Defying Heaven's Roar?
That name sounds so domineering!
From within the forging furnace, a shield took shape—entirely rhombus-shaped, its surface matte black with a cold metallic sheen, composed of numerous diamond-shaped fragments seamlessly inlaid together. It silently floated outward.
With a flick of his wrist, Su Xiaobai held Defying Heaven's Roar in his hand.
Its chilling aura, smooth texture, and every polished detail exuded perfection.
With a thought, Su Xiaobai attempted to connect with the psychic shield using his mental power. The moment he touched it, his mind was instantly drawn in, completely enveloping the psychic shield. He could sense even the tiniest details with absolute clarity!
"These seams… So that's how it works!"
"The entire psychic shield is composed of 108 identical diamond-shaped fragments, which means that as long as my mental power is strong enough, I can instantly split it into 108 individual pieces and control them at will!"
Su Xiaobai gently flicked his finger.
The psychic shield immediately disassembled, transforming into exactly 108 identical diamond-shaped fragments that hovered in the air.
Under Su Xiaobai's control, they swirled around him like a school of fish, twisting and turning… Each fragment seemed to come alive.
However, a closer look revealed that the four edges of each fragment were razor-sharp, sharp enough to slice through the throat of a Martial Commander-level expert with just a single stroke!
And if these fragments were further reinforced with the mental power of a Psychic Master, along with the penetrating force of momentum, their lethality could be amplified tenfold!
Yet, Su Xiaobai also realized a difficulty.
"Controlling 108 pieces for practice is fine, but if I truly want to wield all 108 as weapons, attacking from multiple angles simultaneously… with my current level of mental power control, it's completely impossible!"
Su Xiaobai had encountered the limits of his mental power.
It was like the famous 'Ambidextrous Combat' technique—trying to write two different words with both hands at the same time was extremely difficult. If you focused on one hand, the other would inevitably pause.
Of course, mere dual-tasking was easy for a Psychic Master like Su Xiaobai.
But controlling 108 things at once? That was the real challenge!
"Right now… I can only flexibly control up to eight fragments at most!"
In other words, Su Xiaobai's current upper limit was eight simultaneous controls. If he tried to control even one more fragment, his combat effectiveness would drastically decline!
After all, he had only recently advanced to become a Psychic Master.
How could he possibly master such perfect and powerful control right from the start?
With more time spent auto-cultivating, breaking through a few more realms, or acquiring a few more mental power techniques… by then, controlling 108 fragments would be easy, and even 1,008 wouldn't be a problem!
"But for now, I don't need to refine my multi-tasking ability to that extent… As long as I can precisely control one piece, that's enough!"
Su Xiaobai's eyes gleamed.
A Psychic Master was his hidden trump card, a secret weapon meant to be revealed only at the critical moment.
And at that moment, one perfectly controlled fragment was enough to kill the enemy instantly!
This was the terrifying power of dual cultivation in psychic and martial arts.
Just when the opponent thought they had won, their throat would suddenly be slit open… By the time they realized what happened, it would be too late!
"Now that my Psychic Mastery is established, and my One-Click Cultivation Space has reached Level 20, there's no real need to push it further… But my One-Click Practice Function is at Level 19, and I can unlock the fifth training slot once it reaches Level 20!"
"System, upgrade the One-Click Training Space!" Su Xiaobai commanded immediately.
"Deducting 104.8576 billion spirit coins, One-Click Practice Space upgraded to Level 20. Time acceleration increased from 524,288x to 1,048,576x!"
"Ding! One-Click Practice Space upgraded to Level 20. A new function has been unlocked: [Fivefold Training]!"
"[Fivefold Training]—Unlocks an additional training slot, allowing simultaneous training of five techniques!"
Hearing that over 100 billion had just been deducted, Su Xiaobai couldn't help but feel a pang of pain.
The higher the level, the more absurd the cost.
Casually spending hundreds of billions of spirit coins—this was an amount that even a Martial Commander would need years to accumulate!
But for the sake of growing stronger, a mere hundred billion was nothing!
Besides, it wasn't even his own money.
Just killing a few enemies here and there, and the funds poured in effortlessly—his income was practically like money raining from the sky!
"I just spent 1.5 trillion in total… After adding up what I still have left, I can barely scrape together 1.3 trillion…"
"Let's upgrade Auto Hunting by two levels, One-Click Alchemy to Level 10, and Auto Mining to Level 5!"
"After all that, my funds will be almost gone."
Su Xiaobai had already calculated the cost of every system function at each level and immediately issued the upgrade commands.
"Deducting 23.6196 billion, Auto Hunting upgraded to Level 11. Shadow clones increased to 11!"
"Deducting 70.8588 billion, Auto Hunting upgraded to Level 12. Shadow clones increased to 12!"
"Deducting 1.7496 billion, One-Click Alchemy upgraded to Level 8. Maximum pill grade increased to [Lower King Grade]!"
"Deducting 5.2488 billion, One-Click Alchemy upgraded to Level 9. Maximum pill grade increased to [Middle King Grade]!"
"Deducting 15.7464 billion, One-Click Alchemy upgraded to Level 10. Maximum pill grade increased to [Upper King Grade]!"
"Ding! One-Click Alchemy upgraded to Level 10. A new function has been unlocked: [Multiplication 2]!"
"[Multiplication 2]—Upon successful pill refinement, the output will be doubled!"
A smile appeared on Su Xiaobai's face.
With this multiplication effect, his alchemy yield would now be quadrupled!
That meant, moving forward, one furnace of pills would equal four, and every single one would be of perfect quality!
The profit… just thinking about it was exhilarating!
"Deducting 4 billion, Auto Mining upgraded to Level 5. Number of mining gremlins increased to 5!" Follow current novels on ⓝovelFire.net
"Ding! Auto Mining upgraded to Level 5. A new function has been unlocked: [Rapid Mining]!"
"[Rapid Mining]—Doubles the efficiency of mining gremlins!"
With Rapid Mining, Su Xiaobai's metal ore income would double, and his chances of discovering rare mineral veins would also double—another massive revenue boost!
"Now that I've upgraded everything to this point… it's time to take a trip to the Otherworld!"
Su Xiaobai gazed into the distance.
The Otherworld was only a few dozen kilometers away from his location—a place filled with unimaginable dangers and terrifying creatures, but also boundless opportunities.
His purpose in coming to Base 15 was precisely to explore the Otherworld!
Of course, he wouldn't stay there for too long… until he truly became a Martial King, he wouldn't venture too deep. Otherwise, who knew what deadly threats awaited?
Only by playing it safe could he stay strong and thrive.
As Su Xiaobai's thoughts wandered—
"Ding! 'Thousand Miles to the West' has reached the beginner level!"