But she didn't feel any attack; her vision blurred and she was back in reality.

"...What's going on?"

Yulia sat up in the magical sleep pod and asked the lily-of-the-valley doll, puzzled:

"Is there something wrong with the virtual world you created? How did I get out? I didn't feel anything at all?"

"No, your special training is over, Lady Julia."

Lily of the Valley simply smiled slightly:

"I'm sorry, your challenge has failed."

"What?"

Yulia glared at him, about to explode in anger.

Fortunately, the current Yulia is the one who has her brain working. Before she lost her temper, a sudden thought flashed through her mind, and she realized a certain possibility:

"Wait... Lily of the Valley, you mean that when you kicked me out of the dream just now, it wasn't because of some malfunction, but because the strongest attack Emerald has ever seen had a similar effect? ​​If I want to defeat that woman in the real world, it's like defeating you in the dream world you created?"

"..."

The lily of the valley doll fell silent again, only smiling.

"Looks like I guessed right again... Tsk, this is really something... Just what kind of person could have such power? Amélie wouldn't be trying to fight against the gods, would she?"

Upon seeing this, Yulia clicked her tongue in amazement and couldn't help but complain again.

"Would you like to continue your special training, Lady Yulia?"

Suzuran didn't want to discuss topics that would violate confidentiality orders, so she could only ask this question.

"Of course we should continue!"

Yulia clenched her fists, her eyes burning with fighting spirit:

"So what if he really is a god? If you dare to bully Emerald, you'll get a punch from me! I'm not very bright and don't have many other strengths, but I do have a bit of talent in combat... No matter how powerful the attack, I'll learn how to deal with it after taking a few hits... Let's go again!"

"As you wish, Lady Julia."

The lily-of-the-valley doll smiled and nodded, then activated the magical sleep pod again.

Yulia did not resist the magic acting on her and quickly entered the dream again, arriving at that landscape and seeing the woman on the mountaintop whose face she could not see.

!

The woman on the mountaintop simply waved her hand, and Yulia woke up from her dream and sat up; the special training had failed once again.

"Again!"

Without a moment's hesitation, Yulia, who had just sat up, lay back down and ordered Suzuran to continue the special training.

Of course, Lily of the Valley wouldn't refuse.

And so, for the next 30-plus hours, Yulia even temporarily abandoned her daily hero routine in Locke City and spent all her time doing sit-ups at Lily of the Valley.

She faced the woman whose face she couldn't see countless times in her dreams, and was instantly killed by the woman with a simple wave of her hand, failing her special training.

According to Yulia's experience, no matter how powerful the attack, as long as it doesn't kill her, her body can gradually adapt to the attack and increase its resistance until it becomes completely immune—this is also the most powerful aspect of the Super Magical Form. It doesn't have fused organs, but its cells can continuously evolve to adapt to any attack and environment.

But this time was different. Despite being instantly killed countless times by that terrifying attack, Yulia couldn't feel any evolution in her cells. It was as if she had never been attacked, and each time she was instantly killed during training, it was like waking up from a dream normally.

Why is this so?

Yulia kept scratching her head, temporarily stopping her special training, and began to think.

Sure enough, it's still because of the difference between dreams and reality?

No matter how powerful the attacks felt in a dream are, they are not real attacks and cannot activate cellular evolution. Therefore, one can only hone combat skills in a dream, but cannot improve the strength of one's overall power.

Thinking of all this, Yulia did not hide anything and told Suzuran, who was beside her, all her analysis and speculations, because she knew that Emerald often asked Suzuran to help her with analysis.

“Your analysis makes a lot of sense, Lady Julia, but there is actually another possibility, which is also easy to verify.”

After listening, Lily of the Valley's eyes flickered for a moment before she offered her suggestion:

"Another possibility is that the attack method you challenged was too powerful, exceeding the tolerance of your cells, so your cells have not been able to evolve compatible resistance... Would you like me to arrange an experiment for you to verify this?"

"Of course, come on."

Yulia naturally didn't refuse, and after speaking, she lay back down in the sleep pod.

Lily of the Valley quickly wove a new dream. This time, Yulia encountered not mountains and rivers or a mysterious woman in the dream, but a strange magical device.

"Lady Yulia."

Just as Yulia was examining the magical device, it spoke:

"Next, I will attack you with an energy you have never encountered before, to test whether the previous analysis was correct... Be careful."

"bring it on."

Yulia remained fearless and assumed a defensive stance.

Immediately, a luminous arrow was fired from the magical device and struck Yulia, who had crossed her arms in front of her to block.

"Ouch... Ouch, ouch, ouch! What kind of magic arrow is this? It hurts so much!"

Yulia was not seriously injured; her arm, which she used to block the bullet, was swollen, but it had already begun to heal while she was clutching it and crying out in pain.

"This is an arrow formed from the spiritual power of the Eastern Kingdom, Lady Yulia."

Lily first answered Yulia's question, then stared at Yulia's arm for a few seconds:

“I can already sense that your body data has changed… It seems I guessed right. Lady Yulia’s cellular evolution ability can actually work in dreams as well.”

Without giving Yulia a chance to react, the magical device fired another arrow of spiritual energy, which struck Yulia's arm.

"what?"

Yulia immediately looked at her arm and shook it. She found that the swelling from the beating was much smaller and didn't hurt as much.

"As I thought, Lady Julia."

The strange magical artifact transformed into the shape of a lily of the valley doll:

“Spiritual arrows are just a basic form of magical attack in the Eastern Kingdom, so even though you were only hit in a dream, you still quickly evolved the corresponding resistance. This means that your previous inability to evolve resistance had little to do with the dream; it was because that kind of attack was too strong.”

"...Does that mean all the special training I do here is ineffective?"

Yulia immediately became somewhat dejected:

"Damn it, how am I supposed to help Amelie alleviate her condition now? Is there any other way?"

"This……"

Lily of the Valley hesitated for a moment before saying:

"Lady Yulia, you can rest for a while. I need to speak with one of the young lady's technical advisors. Perhaps he has a solution."

"...Emerite has such a powerful technical advisor? Okay."

As Yulia spoke, she yawned and sprawled out on the ground in a starfish shape:

"To be honest, I'm a little tired after such intense training for so long... So, Lily of the Valley, just give me a dream with endless delicious food, and let me sleep for a while."

"Yes, Lady Julia."

This dream was naturally easy for Lily of the Valley; she completed it almost instantly and used the sleep pod's function to put Yulia into a deep sleep to restore her energy.

After Julia fell asleep, Suzuran first contacted Emerald, and only after obtaining Emerald's consent did she contact the technical advisor she had mentioned, namely old man Langdon.

To facilitate Langdon's research, he also had Lily of the Valley's terminal, making it very easy for Lily of the Valley to contact him.

"Help that heroine improve her strength? Do I still need to take on that kind of job now?"

Despite his complaints, old man Langdon still received the data sent by Suzuran and analyzed Julia's situation:

"A power capable of obliterating a target at the level of rules... Tsk tsk tsk, the young lady is really plotting something extraordinary. Could she really be going to become a witch and rebel against the gods? But there are no gods in this world..."

Although he kept spouting nonsense, old man Langdon is indeed capable; at least his research and development capabilities are something that Suzuran cannot replace.

After carefully studying the detailed data on Julia collected by Suzuran, old man Langdon quickly found the problem:

"I think the reason why that heroine couldn't evolve resistance to the annihilation attack is because the annihilation attack's attack method is too special."

"The annihilation attack comes from the level of rules, and Miss Hero's evolutionary adaptability has not yet shown any tendency to evolve against the rules... because Miss Hero also has to live within the rules of this world."

"For example, we are usually held to the ground by gravity, so gravity is a rule for us. If Miss Hero evolves resistance to this rule, she will gradually become unaffected by gravity. It seems like she is free, but in reality, she will live in a weightless environment, which is actually harmful to her, who is already used to living with gravity."

"It is this subconscious adherence to the rules that hinders the infinite evolutionary ability of the magical cells in Miss Hero's body, making her cells unable to react to the annihilation attack for a long time. Moreover, the annihilation attack is too strong for her at this stage."

"Solving this problem isn't difficult. Just let her experience more of this kind of attack that incorporates rules in reality, but not as strong as the annihilation attack... First, let her cells understand that rules can also be resisted through evolution, and establish the relevant inclination. She should be able to gradually gain the power to withstand the annihilation sword."

After Julia woke up from a good night's sleep, Lily told her about the old man Langdon's analysis and suggestions.

"That's how it is, Lady Julia. I'm afraid I can't help you for the time being."

After relaying old man Langdon's words, the lily-of-the-valley doll bowed slightly to Julia:

"You need to experience some relatively weak rule-level attacks in reality first, so that your cells can build up initial resistance before I can help you continue your special training. Otherwise, no matter how many times you repeat the previous special training, it will be meaningless."

"In reality... a relatively weak rule-based attack? Where am I supposed to find that?"

Yulia's pretty face immediately fell, and she scratched her head in deep thought.

But soon, her eyes lit up, and she stared at the lily of the valley, asking:

"The power of a rule-level attack, Emery has already mastered it, right? Because only when she herself has mastered this power can she understand how powerful the force she is facing is, otherwise she would not understand what is happening at all."

"Yes."

Lily of the Valley nodded; this point didn't involve any secrecy orders.

"The young lady only recently acquired this power. When she killed the elven archmage who wanted to destroy the portal, she used a rule-level attack."

"Hmph, I knew it... That bastard even used this kind of power to bully me before!"

Yulia snorted, her face turning slightly red.

Because she suddenly remembered that recently, when she fought Amelie's water magic at night, her stamina would always be inexplicably exhausted, even though she had only fought a few rounds. Logically speaking, this should not be possible.

At first, Yulia suspected that Emeryte had used some strange magic, but in her own mind, her physical strength was just naturally exhausted, so she didn't think much of it and assumed that she hadn't trained enough. She could only accept teaming up with Marcy and the others to fight against Emeryte, the Demon King.

Looking back now, it really was Emery who used some strange magic.

Once you realize this, the rest is much easier.

Yulia decided that once she got home, she would immediately increase the intensity of Amelie's water magic duel, which would also be a new form of training, a training undertaken to fight against a powerful enemy.

. . . . .

While Julia was undergoing AI training, Amelie also had a serious battle with the old lich in a special space beneath Pirate Island.

In this contest, aside from not using some trump cards, both Emerald and the old lich went all out in terms of numerical comparison, just to test Emerald's true strength.

As a result, the fight lasted for three days and three nights, and even after three days and three nights, both of them were still full of magic. If they continued to fight like this for a month, it would be difficult to determine a winner.

"I'm not fighting anymore, Ellie, you're being too shameless."

In the end, it was the old lich who first announced the end of the battle, while simultaneously complaining in an annoyed tone:

"Fighting like this is pointless, and I'm at a huge disadvantage... If I don't go all out, my necromancy won't hurt you at all, while your holy magic can counter me. Isn't this just bullying?"

"...No, I only benefited from the magic's advantage. In reality, you are stronger, Grandma."

Amelie quickly said something modest, then ran over and hugged the old lich's arm affectionately.

Chapter 308 Is she really going to become a saintess?

Amelie's coquettish words were not just a deliberate attempt at modesty.

It appears she won the duel, but that doesn't mean she's stronger than the old lich.

After establishing her own concept of magic, Amelie could only be said to have reached the same level as the old lich, but there was still a considerable gap in terms of accumulation and experience.

Emerald's advantage in sparring is mainly due to her superior elemental advantage. She can now be considered the queen of necromancer duels, as most necromancy is ineffective against her, while her holy magic can counter the vast majority of necromancers.

If the old lich and Amelite are truly enemies, then Amelite now has the ability to drive the old lich away, but killing him would be virtually impossible.

However, if facing an enemy who is not a necromancer, such as a cultivator from the immortal sect who is on par with the old lich in all aspects, the old lich would most likely be able to defeat him, while Amelie would not.

This is also the main reason why Emery is somewhat anxious now.

The strength of a cultivator in the third stage varies greatly, but it is also divided into levels.

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