"It is said that, in the ancient era, there was a sixty-nine-year-old Entropy System Chosen One, whose one-handed ion electric whip was unrivaled across the world, and who vividly described the most critical key to struggle and killing with these brief words—come and deceive, come and launch a sneak attack!"

It wasn't that Ji Jue lacked martial virtue, nor was he oblivious to his own insignificance or the deference due to the older and more powerful. In fact, it was precisely because he could sense the terrifying gap between them that he became increasingly aware of how slim his chances of victory were.

No, forget winning, it would be courtesy on Professor Ye's part if he could last ten rounds, an opportunity given for performance but also, incidentally, a release to the sea.

Given that, he had to give it his all!

Seize every opportunity, use every condition, while Professor Ye was still unclear about the properties of Fluid Alchemy and the boost from Non-attack, and also the unrevealed, brand-new blessing as a trump card…

Without any forewarning or sign, the emblem of the White Deer had already appeared on Ji Jue's legs amidst the enhancement of Fluid Alchemy, accelerating.

Not just accelerating.

The emblem of the Ruins had already emerged on his chest, enhancing his physique and endurance, while on the palms of both hands, the crowd emblem had already been constructed, with blood-red light splashing forth.

Taking the spiritual erosive and destructive power of his own to the extreme!

Under the spiritual operation feature of Non-attack, as long as this strike could hit, no, as long as any change in tactics later could touch Professor Ye, even the slightest bit, there would still be a fight!

The sudden aggression, as if unexpected by Professor Ye, had approached in an instant, yet she seemingly hadn't had the chance to react.

Ji Jue's eyes lit up.

There's a chance!

—Snap!

As if there were a momentary blank in his thoughts, he couldn't remember anything.

Ji Jue's vision blurred.

When he came to his senses, all he heard was the buzzing tinnitus in his ears and saw, in front of him, the revolving ceiling, and...the severe pain in his back.

He was sprawled on the ground, spread-eagled.

Struggling to breathe.

If it hadn't been for the fortification of his body achieved through interference from the Embers System and the protective shield added from the emblem of Ruins, he might have gone straight to the ICU.

Ji Jue's eyes widened in incomprehension, what...what had happened?!

The answer was, a shoulder throw.

Executed so fluently it was like water flowing in clouds, so swift there was no time to react, with such a high purity it seemed as if Ji Jue had willingly walked into it—a perfectly executed throwing technique!

Facing the student who had pushed to the limit, in the split second where there was no room for hair, Professor Ye merely sidestepped slightly, and Ji Jue's fist brushed past her shoulder, not even touching a thread of her clothing.

Then, with an understated lift of her hand, she grabbed his wrist, turned around with the momentum and, as if throwing away a ragged cloth, lifted him and drew a perfect semi-circle in mid-air that was tear-jerkingly beautiful, then—with a "bia"—slapped him onto the ground.

And she even took a moment to pause and adjust the position to ensure that Ji Jue's head didn't smash directly onto the ground and turn into a squashed watermelon.

All of this was projected in front of him by the Ghost Work Ball recording mid-air.

And in ten times slow-motion, with a high-energy warning and a breakdown of movements.

Utterly devastating.

"It's good that you know how to seize the initiative and control the situation; your strength is adequate, and your mentality commendable," Professor Ye's face appeared in his field of vision, casually commenting from above: "Unfortunately, you have too little experience.

All the power of Non-attack lies in both hands, be it creation, destruction, or change, all sufficient to secure victory. Precisely for that reason, the enemy will be extra cautious of your hands. If you wish to win with a single strike, you must conceal your intent to attack instead of revealing everything openly.

The way you're doing it, even a fool could tell there's something wrong with your hands."

Ji Jue's expression twitched.

He couldn't bring himself to smile.

Probe failed, situation dire.

Professor Ye seemed to have an intimate understanding of the features of Non-attack, but this was within Ji Jue's expectations: after all, if it were not clear to her, she would not have thrown Ji Jue into the Crack Realm for honing.

No, he was still too naive.

Fighting too much with the likes of Mr. Lou had dulled his awareness and skills.

"Again!"

He took a deep breath, forcefully slapped his face, got up from the ground, and after steadying himself, he crouched carefully, bent over, lowering his center of gravity to avoid another devastating throw.

Throughout, Professor Ye just stood by, hands tied, waiting for his next attack. Even without a struggle, there was no doubt that the initiative was always in her hands.

Ji Jue squinted his eyes and observed carefully for a long time… only to awkwardly realize that he hadn't noticed a thing.

"I suggest you be quicker."

Professor Ye casually looked up at the direction of the living room, "Otherwise, the tea that I've just brewed will get cold."

The moment his gaze shifted, Ji Jue, once again, launched himself forward.

He seized the opportunity clearly offered by Professor Ye, attacking fiercely again. This time, he abandoned his variable punches for fingers combined into a hand blade, chopping towards Professor Ye's neck!

Even if Ji Jue wasn't capable of creating a blade sharp enough to slice through hair from thin air, the fingers, transformed through the spiritual enhancement of the Embers System, were no less powerful than iron and stone.

But then, the hand blade that had raised a dull thud stopped just an inch from Professor Ye's neck.

His arm went numb out of nowhere.

Blocked!

Coming from Professor Ye's finally raised right hand, she did not directly address Ji Jue's fierce attack; instead, she struck from the centerline, landing on his forearm, blocking, warding off, followed by an eruption of hidden strength that flung him open!

As fluid as flowing clouds.

And as Ji Jue briefly lost his balance, her left hand swept by, barely missing Ji Jue's eyeball, but the sharp wind from her fingertips painfully stung his eyes, causing tears to flow and blurring his vision almost instantly.

Luckily, it didn't hit his eye.

No, how could that be possible? If he couldn't even master such a short distance, he couldn't possibly become a master—it was just that he had been merciful.

If he had moved forward just an inch more, he could have plucked out Ji Jue's eyeballs effortlessly.

[Block with the plowing hand, swipe the eyes with the pointing finger.]

The gleeful voice of the Ghost Work Ball came from the side: [Wing Chun, kid!]

Ji Jue had no time to pay attention.

Even before he could blink, he forcefully suppressed the discomfort and pain by enhancing his spiritual qualities, closed in again, and sped up recklessly.

Yet compared to Ji Jue's fierce attacks, Professor Ye seemed so relaxed.

With a casual wave of his hand, he easily deflected all of Ji Jue's moves between opening and closing, even having spare energy to critique and inquire, "Still too hasty, what's the rush? Is there something you don't want me to know? Or are you trying to hide some, little tricks?"

From the moment the question was asked, he lunged straight in, his left hand pressing down toward Ji Jue's chest.

Even with an open palm, not using a heavy punch, the spiritual qualities swirling above his fingers and the thunder that burst out in an instant made Ji Jue's whole body go cold.

Enough to give an overconfident student the most painful blow!

Bang!!!

The muffled sound burst the moment they made contact, but it didn't seem like it hit the target, rather, it was as if it smashed against a metallic shell.

Underneath Ji Jue's shattered jacket, what appeared was a dark red matte surface, as tough as steel!

That was blood.

The blood seeping out from beneath the jacket, after the hardened T-shirt sleeve cut the skin. Using about 15ML of his own blood as material, merged into the T-shirt's chest, applied with Fluid Alchemy, instantly hardened, and with dual reinforcement, transformed the originally thin short sleeve into body armor!

Good, very good. Although using blood to transform external objects seemed a bit like cheating in the class on Spiritual Attack and Defense, it was a clever idea.

From that instant, Ji Jue's right hand took the opportunity to strike, delivering a Cross Fist; he clearly saw a trace of approval in Professor Ye's eyes, and as always, mockery!

Sadly, it was just cleverness.

Quick in reaction, knowing how to lure the enemy in deep, but did you forget your own course list?

Bang!

Agonizing pain erupted.

Ji Jue's eyes were nearly popping out of his sockets.

Because under Professor Ye's fingers, the hardened blood armor crumbled to pieces.

He hadn't used excessive force, it was merely the first time he had used spiritual qualities while overwhelming a student.

Even compared to the spiritual qualities Ji Jue poured into his attack, it seemed so insignificant, yet the technique he applied was a lesson Ji Jue had yet to learn for who knows how long...

——Dissociation Technique!

The hastily performed Fluid Alchemy, under those five fingers, was like nothing, as the Spiritual Circuit completely collapsed under the instant impact, and the hardening effect completely vanished.

Along with the emblem of the Ruins.

The pressing fingers, penetrating straight through, burst out Hidden Strength, impacting the internal organs, bringing uncontrollable convulsions and pain, causing Ji Jue to bend over like a red-hot shrimp.

But in that instant, Professor Ye saw...

A smile on Ji Jue's face!

In the blast of the Dissociation Technique, the shattered blood surged out like a living thing, merging into Ji Jue's jacket, flowing, and converging on the cuff of the right hand sleeve.

The whitewashed long-sleeved jacket shattered instantly, under the guidance and transformation of the blood threads, it wound in the opposite direction around Professor Ye's left hand.

Bind, shackles!

In this lightning-fast moment, Shape Reshaping, Resilience Enhancement, Material Manipulation, nearly unfathomable triple operations were completed!

Fast, too fast...

So fast that it wasn't within Ye Xian's predicted range.

Such swiftness, fast enough that the speed of refinement upon thought and the infuriating precision behind it, even for Non-attack, was too exaggerated!

Now, even if he used the Dissociation Technique to destroy Ji Jue's spiritual qualities again, the mere resilience of the fabric was enough to form a restraint in this critical moment...

Ye Xian finally realized, so this was the real trap?

And in that split second, Ji Jue's left hand finally pressed onto Professor Ye's right wrist!

Grip tight!

His pupils lit up, as if reflecting the distant dawn of victory, activating the spiritual operation unique to Non-attack!

Then, his smile, froze on his face.

His spiritual qualities were still confined to his own left hand, utterly unable to invade Professor Ye's body, as if... completely blocked from the outside.

The wrist below the five fingers, in his perception, remained pitch black.

As though what he was holding was nothing but emptiness.

Then, he heard Professor Ye's appreciative comments.

"Fake and real, this is good."

Ye Xian, admiring the shocked expression on Ji Jue's face that seemed as if he had seen a ghost, slowly said, "Since you've already demonstrated Non-attack, let me show you the features of Mo Ye."

Saying so, he actively raised his right wrist, presenting it to Ji Jue to examine the results of his creation.

Indeed, he had grabbed it correctly.

But Ji Jue's spiritual qualities couldn't make any contact with Professor Ye's skin, nor could they manipulate Professor Ye's arm!

There was still an invisible line of separation between them.

For Non-attack, this slight difference was an insurmountable gap!

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