864 A Sudden Turn of Events 2 (1/2)
The door slid open without a sound.
Garen entered slowly.
It was an average-sized cylindrical room with silvery grey walls that had pipelines all over them.
In the center of the room was a huge silver ball of light formed by countless silver strands.
If you looked carefully, you would see that there were numerous data formula symbols circulating within the silver ball. There was also something that looked like planetary rings moving in a reversed flow.
Garen approached it. Uncountable minuscule white laser light bulbs suddenly lit up from the floor and shone at the ceiling above, forming several thin white beams of light.
Garen stopped in his steps and observed the laser lights on the floor.
Hiss… The countless laser light beams instantaneously distorted and formed a silver humanoid.
This humanoid had the same height and size as him but without any facial features, skin, hair or clothes, as if it was a fluid robot made out of molten silver.
”First stage of simulation begin…”
The female computer voice sounded from above.
Garen's pupils constricted. In just a split second, the silver humanoid was charging at him in long strides, causing the ground to quake.
He suddenly felt an immense pressure coming down on him, suppressing his strength constitution to an ordinary person's level and his Level Four Crouched Eagle Talon Willpower to Level One standard.
The silver silhouette's arm bent forward and ferociously elbowed Garen's face.
Boom!
Silver fluid splattered as Garen blocked the elbow with a single arm. A storm of attacks followed. The silver humanoid's violent way of attacking was, in fact, his most frequently used attacking style.
Elbow tip, palm knife, side-kick and forward stomp. Every move was a basic combat technique, but when chained together, they gave off a wild and ferocious feel.
Boom boom boom boom!!!
Numerous deep explosive sounds reverberated. Garen and the silver humanoid exchanged more than ten strokes. Both parties took a few steps back and charged towards the opponent without any hesitation, attacking continuously.
Fist against fist. Palm knife against palm knife.
Garen's face did not change. He paid close attention to his own style of attack and began to comprehend how this martial arts simulation could help correct his flaws.
The way this simulation quantum computer worked was by creating another self so that one could observe the exchanging of strokes and learn the pros and cons of one's martial arts.
Both of them exchanged a flurry of blows. Not a single one showed any flaws. Garen's martial arts had been thoroughly refined and tempered endless times, and so there would not be any loopholes. Since the silver humanoid was a computer simulation, the machinery would not show any weak points as well. It was a draw state as two flawless powerhouses competed with each other.
”Without flaws… this is my martial arts?” Garen gave another blow to the silver humanoid, ”Wrong. My martial arts can't be this shallow… I can create flaws despite there being none!”
He bellowed as both of his arms warped like spirals and transformed into dozens of fictional and real palm shadows.
Twelve Flying Dragon Fist!
Because he did not want to expose the true depths of this combat technique which he had taught Celine, he could only use this type of ordinary technique.
The silver humanoid was not tricked by the fictional moves and instantly produced many phantom fists. In the midst of all the phantom images, two fists collided with precision.
Bang!
The returned seismic energy caused both of them to be unsteady and forced them to fall back a number of steps.
Garen's Crouched Eagle Talon willpower exploded abruptly. The air shook. With arms like a hawk, he suddenly charged forward and struck the silver humanoid's epigastrium with a punch.
Splash…
The humanoid disintegrated and vanished completely.
”This is martial arts simulation? Battling with a flawless silver humanoid to grasp where my weaknesses and strengths are? Still, it was only a virtual figure simulation. Just a simple simulation as such is not enough to build combat awareness. Countless plots and schemes are needed as well.”
Garen let out a breath and felt that he did not gain anything.
”Second stage of simulation, begin…” the female computer voice sounded again.
The silver humanoid reappeared with a different look. He seemed stronger this time.
A punch came swiftly accompanied by the sound of whistling wind.
Garen still had the body constitution of an ordinary person. Staring at that fist, his heart skipped a beat. This humanoid had twice the attributes of an ordinary person. He himself was suppressed and was forced to fight with someone who was stronger than him!
His mind promptly spun and he made a similar punch. Halfway through, he changed his fist to a palm move and cut at the edge of the silver humanoid's fist to make it go sideways.
Though in an instant, the counterpart abruptly released a mighty Willpower which struck the edge of his palm where it met the fist.
That was Level Four Crouched Eagle Talon Willpower as well, and it rushed out from their contact point.
Garen mustered up his Willpower to confront it. The power technique of high-level martial artists, Quake, was fiercely launched.
After several buzzing sounds, the silver humanoid's Willpower broke off and it collapsed into a puddle of mud.
The power of Quake, a high-level technique that Secret Technique practitioners must practice, was not something that could be easily simulated. This was because it involved extremely complicated coordination control of the spirit and the body.