Chapter 126: Heavenly Tribulation! You Are Truly a Monster!
After the meeting ended, Bai Yu went to cultivate.
Five in the afternoon.
Cultivation Room.
【 Obtained Golden Fragment *1】
“Phew~ I’ve gotten two golden fragments so far, right?”
“Yeah, it’s been over twenty days since I got the Golden Finger, so statistically, this is about right!”
Bai Yu felt extremely refreshed after this cultivation session.
He could now sense the primary function of the acupoints he had opened: storing Spiritual Energy.
He had opened over eighty acupoints.
The Cultivation Technique he was currently using was naturally the one he obtained when he first became a Transcendent.
《 Myriad Laws Origin: The Genesis and Evolution of Cultivation Systems》
“This Cultivation Technique was released on January 1, 2045, which is about seven or eight years from now.”
“Even though it’s a technique from much later, after extensive improvements, its biggest flaw is that its original intention was to allow the masses to quickly enter the path of cultivation, not to prepare for the path of the strongest!”
“Based on my current perception, this Cultivation Technique can probably only open about 120-130 acupoints. I’ve already opened over eighty, and according to this technique, that’s already the mid-to-late stage of the Qi Gathering Realm. I’m so amazing!”
“But the Group Leader had around 155-160 acupoints when he advanced to the Spirit Yuan Realm! The known limit seems to be 180!”
“A mere one hundred and twenty to thirty is definitely not my limit.”
“I just wonder if Old Yuan or the top Treasure Vault has any Cultivation Techniques I need. If I transmigrate and don’t get a top-tier Cultivation Technique, it won’t be perfect!”
“However, I’ll take it one step at a time. If I truly want to obtain a top-tier Cultivation Technique, the difficulty won’t be too high; it’s just a matter of time. I can completely see what good things the Intelligence can bring.”
After cultivating, he felt full of strength! He had a feeling he wanted to find a place to release all this power.
He glanced out the window and suddenly noticed that it was dim outside, as if night had fallen.
At this moment, Bai Ling’s voice rang out, “Brother Bai Yu, the weather today is perfect for your Body Tempering. Do you need Ling’er to summon lightning?”
Bai Yu walked to the window and looked at the gloomy sky.
This weather was indeed good for him!
“There’s a major operation tomorrow night. Regardless of whether it breaks out into a fight, Body Tempering in advance to strengthen myself can only be beneficial.”
Causing a big commotion in the city would inevitably lead to some trouble, so he could only contact his Group Leader.
The information he received was that Sister Wanqing had scouted a better location: the Jianghai Freight Group’s building by the wharf!
That area was mostly warehouses and factories, with very few residential areas nearby.
The Jianghai Freight Group building was one of the few tall buildings in the area, with numerous lightning rods on the roof. Lightning often gathered there, making it look like a Tribulation.
It would also be a good opportunity to scout the situation in advance.
It felt like venturing into a tiger’s den.
However, after a moment of thought, Bai Yu decided to go!
Building Rooftop.
“Rumble~”
“Rumble rumble~”
Rain fell rapidly, and lightning flashed.
Pedestrians on the road began to hurry, wanting to get home as quickly as possible.
The workers in the building where he was located also began to leave work.
However, the forklifts handling containers were still operating continuously.
The lights at the wharf were lit, and the gantry cranes began to operate.
In the midst of the rainstorm, the human touch.
This continued for a full hour, during which Bai Yu summoned lightning thirteen times.
And he could be sure that his Spiritual Art – Heavenly Thunder Summon, had been mastered!
This ability was somewhat like guiding free charges in the air, releasing the lightning attribute Spiritual Energy in the air to form Heavenly Thunder! Its destructive power was extremely immense.
This Heavenly Thunder didn’t necessarily descend from a thousand meters high; if the environment was suitable, it was possible to create thunder from flat ground without any problem.
Not bad!
On the rooftop.
Bai Yu sat cross-legged, terrifying lightning crackling around him. A faint white light flickered in his eyes as he looked up at the sky again.
“Rumble rumble~!”
An extremely thick white bolt of lightning struck down, landing on the rooftop, and on Bai Yu.
It could be vaguely seen that the lightning entered his body, flowed through his meridians, and then dissipated and disappeared in various acupoints.
And under the tempering of the lightning, Bai Yu’s skin looked tough and firm, full of strength, with a slight sheen.
“My strength should be at least 800 kilograms now, right? Almost a ton!”
“And my skin’s defense is definitely far beyond that of normal cultivators. I just don’t know how high my Spiritual Energy is.”
Below the building.
Li Yunbin and the others were naturally watching the scene of rolling thunder.
Zhao Bin looked at the data monitoring screen and said, “The Heavenly Thunder just now had very sufficient energy. One lightning bolt is equivalent to 100-200 kilowatt-hours of electricity. Bai Yu’s absorption rate reached about 15%.”
“The amount of energy his body can contain is truly terrifying! And this is only the mid-to-late stage of the Qi Gathering Realm. When he opens as many acupoints as we have, he’ll probably be even more terrifying!”
“Haha~ Captain, feeling the pressure?”
This last question was asked by Jiang Chen.
Although he was usually quite low-key, he was actually the second strongest in the team, with a cultivation slightly lower than Qin Wanqing, placing him third.
Currently, he was also considering advancing to the Spirit Yuan Realm, especially since Director Yang had just announced the Spirit Yuan Realm cultivation plan at noon today! This ignited his fighting spirit.
Li Yunbin replied quite casually, “The Sword Dao lies in the sword heart, in the sword intent. It grows stronger when facing stronger opponents, not in ordinary competition. If all of you can surpass me in cultivation, then that’s good too.”
The ultimate Sword Dao was naturally to become invincible within the same realm.
However, there were always people better than you, and heavens beyond heavens. Li Yunbin did not possess that level of sword heart for the time being.
“Except for that monster Bai Yu, we probably have no hope of surpassing the Captain. And he’s only been growing for less than a month! He’s too damn terrifying! He’ll probably be promoted to the General Bureau in the future. Will we end up working for him like we always joke about? I feel like this kid genuinely wants to be our superior!”
“His displayed abilities warrant it. Actually, besides the Martial Arts Class matter, I’ve also heard…”
“Heard what?”
“Never mind, you’ll know later.”
“…Captain, you’ve become bad too!”
At this moment, Bai Yu walked downstairs and got into the car.
“Hehe~ Impressive, right?”
“Very!”
“Sister Feifei, how about…”
“No!”
“I haven’t even said what I was going to say. I was going to ask if you wanted a more advanced Qi Gathering method.”
“??? Can I become this powerful if I learn it?”
“Not necessarily. After all, I’m a one-in-a-million genius. But since you don’t want it, then forget it.”
“Hmph!”
After acting tsundere for a while, she asked, “Is there really one?”
“No.”
When he obtained new cultivation methods, he could share them.
This was something from eight years in the future! He couldn’t let it go to waste.
That would be a true waste!
On the way back.
Bai Ling also flew back.
‘How’s the work going?’
‘Everything is arranged according to what Brother Bai Yu said!’
‘Good, then that’s even better!’
After the soul communication, Bai Yu took out his Second Page.
Ever since he absorbed a large amount of Evil Qi, his Second Page had been greatly strengthened.
For example, Tracking Technique, which might have originally required a certain range and a flash to slowly find a target.
But now, he only needed to inject Spiritual Energy into it and activate Tracking Technique to identify similar energies in the vicinity.
Similar energies!
Besides the energies of Vampire Clan Modified Beings and Black Demon Monsters, he had had enough time recently to record the energies of Dark Creatures, Lizardmen, and even more Alien Races!
Of course, this didn’t mean that after recording them, he could find all creatures with similar energies.
However, he could get a general idea of the number of monsters with similar attributes in a certain area.
He injected Spiritual Energy and sensed carefully. His heart became a little nervous, but more so excited!
“Did you find anything?”
“Black Demon Monsters and Dark Creatures, the numbers are over a hundred. The others are more scattered, perhaps they haven’t arrived yet.”
“Over a hundred Black Demon Monsters?”
“Yes!”
Bai Yu hadn’t expected that despite dealing with so many Black Blood Disease patients.
There were still so many hidden!
“They might be subordinates of Black Demon Warriors. Tomorrow night will be a tough battle, but we are just observers.”
Time ticked by. After finishing dinner, Bai Yu and the others went on their regular patrol and began handling various cases.
Even with a major operation tomorrow night, they couldn’t act too obviously.
Of course, the Alien Race side definitely knew they were planning something.
This was because the Investigation Bureau had provided clear information.
The anonymous accusation letter from this morning was submitted by Dark Creatures!!!
Clearly, the Alien Races, such as the Vampire Clan and Dark Creatures, also had their own plans. They wanted to draw the Human Race’s Transcendent beings into the game.
The Investigation Bureau seemed to be walking into this trap openly, but they definitely had other strategies.
After all, the Investigation Bureau knew about the other inheritors of the Black Lotus Flower petals.
And before today, Professor Yuan Guofeng wasn’t even very clear about the matter of the Twelve Petals!
Wu Yifei was lying in the hospital, right before everyone’s eyes, yet they didn’t know he was an inheritor of a Black Lotus Flower petal!
How could the Alien Races have predicted that the officials not only suddenly knew about the Black Lotus Flower petals but also knew about more targets?
The officials would likely bet heavily on this battle, right?
Eleven at night.
Cultivation Room.
Bai Yu had returned half an hour ago and came here to train.
Jiang Chen was planning to advance to the Spirit Yuan Realm soon, so he was also training very diligently.
He was also cultivating here at the moment.
Jiang Chen glanced at Bai Yu, who was testing his punching power on the memory stone.
With a ‘bang’, Bai Yu’s right fist, gathering lightning, struck into the black stone.
The depth was about twenty centimeters.
This was equivalent to an explosive force of over 1500 kilograms. This was explosive power, not physical strength; they were different.
The black stone was also very magical; after being attacked, it slowly returned to its original state.
Jiang Chen couldn’t help but ask curiously, “By the way, have you tested your Spiritual Arts recently?”
Bai Yu knew that Jiang Chen was essentially a fighter at heart.
Asking this clearly showed he was itching for a fight.
“Brother Chen, want to spar?”
“Sure! Let’s try.”
Arriving in front of the testing wall, Jiang Chen felt a little nervous.
He suddenly asked, “Right, have you tested your Spiritual Energy?”
“I tested it when I got back. 3658.”
About twenty days ago, when he first joined the Investigation Bureau, his data was 698.
“An increase of about 150 per day. You’re a monster!”
“By the way, the Group Leader said his data was 18,000 when he advanced. Brother Chen, what about yours?”
“12,800, data from over ten days ago. It should be around 13,000 now. I’m nearing my limit. With some resources, I might reach 14,000, which should be enough.”
“The Qi Gathering Realm is just the starting phase. Brother Jiang Chen’s foundation is already excellent!”
“Hahaha~ You’re trying to comfort me now. I’m not that fragile, don’t worry.”
Saying this, Jiang Chen took a deep breath and said, “Alright, let’s begin! I’ll go first.”
The Spiritual Arts Jiang Chen practiced mainly included fist techniques, palm techniques, and also leg techniques and movement techniques.
These moves were somewhat similar to the Ancient Martial Arts system.
However, he wasn’t considered part of the Ancient Martial Arts system because Jiang Chen’s attacks were energy-based, not energy attached to the body for close-quarters combat.
It was mainly because his physique wasn’t tempered strongly enough.
Jiang Chen began to gather power in his right fist, retracting it to his waist. Dozens of fist shadows appeared in front of him.
And that wasn’t the end!
Behind those fist shadows, a cyan figure appeared, seemingly also gathering power.
The fist mark energy lingering in the air was constantly trembling!
Seeing this, Bai Yu also became serious.
This was considered Jiang Chen’s own Dao, his fist intent, and so on.
Director Yang had once said that the Sixth Realm, the Dharma Phase Realm, was the union of the soul and the body, reaching the legendary state of unity between heaven and man!
The figure at this moment was in sync with Jiang Chen’s movements, which could be considered a nascent form.
Of course, it was still far from it, that was certain.
Sometimes, even with just a thin membrane separating them, some people could never break through it in their entire lives.
Moreover, the current cultivation paths could be considered somewhat skewed and unorthodox.
But ultimately, they were all moving towards the Great Dao.
Different paths leading to the same destination.
When Jiang Chen’s power gathering reached its limit.
“Illusionary Spirit Fist!”
Instantly, dozens of fist marks rained down, ceaseless.
Vast amounts of energy left traces on the gray special stone wall.
The numbers on the screen beside them flickered continuously.
The attack lasted for a full half a minute!
The instrument took a full two minutes to tally the final data.
Finally, the data settled at:
【 Destructive Power: Level 13.7-16.2
Energy Level: 1500-2000】
This time, it was Bai Yu’s turn to be shocked.
In terms of power, it was only 1.5 levels lower than the combat sword dao data of the Captain during his Qi Gathering Realm period.
The key was the Energy Level!
Being able to mobilize about 10% of one’s Spiritual Energy was considered very powerful.
Calculated at the upper limit, it was already 15%.
At this moment, Jiang Chen proactively said, “Don’t be too surprised. That might have been due to some fighting spirit that caused such an outburst.”
“In the Qi Gathering Realm, I might never be able to do it a second time. And charging up for so long isn’t practical!”
Bai Yu grumbled, “Meow meow meow, Sister Feifei used to suppress me, and now that I’ve finally risen, you’re here again!”
“If I had known, I would have asked Sister Feifei to test me.”
He still remembered Liu Feifei’s data from back then:
【 Destructive Power: Level 12.2-14.4
Energy Level: 800-1100】
And his data from three tests were:
【 Destructive Power: Level 3.5-4.8
Energy Level: 50-80】
【 Destructive Power: Level 5.6-6.9
Energy Level: 100-120】
【 Destructive Power: Level 8.1-10.2
Energy Level: 80-100】
Each session was stronger than the last.
He was fully confident in surpassing his previous data!
But at this moment, a voice came from the doorway.
“You guy are talking bad about me behind my back again!”
He knew it was Liu Feifei from the voice.
Bai Yu looked over awkwardly and explained, “No way! I was just talking about testing strength.”
At this moment, Liu Feifei happened to see the numbers on the screen and her eyes widened, “This, this is your data? Maybe you should go to the hospital for a check-up tomorrow. I think the biological laboratory would be very interested.”
“…It’s Brother Jiang Chen’s.”
“Oh, oh.”
But then she realized that Jiang Chen’s data was also unusual!
“Ah?”
“You two are both monsters!”
“Sister Feifei, I’m going to test now. Do you want to leave?”
Liu Feifei covered her eyes with her hands and said, “I won’t look! I won’t look!”
However, she still peeked through her fingers.
Bai Yu smiled, then walked to the testing area, took out the Scepter of Thunder, and took a deep breath.
This time, he would use multiple Spiritual Arts simultaneously!
Taking a deep breath, his Third Page appeared, wrapping around his right wrist.
In reality, his current capacity to bear lightning was already very strong.
But with the Third Page, he could be even stronger! It also came with a Body Tempering effect.
Dazzling lightning surged out, and a Thunder Domain appeared around Bai Yu.
Within the Thunder Domain, Palm Lightning floated in the air one after another.
This was the fourth ability of Palm Lightning: Quantity!
It also came with the third ability, Explosion!
The next moment, his Second Page appeared, and three Gungnirs quickly condensed.
And among these Spiritual Arts, lightning occasionally flashed like thunder. This was Bai Yu’s minor application of Heavenly Thunder Summon.
When these attacks were unleashed, they would even carry a faint Heavenly Thunder Summon effect, striking the enemy with lightning.
After accumulating power for a full half a minute.
Three Gungnirs, twenty-eight Lightning Balls, and over forty Heavenly Thunder Summons!
With a “boom~!”
Terrifying thunder raged within the 200-square-meter training room, and the surrounding walls rapidly absorbed the scattered Spiritual Energy.
Finally, the instrument beside them settled.
【 Destructive Power: Level 12.5-16.8
Energy Level: 1200-1500】
“You, you guy are truly a monster!!!”
Bai Yu was also extremely excited after seeing the test data.
“Hahaha~! Tell me, am I amazing or not?”
The upper limit was definitely caused by the Gungnirs, slightly higher than Jiang Chen’s, but the lower limit was also slightly lower.
He himself hadn’t expected to be this terrifying!
Feeling smug internally, he said humbly, “In a real fight, I wouldn’t have this much time to accumulate attacks, would I?”
“And I’m using the Scepter of Thunder, which is beyond my current level, to achieve this. When I reach the Spirit Yuan Realm, the effect of the Scepter of Thunder will be much weaker.”
Pure Versailles.
Jiang Chen just smiled and sighed.
He had gained something tonight.
With such a monster in the team stimulating him, it was hard not to improve!
Moreover, he had brought so much performance.
“By the way, Captain, have you tested your data after reaching the half-step Spirit Yuan Realm?”
Liu Feifei pouted and said, “Level 16.8-20.1.”
“??? Only half-step Spirit Yuan Realm and already close to the upper limit of the Spirit Yuan Realm!? Simply monstrous!”
“…The Captain’s sword is also a treasure, okay? The Captain usually fights quite low-key. And you, you big monster, have the nerve to call the Captain a monster!”
Bai Yu directly ignored his Versailles remarks and asked, “Low-key?”
“Yes. The Captain always holds back some strength and watches us.”
“It seems coming to the Seventh Group was indeed my good fortune!”
After this test, Bai Yu was naturally in a good mood! Happily returning to his room, he drank a bowl of Ten Spirit Nourishing Soup and ate a few Spiritual Items.
He then quietly cultivated his luck, waiting for the Intelligence that would arrive after midnight.
