Divine Might Training

This was destined to be a brutal, one-sided battle; Yaxiu had no chance of victory whatsoever. He couldn't hit Dead Frenzy at all, while Dead Frenzy could have her way with him as she pleased. To this day, Yaxiu still couldn't understand what form Dead Frenzy even existed in. It was always her beating him, never him landing a hit on her... Even when sparring against Sonia, he had never felt so utterly stifled! He couldn't even make use of grand spectacles or miracles. Neither "Sword Body Barrier" nor "Refraction Guardian" could hold out against Dead Frenzy's blade. She seemed to materialize into physical form only at the exact instant she made contact with Yaxiu, forcing him into a pure contest of swordsmanship. As a result, not only was Yaxiu's body battered, but his spirit was thoroughly humiliated as well. "Your forehand is limp, your backhand is sloppy, your footwork is loose, and not a single move looks decent." Even amid the furious swordplay, Dead Frenzy taunted him with effortless ease. "With this pathetic excuse for skill, aren't you afraid of enraging Sonia and getting sliced in two?" "I am." "Then why do you still dare?" "Maybe I can keep her happy forever?" "You won't shed a tear until you see the coffin, will you?" Dead Frenzy laughed out of exasperation. With a flick of her wrist, a sweeping water-moon sword stance nearly sent Yaxiu's Honeyed Words with a Dagger flying. Then, riding the momentum, she spun around, landing an elegant, crescent-shaped spinning kick squarely against his head before pressing down violently to stomp him straight into the sea! A spray of water surged a hundred meters high before dissolving into a pattering shower of rain. Standing on the water amid the downpour, Yaxiu cracked his neck and suddenly asked, "Why can you still hit me when I've already mastered Divine Might?" Although Yaxiu had spent the past two months doing nothing more than providing leisure and entertainment for the exhausted operators, one couldn't forget that he naturally shared experience with them. As Sword Princess and the others rapidly elevated their realms, Yaxiu had completely crossed the legendary limit, bringing all four schools—sword, time, truth, and soul—into the divine domain. Divine Might was the apex of body arts; Divine Prison was the apex of archery. While grasping Divine Might alone would have been tricky for Yaxiu, Sword Princess had already mastered it a month ago. With her teaching him hand-in-hand, it would have been hard for him not to learn. The formidable power of Divine Might lay in its ability to unravel any miracle and nullify all damage through sheer body arts, without relying on a single sorcery spirit. The strongest Divine Might Yaxiu had ever seen was none other than Demon Lehuai's "Divine Might Body." Every single muscle across his entire frame could trigger Divine Might; Yaxiu even suspected that a single strand of Lehuai's hair could activate it—an airtight, absolute defense. However, in the bizarre demonic war, an absolute defense capable only of warding off external damage was merely an insignificant passive ability. Now Yaxiu, Sonia, and Diya could all trigger Divine Might. Diya faced the fewest restrictions and could execute it with both punches and kicks, though it demanded tremendous mental energy and required at least three seconds of recovery. Sonia could only unleash it through her sword, but she could trigger it continuously in short bursts for up to a minute, though only once per battle. Yaxiu was the most pathetic of all: while he could invoke it through both sword and fist, his cooldown was over five seconds. Yaxiu had tried to counterattack with Divine Might several times, only to end up getting beaten even worse, leaving him wondering if Divine Might had different tiers—like basic, advanced, or legendary Divine Might... "Divine Might can only unravel one blow at a time. You think your Divine Might failed, but it actually worked; my reactions and shift of technique were simply faster than yours. How could you ever hope to break my offensive with a single use of Divine Might?" Dead Frenzy dropped down before him and sneered. "The only ones qualified to trade blows with me in Divine Might are the Observer and the Black Demon. Never mind you—even Fanxing, who only just became a supreme of sorcery, is no match for me. "Your Divine Might cooldown is too long, and you haven't learned to use your hands and feet properly. You're like a halfwit who only knows how to swing an iron stick around." She offered a blunt critique: "The purpose of Divine Might isn't combat; it's cultivation. That is the advantage shared by all technique-stream demigods. Divine Might and Divine Prison are in fact the finest avenues for a sorcerer to seek inward, perfecting mind, technique, and body. "When the body is honed to perfection, every inch of the soul body is a divine weapon. When technique reaches the pinnacle, even hair and skin can trigger Divine Might. And when the mind is as flawless as colored glass, one acts at will, unbound and unfettered. Divine Might roots itself like an instinct deep within the soul, granting complete immunity to all external harm." Yaxiu instantly thought of the master of Divine Might he had once encountered: "Lehuai..." "His body and technique are tempered well enough, but his mind is still far from complete," Dead Frenzy judged. "Among the six God-Leaders, the Lord of Joyful Dreams had the greatest talent for body arts, on par with Fanxing. But body arts that could only be used for slaughter could never satisfy his ideals. Since raising the Kingdom of Heaven, he probably hasn't advanced his body arts by a single inch... At this point, his mastery is inferior even to that of the Lord of the Endless Abyss. "I don't expect you to hone your mind, technique, and body to my level." She glanced at Yaxiu sideways. "However, you need to accompany Sonia through more Divine Might training. Your level is just right for feeding her moves." Yaxiu nodded. "Should we call the Witch along too? She knows Divine Might as well." "Has some white sludge rotted your brain?" Dead Frenzy raised her hand and smacked his head repeatedly. "You want Sonia to watch you and Lisidiya team up against her? What would she think, huh? Do you want her personality to distort that badly?" Yaxiu put up his hands defensively and argued, "It's just for cultivation. I don't think Sword Princess overthinks things that much..." "She's happy right now, so of course she won't overthink it!" Dead Frenzy smacked him with every word she uttered. "But what about the day she feels wronged? Do you really think she isn't the type to bring up old scores? When that day comes, she'll tally up every grudge old and new. The more she stews over it, the angrier she'll get. If you can leave behind a whole corpse, I'll take it as my loss!" "No way. At most, she'd only beat me half to death!" Yaxiu replied with boundless confidence. Dead Frenzy angrily kicked his backside and laid her blade directly against his neck. "You are going to train Divine Might alone with Sonia. Understood? When she sweats, you wipe it. When she's thirsty, you hand her a drink. When she's tired—" "Take her on a date to relax!" Yaxiu answered without hesitation. "Understood." "...Fair enough." Dead Frenzy sheathed her blade, took out a cigarette case, shook out a cigarette, and held it between her lips as she watched him. Yaxiu blinked, only then realizing he was supposed to light it for her, after which he quickly hid his hands behind his back. Dead Frenzy tilted her chin up, exhaling a graceful smoke ring, and said to him, "Hold out your hand." Yaxiu shook his head repeatedly. "Why?" "Because last night Sonia said no, but you still insisted on leaving the lamp on," Dead Frenzy said. "You're always going against her wishes." "But I really think she's beautiful," Yaxiu mumbled. "I felt like I ought to convey that feeling to her properly..." Still, since he had already taken the earlier beating, one more hit wouldn't make a difference. Yaxiu held out his palm. Dead Frenzy glanced at him, reached out to lightly pat his palm, and turned around. "Let's go."