Chapter 322: 087 – All Energy And No Substance
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When Rupid crashed against Lirian, everyone including Rupid expected Lirian to get knocked flying again, but to their surprise, Lirian caught Rupid's fist with ease.
A smile crept onto Lirian's face, as Rupid's face was coloured in surprise by the sudden change in Lirian's strength, most notably he realised that Lirian had caught his fist in the exact manner that he caught Lirian's earlier fist.
He thought it was just in his head, but in the next instant, Lirian raised his leg delivered a brutal kick that sent him skidding across the floor for almost a dozen yards.
Lirian chuckled softly, the blow didn't cause any damage to Rupid but Lirian wasn't going for that, he was just enjoying himself as he toyed around with Rupid's mind.
Lirian could imagine the thoughts going through Rupid's head at the moment, he was mostly thinking that Lirian was only playing around with him earlier and let his first attack land.
And in truth Lirian was only playing around so far, he used his [Gods Gaze] to focus on Rupid's energy and what he found left him saddened.
Rupid was a knight, he only cultivated his body and currently his body had just reached the late stages of his grade, unfortunately, with his [God's Gaze] he was unable to perfectly determine the stage of cultivation a person reached.
As he looked at Rupid's other centres of power he was forced to sigh, both his mind and dantian were in their sealed state.
Lirian did a quick calculation to estimate Rupid's energy, he added the three energy centre's together the late stages was at around the seventh stage so after adding it up he divided it by three, that's when he remembered that Izlandi had cultivated her body a little, and she used a basic technique, which definitely came from her family.
The technique would grant Rupid a 12% boost and finally, he multiplied it by Rupid's I.E.Q of six because of his grade.
In the end it looked something like this, ([{15 960 + 4 200 + 4 200} ÷ 3] + 12%) × 6 = 54 566.
Lirian held 40040 energy points due to his suppressed state and was merely at the fourth stage of the first grade, it was all thanks to the immense boosts brought about by his esper cultivation techniques.
Rupid's current energy was above Lirian's by a little over 14 000 units, of course if Lirian were to release his heavenly suppression his energy would double, but currently, his energy was being consumed 50% faster due to his elevated I.E.Q, but Lirian could still win in the current conditions, however, he wasn't planning on ending everything already.
He had a vested interest in Izlandi's plan, and he wanted her to succeed so that he could do what he desired to do, for that plan to work he couldn't completely destroy House Kurt just yet.
For now, Lirian was content with getting into his opponent's heads and playing around with their minds.
Rupid climbed to his feet and rushed at Lirian once more, this time he was fully on guard as he started to unleash fist after fist, which was filled with his aura.
Lirian smirked and moved around, with simple steps he weaved between the flurry of fists with so much as losing his breath, to the adepts and novices watching the entire thing looked like a spectacle.
Lirian's every step appeared to be filled with unbridled grace, it looked more like he was dancing an intricate dance, every blow thrown by their lord was avoided with such ease, that they began to wonder if the silver-haired man could read their lord's mind.
Even as their lord switched his stances and used different attacks with different sequences, the movements of Lirian remained the same.
Every blow thrown by Rupid released gales of pressure, onto the surroundings, and with every blow, the anger on his face started to increase.
"How-are-you-even-doing-this!?" Rupid roared and brought both his hands together and raised them above his head.
Lirian felt the energy in Rupid's body concentrate into his hands, he was about to bring his hands down like a hammer to unleash an extremely destructive strike.
Lirian sighed softly, "Let's not destroy the entire floor as yet," Lirian said, in Rupid's current position his entire body was completely exposed, for Lirian to attack however he pleased.
The reason Lirian could so freely and easily dodge Rupid was not just his skill, but also his [Accelerated Thoughts] it was a skill that belonged to mind cultivators, yet its uses in battle were extraordinary.
The [Accelerated Thoughts] ability allowed his perception to increase by a large amount, it allowed him to think and process things at an unbelievable pace.
With the ability the world seemed to slow down and grant him much more time to observe and study his surroundings, while its main purpose was to aid the mind in learning and understanding things at a much faster speed, its application in battle was not to be looked down upon.
Once more it proved that the centres of power were meant to work together, someone who only cultivated the mind would have their thoughts accelerated, but they would lack a body that could keep up with their mind.
However cultivating both would allow the body to act in accordance with its accelerated mind, and the application of an accelerated mind for a mage, was immense, mages took time to cast spells, and the more powerful the spell the longer they would take to cast a spell.
With [Accelerated Thoughts] spell casting time would be reduced by a significant time, it was just a single ability yet its application was groundbreaking.
Lirian analysed Rupid in his hammering stance, the accumulation of his energy seemed to take forever to Lirian.
Lirian pulled his arm back and built up some tension in his muscles before throwing a powerful jab directly at Rupid's gut.
The force of the strike took Rupid by surprise, he was aware of the opening his move provided to his opponent, but since their strength was on a similar level he believed that he could tank a few blows before releasing his strike.
Yet as the blow landed he felt waves of energy rip through his body that not even his aura could absorb, his stance completely broke and his eye threatened to pop out of their sockets as he was smashed off his feet and went soaring through the corridor like he was shot out of a sling.
Several seconds passed before the crash was heard, "Is that it?" Lirian asked, "I noticed some traces of forms in your attacks, but that was it, you might know a few forms but you haven't even reached the stage of combining your forms together," Lirian complained.
The man in front of him was at least 500 years old from what he could tell, yet he was still stuck on using forms, Lirian found it impossible to hide his disappointment at the discovery, this was a basic class back in the academy of Xelia.
Anyone who was in the fifth year in the academy would get to learn dozens of forms, yet the level of his opponent's skill was at the same level as cultivators who had just started their journey in the empire.
When Lirian used 'free striking' his opponent was helpless under the assault, to call it a travesty was an understatement.
Lirian couldn't help but sigh, his opponent had tons of energy, yet at the end of the day, he was all energy and no substance at all.
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When Rupid crashed against Lirian, everyone including Rupid expected Lirian to get knocked flying again, but to their surprise, Lirian caught Rupid's fist with ease.
A smile crept onto Lirian's face, as Rupid's face was coloured in surprise by the sudden change in Lirian's strength, most notably he realised that Lirian had caught his fist in the exact manner that he caught Lirian's earlier fist.
He thought it was just in his head, but in the next instant, Lirian raised his leg delivered a brutal kick that sent him skidding across the floor for almost a dozen yards.
Lirian chuckled softly, the blow didn't cause any damage to Rupid but Lirian wasn't going for that, he was just enjoying himself as he toyed around with Rupid's mind.
Lirian could imagine the thoughts going through Rupid's head at the moment, he was mostly thinking that Lirian was only playing around with him earlier and let his first attack land.
And in truth Lirian was only playing around so far, he used his [Gods Gaze] to focus on Rupid's energy and what he found left him saddened.
Rupid was a knight, he only cultivated his body and currently his body had just reached the late stages of his grade, unfortunately, with his [God's Gaze] he was unable to perfectly determine the stage of cultivation a person reached.
As he looked at Rupid's other centres of power he was forced to sigh, both his mind and dantian were in their sealed state.
Lirian did a quick calculation to estimate Rupid's energy, he added the three energy centre's together the late stages was at around the seventh stage so after adding it up he divided it by three, that's when he remembered that Izlandi had cultivated her body a little, and she used a basic technique, which definitely came from her family.
The technique would grant Rupid a 12% boost and finally, he multiplied it by Rupid's I.E.Q of six because of his grade.
In the end it looked something like this, ([{15 960 + 4 200 + 4 200} ÷ 3] + 12%) × 6 = 54 566.
Lirian held 40040 energy points due to his suppressed state and was merely at the fourth stage of the first grade, it was all thanks to the immense boosts brought about by his esper cultivation techniques.
Rupid's current energy was above Lirian's by a little over 14 000 units, of course if Lirian were to release his heavenly suppression his energy would double, but currently, his energy was being consumed 50% faster due to his elevated I.E.Q, but Lirian could still win in the current conditions, however, he wasn't planning on ending everything already.
He had a vested interest in Izlandi's plan, and he wanted her to succeed so that he could do what he desired to do, for that plan to work he couldn't completely destroy House Kurt just yet.
For now, Lirian was content with getting into his opponent's heads and playing around with their minds.
Rupid climbed to his feet and rushed at Lirian once more, this time he was fully on guard as he started to unleash fist after fist, which was filled with his aura.
Lirian smirked and moved around, with simple steps he weaved between the flurry of fists with so much as losing his breath, to the adepts and novices watching the entire thing looked like a spectacle.
Lirian's every step appeared to be filled with unbridled grace, it looked more like he was dancing an intricate dance, every blow thrown by their lord was avoided with such ease, that they began to wonder if the silver-haired man could read their lord's mind.
Even as their lord switched his stances and used different attacks with different sequences, the movements of Lirian remained the same.
Every blow thrown by Rupid released gales of pressure, onto the surroundings, and with every blow, the anger on his face started to increase.
"How-are-you-even-doing-this!?" Rupid roared and brought both his hands together and raised them above his head.
Lirian felt the energy in Rupid's body concentrate into his hands, he was about to bring his hands down like a hammer to unleash an extremely destructive strike.
Lirian sighed softly, "Let's not destroy the entire floor as yet," Lirian said, in Rupid's current position his entire body was completely exposed, for Lirian to attack however he pleased.
The reason Lirian could so freely and easily dodge Rupid was not just his skill, but also his [Accelerated Thoughts] it was a skill that belonged to mind cultivators, yet its uses in battle were extraordinary.
The [Accelerated Thoughts] ability allowed his perception to increase by a large amount, it allowed him to think and process things at an unbelievable pace.
With the ability the world seemed to slow down and grant him much more time to observe and study his surroundings, while its main purpose was to aid the mind in learning and understanding things at a much faster speed, its application in battle was not to be looked down upon.
Once more it proved that the centres of power were meant to work together, someone who only cultivated the mind would have their thoughts accelerated, but they would lack a body that could keep up with their mind.
However cultivating both would allow the body to act in accordance with its accelerated mind, and the application of an accelerated mind for a mage, was immense, mages took time to cast spells, and the more powerful the spell the longer they would take to cast a spell.
With [Accelerated Thoughts] spell casting time would be reduced by a significant time, it was just a single ability yet its application was groundbreaking.
Lirian analysed Rupid in his hammering stance, the accumulation of his energy seemed to take forever to Lirian.
Lirian pulled his arm back and built up some tension in his muscles before throwing a powerful jab directly at Rupid's gut.
The force of the strike took Rupid by surprise, he was aware of the opening his move provided to his opponent, but since their strength was on a similar level he believed that he could tank a few blows before releasing his strike.
Yet as the blow landed he felt waves of energy rip through his body that not even his aura could absorb, his stance completely broke and his eye threatened to pop out of their sockets as he was smashed off his feet and went soaring through the corridor like he was shot out of a sling.
Several seconds passed before the crash was heard, "Is that it?" Lirian asked, "I noticed some traces of forms in your attacks, but that was it, you might know a few forms but you haven't even reached the stage of combining your forms together," Lirian complained.
The man in front of him was at least 500 years old from what he could tell, yet he was still stuck on using forms, Lirian found it impossible to hide his disappointment at the discovery, this was a basic class back in the academy of Xelia.
Anyone who was in the fifth year in the academy would get to learn dozens of forms, yet the level of his opponent's skill was at the same level as cultivators who had just started their journey in the empire.
When Lirian used 'free striking' his opponent was helpless under the assault, to call it a travesty was an understatement.
Lirian couldn't help but sigh, his opponent had tons of energy, yet at the end of the day, he was all energy and no substance at all.
When Rupid crashed against Lirian, everyone including Rupid expected Lirian to get knocked flying again, but to their surprise, Lirian caught Rupid's fist with ease.A smile crept onto Lirian's face, as Rupid's face was coloured in surprise by the sudden change in Lirian's strength, most notably he realised that Lirian had caught his fist in the exact manner that he caught Lirian's earlier fist.He thought it was just in his head, but in the next instant, Lirian raised his leg delivered a brutal kick that sent him skidding across the floor for almost a dozen yards.Lirian chuckled softly, the blow didn't cause any damage to Rupid but Lirian wasn't going for that, he was just enjoying himself as he toyed around with Rupid's mind.Lirian could imagine the thoughts going through Rupid's head at the moment, he was mostly thinking that Lirian was only playing around with him earlier and let his first attack land.And in truth Lirian was only playing around so far, he used his Gods Gaze to focus on Rupid's energy and what he found left him saddened.Rupid was a knight, he only cultivated his body and currently his body had just reached the late stages of his grade, unfortunately, with his God's Gaze he was unable to perfectly determine the stage of cultivation a person reached.As he looked at Rupid's other centres of power he was forced to sigh, both his mind and dantian were in their sealed state.Lirian did a quick calculation to estimate Rupid's energy, he added the three energy centre's together the late stages was at around the seventh stage so after adding it up he divided it by three, that's when he remembered that Izlandi had cultivated her body a little, and she used a basic technique, which definitely came from her family.The technique would grant Rupid a 12% boost and finally, he multiplied it by Rupid's I.E.Q of six because of his grade.In the end it looked something like this, {15 960 + 4 200 + 4 200} 3 + 12% 6 = 54 566.Lirian held 40040 energy points due to his suppressed state and was merely at the fourth stage of the first grade, it was all thanks to the immense boosts brought about by his esper cultivation techniques.Rupid's current energy was above Lirian's by a little over 14 000 units, of course if Lirian were to release his heavenly suppression his energy would double, but currently, his energy was being consumed 50% faster due to his elevated I.E.Q, but Lirian could still win in the current conditions, however, he wasn't planning on ending everything already.He had a vested interest in Izlandi's plan, and he wanted her to succeed so that he could do what he desired to do, for that plan to work he couldn't completely destroy House Kurt just yet.For now, Lirian was content with getting into his opponent's heads and playing around with their minds.Rupid climbed to his feet and rushed at Lirian once more, this time he was fully on guard as he started to unleash fist after fist, which was filled with his aura.Lirian smirked and moved around, with simple steps he weaved between the flurry of fists with so much as losing his breath, to the adepts and novices watching the entire thing looked like a spectacle.Lirian's every step appeared to be filled with unbridled grace, it looked more like he was dancing an intricate dance, every blow thrown by their lord was avoided with such ease, that they began to wonder if the silver-haired man could read their lord's mind.Even as their lord switched his stances and used different attacks with different sequences, the movements of Lirian remained the same.Every blow thrown by Rupid released gales of pressure, onto the surroundings, and with every blow, the anger on his face started to increase."How-are-you-even-doing-this!?" Rupid roared and brought both his hands together and raised them above his head.Lirian felt the energy in Rupid's body concentrate into his hands, he was about to bring his hands down like a hammer to unleash an extremely destructive strike.Lirian sighed softly, "Let's not destroy the entire floor as yet," Lirian said, in Rupid's current position his entire body was completely exposed, for Lirian to attack however he pleased.The reason Lirian could so freely and easily dodge Rupid was not just his skill, but also his Accelerated Thoughts it was a skill that belonged to mind cultivators, yet its uses in battle were extraordinary.The Accelerated Thoughts ability allowed his perception to increase by a large amount, it allowed him to think and process things at an unbelievable pace.With the ability the world seemed to slow down and grant him much more time to observe and study his surroundings, while its main purpose was to aid the mind in learning and understanding things at a much faster speed, its application in battle was not to be looked down upon.Once more it proved that the centres of power were meant to work together, someone who only cultivated the mind would have their thoughts accelerated, but they would lack a body that could keep up with their mind.However cultivating both would allow the body to act in accordance with its accelerated mind, and the application of an accelerated mind for a mage, was immense, mages took time to cast spells, and the more powerful the spell the longer they would take to cast a spell.With Accelerated Thoughts spell casting time would be reduced by a significant time, it was just a single ability yet its application was groundbreaking.Lirian analysed Rupid in his hammering stance, the accumulation of his energy seemed to take forever to Lirian.Lirian pulled his arm back and built up some tension in his muscles before throwing a powerful jab directly at Rupid's gut.The force of the strike took Rupid by surprise, he was aware of the opening his move provided to his opponent, but since their strength was on a similar level he believed that he could tank a few blows before releasing his strike.Yet as the blow landed he felt waves of energy rip through his body that not even his aura could absorb, his stance completely broke and his eye threatened to pop out of their sockets as he was smashed off his feet and went soaring through the corridor like he was shot out of a sling.Several seconds passed before the crash was heard, "Is that it?" Lirian asked, "I noticed some traces of forms in your attacks, but that was it, you might know a few forms but you haven't even reached the stage of combining your forms together," Lirian complained.The man in front of him was at least 500 years old from what he could tell, yet he was still stuck on using forms, Lirian found it impossible to hide his disappointment at the discovery, this was a basic class back in the academy of Xelia.Anyone who was in the fifth year in the academy would get to learn dozens of forms, yet the level of his opponent's skill was at the same level as cultivators who had just started their journey in the empire.When Lirian used 'free striking' his opponent was helpless under the assault, to call it a travesty was an understatement.Lirian couldn't help but sigh, his opponent had tons of energy, yet at the end of the day, he was all energy and no substance at all.
