Although the upper limit is much lower than when he is at full firepower.

But one thing is certain.

"When I return to Tino City, I will go look for Teacher Jino."

Louis couldn't help but reveal an inappropriate and lewd smile on his face.

Teacher Kino, you haven't broken through to the legendary level for so long, don't you want to break through?

If you don't want to, I'll speed up!

"You should be able to display your full strength now, right? I'm talking about martial arts."

Beatrice said with a smile.

Louis nodded.

All he wanted now was to yell "Who else?"

Entering the paradigm level not only means that Louis has completely crossed the first hurdle, but also brought about a qualitative change in his own strength.

It also means that the basic martial arts of the three major professions of the Nine Swords have been fully unlocked for him.

Louis's career level is now LV11.

They are Warrior LV4/Sword of the Military LV3/Eternal Blade LV4.

The converted martial artist level = 2+3+4-9.

In other words, he has all the basic conditions to learn and master the three basic professions, nine schools, and all the martial arts at the highest level 9.

The entire school that only those at the legendary level had the opportunity to master was now in his hands, and he was destroying her at will, like a little girl who was powerless to resist.

The original blood and qi were further transformed into liquid, becoming substantial.

Coupled with the blessing of the succubus bloodline and the Sin Dragon Armor·Normal State, it means that before Louis' magic power is exhausted, his overall combat power is close to that of a legend.

Even though he had just broken through to the Paradigm level, he already had the ability to compete with veteran Paradigm masters like Mr. Jino.

Moreover, it is different from the full-fire state of the Sin Dragon Armor·Liberation Form + Brave Sword + Demiplane Blessing.

He has tried that state twice so far.

The first time was in the Kingdom of Shadows, where he used Gongtao to directly raise his career level to a level that would make ordinary people awe-inspiring.

The second time was this time. I forced myself into this state. Although the peak state was weaker than when I was in a gluttonous state, at least I could control its use and there would be no danger to my life.

But whether it is the first type with huge side effects or the second type with smaller side effects, there is an obvious disadvantage.

That is, the magic power that Louis currently possesses is simply not enough to support this combat state for a long time.

After running for a long time, the price has been paid to Louis.

It wasn't like the first time, when I almost died on the spot.

Just like the second time, I couldn’t stand up after it was over.

Anyway, no matter which one it is, it cannot be used under normal conditions.

But if he naturally advances to the Paragon level, then the situation will be different.

Although it is much weaker than the state where he can fight with legends, it is indeed a state that Louis can actually master.

If he wants to maximize his combat capabilities, he must activate the [Mask of Greed].

The greedy mask consumes a lot of magic power.

This means that if other items that consume a lot of mana occupy Louis' combat state for a long time, it will directly shorten the duration of Louis' exemplary combat power.

This is a result that Louis absolutely cannot allow.

The gap between heroic level and legendary level is too big.

Even Louis couldn't bear the burden of such a drastic change in strength.

The side effect of the two explosions was that his body was clearly unable to support this force.

But when he was stuck at LV10, he faced a very embarrassing situation.

That is, although his normal combat power is far beyond the heroic level, he does not have much competitiveness at the exemplary level.

However, the legendary power was too much for him to bear.

Not to mention, just because the black swan looked exactly like the little swan, he couldn't bear to use Gongtao.

The price of gluttony is too heavy.

When Black Swan lay dying on his bed, he really thought she was going to die.

Fortunately, there is the Great Demon~bah, the Sword of the Brave.

He is unwilling to use the Black Swan, but can't he use the Sword of the Brave?

Just be a power bank!

Although he couldn't bear the burden of using three ultimate skills at once.

But he was sure that the burden of using only two ultimate skills was still within his tolerance.

In other words, if there is no corresponding means, after he activates the Sin Dragon Armor·Liberation Form, he can deal the damage of "Time Stop + Island of Time + Nightmare Sword·Jade (Enhanced Version)" once.

The first two time-stop series martial arts are the ultimate load that Louis can bear.

As for him now, the Nightmare Sword: Jade is not a martial art that requires extra consumption.

This thing is to him what the Kino breathing method is to Kino, it has become a part of his life.

Every time he concentrated on launching a strike, whether with his bare hands or with a sword, it was considered as using the Nightmare Sword: Jade.

This is the benefit of making the effects of martial arts permanent.

As for why it is an enhanced version...

The reason is simple.

If he dual-wields weapons, with the Brave Sword in one hand and the Skylight Sword in the other, then when he launches an attack, he will gain additional reinforcement of the [Nightmare Sword·Jade] martial art from the Skylight Sword.

Just the first kill in this enhanced state is enough to instantly kill any enemy below the legendary level.

Even if you encounter a regular legend, you will die.

If he launched a sneak attack as an assassin, he could indeed directly threaten the legend's life.

From this point of view, President Hans was right when he called him the Sword Saint after meeting him.

Although he is different from the traditional sword master.

But when firing at full power, the effect he can cause will only be better than that of an ordinary swordsman.

"Beatrice, how about trying it with me?"

Louis looked at Beatrice and said with a smile:

"Want to try and see how strong your dear is now?"

Beatrice glanced at him and said:

"Are you sure you don't want to let Qian give it a try?"

Louis shook his head and said, "Xia should have been promoted to Legend."

Beatrice smiled and said:

"You figured it out!"

Louis spread his hands and didn't explain further.

It's not like he hasn't seen Qian's normal state before.

But he hadn't seen her for a while, and when he saw her again, he found that he hardly felt any threat from her.

He knew at that moment that Qian had definitely stepped into legend.

If her sense of threat to him increased greatly in a short period of time, it could be considered a huge breakthrough in her practice.

But if the sense of threat decreases instead of increases, then it is definitely not a matter of a huge breakthrough.

It can only be a breakthrough.

Because he knew very well that Beatrice's adjutant's status was directly equivalent to her personal guard.

If Akane didn't have the talent to perform as a royal guard, then no matter how much Beatrice valued Akane, she wouldn't have kept Akane alone to follow her.

The worst case scenario is to keep Adjutant Qian's position, and then arrange an additional adjutant with protective capabilities.

But now, Qian is still the only one with her, which already explains a lot.

"Okay, then I'll be your opponent."

Beatrice chuckled and waved her hand, and a two-meter-long knight's spear appeared in his hand.

When Beatrice raised her lance, Louis felt a noticeable change in her aura.

A sticky, bloody force spread through her body.

That's the smell of a battlefield.

Louis didn't need to look to know that Beatrice must be very proficient in the White Crow Style.

This feeling, as if one is deep in a battlefield, is the most prominent feature of the White Crow School's Nine Swordsmen.

“Very strong…”

Louis said in surprise.

He knew that Beatrice herself had quite good fighting ability.

But I didn't expect Beatrice to be able to display such a strong momentum at level 13.

If Alice's attack was like a cold dagger, she would tear through the enemy's defense silently and go straight to the vital point.

Beatrice was the cannon that fired majestically.

Hiding in the dark and killing with one strike?

That is an illusion of insufficient lethality.

She didn't need to do that, she could just attack directly.

This was influenced by Beatrice's style as a ruler, but more importantly, she had already polished her blood and spirit far beyond her peers.

So, there is no need to do anything fancy, just go for it directly.

All fear comes from insufficient firepower.

And she is confident that she will be the most powerful in the same class.

But the next moment, she found that everything in her sight had changed.

Even without activating the Sin Dragon Armored Release Mode, Louis' own destructive power has been raised to the highest level of the model level.

She only noticed that the world around her became stagnant at this moment.

There is no doubt that it was the Steel Soul Style's Level 9 Martial Art [Time Stop] that was activated.

But she is not without a solution.

As the cradle of the Nine Swords in the human kingdom, Enser is the one.

No country knows better than the Enther Empire how to defend against the Nine Swords' time-stopping effect.

At this moment, the time-stopping effect of the item on Beatrice was cancelled.

The moment Beatrice raised her knight's spear, a stagnant force also spread from her.

Steel Soul Style Level 9 Martial Arts: Time Stop.

Louis also had an item that could defend against time stop, but he didn't use it.

He directly activated [Eternal Training].

As someone who had already used Time Stop and Time Island, he was very clear about the effects of these martial arts.

The martial artist solidifies everything around him with his extremely strong will, and even the consciousness of others will be obscured by this extremely strong will.

The effect is like erasing other people's perception of time.

This is why many professionals, when encountering a Nine Swords master, are often killed instantly without any chance.

However, [Eternal Training] will pull martial artists into an unknown and distant dreamland.

At the moment when the distant dreamland was opened, although it was only half a second, or even less than 0.01 second, his consciousness was protected by the distant dreamland.

In this situation, he can completely break the mental dust effect of [Time Stop].

This technique is feasible in theory, but in practice, few people have succeeded.

This is the means by which one can reach the pinnacle of skill.

Among the various advanced professions of the Nine Swords, generally only the Nine Swords Grandmasters who have reached the pinnacle of their skills can perfectly use this effect.

Well, just in general.

For Louis, as long as it is a skill, it is hard to say that it cannot be copied.

The terrible power of greedy curiosity is fully demonstrated in learning ability.

Even though Beatrice had been trained by various top masters since she was a child, she could not eliminate the inherent drawbacks of the [Time Stop] martial art.

This is why Eternal Blade developed the [Island of Time] based on the [Time Stop] martial art.

This is to prevent this method that can effectively target time stop from taking effect.

But it is obvious that the confrontation between the two now does not require the use of the guaranteed legendary Island of Time, which is a method that only ordinary demigods can use.

In just a moment of entering and waking up from a distant dream, Louis broke the time stop activated by Beatrice.

Stop at the right time.

Both sides used effective means to avoid the possibility of being suddenly attacked.

“We’re at a disadvantage!”

Even in the Enther Empire, there are not many items that can restrain time stop.

There are only two types of conventional props.

Louis and Beatrice are both equipped with this item.

But the problem is that Louis used his skill to directly replace Beatrice's time stop.

In order to block Louis' time stop, one of Beatrice's items entered a cooling-down period.

If the two of them were a little more ruthless and risked suffering minor injuries and activated time stop again, Beatrice would not be able to reverse the situation.

"Let's fight head-on. Let me see if you have neglected your martial arts skills during this period, Beatrice."

What Louis said was true.

The moment he used the Eternal Training Card to defeat Beatrice, the balance of victory had completely tipped in his favor.

Even if she fought with all her strength, Beatrice had no chance of winning.

Time stop versus time stop, once one side uses up the time stop first, there is no chance of winning.

Especially since Beatrice's current means cannot effectively limit the use of the time stop power.

Beatrice also knew that Louis was giving her face.

After all, the competition between the two is essentially to allow Louis to have a clear understanding of his current strength.

While he was thinking, the gun and the sword collided with each other.

The shock wave spread directly under the feet of the two people, and a big hole appeared on the training ground.

But...Louis' power is superior.

Although his occupation level is lower than Beatrice's, his basic attributes are still higher than Beatrice's.

Then, at the moment of contact, Beatrice flew backwards.

Although she was not injured, Beatrice put away her spear the moment she flew backwards and said helplessly:

"It seems there is no need to try again."

The moment their weapons collided, she realized that Louis's mastery of martial arts was even better than hers.

She is a genius.

You can tell a lot just by looking at the data.

LV13 can use [Time Stop]. If outsiders knew about this, they would probably be scared to death.

Even Alice may not be able to exert this kind of power when she reaches LV13.

But Beatrice did it easily.

From the perspective of outsiders, Beatrice deserves the title of a genius no matter what.

But unfortunately, Louis was even worse than him.

From her background to her martial arts skills and physical attributes, she suppressed Beatrice in every area.

There is no need to continue this fight.

(End of this chapter)