Wow! The item-dropping rate is really high!-Chapter 995 - 690: Guidance_2
Though just a short sentence, it was filled with extraordinarily complex emotions and a resolute will: "Defeat me. What I taught you."
"So it really is you." A slight smile blossomed on Bai E's face.
"Stay focused." Yue Ying's tone remained cold.
Her attacks didn't pause for even a moment!
The aftermath of the collision had barely settled when that slender figure, like a ghost, closed in. In her hand appeared a long battle sword seemingly forged from starlight and ice. Her swordsmanship was sharp and fierce, each strike aimed directly at the "Star Emperor" mecha's power joints, spiritual energy transfer nodes, and even the weaknesses in Bai E's perceptions.
It wasn't blind hacking, but rather precise strikes imbued with a high understanding of the Sword Dao, aiming at the mecha's structure and Bai E's combat habits!
Even more startling to Bai E was that within Yue Ying's sword moves, he could vaguely see the shadow of the Elven martial arts he had once learned.
But now they were wilder, more direct, imbued with a resolve to destroy everything.
As if suppressing something, yet simultaneously releasing something.
"She's guiding me..."
Bai E instantly grasped the meaning of Yue Ying's words "Defeat me."
This wasn't a life-and-death struggle between enemies, but more like a... special instruction in the direst of circumstances? A trial forcing him to surpass his limits?
This master from the Elf Race had always been a master; even as he advanced step by step, she never once halted.
Even after he achieved extraordinary growth, her level remained the combat peak he could reach...
Whether when he first traversed, or even now.
Yue Ying's sword, like the sternest mentor, forced him into a desperate situation.
Every attack of hers pressured Bai E to bring everything he had learned—
The Elven combat skills, battle footwork, and spiritual energy utilization learned from her, along with the instant strike technique he later comprehended and everything else into full play, to respond, to counter, to... transcend!
"Is she using this method to make me truly integrate and embark on my own 'Dao path'?" Bai E understood in his heart.
The Elves revered the "Dao," pursuing the ultimate in skill.
The attacks that seemed brutal were actually guiding him in the most extreme way to integrate all power and insight, breaking out skills that surpassed the current level!
He couldn't betray her expectations! Nor waste this "teaching" opportunity gained at the risk of life!
Bai E's gaze sharpened, dismissing all extraneous thoughts. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂
Whether the burden of responsibility he carried or the excitement of reuniting with a friend... only battle remained.
Facing Yue Ying's sword force that was as fierce as a storm yet exceptionally splendid, he pushed his perception to the limit, trying to capture the traces and rhythm of the "Dao" within Yue Ying's attacks.
The former self could find the subtleties of any opponent's or instructor's techniques under the disguise of the system, but later realized it was merely his innate talent.
Initially under the system's mask, he could master all skills in "instruction mode," and now, even when facing the ultimate "Dao," he felt not a hint of confusion.
The Devouring Star Blade in Bai E's hand shone with radiant gold and white light, and his blade technique no longer stuck to fixed moves but began flowing with perception and combat instinct.
At times like a shooting star breaking the sky, at times like a tidal wave engulfing, gradually integrating his spiritual energy, power of faith, mecha performance, and combat skills.
Their battle in the galaxy turned into two intertwined and clashing streams of light, moving so fast that onlookers could hardly see the specific moves, only witnessing more frequent explosions of spiritual energy and shockwaves blooming.
Occasionally, a "tentacle" of the Bug Race strayed into the battle zone, only to be torn apart instantly by the residual waves of their combat.
In the core of the melee, Bai E fought with ever-greater vigor.
Under Yue Ying's pressure, which could be described as "death instruction," he felt a qualitative change happening in his understanding of power and control over combat.
The sensation was akin to touching the threshold encountered during Karian's planetary will convergence, which during this clash between life and death and the tempering of skills, became clearer and closer.
"Dao..." Bai E came to a realization in his heart.
His blade began to truly carry a hint of his own, merging the essence of protection, resistance, unyielding spirit, and the utmost in skill.
Yue Ying perceived Bai E's transformation, a faint, nearly undetectable mixture of relief and complexity flickering deep in her eyes beneath her surging battle intent and icy exterior.
Her attacks became even fiercer, but the guidance within could only be understood by the two combatants.
"Just like that... keep going... surpass me..."
She whispered silently in her heart, while her sword transformed into a more violent galaxy, slashing at the "sun" that was arduously gathering yet already beginning to shine.
The fierce battle in the starry sky entered a completely new phase that no one could have predicted.
Under the pressure of Yue Ying's sword force, which was like a raging storm yet hinted at guidance in every stroke, Bai E reached unprecedented focus.
He activated and fused everything he had learned along the way.
It was no longer a simple accumulation but a fusion aiming at deeper, more essential integration and sublimation under tremendous pressure.
His blade ceased to be merely a weapon, transforming into an extension of his will.
Within the golden-white blade light, that trace of the "intention" to protect Mine Star, resist unyieldingly, and pursue the ultimate in skill grew clearer and more refined.
Every swing of the blade no longer merely followed techniques or instinct but seemed to adhere to a more profound "trace," the nascent form of his personal combat "Dao."
"Remember this feeling!" Yue Ying's cold voice resounded again directly in Bai E's consciousness, but this time it carried a resolution with a hint of acknowledgment rather than a reminder.
"Use your blade to carve a path ahead!"
As soon as her words fell, Yue Ying's attack pattern abruptly changed!
The ethereal purple and silver-white sword light ceased its blind assault, instead aiming like a guiding star at a relatively weak node area exposed due to previous battles and internal energy fluctuations in a Bug Race dreadnought!
Simultaneously, her spiritual energy resonance mysteriously aligned with the nascent form of Bai E's "Dao," clearly pointing out that spot for him.
Without the need for words, Bai E instantly comprehended.
In that moment, he felt as if he, Yue Ying, the mecha, and even the blade in his hand had merged into one.
All the power, will, and skill poured into the Devouring Star Blade!
"Slash!"
There was no roar, only a calm intention that seemed capable of severing the fabric of the universe.
The "Star Emperor" mecha and that slender figure separated suddenly and, almost at the same instant, transformed into two intercrossing streams of dazzling light!
One gold and white, the other ethereal purple and silver-white, like the sharpest double-edge blades in the universe, drawing two beautiful yet deadly arcs, slicing precisely through the weak point Yue Ying indicated on the Bug Race dreadnought!
"Screech——!!!"
It wasn't an explosion, but a sound like thick fabric being torn, a noise that made one's teeth ache.
The Bug Race dreadnought, always maneuvering quickly and shielded in multiple layers by plankton, had its thick biological armor easily sliced through by the two condensed beams of blade and sword light as if like butter under a hot knife!
The wound was deep enough to reveal the core, with its internal spiritual energy veins, fleshy cavities, and energy conduits completely severed and shredded!
More crucially, this strike seemed to destroy a key coordination hub!
"Screech——!!!"
The heavily damaged dreadnought emitted a painful spiritual energy wail, with the ethereal green radiance on its surface turning chaotic and dim.
Its originally agile high-speed maneuvering came to an abrupt halt, tilting and spinning in space like a kite whose string was cut.
The dense plankton surrounding it lost unified command and fell into disarray.
"Opportunity!" In the Mine Star command center, Katherine and Gong Yan shouted nearly in unison with their nerves taut.
"Launch a counterattack!"
No one needed to remind them; Bai E didn't need to give orders.
The strike, jointly made by Bai E and that mysterious strongman, sounded the horn of retaliation!
