31: Chapter 31 Level Three Superpower, Trump Card

On the way back from the mine, Qi Yin felt more clearly that the recent battle had caused the energy within her to gradually solidify.

Her Supernatural Ability had rapidly broken through to the Second-level just three days after awakening, and in order to become stronger as quickly as possible, she spent almost half of every day training.

Now, Qi Yin felt the barrier leading to the third level faintly emitting an overwhelmed hum under the continuous energy bombardment.

Upon returning to the shelter, Qi Yin did not even have time to change out of her blood-stained jacket before heading straight to her room.

Her consciousness instantly sank into the space; she did not even glance at the mountain of raw stones and jumped straight into the mist-covered spiritual pool.

The warm spring water seemed to have sensed her arrival, and slight ripples appeared on its surface.

Qi Yin did not hesitate at all, shedding her clothes and letting the warm spring water envelop her somewhat exhausted body.

Amidst the powerful healing effects of the spring water, her tense muscles and over-depleted mental energy slowly recovered.

But at this moment, Qi Yin had no time to enjoy this comfort. She took a deep breath and summoned a pure third-level crystal core through the air.

Her gaze focused as she skillfully placed the crystal core against her brow.

"Hum!"

Almost the instant the crystal core touched her brow, a fierce torrent of energy exploded.

It was as if countless freezing ice needles were frantically darting and piercing through her meridians, bringing extreme pain and an ultimate cold that felt like it would freeze her very soul.

Fortunately, Qi Yin's body was much stronger than before her Supernatural Ability awakened, so the pain this time was not as intense as when she first used a crystal core.

She let out a muffled groan, her body trembling, and her face lost its color, turning pale.

Qi Yin gritted her teeth, suppressing the cry of pain that threatened to escape, her fingernails already digging into her palms, leaving crescent-shaped blood marks.

Once she felt a bit more comfortable, she channeled her Ice-type Ability with all her might, guiding this violent energy to strike at the already loosened third-level barrier.

Gradually, the blue energy mass in her lower abdomen spun frantically, constantly compressing and solidifying.

Its volume seemed to be shrinking, but the energy within it was growing layer by layer.

The spring water in the spiritual pool also seemed to be drawn by this energy, drilling into her body as if desperate, seemingly trying to soothe the damage caused by the violent energy.

The nearly ruptured meridians were also repaired during this process, guiding the energy to flow along the correct path.

Qi Yin felt as if she had run a lap through a purgatory of ice and fire, painful and dangerous.

Her consciousness flickered between blurred and clear amidst this intense pain, relying entirely on her strong willpower to hold on.

She did not know how long had passed; it felt like an instant, yet also incredibly long.

A clear cracking sound finally came from the barrier within her body, and some subtle shackle was completely broken.

All the surging energy finally seemed to find an outlet, rushing like a breached torrent into a much broader world.

Circling and swirling, it finally converged into the more solidified energy mass in her lower abdomen.

Then, the energy mass emitted a shining purple light.

Qi Yin curled her lips—a third-level Ice-type Ability, success! Moreover, with a foundation in combat, it was very stable.

Stretching out her hand, Qi Yin felt a much more familiar sense of control over the ice energy.

After washing the stains off her body, just as Qi Yin was about to get up, a completely different and more subtle power was awakened from its slumber.

Her mind became incredibly clear in that instant, and her five senses and perception extended outwards frantically.

Qi Yin could even see the subtle trajectories of airflow in the room outside the space, and could hear the faint panting of Lu Jinwen and the others training downstairs.

She could even vaguely capture the life waves of those people in the hillside villa area!

Qi Yin was instantly overjoyed; could this be a mental-type Supernatural Ability?!

In her memory, a vague piece of information about mental-type Supernatural Abilities instinctively entered her mind.

A mental-type Supernatural Ability is not just a long-range perception radar; Ability Users who possess a mental-type Supernatural Ability can not only clearly distinguish the energy sources and vital signs of zombies, Ability Users, and ordinary people.

They can also condense intangible mental spikes to directly attack others' brain waves, causing headaches and mental confusion at the very least.

At worst, it can kill without a trace.

In her excitement, amidst this sudden torrent of information, a sharp pain came from deep within her mind.

Qi Yin could not help but let out a low moan, leaning exhaustedly against the edge of the spiritual pool.

This was the intense discomfort caused by her mental energy being instantly drained and then initially awakened.

Even so, the exhaustion and pain of her body were diluted by an indescribable ecstasy and excitement.

Now, her Ice-type Ability had been upgraded to the third level; in terms of combat power, it was not at all the same concept as the Second-level.

Even more unexpectedly, awakening such a terrifying and strange mental-type Supernatural Ability gave her an additional powerful trump card in the Apocalypse.

After soaking in the spiritual pool for a long time, until her weak body had completely recovered and her mental power had initially stabilized, Qi Yin slowly opened her eyes.

Only then did she truly have the energy to turn her attention to the biggest harvest brought back from the mine this time.

In one corner of the space, a mountain-like pile of energy raw stones had accumulated.

Because she had awakened a mental-type Supernatural Ability, Qi Yin could directly perceive whether the raw stones contained energy.

Unlike the violence of crystal cores, the energy emitted by these raw stones was gentler and purer, more like the essence of the earth.

Every raw stone here had quite good quality jadeite inside.

While she was thinking, she saw a furry head poke out from the pile of raw stones.

"Xiao Bai? What are you doing?"

How does it seem, it has grown larger again?

If the previous Xiao Bai looked like a large Tibetan Mastiff, right now, it really gave the impression of a half-grown tiger cub.

Xiao Yu flew to Qi Yin's ear: "Master, now the items you bring back will not be automatically used for space upgrades unless you agree."

"This kind of high-energy stone is Xiao Bai's best food. I didn't watch it for a moment, and it has already eaten quite a lot."

Qi Yin understood; is that so?

While speaking, she saw Xiao Bai toss a huge piece of Imperial Green raw stone upwards with its mouth.

The moment it fell, it landed firmly in its mouth; chomp chomp, it was chewed away in two bites.

Qi Yin was furious, going over to grab Xiao Bai's big ears to scold it.

"This is what I use to unlock the Doomsday Mall, you damn Xiao Bai, can't you eat a little less?"

If you eat it all, do we still want the mall or not?

However, the response she got was Xiao Bai's heartless, even snoring.

Qi Yin: I am truly defeated.

This little guy, all day long it's either eating or sleeping.

"Master, Xiao Bai needs to sleep to absorb the energy after devouring it."

Qi Yin let go of her hand, looking helpless.

Forget it, it's something she raised herself, no matter what, she can't let it go hungry, right?

Better to worry about the Doomsday Mall first.

Pointing at the pile of raw stones, Qi Yin asked Xiao Yu: "Is this enough to unlock the Doomsday Mall?"

Ever since the raw stones were thrown in, Xiao Yu had been drooling all over the place watching them, but without the master's consent, it absolutely dared not touch them.

"Of course it's enough, two-thirds is fine. Master, are you sure you want to use two-thirds of the raw stones for the space upgrade and unlock the Doomsday Mall?"

In Xiao Yu's expectant gaze, Qi Yin nodded deeply.

"Confirmed!"