Mecha Battle: Why Do You Use Body to Destroy Stars? - Chapter 231
Chapter 231: Chapter 160: You’re telling me he’s from a Secondary Civilization?_1
The combat skills of the 6th Rank Purgatory Asura were indeed more exquisite than those at the 5th Rank.
Many techniques that Jiang Chen thought had reached their peak and were hardly breakable were outshone by the 6th Rank Purgatory Asura, which could be described as martial arts of an artistic level.
It left him in awe and utterly fascinated.
Of course, Jiang Chen didn’t underestimate himself—
He had reached the Weapons Grandmaster stage in just a matter of minutes.
Whereas Master Luo had taken who knows how many years to advance from the 5th Rank to the 6th Rank.
The same, and perhaps even more exceptional talent, coupled with an endless stack of battles,
naturally enabled surpassing Jiang Chen’s “extreme,” taking the Martial Arts Way to an even higher level!
What he possessed was “time”!
Just what Jiang Chen was most lacking: time.
However, although Jiang Chen didn’t have as much time,
he did have Master Luo.
With his own computational power and a wealth of experience in honing martial arts, as well as the Purgatory Asura’s earnest teaching,
in just a single challenge,
Jiang Chen had absorbed all the growth from the 5th Rank Purgatory Asura’s progression to the 6th Rank.
He had advanced his martial arts techniques to a level comparable to a 6th Rank Purgatory Asura.
He swiftly completed the second phase of the curriculum.
But…
After completing the second phase, Jiang Chen felt somewhat disappointed.
Under the guidance of the 6th Rank Master Luo, his martial arts skills had successfully improved, but it was essentially just an accumulation of proficiency and an iterative update of techniques.
There wasn’t a transformation like from [Master] to [Grandmaster] that occurred during the 5th Rank.
It seemed precisely due to this reason,
the [Weapons Grandmaster] trait had not been further upgraded.
“Why are you relaxing?”
The Purgatory Asura seemed to sense his change in emotion and asked.
Jiang Chen didn’t hide anything and shared the situation with the trait.
It frowned slightly,
“What’s the use of thinking so much?”
“Battle is battle!”
“All those skills, traits, growth… they are all just by-products of fighting.”
“As long as you’re fully immersed in the battle, the battle will naturally give you feedback, permit your growth, and give you stronger power.”
“The more you fixate on these extraneous things, the more your heart will be hindered.”
“I can feel it…”
“Your punches, they’ve slowed down.”
In the middle of talking,
the Purgatory Asura suddenly changed its movements. A thunder blade flicked open Jiang Chen’s combat fist and scored across his arm—
In the brief exchange, it had an epiphany and its skills had broken through.
What was an evenly matched situation just now had turned into a half-move advantage over Jiang Chen!
In Jiang Chen’s surprised gaze,
the Purgatory Asura said,
“I’ve always been immersed in battle, enjoying the fight.”
“The battle also rewards me.”
“I can clearly sense the path ahead—”
“It’s not a skill but a realm, a supreme realm where one’s entire martial arts is fused into the soul without any distractions.”
“Although I’m still exploring now…”
“The future me must have reached that realm!”
“If you cannot reach that realm, cannot stand on the same height as the future me…”
“How can you truly defeat me?”
“…”
Jiang Chen fell silent for a moment.
He was not a creature from the Infinite Purgatory, nor a bloodthirsty, war-loving Asura.
He was a normal human being with the seven emotions and six desires.
Therefore, he couldn’t fully empathize with the Purgatory Asura, couldn’t share its pure passion for battle.
However, he could understand the words of the Purgatory Asura, understand its meaning.
“The next breakthrough is not merely about techniques but about a pure state of mind?”
“A state of mind in pursuit of the Martial Arts Way…”
Jiang Chen’s eyes gradually brightened.
Unlike the Purgatory Asura, he didn’t relish pure combat.
It was [growth] he liked.
To him, fighting was just a part of growth, an essential path for it.
But who says you can’t have a pure heart if the goals are different?
“Battle is growth!”
“Growth is accumulation!”
“Only with accumulation can we meet at the pinnacle!”
“Come, Master Luo, let’s begin accumulating!”
Jiang Chen adjusted his mindset, no longer bothered by trivial matters, focused entirely on accumulation—
To him, it was a very simple matter.
If he didn’t have a pure heart for accumulation, he wouldn’t have farmed so fervently for so long, day and night without a break, becoming the ultimate feverish farming king of Planet Blue Star.
And Planet Blue Star was just the beginning.
He was going to farm his way through the entire abyss!
“Good, good, good, I knew I hadn’t misjudged you; you have the potential to climb to the strongest just like me!”
The Purgatory Asura felt Jiang Chen’s change in attitude and was overjoyed.
Wielding its weapon, it laughed wildly and plunged back into the fray.
Even as it gradually exhausted its strength and Jiang Chen cut it into pieces, its movements didn’t pause for a second.
[Killing the Purgatory Asura, you receive Mythical Material: Asura Fangs*4.]
…
[Successfully killing the lord, completing the legendary goal.]
[Number of people who passed: one]
[Lord’s strength: six]
[Calculating rewards based on known information…]
[You received Abyss Crystal: 5000.]
[You received Mythical Material: Purgatory Blood Alloy*10.]
[You received an Epic Item: Thunder Roar Pearl.]
[You received a perfect module: Equipment Assimilation (Supercharged)]
[Settlement complete, you will leave the abyss in one minute.]
…
After adjusting his state, even though Jiang Chen had defeated the Purgatory Asura and ended the battle, it hadn’t affected his heart of accumulation—
Battle is accumulation, learning is accumulation.
Farming for attributes, materials, is also accumulation!
How could accumulation be inconvenient?
He glanced at the loot from the 6th Rank Purgatory Asura, Asura Fangs, Purgatory Blood Alloy, both 6th Rank mythical side materials with different features.
