The differences in realms, the heights of cultivation... were difficult to describe or express in words.
But that did not mean they were unimportant.
On the contrary, they were a crucial factor during combat!
"What should I do if I encounter an enemy with a higher realm?"
Feng Xi sought advice from Ancestral Witch Dijiang.
After learning from this Ancestral Witch that those Great Luo powerhouses had no regard for pomp or style and created countless alternate identities at the drop of a hat... even some random passerby by the roadside might be one of the hundreds of billions of incarnations of a Great Divine Ability User.
Such a crazed situation made Feng Xi deeply worried—what if one day he encountered something like what had happened today and got pinned to the ground and pummeled by a cheater?
"It's simple." Ancestral Witch Dijiang did not disappoint him and directly gave him the solution. "First, see how your cultivation compares to each other's."
"What if they're about the same?"
"Then you run. Run with all your strength!" Dijiang said. "In battle, realm and cultivation are the deciding factors, but not when it comes to escaping."
"Escaping tests your cultivation and your proficiency with divine abilities!"
"But if the other side's realm is higher than mine, their divine abilities should be stronger too, right?" Feng Xi asked doubtfully. "Wouldn't simply running expose my back to the enemy?"
"In that situation, you might as well turn around and fight..."
"If you're not even as capable as your opponent when it comes to running, where did you get the confidence that you could kill them in a counterattack?" Dijiang asked in astonishment. "Other than dying faster, I can't see any other possibility."
"And even if you run, the enemy may still catch up... but during the time you delay them, some new variable might arise, mightn't it?"
Feng Xi was speechless, unable to refute him.
"Besides, don't think that fleeing for your life is shameful..." Dijiang smacked his lips. "You have to understand that your opponent is a cheater whose true strength surpasses yours by an unknown number of times."
"They're bullying the weak with their strength. Why would you charge in recklessly like an idiot?"
"Of course you make a strategic retreat, preserve your useful life, and wait until you have a chance to get even later." The Ancestral Witch patiently guided him, imparting his insights into life. "Once you become a True Immortal, you will live forever... Our Primordial World isn't some incomplete little world with limited lifespans, where people can only hope to shine for a brief moment and be praised and remembered by later generations, achieving spiritual immortality."
"It's not worth throwing your life away over a moment of impulse!"
"After successfully making your strategic retreat, write your opponent's name in your Little Notebook. Take it out every morning and glance at it to encourage and motivate yourself—an immortal can wait a hundred million years to take revenge."
"Then keep observing the target... and whenever you find an opportunity, strike him when he least expects it!"
Dijiang seemed to be speaking from personal experience, making Feng Xi feel that this Ancestral Witch seemed to have some truly painful past he could not bear to recall.
His gossiping spirit burned fiercely, and he was very curious about Dijiang's story.
Of course, his rational mind suppressed this suicidal impulse.
Instead, he listened to the teachings with complete seriousness and committed Ancestral Witch Dijiang's life experience to memory.
These were the experiences of a successful person. When would an ordinary person ever get to hear them?
"This is the situation when your cultivation is about the same." Dijiang continued. "But what if your cultivation greatly surpasses your opponent's?"
"Depending on the situation, you can consider counterattacking."
"If you can't beat them, run again." The Ancestral Witch smiled. "Indeed, the advantage of realm and cultivation allows one to see far ahead and make long-term plans."
"But if your cultivation is high enough, you may be able to overturn that advantage."
"It's like a Chess Game. Your opponent is a master of the board, a chess sage with rich experience and exquisite skill who can even see the overall direction of the game."
"But if they have to play with handicapped pieces? Then you have a chance."
"Especially if the Rules of the chessboard are very friendly to cultivation requirements, such as in Five-in-a-Row? Then you really can easily counterkill them!"
"Of course, if you still can't gain the upper hand even then... the best course is to run."
It wasn't that he hadn't given you a chance. You were simply useless!
You couldn't even win a handicapped game, so what were you staying behind for?
Feng Xi listened and nodded repeatedly, admitting that Dijiang was absolutely right.
He took out his Little Notebook and seriously recorded the Ancestral Witch's words.
--Although the cultivation of a True Immortal granted him an unparalleled memory.
But this was a matter of attitude, demonstrating Feng's respect for and regard of the great Ancestral Witch's teachings!
Just as Feng Xi finished recording and was writing a reflection on what he had heard, Ancestral Witch Dijiang suddenly let out a soft sigh.
"What's wrong?"
Feng Xi looked completely bewildered.
"It's time to end." Dijiang said. "The battle is about to end."
Feng Xi immediately turned around and focused on the battlefield, but... he couldn't understand what he was seeing.
The two sides were still fighting just as fiercely as before.
But Dijiang said, "Your nine teammates have already been defeated. In another eighty or a hundred exchanges, they'll be able to hit the ground with a nice, satisfying thud."
"Does this mean that the true strength of the Ancestral Witches' main bodies is greater than that of the Great Luo behind them?"
Feng Xi's eyes suddenly lit up. He had a clear understanding of his own position and firmly stood on the side of the Witch Clan.
"Not necessarily..." Dijiang laughed. "There are two or three pairs whose true strength is actually about equal."
"They're only suffering because of their physiques right now."
"How could mass-produced Lesser Witch bodies possibly compare with the innate foundations of us Ancestral Witches?"
"So they lost, but they lost rather unfairly."
"Like Jun..." Dijiang's tone turned strange as he watched the unfortunate fellow being chased around by Houtu. "What a pity."
"So the outcome of this battle was already determined from the very beginning?" Feng Xi's eye twitched. "We never had any chance of winning?"
"Of course not." Dijiang replied as though it were self-evident. "We were doing this to beat down the most conspicuous bird and let the visiting Great Luo understand the difference between host and guest... How could we lose?"
"We win, and everything is fine... But if we lose?"
"Then it becomes a truly earth-shattering disaster!"
"Let alone crushing them with our innate foundations—even if we had to rig the match, we would still have to win!"
"This principle isn't understood by us alone... those people understand it too." Dijiang gestured with his eyes. Feng Xi followed his gaze toward his "teammates," whose defeat had already been declared certain. None of them looked even the slightest bit dejected, as though everything were perfectly normal. "Their original intention was to inspect and invest in the Witch Clan, not to come here and smash the place up."
"Win or lose? They don't really care that much. They won't pursue victory at all costs."
"Everyone can test each other and spar a little. That's enough."
"Otherwise, if they really wanted to make us lose face, they could have used a weaker fighter against a stronger one..." Dijiang shrugged indifferently. "At least one Ancestral Witch would have ended up disgraced."
"Of course, after that, they would have had to face the situation of all twelve Ancestral Witches coming out together and blasting their true bodies to death!"
Feng Xi fell silent upon hearing this.
At this moment, he had only one thought in his mind--
The world of Great Divine Ability Users was rife with all kinds of backroom deals. It was truly so dirty!
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