Chapter 80: Chapter 68: Wave Intent
"Failed!"
The intense pain made Lin Yi’s vision go black. He let out a muffled grunt, a strong sense of disappointment washing over him.
’This Tenth Layer of Power Storage is truly difficult!’
The next moment, he unhesitatingly activated the Spiritual Essence in his kidneys!
Instantly, a cool current of energy emerged from his kidneys, flowing throughout his body before surging into his right arm. Under the healing effect of the Spiritual Essence, his injury recovered rapidly.
「At the same time.」
His Mosquito Avatar, far away in a mountain cave, also stirred.
It began absorbing the Qi and Blood of the Black Bear Demon Beast, feeding it back to Lin Yi.
As soon as Lin Yi’s Qi and Blood was replenished and surging at peak condition, the Mosquito Avatar immediately stopped its absorption.
’After all, a First-Grade Demon Beast only has so much Qi and Blood. It couldn’t withstand endless squandering, and there were countless failures yet to come!’
Injury healed, Qi and Blood full!
Lin Yi’s eyes were cold. Without a hint of hesitation, he once again assumed his bow-step spear stance!
’Failure? Again!’
"BANG!"
"BANG!"
"BANG!"
"..."
The dull sounds of explosions.
Rang out again and again in the quiet little grove.
Monotonous and cruel.
Time and again, Lin Yi’s arm exploded.
Sending sprays of blood flying.
The ground beneath his feet.
was already soaked through, repeatedly stained with fresh blood.
It had turned a heart-stopping, dark crimson.
The thick, metallic tang of blood saturated the air, refusing to dissipate.
But he was immersed in this brutal Cultivation, feeling no fatigue, no pain, his will as firm as iron.
Time slipped away amidst this cycle of failure and recovery.
The sun gradually sank in the west.
Before he knew it, it was afternoon.
Cultivation! Exploding arm! Healing! Replenishing Qi and Blood! More Cultivation!
Over and over again.
By this point,
Lin Yi had already failed over a hundred times.
And in the cave, the giant Bear Demon had long since been sucked dry by the Mosquito Avatar, leaving behind a massive, desiccated corpse!
To replenish the Qi and Blood consumed by Lin Yi’s Cultivation, the Mosquito Avatar had also drained dry five other Demon Beasts whose locations it had already scouted, treating them as spare blood packs.
Just then,
Lin Yi focused his mind and gathered his power. Qi and Blood flooded into his right arm like a raging tide, one layer after another.
The skin on his arm began to crack and split again, his veins bulging violently. It was on the verge of exploding once more.
At that critical moment,
inspiration struck Lin Yi.
Instead of enduring the force until his arm completely collapsed as he had before, he harnessed the rampaging power that was about to spin out of control, thrusting his spear forward and swinging it with the momentum!
"HUMMM!"
In the path carved by the spear’s tip, the very air seemed to freeze!
A clearly visible, transparent ripple, like a wave on water, suddenly spread out from the spearhead!
This ripple contained a strange power. Wherever it passed, the air let out faint CRACKLING sounds as it was forcibly torn and vibrated!
’I did it?!’
An immense wave of joy instantly washed away all his fatigue and pain!
Although his arm still inevitably exploded once more,
and his attempt at the Tenth Layer of Power Storage had failed,
the strange phenomenon produced by that swing of his spear clearly told him—
he had succeeded!
He had cultivated a Realm!
As he channeled the Spiritual Essence to repair his arm, he absorbed the Qi and Blood transmitted from his avatar to replenish his own.
Lin Yi’s eyes were filled with incredible astonishment.
’Because this Realm...’
’...is not the Overlapping Waves Intent I was expecting!’
The Overlapping Waves Intent he had envisioned should have been able to stack power like ocean waves, layer upon layer, ultimately erupting in an instant with ten, dozens, or even hundreds of times the normal terrifying power, destroying everything in its path!
However...
The Realm he was sensing now.
Its core wasn’t ’stacking’.
It was ’diffusion’! It was ’conduction’!
It was as if his power had been transformed into an invisible, penetrating wave that radiated out in all directions from the point of his spear!
This power seemed capable of ignoring an enemy’s solid external defenses, penetrating straight through to vibrate and shred their fragile internal organs!
’This kind of Realm...’
Lin Yi carefully savored the profound feeling from that last spear thrust.
’Based on its form, it should be called Wave Intent? Or maybe Fluctuating Intent? It’s a First-Grade Water Realm! It can transform power into penetrating shockwaves, bypassing outer defenses to strike directly at the internal organs!’
’What a pleasant surprise!’
A huge wave of joy surged through him.
Even though it wasn’t Overlapping Waves Intent,
the effect of this Wave Intent was still exceptionally potent.
It was an extremely insidious and tricky offensive technique!
’This is just like the Tremor-Tremor Fruit!’
Moreover,
his method for cultivating Overlapping Waves Intent wasn’t wrong.
As long as he persisted in practicing the Tenth Layer of Power Storage, he would eventually be able to cultivate Overlapping Waves Intent. His approach was correct.
This path was correct, a tangible goal he could see and grasp!
’If I can keep going and cultivate Overlapping Waves Intent as well...’
Lin Yi’s eyes gleamed.
’Doesn’t that mean I’ll possess two great First-Grade Water Intents at the same time: Wave Intent and Overlapping Waves Intent?!’
The prospect made his heart surge with excitement!
He suppressed his excitement and, the moment his right arm was healed, fell back into his stance, intending to strike while the iron was hot. He would aim for the Tenth Layer of Power Storage and press on toward Overlapping Waves Intent!
However,
after only a few more attempts...
he was forced to stop.
He stopped his Cultivation.
Because his Mosquito Avatar had completely drained the last Demon Beast that was serving as a backup Qi and Blood pack!
"Sigh!"
Lin Yi reluctantly stopped, his heart filled with regret.
Even the most gifted housewife can’t cook a meal without rice.
Without a stable and ample source of Qi and Blood, this insane training regimen was simply unsustainable.
He had no choice but to shelve it for now and wait until he found a new source of Qi and Blood.
He glanced around.
The small grove was completely transformed. The ground was stained a dark crimson from being repeatedly soaked in his blood, and it reeked with the strong smell of iron. It was like a slaughterhouse.
’I have to clean this up.’
Lin Yi didn’t want to leave any clues behind.
He took a deep breath. Gripping the spear with his remaining left arm, he mobilized what little Qi and Blood he had recovered and fiercely stomped the butt of the spear into the ground!
"BOOM!"
A powerful wave of energy erupted with the butt of the spear at its center. Like an invisible plow, it instantly overturned the topsoil in a radius of several yards!
The fresh earth churned to the surface, deeply burying the blood-soaked soil and tattered pieces of cloth.
Once this was done, the smell of fresh soil mostly masked the scent of blood. To a casual observer, it now just looked like a patch of churned-up earth in the woods.
Only then did Lin Yi pick up his spear and, dragging his exhausted but excited body, head toward the academic building.
Today was the last day of the fall semester of his senior year. The break started tomorrow.
His class would have one last meeting later before the break.
As he walked, he couldn’t help but start doing the math in his head:
’No wonder even a spear genius like Mr. Zhang Quan had to grind his way to the Third-Grade Martial Artist Realm before he could comprehend a First-Grade spear intent...’
Lin Yi clicked his tongue in amazement.
’Cultivating a Realm is a veritable money pit! It doesn’t just require exceptional talent and supreme comprehension; it also needs a mountain of resources! The cost is just too high!’
Putting everything else aside, just look at the injuries from this time.
When he was practicing the Ninth Layer of Power Storage, his arm exploded, and a single trip to the infirmary cost 120,000!
This time, with the Tenth Layer of Power Storage, the injuries were even more severe. The treatment fee would only be higher—at least 200,000 to start.
He had blown his arm up over a hundred times...
Just the healing fees alone would be over twenty million, approaching the thirty million mark!
And then there was the even more terrifying consumption of Qi and Blood!
He had drained a full six First-Grade Demon Beasts dry!
’The Qi and Blood from those six Demon Beasts would have been enough for me to complete the Refinement of at least five bones!’ Lin Yi winced at the painful thought. ’That’s another five million down the drain, at least!’
The more he thought about it, the more absurd it seemed.
Even a genius like him, who possessed the Spiritual Essence—a form of Water Origin—and was in a constant state of enlightenment, had spent over thirty-five million and still failed to master Overlapping Waves Intent?
The difficulty was simply despair-inducing!
It was easy to imagine,
just how difficult it must be for an ordinary Martial Artist, one without any cheats or vast resources, to comprehend a Realm.
They could probably bankrupt their families and waste half their lives without ever even touching the threshold!
’Sigh, I suppose I saved the school and the city’s education bureau nearly thirty million in medical fees, right?’ Lin Yi laughed self-deprecatingly. ’It’d be nice if the school could reimburse me...’
He shook his head, knowing the thought was a bit naive.
Thank goodness he had stumbled upon the Spiritual Essence through his Mosquito Avatar.
It had saved him so much money and time!
’The path of Cultivation truly relies on wealth, companionship, technique, and location—with wealth at the very top of the list!’
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