654, Pursuing a Dynamic Balance without Harm_1

The explanation in the annotation seemed quite formal, but after Lin Yi finished reading it, he immediately concluded, isn't this just forcibly splitting everything fifty-fifty?

So, Lin Yi quickly thought of Captain America.

Ultimately, the so-called Power of the Scales is just a forced fifty-fifty split.

Lin Yi continued towards Ning Lolita, "According to the characteristics of the scales, the Power of the Scales grants you the ability to evenly split the combat effectiveness with your opponent. After integrating the reward, no matter how powerful the opponent you encounter is, whether they are gods or Titled Douluos, no matter which plane they come from, whether it's Level Two, Level Three, or Level Five of the Primordial Chaos Plane, you can split their combat effectiveness with them, achieving a draw."

At this point, Lin Yi paused, "Of course, the premise of splitting strength is that the opponent indeed has greater strength than you. When you face someone weaker than you, the Power of the Scales won't take effect."

"One last point, this reward is ineffective against me."

Even if Lin Yi didn't mention this last part, everyone already knew this hidden rule, or rather, it should now be considered an open rule.

However, Ning Lolita's mind was very agile. She quickly thought of a flaw in the reward.

She immediately said, "Senior Lin Yi! There's something I don't understand. For instance, when I'm facing a group of people who are all more powerful than me, and I split the strength of one of them, what happens if suddenly a stronger person jumps out to kill me? Even if I split the strength of the previous person, wouldn't I still be killed by this more powerful person? Or does the reward simply not work when facing a group?"

Lin Yi quickly understood the meaning in her words.

"That situation won't occur... I mean, the moment that stronger person jumps out to kill you, their strength would already be split by you. Whoever you are about to face in the next second, you'll immediately split their strength."

Ning Lolita was stunned for a moment and quickly came up with a new question, Lin Yi was somewhat surprised by her ability to find loopholes.

"What if, at the same moment, I'm targeted by the skills of ten people, whose strength will I split?"

Watching Ning Lolita blinking her puzzled big eyes, Gu Rong and the others seemed to have a delayed realization, suddenly feeling that this question was really tricky.

But Lin Yi's reply was still timely. The System wouldn't design a reward with loopholes; Lin Yi still believed in the System.

"You would split the combined strength of those attacking you at the same time. That is, in that instant, you would possess half of the total strength of those ten people combined, and at that moment, each of their strength would also be halved."

Hearing this, Ning Lolita had a sudden realization.

This outcome was the best!

She ran the calculations several times and realized that regardless of how uneven the strength of the ten people attacking simultaneously was, she wouldn't get hurt.

Such a setup was simply too clever.

For instance, if three people attacked her at the same time with their strength being 2, 2, and 9, she would obtain (2+2+9)/2, which is 6.5 of strength, while the strongest among them, with a 9, would only have 4.5 after being halved, less than 6.5. Though their halved strengths combined equaled 6.5, that would be the same as her strength at that time!

This was very much in the spirit of the scales, and it was fair.

"I understand now, I have no more questions!"

Ning Lolita said with a smile.

What she cared about the most was what Lin Yi mentioned earlier, that it allowed for an even split of strength with someone from the Primordial realm, no matter the level of their strength.

With that, other simple Gold Level rewards couldn't compete with the capability of going toe-to-toe with Primordial beings.

Ning Lolita really liked this reward.

But coincidentally, she suddenly had another question she wanted to ask.

"Wait… Senior Lin Yi, I have one last question, uh, I promise it's the last one," Ning Lolita said.

Lin Yi replied, "Ask away."

Indeed, there were many questions.

"When you split your opponent's strength, exactly how is that split carried out? Can I use their skills instantly?"

Lin Yi heard this and smiled faintly, "Regarding that, I think you'll understand once you find someone to duel with on the spot."

"Ah?"

Her expression was one of confusion, but she quickly nodded and said to Gu Rong, "Bone Uncle, how about..."

Lin Yi: "Now that you have this ability, why not be a bit more daring and choose the strongest one?"

"Hm?"

Hearing this, Ning Lolita silently turned her head to look at Gu Yuena, who wore a face of cold disdain.

The person Lin Yi was referring to was naturally her.

Ning Lolita asked weakly, "Dragon Lady Senior, could you please—"

Gu Yuena: "It doesn't matter. Let's fight, no more nonsense."

Ning Lolita immediately nodded, "Yes, yes, alright then, please attack me."

Gu Yuena stepped forward, and with a simple movement of her hands, a Dual-element Hybrid Ice Lotus Fire Pistil materialized and flew towards Ning Lolita.

Confronted with this surging energy fluctuation, Ning Lolita truly panicked. Usually, she stood behind others to support them, and facing such a direct attack for the first time, she was almost certainly doomed.

But in that instant, she suddenly felt she had the power to resist.

However, she was confused because she hadn't gained control over elements as she had imagined. She couldn't release even the slightest bit of an element at that moment.

So where did this thought of resistance come from?

Despite her fear, when the Elemental Mixture approached, her body quickly responded!

Under the astonished gazes of the crowd, Ning Lolita threw a punch at the Ice Lotus Fire Pistil.

"Bang!"

Ice chips and steam spread around her, but Ning Lolita didn't take a step back, nor did she show fear of the high temperature. She casually brushed herself off and calmly walked out from it.

The damage from the Elemental Mixture didn't affect her at all, and she was able to counter it with a single punch!

This method of counteracting was utterly unexpected.

At the same time, Gu Yuena seemed to have noticed something special.

"The temperature is wrong, the range is wrong… My strength has weakened, indeed halved from the normal state."

So the other half of the strength must have gone to Ning Lolita.

This Dual-element Hybrid was not a particularly powerful Skill, so it was fairly simple for Ning Lolita, with half of Gu Yuena's strength, to disperse it with a punch and emerge unharmed.

But having half of the opponent's strength, why hadn't she learned their Skill?

Ning Lolita turned her puzzled gaze towards Lin Yi, hoping for an explanation.

Lin Yi: "Gaining strength does not mean mastering the other person's Skill, but that you have the strength to neutralize their attack. The so-called Power of the Scales means neither party can harm the other; this is the dynamic balance between the two sides."