What is the difficulty of soloing the Knight now?
It is equivalent to fighting Genichiro Ashina blindfolded without using any medicine; you can make the plays, but the average person simply cannot pull it off.
[God’s Domain] is a skill that is more than enough for those above and overwhelming for those below.
If the person pulled into the domain is a full major rank lower than the caster, it will directly cause them to lose their vision.
This is exactly why the Saintess Sefina is such a nightmare to fight.
She can create clones and strip away your vision; she is truly difficult to deal with.
Fortunately, ever since he arrived in this world, he has either been fighting above his level or was already on the way to doing so.
The only few times he fought those of the same rank was back when he was making shady money.
Therefore, he had plenty of experience when it came to fighting above his level.
Lin Yue turned his head to find the Knight sweeping his sword across with an arrogant smile, the blade still imbued with a Holy Art enchantment.
He blocked with his dagger but was still sent flying back a significant distance.
He rolled twice on the ground and stood up, only to find that his dagger was damaged and his wrist had been cut, beginning to drip blood.
With his favored dynamic vision sealed, he was stuck in a passive position.
“Give me back my eyes!”
At this moment, the Knight had completely devolved into a puppet driven only by revenge.
He muttered threatening words while launching a frantic assault on Lin Yue.
This guy is obsessively going after my eyes.
It seems that beating him up in the carriage and leaving him looking like neither a man nor a ghost really took a toll on him.
He’s only thinking about getting revenge on me.
Lin Yue no longer had a weapon in his hand, so he could only rely on his fists, kicks, and magic.
He stared blankly at the broken dagger in his hand as the scene of Liya using the laws of space to snap someone’s neck flashed through his mind.
Suddenly, he had an idea.
“Without a weapon, how is a mage like you going to fight me!”
The Knight’s attacks remained as fierce as a torrential storm, but after Lin Yue grasped the pattern of the strikes, he began to dodge again, though it was much more forced than before.
The two struggled together for a while.
Before long, Lin Yue’s body was covered in wounds.
He was down to one eye, and there were bound to be blind spots in his observation…
But the same applied to his opponent.
With so many debuffs applied, a rank disparity, and no vision, it was indeed far too difficult to operate.
.
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“A bitter struggle, huh…”
Lin Yue had relied on information disparity and spatial magic to avoid many difficult battles in the early stages; this was the first time things had been this grueling.
Just as he was unable to find a breakthrough, he suddenly felt the influence of [God’s Domain] gradually decreasing.
The black domain flickered in and out of existence, and his vision was being reclaimed bit by bit.
He caught a glimpse and vaguely saw Isabella standing outside the domain, looking anxious as she analyzed the barrier.
He couldn’t help but feel a bit surprised.
I didn’t expect her to realize on her own how to help me escape.
She’s quite clever…
This Knight’s [God’s Domain] was far less effective than the one used by that youth; it was quite lacking.
If Isabella put in some effort, she could reduce the debuffs even further.
With more vision restored, he could finally make his move.
Lin Yue quietly formed a seal with his right hand, muttering something under his breath.
[Chapter One: I am space, and space is me. By completely merging the origin mana of one’s physical body into spatial magic, one can form a teleportation of specific body parts and simultaneously sever the links between spaces.]
All this time, he had been working hard to understand Liya’s insights into spatial magic.
He had improved the precision of his mana control specifically so he could construct and maintain magic in a semi-completed state at any time or place.
It was equivalent to controlling internet speeds to drop instantly from 10mb/s to 100kb/s, stopping right at the edge of completion and only finishing when needed to achieve a pseudo-instant effect.
Before advancing to the second rank, he had no way of truly controlling the direction of his mana, but after Charles struck him with a bolt of lightning, everything changed.
He could never win a head-on clash of pure stats against the Knight who had successfully descended, but this wasn’t a game of stats—it was a real world where more imaginative maneuvers could be used.
Seeing the Knight charge toward Lin Yue’s eyes like a mad bull, Lin Yue gave up his resistance and leaned backward… The Knight’s strength buff and his own debuffs had left Lin Yue a bit frustrated, unable to find a chance to break the deadlock.
However… Isabella’s support came just in time.
As long as he could receive information normally, this kind of irrational puppet was the easiest to deal with.
“Successful ring toss…”
A head-sized spatial rift suddenly popped open at Lin Yue’s original position.
The Knight’s head plunged into the rift, and his head instantly appeared vertically in mid-air.
“That magic again!”
The Knight tried to escape, but he was locked in place by the suddenly shrinking spatial rift.
“It seems I didn’t practice incorrectly…”
He sensed that something was wrong and tried to pull away.
Looking up, he found that Lin Yue had already dropped from a high point, landing a kick right on the back of his head.
“Argh! The, the!”
The Knight swung his longsword frantically, yet he couldn’t break free no matter how he struggled.
Lin Yue looked at the Knight, who had fallen into madness, and a flash of coldness appeared in his eyes.
He was actually quite reluctant to kill people.
It wasn’t because he was merciful, but because for a modern person, seeing a dead body was already a rare occurrence, let alone killing someone.
Anyone would have a psychological burden.
However, Lin Yue’s mental fortitude was a bit stronger.
He took a deep breath, remembered the Knight’s actions, and made up his mind in an instant.
He lunged toward the Knight and stabbed down fiercely with the broken dagger, slicing open his neck, only to find that one strike wouldn’t cut it through.
In that case, he would just add a few more!
“The first strike is for Airella, who was hunted by you for so long…”
If he hadn’t transmigrated, how would he have known that Airella had been hunted for a long time before she fell to the dark side?
Otherwise, she wouldn’t be so sensitive and fragile.
Pale bone was exposed.
The Knight was already foaming at the mouth, having lost all consciousness except for basic instinct.
Seeing that one strike couldn’t kill him, Lin Yue jumped into the air again to give him another blow.
“The second strike is for Isabella, who was used by you people…”
“The third strike… is for myself, who was oppressed by you in Hawke Territory!”
The final blow fell, and the Knight Keller’s head hit the floor.
As if karma had been settled, the grudge between the two was completely torn asunder, and the dagger was finally broken beyond repair after the last hit.
Lin Yue followed the momentum and sat on the floor, feeling as if a heavy burden had been lifted.
He raised his hands, which were trembling with the excitement of the combat and the killing.
He had finally taken that step.
Truly killing a person in this world.
If he didn’t kill him, then he would be the one to suffer.
Lin Yue understood this much… Although he had mentally prepared himself, doing it with his own hands was still a bit uncomfortable…
How did Liya get used to this feeling?
The [God’s Domain] collapsed along with the Knight’s fall.
Outside the domain, the anxious Isabella saw that it was finally over and hurried inside.
Seeing that Lin Yue was safe and sound, her heart finally settled.
She quickly walked over to Lin Yue and knelt down to check his injuries.
“Lin Yue! Are you okay… Ah…”
Looking at the decapitated Knight, she subconsciously covered her mouth.
She turned to look at Lin Yue and found that he was also exhausted, his mana and physical strength seemingly depleted.
She knew Lin Yue must have gone through a bitter struggle, yet she had been like an outsider, unable to help him in that life-or-death moment.
Although she wanted to break the situation, she had never seen this kind of thing before and didn’t know where to start.
She had tried every weapon and tool, and when nothing worked, she could only try to use the power of Laws.
Even if it was just a sliver of Authority, she had to try.
She didn’t know if it had helped him…
If he hadn’t been mentally interfered with just now, maybe he could have saved his strength and dealt with the Knight more easily.
It’s all my fault…
Lin Yue panted heavily, not yet recovered from the shock.
“Help me up…”
He didn’t continue Isabella’s line of thought.
He was exhausted both mentally and physically; taking a break was very important for him right now.
He leaned his whole body against Isabella, no longer in the mood to avoid intimacy.
He just wanted to find a pillow to lie on for a while.
“Ya!”
Isabella was startled by his sudden move and let out a shy cry.
I’m just leaning on you, is there a need to be so excited?
Lin Yue closed his eyes, thinking that this girl probably still hated him.
But the two of them had just fought side-by-side and… shared a kiss, so she shouldn’t just throw him off, right?
Unexpectedly, Isabella’s shoulder was even softer than he imagined, several times better than Airella’s lap pillow…
Huh?
That’s not right.
Shoulders clearly have bones.
How could they be softer than a leg?
Is it possible she grew two lumps on her shoulders?
He quickly realized where the problem lay.
It seemed Isabella hadn’t used her hands to catch him at all.
Instead, her hands were raised, and the back of his head was resting right against her… chest.