Chapter 558 (1/2)
Chapter 558: 558
Chapter 558: Eight Mistakes
Translator: chuchutrain Editor: DavidT, Rock
Ling Tian let out a laugh as he exclaimed, ”Ling Chen, do you know what is experience? An outsider's experience is merely an explanation or a story . Only when you actually meet with the same situation can the meaning you derive from it be considered yours, and that's experience! Any experience has to undergo a process, and is not something which can be learned just by me telling you! What I can do is only to point you in the right direction . That's already overly excessive, and if I were to put it bluntly, the effect is far worse! This is what we call able to grasp but unable to put into words!”
Chuckling, Ling Tian turned his gaze towards the two people duking it out, as he meaningfully continued, ”For example take all that I've said to you previously . When you actually come across a similar scenario, would you be able to find the opportune timing to utilize it? I doubt so, right? This is because of what I told you before, thus you will not find the best timing to utilize such elements, but rather think of me, before thinking of what I said, then carry it out . However, this would have wasted too much time! When experts clash, life and death are decided in a split second!”
”Experience is about moving purely based on muscle memory . This is called real experience . Just merely relying on explanations without actually going through life and death scenarios will not give you true comprehension . ”
”Real skill lays outside the poems,” Ling Tian recited .
Ling Chen a.s.sented in an absent-minded manner, her brows slightly furrowed as she tried to digest his words . Ling Tian's words had opened up a huge new door for her, allowing her to see a new territory yet unexplored in her life .
”As for the theory behind every experience, only when your martial arts have reached a certain stage can I then tell you about it . If your realm is too low, and you chase after such a stage, it might even cause you to regress . Any sort of explanation has to have strength as a foundation . The reason why Li Xue could create such advantageous situations for herself relies on that!” Ling Tian concluded, and no longer spoke .
While the two of them were conversing, the situation inside the arena once again took on a heaven-shaking change!
Upon seeing that the time allocated was ending, Li Xue did not pull any more punches . Her body shot forwards like lightning as she fully revolved her Divine Ice Formula, entrapping the entire area in opaque white fog . Everyone could only see the rolling white fog, not knowing what was happening inside the area .
Only the sounds of fists. .h.i.tting flesh continuously sounded, and from the corner, Ling Chi and gang's faces were sporting an ashen color, all their eyebrows continuously twitching . Every time they heard a particularly loud thump, all of them would spasm a bit, as though the actual hit was directed towards them .
Ling Jian's grunts sounded quite a few times, from soft to loud, until they all combined into one cacophony .
Ling Chen sighed at this and said, ”Ah'Jian is really pitiful . Hearing the sounds, it seems like Sister Li Xue is not even thinking of being merciful . ”
Following her words, as though in reply to her, an angry cry sounded from Ling Jian, followed by a clank as a longsword flew out of the white fog, embedding itself a hair's breadth from Ling Chi .
As it turned out, Ling Chi did not wish for Ling Jian to be humiliated, and hence had tried to secretly insert his own pure Yang energy to further heat up the pot . Who would have thought that the moment he inserted it, the sword akin to shooting down from the heavens shocked him so much his soul almost left his body .
The white fog was getting more and more voluminous, the slapping sounds also increasing in intensity until it nearly converted into a continuous stream of sounds . However, the person beating seemed to be extremely in control to the point that there was still no blood on the ground . The control of those punches seemed to have reached the stage of infinitesimal control .
Ling Tian sighed . It seemed that Ling Jian was really down on his luck . Initially, this sparring session could have been conducted with a more peaceful atmosphere, but he just had to be a smart-alec and rouse the ire of Li Xue to the point that this happened . When he came out, Ling Chi and group probably would not be able to recognize who he was anymore . . .
Suddenly, Ling Chi and group started to jump up excitedly, as though they were cats whose tails had been stepped on . ”The water is boiling, boiling!! Stop… hurry and stop!!”
A white blur flashed across, and Li Xue flew out looking exceptionally beautiful . She somersaulted once in the air before gently landing beside Ling Tian . Gently tucking her hair behind her ear, she exhaled for quite a bit before saying a sentence that would cause even Ling Tian's head to explode . ”How exhilarating! So good! I haven't felt so good for such a long time!”
The other party, Ling Jian, seemed to not have any movement at all . . .
The white fog was quickly dissipated by Ling Chi and gang, but when they saw the state that Ling Jian was in, everyone, including Ling Tian, was struck dumb, and they all felt a chill up their spines . Suddenly, the gaze everyone gave towards Li Xue was as though she was a demon that had just crawled out from h.e.l.l . This was especially so for Ling Chi and gang, which included killing intent!
Ling Jian was actually very 'whole' . By 'whole', it meant that there was no broken skin, no muscles exposed, and even his black robes were perfectly clean on his body . One of the reasons why he was so clean would be because of the dust they removed previously!
However, the same cannot be said for his body . The most eye-catching point was that his robes did not conform to his body anymore . One could clearly see that his robes that become too small, in other words, after fighting, Ling Jian had somehow grown fatter . . .
As for his face, it was a little more difficult to explain . His two eyes were akin to that of a panda, the bruises around them so dark they were almost black . This was accompanied by his skinny face having expanded like Maitreya 1 . This was especially prominent on his lips, which swelled so much they looked like sausages . On the top of his head, his hair could not hide the seven or eight new lumps formed, making Ling Tian think of the head of Buddha himself .
Li Xue could be considered having propriety even when beating someone up . She only made Ling Jian's muscles all swell up, to a frightening point, yet caused near zero damage to his tendons and bones, allowing those audiences to be fearful yet in admiration of her . Just this accurate control she had was enough to let people feel far inferior to her abilities . Even Ling Tian had to bow down to her!
”They are all flesh wounds, and will heal in two days . ” Li Xue did not even blink as she spoke, ”Open up his acupoints, and let his internal energy circulate a bit, this should resolve some swelling . This will not be a hindrance for him to drink all nine bowls of goldthread soup . ”
Ling Tian glared at Li Xue, not knowing whether to laugh or scold her . As it turned out, she had already restricted Ling Jian at a certain point, sealing his acupoints and treating him as a pure sandbag . No wonder her control of strength was so good . Hitting a person who could not retaliate, as and when you wish, how could it not be an awesome experience? No wonder that la.s.s had immediately filled up the entire arena with white fog to restrict everyone's eyesight . She did not want anyone to see what she was trying to do!
This demoness really lived up to her name, and one couldn't help but be amazed!
However, that Ling Jian was also too silly, even after falling into her trap and not being able to retaliate, he still did not make a single sound! Ling Tian sighed, and tapped out with a finger, freeing his acupoints .
Ling Jian suddenly let out a ferocious howl as he leaped up . Following a sharp intake of breath as he forced open an eye, he glared at Li Xue in anger as he howled, ”Li Xue! How dare you humiliate me like this! I'll not rest until one of us is dead!”
”ENOUGH!” Ling Tian boomed out, ”Not resting until one of you is dead? Someone can treat you like a sandbag to beat, so what makes you think that you can fight to the death with them? If you really want to fight to the death then you had better think about how many times you will need to reincarnate! Defeat means defeat, and if you want to bet, then you have to be willing to face the consequences! Instead of carefully pondering about how you lost, you're actually throwing my face here . Ling Jian, you disappoint me!”
Ling Jian's red and swollen face miraculously turned pale, and he silently stood on the spot, not daring to whisper a single word .
Still possessing some residual anger, Ling Tian grumbled, ”Based on your martial arts level, even though Li Xue is still above you by one entire realm, you still shouldn't have been so easily defeated . If this was a life and death battle, you should still be able to drag her down with you . However, you lost so embarra.s.singly and so easily, haven't you figured something out from this?”
Why did I lose?
The anger from Ling Jian's face quickly receded, as he frowned and began to recall . The more he thought, the more he began to sweat .
Ling Tian only coldly stared at him . ”Realized it yet?”
Ling Jian quivered, straightening his body as he admitted in shame, ”Yes, I underestimated my opponent . I never thought that Miss Li's martial arts would be so profound, almost above all the opponents I've faced . I completely neglected this point, and even looked down on her, which resulted in this loss . I believe that's the reason I lost . ”
”That's right, it is one of the reasons . However, is it just so? Are there any others?” Ling Tian looked at Ling Jian and meaningfully probed .
After remaining silent for a while, Ling Jian continued, ”I was also too eager to take revenge and desired instant gratification, thus my mental state was not stable . This should also be a reason . ”
The sentence made Ling Tian burst into cold laughter . ”It turns out that you only found two reasons . Wrong! You're deeply mistaken! In this battle, you committed at least seven grave errors! Any one of them would be enough to take your life, or at least affect the final outcome of the battle! As for what you put as 'main reasons', those were the most insignificant reasons . ”
”Seven?! How… how is this possible?” Ling Jian opened his eyes wide in shock, unable to find words . As a seasoned killer of over a hundred battles, how could he not know what mistakes he made within his fight? Even with only one mistake, it was enough to consign him to eternal d.a.m.nation, let alone seven!
Ling Tian mercilessly spat, ”The first, failing to understand the enemy, failing to probe her secrets, and then taking the initiative to seek battle . I didn't malign you, right?”
Ling Jian lowered his head, ”Yes . ”
”The second . You viewed yourself too highly, only clear about your achievements and not others . Right? Thirdly, when Li Xue blew off the dirt to create a trap, not only were you unaware of her intentions, but you even copied her, wholeheartedly dropping into the trap . ” Ling Tian's points were like swords as he indifferently rattled on .
”Trap?” Ling Jian raised his head in surprise .