Training and Insight

"Burst!"

A planet explodes before your eyes, and the enormous light engulfs a secondary star.

Lin Zhen's body left the Asura Arena.

"916 wins. Today I'll try to reach 925 wins and 1,000 wins within four days. That way I'll have one more day to take out a loan and become a lord."

Lin Zhen rested for a while and was preparing to fight the next battle when a challenge for a designated battle suddenly came through.

"Master, Diana, Gold Four-Star Asura warrior, has issued a challenge to you. You may Xuan Ze to accept or decline."

Lin Zhen frowned slightly; Diana had actually challenged him.

Normally, Lin Zhen wouldn't mind fighting her, but at this crucial moment of advancing to the Asura realm, Lin Zhen didn't want to cause any unnecessary trouble.

This woman clearly has ill intentions; is she trying to use this Asura Arena to attack me?

"Reject!"

Chris immediately helped Lin Zhen refuse, and just as they were about to start a random battle, another challenge came in.

"Master, Diana challenges you once again. Will you accept or refuse?"

"Reject!"

Refusing to complete it, before the random challenge even begins, another challenge arrives.

"Master, the opponent has automatically locked onto you in the Asura Arena and is challenging you. As long as you refuse, the opponent will immediately challenge you again."

"Can't I block her?" Lin Zhen frowned.

"My permissions aren't high enough to block her. She's Gold Four-Star Asura. You can only block her if your star level exceeds hers or you advance to Red Star Asura."

"So, if she keeps challenging me and I refuse to accept her challenges, I won't be able to continue fighting."

"That's right, if you don't accept this, there's no way to proceed with the next Asura Arena."

Lin Zhen couldn't help but curse under his breath. He completely understood this woman's thoughts. She wanted to stop him from becoming a demon, and at least until the assassins arrived, she would continue to challenge him like this.

If you lose the battle, your win rate will be lowered, and you will ultimately be unable to advance to the Asura level.

Lin Zhen considered it for a moment and said, "Then I'll accept it. I can't refuse. I can't outlast her in the next few days."

"Accepted. Opponent: Diana from Emerald Star of the Tianhe Empire, Gold Four-Star Asura warrior with 12,902 wins and 1,098 losses, a win rate of 92%."

Scene change: Desert.

The scenery suddenly changed, and Lin Zhen found himself in a vast expanse of yellow sand.

A hundred meters away from him stood Diana, staring at him with icy eyes.

"Count Lin Zhen, you have finally accepted my challenge."

"I really didn't expect that such a shameless challenge would come from a lady."

Diana sneered, "Lin Zhen, you still have the leisure to talk back to me? Let me tell you clearly, for the next period of time, apart from fighting me, you will not be able to participate in any other battles in the Asura Arena. I will keep challenging you and keep defeating you. If you have the time, I can even lower your win rate to 50%."

"Then I am truly honored to have Gold Four-Star Asura as my sparring partner. I didn't know you had so much free time."

"Lin Zhen, are you scared? It's simple to resolve this. Now, take your disgusting pirates and leave Earth immediately, the farther the better. But you are absolutely not allowed to set foot in the Solar System again. And swear on your Heart of Martial Arts that I will let you go."

"No need for further explanation, I Xuan Ze to fight you." Lin Zhen drew his Yajiao Spear.

"You don't know how to lift someone up!"

Diana uttered a few cold words and suddenly disappeared into the yellow sand.

"They're behind!"

Lin Zhen hurriedly raised his gun to block, but Diana slashed down heavily with her sword!

"Clang!"

A tremendous impact rang out, and Lin Zhen's body swayed slightly. The power of the Star River Beast's clone far surpassed that of any martial artist of the same level. Even if Diana was at the Star Stage, she wouldn't have any advantage.

"Such strength! You're quite skilled, but it's a pity that strength alone doesn't guarantee victory."

Diana's first sword strike failed, and her subsequent attacks unfolded like a storm.

Her swordsmanship could be described as exquisite. Lin Zhen's Long Spear could not gain any advantage in the exchange of blows and he quickly fell into a disadvantageous position.

Mental Impact!

Lin Zhen unleashed his Mental Impact, and the two of them simultaneously took a step back. It turned out that Diana was also a Peak-Diamond-level Mind Power Master.

Lin Zhen to use Space Severance, but Diana's movements were extremely unpredictable, and Lin Zhen found it difficult to predict her next move, so he couldn't find an opportunity to Space Severance.

"Thump thump thump!!!"

Lin Zhen took a few quick steps, then suddenly turned around and launched a counterattack.

Time Acceleration!

Lin Zhen has now mastered ten times the Time Acceleration, Long Spear suddenly becomes faster.

This was somewhat unexpected for Diana, but her reaction was exceptionally quick. Her shoulder twitched slightly, and Lin Zhen's spear missed its mark, wounding Diana but not rendering her unable to fight.

"Heh! This is your trump card, isn't it? It almost succeeded, but Lin Zhen, you won't have another chance like this."

"Gravity Space!"

With a thought, Diana was enveloped in a dark space; this was actually her domain.

Suddenly, a powerful pressure descended from the sky, and Lin Zhen's feet sank into the sand.

Lin Zhen had witnessed Horov's Gravity Field, but that Gravity Field was full of flaws and extremely fragile; Lin Zhen's Thunder Kill could break it.

However, Diana's Gravity Space was completely different. Lin Zhen's shoulders suddenly felt like they were carrying a mountain, which was Hundredfold Gravity!

"Star River Domain!"

Lin Zhen also used his Star River Domain to counter, but his Star River Domain was suppressed by Diana's Gravity Space.

"Hahaha! I didn't expect you to have mastered a domain as well. But it's a great pity, your domain is only a level one domain, while my domain power has reached level two. You can't suppress me; instead, you'll be suppressed by me. Lin Zhen, you have no chance!"

In this situation, Lin Zhen's gun attacks became extremely slow. Even when Lin Zhen accelerated his Spear Art, he couldn't reach the speed he normally used.

Lin Zhen had a thought and began to prepare Starburst, but his current Starburst speed was still relatively slow, taking more than two seconds to complete one.

Diana didn't give Lin Zhen that chance. With the help of the Gravity Field, she rushed over and knocked Lin Zhen down with a series of killing moves!

She completed the process in less than a second!

The scene changed, and Lin Zhen had already left the Asura Arena.

Before he could react, another challenge came.

It was Diana again. She didn't give Lin Zhen any time at all. She was going to keep pestering Lin Zhen for the next few days, just as she said, and she would never let him advance to the Shura level.

Lin Zhen was also annoyed. Fine, let's have another fight!

Lin Zhen resolutely returned to the Asura Arena, where he and Diana once again clashed.

This time the result wasn't much better than last time. Diana immediately activated the Gravity Space, and Lin Zhen also activated the Star Core Domain to fight back, but his speed was suppressed too much. Lin Zhen wanted to condense Starburst, but Diana didn't give him the chance.

In 1.1 seconds, Lin Zhen was defeated again!

"Again!"

This time, Lin Zhen learned from his mistake and immediately began to condense Starburst. However, Diana's Gravity Space opened very quickly, and she came to hunt down Lin Zhen as soon as she opened the space.

This time it was slightly better, lasting 1.2 seconds.

"My technique seems to have room for improvement. Let's try again!"

Lin Zhen accepted the challenge again and returned. At that time, he could not feel the virtual environment in this battle. The life-and-death struggle often stimulated people's potential. Lin Zhen really had some enlightenment in his technique, and successfully shortened the condensation time of the Starburst by about 0.3 seconds.

However, this speed was still insufficient. He could only maintain it for 1.5 seconds before the Starburst could be formed, and he was eliminated by Diana once again.

The fifth time. The sixth time.

The tenth time. The twentieth time.

Time flew by, and Lin Zhen's Starburst technique became increasingly refined through life-and-death trials, but that was all. Diana was faster, and he had not yet successfully unleashed Starburst.

When Lin Zhen was eliminated for the 40th time, he finally calmed down.

Lin Zhen ignored Diana and silently pondered the battle that had just taken place.

Venus Asura's strength was indeed extraordinary. Lin Zhen's cultivation time was still too short. His Star Core Domain and Starburst had not yet been fully formed, so he was unable to break through Diana's Gravity Space.

Without breaking through this Gravity Space, victory is impossible; without victory, the Asura title cannot be obtained; and this will trigger a whole series of chain reactions.

The only way to win is to accelerate the Starburst and destroy her Gravity Space.

Lin Zhen already knew the process of Starburst by heart. If he could complete the Starburst within 0.5 seconds, he would still have a chance.

"These failures were not in vain. My Starburst and Time Acceleration have both improved, and I can complete them in about 1.5 seconds. However, to go from 1.5 to 0.5, technique alone is not enough unless my Mental Power makes a significant improvement."

Lin Zhen thought of Jerry, the Red Seven-Star Asura Martial Artist. His Mental Power had already surpassed the Diamond Realm. If Lin Zhen reached that level, his speed of completing the Starburst would definitely increase by leaps and bounds.

"There is only one way to improve Mental Power: let your Mental Power enter the Black Hole within my Dark Star, and under the stimulation of the Black Hole, your Mental Power will grow rapidly."

At the core of Lin Zhen's Dark Star Core is a neutron containing the aura of Black Hole, but Lin Zhen really doesn't want to face that Black Hole unless absolutely necessary.

"I can't worry about that now. At this level, many martial artists possess the Mental Power of the Diamond Stage. To gain an edge, I have to take risks. I currently have a record of 915 wins and 41 losses. If I lose again, I won't be able to obtain the Red Star Asura title for a while!"

Lin Zhen decisively withdrew from the Dimensional Universe and left the Asura Arena.

To break through Mental Power, a quiet environment is necessary.

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"Lin Zhen has left the Dimensional Universe!"

Diana sent the challenge and saw that Lin Zhen's name was already grayed out, so she knew he had left.

"Haha! You've finally given up? You finally realize there's no hope of defeating me."

"You're quite persistent, actually. You lost forty games in a row before giving up. But you've finally learned that as long as I have the Gravity Space, you can't win."

"Unless you obtain the title of Asura, you cannot obtain the title of Earth Lord. Lin Zhen, you're finished!"

Diana said to her Intelligent Life, "Keep a close watch on Lin Zhen's Dimensional Universe Number. He reminded me immediately upon arriving. In the next few days, I'm going to keep a close watch on him until he's completely dead!"

I'm so happy today because I saw my old friends, Mo Jia and Zhui Yue, who are old book lovers of Hei Tu.

First of all, thank you for the 100,000 red envelopes from Zhui Yue! Zhui Yue Alliance Leader is awesome!

I won't say much more. I'll add an extra chapter for the Zhui Yue Alliance Leader, and also take care of the chapters Hei Tu Soil owes for his monthly votes. Hei Tu is going to have a burst of chapters coming up during this period.