Chapter 1207: Chapter 1207: Terrifying Computational Ability

Lin Shen looked at Vice Dean An and took a deep breath.

This should be considered his first real confrontation with the Immortals; the state of the Cloud Immortal back then was far from representing the true level of the Immortals.

Lin Shen always wanted to figure out just how strong Smart Brain’s computation ability really is.

With a flick of his wrist, a folding fan opened in Lin Shen’s hand like a peacock spreading its feathers.

The Immortals possess the computing power of Smart Brain, so ordinary techniques are certainly ineffective against him. Lin Shen had realized this when he was using Surfing Fist to fight Vice Dean An.

Lin Shen felt that his Stepping Fist Wave was already quite perfect, but in front of Vice Dean An, it seemed full of flaws, unable to sustain its fist power, let alone stacking power.

Lin Shen himself wasn’t skilled at technique variations, but there was one move he had that was the most unpredictable skill, and that was this Butterfly Fan Skill.

“Vice Dean An, are you ready?” Lin Shen still called him Vice Dean An instead of Yun Bieli because he still cherished some old feelings. If possible, he didn’t wish to become enemies with Yun Bieli.

“Dean, please,” Vice Dean An still addressed Lin Shen as Dean, whether intentionally or otherwise.

Lin Shen glanced at Vice Dean An, shaking his arms and wrist, and the folding fan in his hand flew like a butterfly towards Vice Dean An.

Lin Shen had practiced this Butterfly Fan Skill to the point of Chaos without direction; where the folding fan would eventually fly was unknown even to Lin Shen. Its variations were so eerie and complex, practically unpredictable.

So Lin Shen seldom used this skill himself because it was too uncontrollable, unable to move freely, always a hidden danger.

The original idea for developing the Butterfly Fan Skill was to counteract the Heaven and Celestial Beings Skill, which was capable of destiny calculations, and indeed it was a method to counter calculations.

In fact, the only method Lin Shen could think of to defeat Vice Dean An was just this one move. If Vice Dean An broke even this move, he wouldn’t have a method to use for the time being.

The reason for proposing ten moves instead of deciding victory in one move was that the Butterfly Fan Skill was too uncontrollable, and might even fail to hit the target, or even end up in the opponent’s hand.

The folding fan swayed in the air, suddenly swinging left and right, up and down, without showing its trajectory of flight.

The air currents were disrupted by the folding fan, causing various changes, changes which were hard to imagine.

Vice Dean An stared intently at the folding fan, his gaze growing heavy, with faint flashes of light in his eyes, resembling a computer frantically calculating.

The folding fan was unpredictably variable, yet incredibly fast, reaching Vice Dean An’s presence almost in the blink of an eye.

Suddenly, Vice Dean An reached out and caught the elusive folding fan in his hand. The position was so precise that he even fanned himself twice before gracefully closing it and tossing it back to Lin Shen.

Lin Shen was greatly shocked; the variations of the Butterfly Fan Skill were almost impossible to predict. Vice Dean An managed to catch it and was so accurate. This was not coincidence; he really calculated all the endless variations of the Butterfly Fan Skill; such terrifying computational abilities are almost inhuman.

Hmm, it seems he indeed isn’t human.

“Dean, this Fan Skill is quite impressive, containing the Chaos System’s changes. If we speak of changes, it might be the most complex and unpredictable skill in the universe.” Vice Dean An paused before continuing, “But the numerous changes of the Chaos System have already been conquered by Smart Brain; all factors can now be clearly judged. Therefore, this Fan Skill is useless to me. You can use your second move.”

Lin Shen looked with a complicated expression at Vice Dean An. He really didn’t have anything like a second move.

He always followed the path of using a single force to break ten thousand techniques. Skill variations were not his forte; this Butterfly Fan Skill was already his limit. What other skill could surpass the Butterfly Fan Skill?

Lin Shen was secretly contemplating, “I didn’t expect the Butterfly Fan Skill to be so easily broken. My Blade Technique and Fist Power all follow the path of force to defeat enemies. The only thing left to compete with is the nearly undetectable Finger Sand; but if I explained it as a comparison of skills, would using Finger Sand be unfair? Probably not, if I combine my finger and fist strikes and he can’t detect my finger power, then how can he blame me?”

With that thought, Lin Shen smiled and said to Vice Dean An, “My second move is called Unfulfilled First Love, you better watch carefully.”

After saying that, Lin Shen swung both arms, unleashing a storm of fist shadows, waves of fists surged like a violent hurricane towards Vice Dean An.

Vice Dean An subtly moved, dodging the storm of fist shadows while extending a finger, pointing at a spot without wind or waves.

Boom!

With a strange sound, the nearly silent Finger Sand exploded.

This finger didn’t carry the characteristics of the Super-Base Divine Shot; Lin Shen had said not to win by brute force, which meant he naturally couldn’t use such a technique.

“Unfulfilled First Love, only for secret admiration, thank you, Dean, for the reminder.” Vice Dean An smiled, showing no sign of blame for Lin Shen using such a sneaky technique.

Lin Shen blushed, but now he didn’t have time to be embarrassed. With neither move useful, although there were still eight moves left, he was already unsure of what to do.

With the computation ability of Smart Brain, no human technique could possibly win.

Lin Shen reviewed all the techniques he knew again. He did know quite a few, but when it came time to use them, he found he was really proficient in only four: blade, spear, fist, fan. The others he seldom used, had already become somewhat rusty, and he even barely remembered some techniques.

This wasn’t entirely Lin Shen’s fault. He didn’t have a great memory, and for skills not practiced over a long time, becoming rusty was inevitable.

Even professional athletes, when not practicing for a long time, their techniques become less smooth than when frequently practiced, not to mention someone like Lin Shen.

“What can I do now? I can’t surrender after only two moves?” Lin Shen pondered secretly, suddenly a flash of inspiration crossed his mind. He took out a space capsule and rummaged inside, retrieving something that turned out to be Vice Dean An’s gifted secret manual, “Unsolved Mysteries of the World”.

“Unsolved Mysteries of the World” is a technique that uses mathematics to calculate the opponent and anticipate their behavior patterns.

For someone like Lin Shen, this kind of technique was harder than if he strangled himself and lifted himself up.

Lin Shen had previously wondered if anyone in the world could truly practice this technique?

Now Lin Shen finally understood that this was essentially not a technique but the capability of Smart Brain; “Unsolved Mysteries of the World” was teaching people how to calculate like Smart Brain.

Unfortunately, how could the human brain possibly surpass the computation capabilities of Smart Brain? At least Lin Shen couldn’t.

Vice Dean An saw Lin Shen take out the secret manual he had given him, and his gaze grew even softer: “You still kept it?”