The attacker flew backward, but Shi Tiexin's kick had not landed completely solidly. Ten percent of its force had been caught by the opponent's Psychic Power. After deducting the mutual consumption from breaking aura, force deflection, and then applying the technique coefficient, roughly thirty percent of the damage had actually struck the opponent's chest.
Thirty percent was enough to pierce an iron plate.
Yet although the attacker's hooded robe had been torn open with a huge hole, his body was unharmed.
"That kick just now felt strange." Black Sovereign, watching the battle, narrowed his eyes. Red-crimson patterns spread from where the attacker had been struck in the chest. They swiftly wriggled and extended, then faded away, as though the force of that kick had been completely channeled off.
The Mathematics Department mind art ran at high speed, and Black Sovereign reached a conclusion. "His body tempering has reached the fifth level, Energy Reshaping. He possesses a special ability."
Shi Tiexin's eyes lit up.
Well, well. All three major systems were at the peak of the Second Heavenly Layer, and he had mastered all kinds of Supernatural Knowledge. This was a prodigy!
Shi Tiexin looked at him. "Not bad."
The Rhetoric System—speaking was attacking, and two words were hypnosis.
But the attacker immediately brought his hands together. With a hum, he stirred his psychic aura, forming three tightly sealed layers around his skull that blocked out light, images, and sound completely. All external information was gathered, filtered, and transcribed through mind arts.
Seeing this, Shi Tiexin truly grew excited. "Such quick reactions, such sharp thinking. I have to serve up the real main course!"
He lunged forward and sprang after him, catching up in the blink of an eye and unleashing a flurry of close-range attacks.
In the lightning-fast exchange, the