Winnie covered her mouth as if afraid of disturbing the dreamlike scenery.
After a while, she suddenly closed her eyes, her words carrying an undeniable shock, "How did the concentration of Light Element around us suddenly start to soar so rapidly?"
Eileen also appeared surprised. "I feel it too. Meditating in this kind of environment should greatly improve the effects."
"This must be Lord's masterpiece," said Winnie.
"To think that in an instant, the Source Qi concentration in the air increased by several layers. I had heard before that it takes Rune Masters and Array Masters a long time to craft a Rune Array that gathers Source Qi. I've been told that the area affected by such a Rune Array isn't very large."
"And the effects of Lord's creation are just too strong. I really don't know how Lord did it."
Eileen's gaze lingered dreamily, looking down at the figure below.
It took a moment before she spoke, "Lord occasionally produces things beyond our imagination; you'll gradually get used to it. Compared with these, the fact that Lord summoned us to this world is even more incredible."
"We are very lucky to be able to come here."
She had heard of Rune Arrays, but the method of summoning people from another world was unheard of.
Before today, she couldn't even dare to imagine that another world existed.
Reflecting on her recent encounters and everything she had seen now.
A smile appeared on Winnie's face.
To come here was indeed very fortunate.
Inside the vacation villa, many survivors were pushing carts and transporting materials.
Under the sweltering heat, they were all drenched in sweat.
Knowing that work was hard to come by, they did not complain, but sometimes felt this hellish weather was nearly unbearable.
It was getting hotter and hotter.
But suddenly, they felt the temperature seemed to have dropped quite a bit, even feeling somewhat cool.
The weariness from their work also seemed to have subsided significantly in that instant.
At the hiring center.
Awakeners, as well as some ordinary people with combat experience, were signing up for the Patrol Team assessment.
Suddenly, everyone paused.
Everyone was somewhat puzzled.
That instant gave them an inexplicable feeling.
It was as if they felt refreshed, their whole being more spirited, and their bodies seemingly stronger as well.
Shay took a deep breath, stepped out of the villa of the hiring center, and looked in the direction of the castle with a surprised expression.
Many other Awakeners also came out, looking around.
One of the Iron Hammer Brothers slapped his thigh forcefully. "I feel it! It's coming from that direction, that comfortable sensation!"
The other Awakeners looked towards the same direction.
The stronger one's abilities were, the clearer the sensation.
Finally, someone looking in that direction had a realization, "I know now, it's Director Tang stirring up something big again!"
Lord Tang, who had stirred up something big, admitted he hadn't expected it either.
To build a structure and end up causing such a commotion.
He could only say that a building worth twenty thousand Source Crystals really was different, even the special effects.
"Fortunately, this thing is built in the castle garden, otherwise it would have been wasted."
After the construction was finished, he had roughly figured out how the Energy Patio worked. It simply absorbed the Source Qi from the world, gathering it together to provide energy for the Territory.
Naturally, the closer one was to the Energy Patio, the higher the concentration of Source Qi.
Standing nearby, he felt as if he was receiving a baptism from the tide of Source Qi.
"If one could pair with a Cultivation Skill, cultivating near here might make the cultivation speed soar like riding on a rocket."
Cultivation was a method to improve one's strength.
Originally, Tang Yu didn't pay much attention to it, as refining soul power alone could rapidly increase your level. In comparison, the progress made through cultivation seemed too slow.
However, now that he had gained some understanding of Source Power, Cultivation systems, and the like, he dared not hold that belief anymore.
Ordinary people can enhance their physical constitution through exercise, reaching a certain level where further improvement becomes more and more difficult, until it is impossible.
This is reaching the limit.
Cultivation is the same.
It is more efficient, and once a certain level is reached, it is even possible to challenge one's bottleneck and thereby break through their limits.
Cultivation is a process of first exploring the potential of the body and then using this to impact higher levels of life.
However, refining soul power is quite the opposite.
After refining soul power, one's life level leaps forward, which in turn drives the enhancement of physical constitution.
This method of enhancement is more essential, faster, and has no side effects.
In fact, as long as there is enough soul power provided, Awakeners will not encounter bottlenecks when advancing at lower levels and can keep improving, unlike Cultivation, where every advance involves challenging a bottleneck.
Tang Yu estimated that with the method of refining soul power, one will only encounter bottlenecks when attempting to break through the next minor realm at the Fifth Tier, Ninth Layer, and twelfth layer of Awakening.
However, although the method of refining soul power is highly efficient and essential, the Awakener's own potential is not fully developed. In essence, every level increase is an elevation of life level, and the improvement of physical constitution is just incidental.
This is why Luo Zhe and Grey Blade were able to dominate Awakeners of the same level—aside from possessing Combat Skills, their physical attributes far exceeded those of other Awakeners at equivalent levels.
It would be unjust if they did not dominate.
Level and strength are not the same.
Tang Yu set a small target for himself: on one hand, he aimed to reach the Fifth Tier, which was the Peak of the Foundation Realm.
This should be easy; with the soul power container, he could evolve into leveling up without cheats, similar to popping experience pills.
He should quickly reach the bottleneck of the Fifth Tier and then get stuck for a while.
But it didn't matter, as Tang Yu had no intention of breaking through so quickly.
After all, the Foundation Realm is the most crucial stage for building a solid base. Without fully unlocking one's own potential, breaking through would only waste that potential.
Now the level isn't a problem; the key is to explore one's own potential.
And exploring one's own potential through Cultivation would be much faster than through physical training.
He did not know any Dharma Methods of Cultivation.
That was really disheartening.
Tang Yu counted with his fingers.
So far, the six followers he had summoned all had their own Cultivation Dharma Methods.
The Cultivation Skill that Winnie possessed was the most high-end... relatively the most high-end compared to others.
But such Dharma Methods required a certain affinity with the Light Element to get started, and Tang Yu was cut off right at the first barrier.
Eileen's basic meditation method also required relatively relaxed conditions, yet still outright excluded him.
After several studies.
Tang Yu chose Luo Zhe's Knight Cultivation Method, which was a more common type of Cultivation Skill that he felt should be suitable.
According to Luo Zhe, when he was selected to become a soldier, he was taught an incomplete version of the Knight Cultivation Method and only after several meritorious services did he finally obtain a complete version from higher powers.
Even so, he had to sign a Contract to ensure that this Cultivation Dharma Method would not be leaked.
This shows the scarcity of Dharma Methods.
Fortunately, after signing the Follower Contract with Luo Zhe, the system's overbearing power erased all other contracts during the summoning process.
Only then was he able to obtain the complete Knight Cultivation Method.
"I wonder if there are any Cultivation Dharma Methods in this world. Many martial arts halls have been opened in Lindong Sanctuary, but what they teach are just ordinary martial arts."
He had gone to investigate.
As a result, a Master who boasted his martial arts as extremely powerful received an evaluation from Grey Blade as being full of flaws.
The most important thing now was to get started with the Knight Cultivation Skill.
"This type of Cultivation Skill, it is said, is most suitable for practice after intense combat, as it is easier to break through, and my previous mental battles, although intense, were on a spiritual level. For the physical body, it was nothing more than illusion, which is insufficient."
A physical strain was still needed.
Tang Yu went to the training camp.
At this early hour, members of the Patrol Team were either on duty or escorting survivors and transporting supplies on the periphery.
Not a single person could be seen on the first floor of the training camp.