Legacy of the Spirit Stone

Chapter 16 – Spiritual Power Impact, Forest Disturbance

"The white space expanded again, this time... wow, it expanded fivefold!"

After examining himself internally, Chen Yang saw that the Spirit Storage Space had once again expanded.

Taking advantage of Yang Linghu's absence as he went down the mountain to report, Chen Yang attempted to mobilize the spiritual power within him.

He first tested his ability to gather spiritual energy. The range was basically the same as before, but the amount of spiritual energy gathered was much greater.

Chen Yang compared it to before; it was about three times the usual spiritual energy concentration, but now it was close to five times.

Then, using the feeling of spiritual power being drawn out, he wanted to see what new abilities he had gained.

The spiritual power within him was guided, flowing out from the white space and gradually converging on the surface of Chen Yang's body.

When the surface was completely enveloped, the spiritual power no longer leaked out.

Chen Yang controlled the spiritual power on his body surface and found that he could compress it.

Just like that, Chen Yang compressed it little by little, quickly concentrating the spiritual power that originally covered his entire body into a dot as thick as a finger.

"Oh~ it can be compressed, hmm..."

"So, what's the use of this?"

Chen Yang looked at the small white dot on his body, somewhat puzzled. He couldn't understand this ability!

It didn't seem like it could sense or locate, nor did it seem to provide illumination.

With some confusion, Chen Yang continued to try compressing this bit of spiritual power.

Just as he had the thought, this small mass of highly compressed spiritual power shot out from his body!

Boom!

Even though it was just a finger-thick spiritual power impact, its power was quite astonishing.

Chen Yang didn't know this thing could be launched, nor did he pay attention to the direction it was aimed at, which resulted in a whole row of empty rooms in the Forbidden Zone being destroyed by this spiritual power impact.

"Holy crap! Am I this powerful now?"

The power of this spiritual power impact was equivalent to the desperate strike of a peak Mid Qi Condensation cultivator, and an ordinary Mid Qi Condensation cultivator would undoubtedly die from such a hit!

Chen Yang was both shocked and delighted, never expecting that a seemingly harmless little stone could possess such destructive power.

Such a huge commotion naturally attracted the attention of others.

The three children, along with Elder Yu, quickly arrived at the Forbidden Zone from the foot of the mountain.

They were all a bit stunned when they saw the row of rooms turned into ruins.

"Did someone intrude into the Forbidden Zone again?" Yang Linghu asked.

Yang Lingqing immediately shook her head and said, "No, the formation is normal, the token didn't react, and why would someone break in just to blow up a row of empty houses?"

At this moment, the four of them all turned their gaze toward Chen Yang.

"Ah... alright, I did it, but it was really an accident," Chen Yang thought to himself.

Elder Yu stepped forward and gently touched Chen Yang, finding that his surface was somewhat warm.

Then he sensed the spiritual power fluctuations within the Forbidden Zone.

"Lingqing is right, no one intruded into the Forbidden Zone; it was caused by this Strange Stone during its advancement."

"Huh? This Strange Stone can blow up houses after advancing? Will we be living here in the future, and won't we be woken up by explosions in our sleep?" Yang Linghu said straightforwardly.

"Pfft..."

His words made Lingqing and Lingrui laugh.

Elder Yu also shook his head with a smile, "The ability of the Strange Stone is certainly not to blow up houses. From what I sensed, it seems like a ray-type spell technique."

He picked up Chen Yang in his hand and slowly infused spiritual power.

Maintaining a steady rhythm, Chen Yang still exhibited the effect of gathering spiritual energy, and Elder Yu nodded in satisfaction as he felt the spiritual energy was even denser than before.

Then he changed his approach, rapidly infusing spiritual power at an extremely fast pace.

At this moment, a mutation occurred.

They saw spiritual power beginning to gather on the surface of the Strange Stone, quickly enveloping it completely.

With his rich experience, Elder Yu continuously compressed the spiritual power, and when the light spot condensed to the thickness of a finger, he immediately raised his hand and aimed Chen Yang at a large boulder on the mountain.

"Go!"

Whoosh—

Boom!

The spiritual power impact shot out fiercely, its speed extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, it shattered the large boulder over two zhang tall into pieces.

This scene once again shocked the three children.

"What a powerful spell technique!"

"Such destructive power, even my Gale Wind can't achieve that."

"I feel like this is equivalent to a Mid Qi Condensation cultivator's strike."

The three children said.

Elder Yu also smiled, turning around and saying, "Lingqing's feeling is not bad; this indeed has the power of a Mid Qi Condensation cultivator's full-force strike. The Strange Stone truly is extraordinary, originally just an auxiliary spiritual treasure, but now it has a defensive use!"

Seeing the eager expressions of the three children, Elder Yu handed Chen Yang over to them.

After some guidance, the three children successfully launched spiritual power impacts through Chen Yang.

However, because their spiritual power intensity was insufficient, the power was not as great as Elder Yu's, only reaching the level of Mid Qi Condensation.

Moreover, after firing four times in a row, Chen Yang's surface became extremely hot, making it impossible to hold.

"It seems this spell technique has a usage limit. Using it too much will cause the spiritual treasure to heat up, and if it doesn't stop, it might get damaged."

Elder Yu concluded, and the three children nodded in agreement.

Chen Yang also thought it made sense, as he felt a slight sense of fatigue in his consciousness at this point.

"Elder Yu, is the Ancestor still at the mines today?"

After testing Chen Yang's new ability, Yang Lingqing asked Elder Yu.

"Yes, the Clan Head is still guarding over there."

"It's strange, weren't the beasts driven away before? Why is there still a beast problem now?"

"This situation has been going on for over ten days. It's not just our Yang Clan; two towns have also been harassed by beasts, and now the army is stationed outside the towns."

Chen Yang had heard about the beast problem before he fell asleep.

The Yang Clan's Forbidden Zone was on the mountain, and he had sensed that long-lost aura before.

During his twenty years in the Secret Realm, he had seen all kinds of demonic beasts, so he was very familiar with them.

"This matter is not as simple as a mere beast problem."

Speaking of this, Elder Yu's expression became serious.

"Previously, the Clan Head, the two town chiefs, and I went into the mountains to investigate and found traces of demonic beasts."

"Demonic beasts!"

Hearing this term, the three children felt a chill in their hearts.

Demonic beasts prey on humans, and the relationship between the two races is irreconcilable, as they had read in books.

Although they had never seen a demonic beast in person, they were aware of their ferocity.

"Elder Yu, if this matter is caused by demonic beasts, it might not end in a short time," Yang Lingqing said.

"Lingqing is right. We've already considered the worst-case scenario, which is a beast tide."

Elder Yu said in a deep voice, "This could very well be the first test we face after the Yang Clan became independent from the Dynasty's influence. You all need to be prepared in advance."

"Yes, Elder Yu, we understand!"

For a period afterward, the five cultivators of the Yang Clan rarely returned to the Forbidden Zone to cultivate.

To deal with the escalating beast problem, they all had to go down the mountain to protect the family.

The Yang Clan's current situation was still manageable because they had trained clan soldiers in advance, and with the presence of five cultivators, there were only injuries and no fatalities.

The two towns had military presence, so the situation was also under control, and at least the townspeople were not in danger.

But for others, like some small villages scattered around, they were not so fortunate.

Under the influence of the beast problem, many villages had become uninhabitable.

There were even cases where large groups of beasts destroyed villagers' houses and entered to eat people.

Villages still within the safe range were also in a state of panic, with many people packing up their belongings and fleeing with their families to the towns for refuge.