Daily life of a teacher in the martial arts department

—Adosha was quickly defeated by Himura Danzai mainly because his false self-view was broken, and at that time his condition was perfectly fine.

In the arena, although the Nephalem was caught up by Himura Tan's attack in mid-air, it remained calm and composed. Levitating is not a good option for martial artists, as it means they have nowhere to relay the attack and can only obtain recoil force by releasing internal energy. This method is foolish, but a good martial artist must be able to face all kinds of adverse situations, including but not limited to being airborne, running out of internal energy, having their hands and feet bound, being blind, or being deaf...

"We've been waiting for you to come!"

His inner energy surged forth. Just as Hishimura Dan's legs crouched, he anticipated her movement and secretly gathered his inner energy; he could have landed much earlier. But he didn't. Instead, he waited for Hishimura Dan to catch up, and then...

Let's launch a counterattack!

As Hishimura Dan's hand chop came down, Nephalem had already used his inner energy to spin 360 degrees in mid-air, also unleashing a hand chop towards the back of Hishimura Dan's head. He was confident that his attack would be faster than Hishimura Dan's.

Suddenly, the world darkened, but before Hiramura Danzai could emerge from the darkness and draw her sword, the entire darkness shattered!

This is the shortest-lasting consciousness-severing illusion in history, lasting less than a thousandth of a second!

Hishimura Tanzakura's pupils contracted, clearly not expecting the Nephalem to recover so quickly.

"Trying to use this trick against me!"

Nephalem laughed inwardly. "You son of a bitch, do you know how many consciousness strikes I've taken? Only Divine Heart can compare." But what level of intensity did Divine Heart suffer from? Ying Qin Guan was just toying with a little girl, but what level of intensity did he suffer from?! A death sentence!

Why was I able to react so quickly!

Nothing more than a well-developed mind!

If the control effect of the Consciousness Slash could have lasted even a hundredth of a second longer, it would have been enough for Himura Tan's attack to land on the Nephalem first. But he was ultimately a step too slow. The Nephalem's desire to win was so intense that it even allowed him to perform beyond his normal limits, and this hand chop... struck Himura Tan's head!

Chapter Thirty-Three: Even If the Ending Is Already Decided

Magicians can create magical barriers with their magic power, while martial artists can create internal energy barriers with their internal energy.

The difference between the two is that a mage's barrier can exist for a long time; the moment the magic power is exhausted, either the used magic power is depleted, or the mage actively dispels it. Otherwise, the barrier will remain indefinitely. A martial artist's barrier, however, only lasts for a short time. This is because internal energy separated from the body for a certain period and distance is uncontrollable.

In many cases, the internal energy barrier only exists for a fleeting moment. This is because the opponent's attack only takes effect for a brief instant, so to minimize internal energy consumption, it is naturally maintained for only a moment.

However, mobilizing internal energy and forming an internal energy barrier also takes a certain amount of time.

Nephalem unleashed a chop... striking the inner energy barrier. He wasn't surprised; without the barrier, given Himura Tan's physical prowess, this attack would have been enough to end the fight. Yes, it was that extreme. Even though Himura Tan's strength far surpassed Nephalem's, a single solid hit would defeat her. This demonstrates that martial artists never lack offensive power; this is true even when challenging opponents of higher levels, let alone those of the same level.

However, Hiyomura Tan's internal energy barrier was hastily formed. Although Nephalem couldn't completely destroy it, his internal energy had already seeped in, potentially causing some minor internal injuries. Of course, at this moment, the important thing wasn't internal injuries, but... rhythm!

Hiyomura Tan's sword was struck. Although his inner energy barrier remained outside his body, blocking everything, the force of the blow wouldn't disappear. He was slammed into the ground, and spiderweb-like cracks spread instantly. Nephalem naturally wouldn't let go of this golden opportunity. He unleashed a barrage of punches, a tempestuous rain of blows. Reality isn't a game; you can be attacked even when you're knocked down, and you don't have super armor or invincibility after getting up. Right now... this is the biggest opportunity!

However, when those fists landed... Nephalem truly felt the enormous difference in strength between the two sides.

Because all his attacks were blocked by the inner energy barrier, each one just barely offset the force of his punches, each one only protecting a small area of ​​his attack range.

what does this mean?

This means that your attack rhythm, attack frequency, and attack position have been completely seen through.

He wasn't without a chance; if both were quantified and their attributes calculated, Nephalem had a real chance of winning. However, Nephalem finally understood where Hishimura Dan's strength came from. Perhaps his martial arts skills weren't top-tier, failing to block Nephalem's earlier hand strike. But his dynamic vision and reaction speed were simply outrageously fast...

In about 0.9 seconds, Himura Danzao seized the opportunity, braced herself with one hand, and jumped back to create distance.

He still wore a smile and remained calm, while Nephalem's face had darkened.

This scene seemed strange to the audience. Just moments before, it was Nephalem who had beaten up Himura Tanzaku. So why did their expressions seem reversed?

"Oh! Looks like there's a chance!"

Shinshin's eyesight and his current angle weren't very good, so he thought Nefertari had really pulled a trick on Himura Tan's Sakura, and immediately picked up the small blackboard.

“Heh…” Ying Qin Guan chuckled and said, “Wrong… After this exchange, the Nephalem will have no chance.”

The gray-haired man and his companions were completely oblivious to the deeper power struggle between the Nephalem and Hishimura Tan's attacks. They only knew that Hishimura Tan's character easily escaped the Nephalem's barrage of blows. But the idea that she had no chance... wasn't that conclusion drawn too early?

"Why do you say that?" Jiu Yi had great faith in Ying Qin Guan's strength and knew that Ying Qin Guan must have his reasons for saying that.

“The Nephalem can’t break through his defenses.” Ying Qin Guan said incisively, “He is a martial artist who fights bare-handed. If his opponent can always set up an internal energy barrier in advance for the parts he attacks, then the two sides will be wasting their internal energy. The Nephalem is not qualified to waste internal energy with Himura Tanzaku, nor is he qualified to use feints to deceive Himura Tanzaku’s internal energy. With Himura Tanzaku’s eyesight and reaction speed, feints will inevitably backfire.”

He paused, then ruthlessly pronounced the outcome of the battle.

"In this kind of battle, the Nephalem will undoubtedly be defeated in a prolonged fight. Hisumura Tan's reaction speed and dynamic vision completely surpass his. If the Nephalem were using a weapon, he might have a chance. Because using an internal energy barrier to resist weapon strikes is very energy-intensive... but he isn't. So, unless Hisumura Tan makes a mistake—not even a big one, just a small mistake, a misjudgment, a miscalculation—perhaps the Nephalem will have a chance..."

"So, if Himura Tan's Sakura gives him a chance, the NecroGenius might actually win?" Yu Xietian interjected, unable to resist saying, "I don't know much about Himura Tan's Sakura, but this guy is clearly the kind who's good at giving opportunities..."

Very good at giving opportunities (×)

Very flamboyant, likes to show off (?)

“He does seem like the kind of person who gives opportunities, but those opportunities usually only last until he suffers his first setback.” Ying Qin Guan shrugged and said, “He’s been giving opportunities since just now, and Nephalem seized them and gave him a small setback. But… that’s it. Nephalem couldn’t continue to expand his advantage, and Himura Tan Sakura, who suffered a setback, wouldn’t want to fall twice in the same place, so he… probably won’t give any more opportunities.”

The meaning of "not giving a chance" is...

"Give it your all"

What Ying Qin Guan could think of, Nephalem had also roughly figured out. He had transcended the simplistic view of those involved being confused while bystanders saw things clearly; he could see many things very clearly himself. Hishimura Tan's defense was outrageous. If he had directly covered his entire body with an inner energy barrier to block the attack, Nephalem wouldn't have been under so much pressure. Because doing so would have drained his opponent's inner energy, yet she had managed to do just that.

How can one describe the gap between the two sides?

For example, a Nephalem can throw fifty punches in one second, and each punch can be quite lethal. But he himself can't say for sure where the punch will land. As for Himura Dan, he can put fifty labels on the wall, each with a number written on it. Himura Dan glances at them... and then, with the same physical abilities, he can throw all fifty punches according to the numbers on the labels.

This is the gap in soft attributes between the two sides, beyond their hard attributes, and it's so large it's despairing.

Furthermore, this figure of fifty is just an example; the actual figure is not like that.

Nephalem looked at Hisumura Tan's opponent. To the audience, the battle had only just begun. But to experts like Ying Qin Guan and Hisumura Tan's, and even to Nephalem himself... the battle was already over.

Just like when he faced the Sword Saint Himura, even though Himura only dodged and didn't attack, he understood the huge gap in strength between them.

but..

Nephalem slowly clenched his fists.

—Amidst the howling wind, the Nephalem lunged at Hisumura Tanzaku.

Even if the ending of the story is already predetermined, please allow me to recount the process of this story...

Make it even more exciting!

Chapter Thirty-Four: Conversations in the Dark

In the end, Nephalem was defeated by Hisumura Danza.

He played all his cards and fought until his inner energy was exhausted, but he refused to back down and admit defeat, wanting to win this battle. However, having suffered a setback once, Hishimura Tanzakura was no longer overconfident and ended the battle steadily.

"Did they lose..." Jiu Yi recalled the schedule and said, "The battle between Nephalem and Kui is on the tenth day, and the battle between Kui and Himura Tan's is on the eleventh day. At present, the best situation seems to be that Nephalem defeats Kui, and then Kui defeats Himura Tan's, so that the three of them are evenly matched and there will be a tiebreaker... But at present, it seems unlikely."

"Yes." Ying Qin Guan nodded. By the tenth day, Kui would inevitably be injured. But here's the problem: if even the Nephalem could defeat Kui, what reason would Hishimura Tan's chances be against him? He would definitely be armed by the eleventh day. The probability of the Nephalem winning and Hishimura Tan's losing was too low. Besides, even if he won, there would be a three-way tiebreaker. Could the Nephalem win...? That was another question mark.

Unless the tenth and eleventh days are swapped, it's possible that on the tenth day, Himura Tan and Sakura would fight Kai, using all their trump cards and losing. But if they severely injure Kai, and then on the eleventh day Kai faces the Nephalem... that way there might still be a sliver of a chance to win. Even if it leads to a tough tiebreaker, it's not impossible.

But with the current schedule, if the Nephalem want to win the championship, to put it nicely, they're waiting for a miracle.

Moreover...

"We've played all our cards and still got injured." Jiu Yi smiled bitterly. He and Nephalem were longtime partners, and although he didn't say much usually, he was still very worried about him. He said, "Now we might not even be able to keep our top three spots."

Yes, in this battle, Nephalem used all his trump cards, exhausted his inner energy, and was injured. Although it wasn't a serious injury, he definitely wouldn't be able to fully recover in just one day. Moreover, the fierce battles that followed continued day after day. With Nephalem injured and having used all his trump cards, and the easiest opponent, Chu Kuangren, already gone, he had absolutely no time to recover. Everyone wanted to take a piece of his flesh.

Let alone the championship, even the third place, which was originally a sure thing, is now in doubt.

"Since he fought until the very end, he must have been well-prepared."

Shenxin raised the small blackboard.

“That’s true…” Jiu Yi said, then sighed, “Why am I thinking about these things… That guy is much stronger than me, both physically and spiritually.”

That's not true. Although Jiu Yi became the Dean of the Imperial Academy, he hadn't actually been in officialdom for very long. It was precisely because he had no political stance or background that he was able to become the Dean at such a young age. As for Nephalem... he's walked a path fraught with peril, risking his life and possessing an incredibly strong mind. There's no need for Jiu Yi to worry about him.

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In a corner of the bustling arena, Feng Yunke stood with a hooded man.

"What a grand event!" the hooded man laughed. "Look, this is the destiny of martial artists: struggle. It's an eternal melody, an unchanging theme. No matter the era, martial artists always use struggle to get everything they want. Even in this peaceful era, it's still the same!"

"If there's no struggle, then start one! What a restless soul!"

Feng Yunke remained calm as he listened to the hooded man finish speaking.

He said in a low voice, "I thought you would go up and fight, and that's why I came to Seven Luminaries..."

"Are you going to kill me?" the hooded man laughed.

"Yes."

"Then why don't you take action?"

"You know better than I do."

"Haha..." The hooded man laughed heartily, as if Feng Yunke's answer pleased him greatly. "In your time, and in mine, there has never been such a grand event. So you think, given my personality, I might come to participate, and then use this opportunity to kill me..."

As he spoke, he glanced at Fengyunke to the side, whose entire face was hidden in the shadow of his hood, with only his excessively bright eyes visible.

"But in the end, you can't do it."

Feng Yunke was silent for a moment, then said, "Because I am ultimately not him."

"Yes, what a pity." The hooded man leaned on the railing and smiled. "Now that you've found me, and you can't kill me, what are you going to do next?"

"To find a way to kill you," Feng Yunke said calmly. "That is my mission."

"Even an insect has a mission?"

“Mission is not a destiny given by God, but a choice made by each living being.”

"Haha..." The hooded man laughed again, turning his gaze to the battle in the arena, where Hisumura Tanzaku and Nephalem were still fighting.

"That kid is pretty good."

Feng Yunke said, "Yes."

The two fell silent for a moment.

A moment later, the battle between Himura Tanzaku and Nephalem was decided.

The hooded man then spoke again, saying, "If we meet again, I will kill you."

Feng Yunke's eyes were deep as he calmly replied, "Of course."

“To be honest, I don’t want to kill you.” The hooded man turned to look at Feng Yunke. “Although you are not him, you are ultimately like him. The thing I regret most in my life is that I was not born in the same era as him, and he had to bear too much alone.”

“If he lived in the same era as you…” Fengyunke said, “then what he would have to do is the same as what I am doing now.”