Revelation of the Way of Heaven

"Bang!"

A loud bang echoed in the research room.

Qin Xiaochuan was startled and quickly looked to the left in the direction of the sound. The wooden cocoon that had been trapping the short, fat man suddenly burst open, and at the same time, a black dragon-like monster flew out of the cocoon and kept circling around the short, fat man.

What's going on? Qin Xiaochuan looked at the strange change in surprise and quickly used his Heavenly Eye to look into the short, fat man's body. What he saw immediately made his expression change drastically.

Before and after entering the secret room, he repeatedly checked the status of the several ability users in the research room. There was absolutely no mistake. One was level 6, two were level 5, and two were level 4. But now, in the short and fat man's body, his original level 6 spiritual power had become level 7.

What's going on? Does he also have an artifact similar to the Ring of Power?

How could this be? He absolutely refused to believe that such a possibility existed. Could it be...?

He suddenly remembered the mysterious, spiritually powerful object he had noticed from the beginning—yes, it was the device behind the short, fat man.

He looked closely at the short, fat man, and as he expected, there was a syringe inserted into the man's right shoulder. The syringe was connected to the device, which was originally full of spiritual energy, but now there was no energy left.

Qin Xiaochuan instantly understood what was going on. It was probably that Dr. Chang had developed a method to increase spiritual power level (but he didn't know if the increase was permanent or temporary).

However, this method requires extracting the spiritual power of other ability users. Obviously, the spiritual power of the two level 5 ability users was extracted into the device. When the short, fat man injected the medicine from the device into himself, his spiritual power level increased to level 7.

The leap from level 6 to level 7 in spiritual power is a qualitative one.

It is important to know that the higher the level of spiritual power, the more difficult it is to improve. Moreover, it is limited by the power of the Heavenly Soul. Once some people stagnate at a certain level, they may never improve again in their lifetime. Not only that, as they get older, their spiritual power level will also decrease because their spiritual power has reached its limit.

Therefore, it can be said that it is absolutely impossible to instantly increase one's spiritual power from level 6 to level 7.

But now, this short, fat man has done it, turning the impossible into the possible.

This is bad. Qin Xiaochuan immediately realized that if the opponent's spiritual power was now at level 7, even if he and Guo Shiyi joined forces, they would not be a match for him. Guo Shiyi was in trouble.

"Hey kid, you don't have time to pay attention to other things right now." Just as he was hesitating whether to go and help Guo Shiyi, the man in black suddenly said to him, and then fired another Razer missile at him.

"No, I have to find a way to help Guo Shiyi." Qin Xiaochuan pondered to himself, but to help her, he had to take down the man in black first. He dodged the man in black's lightning bolts while thinking of a plan.

If only he had a smoke grenade at that moment, he could have used his Heavenly Eye ability to quickly approach the man in black and kill him. Unfortunately, when he went to the Universal Shop, Qin Xiaochuan hadn't yet learned the Heavenly Eye skill, so he couldn't have thought of this tactic, let alone prepare a smoke grenade.

"Roar~" A beastly roar startled him. He looked to the left side of the battlefield and saw the black dragon created by the short, fat man roar and then charge at Guo Shiyi with its claws outstretched.

Guo Shiyi hurriedly tried to control the vines to stop it, but this black dragon was obviously more powerful than the monsters that the short, fat man had created before. After Guo Shiyi's vines were tied to the black dragon, they were broken off by the black dragon in no time. The vines could only slow down the black dragon.

The short, fat man used only one skill to leave Guo Shiyi helpless; this is the difference between level 6 and level 7 spiritual power.

It was obvious that Guo Shiyi was in a dangerous situation, and Qin Xiaochuan knew he had to go and help her as soon as possible.

He watched the man in black approaching him and thought to himself, "I have to try my best no matter what."

After his fight with the muscular man, he is now much calmer and no longer trembles. He is also no longer flustered due to nervousness, which is something to be thankful for.

He pulled four talismans from his pocket: two Earth Wall spells and two Swift Wind Blades. Just as the man in black was about to enter his attack range, he immediately threw out the four talismans.

First, two earthen walls appeared between him and the man in black. The man in black clearly didn't take the two earthen walls seriously. The moment the earthen walls appeared, he shattered them with two shots.

At that moment, two rapid wind blades immediately appeared and blew towards the man in black.

Rapid Wind Blade is a D-level area-of-effect damage skill. Its damage is not high, but what Qin Xiaochuan wants is not its damage, but the wind force.

When the rapidly blowing wind blades reached the shattered earthen wall, they immediately kicked up a cloud of dust, a scene comparable to a sandstorm, engulfing half of the research lab.

This is the smoke grenade effect he wanted.

Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately rushed towards the man in black. Of course, he didn't charge head-on, because the man in black would definitely stop him from the front.

As he expected, as soon as the sandstorm formed, the man in black immediately began firing incessantly forward and to the sides.

After entering the sandstorm, Qin Xiaochuan's ears were filled with the sound of the wind howling and the shockwaves cutting through the air. Because he was sheltered from the wind, he didn't need to worry about the sandstorm's effects on him. On the contrary, using his Heavenly Eye, he quickly located the man in black.

Despite the attack coming from the side, there were still quite a few shockwaves coming from the front, but Qin Xiaochuan dodged them all with his movement speed. Occasionally, when he encountered one that he couldn't dodge, he would use his silver shield to catch it.

The distance between the two was getting closer and closer. Although the man in black was also retreating, his speed was much slower than Qin Xiaochuan's, and the distance between them was getting shorter and shorter.

Soon the man in black entered Qin Xiaochuan's attack range, but he did not attack immediately; he needed to close the distance further.

Qin Xiaochuan took another step forward, and the sound of the shockwaves cutting through the air around him became more and more rapid. At this time, the wind was getting quieter and quieter, and the sandstorm was also beginning to subside. Perhaps the other party would discover his whereabouts in the next moment.

It's now!

"Ice Spike!" he murmured to himself, and an ice spike shot out from under the black-clad man's feet, heading straight for his body.

"Bang!"

A gunshot shattered the ice spike completely, sending shards of ice flying everywhere.

"You think you can defeat me with your little tricks?" A cold laugh came from the front. "I think it's time for a head-on battle. I don't like this sneaky fighting style."

This is troublesome, Qin Xiaochuan thought. Without the cooperation of control skills, it is difficult for this kind of single-point attack skill to hit the target.

"Roar!" The black dragon roared again from the side. Guo Shiyi's situation must be getting more and more dangerous, making people worry about her.

The wind had completely stopped, and the sandstorm was slowly dissipating. Dust was flying down from the sky, rustling like rain. He didn't have much time left. If he couldn't hit the man in black with single-target attacks, he would have to resort to close-range attacks.

He kept firing fireballs at the man in black. Although this D-level skill wasn't very powerful, it greatly reduced the frequency of the man in black's shockwaves. Taking advantage of this, he moved closer to the man in black, and the two were only two meters apart. If he moved a little closer, his fist could hit him.

The dust finally settled, and the two figures were fully exposed to each other's sight.

There was still a meter and a half to go, just two short steps. If he took just two more steps, he could knock the man in black to the ground. But right in front of him was the muzzle of the man in black's shotgun.

"It wasn't easy." The man in black looked at him with a mocking expression. "Now it's time to end this. The next thing was specially prepared for you."

"Thunderbolt bomb!" the man in black shouted coldly.

boom!