Chapter 225: Great Battle Against Ye Lingxiao

Chapter 225: The Great Battle Against Ye Lingxiao

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Bang!

As Zhang Yu's footsteps grew heavier, his flesh and blood subtly swelled a full circle, bursting forth waves of heat.

With each subsequent step, his entire musculature expanded like rubber being inflated.

Bang, bang, bang, bang...

After nine consecutive strides, the expert-level Whale Sinew Nine Transformations, maxed at level 10, was fully activated, making Zhang Yu resemble a whale breaching the ocean surface. As his blood and qi surged wildly, his stature shot up to 2.8 meters.

At the same time, level 10 Blood Exchange Art, level 10 Five Qi Organ Refining Method, level 10 True Body Stabilization Art, level 10 Ice-Fire Body Forging Technique... one after another, his body-tempering techniques were pushed to their limits, fully mobilizing his physical strength.

And as his physical power was frantically summoned, the Mystic Armor Spirit Root, still in testing mode, seemed stimulated, its power surging abruptly.

10.55%!

As the power exceeded 10%, the spirit mechanism force field activated, and Zhang Yu felt a faint connection with the spirit mechanisms within dozens of meters around him, as if a single punch could reach any corner of that radius.

30.89%!

The moment power surpassed 30%, the Mystic Armor Barrier suddenly ignited, forming a light shield that enveloped Zhang Yu's body.

The power continued to climb!

31.51%!

41.15%!

This was not yet the limit. Sensing the fierce operation of Zhang Yu's physical form, the divine root's power could still increase.

But as the divine root's power grew, Zhang Yu did not stop. He directly activated the second ability derived from his Martial Dao Sacred Fetus: Overload!

Boom!

The blood and qi within him seemed to ignite in that instant, exploding with a thunderous roar!

Blood and qi surged like a tsunami, erupted like a volcano!

With the Overload ability activated, every muscle, tendon, and organ in Zhang Yu's body entered a state of overdrive.

Correspondingly, under the push of this overloaded physique, each active technique was forcibly elevated beyond its original limits.

A series of crisp cracking sounds came from within Zhang Yu, and his already 2.8-meter-tall frame swelled again, shooting up to 3.3 meters in one breath.

Roar!

With a fierce shout, the blood flow driven by level 10 Blood Exchange Art accelerated once more, racing through Zhang Yu's veins like a raging mudslide.

The level 10 Five Qi Organ Refining Method, under Overload, churned his five viscera with ferocious intensity, like barrels of gasoline, unleashing unprecedented visceral power.

And the level 10 Ice-Fire Body Forging Technique, under Overload, continuously raised his temperature, evaporating his sweat and shrouding his body in layers of mist-like steam.

This Overload state instantly skyrocketed the divine root's power!

60.1%!

The moment the divine root's power surpassed 60%, a brilliant light blazed in Zhang Yu's eyes. He felt the spirit mechanisms in the air suddenly take on color, and he could even see the traces they left behind in the air as he moved and the divine root operated.

Huang Zichou exclaimed, "Once the divine root breaks through 60% power, it can activate the spirit mechanism detection function, scanning opponents, tracking enemy traces, and observing martial arts and Dao techniques through changes in the air's spirit mechanisms..."

Before Huang Zichou could finish, Zhang Yu's divine root power continued to surge, reaching 85.11% in an instant!

89.83%!

90.05%!

A soft hum sounded.

Streams of spirit mechanisms converged behind Zhang Yu's head, first forming a crimson halo. Then, as the halo spun, it emitted waves of heat and howling, gradually transforming into a fiery dragon.

Huang Zichou quickly added, "At 90% power, you can unleash the Mystic Armor Flame Dragon, condensing the positive spirit mechanisms in the atmosphere into a dragon of fire at over a thousand degrees."

"The dragon's temperature is contained but not released, its power controllable, and it moves with the will..."

With a mere thought from Zhang Yu, the Mystic Armor Flame Dragon circled around him once.

He could feel that the flame dragon was like an extension of his own body, dancing flexibly around him at his mental command, striking wherever he aimed.

And as Zhang Yu's divine root power skyrocketed in that instant, Ye Lingxiao, standing nearby, was stunned at first, then began to strive fiercely.

"Good, good, good—this is the opponent worthy of the Foundation Establishment Exam, not wasting my preparations over the past period."

One body-tempering technique after another was ferociously activated by Ye Lingxiao. Though his divine root power did not surge as fast as Zhang Yu's, it never stopped, steadily climbing step by step.

But when he saw Zhang Yu activate Overload, causing his divine root power to accelerate even more dramatically, even Ye Lingxiao, the proud son of Xiandu, changed his expression slightly.

Such power...

Such might...

He had never seen anything like it in any Xiandu high school student.

Except himself!

"This guy—taking his medicine so slowly earlier wasn't giving up the match, but preparing, wasn't it?"

A grim smile curled at the corner of Ye Lingxiao's mouth. "Excellent. It's precisely by defeating such a formidable foe in front of so many university representatives that I can highlight my own worth."

With that, Ye Lingxiao pulled a box of capsules from his pocket.

These were the Dao Dissolution Slow-Release Capsules he had participated in developing over the past three months.

Of course, by now, the drug had been renamed Spirit Division Pill.

As the capsule entered his stomach, it was quickly absorbed and digested by Ye Lingxiao, turning into a torrent of medicinal power that crashed into his brain.

At the same time, the mental technique in his mind shifted, running a specialized method tailored for the Spirit Division Pill.

Ever since the previous round of the Foundation Establishment Exam, when he had sensed the peculiar side effects of the Dao Dissolution Slow-Release Capsules, Ye Lingxiao had become intensely interested. In the time since, he had participated in developing this drug, aiming to harness its side effects to further unlock his own potential.

The bad news was... these side effects were extremely difficult to utilize and develop, and they were not yet marketable.

The good news was... by operating multiple level-10 techniques, Ye Lingxiao could use this drug to push his physical form into a super-limit state.

Boom!

The moment the medicinal power struck his mind, Ye Lingxiao felt his consciousness split in two, as if another self had appeared in his head.

But both were him, both were Ye Lingxiao, and with the targeted mental technique running, they now jointly manipulated his physical form.

"The sheer number of techniques I possess—no high school student in the entire Kunxu Layer 1 can rival me."

"But no matter how many techniques I have, with my current mind and will, the number I can operate simultaneously is always limited."

Such an ocean of techniques, held within Ye Lingxiao's body, was like his immortal Dao potential—always constrained in its expression.

"But when my mind gains an extra layer, when another me appears in my brain..."

In that moment, different parts of Ye Lingxiao's body began running different techniques.

Muscles, fascia, bones, organs... the number of techniques he operated instantly doubled.

This allowed every part of his body to circulate more suitable techniques, unleashing physical potential with greater precision and refinement.

This divided spirit might be poison to others.

But to Ye Lingxiao, it was a divine medicine capable of releasing the countless techniques within him.

Boom!

This single adjustment of physical power directly stimulated the spirit root's output to surge repeatedly; following Zhang Yu, Ye Lingxiao's spirit root output soon surpassed 90% as well!

In the blinding blaze, a fire dragon was born from the spiritual mechanism, hovering behind Ye Lingxiao's head like a ring of flame.

But seeing the dazed look on Ye Lingxiao's face, Huang Zichou frowned and said, "Ye Lingxiao, are you alright?"

Ye Lingxiao laughed heartily. "What could be wrong with me? Just taking some medicine—I'm definitely fine. I only have a little problem with my head, after all, I took the medicine. Just taking medicine—how could there be a problem?"

Although the divided spirit could greatly unleash Ye Lingxiao's potential, because his brain had to maintain an extra layer of thought to control his body, it left him slightly deficient in other mental faculties.

Huang Zichou furrowed his brow. Though he couldn't understand what the other was saying, since it didn't affect the match, he let it be.

As both Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao's spirit root outputs crossed 90%, the rate of increase gradually slowed.

The two exchanged glances, their battle intent flaring—both excited and tense.

Zhang Yu: "This guy... sure enough, he's improved a lot since three months ago!"

Ye Lingxiao: "This guy! Who is he?! Anyway... no one can surpass me!"

With fierce fighting spirit, they began to mobilize their physical strength even further.

Zhang Yu let out a fierce shout, and all idle flesh and blood in his body started circulating the Dragon-Elephant Collapsing Mountain Palm.

93.3%

Ye Lingxiao took a deep breath, a faint flush spreading across his cheeks, and executed an explosively violent boxing technique.

95.61%

In overload mode, hidden injuries kept surfacing within Zhang Yu—fine cracks in his bones, minor damage to his organs, inflammation erupting in the tiniest fibers of his muscles... but soon, under the effect of the Martial Dao Sacred Fetus, these minute wounds continuously healed.

He was like an engine running beyond its limits, being repaired even as it charged forward wildly.

Zhang Yu roared inwardly: "I must become stronger! I must become richer! I must have... freedom!"

"I want to join the Top Ten with A Zhen... and with Sister!"

"I will definitely obtain the Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate!"

98.17%

Ye Lingxiao's perfect bloodline was pushed to its limits like never before; under the secretion of various hormones, his body suppressed all pain and injury, constantly unleashing his peak performance.

His mind could no longer form words, but one thought grew fiercer and more turbulent.

If someone were to summarize it, it would probably be: "I refuse to rot here on the first level of Kunxu."

"Representatives of the universities!"

"All of you, watch closely!"

"As geniuses of Kunxu's first level, our talent, our will... will never lose to those above!"

100%!

Boom!

As the two men's spirit roots successively reached 100% output, two gales erupted from their bodies almost simultaneously, transforming into whirlwinds that coiled around their feet.

Huang Zichou said calmly, "Xuanjia Divine Wind—the ability granted when the Xuanjia Spirit Root reaches 100% output. It allows low-altitude gliding and high-speed movement, and can be combined with the Xuanjia Flame Dragon for wind-and-fire attacks..."

But Huang Zichou could sense that few in the audience were still listening to his explanation of the Xuanjia Spirit Root's effects.

The representatives of the various universities all stared intently at the two figures on the examination field.

(End of this chapter)