Super Righteous Player-Chapter 1206 - 247: Break Through the Wall of Ash!

Annan had his lofty fake body raise the shield, but that was just a trap set for the Grey Professor.

Indeed, his lofty fake body could shoot a stream of light from that "hole."

The circular notch on the Goddess’s Shield actually refers to a "ring" or rather a "lens." The power of light released through the ring could be constrained, diffused, or even bent...

It could roughly be understood as opening an acceleration gate and then connecting it to a Q ability.

Annan’s previous Brilliant Sword had somehow already broken through his Wall of Ash; now, Annan was preparing to use an even more powerful skill, and the Grey Professor had to react accordingly.

Dodging the light was impossible.

He could only take it head-on.

Because the Grey Professor had yet to figure out how Annan broke through his Wall of Ash.

It wasn’t some "halved reflection" capability.

Rather, it was the most fundamental manifestation of his "Grey Element," known as the ability of "Memory and Remembrance"... which are also one of the two domains controlled by the Grey Craftsmen.

Anything touched by the Grey Element would become memory.

Whether humans or animals, the Sword Qi emitted or fragments of buildings.

Their destruction and annihilation was because they lacked the resistance to withstand Elemental Power, so they were directly consumed by the Grey Element and then thrown into the past, becoming memories—in relative terms, as if their time was accelerated infinitely to the end.

Hence they turned straight into ashes, obliterated on the spot.

Any attack issued within the domain of the Grey or simply touched by the domain of the Grey would also become a memory. This is undoubtedly a true "Absolute Defense."

Any attack, the moment it comes into contact with any corner of the Grey domain, would immediately face a counterattack with 100% intensity. That’s the power of "Remembrance," the opposite of memory.

It’s as if the attacker "remembered" the sensation of being hit by their own attack—while this memory couldn’t possibly exist in their own mind, the Grey Professor could deceive the world and materialize this memory.

The counterattack, though identical to the one upon contact with the Grey domain, lasts longer than the attack’s "moment."

This is because, even if the event creating the memory existed only for an instant, it can be "remembered" for a long time afterward.

This is an absolute defense comparable to a one-way street.

In a head-on conflict, without Elemental Power that suppresses the Grey Element, it is absolutely impossible to break through.

The reason Niusel was sent flying by his own attack was that during his "struggle forward" within the Grey domain, all the force exerted was stored up.

Stored within the Wall of Ash was the sum of the power Niusel emitted throughout his entire struggling process.

The reason why Annan’s Brilliant Sword could penetrate the Wall of Ash is quite simple.

It was just a fluke—a coincidence that could not be replicated.

Annan immediately came to the [Understanding], but the Grey Professor would inevitably hesitate out of fear.

Because the Brilliant Sword’s skill description is "burn the will to its limit, increase damage immunity that positively correlates with the will attribute, and store all damage received. Use the skill again to unleash all the absorbed damage, forming a massive luminous slash attack."

That is to say... the attack power of the Brilliant Sword after it is released directly depends on how much damage was exempted during the charging phase. This damage does not come out of nowhere but is released in doubled form after being absorbed—a capability similar to the Wall of Ash.

And the damage Annan suffered at the time came from the Divine Spell: Forget Old Wounds.

Indeed, it did inflict serious injury on Annan, but the nature of the damage came from the past, dominated by the Grey Element as the "Forgotten Old Wounds," and not from an external "Impact"!

Now the reduction value of the Brilliant Sword has reached 85%.

If Annan’s total health bar is five thousand, then when Annan takes a theoretical damage of ten thousand points from a light cannon, it could be reduced by 85% by the Brilliant Sword, resulting in only fifteen hundred points of damage, while the Brilliant Sword stores eight thousand five hundred points of base value damage, then reflecting it back two to three times over.

This so-called triple revenge works just like that.

However, Annan took a hit from a true damage spell that deducts a percentage of his health forcibly—he was cursed by Professor Grey’s Divine Arts to a half-health state, much like being cursed by a Ghost-type Pokémon...

So, what is the damage reduction percentage of the Brilliant Sword when Annan’s health drops to two thousand five hundred?

Initially Annan was curious about how these two abilities would interact when they came into conflict. In the end, it was determined that the priority of "Forgotten Old Wounds" was higher...

The Brilliant Sword absorbed 85% of the damage equivalent to half of Annan’s life value, causing only a 15% effect on Annan; then it was calculated in a chain reaction, Annan’s health was deducted to half again, and the new damage was reduced by the Brilliant Sword... and so the cycle continues.

It was like the paradox of Zeno’s Tortoise, the settlement of these two abilities would never end.

Because Annan’s health is not a true number, it’s impossible to round up or down, or take a limit value.

The Wall of Ash can only remember the power of the Brilliant Sword in the "instant" it comes in contact with the Wall of Ash. But when it’s reflected back, the power of the Brilliant Sword has increased again!

If Professor Grey is like a one-way road... then Annan’s move is akin to the Muira Fist.

This is why the Brilliant Sword, capable of triple counter-damage when Annan is at half health, could incinerate the noble false body of the soul-bearer champion back then; but now, it only carved a shallow crack on Professor Grey.

It wasn’t because Professor Grey’s noble false body was particularly tough—it was because after going through the Wall of Ash, there wasn’t much power left!

It’s just because Professor Grey is uneducated... All his knowledge comes from the Grey Craftsman, and he did not pursue further learning. If it were a Wizard from Jade Tower or Thousand-Faced Phantom Tower, they would probably figure it out quickly.

Professor Grey was bluffed by Annan, believing it to be a conflict of Elemental Powers exhausting his Grey Element, and that’s why his defenses were breached—because even Professor Grey himself couldn’t understand, let alone believe, that any power could penetrate the absolute defense of the Wall of Ash.

He could only rationalize it as running "out of energy."

Annan’s strike may have been either stealing Elemental Power or directly neutralizing it. That’s why it could pierce through...

Indeed, this was the case.

Though Niusel was in a dire state, he had collected enough information for Annan. The Elemental Power of "Understanding" allowed Annan to grasp the essence of this information upon "contact"; and the Elemental Power of "Wisdom" allowed Annan to come up with a plan in an instant.

It might have been by chance, but it was Annan’s deliberate doing!

Professor Grey was indeed extraordinarily powerful.

Unless Annan used the power of "Siren of the Third Order" to perform an ultimate exchange... Otherwise, indeed, there would be no chance to defeat him quickly.

But if Annan were to exchange one for one with Professor Grey, obviously, it would be a win for Professor Grey.

If one wants to defeat Professor Grey by conventional means... then there’s only one possibility.

That’s the only one among thousands of possibilities.

Only when Professor Grey is fully defensive, unable to attack Annan; releases all his Elemental Power to the outside; stands still without moving, not using any spells to increase mental resistance or triggered evasion; and meanwhile is in a relaxed state of mind...

——Only then could the power of "Decree: Dissolve" erode through his mental defenses!