185: Chapter 185 The Night Before the Finals! Final Preparations! The Madman Uses His Body as a Furnace to Refine Deadly Poison!

Lin Qi's casually spoken words, "Everything in this world can be medicine," felt like a massive mountain pressing down on the hearts of Zhang Wei and Instructor Su Qing.

Zhang Wei was on the verge of tears, his chubby face filled with despair.

"Brother Qi, I'm begging you like my own brother! Can we stop bluffing? That's a trap the Li family dug for you, it's a deadly poison! Over seventy billion—that's enough for us to buy an island and sunbathe every day; it's not worth risking our lives against them!"

Instructor Su Qing's expression also turned icy to the extreme. She stepped forward, her voice carrying an unquestionable, commanding tone.

"Lin Qi, this is not a joke. I will say it again: Void Realm energy—touch it and you die. There is no literature recording any survivors. Hand it over to me to handle."

As a retired powerhouse from the military, she knew deeply the terror of this forbidden power. It was simply not something that current human life forms could touch.

Lin Qi looked at the two of them—one anxious and hopping mad, the other cold as frost—yet neither could hide their heartfelt concern.

He toyed with the potion in his hand and smiled.

"Exceptions start from today."

He didn't explain further because he knew that the path of a Martial Saint, this realization of seeking life through death, could not be explained to them in words.

After saying this, he tucked the lethal potion into his pocket and turned to walk out of the lounge.

"Brother Qi! Where are you going?!" Zhang Wei instinctively wanted to chase after him.

"To find a place to digest this 'supplement.'"

Lin Qi waved his hand without looking back, his figure quickly disappearing at the end of the corridor.

Zhang Wei and Instructor Su Qing exchanged a look, both seeing a deep sense of helplessness in the other's eyes. Once this madman decided on something, no one could stop him.

Meanwhile, inside the exclusive top-tier training ground of Kyoto University.

Li Pojun, dressed in a special training suit, hovered in mid-air within the training ground. Around him, countless blinding electric snakes danced wildly, crackling and popping, ionizing the air and creating a burnt smell.

A subordinate of the Li family walked in quickly and reported respectfully.

"Young Master, the target just entered the A-grade underground training room of Longya Academy, accompanied by Instructor Su Qing and that fatty. According to intelligence, Instructor Su Qing has already activated the highest level of physical isolation and signal shielding."

Li Pojun slowly opened his eyes, lightning flashing within his pupils.

He gave a contemptuous smile. With a wave of his hand, an arc of electricity as thick as a bucket descended from the sky, instantly blasting a target made of special alloy a hundred meters away into boiling molten iron.

"Let her be. The better the isolation, the fewer people will be able to collect his corpse."

He had absolute confidence in his open conspiracy.

That strand of Void Realm energy was extracted by the Li family at an astronomical cost from the deepest part of the Abyss battlefield. Even for a top-tier Fourth-Turn powerhouse, once it invaded their body, their genetic chain would completely collapse within seconds, turning them into a puddle of blood.

Lin Qi? A Blank Slate who didn't even have a profession—no matter how strong his Physical Body was, could it be stronger than the Law?

"He is dead for sure." Li Pojun's voice carried no emotion. "Send word down, the victory banquet for the finals can be prepared in advance."

He even felt a bit bored.

He had expected a heart-pounding battle, but it was going to end in this way.

However, being able to watch with his own eyes that small fry who had repeatedly challenged the Li family's dignity drink poison himself under the gaze of the masses and die painfully on the arena floor could also be considered a decent side show.

"Boom!" The alloy door, several meters thick, slowly closed, completely isolating all sounds from the outside world.

The A-grade underground training room, one of the Federation's highest-spec single-person training facilities.

Lin Qi stood in the center of the empty training room and took a deep breath.

He did not rush to touch the potion.

Even a lion uses its full strength to hunt a rabbit. The upcoming Breakthrough was the greatest danger he had faced since stepping into this world; he could not afford the slightest mistake.

Sitting cross-legged, he closed his eyes slightly and quickly entered a state of self-oblivion.

His Blood Moving Technique operated automatically within him. Deep in his Dantian, the ocean of True Qi that had completely liquefied began to surge, like the Qiantang River during a high tide. Wave after wave of powerful energy washed over his limbs and bones, pushing his physical state to its Peak.

In his mental world, countless scenes of life-and-death struggles from his previous life in the "martial arts era" flashed by rapidly.

Discussing swordsmanship with the Sword Immortal on the Peak of Mount Shu, fighting for his life against the Demon Lord beneath the Nine Netherworlds, facing the world-ending beast tide all alone...

Those combat experiences and martial arts insights that had long been branded into the deepest parts of his Soul were reorganized at this moment, becoming clearer than ever before.

The dodging and maneuvering of [Ghost Shadow Yu Step], the fierce, violent explosion of [Mountain Crushing Force], the Yin-soft penetration of [Spiral Force]...

All the techniques, all the methods, had been practiced thousands of times in his mind, finally condensing into the purest thought: Become stronger!

Only by tempering this mortal Physical Body into an Indestructible Golden Body capable of bearing the power of a Martial Saint could he truly regain the composure of his past life and deal with all the crises hidden in this world.

And that bottle of potion was the only key for him to break through the shackles of his Physical Body and leverage a life transition!

Outside the training room, Old Mo paced back and forth anxiously, clutching a yellowed ancient book in his hands, muttering to himself.

"Fighting poison with poison, tempering one's own body... The ancient texts do indeed record this, but they all used century-old snake gall or millennium-old fleeceflower root poison. Using something like Void Realm energy for Body Refining—this kid is simply the number one madman in history!"

Following Lin Qi's requirements, he had prepared a large amount of rare medicinal herbs to stabilize Qi and blood and make up for deficiencies, filling half the corridor just in case.

Instructor Su Qing was like an ice sculpture, leaning against the wall next to the alloy door, arms crossed, eyes closed. But her slightly trembling eyelashes betrayed her inner turmoil.

She had used all her authority to completely seal off this area. Not even a fly could fly in.

This was all she could do. The rest would depend on Lin Qi's own destiny.

Time ticked by, second by second. There were three hours left until the start of the finals.

Inside the deathly silent training room, Lin Qi, sitting cross-legged, slowly opened his eyes.

The air in the room seemed to freeze the instant he opened his eyes. A terrifying gleam flashed from the depths of his pupils, and his entire spirit and energy had climbed to an unimaginable Peak.

Everything was ready.

He took out the vial of S-grade Genetic Completion Potion that emitted an eerie purple halo from his pocket.

Through the crystal vial, his gaze locked precisely onto that strand of black energy within the purple liquid—thinner than a hair, yet radiating a pure aura of destruction.

That was Void Realm energy.

In his eyes, there was not the slightest fear; instead, a monstrous Battle Intent burned.

He unscrewed the cap, and an icy, violent aura rushed towards him.

He did not drink it immediately but instead wrapped a voice in True Qi, transmitting it precisely into the ears of the two people outside the door.

"I am starting. No matter what noises you hear, do not come in."