Awakening The Gluttony Talent: I Become Stronger By Eating

198 One Mind, Two Focuses

In an instant, the Red Lotus Fire Domain was jolted viciously, as if it had been crushed by a gigantic object. Cracks appeared everywhere in a dense web, and the high temperature and high pressure zone formed by the combined forces of wind and fire was completely broken up under this sword strike.

The giant heavy sword slashed down towards Lu Yu’s head with unparalleled sharpness and viciousness.

Lu Yu swung his arm to block and the Blood Emperor Battle Saber pressed against the giant heavy sword. Wave after wave of boundless force that emitted from the impact jolted Lu Yu’s arm until it went numb.

What was even more frightening was that there was an invisible force that came sweeping over to attack Lu Yu’s body.

If he did not have the Emerald Emperor’s Method running in the background, healing his injuries while neutralizing part of the force, Lu Yu would have been severely hit in the first place and would lose the ability to resist.

“The character simulated in this illusionary realm is unbeatable in terms of strength.” Lu Yu was aghast.

At least, in the clash of power, he was no match for him. There was no way he could fight against that amazingly wondrous combat style and power unleashing technique in his current state.

In that case, he would have to deploy trickery to win!

Thus, Lu Yu deployed the Star Shifting Steps in conjunction with Shadowstep and his speed increased tremendously in an instant. As a series of afterimages were left on the ground, his swift and fierce aura erupted at the same time, and Ji Tianlin was surrounded by gusts of howling saber energy.

“Hoho… a worm is still a worm. Not only is your strength inferior to mine, but even your speed is only so-so,” Ji Tianlin said with a scornful laugh.

The giant heavy sword in his hand appeared slow and clumsy compared to Lu Yu’s figure moving at blinding speed and the swift and fierce saber energy.

However, it just happened to clash right on top of Lu Yu’s saber. The impact from the monumental force jolted Lu Yu and sent him flying again.

“Be careful of this impostor. Although he does not possess the power that my father had in his lifetime, he is quite close to my father in terms of combat skills.” Seeing that Lu Yu had come to rescue her, Ji Xi reminded Lu Yu out of kindness.

Lu Yu asked, “Then do you know what weaknesses your father has?”

Ji Xi pursed her lips for a long while before mumbling, “He has no weakness.”

In her mind, her father was not only terrifyingly powerful, he was also practically flawless. When Lu Yu heard her, he realized he had asked a futile question. It seemed that he would have to think of a way himself.

The skills and various techniques that he was so proud of were so badly stretched to the limit by this terrifying combat technique that they appeared inadequate.

Even the Gluttony Talent couldn’t do anything about it. This was because the impostor was just a virtual character created by the illusionary realm, and he couldn’t devour him to get other abilities.

Just when Lu Yu was frowning in deep thought, a ray of bright light suddenly shot across his mind. That was right. His Gluttony Talent could still be used to improve on other skills a hundred times over.

Since he couldn’t beat him, then he might as well join him! He would try to learn this combat technique in that case.

Thus, Lu Yu changed to defense completely. With the Emerald Emperor’s Method running in the background, the Flowing Fin Transformation Skill and the Berserk Body were turned on. The strength in all aspects was increased. He was just like an indestructible cockroach, healing again and again after being attacked by Ji Tianlin.

“Hoho… You little worm, you are quite tenacious. This is becoming much more interesting.”

The impostor gave a critique on everything, his face full of confidence and high spirits. He was looking more and more like the resurrection of the real Ji Tianlin, and his temperament increasingly resembled the real Ji Tianlin’s.

Ji Xi felt so repulsed by what she saw that she wanted to chop up this impostor into pieces.

“In another hour, my injuries will be almost healed.” Ji Xi looked at Lu Yu who was defending constantly, her delicate brows knitted in a frown.

The longer Lu Yu could hold out, the more beneficial it was to her. However, judging from the current situation, things were not going their way. She feared that she might only have half an hour to recover. This impostor was still toying around with them.

Lu Yu, who was defending while trying to remember every attacking move of the impostor, shook his head frantically in his heart.

This was not working at all!

His movements were only superficial. The crux of the attack lay in how he unleashed his power. Simply memorizing the movements would not lead to an understanding of that combat technique.

However, he did not come away empty-handed either.

The opponent’s extremely simple attacking style was dissected steadily in analysis by Lu Yu. He broke it down into a series of single actions. Although he could not see how the power was unleashed among these steps, under the superposition of so many movements, Lu Yu found, to his surprise, his limbs, and especially the coordination of the hands, were rapidly growing stronger!

Perhaps this could be considered one way.

“8-directional Cleave!”

“Heavenly Saber’s Method!”

Lu Yu roared out in his heart and suddenly switched from defense to offense. The Dragon Blood Battle Saber and the Blood Emperor Battle Saber shot out simultaneously.

One saber erupted with blood-red light while the other burst forth with an incredibly scorching hot aura!

In his left and right hands, he executed different movements, unleashing different strokes. It was as if two wills were being hosted inside one body, each controlling half of the body. Yet miraculously, there was no conflict between the two.

Ji Xi, who was healing her injuries, was absolutely dumbfounded by what she saw.

Wasn’t this the so-called lost knowledge of ‘one mind, two focuses’ espoused by some famous martial arts novelist in his work before the apocalypse?

After the Spiritual Energy Renaissance, there were also experts and professors who conducted special studies. Since the themes were set by political powers, the results they obtained were all bullshit!

The human consciousness was a single unique entity to the individual, so how could it do something that was contrary to common sense? Unless, two consciousnesses could exist in one person’s body, but how was this possible?

Lu Yu, displaying the ability of one mind, two focuses, brandished the Dragon Blood Battle Saber to slash at the giant heavy sword, while the Blood Emperor Battle Saber took a bizarre angle, bypassing all attacks and headed straight for the impostor’s face.

“How is this possible?” The impostor was dumbstruck.

He withdrew his giant heavy sword, but he was still too slow ultimately. As the Blood Emperor Battle Saber brushed by, it left a bloody scar on the impostor’s face.

“Damn it! You miserable little worm! How dare you! How dare you be so brazen!” The impostor roared with rage, “I shall now stop toying with you and bestow death upon you.”

“Hoho! You really think that you are the War Demigod incarnate after imitating that person for so long. Don’t immerse yourself too deeply in this theatrical act,” Lu Yu said with a sneer. “From the beginning to the end, you are just a replica. You cannot replace the genuine product no matter how hard you try.”

“Nonsense! I am Ji Tianlin. Ji Tianlin is me. I am a War Demigod!” The impostor glared back.

The giant heavy sword swung down fiercely in an incredibly simple and brutal move. It carried much more force this time. The moment it slashed down, Lu Yu’s left and right hands extended simultaneously, each unleashing a different move.

With the Major Circumambulation Breathing Technique running in the background, the Emerald Emperor’s Method and the Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill were activated. It was equivalent to two Lu Yu’s activating the same techniques.

At this moment, his health vitality increased rapidly and was transformed into strength. With Critical Hit Enhancement’s doubling factor, it reached 120%!

The Dragon Blood Battle Saber and the Blood Emperor Battle Saber cut in from the left and right towards the giant heavy sword in a pincer movement. The entire illusionary realm was rocked immediately by an incredibly overpowering aura that swept out.

At the same time, Lu Yu activated his Purple Eye and the Illusionary Realm Kingdom spread out, enveloping the impostor!

Although it lasted only for a short second or two, the impostor, who briefly lost the support of the illusionary realm, was like a rootless weed, and his strength plummeted.

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