Chapter 221 Slow Motion
Hearing his words, the Sky Gazing Mirror simply said one thing: "Watch me."
Watch you?
Ethen was taken aback and immediately looked at the surface of the Sky Gazing Mirror. On the mirror's surface, vivid images suddenly appeared, depicting the scene of his recent battle with the two golden figures.
Instantly, Ethen realized that the Sky Gazing Mirror was showing him the battle process so that he could summarize his shortcomings and draw battle experience from it.
Moreover, Ethen noticed that several different cursors appeared on the mirror's surface. These cursors were not difficult for Ethen, who came from the world of spiritual energy revival, to understand.
"They are cursors for fast forward and slow motion!"
Ethen was delighted and immediately clicked on the 10x slow motion cursor. Instantly, the scenes from the recent battle unfolded before Ethen at a speed ten times slower.
Ethen immediately discovered some problems he had just encountered. After watching for a while, he summarized certain mistakes from his first battle.
"Have you gained anything?" the Sky Gazing Mirror asked.
"Yes," Ethen nodded.
"Good, are you willing to continue the challenge?" the Sky Gazing Mirror inquired.
"I am willing!"
The next moment, Ethen re-entered the dark space within the mirror. Two golden figures appeared before him once again.
"Challenge begins!"
As soon as the Sky Gazing Mirror announced the start, the golden figures immediately launched their attack on Ethen from two different directions.
This time, having summarized his previous experiences, Ethen was not as flustered as before. Facing the oppressive aura of the two powerful opponents, he instantly retreated, minimizing the impact of their aura on himself.
Although he was defeated again this time, it was not right from the start. Instead, he managed to exchange three moves with the golden figures before being defeated.
The progress was very noticeable! After the defeat, he was once again transported out of the dark space and returned to his study.
This time, without needing a reminder from the Sky Gazing Mirror, Ethen took the initiative to review the battle playback.
He slowed the footage to the minimum speed, studying the battle process frame by frame. A few minutes later, after gaining some insights, he initiated the mirror challenge once more.
However, the third challenge also ended in failure. He continued to summarize his experiences and began the fourth challenge.
Then came the fifth, sixth, seventh... He challenged repeatedly, each time ending in failure. But he did not give up; he chose to persist.
Although every challenge ended in failure, he performed better each time than he did in the previous one.
After failing for the 59th consecutive challenge, Ethen was utterly exhausted. Though it was an illusion, the exertion was immense for him.
As he was transported back to the study, he lay on the ground, panting heavily, unable to even stand up. He felt utterly drained. Yet, at this moment, he was more exhilarated than ever.
During the 59th challenge, he had managed to fiercely battle the two golden figures for over 300 rounds before being defeated.
From being killed in a second to lasting 300 rounds, Ethen's progress was remarkable. After 59 failed challenges, he felt that he was just a step away from having the chance to turn defeat into victory.
Immediately, he propped himself up to sit. After half an hour of regulating his breathing, Ethen's physical strength was significantly restored.
He once again used the Sky Gazing Mirror's function to review the battle playback.
"So that's how it is!"
This time, Ethen finally identified the crucial weakness he urgently needed to strengthen. A brand new combat strategy formed in his mind.
"Sky Gazing Mirror, I want to continue the challenge!"
With renewed confidence, Ethen spoke to the Sky Gazing Mirror.
"Very well."
In the next second, he was taken into the mirror space by the Sky Gazing Mirror. The two familiar golden figures appeared simultaneously.
Right from the start, the two golden figures attempted to overwhelm him with their combined aura of oppression.
However, Ethen now had a well developed strategy to counter this. He quickly maneuvered, dodging the oppressive force.
Seeing that they failed to suppress him, the two golden figures prepared to combine their efforts again.
But Ethen did not give them the chance. From a distance, he struck with a palm, directly breaking through their oppressive aura. Immediately, the battle began.
Ethen attacked from left to right, entangling with the two golden figures and employing a sound strategy to repeatedly disrupt their combined attacks.
As long as the two couldn't coordinate their efforts, they posed less of a threat to Ethen.
Swish! Finally, Ethen seized an opportunity.
Merging his fingers, he unleashed a finger sword, directly killing one of the golden figures. With this golden figure's death, the combined attack of the two was instantly disrupted.
Ethen immediately gained the upper hand. He pressed his advantage, successfully taking down the other golden figure.
Thus, despite the joint efforts of the two golden figures of the same level, Ethen ultimately countered and defeated them.
"Challenge success! Would you like to proceed to the second level?"
Even the Sky Gazing Mirror's tone carried a hint of excitement, as Ethen's progress exceeded its expectations.
"What is the second level?" Ethen asked, somewhat surprised.
"You'll see," the Sky Gazing Mirror replied with a smile.
"Proceed!" Ethen nodded.
In the next moment, he encountered the second level. The so called second level involved four golden figures of the same level appearing simultaneously in the dark space to attack him.
Compared to the first level, the difficulty was at least doubled.
"Four working together?" A glimmer of excitement flashed in Ethen's eyes.
He was eager to see how long his current combat strength could withstand the joint assault of four. He quickly got his answer.
Three seconds! Under the combined pressure of the four golden figures of the same level, he lasted only three seconds before being defeated. Lasting only three seconds might seem like a poor result, but Ethen felt no sense of defeat.
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