X-Dragon Era

Originally, Ke Zhan wasn't so lacking in confidence, even considering himself the best in the world, but first there were Xin Yun and the three others, and then the Winged King yesterday, all delivering heavy blows to him. Now, he no longer possessed an ounce of confidence!

Before, what Ke Zhan took pride in was his ferocious combat techniques, but through his recent interactions and exchanges with Xin Yun, he finally realized that techniques are static, while people are dynamic. It was the person, not the technique, that ultimately determined victory and defeat.

Moreover, Xin Yun bluntly pointed out that although the Fire Series had powerful attacks, its flaws were too obvious and too pronounced. It wasn't hard to become an expert, but it was very difficult to become a top-notch expert.

At first, when Ke Zhan heard Xin Yun's words, he absolutely refused to believe them, but through Xin Yun's explanations, he finally came to an awakening...

Indeed, he possessed extremely fierce attacks, but he should not forget that his opponents were not fools; they would definitely avoid his strongest point and instead target his weakest point for their attack.

Strong in offense but weak in defense, with average movement speed—these were Ke Zhan's weaknesses. Due to the limitations of his Frog Dragon type, it was hard to overcome and compensate for these. In his last battle with Xin Yun, Xin Yun seized his slow speed and weak defense to swiftly subdue him.

In front of a true expert, Ke Zhan's strongest points simply couldn't come into play, while his weakest points were magnified to the extreme.

In the end, Xin Yun concluded the entire evaluation with one sentence—a person's final strength is determined by the aspect they are least skilled in; the enemy will inevitably target this for their attack.

Of course, this didn't mean that every ability had to be evenly matched, as that would be a waste. What Xin Yun meant was that while maintaining one's strongest characteristic, other aspects couldn't have obvious weak points.

This way, once you encountered an opponent, you could attack their weak points with your own strengths, and before the enemy could breach your weakness, you would already have penetrated theirs.

For someone like Ke Zhan, whose weakness was so severe that it couldn't withstand a single blow, as long as you avoided his head-on attack and aimed for his weak point, victory could be gained with one strike. For an expert, this was as simple as drinking water; there was no way to avoid it.

Speaking of attacks, Ke Zhan still had confidence. Even if he wasn't as good as some people, he definitely wasn't weak. But when it came to other aspects, he truly fell short, far too short—in some areas, he was even worse than a beginner.

Thinking of Xin Yun, Yi Luo Xiang, and Yan Qingying, Ke Zhan couldn't find a single flaw. Everything seemed so perfect. Although there were still flaws, as everyone has them, their strengths covered them up so well that their weaknesses were no longer weak—at least, these were only relative weaknesses, not glaring deficits.

The more he interacted with Xin Yun, the more Ke Zhan realized his own ignorance and shallowness, and just how much he fell short and how much he needed to practice. Although he had only just met Xin Yun a few days ago, Ke Zhan truly admired him and was completely convinced.

The reason he was so good to Xin Yun, so attentive to him, was that Xin Yun had shown him a path to becoming an expert. As long as Xin Yun continued to guide him on this path, Ke Zhan was certain he could become a top-notch expert. There was no doubt about that. How could he not reciprocate such a great favor?

As he pondered, Ke Zhan couldn't help but glance over at Speedy Slash. He quite admired the lad, but by Xin Yun's standards, Speedy Slash also had overly pronounced strengths and obvious weaknesses. Therefore, in the face of Ke Zhan, it would only take a few strikes to defeat him. What was the reason? Was it because Ke Zhan was much stronger than him? No...

The two were actually quite evenly matched. In the end, it was because Ke Zhan's strengths just happened to restrain Speedy Slash's weaknesses.

With mutual verification, Ke Zhan's gaze brightened even more. It wasn't just Speedy Slash and him; on closer inspection, it seemed that everyone who had lost to him experienced the same thing—their weak points were instantly breached, leading to their defeat. And when he lost, it was because his strongest points couldn't overpower his opponent, allowing them to exploit his weakness.

As Xin Yun said, "Steel is easy to snap." Though his attacks seemed fierce and unstoppable, in situations where advantages were clear, the disadvantages were equally pronounced; it was either he annihilated his opponents in seconds, or his opponents annihilated him in seconds. How could such a person possibly become an expert!

Seeing Ke Zhan's eyes shine, Speedy Slash felt unbearably curious, utterly clueless about what Ke Zhan was thinking. If it was because of Xin Yun's strength, then it was certain that this match was doomed to fail. But if it wasn't strength, what else could it be? Family power, or something else...

While Speedy Slash was lost in wild speculation, Ke Zhan finally spoke up, ""Give up your naive thoughts, the true experts don't follow, they come to me... Have you lost your mind?"
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"Tsk..." Hearing Ke Zhan's words, Speedy Slash said contemptuously, ""I know he beat you, but he's Water Series, restraining your Fire Series. And even so, he only won because you ran out of energy. As long as you keep working hard, surpassing him is just a matter of time."

Sighing silently, Ke Zhan didn't know what to say. He understood... In Speedy Slash's view, Xin Yun must have been beaten without being able to respond, only managing to win by waiting for him to run out of energy. This was projecting one's own perspective onto others.

In the minds of Speedy Slash and the others, since they couldn't avoid defeat and were left without the power to fight back, then Xin Yun must have been the same. They never considered that Xin Yun might have just wanted to witness his Trump Card Combat Technique.

In fact, if they thought about it in reverse, it became clear. After unleashing all their skills, they still hadn't managed to hurt a single hair on their opponent's head—the gap was enormous! (To be continued. If you wish to know what happens next, please visit www.qidian.com. More chapters are available there, support the author, and support genuine reading!)