In Li Chen's eyes, sword moves were no longer arts shrouded in mystery, but tangible strategies for controlling and applying energy. The same principle applied to a Spell Cultivator's divine abilities and spells, or a Martial Artist's martial dao cultivation methods.
Similar effects could even be found in the firepower coverage of large Puppet Dao legions, explained through the convolution principle and impulse response.
Li Chen explained this, then extended it into probability theory, adapting analytical methods characteristic of the Puppet Dao-attack density, spatial position, time windows, and more-to dissect the subject thoroughly.
"...This makes it easy to explain why mortal swordsmanship is inferior to the Sword-Controlling Art. Suppose a cultivator has a move that wounds people with sword qi, with a range exceeding a hundred feet and a speed so great that it outstrips a mortal's neural response time."
"In this model, the mortal either has no time to execute his sword move or cannot reach his enemy, so its effectiveness is zero. The cultivator's sword move kills in a single strike, scoring a full hundred and achieving a perfect kill."
"And if we reduce the cultivator's cultivation level, along with the range and speed of his sword qi attack, allowing the mortal to defend adequately or even counterattack, the cultivator still wins decisively in the new model."
"We can analyze this: throughout the fight, the cultivator's advantage in using the Sword-Controlling Art remains enormous."
"For example, the first move can strike like a cudgel crashing down on the head. Even if the mortal blocks it, his mind and flow of qi will be pulled along, scattering his strength. This effectively increases the second move's effectiveness. If he blocks again, the third move becomes even harder to withstand. This can be viewed as a convolution of effectiveness."
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