Cohabitation with Sword Spirit-Chapter 224 - 189: The Idiot’s Intuition

Wang Jiu's conclusion surprised many people.

"Is it that serious? Is there such a significant disparity in their strength?" Shen Qingming was the first to get anxious. Her next opponent, Lu Feiyu, has always displayed a level of prowess that was neither outstanding nor mediocre. It formed a stark contrast to Lu Fangchen's radiant and unstoppable progression. Despite making it into the top sixteen, Lu Feiyu had yet to leave the impression of being a formidable force. Compared to the universally recognized tough contenders in the top sixteen, Lu Feiyu seemed almost invisible. Therefore, Shen Qingming, having just undergone a bloody battle, couldn't help but relax.

However, if he could defeat Liu Ying in just three moves, that would be the standard close to a championship contender, and the difficulty of the next match would be easily imaginable.

"According to your understanding of strength, there isn't a significant gap between the two," Wang Jiu pondered for a while and offered his explanation, "But if we more accurately define strength as the ability to secure victory, then the difference between the two is as vast as the clouds and mud."

Li Wanqing mused, "Is it because of the restraining relationship between their cultivation techniques? The Lu Family's Golden Crow Swordsmanship has exorcism effects. If Lu Feiyu also practiced the Golden Crow Swordsmanship, Liu Ying's Charm Sword indeed wouldn't work effectively. It's a pity he probably hasn't learned it... But you must be referring to something else, right? The Yin Yang Pupils?"

Wang Jiu said, "That's right, although the awakening level isn't high, it can fully support short-term combat. Given the situation of those two, as long as one can sustain beyond three moves, it's enough to achieve victory."

"Are the Yin Yang Pupils really that powerful?" Li Chaolu asked, puzzled, "It's said to see through all forms, but it can't possibly be that godly, right?"

Wang Jiu said, "Of course, even Lu Jintong himself, who perfected the bloodline of the Yin Yang Pupils, couldn't truly see through all forms. After all, he never saw through my Swordsmanship or the Demon God Emperor's Demon Skill. Even against opponents of the same realm, the percentage of Immortal Techniques he could instantaneously analyze during combat was only about one-third."

Li Wanqing seemed to have an epiphany after hearing this, but the others were still in the dark, asking, "Isn't that quite average?"

Before Wang Jiu could answer, Li Wanqing sighed, "The trouble is that you don't know which one-third. For most people, there's always a one-third chance that their moves might have a counterproductive effect, leading to mental defeat before the fight even begins. Losing heart means no need to continue fighting. Liu Ying walked to the top sixteen by gnawing on many tough bones with hard strength, but inevitably has some winning and losing mentality, wanting to advance further, hoping not to be seen as lucky. And this time her opponent happens to be male, she must trust her Charm Sword but also be wary of the Yin Yang Pupils, making her unable to cope with her combat experience."

Li Chaolu asked, "What if it were you, Sister Wanqing? How would you respond?"

Li Wanqing said, "If it were me, I wouldn't think about that one-third at all. I'd focus on the two-thirds of my moves that can still perfectly exert effects. If my hard strength leads, that's enough to achieve victory."

"Wow, that makes so much sense."

Wang Jiu praised, "Indeed, that's the principle. Facing the Yin Yang Pupils, keeping a calm mindset is the first step to victory."

Li Wanqing continued, "The second step should be to set aside the so-called trump card and maintain steady advancement, eroding step by step, right?"

"Exactly, Lu Jintong's rate of seeing through combat techniques in real battles was about thirty percent, but the rate of seeing through trump cards was over ninety percent."

"Ah?! Why, aren't trump cards supposed to be hidden deeper, harder to see through?"

Li Wanqing explained, "It's simple. Hide too deep, and it becomes very conspicuous. In real battles, doing something inexplicably hidden is very apparent to experts. Moreover, the moves considered as the trump card to secure victory must have indicators when actually deployed. Even if the average person can't notice, there's no reason the Yin Yang Pupils wouldn't be able to. Moreover, with an advanced warning, the probability of being seen through greatly increases."

This time, without Wang Jiu needing to nod in affirmation, Li Chaolu, Shen Qingming, and others already understood thoroughly.

"Sister Wanqing, you're amazing," Li Chaolu exclaimed, "By this standard, if you face Lu Fangchen, you should be invincible, right?"

Li Wanqing nodded unreservedly, "Yes, if my opponent is Lu Fangchen, I could win even if I gave him one hand. Unfortunately, the luck isn't good; next up, the one facing Lu Fangchen is Little Sister Qingming. Meanwhile, I have to prepare to wrestle with that fool Qian Ye. Elope isn't hard, but how not to make Zhou Yu suffer too much is quite a headache."

Saying this, Li Wanqing displayed the post-sixteen match schedule, and sure enough, as she said, the Lu Brothers were on one side, while she and Qian Ye were on the other side.

While chatting, the match on the field formally commenced.

And the development unfolded precisely as Wang Jiu and Li Wanqing had predicted: Lu Feiyu swiftly defeated Liu Ying within three moves.

At the beginning of the match, Liu Ying sought to secure the initiative by starting with a killing move from the Charm Sword. Lu Feiyu, anticipating this, stably received it using a Vajra Unmoving Talisman and smoothly guided the Sword Stance, almost sending Liu Ying's sword flying from her hand.

Liu Ying lost the initiative, and her heart filled with dread, prompting her to switch to defense. She attempted to use the Resilient Sword Intent of the Charm Sword to delay and transform it into a prolonged battle. If she truly could hold her ground, perhaps she could gradually adapt to the Yin Yang Pupils over time.

If she had adhered to this notion from the start, there would be a seventy to eighty percent chance she could win the final result, as Lu Feiyu's Yin Yang Pupils awakening level wasn't as high as Lu Fangchen's and couldn't cover the entire match.

However, the failure in securing the initiative in the first move led her completely into the opponent's rhythm. Turning defense into attack in the second move, she was seized by Lu Feiyu, who directly blasted the protective Sword Seal with a Profound Nether Seal. By the third move, Liu Ying was in a utter disarray, attempting both to replenish the Sword Seal for defense and counter the Profound Nether Seal with the Charm Sword. The transient moment of True Essence circulation being obstructed led to neither being completed, resulting in Lu Feiyu sticking a Blast Seal close enough to blow her away and lose the match.

The entire process, even with the result anticipated, still felt delightful.

The combat style of the Yin Yang Pupils is not simply responding to each move but taking the entire battle into consideration as a comprehensive strategy, and Liu Ying happened to provide Lu Feiyu a perfect stage to display.

After the match, Shen Qingming held the Golden Card in hand, gazing at the match schedule ahead with inexplicable concern: "Ah Jiu, we won't have issues, right? Won't this remote-control combat strategy be exactly restrained?"

Upon hearing this question, Wang Jiu was instantaneously amazed by Shen Qingming.

"What sort of brain circuit are you using to think we might be constrained by this conclusion? Any normal person's thought process should be that we restrain the opponent instead. Even if Lu Jintong resurrects, seeing through my strategy while I utilize the Master-Servant Contract for remote control is almost impossible, let alone those two kids whose awakening level isn't even 10%?"

Wang Jiu spoke while shaking his head: "Ever since I met you, your intelligence truly has been increasingly worrisome, even your ancestor Shen Kaishan, at fourteen, wouldn't be at this point... "

Hearing this, Shen Qingming was filled with shame and indignation: "I was just instinctively feeling a bit worried! It's just intuition! It's not some deeply considered result!"

"... So you've habitually given up thinking?"

"I haven't given up... can't I have instincts!?"

"Of course you can, and in a certain sense, it's quite trustworthy. After all... fools' intuition is often very keen." 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

"You're the fool!"

Leaving this last remark, Shen Qingming left the scene, unable to bear the humiliation.

Only Wang Jiu remained in place, deep in thought.

Shen Qingming's words, despite being laughable from an intelligence standpoint, couldn't be ignored.

A fool's intuition, historically verified, is undoubtedly keen.

Back then, when the Jiu Immortal Venerables weren't in intense battles, they often exchanged skills using various methods, one of which was quite extreme: cutting off all perceptions, engaging in blind combat purely by intuition.

At the time, the Demon Race's army frequently used a cover-all Demon Fog, which caused loss of five senses and obscured Divine Sense, plunging one into absolute blind territory, at others' mercy. Although Zhu Junsen and Lu Jintong led teams to fully resolve the Demon Fog, the results were minimal.

Thus, before a solution to the Demon Fog was discovered, it could only be dealt with through blind combat.

The Jiu Immortal Venerables initially thought the strongest would be Zhao Yuming — the top beauty of Jiuzhou renowned for her astoundingly strong intuition, always winning inexplicably at cards, so even Shang Lanfei, who calculated against the divine heavens, was often subdued by Zhao Yuming's intuition.

However, after an intense battle, it was Shen Kaishan who persevered to the end, defeating Zhao Yuming with a clear advantage. From then on, people realized the fool's intuition had metaphysical precision.