By the time we reached the apartment, it was already eight o’clock at night. I logged onto the game and began to study the details of the Pulse Break Style. If it was as Matcha had said, then I wouldn’t need to understand the entire thing. All I have to do is get a basic understanding, so that I won’t be at such a disadvantage like I was this afternoon.
“Shua!”
When I logged on, I appeared in the Eastern Plaza of Tian Ling City. I first took out a stack of the Dragon Spit Grass in my bag and began to make them into pills. Not long after, I heard a bell ring. As I had predicted, I was the first to reach Level 12——
“Ding!”
System Notification: Congratulations, you’re [Medicine Refinement] has leveld up! Because you are the first player to reach Heavenly Tier Level 2, you have received a reward——Charm +15
……
Good, I got 15 points of charm too.
After that, I stopped focusing on my [Medicine Refining] and quickly went to check on my inbox. There were 4000+ emails in it. About 50% were from players trying to meet with me. There were even some girls wanting to hook up. I ignored all of them. There were even some from players in [House of Prestige] and [Flying Dragon] that were cursing at me. When I scrolled to my newest messages, I finally found a group that came from Matcha. When I opened it up, I saw that there was a total of seven documents attached. I downloaded all of them.
There were several documents that detailed the personal accounts of players who practiced the Pulse Break Style. They were all from at least a year ago. After all, besides Little Demon, there was practically no one else who had such a complete handle on the Pulse Break Style. And, after Little Demon left, that also meant that there wasn’t anyone left who was an expert.
As I continued looking, I finally found the account from Little Demon. I sat down against a wall and leaned my Dragon Reservoir against myself. Relaxed, I sat there and began to read through the content. All in all, the Pulse Break Style was a technique, but it was also a process of immersing the user into the game. There were a total of four steps——
Judgement, The Pulse Break Style dictates that the user must understand the enemy and every detail of their combat style. Only then can the user accurately determine how to interrupt their skill.
Movement, this refers to moving into the right position and angle. This way, the user can place themselves in the most optimal position for maneuvers.
Clarity, this describes the time between the user’s understanding and the moment the attack initiates. The moment to interrupt it is but a blink of an eye and only lasts while the enemy is 70-90% powered up for the skill. That is when the chance to interrupt the skill is the highest.
Attack, this is the most critical step. Victory and defeat is determined in this one move. Control over the attack timing was extremely important. That was the key point in the Pulse Break Style. Otherwise, it has no importance before any high level players. In that situation, whoever attacks first becomes disadvantaged.
……
As I read on, I saw that after Little Demon’s written documents, there were also diagrams depicting examples. One of the pictures drew out a diagram of all of the important artery points and muscles in a person. The opponent’s swordplay, punches, and kicks could actually all be interrupted. All attacks struck precisely at the enemy’s weak points, increasing the chances of interrupting the skill.
I was an expert in terms of how these muscles twist and move. After training under the old geezer for so many years, I’d picked up a few things. However, my previous understanding wasn’t for defeating an enemy, but rather killing them. Furthermore, I could easily see that Little Demon also didn’t fully understand the acupuncture points and had made some minor mistakes. But, that couldn’t be helped. After all, she wasn’t a doctor. Her understanding was enough to make her undefeatable in the virtual world.
After reading the material for a long time, a full four hours passed by. It was already midnight.
I suddenly looked up and took a deep breath. There were just too many extraordinary things in the world. Who would’ve thought that one could learn so much about the intricacies in battle while playing a game.
“Di!”
I received a message from my beautiful future girlfriend the little miss, “How’s your research going? I’m going to sleep soon….”
I replied, “Ok. I’ll go to sleep later…”
“Take a break, go to the Great Hall in the Dragon’s Den. We can duel each other there. I’ll be your pretend enemy….”
“Ok!”