From being scared by President Charlie's sudden attack, to calming down and steadying his mind, and finally deciding to "eliminate pain" rather than just "passively endure," the whole process actually happened in just a few breaths.

"Huh?" President Charlie's eyes suddenly narrowed.

He noticed that on Andrew's skin, apart from the sweat secreted due to the pain, threads of red blood began to seep out!

The blood was so red that it was dazzling and shocking.

Even with President Charlie's experience and knowledge, his face couldn't help but change, and he felt a slight disappointment: Is this all he can take?

President Charlie sighed and stepped forward, intending to use "Puppet Fire Magic" to intervene.

However, at this moment, the youngest president in the history of Warm Fire Academy suddenly changed his expression again—

He originally extended a hand imbued with "Puppet Fire Magic" towards Andrew, but Andrew, who seemed to have lost the ability to act due to the pain, suddenly grabbed the wrist of President Charlie's outstretched hand, and almost through gritted teeth, said: "Don't, hinder, me!!"

At this moment, Andrew's gaze was not only sharp but also fierce, even brutal.

Seeing Andrew so close, President Charlie was startled, and as a Tier Nine master, he subconsciously took a half step back from Andrew, a Tier Four.

Then, it was seen that the tiny blood droplets seeping from Andrew's skin fell off, and countless tiny blood droplets gathered together, gradually forming the shape of a bloodred dragon coiling around Andrew!

These blood droplets were not the sign of Andrew reaching his limit and his body about to collapse, as President Charlie thought.

On the contrary, these blood droplets were actively driven out by Andrew's magic power!

Just like a top hunter in the ocean would first herd fish together before starting the slaughter—

Andrew did not plan to play a game of cat and mouse with all the "miniature dragons" in his body one by one, but chose to first drive all the "miniature dragons" out of his body, gathering them together to form a bloodred dragon shadow coiling around him, and then... start the attack!

His ten fingers played swiftly.

Each flick unleashed an invisible long-range water needle, slicing a small piece off the bloodred dragon shadow around him.

The pain caused Andrew's movements to tremble.

But even though trembling, Andrew continued to attack the bloodred dragon shadow relentlessly!

The bloodred dragon shadow was the source of the pain; it could also be said to be the embodiment of the pain.

What Andrew was doing at this moment was simply: confronting this pain!

"..."

President Charlie was dumbfounded.

President Beiru had already carefully explained to President Charlie all the possible reactions after being injected with the "Dragon Awakening Potion."

But this scene before him was a situation that the president hadn't mentioned.

With President Charlie's skill and insight, he quickly realized what Andrew was doing: "This... this kid... wasn't planning to just endure, but in the face of such a level of pain, he still thought of confrontation, counterattack? Thinking of proactive strategies rather than passive defense?!"

After being stunned for a moment, President Charlie shouted in a low voice: "Idiot! A confrontation strategy isn't always correct; sometimes you should retreat, and forcing a confrontation when you shouldn't will only end in your destruction! Do you really think the potency of the 'Dragon Awakening Potion' can be dispelled with such a tactic?"

This world can be very complex.

This world can also be very simple.

Both Andrew and President Charlie, at this moment, didn't bother to think about the intricacies behind the special training.

Instead, they simply disagreed on how to handle the first step of the special training.

President Charlie admired Andrew for his courage to choose confrontation under such circumstances.

At the same time, he thought it was incredibly foolish!

One should know that the so-called "confrontation" isn't about brainlessly charging forward; rather, the counterattack technique actually emphasizes completing defense, stalemate, and then counterattack in an orderly manner in a very short time. It's just that the process from defense to counterattack is so rapid that it appears to be a straightforward confrontation.

In President Charlie's view, what Andrew was doing now was not confrontation but courting death!

However, shortly after his voice fell, the bloodred dragon shadow coiling around Andrew twisted, as if emitting a silent cry of pain.

Then the aura of that bloodred dragon shadow actually weakened... by a whole level!

It was indeed weakened by Andrew!

"This... this is impossible!"

President Charlie's eyes widened in disbelief, exclaiming out loud.

His understanding was correct: confrontation isn't about mindless forcing.

Andrew also recognized this.

But Andrew wasn't recklessly forcing it; instead, he was strictly following some basic principles and logic of the confrontation technique.

The micro-dragons transformed from the Dragon Awakening Potion brought physical pain.

But there was a Water Magic technique that had always silently protected Andrew's body.

That was the additional attribute of the Water Soul Constitution which was forced out during a duel with Pete after initially obtaining the "Water Soul Constitution": Flame Immunity.

The Water Spirit Technique guards the soul, Flame Immunity guards the body, each performing its duty, collectively forming Andrew's magic defense foundation.

The difference is that the Water Spirit Technique's triggering frequency is very frequent, while Flame Immunity is in a latent state most of the time and only gets activated when Andrew's body is subjected to potentially life-threatening Fire Element attacks.

Apart from the time the female assassin attacked, when else has Andrew faced a physical threat greater than this one?

The Flame Immunity had actually already been fully activated!

The immunity power transformed into tattoo-like magic arrays, spreading to every part of Andrew's body, helping to withstand the pain brought by the Dragon Awakening Potion, while under the influence of "Invisible Enchantment," it remained invisible to others. It's an invisible yet powerful protection.

So, Andrew was not recklessly charging ahead.

On the contrary, Andrew was meticulously adhering to the basic rules and logic of the confrontation technique, "defense, stalemate, then counterattack"!

Hu, hu.

Under President Charlie's incredulous gaze, the bloodred dragon shadow was continually consumed and weakened.

Andrew still could not avoid the trembling of his body temporarily, but he truly felt that the pain was steadily diminishing as the bloodred dragon shadow weakened.

A large amount of Fire Extinguishing Value continuously generated in this process. After all, confronting pain is essentially still extinguishing fire.

But these Fire Extinguishing Values were neither used to unlock magic nor stored; instead, they were consumed immediately upon generation.

Thus, Andrew further felt that all kinds of forces such as his magic power, spiritual power, physical strength, willpower, endurance, concentration, etc., were, with the help of the rapidly generated and consumed Fire Extinguishing Values, genuinely starting to become a... whole.

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