Infinite Awakening: My Exp Doubles Everyday novel Chapter 138

Chapter 138: Seeking Audience

The moment Xiang Yu made his selection, he felt the space around him shift. The familiar confines of the spirit vein vanished, replaced by an endless platform that stretched into infinity.

Before he could fully process his new surroundings, his senses started flaring as he felt an incoming attack. Something cut through the air mere inches from his face, and his sword materialized in his hands the moment he willed it.

He quickly raised his sword to block the incoming attack. Metal clashing against metal in a deafening ring. The impact sent shockwaves through his arms, every muscle in his body screaming as overwhelming force pushed against his hastily raised defense.

"Timeout!" he tried to shout, but his opponent didn’t pause for even a heartbeat. The attacks came faster, each strike more vicious than the last.

Xiang Yu barely had time to understand what was happening. His body screamed in protest as he threw himself sideways, rolling away just as another devastating slash carved through the space where his head had been. The opponent’s sword struck the platform with so much force yet the platform remained relatively unharmed.

This simulation really showed no mercy. No countdown. No preparation time. You entered, and the battle began immediately. The opponents were programmed to kill—negotiation was impossible, compromise unthinkable. They fought with a singular purpose: elimination of their target.

Gritting his teeth, Xiang Yu pushed himself up, putting some distance between himself and his relentless opponent. His breath came in ragged gasps, his muscles already protesting from the brief exchange. The golden core cultivator stood motionless at a distance, yet Xiang Yu could sense the predatory intent radiating from their form.

Then they moved.

The speed was absolutely overwhelming. Xiang Yu could barely track the movement with his eyes as Liu Meiling blurred across the platform. He desperately raised his sword to meet her assault.

Clang!

Clang!

The impacts came in rapid succession, each blow feeling like it might shatter his bones. His arms trembled uncontrollably, the force behind each strike far beyond anything he had experienced before.

One strike. Two. Three. His muscles gave out after just a few desperate blocks. The next attack slipped past his failing defense, and cold steel bit deep. Pain exploded through his body as the blade found its mark. Everything went dark.

Xiang Yu’s eyes snapped open in the real world, his chest heaving as if he’d just run a marathon. His body was completely intact, yet the sensations of death still lingered in his mind. He checked the system clock. Only one second had passed.

He had been completely destroyed by the peak Golden Core cultivator, barely lasting a minute before being overwhelmed by the sheer difference in power. The realism of the simulation was staggering—every sensation, every pain, every desperate moment of the battle felt absolutely real. Yet here he stood, unmarked and unharmed, as if the battle had never happened. It was really incredible.

After some deliberation, he decided to give it another shot. He activated the Battle Simulation function again. This time, he entered new parameters, adjusting the opponent’s strength to peak Core Formation instead. Maybe he had been too ambitious starting with a peak Golden Core opponent.

This time, the battle lasted longer—almost three minutes before the inevitable end. The power difference was more manageable, but the vast gap in technique and experience proved insurmountable. When he lowered the opponent to early Core Formation, the tide turned dramatically. Xiang Yu found himself overwhelming the enemy, destroying them within seconds of the battle’s start.

But this only happened when he attacked instantly after the battle started, without giving her a chance to use her technique. When he allowed her to use her techniques, he would lose, though not without putting up a good fight.

Examining Liu Meiling’s complete skill set, he finally understood why she was so overpowered. Three high-level sword techniques—one at Perfect mastery, two at Great Completion. The disparity in their skills was staggering. No wonder she had dominated him so easily.

For variety, he tried switching to the second cultivator—Wang Xiuying. But she proved even easier to defeat in their base confrontation. Her Foundation Establishment cultivation couldn’t compete with his strength. It seemed she wasn’t the overpowered genius he had thought she was. He switched back to Liu Meiling, finding her a more appropriate training partner for his current level.

After multiple simulated battles, he was able to notice some patterns which he used to finally quantify his abilities. His pure physical strength matched that of an early Core Formation cultivator. Enhanced with qi reinforcement, he barely reached mid-level Core Formation capability. Adding his technique mastery and regenerative abilities, he could firmly claim middle stage Core Formation combat power.

The assessment left him dissatisfied. "Still too weak," he thought. Still, having a concrete measure of his abilities was valuable, even if the numbers didn’t satisfy him.

For training purposes, he modified the simulation settings, matching Liu Meiling to peak stage Core Formation but limiting her techniques to mirror his own. Without her superior sword mastery, their battles stretched to nearly an hour—though Xiang Yu still found himself on the losing end more often than not, undone by the raw power advantage she maintained.

"It’s okay, I’m used to the cold," Xiuying said dismissively, raising her small hands to push the jacket away. But the moment her bare skin touched the fabric, frost rapidly spread from her fingertips. In the span of a heartbeat, intricate ice crystals raced across the jacket’s surface, transforming it into a solid block of ice. _{f(r)eew(e)bnovel.(c)o(m)}

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