267: Overload mode training

“Ten seconds have passed. Has the Overload Mode’s charging reached halfway?”

Shui Yuqianxi watched the timer in her hand, calculating the charging time for Gongye Shiyi’s Overload.

Calculating time is very important; the Machinist’s Overload Mode is extremely powerful and is the core ability of the Machinist armor.

As the Summoner of the Machinist armor, calculating one’s combat time and charging time during battle is also a core aspect of combat.

“You’re still quite at ease. In that case, I’ll add a little more pressure.”

Shui Yuqianxi extended her hand, supporting the Sea Spirit Record, which floated in her open palm. Another card shot out.

With her other hand, she precisely gripped the card that emerged from the Sea Spirit Record; it was Shark M.

Although Shui Yuqianxi was currently unable to summon armor and engage in direct combat with monsters due to the after-effects on her body,

Shui Yuqianxi, who had already obtained the Five Elements Water Bloodline and cultivated the Mian Yu Technique to its highest level, found that her control and accumulation of armor power were not affected in the slightest.

At this moment, even without summoning armor, she could still control the power of the Sea Spirit with ease, relying on her own strength, for all the cards in the Sea Spirit Record.

Just like the Sea Spirit King after the Sea Spirit’s upgrade, this is the power that commands all Sea Spirits.

Mermaid Miss might, on another level, truly become the Mermaid Princess who commands all marine creatures.

“Go, Shark.”

With a gentle flick of her finger, the card in her hand flew out, transforming into a phantom of a Shark in mid-air, sweeping into the Jellyfish phantom.

As the Shark phantom and the Water Yu phantom touched, a ripple spread across their colliding surfaces, and then they merged into one.

Under the enhancement of Shark M, the Jellyfish phantom split in two, forming two Jellyfish phantoms floating in the air.

The two Jellyfish phantoms separated, moving to both sides, and simultaneously launched attacks on Gongye Shiyi from two directions.

Jellyfish tentacles swiftly lashed out, like whips when striking and like blue long spears when thrusting.

These two different forms of attack coordinated with each other, pressing down on Gongye Shiyi.

In an instant, Gongye Shiyi, who had appeared at ease, was immediately suppressed.

He had no choice but to abandon his attacks on the Jellyfish and its tentacles, instead wielding his greatsword, relying on its broad, thick blade to block the incoming attacks.

His footwork also coordinated with the swinging greatsword, moving to either dodge or block, relying on his movement technique and the greatsword.

Shui Yuqianxi narrowed her eyes, her fingers trembling slightly.

The Jellyfish’s tentacle movements also became faster as a result.

It should be noted that, due to the unique nature of the Sea Spirit Armor, Shui Yuqianxi had mastered various weapon usage techniques, deliberately spending time honing different weapons.

These weapon combat techniques were, at this moment, perfectly inherited into the Jellyfish’s attacks.

Flicking her fingertips, the Jellyfish tentacles, like whips and long spears, were not simply swinging, but rather…

They were swinging according to technique.

Gongye Shiyi looked at the two adorable Jellyfish in front of him, full of oppressive presence, and involuntarily tightened his grip on the greatsword.

The knuckles on his fingers turned somewhat white under the immense force.

His lungs swelled with each breath, and the large amount of air inhaled into them seemed like a surge of energy, fully boosting and amplifying his body.

The Jellyfish seized the opportunity, and several Jellyfish tentacles whipped down sharply from above.

At the same time, two Jellyfish tentacles thrust out from below like long spears.

With attacks coming from both above and below simultaneously, Gongye Shiyi could only desperately breathe into his already inflated lungs.

It was as if this method could unleash more power from his body.

And it was indeed so; a stinging sensation came from his lungs as he desperately breathed, his arms and legs began to heat up, even making him feel scalding hot.

He swung the greatsword fiercely, deflecting the whips striking down from above, then thrust it deep into the ground, relying on the blade to meet the two Jellyfish spears thrusting from below.

Clang!

One Jellyfish spear struck heavily against the sword blade, emitting a crisp collision sound.

However, the other Jellyfish spear suddenly softened, transforming from a long spear into a whip. As it struck the greatsword, its flexible body swung, whipping towards Gongye Shiyi’s body.

“Fifteen seconds.”

At this point, the greatsword’s Overload Mode charge was already halfway complete, and the whip was about to strike his body.

Under the enhancement of the Basic Breathing Technique, Gongye Shiyi’s blood-engorged brain was also operating at high speed at this moment.

He quickly stomped the ground, using the greatsword as support, and launched his entire body into the air, surprisingly managing to dodge the whip’s strike.

His body, airborne, still tightly gripped the greatsword.

After all, in the charging state, not only would an attack on his body interrupt the charging state,

but if his hands left the greatsword, the charging would still be interrupted.

However, with both hands tightly gripping the greatsword, his body suspended in mid-air had no way to effectively maneuver.

How could Shui Yuqianxi let this opportunity slip by? With a gentle flick of her fingertips, several Jellyfish tentacles thrust like spears towards Gongye Shiyi in the air.

Gongye Shiyi, having just dodged, once again fell into crisis.

However, the more critical the situation, the calmer Gongye Shiyi’s mind became.

His airborne body suddenly twisted at the waist, and his legs heavily kicked the blade of the greatsword.

The greatsword, embedded in the ground, swung up again from the powerful kick, arcing through the air, completing a difficult maneuver, and deflecting the incoming Jellyfish spears.

The crisis of being impaled was resolved.

But Gongye Shiyi’s body, having lost balance from the previous movement, fell to the ground.

Several Jellyfish tentacles straightened rigidly, striking downwards towards the fallen Gongye Shiyi.

Gongye Shiyi braced himself with the greatsword, quickly rolled on the ground in pain, avoiding a row of descending Jellyfish tentacles one by one, and sprang to his feet.

Then he quickly retreated, gaining a moment of respite for himself.

At the same time, he also worked to stabilize the operation of his Basic Breathing Technique.

While maintaining the charging state, the operation of the Basic Breathing Technique also could not stop; it had to be maintained continuously.

“Twenty seconds.”

Shui Yuqianxi was still counting the time for Gongye Shiyi.

In just twenty seconds, Gongye Shiyi, who was overdrawing half of his Basic Breathing Technique and squeezing out his physical strength, was already feeling muscle soreness and fatigue.

His head was also slightly dizzy.

After all, at this moment, he had no armor enhancement, and the greatsword was incredibly heavy.

Maintaining the Basic Breathing Technique while engaging in high-intensity exercise was indeed too much of a burden on his body.

However…

Isn’t that the meaning of training?

Gongye Shiyi clenched his fist, raised the greatsword high in his hand, and while retreating, swung the greatsword to meet the approaching Jellyfish tentacles.