Chapter 121: Formless Astral Energy
Chapter 121: Formless Astral Energy
“It didn’t seem too difficult; the main issue was balance, and this further optimized it.”
Chen Xiyi sensed his simulated Corpse Body layer. Now, numerous Qi Mechanisms tangled together and formed a structure.
It had not just Yin Qi and Ghost Qi, but also the newly added Earth Qi, Water Qi, Purple Qi, and even Human Qi and Yang Qi, two Qi Mechanisms Chen Xiyi didn’t originally possess.
He had taken the Human Qi and Yang Qi from Du Nan.
After Chen Xiyi made multiple adjustments, the simulated Corpse Body not only became stronger but could also use Yang Qi as energy.
It was basically like solar power.
And with this layer of protection, Chen Xiyi could disguise himself as having Yang Qi and Human Qi too.
“It was already a success. At least, after entering the city, the simulated Corpse Body wouldn’t fail because of Yang Qi and Human Qi. But now, it couldn’t really be called a simulated Corpse Body anymore, since after adding a bit of the coexistence structure from Yinning, it needed a more proper name.”
“Let’s call it…”
Chen Xiyi realized he didn’t have a good name in mind.
“Never mind, let’s call it Formless Astral Energy for now.”
Regarding his own Formless Astral Energy, Chen Xiyi knew this wasn’t the biggest achievement; it could be enhanced later.
“Because Human Qi and Yang Qi were added, the Formless Astral Energy completely changed. It seemed the coexistence structure, the Corpse Body structure, and the Corpse Poison structure had all undergone changes.”
Chen Xiyi tried it out. He found that the Formless Astral Energy absorbed surrounding Yin Qi almost 30% faster.
And both strength and defense had increased a lot. According to Chen Xiyi’s original guess, it only had coexistence ability, not further enhancement of other abilities.
“Moreover, each of my attacks seemed to carry Qi Mechanisms. If possible, I could also pair and adjust them.”
Chen Xiyi tried to mobilize Yin Qi and Yang Qi into the Formless Astral Energy on his right hand, attempting to attack with both at once. But the next second, the Formless Astral Energy on his right hand exploded instantly due to conflict.
[You dealt 60% damage to your own Health Points.]
His entire right hand burst apart in an instant, but there was no blood. The scattered strange flesh and blood gradually faded away.
Then, as his Health Points recovered, his right hand grew back.
Not only that, his Formless Astral Energy also collapsed because of the conflict between those two Qi Mechanisms.
“So much damage? No, it wasn’t just because of the Qi Mechanism conflict; the Formless Astral Energy was also a reason. The Formless Astral Energy circulated large amounts of Qi Mechanisms all over. Because the coexistence structure existed, it shifted from indirect to direct; otherwise, it was more likely they would annihilate each other.”
After his Health Points recovered, Chen Xiyi tried throwing a punch. He discovered that the various Qi Mechanisms inside the Formless Astral Energy circulated at high speed and even overflowed as he moved.
So, in this way, his attacks effectively carried all Qi Mechanisms.
“It’s like each of my attacks would carry various de-buffs. No, wait, not just attacks; every movement would inflict negative statuses on anyone he touched.”
Because it was essentially overflow, it wasn’t under Chen Xiyi’s control.
“The next step is optimizing the Qi Mechanism overflow. Otherwise, as the Formless Astral Energy gradually strengthens, the overflow might directly become area-wide. Then, wherever I go, death would follow.”
The Formless Astral Energy wasn’t very strong yet, but if he didn’t solve the control overflow problem, he would truly become a lone star of calamity. Anyone near him would get a pile of negative statuses.
What he needed was to master this overflow. That way, each of his attacks would become quite formidable. And after optimizing control, he would develop the overflow for ranged use.
In close combat, he could not only damage enemies but also use Qi Mechanism overflow to inflict many negative statuses. If he could attach this overflow to ranged attacks, wouldn’t that be even more powerful?
But it wasn’t solely to manage the inconvenience of Qi Mechanism overflow; it was also to reduce consumption. Constant Qi Mechanism overflow naturally consumed energy. It was only partly fixed because it benefited Chen Xiyi.
“It’s like updating a game version. Although content increases, bugs also increase.”
After checking multiple times, Chen Xiyi found not just the Qi Mechanism overflow problem, but also other big and small issues.
These all required further optimization and improvement from him; otherwise, problems would eventually occur.
He threw Du Nan, who had been unconscious for a day and a night, back into the Prison. Then he left on his own, ignoring what the other grave robbers thought. He was busy fixing bugs in his Formless Astral Energy.
While he was fixing them, his right ear suddenly twitched, which caught Chen Xiyi’s attention.
After all, his ear hosted the Ear-reporting Fairy Zhangliu.
[Zhangliu sensed something bad and specially reminded you.]
Clearly, this was the ability of fortune forecasting.
This made Chen Xiyi look serious. He quickly opened the Game Map to check.
But he couldn’t see anything on the Game Map. He strongly believed in the fairies’ abilities. If Zhangliu said something bad was happening, it must be true.
“I already set up Home Protector here. The Air Wall with a strength of 1000 wasn’t something just anyone could break. So where was this bad thing coming from?”
Chen Xiyi kept zooming out the map, and finally saw a large group of white dots gathered together, moving toward his direction. Their speed wasn’t slow; clearly, they were probably in vehicles.
Horse carriages didn’t have that kind of speed.
“They must be from Rong City.”
Chen Xiyi looked at each white dot’s prefix: Warlord Soldier, Warlord Officer. There were at least a thousand, densely packed.
That wasn’t a small number.
Before he had the Formless Astral Energy, unless he used TNT and shield counter, he really had no good way to wipe out so many people without any preparation.
“They came so fast. I don’t even have time to set up a Formation Array. But I can’t let them get away; I still need quite a few test subjects. But there are roughly a thousand – that’s just too many. I need to deal with some of them.”
Chen Xiyi estimated he only needed about twenty people. There was no need for so many; he could just kill the rest.
“This is a good chance to test the power of my Formless Astral Energy.”
He was sure firearms and cannons couldn’t break his Formless Astral Energy, but he still wanted to test the specific data.
“And I need to deal with Li Hao too. Otherwise, he’ll keep sending people wave after wave, bothering me so much I can’t focus on my work.”
Chen Xiyi thought it was quite a coincidence – might as well go together.
Since he knew they were coming to cause trouble, he had to strike first. He couldn’t just wait for them to show up without doing anything.
He left the Underground Shelter, checked the location, and then buried TNT on their necessary route.
He didn’t need many people, so naturally, he had to get rid of most of them.
After checking the specific personnel distribution, Chen Xiyi naturally decided to keep those with the prefix Warlord Officer.
After all, keeping Warlord Soldiers wouldn’t yield any useful information; they were just laborers trading their lives for pay. What could they know?
“Hiding in the last vehicle – really scared of dying. But that works better for me; I can bomb more accurately to avoid hurting him.”
After burying the TNT, Chen Xiyi hid nearby, waiting for them to arrive.
About half an hour later, Chen Xiyi clearly heard the sound of vehicles in the distance.
Luckily, his ears had Zhangliu’s enhancement; otherwise, he wouldn’t have such good hearing.
Soon, cars rushed past one after another. Their performance was much stronger than those old cars in Dongtai City.
Boom!
The next moment, massive flames erupted. The long line of vehicles was quickly engulfed by the fire, then flung away by the huge shockwave. The sounds of shattering glass and exploding gunpowder rose and fell.
[You used TNT against…]
[You…]
On Chen Xiyi’s side, the Game Log kept refreshing rapidly, representing each person he killed.
“Careless – didn’t calculate accurately; one got away.”
According to Chen Xiyi’s plan, normally only the last vehicle should remain. But the second-to-last one was only affected, not exploded.
“Probably about thirty people left. Not too many; I can fight them.” Just as Chen Xiyi finished assessing, he saw soldiers getting out of the vehicles, holding guns and cautiously looking around.
Meanwhile, the last vehicle very cautiously started reversing and turning around, clearly planning to escape.
How could Chen Xiyi allow that?
He immediately took action. With the Formless Astral Energy enhancing him, he reached the turning vehicle in an instant.
He punched the front engine hood. The tremendous force pierced right through the entire front of the car. The tires couldn’t withstand Chen Xiyi’s punch and burst, changing from round to half-round.
The whole front of the car was basically smashed to the ground, unable to move forward again.
The soldiers who had gotten out to guard noticed Chen Xiyi and immediately turned their guns toward him, opening fire.
Bullets landed about two centimeters in front of Chen Xiyi and were blocked by the Formless Astral Energy. The clinking sounds were continuous. The soldiers firing had their eyes wide open.
Seeing this, Chen Xiyi naturally couldn’t just take hits without fighting back. He selected one soldier who was shooting most enthusiastically. His moving speed was something the other couldn’t react to. Then he punched with full force into the soldier’s chest.
Bang!!!
Flesh pulp and bone fragments scattered like heavenly flowers. The upper body of that soldier was shattered into pieces by his punch. The violent force even created a shockwave, blowing away the soldiers who had just gotten out near the car and were planning to run.
Chen Xiyi hadn’t expected the Formless Astral Energy at full power to be so terrifying.
He had underestimated the physical attributes of demons and ghosts.
Luckily, when he stopped the car earlier, he hadn’t used full strength; otherwise, he might have harmed the people inside.
“Put down your guns, put your hands on your heads, and squat down. Whoever runs, I’ll send them on their way. Understood?”
Chen Xiyi saw those terrified soldiers about to instinctively flee, so he naturally gave a warning.
“I surrender, I surrender! Don’t kill me!”
“Me too…”
The soldiers, seeing the situation was bad, naturally cooperated very obediently.
Their opponent wasn’t afraid of gunfire and could punch someone’s upper body into fragments. Resisting against such a fierce character was like lighting a lantern in a latrine – looking for death.
Besides, they were just soldiers eating army rations, loafers who enlisted for food. There was no need to sacrifice their lives for the warlord.
They risked their lives, but the good food and drinks never came to them anyway, so why bother being so devoted? So each of them surrendered very decisively.
Of course, part of the reason was that the main force had been blown up. If the main force were still here, there might be some morale. But with over a thousand dead, leaving only them, how could they have any will to resist?
So when Chen Xiyi shouted, the effect was naturally twice the result for half the effort.
Even he hadn’t expected it to work so well. The only pity was that he didn’t test the limits of the Formless Astral Energy. But it was fine; there would be plenty of chances to test it later. This one time didn’t matter much.