Genshin Impact: I am the Great General of Liyue

Chapter 258 Marta Becomes Stronger

After training all day, Huiyuan was exhausted.

Fortunately, the system has combat assistance functions and a lot of supplements, which made the training progress several times faster.

In just one day, he had learned most of the basic stick techniques.

"Having learned how to use various techniques... the next step is to solidify the skills and make the staff techniques compatible with my fighting style."

Muttering to herself, Huiyuan recalled her previous combat experiences.

His experience in hand-to-hand combat includes sparring with Tartaglia, confronting the North Wind Wolf King, and being surrounded and attacked by the Fools in Dragonspine Pass...

I have experience in long-range shooting engagements, having fought against Dvalin...

In the battle with Tartaglia, because his attributes weren't very strong and he hadn't mastered the control of his power, he only managed to hold out until sunset by using a little cleverness, and then stopped when the battle was over.

During the encounter with the North Wind Wolf King... because his reaction was too slow, he could only exchange injuries, resulting in him having to eat Senzu Beans several times.

Surrounded by the Fools... Luckily, the Executor wasn't around, otherwise, being immobilized by a bunch of control effects would have killed Huiyuan several times. At crucial moments, she had to rely on system skills to escape.

Relying solely on elemental shields to block attacks would likely lead to excessive stamina consumption, causing an increased frequency of consuming Senzu Beans and revealing more weaknesses.

It seems necessary to enhance one's melee, ranged blocking, and evasion abilities.

Lost in thought, I realized it was afternoon again, time for the cats' training.

Upon arriving at the training ground, Huiyuan watched the cats' every move.

Among them, Martha, the oldest female cat with the strongest combat skills, impressed Huiyuan.

Compared to before, she now has no unnecessary movements in any of her moves.

As expected of Olaf's daughter, a hunter from Springvale over a hundred years ago.

Having lost his memory due to being frozen, he traveled from the past to the present and was discovered by the Fatui and trained as a soldier.

Possessing the blood of a hunter, the sensitivity and observation skills of an orc, and having undergone military training... it looks more like a humanoid war machine than anything else.

Although the other kittens were not descendants of hunters, they also possessed feline traits and were quite talented.

At this moment, Huiyuan clapped his hands, attracting everyone's attention.

"How about we change your training today to sparring with me? I'll fight with this super-heavy stick. Don't worry, I'll add a layer of soft wind element to the stick, so it will push you away when it hits you, instead of hurting your flesh from the metal collision."

Upon hearing this, the cats began to discuss it amongst themselves.

Even Liu Yun Jie Feng Zhenjun, who was looking at his phone and chatting with someone, looked over.

The cats were whispering amongst themselves when Marta, the most taciturn of them, stepped forward.

“I have no objection. Brother, last time we sparred in the Dust Song Pot, I only managed to gain the upper hand by holding back. This time, please give it your all.”

"Oh? So confident."

Upon hearing this, Huiyuan didn't stand on ceremony and ate a Senzu Bean to restore all her strength.

Seeing this, Marta slowly approached as well.

Seeing this, the cats, under the arrangement of the oldest male cat, Sori, cleared out the training ground and formed a circle.

Marta drew her specially made longsword and assumed a stance that combined offense and defense.

Upon seeing this, True Lord Liuyun stood up and took it upon himself to act as the referee.

"Hehe, so this is a sparring match? Then I, the immortal, will be the referee... Three minutes will be the timer, and the exchange will begin when the wind element ball explodes."

As he spoke, True Lord Liuyun gathered wind elements in his hand and threw them upwards.

Three seconds later, the typhoon exploded.

In the next instant, Marta vanished from her spot and thrust straight at Huiyuan's face.

Cloud Sword Technique - Modified, Thrust Strike.

Although it was a lightning-fast attack, Huiyuan remained completely calm, casually tilting her head to dodge the attack.

After dodging, Huiyuan thrust his golden cudgel forward, intending to counterattack.

Just as the golden cudgel was about to strike Marta, Marta slightly twisted her body.

Using the momentum of her forward thrust, she skillfully brushed past the golden cudgel and circled behind Huiyuan.

Upon seeing this, Huiyuan smiled in surprise and turned around.

But as he turned around, Huiyuan was surprised to find a sword placed on his shoulder, keeping him balanced and motionless.

That's right, it wasn't stuck in Huiyuan's body, but rather the sword was placed on his shoulder.

It turns out that when Marta first thrust at the beginning, after Huiyuan dodged by turning his head, Marta loosened his grip on the sword.

The sword also fell downwards, skillfully maintaining its balance, and rested on Huiyuan's shoulder.

(What's going on?!)

Huiyuan looked completely bewildered.

(How did they do that...? Did they do it while I was looking at the golden cudgel? I didn't even notice...)

Not long after, Huiyuan calmed down and decided to grab the hilt of the sword and throw it away.

But just as she reached out to touch it, the sword was suddenly snatched away and returned to Marta's hand.

Seeing this, Huiyuan sensed something was wrong and tried to turn around to look at the other person.

Realizing that there wasn't enough time to react, they rolled forward to create distance.

It was this roll that allowed Huiyuan to narrowly escape a horizontal slash.

Using the momentum of the roll, Huiyuan faced Marta, breaking out in a cold sweat.

"Looks like I underestimated you. I didn't expect you to be so agile... I almost got hit by you because I was careless."

"Brother, you shouldn't have let me into attack range so early."

At this moment, the cats watching started discussing among themselves, completely unaware of what had just happened.

Huiyuan was astonished and looked at Marta's attribute panel.

I don't know if I don't see it, I'm startled when I see it.

It turns out that Martha's speed attribute on this attribute panel has reached S-level.

This also made Huiyuan realize why the other cats couldn't see the movements clearly.

The system has a feature called "Cat Training," which can enhance the growth rate of cats' attributes based on Huiyuan's attributes.

There are only two cats that Huiyuan chose to enhance the growth speed of the speed attribute: one is Kourtney in Mondstadt, and the other is Martha.

While mental strength can enhance reaction speed, it cannot enhance visual perception.

The speed attribute represents agility, maximum speed, and reaction speed.

Mental strength represents perception, thinking speed, etc.

If you rely solely on speed to complete high-speed movements, you'll need a lot of training to get your muscles to act subconsciously.

Although Martha's mental strength attribute is not high, she relied on her strong speed attribute to complete actions that her conscious mind could not react to.

Actions performed subconsciously save time on thinking and judgment, something Huiyuan cannot do.

Huiyuan thinks before acting, while Marta acts before thinking.

So, is it brute force that's stronger, or is it Marta's long-term training that's stronger...?