The Yellow-Haired Villain in Soaring Phoenix’s Novels Also Desires Happiness - Chapter 264



42、Stack

A few minutes later.

After a fierce and unyielding struggle, Mu En ultimately exhausted his last bit of strength, collapsing to the ground like soft mud.

His blonde hair had been blown into a kill-mat style.

And Teacher Meila was once again sitting on him, elegantly using the toothpick in her hand to eat the fruit on the plate.

“Not bad, kid. Three minutes and five seconds, stronger than I expected.”

“……”

With a numb expression, Mu En turned his head to look at the slender toothpick in Teacher Meila’s hand, his eyes revealing deep fear.

He had never imagined that a simple toothpick could unleash such terrifying power in Teacher Meila’s hands.

He could feel the toothpick’s fragility,

And he could sense that Teacher Meila didn’t infuse much fighting spirit, nor did she exert much strength.

In fact, he could feel that Teacher Meila’s technique was still just thunder.

But that simple thunder, in her hands, had undergone a different transformation.

Thunder, thunder.

Originally just a shockwave like the rumble of thunder, but when she used it, it seemed to truly evolve into thousands of thunders.

He could still vividly recall just now, when he held Elizabeth and made contact with that toothpick, the terrifying sensation as if he were truly struck by a thousand bolts of lightning at once.

But that wasn’t thunder.

Thunder was merely an ordinary martial skill, devoid of any elemental characteristics.

Its essence remains the shockwave brought about by physicality or the clash of energies.

But why can such a simple shockwave possess such vastly different power?

Is Teacher Meila’s “slight” improvement really that terrifying?

“Ha…”

It seemed that Teacher Meila could see Mu En’s confusion, but she did not answer directly. Instead, she asked:

“Kid, do you know what your current flaw is?”

“Flaw?”

Mu En gasped for breath, thinking carefully, “Is it that my techniques are too singular? Just three moves? Lacking powerful martial skills?”

In truth, he didn’t need to think too hard.

These shortcomings had already been discovered by Mu En during his confrontation with that female demon, who was a significant level above him.

The skills he could currently use were, first, Shadow Step; second, the knife techniques evolved from dagger combat; and third, Thunderclap.

Aside from that, there was nothing.

Thus, it was indeed just three moves.

The three moves posed no problem when facing opponents of similar strength, but once he encountered someone with superior raw power, this weakness would become apparent.

“Wow, it seems you have a clear understanding of your situation.”

Teacher Meila unexpectedly glanced at Mu En and said:

“But in my opinion, the crux of your issue does not lie here.”

“Does not… lie here?”

Mu En frowned, somewhat perplexed.

“Skills, as they say, are not better the more you have, but rather, the more suitable they are for you. Your footwork and knife techniques are extremely well-matched to you, fully showcasing the ability to slow down time. Therefore, for you, that is the best.”

“Even the move you call Thunderclap…”

Teacher Meila made a grasping motion with her small hand and said, “Hmm, it has a short wind-up, rapid burst, strong concealment, allowing one to catch others off guard, and can interrupt many skills or spells. It’s quite a broadly applicable move for you.

But—”

Teacher Meila shifted her tone, “Among all your techniques, which you refer to as these three moves, there’s a certain capability missing.”

“A certain capability?”

“Exactly, it’s the ability to break force with force.”

“Break force with force?”

Mu En couldn’t help but frown.

He felt a bit confused.

Up until now, he had been walking down the path of an agile, sharp-knife-wielding, fearless, crazy assassin all the way to the end.

Suddenly forcing him to break through with strength, isn’t that a bit…

“A bit of losing sight of the essentials?”

Teacher Meila seemed to see right through him, sneering:

“Think carefully, what kind of situations have led to the difficulties you’ve encountered so far?”

“What situations…”

Mu En instinctively fell into recollection.

Then, his eyes suddenly brightened.

It wasn’t hard to think about, because up until now, he hadn’t had many direct confrontations with his enemies.

And each time he suffered losses was because…

“‘Being forced’ to clash head-on with the enemy, yet finding himself at a disadvantage in strength, resulting in significant losses.

Is that right?”

“…Exactly.”

“That’s it. No matter how fast your speed, how strange your steps, or how powerful the Eternal Clock, there will always be moments when you must confront the enemy directly, or when you find yourself unable to showcase your advantages.

Just like now.”

Teacher Meila clapped her small hands.

Suddenly.

Mu En felt the soft, delicate figure pressing down on him become heavier, as if a mountain were crushing down.

Caught off guard, Mu En nearly lost his breath.

“See, just like this situation, which of your three moves is effective?”

Teacher Meila lowered her head, looking at Mu En’s flushed face, and asked with a smile.

“But…”

Mu En took a deep breath, finally regaining his composure under the weight of this thousand-pound loli, gritting his teeth and saying:

“The difference in strength is too great; any move would be useless.”

“Hmm, that’s right, under normal circumstances, it is so, but you are different.”

Teacher Meila gazed into Mu En’s eyes, her amber-red pupils shining with an incredibly deep and fervent light,

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“Although the extent to which you can use it now is extremely limited, as long as you can unleash it, the possibilities brought by the power of time… are infinite!”

Infinite!

These two words struck Mu En’s mind like a chisel, stirring his spirit uncontrollably.

“You may have subconsciously sensed this yourself, which is why you thought about learning powerful martial arts, because to some extent, strong martial skills can also compensate for your shortcomings in this area.

However, I do not recommend that you learn strong and powerful martial arts at this time.

“There are two reasons.”

Teacher Meila extended her finger to illustrate:

“Firstly, powerful martial techniques generally require a certain wind-up. Other practitioners who specialize in this path can create such opportunities through different moves, but you cannot.

Secondly, most exquisite martial techniques require reaching the fourth tier, achieving the human limit, and being able to use fighting spirit condensation to unleash their maximum power. For you right now, this is a very unprofitable endeavor.

So…”

“So…”

Mu En stared straight at Teacher Meila, suddenly feeling a bit parched.

“So your genius teacher has specially thought for a mere zero point something seconds and created a technique tailored just for you.

—Stack.”

“Stack? Is that the move from just now?”

Mu En smacked his lips, “But I didn’t see anything clearly.”

“That’s why you’re a foolish disciple, with such poor comprehension.”

Teacher Meila wrinkled her nose in disdain and then raised the toothpick in her hand again.

“This time in slow motion, pay attention.”

In an instant.

Everything slowed down.

Incredibly slow.

The toothpick in Teacher Meila’s hand slowly extended, so slowly that Mu En began to doubt whether the toothpick was even moving.

Then.

The toothpick suddenly trembled.

Thunder.

It trembled again.

Another thunder.

It continued to tremble.

Ten times, twenty times…

One hundred times.

A hundred times of thunderous tremors, but because time was truly slowed down too much, the aftershock of the first had not yet ended, while the tremor of the hundredth was just beginning.

Then, time resumed its normal pace.

A terrifying surge, suddenly erupted before Mu En’s wide-open eyes.

A hundred times of thunder.

Blooming simultaneously.

Like thunder from the heavens!

“Now you see clearly, don’t you?”

Teacher Meila chuckled lightly:

“I just said, this is not some kind of technique, but rather a skill, an overlapping skill.

Instantly stacking power and then releasing it in an instant, thus bursting forth unimaginable strength.

In simple terms, if one time doesn’t work, then try ten times, a hundred times, a thousand times.

If persistence and strength are insufficient, then victory is achieved through frequency and explosive force!”