Reincarnation NPC, but Arknights

"Alright, let's begin building the new combat model, analysis begins..."

Bai Ye used his usual fighting style, focusing on dodging rather than direct confrontation. At the same time, his brain circuits began to switch, automatically analyzing the mace's behavior patterns and combat methods.

"As expected, you are also a martial artist." Jian casually swung the sword in her hand, and in an instant, the wind and snow seemed to be cut in two by her.

Then, her movements accelerated, and the sword light was like a dazzling silver spark. Before the surrounding snowflakes could even get close, they were torn apart by the deadly sword wind.

Not just any snowflake, anything caught in the mace's swing range will be shredded.

Of course, there are exceptions, such as White Night.

He skillfully dodged the flashes of the mace, and if there was no room to dodge, he would use his one-handed sword to deflect the attack.

Although he kept moving his feet, trying to get out of the mace's attack range, the mace obviously wouldn't let him go, and instead moved to pursue him.

Judging from appearances alone, Bai Ye seems to be at a disadvantage.

“Interesting.” The mace suddenly stopped its attack.

"How much force did you use?" the blonde woman asked, then tilted her head and casually unbuttoned her shirt, as if that was a warm-up.

Bai Ye smiled as well: "About the same as you."

Neither of them used their full strength; instead, they probed each other. Bai Ye didn't even activate his nitrogen armor, relying entirely on his upgraded physical attributes to fight.

Now, relying on his own physical attributes, he can barely compete with the orca. Although he is still not as good as Skadi, it is already quite outrageous.

As for the mace? She simply brandished the weapon rapidly; that alone was not enough to stand atop the Kazimierz Knights Tournament and win three consecutive championships.

“You’ve been hiding it well…” Jian said softly.

She originally thought that Bai Ye was not a martial artist, after all, his hands were smooth and white, like those of a pampered Letanian nobleman, and his hands did not look like those of someone who had held a weapon.

Yet these very hands easily gripped the weapon, blocking multiple attacks from the mace. Even without using its full strength, a casual strike from the mace was not something anyone could withstand.

Bai Ye smiled and said, "I didn't mean to hide anything... but to be honest, it was quite fun to have a fight, and it was a good opportunity to stretch my muscles—by the way, where's your greatsword?"

Bai Ye remembered that the Black Knight used a greatsword in the Kazimierz Knights Tournament.

“Waving something like that in such a simple place would be frightening, so I changed my weapon. Actually, it doesn’t matter what you use.” Jian smiled, then suddenly raised his voice and shouted angrily, “You cowardly rat hiding your head and tail, state your name!”

Bai Ye understood immediately; he was completely immersed in the role.

He flipped the blade, then extended his left hand, thumb down: "Are you asking for the name of the Grim Reaper? Remember, I'm called White Demon, the bounty hunter White Demon. If you want the saintess, then find a way to defeat me!"

"The White Demon? I'll remember that."

After the conversation ended, the two charged at each other again.

The mace is a very pure opponent.

Speed ​​and strength are qualities that every soldier should possess.

There was nothing else but the mace, but she clearly didn't need anything else either. Bai Ye wasn't sure what school of fighting she belonged to, but it was clear that she had simply maximized speed and power.

In other words, pure power, without any other fancy features. When someone possesses strength and speed that surpasses the vast majority of people, why would they need anything else?

but……

"You probably haven't met a Deepsea Hunter. That's what you call... pure power."

The physical strength of the mace is still inferior to that of Skadi, after all, it is a powerful force derived from the Hysterian modification surgery.

At the same time, Bai Ye had encountered countless such simple and straightforward opponents before his transmigration.

"It's about time to wrap this up..."

A glint flashed in Bai Ye's eyes.

In the brief yet significant exchange, Bai Ye had already figured out the Black Knight's current fighting style.

It utilizes sword skills, corresponding combat tactics, attack and defense distances, tactical algorithms, attack and defense techniques, habitual stances, move combinations, and various combination probabilities.

Strength, speed, breathing, muscles, habits, blind spots, and all kinds of data have been collected.

Strategic influencing factors include psychological tendencies, personality traits, judgment of people, thinking speed, stress resistance, and emotional inhibition...

"The accelerated thinking has acquired all the necessary information, and the brain circuit switching is complete! The rules of victory have been determined. Let's begin the experiment."

In Bai Ye's vision, a phantom image was projected, formed by the prediction of the Black Knight's next move.

So, to Miss Jian's astonishment, Bai Ye dodged ahead of time, avoiding the sword strike that she had just made but hadn't yet launched.

Chapter 104 The Goddess of Victory Is Always By My Side

'The general information needed to construct the individual Black Knight has been accumulated in my mind…'

The first step involves predicting approximately seven types of actions...

The second step involves predicting the tactics and actions. There are 13 effective counter-attack methods for the first move; 16 effective counter-attack methods for the second move… The total number of action points is approximately 128…

Step 3, 1728; Step 4, 20829; Step 5, 114514...

Before Bai Ye's mental circuits overloaded, he had formed a total of 15 action trees predicting the future.

This includes not only predictions of the Black Knight's behavior patterns, but also Bai Ye's own deductions about various counterattack methods. After each counterattack, the Black Knight will develop new countermeasures.

This process of repeated deduction and breakdown is what results in such a massive tree diagram, where each branch can be viewed as a completely new world line.

Within the labyrinthine imagery, Bai Ye, drawing upon his combat experience, discerned an optimal solution from a vast array of predicted futures.

Instantly, all the branches of the action tree in his mind went out, except for the one that Bai Ye had chosen, which shone brightly.

This is what is referred to as the "law of victory".

In Bai Ye's vision, two Black Knights could actually be seen. One of them was a phantom created through highly sensitive and accurate pre-reading, visible only to Bai Ye.

That could be described as the future Black Knight.

'Step 1: Target the opponent, avoid, success rate 100%'.

Bai Ye saw the attack launched by the illusion and stepped on the ground to dodge it in advance.

The next moment, the real Black Knight

That's why, before the Black Knight could make a move, Bai Ye took the initiative to move to the side, avoiding the sword strike she unleashed.

Just as Bai Ye finished dodging, the Black Knight's actual body completed its movement, which coincided perfectly with the illusory image that Bai Ye had seen.

'Step 1, successful avoidance, synchronization rate 93.482%—1cm to the right of prediction, data correction.'

Bai Ye let out a soft breath. As his thoughts accelerated, he felt the sounds and images around him being stretched out.

After correcting the deviation, Bai Ye dodged the next series of attacks and continued to attack the Black Knight Mace's weaknesses with his one-handed sword "Arc Light".

Jian was forced into a defensive posture, growing increasingly frustrated. In her long fighting career, she had never encountered an opponent like Bai Ye. He could dodge all her attacks, and each strike was perfectly timed, leaving her only able to defend desperately.

If this continues, she will inevitably lose sooner or later, and in a very torturous way.

Even with overwhelming strength, speed, and skill, none of it could be used against Bai Ye. The sword wind tore through the snowflakes in the air, forming sharp vacuum fractures, but it could not even touch the tip of Bai Ye's hair.

After Bai Ye's attack, the mace suddenly erupted, using tremendous force to blast Bai Ye away, and then jumped back a step to avoid Bai Ye's attack range.

"How did you do that?" Jian's expression turned serious, and she stared intently at Bai Ye.

After activating his [Mind Acceleration] talent, Bai Ye remained expressionless throughout, whether dodging or attacking, his face was always stern, like a precise machine. If his opponent weren't Jian, simply facing Bai Ye like this would probably cause them to break down.

However, the sudden change interrupted Bai Ye's prediction, after all, Jian's move was not in the future he had foreseen. A flash of silver light appeared in Bai Ye's eyes, and his expression returned to its usual lively and flexible state, no longer tense.

Faced with Jian's question, Bai Ye smiled and said, "This is an exclusive trade secret, so of course I can't tell you. However, as I said, I had already seen the future 114514 times before I even started."

"Of those, I won 114514 times, while you won 0."

"I was promised victory before the battle even began!"

"Yes! The goddess of victory will always stand by my side!"

After saying that, Bai Ye raised his sword once again.

Jian looked at Bai Ye, then slowly exhaled.

She realized that continuing like this was pointless; Bai Ye had seen through all her movements. Continuing would only lead to defeat.

To defeat her opponent, the previous attack was useless; she needed to use more of her skills.

She casually tossed the sword to the ground, then drew her double maces from her waist.

“A completely new setup, but… useless!” Bai Ye waved his hand.

Having fought to this point, he knew that Jian wouldn't back down voluntarily. Although it was supposed to be acting, the person in front of him was clearly too immersed in the role, or rather, she had developed a great interest in this battle.

Having already gotten into the swing of things, she wasn't about to let go so easily. Anyway, according to the script, her job was to defeat Bai Ye who was blocking her way, then fight her way up the Holy Mountain and rescue the Holy Maiden.

Bai Ye stopped her because if she did, this guy alone would be enough to complete the mission, leaving no room for the players to maneuver. In that case, the charade couldn't continue.

"Then come on..."

Bai Ye took a breath of the icy air of the snowy realm. He, too, was incredibly looking forward to this battle.

The mace, or rather the black knight, is also one of the most skilled martial artists on this land. Her fighting style, power generation techniques, and stances are valuable experiences that Bai Ye can learn from.

Fighting against the strong, learning from their experience, and then surpassing them—that is Bai Ye's martial arts way.

Grasping his one-handed sword, Bai Ye once again engaged in battle with the mace.

This time, Jian deliberately changed her fighting style, and her routine for using dual maces also changed, which initially made Bai Ye unable to predict her moves.

"Just as I thought, your fighting style is really interesting." Jian laughed, as if he had seen through Bai Ye's tricks.

"Useless. Human fighting styles are nothing more than the accumulation of speed, strength, experience, and skill. Even if a different fighting style were to appear, I could quickly master and learn it. If we continue to exchange 56 more blows, I will be able to checkmate!"

Bai Ye stared at the mace expressionlessly. Just as he had said before, he simply enjoyed fighting pure martial artists, because no matter what, the scales of victory would tip in his favor.

Suddenly, however, she stopped moving and looked up in the direction of the sacred mountain.

Bai Ye didn't turn around; the wind had already told him what had happened there.

"It seems that Lady Yeragand has also displayed her divine power. Your (our) plan has succeeded."

Yes, the player successfully reached the top of the holy mountain and rescued the saintess Enya. As per the script, the goddess Yeragand also made an appearance.

Chapter 105 The Root of All Evil

"Tsk, looks like we can't fight anymore..."

Bai Ye stretched and picked up his sword.

"What's wrong?" Jian tilted her head; she didn't really want to fight Bai Ye right now.

The compatibility is terrible.

If she possessed some strange magic, she might be able to put up a fight, but unfortunately, she's a "Letanian defective product" who can't use magic. Although she's incredibly powerful in combat, she doesn't even know a single Originium Arts.

"Let's deliver the final blow and decide the outcome." Bai Ye deactivated [Thought Acceleration] and casually assumed a fighting stance.

Jian's eyes lit up.

"My sword has reached its limit, but it is probably also looking forward to one last battle with your weapon."

As a veteran player, Bai Ye knew very well that her weapon had reached its limit. Rhodes Island's engineering department and workshops were doing their best to maintain it, but the wear and tear was still far outpacing the maintenance.

Now, she can no longer withstand Bai Ye's power.

As Bai Ye assumed a fighting stance, Jian finally sensed the aura of a martial artist emanating from him.

"That's more like it! Before, I thought I was fighting robots..." Jian also gripped his double maces, and the former Black Knight reappeared on the snowy land.

As a snowflake landed on the ground, the two of them vanished from the spot.

The enormous impact sent snow flying, like a bomb exploding, trees falling, and rocks cracking—and this was merely the aftershock of the two men pushing off the ground.

Bai Ye charged toward the mace, tossing the one-handed sword from his right hand to his left, then extended his right arm to withstand the Black Knight's attack, before gripping the longsword in his other hand and dodging past the mace.

A moment later, Bai Ye stood up and slowly turned his head.

Behind him, the mace's shirt was cut into pieces, which scattered on the ground along with the snowflakes.

"I lost."

The Black Knight looked at the double maces in his hands and his shredded outer garment, and slowly stated the facts.

Bai Ye was certainly holding back; he could shred clothes, and naturally, he could also slice through her skin and flesh with his sword.

"..."