744: Playing tricks

Time passed like water; five more days flashed by in the blink of an eye.

Compared to before the Qi Revival, five days on Earth now feel equivalent to 15 days.

This is because the Spiritual Qi feedback and the universal martial arts practice have greatly increased everyone's Physique.

Otherwise, one could sleep through the day several times over.

As the sun slanted westward, a fiery red sunset spread across the sky.

Yang Dian, who was sitting in the small courtyard absentmindedly petting his cat, suddenly opened his eyes and looked at the sky in a daze.

"All used up, huh~"

After his strength increased, his efficiency in utilizing energy also improved greatly.

Nearly 400 million—this energy, which used to take several months to consume, was depleted by Yang Dian in a short amount of time.

And this was even with him trying his best to use it sparingly.

However, with great consumption comes great harvest.

Previously, he had only used a little over 200 million energy on himself; now, having used nearly 400 million all at once, how could the improvement not be significant?

Switching to data mode, the surging data on his panel was the best proof.

Physique: 1.3

Rule Amplification:

Metal: 100,000

Wood: 100,000

Water: 100,000

Fire: 100,000

Earth: 100,000

Five Elements Mutual Generation: 3,200,000

Battle Intent: 210,000

Sharpness: 80,000

Annihilation: 130,000

Total Rule Fusion Amplification: 8,630,000

Soul Strength: 863,000

A Physique of 1.3 means that at the end of the strength test 5 days ago, taking his own Physique as a base of 1, he had gained a 0.3-fold increase through energy nourishment over these 5 days.

In other words, his base stats were 1.3 times what they were originally.

Amplification also means exactly what it says.

Driven by his not-so-severe obsessive-compulsive disorder, Yang Dian forcibly comprehended the Five Elements rules, raising the amplification multiplier of the [Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth] Five Elements rules for himself to 100,000 times each.

After amplification, the Five Elements Mutual Generation became 3.2 million times.

Including other rule amplifications, the combined total came to 863 times.

It wasn't that he couldn't be stronger; it was mainly that his Soul strength limited the amplification multiplier.

After many tests, Yang Dian confirmed that his Soul could only perfectly control rule power that was 10 times stronger than itself.

Once it exceeded this value, the power would go out of control.

When power is out of control, a ten-million-fold amplification is about the same as a million-fold amplification.

Therefore, Yang Dian preferred to fully control his own strength rather than purely pursuing the beauty of numbers.

"My base strength has increased by 1.3 times, and in terms of rules, it's more than doubled."

"I feel like the current me could fight 100 of me from 5 days ago, and win in a crushing manner."

"So..."

Yang Dian stood up from the recliner and stretched his neck:

"It's time to go meet Yu Tian."

"I wonder if Immortal Emperor Yu can take a serious punch from me."

Yang Dian thought it was probably unlikely.

After all, if he were to increase his strength by another eight or ten million times, he would even dare to test the waters with the Stellar Ancestor.

What level is Yu Tian at, to dare to take a punch from him?

Thinking this, Yang Dian called out to the house:

"Mom, I have some things to do, I won't be eating dinner at home."

Yangs Mother, who was busy in the kitchen, poked her head out:

"What about tomorrow morning?"

Yang Dian thought for a moment:

"Tomorrow morning should be fine."

It's just going out to find a Star Core; it won't take much time.

As long as he locks onto the location of the dimensional tunnel leading to the Star Core Space, he could smash the Star Core in minutes and take the Star Core Origin home.

As for if he spends a lot of time and still can't lock onto the dimensional tunnel?

Then he would just leave Yu Tian behind and go home.

Anyway, no matter what, he couldn't let it delay him from going home to eat.

Hearing Yang Dian's answer from the kitchen, Yangs Mother nodded with satisfaction:

"Then I'll cook the seafood porridge you like tomorrow morning."

Yang Lele leaped down from the second-floor window:

"Brother, where are you going? Can you take me?"

He reached out and pushed away the head that was leaning in front of him:

"No."

"That place is like home to me; I can wander around however I want, but it's still a bit dangerous for you. If you're not careful, you'll be done for."

"You'd better just stay home obediently and improve your strength."

Yang Lele opened her mouth, just about to say that with Yang Dian protecting her, she would be very safe.

But Yang Dian didn't give her a chance to speak and disappeared right before her eyes.

"Stinky brother!"

Yang Lele kicked a stone at her feet:

"When I get stronger, I won't take you when I go out to play either!"

Just as she muttered a couple of sentences, Yangs Mother's voice came from the kitchen again:

"Lele, go call your sister Ling Ling and tell her to come home for dinner in half an hour."

"She stays in the sea every day; I'm afraid that girl will get into trouble."

Yang Lele stomped her foot:

"Mom, Lin Ling is only half a month older than me."

"Half a month is still older than you..."

While there was chatter about family matters on Earth, Yang Dian, who had just arrived at Azurewave Star, followed a vague intuition and met Yu Tian, whom he hadn't seen in a long time.

Yu Tian's condition was not good.

His aura was unstable, his Soul was withered, and he looked physically and mentally exhausted after a great battle.

He didn't even notice when Yang Dian quietly crept up to his side.

'If I were to give Old Yu a hit now, would Old Yu just go GG immediately?'

As soon as the thought arose, Yu Tian, who was recovering with his eyes closed, suddenly felt a creepy sensation.

"Who!"

Looking at Yu Tian, who was ready to launch an indiscriminate attack at the slightest provocation, Yang Dian stepped forward and appeared directly in front of him:

"Why so agitated?"

As he spoke, he looked Yu Tian up and down:

"Who forced you into this state?"

"The three on Chongming Star?"

Looking at Yang Dian, who had appeared abruptly in front of him, Yu Tian became even more vigilant.

Compared to the three sages of Chongming, Yang Dian, who could silently creep up to his side and bring him a sense of fatal threat, was clearly someone he needed to be three times more wary of.

"It's you?"

Yu Tian didn't answer Yang Dian's question; he was more concerned about how Yang Dian found him:

"How did you know I was here?"

Yang Dian smiled, reached out, and hooked a transparent thread invisible to ordinary people:

"The guidance of fate."

Four hundred million energy was enough, so Yang Dian was willing to spend some on the rules of fate, which seemed like a bottomless pit.

The result was good.

Although he hadn't reached the level where he could manipulate the threads of fate with the flick of a finger and play with people like puppets.

But manipulating fate to let it guide him to find people he had once had contact with was no longer a difficult task.

That's why Yang Dian was able to find Yu Tian in a short time after entering Azurewave Star.

Standing by, Yu Tian looked at Yang Dian's finger-hooking, smiling appearance and couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth:

"Playing God and feigning ghosts."

After a sarcastic remark, he wanted to say something else, but then he saw Yang Dian raise his finger and draw a circle.

"Playing God and feigning ghosts?"

Yang Dian curled his lips and smiled:

"It is indeed playing God and feigning ghosts."

"The one playing God is you."

"The one feigning ghosts is also you."

As he spoke, two images were reflected in the two circles drawn by Yang Dian.

In one image, there was a lonely temple in the mountains, where a lustful god received incense and was worshipped by desolate people.

In the other image, there was a wealthy mansion.

Under the moonlight, a sweet osmanthus tree in the courtyard cast a ferocious shadow.

Seeing this scene, Yu Tian's eyes widened instantly:

"You!!!"

"How is this possible!!"

This lustful god and the sweet osmanthus tree, aren't they two of Yu Tian's Clones?