Tyler started his battle with the projection.
At first, Tyler thought it would be easy, but later, he underestimated the strength of the ninth stage.
He forgot the reason why it was easier for him was because of his physical strength.
But now, he no longer had that advantage. And, his projection was truly good at using a sword. This made him realize just how weak he truly was.
Tyler didn't lose his mentality. Even though this projection has learned his skills and has his powers, he didn't have his experience.
Tyler, who had spent almost thirty years in total inside the first simulator, knows the exact weaknesses of his sword art.
And, he knew how to exploit them, but he didn't do that.
Instead, he started clashing against his projection in an equal match to improve his swordsmanship.
He didn't use the Sword Aura as well. He tried to fight to improve, not to defeat.
From each strike, he learned something new. It was something from striking the enemy's weakness to blocking the enemy's strongest move.
It was from finding the fault in another's attack to learning a way to make a perfect attack.
Each move that the projection had had quite a lot of weaknesses, and some of these weaknesses were something that even he didn't know before.
He was able to pick these weaknesses because he was focusing on them.
After nearly two hours of battle, Tyler finally decided to get serious. He had some injuries on his body while the projection's HP was down to 50%.
Tyler released his Sword Aura, and the blue aura manifested from his body. It covered his sword, and the sword essence got drilled inside the sword.
His foot released the Lightning Boots, and his figure dashed forward. The projection also released the lightning boots and moved forward.
Both of them had a similar intention as they struck their sword forward and thrust their swords five times, in five different positions.
The air-pressured strike released by Tyler's sword had a little of Sword Aura on it.
When those air-pressured strikes collided with normal air-pressured strikes, they were easily able to break everything in front of them.
The air-pressured strike popped out like a balloon. And, Tyler's real sword pierced through the projection's sword, landing on his chest.
Tyler's sword pierced the projection's chest, and his HP started dropping till it finally hit zero.
The entire projection turned to small, disintegrated crystals and fell to the ground.
Slowly, the space around him enlarged, and he returned to his original position.
"Congratulations! You have successfully crossed the third trial. It seems like your strength has also grown quite a bit."
The rabbit congratulated him as he snapped his finger, and a tablet with the same three items appeared.
But, this time, Tyler didn't simply grab those; instead stared at the rabbit and asked.
"You said the war will begin, right? In the war, what kinds of planets would attack us?"
"I already know that demons are present in our world. But, they were on our continent dozens of years ago."
Hearing his words, the rabbit chuckled and asked.
"And, did their numbers increase in recent years?"
Tyler's eyes suddenly narrowed.
"They didn't attack you before because they couldn't break the law of the universe."
"But now they have the chance, and since they have already invaded your world, it won't be long before the real war begins." The rabbit answered.
The rabbit didn't stop there, though. He stared at Tyler's conflicted look and asked.
"So, what would you do?"
Tyler's expression changed, and a strong determination appeared on his face.
"I only have one family. I will keep it safe."
Hearing his words, the rabbit had disappointment in his eyes. He shook his head, thinking.
'Well, what could I ever expect from this low-level planet? Greed... Hush! Anyway, I don't think I should focus on him.'
'With his greed, I don't think he can even cross the fourth level.'
Tyler didn't think too much and sat down. During the battle with the third projection, he realized something. He looked at the rabbit and asked.
"That projection's HP…. Is it related to my health? Is the limit that the projection can bear similar to mine?"
The rabbit nodded his head.
"The first and the second projection had a similar health percentage equal to your vitality."
"But it didn't include your brute strength. That means it can only be counted as the vitality of your cultivation realm."
"But the third projection had similar strength, defense, endurance, stamina, and everything else. That means its vitality was true to your current vitality."
Hearing his words, Tyler clenched his fist and asked, "Does that mean if he had succeeded on that last strike, he could've killed me?"
The rabbit was slightly surprised. Only then did he understand Tyler's intention and laugh.
"You probably wouldn't die unless it had struck your heart. But, you would still be critically injured, unable to fight."
Hearing his words, Tyler took a deep breath and thought.
'I can't go on to the next level . At the very least, I need to reach the Third Level of the Tyrant Lightning Body Technique.'
He instantly activated the seal, and a powerful spiritual energy burst out of him.
Without any hesitation, he activated his Spiritual Root and used the Tyrant Lightning Body Technique.
"What? You want to cultivate right now?" The rabbit couldn't help but shout. He realized that he couldn't stop Tyler because Tyler hadn't recovered yet.
He sighed and got curious about what Tyler was planning to do.
Tyler was using the spiritual energy and sucking the last of it inside his dantian.
His spiritual root was constantly transforming the spiritual energy into lightning energy.
And, following the route of the Tyrant Lightning Body Technique, his lightning energy was flowing into his cells, making each of them hyperactive.
The lightning energy started destroying the cells, but at the same time, this same technique was using the lightning energy as the raw material to create the cell.
This process is what made the Tyrant Lightning Body Technique a high-level technique. It could not just destroy his body but also heal using lightning.
For the previous levels, just tempering them with lightning energy was enough, but now, he had to take this to a new level.
And that level required his cells to be nearly ten times stronger.
At this moment, the rabbit couldn't help but clench his fist. Updates are released by nοvelfire.net
'This guy….. He is planning on raising his defenses to the peak of the Energy Refinement Realm for the next trial.'
Suddenly, a smirk appeared on his face as he thought.
'Unfortunately, the next trial tests his mental strength, not his physical strength.'