Chapter 190: Ascending to Heaven, Level 8 Telekinesis
Chapter 190: Ascending to Heaven, Eighth Level Telekinesis (Please Subscribe)
For a long time, first- and second-tier martial arts students have been the focus of the national examination.
They are gifted and have abundant resources. Every session can produce several martial arts students who amaze the whole audience. Even the top leaders of the Great Xia Kingdom basically come from the first and second tier cities. The value they can create is far higher than that of martial arts students from the third and fourth tier cities.
This is a very cruel and realistic thing.
In every national examination, the relevant persons in charge have high hopes for them.
There were even senior members of the academy who arrived early to screen the candidates, to ensure that no one would lose out on better training opportunities due to the rules.
Zhang Lingfeng discovered that there were so many first- and second-tier martial arts students that none of them were eliminated from the first round to the third round. They were all full of energy and high morale, as if the national exam was held specifically for them.
Many third-tier martial arts students who advanced to the fourth round felt ashamed of themselves under the influence of their fighting spirit and looked at them nervously.
Zhang Lingfeng saw Lin Chunchi again.
Lin Chunchi also noticed him.
In the first elimination match, Zhang Lingfeng was the first to faint. At that time, he thought that it was an illusion in his perception and he imagined Zhang Lingfeng to be too powerful.
After all, Zhang Lingfeng is just a fourth-tier martial arts student.
But no one expected that Zhang Lingfeng would be the first fourth-tier martial arts student to advance to the fourth round in the national examination since the Dadu River era.
Their eyes met.
Lin Chunchi no longer looked down on Zhang Lingfeng and even nodded towards him. Zhang Lingfeng was flattered. It is said that first-tier martial arts students never take martial arts students from third- and fourth-tier provinces, or even second-tier provinces seriously. But Lin Chunchi did not seem to be the case.
"My name is Yanagawa."
A voice appeared behind Zhang Lingfeng.
Liuchuan clasped his fists towards Lin Chunchi.
"The third level of sword intent has formed a domain. I know you."
Lin Chunchi clasped his fists.
Zhang Lingfeng tactfully stepped aside. It was a battle between geniuses, so he should not join in the fun.
After a while, the person in charge announced the rules for the fourth round of competition.
"The mind is a window to communicate with heaven and earth and to find opportunities for one's own energy. This fourth round of assessment is different from the previous ones. You will be sent to a place where the power of heaven and earth is particularly sensitive.
In front of you, there will be a staircase of 356 steps. You just need to reach the 100th step within the specified time to successfully enter the fifth round.
If any of you can successfully reach the top, you will be exempted from all subsequent assessments, directly enter the final round, and receive generous resource rewards."
"Wow!"
"Could it be the Stairway to Heaven?"
"I heard that it is a special ore, combined with a powerful magic array, and it has the reputation of one step to a new level of heaven and one level to a new world."
"In the last national exam, the Heavenly Stairs seemed to be scheduled for the sixth round, but this year it was moved up two rounds."
"The Heavenly Stairs can temper the soul. This is our chance."
Everyone was talking about it.
The martial arts students from first- and second-tier cities were well-informed, and many of them had heard of the Stairs to Heaven. They were surprised and excited.
"Stairs to Heaven."
Yanagawa clenched his fists.
"What is the Stairway to Heaven?"
Zhang Lingfeng asked.
"Each step on the Stairs to Heaven can form a special resonance with the power of heaven and earth. Each step creates a layer of resistance, and the higher you go, the stronger the resonance becomes. It is said that above 300 steps, the resonance of each step is like a vast ocean. Even a martial arts master may not be able to stand on it."
Yanagawa explained.
"Through the resonance of heaven and earth, resistance is formed. Then the only way to resist it is through Dharma?"
Zhang Lingfeng frowned.
"The best way is to use your own spiritual power to break the balance, or to create a consistent resonance between yourself and the power on the stone steps to offset the resistance and move up step by step. If you keep using Dharma to resist, you will have to roll down from the top in less than fifty steps, not even a hundred steps."
Yanagawa kindly reminded.
"I originally thought that the fourth round of assessment would have us fight against first- and second-tier martial arts students, but I didn't expect it to be this kind of assessment mode."
Zhang Lingfeng sighed.
"I didn't expect this either, but this is an opportunity for you. In previous years, you had to wait until at least the fifth round, or even the sixth round, to reach the Heavenly Stage. This year, you have encountered it in the fourth round."
Yanagawa laughed.
"I would rather not have this opportunity."
Zhang Lingfeng could hear the hidden meaning behind Liuchuan's words.
He was worried that the resistance on the stairs was too great, which would consume too much of his strength and affect his ability to lie flat.
After a while, the martial arts students in the venue were picked up by the airship again. About an hour later, everyone appeared at the foot of a bare mountain.
The mountain is not high, only about two hundred meters. There is a temple on the top of the mountain. In this environment with scarce supplies and few people, there is a temple built on a bare mountain top. There seems to be the scent of incense floating down from the temple, which is really surprising and confusing.
Everyone was quickly attracted by a stone staircase leading to the top of the mountain.
That is the stairway to heaven.
There are a total of 356 levels, one level for each step, one world for each step. It is as difficult as ascending to heaven for every martial artist to reach the top via the stone steps.
Zhang Lingfeng took this opportunity to look at the panel information.
Name: Zhang Lingfeng
Occupation: Dharma Warrior, Level 3 Psychic Master, Gun Master, Body Tempering Master, Psychic Warrior
Lying flat value: 21267
Four Element Spear Intent: First Level (4321/5000)
Bloodline Power: Leopard King Bloodline (1410/20000)
Sea of consciousness: (3.37/100)
Mental strength: (7.731/100)
Spiritual Conception: Feng Shui Wood Thunder (537/6000)
Physical fitness: 922.2
Combat value: 5672.3
Skills: All-weather breathing ability, arms can be increased by 200 kilograms at any level, faster than others, all-weather body tempering ability, calm mind, all-weather consciousness sea development ability, all-weather blood awakening ability, all-weather mind baptism ability.
Zhang Lingfeng has not used the more than 20,000 points of lying down value he obtained from King Jiangbei yesterday. His purpose is to take a look at the content of the fourth round of assessment first.
I didn't expect that these four rounds of assessment were purely based on mental strength.
Now his mental strength has reached 7.73. Zhang Lingfeng believes that with such mental strength, even if he is not outstanding among the third-tier martial arts students, he is definitely not weak.
I just don’t know if I can make it to the 100th step.
Now his combat power has entered the realm of divine warriors, and his physical fitness of 922.2 has long exceeded the node for opening the eighth level of Dharma.
As far as he knew, if the physical fitness exceeded 800.0, he could try to open the divine phase. Once the divine phase was successfully opened and the eight levels of the Dharma phase were complete, his body would be truly reborn and his physical fitness would exceed 1000.0. And a physical fitness of 1000.0 was the node for opening up the Dantian Qi Sea.
But the prerequisite for all this is to find the necessary power response.
Once upon a time, Zhang Lingfeng couldn't believe that he could reach such a level in such a short time.
Looking at the lying flat value of more than 20,000 points, he felt a little conflicted.
If all of it were used on the power of blood, allowing the Leopard King's bloodline to transform again, his combat power and physical fitness would probably be able to reach the level of a martial arts master.
What will it be like when a martial arts master who has not yet completed his Dharma appearance and does not have the combat power of his Dantian and Qi sea faces a true martial arts master?
Zhang Lingfeng didn't think he could get any advantage.
Of course, even if the bloodline transforms again, the combat power value may not be able to break through the realm of divine appearance, because the combat power value range of a martial arts master is 8000.0.
At the same time, if one blindly increases the power of blood, causing the mind and sea of consciousness to lag behind, it will not be conducive to the nurturing of spiritual roots in the future. Secondly, if one wants to gain more power, such as opening the eighth level of Dharma, one also needs stronger spiritual power to find a response to opening the eighth level of Dharma.
At the same time, if you want your skills and spiritual realm to transcend the five elements, you also need stronger spiritual power to support them.
He couldn't help but recall King Jiangbei's instructions yesterday. The Dantian Qi Sea can give birth to spiritual roots, but mental power and spiritual strength can change the level of spiritual roots.
With powerful mental power, one can even directly possess spiritual roots.
After the transformation of skills and artistic conception, continue to find nodes that resonate with other forces of heaven and earth, so that skills and artistic conception can transcend the five elements.
Thinking of this, Zhang Lingfeng decided to take a two-pronged approach and enhance his mental power and spiritual strength at the same time to lay a solid foundation for nurturing more powerful spiritual root power in the future.
So he added 10,000 points of lying down value to his sea of consciousness and mental strength respectively.
The panel information changes.
Lying flat value: 1267
Sea of consciousness: (8.37/100)
Mental strength: (12.731/100)
Physical fitness: 922.2
Combat value: 5672.3
Physical fitness and combat power have not improved due to the increase in mental power and spiritual strength.
But Zhang Lingfeng felt that his world had undergone earth-shaking changes.
First of all, there is Yanagawa in front of us.
With the telepathic power sensing of 12.731, he was finally able to sense the range of Yanagawa's combat power value, which was close to 6000.0.
The eighth level of Dharmakāya is complete, and his physical fitness actually surpasses his own, reaching about 950.0. There is a powerful bloodline of a strange beast in his body. With every breath he takes, the power of the blood in his body seems to form a special resonance with the power of heaven and earth around him, giving him an illusion that ordinary people cannot break.
"Yanagawa's mental power is not as good as mine, but my skills and artistic conception are not as good as his either. If I fight him, I can only win through mental power."
Zhang Lingfeng thought to himself.
Now he is an eighth-level mentalist. Both his attacking and defensive mental fluctuations are extremely powerful.
Previously, his third-level mental power could paralyze a big monster in the Bone Realm. Now, with just one stroke of his mental power, he could make a big monster in the Viscera Realm or even the Qi Realm kneel down.
You know, the higher the value of the sea of consciousness, the stronger the mental telekinesis fluctuations. Ao Dagang's partner, Qiao Yishan, is only a seventh-level attack telekinetic master. Zhang Lingfeng, at such a young age, has surpassed Qiao Yishan, which shows how powerful his mental telekinesis fluctuations are.
Even if Liuchuan is a powerful person in the Divine Appearance Realm and his physical fitness exceeds that of Zhang Lingfeng, if Zhang Lingfeng releases his mental power fluctuations with all his strength, Liuchuan will still have a splitting headache.
“If my spear intent and artistic conception resonate with the five forces of heaven and earth, or transcend the five elements, even if Liuchuan releases his domain as soon as he strikes, he can still tear it to pieces.”
As his mental strength and sea of consciousness values increased, Zhang Lingfeng became more and more sensitive to the fluctuations of the power of heaven and earth around him, and felt that it was not difficult to reach this level.
His eyes couldn't help but look towards the stairs to heaven.
The fluctuations of heaven and earth there were very strange, as if they were imprisoned on the steps, forming a special fortress that made people who walked towards the steps deeply trapped in it, as if they were being tempered and suppressed by power.
"You have three days, during which you can keep trying and push your limits."
Suddenly a familiar voice came.
"Mr. Bu!"
In the first round of eliminations, the examiner Bu Jinchen, who released fluctuations of mental power to baptize everyone, appeared behind everyone.
This is a genuine traveler.
The strength is unfathomable.
Everyone did not dare to be negligent and stepped aside.
Bu Jinchen smiled and nodded to everyone, then stepped onto the stairs and walked all the way to the top of the mountain. The steps under his feet seemed like normal stone steps, without any force to restrict his progress.
It even felt like Bu Jinchen's body was moving very smoothly to the top of the mountain like taking an elevator. He lit three incense sticks at the entrance of the temple, then walked into the temple with a respectful look on his face, and never came out again.
"This……"
Everyone was stunned.
Many people discussed it in private.
Zhang Lingfeng watched the changes in power on the steps.
"Just now, he was harnessing the power of heaven and earth on the steps and walking all the way to the top of the mountain. It looked like he was walking up with his own feet, but in fact, it was the power of the steps that carried him up."
Zhang Lingfeng thought to himself.
Because of this, when Bu Jinchen walked on the steps, people had the illusion that he was taking an elevator and reaching the top without any effort.
"Does possessing spiritual roots allow one to harness the power of heaven and earth, without being restricted by rules, and do whatever one wants?"
Zhang Lingfeng couldn't help but ask.
His mental strength has reached 12.731. He is not the strongest among this group of martial arts students, but he is not far behind. He can see most clearly the changes in power caused by Bu Jinchen walking on the steps.
Plus with the help of mental power.
Zhang Lingfeng suddenly realized that the so-called resonance between heaven and earth was just the combination of the physical body and the power of heaven and earth. Although they seemed inseparable, they were actually utilizing each other.
However, Bu Jinchen does not need to resonate with the heaven and earth at all. He can directly manipulate the power of the heaven and earth around him through his mind or spiritual roots and make them serve him.
These are two different concepts.
This brought a great shock to Zhang Lingfeng, making him realize that the resonance between heaven and earth might only be the basic power in spiritual practice. The reason why people pursue the unity of man and nature is because only by doing so can they control the power of heaven and earth.
Once you possess the power of spiritual roots, you no longer need to resonate with heaven and earth. You can absorb power directly from heaven and earth through your spiritual roots, allowing the power between heaven and earth to change at will under the control of your thoughts.
Obviously, Bu Jinchen has such ability.
Zhang Lingfeng couldn't help but think, if Bu Jinchen controlled all the power between heaven and earth, would everyone in the area under his control be unable to resonate with heaven and earth? Could he even destroy everyone present with just a thought?
"Den!"
Just as Zhang Lingfeng was daydreaming, a martial arts student had already stepped onto the stairs and was heading towards the top of the mountain.
All of a sudden.
The power of heaven and earth around him began to become chaotic.
The effect of the spiritual power of 12.731 at this moment was far beyond Zhang Lingfeng's imagination. He saw that every martial artist who stepped onto the stairs seemed to have his feet locked by the power of heaven and earth. At first, they could still use their physical fitness or Dharma to break free, but the higher they went, the stronger the energy shackles became.
(End of this chapter)