dmims Chapter 132 Tutorial: Assessment of Combat Strength
Chapter 132 Tutorial: Assessment of Combat Strength
The next morning, Qi Hao appeared at the central battle arena with a look that said he wanted to die.
Of course, it wasn't because he didn't sleep well yesterday. Although he slept sitting up, Qi Hao is the type of person who can fall asleep standing up.
The key point is the time, six o'clock! Qi Hao can't stand it. He used to sleep until he naturally woke up, so getting up so early is a bit of a shock.
Sleeping only four hours in two days is hell for a student, but Qi Hao points out: Einstein only slept three hours a year, look at his achievements. —Iron Man
There's nothing wrong with being optimistic. After all, whether you're happy or not has almost no impact on others, so why not be happy?
"Alright everyone, due to Chen Mu's personal reasons and Principal Song's unforeseen circumstances, I will be in charge of the first training session." Zhang Zengsong walked over from the North Training Ground with his stag beetle, having already placed all the other Pokémon there.
Ma Ling'er had no objections, but out of caution, she still asked, "Where is Senior Bina?"
"He's tomorrow's, then Song Chenggong, and then Chen Mu." After Zhang Zengsong finished speaking, he clapped his hands together, and a stool appeared behind Qi Hao and the others. Then the venue changed into a classroom.
But for Qi Hao, an old man from four hundred years ago, it was still too early. He couldn't wait and started touching things indiscriminately.
Guess what? He actually pulled something out. These things were actually colored psychic barriers. Electric superpowers are indeed terrifying!
"Alright, Qihao, sit down first. You'll be free after this lecture. The rest of the time is for your Pokémon training. Trainers can move around freely." Zhang Zengsong said in a teacher's tone, pointing an iron pointer at the blackboard.
For a moment, Qi Hao felt extremely uncomfortable, as if a murderer was giving a lecture.
But Qi Hao still sat back down. After all, everyone in the class was already seated except for him. To them, Qi Hao was like a caveman, but they were already used to it.
"Very good." Seeing that they were all seated, Zhang Zengsong finally felt like a proper class.
“Our time is precious, so let’s not waste any more time and get straight to the point,” Zhang Zengsong said, as the stag beetle connected itself to the virtual screen of the blackboard.
Combat Power
This is today's title.
"Before we go on, let me ask you a question: what do you think is the embodiment of combat strength?" Zhang Zengsong said, pointing his pointer at Li Linfeng, the meaning of which was quite clear.
"It's reflected in rank, whoever has a higher rank is stronger." Li Linfeng's tone was very certain, rank was indeed a very obvious difference.
“Yes, but only part of it.” Zhang Zengsong said, then swiped his hand across the screen, and the levels and names of each stage appeared on the screen.
[1-9 Beginners]
10-19 Senior
20-29 Elite
30-39职业
40-49 Quasi-dojo
Dojo 50-59
60-69 Quasi-Heavenly King
70-79 Heavenly Kings
80-89 champion
[Masters from 90-99]
“First of all, for the first five realms of the dojo, you only need to reach the required level. The only difference is the quantity,” Zhang Zengsong said, circling the first five realms.
“In these first few levels, skipping levels is common, which is why trainers from the novice level to the near-gym level can all be classified as ordinary people,” Zhang Zengsong said, writing the words “quality” and “quantity” on the other side, simple and easy to understand.
“Their quality is the same; the only difference is the quantity,” Zhang Zengsong said, then pointed to the Gym level. “The Gym level starts to require a certain level of skill proficiency in Pokémon. To reach the Gym level, you need at least one top-tier skill.”
"Similarly, there are requirements for both Quasi-Heavenly King and Heavenly King levels. The difficulty increases significantly with each higher level," Zhang Zengsong was about to continue.
N interjected in advance, "In other words, from the dojo level onwards, the gap between each stage will become increasingly larger, and this should involve quality."
Zhang Zengsong nodded, after all, N's intelligence could be recorded in the archives: "That's right, if the previous level is like a brick, then the next level is like an iron block. The difference in quality is so great that even the defense of the previous level cannot be broken."
He emphasized the importance of quality, adding an exclamation mark: "If the energy level is not high enough, it cannot cause effective damage. This is why quality is so important. Physical attacks are hard to use in combat. This is why Principal Song can't fight even though he can punch a monster."
Zhang Zengsong wrote the word "defense" next to "quality" and added the sentence: "Insufficient quality cannot break through the defense."
"The breakthrough conditions for Quasi-Heavenly King and Heavenly King levels are respectively: at least one combination skill of different attributes, and at least one superb skill." Zhang Zengsong circled these two together.
"In other words, without combo techniques, you can hardly hurt a Quasi-Heavenly King, and without a mastery-level skill, you can't hurt a Heavenly King. The latter stage can completely overwhelm the former stage, since level increases often outpace proficiency increases." Zhang Zengsong paused, then shifted his gaze to Qi Hao.
"Of course, there are exceptions." Zhang Zengsong slid through the air, and a clip of the little iron fist slashing the commander appeared before them.
“This is a blatant example,” Zhang Zengsong said, playing this segment repeatedly.
Qi Hao stood up abruptly, and the angle was actually Zhang Zengsong's own: "Damn! When did you record this?! There wasn't a hidden camera, was there?!"
“That’s right, I’ve always had this on me.” Zhang Zengsong pointed to the button on his chest. “But that’s not the point.”
“Let’s zoom in on the video,” Zhang Zengsong said, zooming in on the video and focusing it on Xiao Tie’s arm.
It was a fist that shimmered with both silver and brown energy.
"This is an exception. It's not just a combination technique, but the kind of unrestrained skill unique to those at the highest level. This move was clearly improvised."
"When Qihao's MetalGreymon was at the professional level, it had already reached the threshold of the Elite Four level. We usually use two words to describe this kind of Pokémon—abnormal," Zhang Zengsong said, letting the video continue playing, showing Qihao's punch hitting the spot where Little Iron attacked.
That is, the face of the commander who was cleaved.
It's worth mentioning that Zhang Zengsong cut out the parts about the Fierce Emperor, and blurred out the parts that couldn't be cut.
"This is the most exciting part. First, the metal monster's energy level, although not much, was like an iron cone, destroying the energy defense of the Slashing Commander. Then, Qi Hao's enormous strength was like a hammer, driving the iron cone completely in." Zhang Zengsong said, actually taking out an iron brick and an iron cone.
He placed the iron hammer on the bricks: "And this is the result."
Snapped!
Zhang Zengsong took out his hammer again and hammered the iron awl into the iron brick. Even though the iron brick had some toughness, it cracked in two.
For a moment, all six children except Qihao fell silent.
They all realized one thing... Damn, there's a cheat code!
But Zhang Zengsong's lesson wasn't over yet; he continued playing the video: "Of course, there's also the most irrational, yet most precious, power: willpower."
Commander Pi Zhan stood up again, swung his last sword, and then fell straight down.
The camera stopped there, focusing on the incredibly similar doll. Zhang Zengsong planned to save that shot for later, as a way of showing some respect to the commander.