108: Chapter 108 Sickly Child? I Refine Gods and Demons Within My Body!

The Third Laboratory Building was located on the west side of Longya Academy.

Walking there from the dormitory area required crossing most of the campus.

Lin Qi's footsteps were slow, even somewhat unsteady.

Zhang Wei supported him cautiously from the side, fearing that a gust of wind might blow his big brother over.

"Brother Qi, how about we ask for a leave of absence?"

Zhang Wei looked at Lin Qi's face, which was so pale it lacked a single trace of blood, and felt deeply worried.

"In your state, you'll just end up at the bottom anyway. Why let those bastards make a laughingstock out of you?"

Lin Qi did not answer.

The vast majority of his mind was immersed deep within his own body.

At this moment, a silent war was being waged within his internal organs.

One force consisted of the destructive toxins remaining from the essence waste.

They were like the most stubborn bandits, entrenched in the corners of his Meridians, attempting to corrode his viscera.

The other force was the increasingly solid True Qi seed within his Dantian.

It branched out into countless strands of True Qi, like the most loyal guards, deathly protecting the vital points of his heart's pulse and engaging in a brutal tug-of-war with those toxins.

With every breath, True Qi was annihilated by the toxins.

But simultaneously, even more toxins were enveloped and shredded by the True Qi.

This experience of repeatedly jumping back and forth on the edge of life and death allowed Lin Qi's understanding of power to enter an entirely new level.

"So that's how it is..."

Lin Qi's eyelids drooped, concealing the flickering light deep within his pupils.

He had always thought that [Spiral Force] was merely a technique for twisting power into a single rope to penetrate defenses.

Now he finally understood that this was only its most superficial use.

The core of [Spiral Force] was a way of operating energy.

It was the creation of a "vortex."

A vortex capable of crushing all things, yet also capable of Fusion with all things.

The moment his thoughts became clear, the battle situation within Lin Qi's body changed abruptly.

The True Qi that had been blocking from all sides suddenly retracted and converged into a single stream.

Then, using the Dantian as an axis, it began to rotate at high speed.

An invisible True Qi drill resolutely took shape within his Meridians.

Those stubborn toxins entrenched in various places didn't even have time to react before they were swept into this violent energy vortex.

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle.

The True Qi drill churned frantically.

The macromolecular structure of the toxins was forcibly crushed, decomposed, and reduced back into the most primitive energy particles.

Under the extreme rotation and grinding, the destructive "poison" was transformed into nourishing "sustenance."

Streams of pure life energy were flung out from the vortex, merging into Lin Qi's entire body.

His parched muscle fibers were like land meeting rain after a long drought, greedily absorbing this power.

Aching.

Numbness.

Itching.

An indescribable sense of comfort rose from the depths of his bone marrow.

This was the supreme method within the ancient martial arts system: "Establishment through destruction, seeking victory within defeat."

Without destruction, there is no establishment.

Without death, there is no life.

As Lin Qi walked, he underwent this earth-shaking transformation within his body.

The air around him suffered extremely faint distortions because of the high-speed rotating energy vortex inside him.

But to outsiders, he appeared only as a weakling with unsteady steps who might collapse at any moment.

He perfectly controlled all the anomalies within his body, not letting a single trace leak out.

"Cough, cough..."

Lin Qi coughed twice more, his body swaying as most of his weight pressed down on Zhang Wei.

Zhang Wei quickly steadied him, saying anxiously,

"Brother Qi, don't scare me!"

"If you really can't do it, let's just go back. I'll go ask for leave for you!"

Lin Qi waved his hand, his voice raspy.

"It's fine, I won't die."

"I'm just a bit hungry."

The two of them dawdled along until they reached the Third Laboratory Building.

Inside the spacious experimental hall, hundreds of first-year freshmen had already gathered.

The place was bubbling with voices, bustling with activity.

In the very center of the hall stood a giant machine over three meters tall.

Its entire body was forged from black alloy, filled with the aesthetics of industrial violence.

This was a hydraulic force tester, specifically used to test the degree of control an Awakened had over their own power.

The person in charge of this course was a Strength-type instructor named Instructor Zhou Tong.

He had a burly build and a serious face, and was a well-known iron-faced instructor.

It was said he had served in the military and detested nothing more than flashy, useless moves.

Instructor Zhou Tong's gaze swept through the crowd; when he saw Lin Qi being supported by Zhang Wei, his brows knitted into a knot.

He had complex impressions of this champion of the freshman competition.

On one hand, he had personally seen Lin Qi in the forging room, smashing meteoric iron like dough with a large iron hammer.

That pure physical strength had even startled him, a Strength-type instructor.

On the other hand, he had also seen the turmoil on the campus forums.

Wildly drinking industrial waste, self-mutilation-style Cultivation.

In his view, this was simply incredibly stupid self-destructive behavior.

Once a Genius dies young, they are nothing.

"What a pity."

Instructor Zhou Tong sighed inwardly and looked away.

The discussions of the surrounding students drifted over without any concealment.

"Is that Lin Qi? How did he end up looking like such a ghost?"

"I heard he suffered a Qi Deviation and broke his brain. Now he relies on drinking poison every day to stay alive."

"For real? That's way too pathetic."

"He deserves it. Who told him not to follow the Righteous Path and insist on practicing some outdated ancient martial arts?"

"Just wait and see. In today's power control test, he's definitely going to make a huge fool of himself."

Li Qingxuan stood in the front row of the crowd with his arms crossed.

Listening to the surrounding chatter, a cold and arrogant smile played on his lips.

Being humiliated by Lin Qi at the warehouse entrance last time had left him brooding.

Today, he wanted to use absolute strength to tell everyone in their presence.

Who the real Genius was.

And who was just a clown seeking attention.

Instructor Zhou Tong walked to the force tester and patted the cold metal casing.

"Quiet, everyone!"

His sonorous voice drowned out all the noise.

"Today's course content is very simple."

"To test your ability for refined control of power."

"In a moment, everyone will come up and throw a punch at this sensor plate."

Instructor Zhou Tong pointed to a square sensing area in the center of the machine.

"Note that this test isn't just about whose force numerical value is higher."

"I will give a specified range. What you need to do is precisely control your power within that range."

"Exceeding or falling below the range will be considered a failure."

"Now, the test begins!"

After Instructor Zhou Tong announced the rules, he stepped aside.

The students began to line up, stepping forward one by one to test.

Lin Qi found an inconspicuous corner, leaned against the wall, and closed his eyes.

The energy vortex within his body was still rotating.

He needed a little time to adapt to this new body after its rebirth.

As for this child's-play-like test.

He truly couldn't muster the slightest bit of interest."}],