And he also has a domain, but what are that domain and slashing attack? Are they also forbidden? Are they forbidden attacks obtained by sacrificing some kind of power?

...

Private training room

Bai Shuodong was still conducting his daily training. He had already used up all the training spears in his hand. In just one day, he had used up nine bronze-level training spears to train his slashing attacks in combination with normal attacks, resulting in an absurdly high rate of weapon consumption.

This level of training absolutely cannot be done with the main weapon. If it significantly reduces the durability of the magic-inlaid heavy gun, he would be heartbroken.

"Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding~"

The notification sound from the spirit world kept ringing, and Bai Shuodong opened the private message interface to check.

【Private letters】

Hunter: Holy crap! Holy crap!

The Hunter: You're famous!

Hunter: Level 2 takes down a level 3 mage, you're really going all out!

Ember: Hmph~

Hunter: Hey! No!

Hunter: Didn't you just ask me how to create a domain? You've already figured it out? You actually managed to build it?

Hunter: Is that really a domain? It doesn't quite look like one to me, but the effect seems somewhat similar to a real domain.

Embers: A realm gained through forbidden trade.