Chapter 902: A Bout Between Body Cultivators
"Hello, may I ask if you are Bai Yu? This should count as our first formal meeting."
"Yes, you are..."
Bai Yu saw the three witches before her, and with just one glance, she recognized them.
These three were the body cultivator witches the Academy Head had found, and also the three Little Han needed to cooperate with for the Dream State Domain experiment.
Little Han had also mentioned them to her.
But they hadn't had a chance to meet yet, though Bai Yu didn't expect to encounter them at this time.
Because Little Han had already thrown herself wholeheartedly into the experiment, it wasn't good for her to continue staying.
After all, her existence as mental encouragement for Little Han shouldn't be consumed like this; leaving at the appropriate time was also a choice of hers.
"Hello, I am Long. The two beside me, this is Muli, she is Fannie. We have all just arrived at the Witch Academy not long ago."
"Can you not use 'this' to introduce me?"
Muli retorted from the side.
Because these three had just arrived at the Witch Academy and didn't know many witches, finding they had common topics, the three of them ended up hanging out together.
Originally, they planned to find body cultivator witches in the academy to see if they could become friends, also for the convenience of mutual exchange in the future.
But for a moment they couldn't find any, and the only body cultivator witch they knew about was the "Bai Yu" mentioned in the experiment, who left some impression on them.
It could be said that these three... hanging out together wasn't just because they were all body cultivator witches.
Their social skills... were also slightly worrisome.
Compared to Bai Yu, after she first became a Transcendent Witch, she quickly integrated into some circles.
Although these couldn't be counted as true bosom friends, occasionally for gossip or holding a tea party or something, they would still call upon her as a friend, and there were quite a few of them.
"It seems you should recognize the three of us. Nice to meet you. Want to have a fight?"
Long also said straight to the point.
Bai Yu looked at the three witches before her and was also stunned, not knowing what the situation was.
They had just met for less than a minute, yet she directly wanted to fight.
However... Bai Yu could also feel their sincerity; there was no malice, it was even purely a kind of appreciation.
"Do body cultivator witches outside the Main World all greet people this way?"
Bai Yu asked in confusion.
"You joke. Long is just rather straightforward in her thinking, and what she likes is just fighting. Actually, we two have also fought with her. If it's inconvenient, you don't have to agree to her."
Muli smoothed things over from the side.
"Having a fight doesn't matter. In the Witch Academy, there aren't many opportunities for witches to display their skills."
Bai Yu clearly accepted the challenge.
Honestly speaking, even she hadn't gone all out before.
She knew her lower limit; she could probably crush those Transcendents from the Dragonblood Academy.
She also knew her upper limit; she probably couldn't beat that Anti-Witch.
But to ask about her limit... she really didn't know.
"Really?!"
Long instantly got excited, "You are still the first one willing to fight me besides the two of them! Other witches all like to look at me with eyes asking if I'm crazy. Honestly, they simply don't understand how hot-blooded a method of communication fist-to-flesh combat is!"
As Long said these words, Muli at the side even somewhat wanted to cover her face.
Her face was full of thoughts about why she associated with such a witch.
"Maybe... your sincerity was a bit unbearable for them."
Bai Yu also chuckled lightly and didn't say anything.
After all, to say such a witch was stupid?
She didn't seem stupid either.
Looking at it another way, she was just filtering for friends she could get along with.
Bai Yu knew very well how much effort a witch majoring in body cultivation needed to put in.
Under most circumstances, there was no extra time to engage in socializing and interpersonal relationships.
Even Bai Yu herself dared not say she was a witch majoring in body cultivation; she just had rather dazzling achievements on the path of body cultivation at this stage.
She spent more of her time trying interesting things.
Perhaps some witches would feel that such lack of specialization wouldn't lead to achievements.
But that was just others' viewpoints.
"Exactly All witches who don't understand romance. I see Sister Bai Yu, you fit my appetite very well. Where do we fight? Right here?"
"Here? Better not. If we exchange a punch here, the Academy Head could find us the next second."
Bai Yu shook her head and said.
"This Witch Academy is very big, right? Is there really no place sufficient to provide for witches to spar?"
Long asked somewhat uncomprehendingly.
"This is an academy after all, teaching Reserve Witches, so naturally it's not suitable for Transcendent Witches."
Big Sis Bai also explained patiently, "Outside the academy would affect the stability of the outside society. We can go to the Expansion Realm."
Although the aftershocks of the Dream State Calamity in the Expansion Realm hadn't completely dissipated, the Academy Head had already lifted more of the blockade on the Expansion Realm for Transcendent Witches.
Hearing that the Primal Dream State had completely retreated from reality, and there were still some Shallow Dream Layers that needed to gradually fade.
And as these Shallow Dream Layers faded, this part of the Expansion Realm under repair could be considered completely incorporated into the scope of the Main World.
"Expansion Realm Alright! Give me a spatial coordinate. I haven't been there, help set a location."
"Follow me. Once you've been there and remembered the spatial positioning yourself, you won't need coordinates."
Bai Yu reached out and tore open space.
This was utilizing the deep-level power of True Time, a means to tear Material Space, plus a spatial Teleportation Spell to interface the Core Realm and the Expansion Realm.
If she mastered the body cultivation Space Sense, it wouldn't be so troublesome.
Unfortunately, she didn't possess it.
But she knew Little Han had already gradually comprehended the prototype of Space Sense.
Space Sense wasn't simply the mastery of space, just as Time Sense wasn't simply the domination of time.
That was already a power she couldn't touch at this stage.
At this stage, she hadn't even completely thoroughly understood Time Sense; she still had a long road to walk.
But to speak of exerting the power of Time Sense, she feared no one.
At this moment, those three witches didn't stand on ceremony either, following Bai Yu across the door of space to another world.
"Phew Wow, the feeling is completely different from the Core Realm! In the Core Realm world, it felt like someone was pressing on me, suffocating me to death. It's still comfortable here!"
Upon arriving here directly, Long instantly spoke without suppression, completely disregarding anything.
The other two were about the same, but not to the extent of opening their mouths like Long.
"The Main World Core Realm has the Great Weakening Spell personally cast by the Academy Head shrouding the entire Core Realm, aiming to protect the integrity of the Core Realm from being destroyed."
"A Grand Spellbook? No wonder."
"Yes, the situation in the Main World is a bit complicated now. We'll just gesture a bit in the Expansion Realm. Otherwise, if we make too big a commotion, it will also cause bad influence."
"Aiya Does the Main World have so many matters? Alright alright Then let's exchange two punches!"
At this moment, Long also became eager to try.
"Let's go there. This place seems to still be the location of the Ninglan Land Boundary. Directly starting the fight isn't too good."
While Bai Yu spoke, her figure shot out like an arrow.
Subsequently, three figures also followed closely.
"Sister Bai Yu, speed isn't slow. But still not fast enough!"
A hint of competitive desire also faintly appeared in Long.
Only after reaching a place outside with no signs of human habitation did the four figures stop.
"Pick here?"
"Yes."
Bai Yu nodded.
At this moment, she was also somewhat eager to try.
After all, witches all had militant factors.
Long-term suppression would even make this desire accumulate more and more, until a certain moment it erupted.
"Then I won't be polite!"
Long's gaze was also full of fighting intent.
This counted as a spar between the two.
There was no so-called referee, nor was any start needed.
When the gazes of the two body cultivators met, their Heart Sense had already reached resonance.
Naturally, there was no talk of any so-called sneak attack either.
Boom!
With just one punch, a terrifying fist front suddenly spread outward, stimulating an air explosion as if something exploded.
Even the so-called Body Cultivation Energy seemed inadequate under this collision of pure strength.
"It seems I am superior in strength."
Long said somewhat modestly.
This was true modesty.
How could Bai Yu's physical quality and strength be only slightly inferior to Long's?
Bai Yu hadn't been promoted to Transcendent for long, so naturally, she couldn't compare with the terrifying accumulation of a witch like Long.
Long perceived Bai Yu's strength in just an instant, and this punch was merely controlled to appear slightly superior.
This punch was just probing, not to decide victory or defeat, but to determine what level Long should use to fight Bai Yu next.
Sparring between body cultivators was like this.
Every battle being a crush was meaningless.
Learning things from the opponent at the same level as the opponent, this was sparring.
Otherwise, focusing solely on victory, that was just showing off.
With one punch over, next was the contest between physical arts.
"Secret Manual of Body Cultivation? Very classic and also very standard physical arts. You shouldn't fight often, right?"
"Indeed, there isn't much room to perform in the Main World."
Bai Yu also nodded honestly.
"Your accumulation gives me the feeling that you seem to be a beginner. Is life in the Main World so slack?"
After a few moves, Long asked somewhat seriously.
After all, in her view, a body cultivator witch who could be highlighted by that genius shouldn't be this weak.
"I've been promoted to Transcendent for a year or two, indeed haven't accumulated much."
"What?!"
Hearing Bai Yu say this, Long's eyes widened instantly!
But her powerful physical quality forced her not to reveal a single flaw in the battle.
"A year or two! Promoted to Transcendent for a year or two and already at this level!"
"Isn't this the normal level?"
Bai Yu spoke.
But for this kind of physical arts combat, actually... what she was better at was still the perception of the Mental Realm Domain, as well as the utilization of the Time Sense mastered recently.
She discovered that after following Little Han for a long time, she also liked the feeling of crushing.
Of course, it could be not crushing in strength, but crushing in perception, in control, in prediction, in means, in technique.
She really liked it.
Combat was a game of crushing.
If you didn't have any advantage that could crush the opponent in even a little aspect, then it was absolutely impossible to have the possibility of winning.
And the Long at this moment was somewhat shown up by Bai Yu.
Normal level?
When she was promoted to Transcendent for a year or two, where on earth was she struggling?
"Your heart is starting to get messy. You can't even hit me anymore."
This time it was Bai Yu who spoke.
"I do have to admit, you seem to be stronger than me in this aspect of perception."
"After all, when I came into contact with body cultivation, I started from Five Senses Body Cultivation. My perception is above yours."
Bai Yu spoke.
"Hehe... perception! Although I don't major in perception, I'm also not weak!"
Long roared, then also started to get serious!
Heart Sense was perception born from the five senses, yet overriding the five senses.
It was also the hub undertaking the abstract perception and domination of power above the five senses.
The Mental Realm Domain also originated from Heart Sense, but this battle hadn't reached the point of using the power of the domain.
After all, the domain was a confrontation of order, while using Heart Sense still just remained within the scope of body cultivation.
As the battle between Bai Yu and Long became increasingly fierce, the intense battle here also triggered quite a commotion in the Expansion Realm.
And Bai Yu, who was paying attention at all times, naturally realized this, so she spoke: "I think the spar should end here."
"Body cultivators should press forward indomitably! When you said this sentence, the thought of retreat had already sprouted! This is not the mentality a body cultivator should have!"
Long didn't want to end just like this; after all, it had just reached the exciting part!
"Sigh..."
Bai Yu sighed lightly, and her gaze also became serious.
"Yes! It's this kind of look! It's this kind of mentality... Urgh!"
Seeing this change in Bai Yu, Long's excited words hadn't finished when her pupils dilated instantly, then gradually focused.
Because a punch from Bai Yu had hit her left shoulder squarely in a way she couldn't imagine!
Her left shoulder dissipated instantly, followed by a fear of death assaulting her heart!
This wave of fear instantly broke her calm Mental Realm, shattering her fanatical Heart Sense.
And as this appalling injury wasn't instantly repaired by herself, a second punch hit Long squarely in the face.
This punch completely crushed her psychological defense line.
Fear never known before was instantly magnified at this moment.
She swore that in her life, there had never been a moment with such heavy fear of death.
And she also experienced the feeling of those weaklings whose bodies were dominated by fear.
So... fear, really could... make the body tremble uncontrollably......
After this punch, Long fell onto the ground on her back.
The force of this punch wasn't actually great, but Long no longer had the thought of fighting back.
She clearly knew her condition was very abnormal, but she was experiencing it.
She wasn't resisting this power; she was just experiencing this power she had never experienced before.
"What... is this?"
Lying on the ground, Long spoke with a somewhat trembling voice.
"Seventh Sense Time Sense. You can't defend against it."
"I mean... that kind of... fear."
"Oh, this... is Emotional Body Cultivation. I just did it to make you quiet down faster. If we continued fighting, the Academy Head would have to come personally to break up the fight."