Chapter 621
Chapter 621 - 601: Familiar Scenery
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The familiar Knight’s Secret Realm, increasingly familiar scenery, yet a completely different mentality.
Every time Lu Ping’an came here before, he would be carrying some missions, and after all, this is a battlefield in the Secret Realm, so there was always some pressure from facing strong opponents.
But this time, facing the crowded square and various large and small "broadcast" windows, Lu Ping’an felt exceptionally calm and even bored.
"...This guy, he’s reached the twentieth floor, really good strength."
"There’s a fierce one in the big window, already reached the twenty-fourth floor!"
At this time, Lu Ping’an also noticed that the professionals here are usually younger, and in contrast, there were also many "talent scouts" who came to observe the newcomers.
Occasionally, some well-known strongmen showed up, naturally causing waves of admiration.
For most practitioners, their three chances to practice may be used up in one or two hours or even half an hour, and the extra time spent on summarizing...sometimes only takes about ten minutes.
They spend most of their time observing other people’s tactics and combat styles, and just this "watching" function makes the battle-professionals obsessed with it.
Lu Ping’an took a casual look, and the level was probably a little stronger than his own when he took the college entrance examination four months ago. After all, there is a significant gap between student soldiers and professional warriors.
But at a glance, Lu Ping’an didn’t find anything particularly appealing...
"Let’s begin... I swear, my battle will be for the light and follow justice."
With the familiar incantation, there was darkness and light in front of Lu Ping’an’s eyes, and he returned to the High Tower in his memory.
Perhaps for ordinary professionals, three or four months is just a small break, not even enough for them to complete the cultivation of a first-tier profession.
But Lu Ping’an knew that many things had changed completely.
"...Is it necessary?"
"Yes. Since it is a cultivation, it must be in a complete form."
As he stepped into the battlefield, heavy armor descended from the sky, with metal covering his entire body, and flaming Magical Vines acting as its muscles and nerves.
With the blaze ignited in his pupils, the giant "Animated Armor" Knight stepped into the hall of the first-floor, unexpectedly encountering a damaged Animated Armor...
"Zhi Xi, how does it feel to see your kind?"
"....Are humans and monkeys the same kind of creatures?" Zhi Xi was a little annoyed, knowing it was her master picking a fight.
And based on her understanding of her master, the more she cared about it, the happier he would be.
"But you were indeed born because of them, right? Maybe you could call her ’mom?’" Lu Ping’an’s malice was probably already out.
"....Do you want me to make you appear tense when you’re up close, being broadcasted outside, and suddenly, a hero shows up, with your clothes exploding in nudity?"
"Sorry, please don’t." Instantly, Lu Ping’an gave in, because he knew that Zhi Xi would really do it.
After a simple "communication," Lu Ping’an and his "armor" reached an agreement, and then a slap killed the "Zhi Xi’s mother" that was blocking him.
His current physique has reached Brass Upper, but if he wears this set of armor, using Zhi Xi’s exoskeleton as his "flesh," and then using Magical Vines as conducting muscles...
"Decree-level brute strength, many battle-professionals must be envious."
Since it is training, Lu Ping’an naturally wants to show his usual state during battle... it’s just that this state is a bit outrageous.
Another slap, and the first-tier Animated Armor guarding the tower, was shattered into pieces.
When it reached the fifth floor, Lu Ping’an spent most of the time climbing up the floors.
But without the pressure of opponents and fully focusing on driving his own "flesh," Lu Ping’an also felt his "proficiency" rising continuously.
He lacks enough "compatibility" with this "new body" ... He can play gorgeous combos at critical moments, use it as a truck or mecha, but cannot treat it as his own body, responding instinctively with just a thought.
With each drive, each attack, and even each step, Lu Ping’an became more and more familiar with the fluctuations of this "body," feeling the way the "muscle gears" rotate.
His will was conducted through it, first to the Magical Vine, and then through the Magical Vine to control the giant’s armor.
The Magical Vine continuously grew, contracted, and adjusted within the armor, becoming more and more adaptable to its power requirements, turning into artificial muscles within the exoskeleton armor.
Indeed, the Magical Vine’s Reflex was at the Brass Upper level, and often, with just one thought from Lu Ping’an, it would act on its own... but Lu Ping’an’s Black Iron middle-rank Reflex also included the speed of his "perception" and "conduction".
Many things, Lu Ping’an would only think about when he saw them, and only then would the Magical Vine act... but in fact, this couldn’t fully exploit the Brass Upper level reflexes of the Magical Vine, and Lu Ping’an wasted most of the response time.
That is to say, Lu Ping’an’s CPU was too slow, and even good hardware would be severely dragged down. Every command he issued was several beats slower, and his main brain severely affected the reaction speed of this body, and there was even some dislocation due to the different reflex speeds of both sides.
This, in fact, was a small problem, but it could still be potentially fatal... Lu Ping’an didn’t dare to be distracted in the previous intense battles, and only now was it completely exposed.
Lu Ping’an tried to adjust, tried to get his body used to it, tried to let the Magical Vine form muscle reactions, but it turned out that this was not something that could be achieved in one go.
"Take it slow. Isn’t this what I’m doing right now, the training goal..."
All the way, the battle intensity was low, and Lu Ping’an was also eager to slowly test his own strength.
His current attributes are[Physique (Brass Upper), Reflex (Black Iron middle-rank), Spirit (Middle Brass)], which would be considered a top-notch talent at the 2-tier level, but among the senior third-tier, not only are they severely unbalanced with fatal weaknesses, but their strong attributes are also not powerful enough.
But if it was his current form, Big Cat helped to estimate that he had already reached a considerably impressive level.
"Although your reflexes are dragged down by yourself, it should average out to Lower Brass Level. Your spiritual power hasn’t changed, but when necessary, Zhi Xi’s spiritual power is also your spiritual power..."
At this moment, Lu Ping’an thought of the other half "father" of Zhi Xi who was a Ghost Spirit, and possession was their basic ability.
As long as Lu Ping’an was willing to accept Zhi Xi’s "possession", his spiritual power should be able to gain a temporary boost.
"...Even with possession, breaking through the Silver-tier level is impossible, but Brass Upper should be possible. Of course, the most obvious increase is actually..."
Another slap sent the 2-tier Animated Armor blocking the way on the tenth floor flying directly.
"...Physique, which should have reached Decree level already, and the greatest advantage isn’t brute force..."
Arrows shot out by the long-range activated weapons hit Lu Ping’an and were directly bounced off.
This kind of trash, let alone breaking through the defenses, couldn’t even scratch the armor. Lu Ping’an had been too lazy to dodge them all the way.
The sound of metal clashing was endless, and Lu Ping’an had already been surrounded. In the past, simply using a fire ring to clear the area would have sufficed.
But this time, since it was training, Lu Ping’an just slowly slapped them one by one.
Each attack was a precise control of his own "body."
The opponent’s attacks? Whether it was slashing with a knife or shooting an arrow, they were all directly ignored by him.
Zhi Xi was armor, and her defense power was always her biggest selling point. However, now, under Lu Ping’an’s multiple enhancements, her features had become even more outrageous.
One of the most basic features was Zhi Xi’s incredible hardness, then, as a Ghost Spirit, she also had a layer of psychic armor defense.
Also, as a "Tamer," she had the Abnormal Ability "Turning Stone into Iron", which could further enhance the hardness of the armor in the way of a professional.
At this point, Zhi Xi could already withstand the might of a tank.
This was just the normal state of things when Lu Ping’an did not intervene...
When the seven red Soul-snatching Marks were activated, the hardness of his equipped armor went up another level, and the armor protecting his vital parts had been upgraded from an armored transport to a tank.
All the way, Lu Ping’an didn’t even feel the impact of being attacked.
As for how hard it actually was? It hadn’t been broken through yet, so how could Lu Ping’an know?
"I don’t even feel the attacks anymore. I hope the third-tier Magic Monsters on the fifteenth floor can break through the defense, at least leave some scratches... Otherwise, this training would be meaningless."
— End of Chapter 621 —