madnovel Chapter 26 Chen Yuan VS Luo Hai
Chapter 26 Chen Yuan VS Luo Hai
Soon, Divan returned, carrying two consciousness-sensing helmets.
Chen Yuan took the helmet, put it on under Wei Wen's guidance, and learned how to enter the virtual space.
On the other side, Luo Hai had already put on his helmet and asked Chen Yuan, "Are you ready?"
Chen Yuan nodded, and then their consciousnesses entered the virtual space.
Inside the virtual space is an endless silver land, made of some kind of alloy, which looks like a silver-white mirror.
Chen Yuan and Luo Hai appeared on the ground one after the other.
"Is this the virtual space?" Chen Yuan looked around. The sky was made up of the cosmos, with twinkling stars reflecting on the silver earth, creating a dreamlike glow.
"This is part of the Earth Regional Network and is not connected to the real virtual universe. It only has two functions," Luo Hai's figure appeared beside him and explained. "One of them is the Trial Tower, which you don't need to worry about for now. The other function is called the 'Battle Arena,' which, as the name suggests, is used for battles in virtual space."
"Uncle Wei should have told you that in virtual space, everyone's physical attributes are standardized: 10000 kilograms of strength, 150 meters per second, and excellent basic-level combatant-grade neural reflexes!"
Chen Yuan nodded: "So it's very fair."
"Yes, that's fair." Luo Hai turned to Chen Yuan. "So, are you ready to fight me?"
"Of course," Chen Yuan smiled. "I can start anytime."
"Okay." Luo Hai nodded, then sent a battle invitation to Chen Yuan.
Chen Yuan clicked "agree," and the next second the entire scene transformed, with an arena rising up where the two were.
Chen Yuan roughly estimated that the arena was quite large, about ten kilometers in length and width.
"Please select weapon and combat uniform."
A large number of weapons and equipment appeared in front of Chen Yuan. With a light tap of his finger in the air, Chen Yuan chose the Flowing Light Battle Sword and combat uniform that he was most familiar with.
After getting their gear ready, Luo Hai was almost done as well. He had chosen the Blood Shadow Battle Blade, a hexagonal shield, and a combat suit, clearly influenced by his father, Luo Feng.
"Don't you use a shield?" Luo Hai asked, puzzled when he saw Chen Yuan holding a sword in one hand and his other hand empty.
"I'm a high-speed player, and a shield would increase my weight, so I won't bring one," Chen Yuan shook his head.
"Okay, you choose the scene." Luo Hai waved his hand at Chen Yuan, giving him the right to choose the location.
"The arena will do." Chen Yuan directly selected the default option, which was this arena.
The next second, the two appeared in the center of the ring, a hundred meters apart.
At the same time, a countdown timer appeared in front of the two of them: three, two, one, begin.
As soon as the countdown ended, Luo Hai rushed towards him from the opposite side, unleashing his full speed and instantly exceeding 600 meters per second.
The two were only 100 meters apart. In the blink of an eye, Luo Hai arrived in front of Chen Yuan, wielding the Blood Shadow Battle Blade and slashing at him.
Chen Yuan shifted his feet slightly, using subtle movements to brush the blade and dodge the attack. At the same time, he flicked his wrist, and the longsword shot out like a bolt of lightning, straight towards Luo Hai's brow.
Luo Hai raised his left arm, his hexagonal shield blocking the dangerous thrust, and at the same time, he instantly jumped back, leaving Chen Yuan's attack range.
"You're quite capable; I underestimated you." Luo Hai's gaze turned serious as he shouted at Chen Yuan, "If you don't attack, I'll have to use my full strength."
Chen Yuan waved his hand slightly, signaling Luo Hai to make a move.
"Good, you're confident enough." Luo Hai laughed loudly. "Whether you win or lose this match, I'll acknowledge you."
"Next, I'll show you a sword technique that transcends Earth's level—the Hundred Fierce Blades..."
"Hundred Fierce Attacks - Mountain Destroyer!"
Before he finished speaking, Luo Hai's figure instantly approached, his long sword carrying the power to shatter mountains and split the earth, accelerating its slash with the force of gravity. As the blade drew closer, it gave one the feeling of facing the might of a collapsing mountain.
Faced with this attack, even Chen Yuan's expression changed slightly. He didn't take the risk and use his micro-management skills to dodge. Instead, he instantly retreated, narrowly avoiding the mountain-shattering blade.
boom!
After a loud bang, Chen Yuan saw that the metal arena floor where he had just been standing had cracked open inch by inch, and the arena within a ten-meter radius had completely collapsed.
Chen Yuan was secretly alarmed. He could foresee that if he hadn't retreated in time, he would already be dead under the blade.
This strike was actually an area-of-effect attack!
"How did that strike feel?" Luo Hai didn't press his advantage, but instead laughed. "No martial artist of the same level dares to face that strike head-on, but you were able to avoid the area affected by the strike's momentum. Your movement technique is indeed quite good."
"The pull of the blade's momentum?" Chen Yuan understood somewhat why his intuition had told him to get away as soon as possible, otherwise, once pulled by the blade's momentum, his body would involuntarily move closer to the blade's edge.
"However, I also have speed-burst-type secret techniques, so you'd better be careful."
"Hundred Fierce Shadows!"
Luo Hai's figure seemed to transform into a beam of light, arriving in front of Chen Yuan in an instant. As if teleporting, his long sword silently crossed the distance between them and instantly sliced across Chen Yuan's neck. Luo Hai's eyes lit up with joy, believing that victory was already in his grasp.
"No, it's an illusion!" Luo Hai quickly realized that something was wrong; the blade hadn't touched anything.
The next moment, Chen Yuan appeared behind him, his long sword flashing like lightning, piercing Luo Hai's heart silently without even a sound.
"Battle over, Chen Yuansheng."
On the empty arena, the two stood facing each other.
"I actually lost." There was still a hint of disbelief in Luo Hai's eyes. "How did you manage that final blow?"
"A few tips on hypnosis." Chen Yuan snapped his fingers.
"Hypnosis?" Luo Hai was puzzled. When he looked at Chen Yuan again, he found that Chen Yuan had disappeared.
"By influencing your consciousness, I'll make you briefly fall into a hallucination and misjudge my location." Chen Yuan's voice came from the other side. Luo Hai turned his head and found that he had somehow moved to the other side of his body.
"I call this fighting style 'Illusion Warrior Style.' It involves influencing the opponent with a high level of consciousness, causing their attacks to be misaligned, thus creating an opportunity for your fatal blow," Chen Yuan explained. "Of course, this attack method is also my initial creation; it can only be considered a prototype and still needs a lot of time to perfect."
This fighting style was indeed created by Chen Yuan not long ago.
The reason is that he entered the third stage of deep sleep.
At this stage, if one is a member of the Star River Emperor, one can learn 'hypnosis' and influence others through consciousness.
After studying this hypnosis technique, Chen Yuan discovered that it was the illusion technique from Swallowed Star.
This discovery reminded Chen Yuan of the "Illusion Warrior Style" that appeared in the original work. It is an extremely rare type of martial artist that requires a strong will and extremely high resistance to illusions.
A high level of resistance to illusions means that the illusions one can cast are more powerful.
It was only at this time that Chen Yuan realized that as his meditation technique reached a high level of mastery, his consciousness intensity was comparable to that of a planetary level.
After several studies, Chen Yuan created a set of illusions based on his own ideas. This could not even be considered a skill; it was just a matter of adding a little hypnotic technique to the attack.
His battle with Luo Hai was the first test of this technique, and also his trump card prepared for this battle.
The result was obvious: he successfully defeated Luo Hai, which also meant that he had obtained Mu Ya Jing.
When he becomes an eighth-level apprentice, which is equivalent to a mid-level War God, he can enter the planetary level by consuming Wood Crystal!