Chapter 213 The Great Terror Between Life and Death
This was the first time Ryan encountered a bottleneck in his practice, and also his first "failure".
The key is that he still doesn't know what went wrong, which is very frustrating.
With his "intelligent brain", he could find shortcuts to practice almost any technique, and it was almost not difficult. But for something that required "understanding", the system could not help him at all.
When Basel heard this, he opened his eyes and stopped his meditation.
He looked at Ryan and said jokingly , "Oh... failed? I thought you were such a genius that you could learn anything..."
This legend is so tasteless, and it adds insult to injury.
Ryan rolled his eyes and looked at the guy's expression. He knew it was real. This guy must have guessed the result a long time ago and was waiting to see him make a fool of himself.
But he also knew that this funny legend had no ill intentions, he was just a little sour.
Since they were so familiar with each other, Ryan didn't hesitate to ask directly: "Senior, you seem to know that I will fail?"
Bazel shrugged noncommittally and said, "Normally you should have failed. But I thought you would use your 'learning quickly' talent to ignore this bottleneck..."
After a pause, he added: "Now it seems that there is none."
It seems that this funny legend is in a good mood seeing Ryan being humiliated.
Ryan made a bitter face and complained quietly: "What do you mean I deserve to fail?"
Bazel spread his hands and asked, "Otherwise, why do you think the vast majority of top nobles, who have no shortage of money or resources, are stuck at the third level of transcendence?"
"ah?"
When Ryan heard this, a light bulb went off in his head, and he suddenly felt as if he had realized something.
This world is a monarchy, and the top nobles control the vast majority of social resources. They have accumulated resources, and even if they are not talented, not very hardworking, and consume magic crystals by taking drugs, it is enough to accumulate them to the third level of extraordinary. But those who advance to the fourth level are rare.
Even the current emperor of Omar, Spurgel XV, is only stuck at the third level of the extraordinary realm!
Obviously, they are just like me, unable to gather the "momentum" to fight?
His thoughts were still not clear when Bazel asked again, "Ryan, what do you think is the difference between you and those pampered nobles?"
“…”
Ryan thought about it and immediately understood something.
My current situation is basically the same as that of a top aristocrat. What's the difference?
He has no shortage of resources and is surrounded by a large number of super masters to protect him. I'm afraid that even Emperor Omar didn't receive such good treatment.
His eyes trembled, and he looked at Bazel and asked thoughtfully: "Is it because of the current environment that I can't gather the 'momentum'?"
"You are very clever."
Bazel nodded without beating around the bush.
The nonchalant look on his face disappeared, and he said in a slightly serious tone: "If you want to know why you failed to condense the 'Power of the Beast', then you must first know why the third level is a huge threshold to transcendence!"
"oh?"
Ryan frowned, with a serious expression on his face, as if he was listening attentively.
Bazel's expression was stern, and he continued, "When you condense the 'momentum' of the third-level Dou Qi, your Dou Qi will gradually begin to have a soul; then you can further comprehend the 'fist intention' and advance to the fourth level; when you master the 'intention', you can touch the 'law' and advance to the fifth level; and then you can comprehend the 'secret method of unlocking the magic' and enter the legendary level. Each of these steps is crucial and indispensable. Otherwise, if the foundation is not laid firmly, when you reach the fifth level of transcendence, even if you are given a 'divine power crystal', you will not be able to touch the power of a higher level. How can it be easy to reach the sky in one step without climbing the ladder?"
The third order "potential";
The fourth level of “intention”;
The fifth order "law";
And then there is the “Legend”!
These are the major hurdles for high-level transcendence.
After failing once, Ryan clearly felt for the first time the difficulties of the road to transcendence.
It seemed like the road was smooth and we reached the foot of a towering mountain, but we were stopped at the first step up the mountain.
…
Ryan asked: "Then...Senior, what should I do?"
"The path to transcendence is not as easy as one might think..."
When Bazel heard this, he said something meaningful.
He didn't rush to answer, but narrowed his eyes and asked Ryan: "Ryan, before you answer the question, I want to ask you a question first... Are you determined to comprehend 'momentum'?"
Ryan responded without hesitation: "Yes!"
This is an idea that I have thought about thousands of times. With such good conditions, if I don't go to see the scenery on the top of the mountain in this extraordinary world, then my trip would be in vain.
Bazel raised his thick eyebrows and nodded in approval, "Yes. I also think it would be a pity if you really gave up this powerful fighting spirit to enter the third level and entered the second level..."
After a pause, he continued, "I thought that after becoming the city lord, you would also want to enjoy life like those nobles. However, if that's really the case, I'd rather save myself some words."
"No! I am sure of my goal. It is not to enjoy, but to be extraordinary!"
Ryan also realized that although Basel's words were rough, he had good intentions. He was warning himself.
My current life is indeed too "comfortable".
But even though he thought of this reason, he still couldn't understand how the two were related.
He asked again: "Senior Bazel, although I understand some of what you said, I still don't understand why I failed to gather the momentum?"
Hearing this, Bazel did not answer but asked, "You have failed once now, what do you think went wrong?"
Ryan thought about it carefully, and said in an uncertain tone: "I always feel like I am missing some insight, I can't understand the tyranny of the Thunder Tiger, and that's why I can't use my fighting spirit to condense the form of the Thunder Tiger..."
Bazel smiled and said, "Tsk tsk, you are quite intelligent."
Ryan's eyes lit up, and he immediately realized: "The problem lies in understanding the domineering aura of Thunder Tiger?"
"If you want to gather the 'momentum' of fighting spirit, you must know what 'momentum' is!"
Bazel nodded and said, "You won't understand even if I tell you... Take a good look at this, this is the 'Beast Power' that I condensed at the third level of Transcendent, and you will understand why..."
Having said that, Basel said no more. His expression suddenly became stern, and the fighting spirit in his body suddenly burst out.
Then, the bloody red fighting spirit slowly condensed into a lifelike blood-red giant wolf behind him!
The giant wolf was majestic and every detail was clearly visible...
What made Ryan unable to take his eyes away was that he actually saw bloodthirsty ferocity and cruelty in the eyes of a giant wolf with condensed fighting spirit, as if it was about to pounce on him and tear him to pieces.
"this……"
Seeing this, Ryan suddenly realized.
This is the "power of the devil wolf", brutal, violent and cruel!
The demonstration lasted only a few breaths, and Basel's aura and fighting spirit relaxed. In the room, the suffocating brutality also disappeared completely.
He looked at Ryan, raised his eyebrows and said, "Ryan boy, do you understand now?"
"Um……"
Ryan's eyes moved frequently, and he felt as if nine out of ten things were clear, but there was still one thing missing.
I understand it, but the problem arises again.
How can he do it if the “Thunder Tiger” he condensed does not have that domineering “momentum”?
He was very sure that if he were to comprehend it again, it would be no different from the last time, except for wasting another precious magic core.
Bazel seemed to see through his confusion and said directly, "Boy, 'Enlightenment' is not something you can achieve by just sitting there and meditating. Otherwise, with this cultivation environment, if you meditate and retreat here for decades, wouldn't you be invincible when you get out?"
Invincible?
He can't even pass the third level, and he's invincible? !
Ryan listened and fell into deep thought.
…
"The biggest problem with your inability to comprehend 'momentum' is that... you have no sense of crisis!"
Bazel directly pointed out the reason and continued, "There is great terror and great enlightenment between life and death. The path to transcendence is meant to break through the limits of human ability. Only by enduring the 'great terror' that ordinary people cannot endure can one gain extraordinary powers that ordinary people cannot obtain..."
"Have you noticed that you have been in almost no danger since you met me..."
Bazel choked up halfway through his words.
No crisis?
There is no crisis at all!
This kid is like a doomed man. After the two of them got together, he almost lost his life several times.
Being a weakling extraordinary bodyguard is more risky than being the leader of the thieves!
Thinking of the several times when he almost lost his life, Basel's face became strange, as if he was constipated.
You say this kid is not in danger, right? If anyone else encountered those things, they would have died a hundred times.
But if you say he is in danger, he always has a lot of experts around him to help him, and he always escapes danger...
After a long while, he finally uttered: "We werewolves have a proverb. It was given to me by my father, and now I give it to you..."
After a pause, he said, " If the young eagle doesn't risk its life to jump off the cliff, it will never be qualified to soar in the sky."
…
After listening to Basel's words, Ryan fell into deep reflection.
I couldn't understand the reason why "Thunder Tiger" was so domineering.
What you see with your eyes is always someone else's thing.
The tigers in the zoo and the tigers in the forest are the same species, but their "power" is completely different.
Now he is like a fat and strong tiger in a zoo. He can still take a few bites of food offered to him, but he has gradually lost the ability to hunt.
In a few years, he would start to enjoy everything that power brings, just like the nobles. It was a kind of "comfort zone" that made people addicted.
Looking back now, Ryan also found the root of the problem.
As Basel said, he lacked a "sense of crisis."
Ever since he had this legendary strong man to protect him, he had a way out in his mind.
When faced with a crisis, he would not think about how to solve it himself, but would always think of a legendary master to protect him. Even when faced with a fatal crisis, he would think that if Bazel couldn't help him, he would just wait to die.
That is a crisis, not a sense of crisis.
The situation is even worse now. With Ymir, the Coleman warriors, and the Black Dragon City, everything is at my fingertips...
You don't have to worry about cultivation resources, food, clothing, housing, transportation...anything for survival.
Even when he went out hunting before, there was always a group of high-level Coleman warriors protecting him.
Although it was still a battle, he never again felt the awareness that he had to face death at all times.
On the contrary, during the year he was in the Weasel Phantom Thieves, he was always walking on thin ice, and everything he did was just to survive. He was often between life and death, and often felt the "great terror" and "great enlightenment" that Bazel said. The martial arts he learned were ruthless, tricky, and full of ferocity...
At that time, he only knew some basic martial arts, but Bazel praised him highly;
Now that he has learned a set of advanced martial arts, this legend no longer even looks at him.
…
At this time, Bazel saw Ryan was in deep thought and expressed his opinion.
He was very optimistic about Ryan, and he didn't want the extraordinary journey of a younger generation who had truly amazed him to stop here.
"I also know that you have a monstrous talent that allows you to learn anything. But talent is like a double sword. I have lived a long life and have seen countless people with outstanding talents, but in the end, they were lost in the crowd. On the contrary, those who may not be the best in talent but have practiced hard and persevered can see extraordinary and high scenery..."
"I once told you that martial arts without souls are not your own. Even if you use your talent to learn a few of the six secret moves, when you enter the third level, you will find that only experienced masters can enter that level. Your six moves can scare low-level extraordinary people, but you will definitely suffer a great loss against masters. First, you must gather the 'momentum' and then comprehend the 'fist intention'. Only then will you be qualified to truly enter the realm of high-level extraordinary people."
"The reason why old man Mafa asked you to choose the Thunder Tiger Demon Core is not only because it suits your extraordinary path, but more importantly, we all think... you have a heart to become a strong man. Ryan, you really want to see the higher realms of the extraordinary, jump out of your comfort zone, and go out for some experience..."
“…”
After hearing this, Ryan felt that he finally saw clearly the path he would take in the future.
He looked at Bazel, and all the doubts in his eyes disappeared. He suddenly became extremely determined and said, "Senior, I plan to leave!"
Upon hearing this, Bazel smiled with satisfaction and nodded, "Yes."
