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Chapter 1167 - Chapter 1167 Chapter 358 The Reversed Double Dream_3

Chapter 1167: Chapter 358: The Reversed Double Dream_3 Chapter 1167: Chapter 358: The Reversed Double Dream_3 Leonard Churchill used a few more moves and still managed to kill his enemy cleanly without much effort.

Then he ran again…

Before long, he was caught for the third time.

This time, the squad captain pursuing him was a Sixth Tier.

Leonard Churchill was caught in a tough battle.

“Thud!”

“Thud!”

“Thud!”

“…”

The Sixth Tier was also in the Fighter sequence, exceptionally strong in both power and fighting techniques.

Fist-to-flesh combat was a matter of course among peers.

The two exchanged blows, and every so often, one of them was sent flying, crashing through a building.

Just after a few exchanges, Leonard Churchill confirmed that this was an expert from whom he couldn’t break free!

Under different circumstances, he would have relished the opportunity to engage in a satisfying fight with such an expert.

But now that he was being held up, Leonard Churchill sensed trouble brewing.

Setting aside whether the enemy had reinforcements or not, any later could lead to unforeseen disasters.

With that thought, Leonard Churchill’s movements became even more ruthless.

He wanted to see if he could kill his opponent.

But the reality was harsh: no matter what Leonard Churchill tried, his adversary could take it.

The feeling of being suppressed was something Leonard Churchill had never encountered before.

“Strange, when did the East Wilderness get such an expert?”

As the battle raged on, his surprise grew, and he pondered, “The Joneses of the East Wilderness have some fame to them, more or less, and this guy is a Fighter, too. How come I’ve never heard of him? And this Fist Method seems so retro. It doesn’t feel like it’s from any current school… Could it be another secret expert trained by the Orlan Royal Court?”

The enemy was simply too strong!

This was far beyond the level of a normal Sixth Tier card master from East Wilderness.

Moreover, as a quasi-peer, those old-school fighting techniques and Fist Methods were obviously from an ancient lineage thousands of years old.

The only possibility Leonard Churchill could think of was that this expert had been secretly cultivated by the Orlan Royal Family.

And the rhythm of the battle was too fast, giving him no chance to catch his breath.

Without finding Seven Brown, Leonard Churchill had no intention of fleeing Talon City.

Moreover, his increasingly substantial “Intention” gave him a very odd sense of imminent danger: no matter where he fled, the crisis would not be resolved.

Unaware of how it happened, their fight approached the two-hour mark.

…

“You have witnessed ‘Ancient Martial Skills*Immortal Crane Flow’, gaining +194 Enlightenment in Fighting Techniques…”

“You have comprehended the ‘High-Level Air Mastery Technique’, proficiency +33…”

“You have gained +332 experience from battle, ‘Waterfall Fist Lv1 (8/300)’…”

“During the battle, you’ve gained insight, ‘Crane Needle*Shadowless Body Technique’ proficiency +113”

“…”

Enlightenments continued to refresh.

The battle was at a delicate balance.

The enemy couldn’t kill him, and Leonard Churchill couldn’t do anything to his opponent either.

So the stalemate persisted.

Leonard Churchill’s Enlightenment allowed him to easily understand and master some of his opponent’s martial skills during the fight.

He saw too many moves he had never even heard of, and his doubts deepened.

But he couldn’t figure out the source of this oddity.

“I Am the World” automatically deduced a contradiction: it’s one thing for a secret expert to know unique techniques, but how could all of them be martial skills he had never heard of?

Intuition told Leonard Churchill that he might have overlooked something.

Once, while chatting with Noah Wright, the Pursuit of Light Leader had deliberately pointed out the special aspect of the “I Am the World” secret skill.

That is, “deductions” made by the skill were closer to facts and truths than those made by “subjective consciousness.”

People’s subjective consciousness can be affected by their stance and surroundings, leading to judgment errors.

But deduction is like a formula in a math problem, 1+1=2. This conclusion does not require subjective judgment and is not influenced by surroundings.

That’s why some scientists from the past fameously stated, “The truth of the universe is hidden in mathematics.”

“Maybe it’s not that I can’t think of it, but some of my perceptions have been blocked, like in an illusion, ignoring some necessary factors?”

While fighting, Leonard Churchill continued to deduce along this train of thought.

Suddenly, he reached a conclusion that his subjective consciousness would never consider: “Huh… could it be that I haven’t actually woken up and am still in the illusion?”

In a dreamscape, you would never contemplate whether your own cognition is complete.

But bypassing subjective consciousness, he arrived at a result.

The moment this conclusion was reached, it struck him like a thunderclap.

Leonard Churchill felt a chilling sensation as if plunged into an icy cave.

It was akin to the sudden clarity he had experienced upon awakening from the Pleasurable Dreamscape, as if he had suddenly become fully alert and awake.

His expression turned fierce, “I understand now!”

…

Human perception is always limited, no matter the circumstances.

Even in the real world, the world you see is always only as much as your cognition can comprehend.

This is also one of the principles behind Illusion Techniques.

By constructing a fantasy world based on your own understanding of cognition, it keeps you forever unaware of the world’s logical flaws and forever unable to “awaken.”

…

Wanting to confirm his theory, Leonard Churchill activated his communicator.

“Aunt Jones, are the opponents on your side unbeatable and endless?”

“Yeah! Have you encountered it too?”

“After you woke up, did the battles in other places also continue non-stop?”

“Yes!”

“I think I might have figured out what’s going on.”

“…”

Leonard Churchill hung up the communicator, his lips curling into a growing smirk.

He wiped away the blood he had just spat out and looked at the Sixth Tier Moon Knight across from him, his eyes filled with a wild grin.

This moment, he finally understood why he had faced such an enemy, one that could not kill him, and whom he also could not kill.

Watching his enemy attack furiously, Leonard Churchill no longer dodged or even intended to block.

He simply watched calmly.

If he didn’t dodge, the attack bearing down on his head would certainly kill him on the spot.