416: The Horrifying Truth

The meaning of Martial Arts is for conversion rate, or rather, potential activation rate.

For example, with fist and foot Martial Arts, your strength remains the same, but after learning these combat methods, your way of exerting force changes, and when you strike, the effect becomes stronger, and the damage is higher!

This is called conversion rate.

Another example is the Ten Thousand Things Birth talent.

For Xiao Dingdong to heal others, she doesn't even need Martial Arts as a medium; she can directly channel the power brought by her talent into the wounds of others, and healing will begin.

However, the conversion rate is extremely low, or one could say the multiplier is extremely low, or even that the talent's inherent ability is not being utilized at all.

If the healing amount without Martial Arts augmentation is 100%.

Then with a suitable Saint-Grade Martial Arts, the healing amount can probably reach 500%.

The effect is five times stronger, and the healing speed is five times faster!

Divine-Grade Martial Arts can on average reach 1000%!

If it's a Divine-Grade Martial Arts that perfectly aligns with and fully develops the talent's potential, it can even reach a multiplier of 1500%!

This is the difference between having Martial Arts and not having Martial Arts.

In reality, there's a lot of debate about this multiplier.

Some also say this multiplier is completely false; it's actually an energy conversion rate. Originally, without using Martial Arts, one could only unleash 10% of their talent's power, but with Martial Arts, they can unleash a bit more.

There's no such thing as a multiplier of more than ten times; it's just that you originally had that much power, but you couldn't use it.

These two statements seem similar but actually have a fundamental difference.

The true meaning of the latter is that humans cannot, through Martial Arts, exert power beyond the limits of their own talent.

But as for where this limit truly lies, no one can definitively conclude.

Getting back to the main topic.

Xiao Fan's current situation, using the latter explanation, is that he has only unleashed 10%, or even 5%, of his Mental Energy.

More than 90% of the remaining output is all wasted, ineffective energy.

He urgently needs a Martial Arts to display his vast Mental Energy.

Thinking of this, Xiao Fan made a decision.

First, he would write a purely offensive Martial Arts to increase his effective output.

Then, he would modify it based on this foundation, changing it into a method for reading others' memories.

Xiao Fan was quite looking forward to the results.

He didn't directly ask Liu Yuan for the answer for another small reason.

Perhaps he could write a better answer, unique to him.

Because he is currently a blank slate in this area.

He dares to do many things that predecessors called "taboos," because he simply doesn't know what is "taboo."

Just like elemental conflict, everyone says it's suicide.

But for Xiao Fan, it's a super enhancement.

Perhaps on the path of Mental Energy, he can also gain similar benefits.

If it really doesn't work, then he'll reconsider.

He has to try first.

Next, Xiao Fan began to apply formulas.

He applied Mental Energy to some Martial Arts with ordinary attributes to see if it would be effective.

He sat cross-legged, eyes closed, radiating endless Mental Energy.

He worked quickly; if the first Martial Arts didn't apply, he moved directly to the next.

If the second didn't work, he moved to the next.

In just a few minutes, he had already applied over fifty Martial Arts, all of which failed to produce the effect he expected.

But Xiao Fan's expression was not only not grim but gradually eased.

Because in the continuous failures, he had vaguely found the knack, but he still needed to continue experimenting.

After about ten minutes.

Xiao Fan stood up, suddenly raised his hand, and pointed at the tree in front of him.

"Bang!"

A crisp sound.

The tree snapped instantly.

If this scene were witnessed by others, they would surely be astonished.

Because no force known to them was unleashed from Xiao Fan's finger just now.

The tree looked as if it had broken out of thin air!

Although the damage was not great.

The logic of the event itself was terrifying.

To cause damage to an enemy inexplicably, without needing any force as a medium, is truly absurd!

But Xiao Fan's face showed no joy.

He was barely considered to have gotten started now.

But what he applied was Helden's Essence of the Devil Martial Arts.

The attack method was similar to collapse; one only needed to look at a certain spot to make Mental Energy explode there.

But the conversion rate was too low.

Xiao Fan roughly calculated that it should have only reached a 13% energy conversion rate.

This number was so low it was somewhat laughable, equivalent to a third-tier Martial Arts, and one of the weaker ones at that.

But as the old saying goes.

The beginning is always difficult; now that the first step has been taken, slowly figuring out the rest is just a matter of time.

But Xiao Fan couldn't smile at all.

Because the fact that "Essence of the Devil" could be applied to Mental Energy was too terrifying.

This sounds like choosing the right answer.

But the truth behind it was extremely shocking.

Because he had over a dozen Myth-Grade Martial Arts!

Not a single one was compatible, and none of their Acupoints circulation methods could mobilize Mental Energy for attack!

Yet Essence of the Devil was perfectly compatible!

This was enough to prove that Helden was an astonishing Genius!?

He must have mastered Mental Energy long ago!

But no one had ever mentioned this point until now!

No one knew that Helden still had this huge trump card of Mental Energy!

He was even stronger than everyone imagined!

He truly hid himself too deeply!

Then Xiao Fan thought again, Helden gave him such a precious Martial Arts just like that.

He must be the second person in the world to learn this Martial Arts.

Besides him and Helden, no one else would know it.

What did this indicate?

Adding to that, Helden forced out his Fire of Resistance during their peer-level battle...

Good heavens.

Should I call him Teacher Her?

Wait, there's another very important thing.

Xiao Fan's pupils suddenly constricted.

He suddenly remembered what Helden had said to him during the battle.

"Intent is the best weapon!"

At the time, he thought Helden had condensed his intent into the Blood King Sword.

But now it seemed.

Not necessarily!

That might not have been his intent!

Perhaps it was just his Mental Energy!

What his true intent was might not have appeared yet!

Holy cow!

Everyone was deceived by him!?

Helden, this Devil King of the alien race, was truly too terrifying, wasn't he?

How much more was he hiding?

If he hadn't learned the Essence of the Devil Martial Arts, he would never have known until now how deeply Helden was hiding.

Wait.

Was he deliberately exposing his trump card to me?

What exactly does he want to do?

Or does he think I couldn't connect these things?

Xiao Fan would not underestimate himself to that extent.

There's a good saying in the Human Race: don't be misled by superficial phenomena; use your heart and brain to think.

From his first appearance until now, Helden has always shown a strong desire to kill me.

In the peer-level battle in the Martial Arts Pinnacle Tower, he directly cheated by pulling out a sword and attacking me.

But I didn't die; instead, the Fire of Resistance was forced out.

Then later, he brought out Dika and Bru, those two madmen, used the most precious spatial lockdown device, and brought out the poisoned people he had raised for over a decade.

The goal seemed to be to kill me in the clash between the Super God Class and the Demon King Group.

But what was the result?

I didn't die, I'm alive and well, but those alien species thought the Fire of Resistance was dead and started to emerge, only to be suppressed one by one by Helden.

"Damn it..." The more Xiao Fan thought, the more alarmed he became.

This strongest one is the manipulator of everything.

Xiao Fan made many, many connections, the only thing he didn't understand was why he gave him the Essence of the Devil Martial Arts?

If Essence of the Devil was just a Devil-attributed Martial Arts, then so be it.

But now it seems, this Martial Arts clearly conceals the mysteries of Mental Energy.

He didn't have to do this.

He wouldn't have known his secret either.

So why did he let him know?

Does he want me to understand him?

Is he telling me that we are not enemies? But partners?

Or am I also a part of his plan?

Am I already on his chessboard?

Are my every move, always under his manipulation!?

Then how do I break free?

Xiao Fan suddenly felt goosebumps all over his body, and the winter wind and snow became exceptionally cold.

He couldn't confirm whether Helden was a friend or foe.

Because every action of this King was beyond anyone's guess.

It seemed he was very good to him now.

But if there came a moment when he needed him to sacrifice, he would definitely discard him as a chess piece without hesitation.

It was only then that he understood the meaning of General Li's words.

"You have borne the cost of being targeted by Helden."

"Being watched by him is a very terrifying thing..."

Finally, Xiao Fan sighed.

Thinking about these things now was useless.

If Helden was an enemy, dealing with him wasn't his business.

There's General Li, the Grand General, his eldest brother, his second brother, and that... never mind, who would count on a Rebellious Disciple!

His immediate priority now was to continue studying the Essence of the Devil Martial Arts to find the Mental Energy chapter hidden within it.

But studying this would definitely take a lot of time, so before that, he had to have a good fight first.

Suddenly, his mind stirred, and he immediately contacted Wang Dahe.

Wang Dahe was the Martial God currently stationed at the forest battlefield, and also the commander of the battle there.

He received a message from "Heavenly Eagle" and also learned that the secret weapon brought by General Li was the formidable King of Hell.

Upon seeing the message from Xiao Fan, Wang Dahe immediately smiled.