Rookie?

Such arrogant words. Red Ghost looked in the direction of the voice she just heard... She was puzzled that someone would dare to call these four rookies in public. Who is it?

Her eyes caught a glimpse of the newcomer, and Red Ghost immediately deflated like a punctured balloon, speechless. Indeed, there are few in the world who can teach them a lesson besides this guy.

"You all look worried, are you troubled by the upcoming challenge?"

"Brother Feng..."

A rare joy flashed across Xiu Yi's face, but it was quickly replaced by a glum mood. He nodded, wanting to speak but hesitating, and said, "The strength of the Titan Elf Clan surpasses humans by too much. No matter what tactics we use, I find it hard to find a breakthrough. Damn it, these elves' movements make any conventional human tactics useless against them, damn!"

Xiu Yi's fist pounded heavily on the ground, dejected.

"You mean Sistine..." Feng Yi looked calmly at Xiu Yi and the others and said, "King-level warriors are indeed powerful individuals, but they are few. Avoiding direct confrontation as much as possible is the best strategy."

"Brother Feng, is there no other way?"

"Not for now. When facing warriors of this level, if you feel fear, it proves your effort and confidence are still lacking. A First-Order warrior shouldn't be instantaneously defeated, right?"

"Brother Feng, does that mean we have a chance to defeat a King-level warrior?"

"Very slim. Probability is unpredictable, but I know that you all have rusty bones—as warriors, self-neglect is a bad habit. Once you relax, your body will regress like rowing backward against the current. Being in a state of combat stress leads to much faster improvement than just fighting small monsters. I'm not exaggerating; the life-and-death battles you've experienced might not even compare to a fraction of mine."

This... no one could retort for a moment.

Indeed, all of them had grown stronger over the years, but this so-called strength was often achieved under the advantage of level suppression or through teamwork. However, the four had never encountered individuals as powerful as those from the Titan Elf Clan, so they lacked confidence.

Feng Yi continued, "Even facing an opponent far stronger, I remain free of fear and doubt because of my personal experience, my determination, and the undefeated faith I've accumulated in battle after battle."

"Undefeated faith."

"Yes, whether it's I, Kexiao, Sky Shadow, Roland, Desert Storm, or even Bruce, who joined this mission, every progressive individual pushes themselves during growth rather than forming habits of self-reliance—Xixi, let me ask you something."

"Ah! Yes! Here!" The named Xixi immediately responded.

"With your current medical skills, how long would it take you to revive a Level 3 pseudo-dead person?"

"For Level 3, about 2-3 minutes."

"Is that so? What about a year ago?"

"A year ago, about 2-3 minutes as well."

"Then how long would it take two years ago?"

As a data enthusiast, Xixi knew her peak performance was one minute and forty seconds. During that operation, she saved several civilians using this method and said, "Seems like it was under two minutes."

"See, here's the problem. Logically, you should be better now than before. During growth, everyone's tendency to be satisfied with the status quo leads to self-denial and a lack of breakthroughs and pursuit of innovative things. We could have done better but often settle for the current situation. This mindset is a hidden danger for warriors."

Xixi's pretty face turned bright red. She hadn't heard such blunt criticism in a long time.

During this time, Kevin also put away his usual lazy demeanor, and the wrench bouncing in his hand didn't seem to know where to go now.

"In these years, have you created any self-derived skills?"

"Sk-skills can also be self-created?" It was Xiu Yi speaking.

"Of course, for example, my Third Rhythm, Blank Paper Realm, Flame Dual Slash, Thunderbolt Blade, or fist. When you're out there, you should have some trump card skills, right?"

When Feng Yi asked this question, everyone fell silent again... Some evasive glances darted around...

Feng Yi said, "Not just me. To my knowledge, Kexiao has tried in this area recently, Sky Shadow has mastered the Destiny Starburst ability, even Blade Warrior, Zhang Xiaobo, each has strengthened their personal specialties. Sometimes, it's not that we don't work hard, but rather we need to recognize our direction and strengths."

"Wait, Brother Feng, speaking of..."

"What?"

Xiu Yi awkwardly chuckled and scratched his head, "Actually, we've also researched our tactics. Ahem! Though they may not be on your level, they aren't entirely useless either."

"Tactics? What kind?"

"Four Directions Battle Formation."

"Alright, use this move on me, let me test the formation's power."

A few seconds later, the battle formation shattered, completely disrupted by Feng Yi. Yet his eyes flashed a bit of approval, "Hmm, not too disappointing." Feng Yi's evaluation was just barely fair and somewhat acceptable; not entirely useless.

"Considering the Four Directions Battle Formation, I can teach you each a skill." Seeing Xixi excited and wanting to speak, Feng Yi quickly added that the prerequisite must be that he knows the skill because, after all, Xixi is a nurse. Learning medical skills from Feng Yi wasn't possible since he only knew how to reshape bodies with the Third Rhythm, but not cure illnesses.

In that instant, the four were stunned for several seconds. Xiu Yi was the first to roar, "Brother Feng, I want to learn Flame Dual Slash."

"Flame Dual Slash..."

"H-how?"

"This isn't something you can learn just like that. Flame Dual Slash doesn't suit your character, Xiu Yi. Learning this technique requires the extreme augmentation of one's 'dark' attributes, simply put, it needs blackened berserk attributes."

"Bl-blackened berserk attributes? What's that?"

"Well... possessing indomitable combat spirit, having an undefeated belief, body and mind in unison, an explosive force of dark flames. Due to the rapid speed of the strike, it's often seen as a flame, but in reality, it's a mental dark attribute. Its mechanism isn't based on distance but rather dark magnetic field sensing, a desperate reflex technique, thus when the opponent's oppressive aura approaches, the hit is certain—compared to Flame Dual Slash, you're more suited to learning Thunderbolt Blade."

"Brother Feng." Xixi uncharacteristically spoke up, "I want to learn the Third Rhythm."

"The Third Rhythm is a transcendent strike; there's a saying, when you grasp quantum, you grasp the world. Do you believe in cause and effect and ghosts?"

"I... am half-skeptical about it?"

"Every metaphysical cause and effect nothing more than ambiguous stitching of scientific theories, absurd explanations. The so-called devilish souls are merely electromagnetic signals' strong magnetic interference, exaggerated by the weak and turned into tales. What is beyond the world, beyond civilization, beyond the universe, beyond dimensions, beyond chaos? What is beyond the super-dimension, beyond infinite dimensions, beyond collapse? What is particle flow, and what is beyond observation? A person's luck doesn't change with kindness, yet this is your sublimation process."

"I don't understand what you're saying."

"Then let me ask differently: What is within the human body? What within cells? What within quantum? What within time? What within matter? What after collapse? What within observation? The basic concept of the infinitely large and infinitely small is the essence of all matter. Any material affected by laws is merely a product of rhythmic refraction, the law outside the law is the law inside the law. Even if the world perished, the universe would still operate orderly. When we cease to think, we become essence. Within the essence of rhythm, I am everything, and outside the essence, rhythm is me. When you become ordinary, when you lose thought, it is the foundational form that transcends phenomena—wanting to understand the Third Rhythm means understanding if you truly love this galaxy, knowing if you truly believe in the real you. Only by liking it, understanding it, reading it can you approach it—only with mind understanding can you perceive reality, material understanding can approach reality, mind understanding can enter reality, material understanding can grasp reality. From a certain point, when you re-deny everything, recognize everything, let go of everything, observe everything, you'll find everything everywhere. Denial equals transcendence, recognizing the true self and real world allows comprehension and the possibility of observing and transcending the world—that is the Third Rhythm."

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