novelraw Chapter 116: Astonishing Mana, Splendor Born of the 7 Stars
Chapter 116: Astonishing Mana, Splendor Born of the 7 Stars
Seeing the number on the display, Li Wenhao and Mu Ruoyun’s expressions tensed, while the others looked on in surprise.
"He actually managed to reach 17?"
Tao Zihong muttered under his breath.
After all, those who had just entered the Saint Realm could typically only produce a burst of Mana between 30 and 40.
The Soul-Stealing Peak expert he had previously invited, who was known as a Semi-Saint, had only managed a test score of 10 for his Mana Value. Meng Qianyuan had almost doubled that number.
Now *this* was a genuine "Semi-Saint."
"That Hoeing Stance... from the Heart Intent Fist? Is this your disciple?"
Zhong Ang asked in surprise.
"He is Wei Cheng’s disciple, but he just follows me around to observe and learn," Yi Beidou said.
"So he’s a disciple of the Killing Heart Buddha. No wonder he’s so talented."
Zhong Ang nodded.
The Killing Heart Buddha, Wei Cheng, was a former director of the Special Security Bureau and a high-level figure in Donghua. He controlled immense societal resources, so it was hardly surprising that he could unearth talented individuals from the masses more easily than they could.
Soon, Meng Qianyuan walked out of the testing room. He gave Yi Beidou a brief salute before returning to his place by his side.
As he did, his gaze met Li Wenhao and Mu Ruoyun’s. It was as if sparks flew between them, their fighting spirit surging.
A day would surely come when they would clash before a crowd to determine who was superior.
"And what about you all? Any interest in giving it a try?"
Tao Zihong asked with a smile, his gaze falling on Yi Beidou and his companions.
Instantly, all eyes focused on the Saints in the room.
They were most curious about what kind of test data these powerful individuals would produce.
"Count this old man out. I’d only be embarrassing myself."
Wang Zhihuo said with a gentle smile and a wave of his hand, looking completely unconcerned with such competitions.
"I’ll give it a try."
Zhou Qingchen spoke up. Like Yi Beidou, she was from the younger generation and had even traveled through Europe, so she was quite interested in such novel devices.
She walked into the testing room and put on the testing equipment. Her feet tapped lightly on the floor, her body bobbing as gently as a feather.
She was using her Dustless Sword Step to build up her Great Trend.
WHOOSH!!
The onlookers felt a breeze spring up within the testing room. Zhou Qingchen’s ear-length hair fluttered, and a faint cyan glow seemed to envelop her. She radiated an aura that was at once the ethereal Immortal Qi of a transcendent being and the sharp valor of a hero.
The next moment.
With a single tap of her foot, she shot forward. The Pure Qi around her body exploded outward, then rapidly converged at the tip of her palm, making her hand look as if it were carved from cyan jade.
BAM!!
She slammed her palm into the testing device. The machine, which was originally designed for automobile crash tests, shook violently, and everyone felt the entire floor tremble fiercely from the impact.
It was hard to imagine that Zhou Qingchen’s slender and willowy frame could unleash such explosive power.
The numbers on the display jumped, finally settling on a value of "88."
At once, Professor Fan and the students from Kyoto University began to whisper among themselves. That value was already astounding.
Tao Zihong, however, simply nodded. He was quite familiar with Zhou Qingchen’s strength. Despite her youth, her talent was exceptional, so a score like this was not surprising.
’My own test score was only fifty-seven, but if I put on my Thunder Robe and used my Talismans, my limit should be somewhere between 70 and 75.’
"It seems you haven’t wasted your time these past few months," Yi Beidou said to Zhou Qingchen as she walked out of the testing room.
He could see that her control over her own True Qi had improved dramatically, and the power of her techniques was much greater than it had been during their last battle.
Condensing her True Qi until it had the quality of jade was something she had been unable to do before.
"Of course. Why don’t you give it a try?" Zhou Qingchen said to Yi Beidou.
"Alright." Yi Beidou nodded. Without refusing, he strode toward the testing room.
Immediately, everyone grew intensely curious about what kind of data he would produce, their eyes shining with anticipation.
After Yi Beidou put on the testing equipment, the staff exited the room, leaving the crowd to watch the proceedings through a glass wall.
HUMMM!!
Yi Beidou’s eyes were lightly closed. A deep, muffled sound suddenly emanated from his chest and abdomen, reverberating throughout the testing room.
He was using the Demon Sound to cleanse his physical body and adjust the state of his Life Magnetic Field.
TAP!
Suddenly, he took a step forward, and the environment seemed to dim.
Celestial Slaughter Seven Stars!
A second step, a third, a fourth...
To the onlookers, the room grew progressively darker, as if the light of the Big Dipper itself had pierced through the building to shine down upon Yi Beidou.
And with every step he took, Yi Beidou’s body underwent a massive transformation.
By the time he took his seventh step and arrived before the testing device, he had grown nearly twenty centimeters taller. His loose athletic wear was stretched taut against his frame like a compression suit, a testament to the exceedingly high quality of the custom-made fabric.
His muscles bulged like blocks of stone, and his black hair stood on end, pointing to the sky. A cold, blue-white light—visible to the naked eye—wreathed his body. It flickered like a burning flame, no illusion but a physical reality.
A chill ran down the spines of the Kyoto University students, and they couldn’t help but take a step back. For a moment, they couldn’t tell if the figure in the testing room was a man or a ferocious demon descended upon the world.
’Is this the same polite, easygoing young man from before?!’
"His aura generates its own light—it’s real, not an illusion!!"
Zhong Ang’s pupils contracted at the sight, and he couldn’t help but blurt out the words.
He finally understood how this young man had been able to force a Corpse Dissolving Immortal into a desperate situation in a head-on confrontation.
’To use a Secret Technique to elevate one’s True Qi to such a degree... it’s terrifying!’
The next moment.
BOOM!!
With a shift of his feet, Yi Beidou’s form blurred, and he struck the testing device before him with a single palm.
The entire floor shook violently, as if a speeding car had slammed into the device. The instantaneous shockwave nearly knocked several of the Kyoto University students off their feet.
The instrument captured the immense impact force and magnetic field fluctuations, and the numbers on the display began to jump rapidly.
113.
Seeing this number, Professor Fan and the others couldn’t help but gasp.
Based on their data, a person who had just entered the Saint Realm should have a Mana value between 30 and 40, yet this person’s instantaneous burst had reached 113?!
That was almost triple the output of a newly ascended Saint!
It was completely beyond reason!
’That guy has also improved a lot recently.’ Zhou Qingchen, however, wasn’t surprised that Yi Beidou had achieved such a number.
She had fought alongside Yi Beidou before and had a grasp of his true capabilities. She knew his physical body was powerful and his True Intent was as vast as the sea. Most importantly, when empowered by that Secret Technique, he had even managed to forcibly shatter a Corpse Dissolving Immortal’s Jade and Stone Shattering technique.
Now that some time had passed, it was clear his understanding of True Qi had deepened. The power of his Secret Technique had grown, yet its side effects were diminishing.
"My god, it’s a good thing I listened to your advice and didn’t use my Lifebound Soldiers to probe his strength," Zhong Ang couldn’t help but say to Zhou Qingchen.
"His aura generates its own light, real and substantial. The younger generation is truly formidable," Wang Zhihuo remarked with a sigh.
Meanwhile, Li Wenhao and Mu Ruoyun stared at the number on the screen, a bit dazed.
The number they had achieved with great effort was just a fraction of his score, and he was a young man of about their own age.
The sense of defeat was indescribable.
Meng Qianyuan and the others, however, were not particularly surprised. To them, such a result was only natural for Yi Beidou.
Yi Beidou reined in his vital energy, his body returning to its normal size. He removed the testing equipment and walked out of the room.
He, for his part, felt nothing about the score.
’Data is just data, after all. In a real battle, shifts in one’s Heart Intent and the environment could cause that number to change drastically. I’m just a little stronger than an ordinary Saint when it comes to raw power and Heart Intent, that’s all.’
’Take Zhou Qingchen, for example. Her score might be lower than mine, but in a true life-and-death fight, on the right terrain, she could very well gain the upper hand.’
’And even if she couldn’t gain the upper hand, I couldn’t kill her. She was innately invincible.’
’That was something these cold instruments could never calculate.’
"Elder Zhong, would you like to give it a try?" Tao Zihong asked, turning to Zhong Ang.
"No, no. The young people these days are too ferocious. You should let us old folks save some face," Zhong Ang said with a dismissive wave and a laugh.