Xue Dili didn't know what kind of nerve Old Deng was having again. He had already been buried under the Great Cathedral and purified for decades, and his enemies were probably all dead.
It's possible that the Empire was finished, after all, according to Old Deng's memories, the Empire had long been plagued by internal and external troubles, otherwise, it wouldn't have done such a thing as giving up and framing the Grand General for party struggles.
This operation is no less than the late Ming Dynasty.
Also, it sounds like he could actually go to Old Deng's world.
From then on, Old Deng didn't make any more random noises, quiet as if he really had a split personality before.
However, he still seemed to observe Xue Dili, even reminding him while playing games, "An enemy is sneaking up to attack you."
This day was the most comfortable day for him in recent days.
And by midnight, after Xue Dili fell asleep, he felt like he had returned to that familiar place again.
A skeleton demon about four or five meters tall was tightly sealed within his body, and holy chains penetrated his body, nailing him here one after another.
"What story are you showing me today?" Xue Dili was already used to seeing parts of Old Deng's memories every time he dreamed.
"No, today is a teaching session. I will teach you the complete Imperial Swordsmanship and Divine Art here, only when you've learned them can you leave."
As he finished speaking, a chain seemed to break off from him, and then, a longsword embedded with special runes appeared in front of Xue Dili.
Xue Dili: "..."
Goodness, turns out the whole day of no fuss was waiting for him here.
"I will simulate a hero-level Death Knight with my memory, only by defeating it can you leave."
In front of Xue Dili, appeared a skeleton knight in armor holding a greatsword.
In this old undead's world, it was divided into Ordinary Level, Elite Level, Hero Level, and Legendary Level.
According to his memory, Hero Level was at least as powerful as Captain America...
"Draw the sword, go defeat the Death Knight, I will teach you Imperial Swordsmanship and Divine Art in your actual combat." Old Deng's hoarse voice echoed.
"I'm supposed to fight the Death Knight?"
Xue Dili pointed to himself with a puzzled expression on his face.
"You can do it." Somehow his confidence was many times greater than Xue Dili's own.
"No, I can't, I'll definitely die..." Before Xue Dili could finish, the Death Knight swung its greatsword, the fierce wind felt like knife cuts, causing his face to twitch.
Summoning all his strength, he pulled out the Rune Sword, narrowly dodging with an undead roll, his hands were shaking while holding the sword from the simple swing.
Facing him was a nearly three-meter-tall Death Knight, fully armored with a two-meter-long greatsword, weighing at least over two tons.
He, a pre-college student of 1.8 meters, never having undergone any real combat training, weighed 70 kg, holding a slightly over one-meter-long sword.
Even without considering extraordinary strength, in terms of weight class, it's like facing a jeep head-on, utterly absurd.
Will he win?
Not a chance!
"Don't run! Face the Death Knight!" The old undead's voice roared, even a bone cane appeared in his hand, "I will now teach you the essence of Imperial Swordsmanship, which is to kill the enemy at all costs!"
...
In the Consciousness Space, however long it was, Xue Dili even felt numb.
He almost forgot he was a pre-college student, only desperately running, swinging the sword, counterattacking...
After being killed countless times, struck with the cane countless times, he could finally exchange a few moves with the Death Knight.
Then began reciting Divine Art, the only one he learned, Holy Light Technique!
In short, just a luminous Divine Art without any additional effects, serving as basic illumination within the Empire.
It had a certain repelling effect on the undead, but no damage, similar to humans being repelled by a foul smell.
However, after unknown time in the Consciousness Space, Xue Dili suddenly had an idea, modifying the Holy Light Technique to a degree, transforming it into a high-explosive flashbang.
Able to instantly emit light of a million lumens level, capable of burning retinas even with eyes closed.
"The 911th time." The old undead said.
Xue Dili took the Rune Sword in hand, assuming a standard Imperial Swordsmanship stance, directly facing the nearly three-meter Death Knight.
His steps became steady, his gaze focused.
"Roar!"
As the Death Knight swung the hundreds of kilograms of greatsword to attack, Xue Dili had no thought of blocking.
Countless times, his attempts to block with the Rune Sword were all eventually crushed. To him, the Death Knight's swing was like a steamroller falling from the sky, leaving no room for difference.
He undead rolled while chanting, soon a rotating ball of light appeared in his hand.
"Holy Light Technique!"
The small light ball was tossed out, then exploded in front of the Death Knight, causing it to retreat stiffly.
The falling Rune Sword stabbed firmly into the Death Knight's hollow eye socket, Xue Dili hung onto the sword, quickly chanting in the Imperial Language.
"Holy Light Technique!"
The pure white light ball was thrust into the Death Knight's eye socket, next moment, the intense light exploded inside its skull.
Xue Dili deftly jumped down and rolled aside, avoiding the Death Knight's desperate counterattack.
Finally, after the 911th death, Xue Dili killed the hero-level Death Knight.
"I knew I wasn't mistaken about you, kid!" The old undead seemed extremely excited, Xue Dili could hear excitement in his hoarse, manic words.
"Rest for a day, tomorrow, join me in leveling the Empire! Ha↓ hahaha↑!"
Wait a minute...
Xue Dili looked at the time above the old undead's head and found it was frozen at 3 days and 8 hours, unmoving.
Something's off, although his mind ignored the change in time, only thinking it couldn't have been just over ten hours, it felt like months had passed in his perception.
Xue Dili opened his eyes, finding it was broad daylight, already noon, quickly grabbing his phone.
"I slept for 12 hours..." Xue Dili looked at the time in shock, having died over nine hundred times in the Consciousness Space, it could not have been only 12 hours!
"100 times consciousness acceleration, only half a day passed outside, while here, you've undergone an actual 50 days of training." The old undead's voice echoed with a strange "heh heh heh" laughter.
"The current you, can be compared to an Empire Elite Level warrior, meeting my requirement."
"Although still weak as an insect, you've reached the basic standard."
Listening to the continuous chatter, Xue Dili fell silent.
Ignoring the buzzing in his head, he extended a hand, chanting the learned Imperial Language "Holy Light Technique!"
The blazing light ball rotated in his hand, Xue Dili held onto the light ball tightly, a distinctive glimmer flashing in his pupils.
On Blue Star, in his hometown, he successfully released it as in the dream!