The phantom dissipated, and the Dimensional Avatar returned to the appearance of a Furnace Person.
It looked at Richard and asked in amazement, "How did you do that?"
Richard was somewhat confused.
"What do you mean?"
"Seeing through my flaw," the Dimensional Avatar replied. "In less than half a year, you saw through my flaw and shattered the Trial Stone in the most effortless way possible.
How did you do that?
By my estimate, this battle should have lasted five years. If your strength had not been sufficient, it would have taken even longer.
Yet you passed it in only one-tenth of that time."
Richard put the hammer into his pocket, his expression utterly calm.
"I merely analyzed all your moves and found what I believed to be the most reliable opportunity among them. Other than that, I had no special methods."
The Dimensional Avatar froze, then said in disbelief, "You mean... you analyzed all my moves and then found the flaws in them?
How was that possible?
Your computational power could not possibly be enough!"
The Dimensional Avatar possessed a vast ocean of knowledge, so it knew perfectly well the approximate limits of a Sovereign who had not broken past the limit.
Even if Richard had already, like a Sovereign of spiritual evolution, transformed his soul to its utmost limit, analyzing those moves should still have taken him at least ten years.
And that was under stable, unhurried conditions.
What Richard had done was battlefield analysis. Its efficiency should have been drastically reduced, and the time required should have multiplied severalfold.
Richard smiled. "The principles behind those moves were nothing more than rules and Dimensional Power. As for rules, I possess the craftsmanship of the Great Ghost World's artisans. As for Dimensional Power, I have the corresponding skills as