703: Fighting virtual monsters

“Now that you put it that way, I feel pretty bad.” Feng Xiao originally didn't have this thought; after all, he was a “wind-like” man, free and unburdened by so many thoughts.

But now that Yan Yan mentioned it, he suddenly felt a bit awkward.

“You guys might as well not have said anything! Now that you’ve said it, I feel pretty bad,” Feng Xiao said with a pout.

“Hahahaha ~ That’s great, we can’t be the only ones feeling bad!” Yan Yan burst out laughing when he heard Feng Xiao’s words.

“Damn it!” Feng Xiao grumpily punched Yan Yan, who was beside him.

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In the battlefield, Maple Leaf continuously clashed with the Otherworld Monster.

Despite the sustained high-intensity collisions, Maple Leaf didn't feel tired; instead, she became more excited the more she fought, her body constantly heating up.

Like a constantly roaring engine, powerful energy continuously surged from her body.

“I’ve figured you out…” Through the continuous battle, Maple Leaf had basically figured out the Otherworld Monster’s combat style.

How to describe it? The greatest truths are the simplest… The Otherworld Monster’s combat style was very direct, almost fighting purely by instinct.

Although there weren't many variations, every attack took the “shortest” path.

Overall, it was powerful, fast, and straightforward!

Even against opponents of the same level, it was extremely difficult to deal with.

However, while the strength Maple Leaf displayed in her normal state might not be enough to completely overwhelm the Otherworld Monster, her technique had reached perfection.

With each of the opponent’s strikes, Maple Leaf could basically dissipate over eighty percent of the force, even though the opponent’s physical strength was extremely terrifying!

Especially with the enhancement of that mysterious power, it became even stronger!

But after all, it was pure physical strength.

As a Valkyrie, Maple Leaf had an abundance of force-dissipation techniques.

Her entire body—muscles and bones—could share and transfer the force, and she could even guide it out of her body, such as into the earth or dissipating into the void.

During the intense battle, the Otherworld Monster’s actual damage to Maple Leaf was almost nonexistent.

Because powers like divine energy were neutralized by the opponent’s mysterious power, Maple Leaf seemed unable to harm the Otherworld Monster with pure physical strength alone; even if she managed to inflict damage, the opponent’s physical toughness would allow it to recover in an instant.

Maple Leaf simply used the opponent for practice.

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Time passed by minute by minute.

“Ah~” Yan Yan yawned, looking at the shattered mountain in the distance; the Otherworld Monster and Maple Leaf had been fighting for three hours!

“They’re still fighting! What kind of stamina is that! Aren’t both sides tired?” Yan Yan watched Maple Leaf and the Otherworld Monster, who were still battling, with some astonishment.

“Is this what a god is like! A Valkyrie… Just this stamina alone is truly worthy of being called divine,” Feng Xiao said with some surprise.

After three hours of fighting, the land within a thousand li radius was shattered, and the battlefield stretched far.

Under Maple Leaf’s intentional guidance, they moved in a direction away from the city.

Further away, they entered a mountain range.

One small mountain within it had been shattered by the residual effects of Maple Leaf and the Otherworld Monster’s battle, basically being completely obliterated from that mountain range.

Within the Cross-World Group, everyone watched Maple Leaf fight for so long.

“Maple Leaf’s been fighting for so long? Is this monster really that troublesome!” Chen Mu didn’t understand, only knowing that the Otherworld Monster could actually battle Maple Leaf for three hours, and even now, it seemed no different from before.

Did that mean it could fight for another three hours?

“I’m not entirely sure, but from the current situation, Maple Leaf hasn’t used her full strength. She’s probably using the opponent to practice her moves. Putting everything else aside, this punching bag + sparring partner is truly resilient,” Yi Xin hadn’t watched the entire fight, but by glancing occasionally, he basically knew the overall situation.

“Yi Xin is right. As for when it will end, it probably depends on when Maple Leaf gets tired of playing,” Lin Zifeng added.

“This monster is quite unique and fun,” Maple Leaf was even able to reply to everyone in the Cross-World Group, and by the way, she explained the situation with the Otherworld Monster to them.

“That’s interesting. I really want to study that mysterious power!” Yi Xin’s eyes lit up, but then he shook his head helplessly; he couldn’t go over there, which was a bit of a shame!

“It’s a shame you can’t go there. Why don’t you try searching more worlds? Maybe if you get incredibly lucky and search for Maple Leaf’s current world, you can go over,” Lin Zifeng urged from the side.

“Stop joking, I think you just want to trick me into wasting my source points,” Yi Xin directly refused. Want to see me lose source points? Impossible! Absolutely impossible!

“I want to play with that armored transformation!” Ally excitedly shouted in the group.

“Hahahaha, too bad you can’t go!” Yi Xin laughed and said, “That form is somewhat interesting, but it also has quite a few drawbacks… However, it seems to be very powerful. Although there are some ‘restrictions,’ overall, it has both pros and cons. Compared to our cultivation system… they are somewhat similar to external power.”

“Yi Xin is right, the strength of the main body is slightly weak… The power increase from the transformation is indeed very significant. Although I haven’t fully observed it, I speculate that the duration should not be very long. At least, it’s unlikely for it to be like Maple Leaf, battling for three hours,” Lin Zifeng also chimed in.

“So, that armored transformation provides a huge increase in strength, but the drawback is that its duration is limited…” Chen Mu said from the side.

“Roughly so. The increase in strength is indeed there, and it’s focused on a single aspect. You can see that those armors each have their own ‘attributes.’ This attribute isn’t like the five elements, but rather a certain tendency or characteristic. In other words, specialization. This is also a limitation, but if they fight as a group, they can achieve a 1+1 > 2 effect, which is another advantage,” Lin Zifeng nodded slightly, responding to Chen Mu’s statement.

“I see!” Chen Mu nodded in realization.

“However, if the main body’s strength is strong enough, I wonder if the increase from this armored transformation would be greatly ‘diluted’… Emmm ~ I also don’t know what the upper limit of this armor is… If it’s truly a ‘rule’-level product with no upper limit, or an extremely high upper limit… if Maple Leaf can, it would be best to get one or two for the group. We can take one to research; if we can replicate it… it would be a battle power boost for our entire Cross-World Group,” Yi Xin said, stroking his chin.

“If possible,” Maple Leaf replied, “But don’t hold too much hope, in any aspect.”

Maple Leaf meant that whether it was acquiring this armor, replicating it, or the armor being a “rule”-level product, there was no need to hold too much hope.

Because no matter which one, Maple Leaf basically felt it was unlikely.

And considering the level of this world, could there be something of this caliber?

If it were a world above Level 5, she might think it was possible… After all, in worlds above Level 5, the highest combat power could reach Level 10!

She felt that beings at that level should already be capable of “cross-world” complete influence, forming an independent “rule” existence, right?

Just like the Cross-World Group.

Perhaps even a Level 5 world wouldn’t be enough; it would have to be higher!