I Am Your Natural Enemy-Chapter 696 - 267: Been Through Once, Second Reading (5k)

Wen Yan stared intently at the newly acquired title for a long while.

So I can just play with my phone at home, and a title will pop up, right?

He confirmed several times over that he wasn't dreaming or hallucinating.

Then, he continued to read. This new title, at least in its description, didn't differ much from the ones he had received before.

"Beast Nemesis."

"Wearing this title grants 100% suppression, 100% true damage, and 100% Ignore Immunity against all Ferocious Beasts."

This part is a continuation of the same vein, nothing special.

"Inherent basic effect: Slash Slash Slash." 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

"Originating from a human's simple and unadorned saber technique, it represents the saber scars engraved on the once formidable Glutton."

"Basic damage is 63%. When you possess a weapon transformed from the Mythical Core of the Beast, depending on the compatibility, you can exert up to 1000% effect."

"When the weapon is a saber, you gain an additional 20% (x) damage effect."

Wen Yan scrutinized this part carefully. It contained quite a bit of information.

When he first received the title of Tiger Nemesis, the title came with its own Tiger Subduing Three Styles.

This Tiger Subduing Three Styles was heavily related to the source of the title, namely the Mountain Lord.

Based on my past experiences, acquiring this title must be related to a saber, and perhaps even the Glutton mentioned in the description.

He remembered that the Glutton was a Ferocious Beast from ancient legends, and this title, too, was Beast Nemesis.

There certainly has to be a significant connection.

He read on.

"Wearing this title, when facing Ferocious Beasts, there is a 21% chance of triggering the special effect 'Ashes to Ashes.'"

"Wearing this title, when facing Ferocious Beasts, there is a 21% chance of stripping away the Mythical Core of the Beast."

This special effect must also be directly related to the method of obtaining the title.

The Water Ghost Nemesis title had one effect that completely obliterated the target and another that stripped away the Natural Enemy Profession's inheritable traits; both were directly related to how he acquired that title at the time.

For Beast Nemesis, based on my experience, it should be the same.

But he hadn't done anything. He was just sitting at home when, suddenly, as if the Natural Enemy Profession had bugged out, a title popped up.

He tried equipping this title and instantly felt the inherent saber technique become as natural as breathing.

He went to the backyard and tried practicing it. He discovered that his control over his body, his mastery over Power, how to exert force, and how to release it, had all risen several levels and felt as natural as instinct.

After confirming this, Wen Yan no longer doubted it.

The title is real. It couldn't possibly be more authentic.

But how did I obtain it?

Wen Yan had absolutely no recollection. He hadn't experienced any lapse in memory.

Having acquired this title and experienced the Slash Slash Slash—that oddly named saber technique—he stopped focusing on the specifics of the technique itself.

He valued the other benefits that came with this saber technique, like the enhanced control over Power.

Continuing his training in the backyard, he immediately felt his breakthrough speed increase severalfold. What shocked him even more was that he seemed to instinctively know which path was correct and which new routes to pioneer first, all without conscious planning.

He didn't even need Grandma's buff to activate.

He stood there pondering for a few minutes, then removed the title.

He continued to train, his efficiency only slightly slower than before.

This slight decrease was merely due to the loss of that instinctual mastery over Power, which had marginally slowed his speed.

He still possessed a sixth sense that allowed him to precisely complete the Pioneer process without even thinking about it.

He could feel the path of Power in his hands, advancing at an almost perfectly smooth pace, with virtually no mistakes.

After completing a serious training session and carefully comparing the sensations, he opened his eyes and stood still.

I understand why now.

That sensation was the same as during his normal training sessions.

He would leverage Grandma's buff, pushing himself to the brink of death—knowing he wouldn't actually die—to forcibly carve out a path.

It isn't my sixth sense that knows which path is right. Rather, my sixth sense knows that all other paths are wrong, that they'll lead to ruin and trigger Grandma's buff.

Now, my training is as though I've bypassed the reckless trial-and-error process, instinctively knowing which paths won't fail.

There's only one possibility for such a scenario.

I must have already gone through that trial-and-error.

In his training process, he would only make a mistake in any given wrong direction once, never a second time.

Just once was enough; the sensation of having one foot in the grave would be forever seared into his mind.

Even if he forgot, the moment he tried to step into the same trap again, his instincts would pull him back, preventing him from making the same misstep twice.

Wen Yan hadn't noticed this before, precisely because he never made the same mistake twice.

Only after careful consideration and reflection today did he discover this.

A single training session today was equivalent to several days' worth of effort, multiplying his efficiency several times over.

「Back at home.」

Wen Yan sat by himself.

His experiences of repeatedly flirting with death during training, the strong sense that he had already traversed this path before, that feeling of being guided by something unseen—it was all extremely profound.

And then there was this Beast Nemesis title that had seemingly fallen from the sky.

Both unequivocally told him that he must have already done *something*.

Even after repeatedly confirming that he had no memory gaps or hallucinations, and that his training progress hadn't reset—that he was indeed encountering this stage for the first time—the feeling persisted.

He had heard that many people, at some point, experience an unusual sense of familiarity when encountering something for the first time, as if they've seen it before.