466: The role of mental strength

The Martial Arts book "Basic Mental Energy" also mentioned many details.

The most important of which is that any offensive method of Mental Energy is extremely dangerous.

Unless your Rank is much higher than the opponent's, otherwise, once an accident occurs, you will suffer a great backlash.

Therefore, in the outside world where the Mental Energy system is already mature, its role is not as significant as it is on Blue Star.

Their purpose in Cultivating Mental Energy is only three-fold, none of which are for killing.

First, to assist in the Cultivation of Martial Dao; Martial Dao Cultivation has always emphasized the concept of essence, Qi, and spirit since ancient times, so the stronger the Mental Energy, the greater the help to Martial Dao.

Second, to increase the computing power of the brain, often used in Formation, runes, and other branches of Martial Dao, such as the Human Race's Martial Arts enchanters; once their Mental Energy is improved, their work efficiency will receive a terrifying boost.

Third, to prevent the opponent from attacking oneself with Mental Energy.

In Mental Energy confrontation, defense is easier than offense because of the home-field advantage.

Offense means your own spirit invades the opponent's brain; at that time, you are the guest, and the opponent is the host.

The host can set up numerous traps, barriers, and various other defensive methods in advance.

Regarding the concepts Xiao Fan now wants to use, such as memory searching, Mental attacks, etc., they are all introduced in the Martial Arts he has currently comprehended.

It's still those two words—Taboo!

Mental attacks, as mentioned before, are a very risky method; unless you are extremely confident in your Mental Energy, believing it to be far stronger than the opponent's, or you are at your wits' end, it is absolutely not recommended.

As for memory searching, it is the Taboo among Taboos.

If a Mental attack requires your Mental Energy Rank to be at least one level higher than the opponent's.

Then memory searching requires it to be at least two levels higher!

Failure of a Mental attack can lead to headaches, fainting, injury, and a small probability of becoming an idiot.

Failure of memory searching has a high probability of leading to dementia, personality splitting, and becoming a fool.

After reading this section, Xiao Fan twitched the corner of his mouth.

As expected.

He always jumps back and forth within what others call Taboo.

And he has even figured out a bit of experience on how to turn this Taboo into a conventional method.

Who cares!

What I use is Taboo!

Moreover, the current situation is special; unlike the outside world where everyone has Mental Energy, everything is still in chaos, and order has not yet been established.

Therefore, it is natural to take advantage of his Mental Energy being far superior to others to stir up more trouble.

At this moment, Lilith's soft whispers, tinged with concern, reached Xiao Fan's ears.

"How's the comprehension going?"

Ting Qiao turned his head, looked at the eyes that kept shifting between seriousness and concern, and smiled, "Not bad."

"Mm... that's good. Cultivate your Mental Energy well, otherwise, no matter how good you are with your saber, it will be in vain," Lilith said seriously.

Ting Qiao nodded, and suddenly, he thought of something that excited him greatly.

Previously, 'Intent' was the manifestation of Mental Energy.

Now, the true veil of Mental Energy has been lifted, and Mental Energy has a legitimate way of manifesting, completely eliminating the need for 'Intent'.

But what if the two were combined?

Xiao Fan dared not use his 'Intent' in front of others.

After all, his 'Intent' was too abnormal, and he was worried that using it would scare others.

So, he had to try it in a private place.

Now, he was eager to leave.

But Lilith suddenly stopped him and said, "When are you going to deal with Xi Gui?"

Ting Qiao raised an eyebrow and said, "Are you in a hurry?"

Lilith pouted and said, "You're the one making all the plans, so why aren't you being proactive now?"

"Are you messing with me?"

Ting Qiao shook his head and said, "Of course not, but we have to proceed step by step, otherwise it will inevitably arouse suspicion."

"But..." Lilith snorted softly, "The honey trap is about to be used."

"Huh?" Ting Qiao frowned.

Lilith said indifferently, "I just received the news."

"Due to the geographical location of the Seventh War Zone, coupled with the previous major defeat of the Eighth War Zone, there have been many negative voices within the Galaxy King Alliance."

"To suppress these voices, the higher-ups plan to win the Seventh War Zone, at least taking two-thirds of the Ghost Forest."

"Oh?" Ting Qiao was a little surprised.

"The Galaxy King Alliance wants to actively start a war?"

"What's wrong? Is this... strange?" Lilith looked puzzled.

"No, nothing." Ting Qiao shook his head.

He didn't want to explain, because it would involve too much and be too troublesome.

"Speak!" Lilith snorted coldly, crossed her arms, and looked down at him with a serious face.

But for some reason, Xiao Fan wanted to laugh.

It would have been fine before, but now that he knew Lilith was just a little fool, her seriousness was very stiff, like a primary school student mixed in with university students, trying to imitate a university student's demeanor.

But...

"Alright, I'll speak." Ting Qiao cleared his throat and said, "The reason the Galaxy King Alliance united is that they were worried about being defeated one by one by the Earth Goddess Church and dying before the experts from the Ancestral Star arrived."

"Therefore, the fundamental demand of the Alliance is not to expand territory, nor to start wars; these are just icing on the cake."

"The key is that they don't want to die; they want to live until the Ancestral Star arrives to welcome them. By then, everyone won't need to expend a single soldier, nor will they be in mortal danger, and can directly return to the embrace of the Ancestral Star."

"And now, with the world divided into three, apart from the Galaxy King Alliance, there are also the Earth Goddess Alliance and the Human Race."

"These latter two forces, under normal circumstances, are still in a hostile relationship."

"But if the Galaxy King Alliance becomes too aggressive, do you think they will join forces?"

"Will the experts in the Galaxy King Alliance die before the Ancestral Star arrives?"

Lilith nodded with a shocked expression and said, "You... are that smart?"

"Not bad." Ting Qiao shook his head.

Lilith actually scratched the back of her head like a dazed, innocent high school girl, then let out a soft snort.

"Anyway, people are coming from above now; many Geniuses who have Awakened their memories will come. It seems your Demon Clan also has a few extraordinary ones."

"By then, it will be troublesome for you to try and kill Xi Gui."

"And I will also use the honey trap."

"So hurry up."

"Okay." Ting Qiao nodded.

"Mm... that's all then, you can go."

Ting Qiao got up and left.

Suddenly, Lilith called out to him.

"Hey."

"What's wrong?" Ting Qiao turned his head expressionlessly.

Lilith snorted coldly, "Don't use rhetorical questions when talking to me in the future! It's uncomfortable to hear!"

"If you have anything, any insights, tell me immediately, don't wait for me to ask!"

"Yes, Your Highness." Ting Qiao nodded seriously.

Lilith waved her hand and said, "Alright, it's nothing, go back."

"Cultivate well,"

After Ting Qiao had gone far away.

Lilith suddenly remembered hearing people say that a man and a woman often had very exciting things happen in such small parks late at night.

But she didn't feel anything at all.

Instead, she felt a bit angry.

She always felt that Ting Qiao thought she was foolish.

"So annoying!" Lilith snorted softly again and returned to her room.

At the same time, she didn't notice that a shadow suddenly darted out from under the round table where she and Ting Qiao had been sitting, merging into the black earth.