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Since activating potential required the assistance of multiple people, Bai Yuekui called over several Awakened Practitioners to help.

Although some Awakened Practitioners didn't need to do anything, they still came to watch the excitement.

Among the crowd of onlookers, the masked Xu Tong was particularly conspicuous.

Because aside from Amur wearing a face mask, he was the only one wearing a full mask.

For the people of Dragon Bone Village, this was already a common sight.

But for the people from the Lighthouse, every time they saw this masked man, they felt it was a bit strange.

"If he succeeds in activating his potential this time, then how do we explain how strong he was before?" Xu Tong grumbled.

Amur, standing beside him, also said, "I heard that back in Nirvana, he repelled Great Mountain all by himself, and his telekinesis even trapped Boss Bai for a moment."

"That really happened!" Xu Tong said in a surprised tone. "He even killed a Twin-Jawed Beast today!"

"That's impressive!"

Jing Yuan took off his armor, wearing only a pair of shorts, and stepped onto a circular platform under Xia Tianlai's guidance.

"Why do I have to take off my clothes?" Jing Yuan was a bit shy; after all, standing in front of so many people wearing only shorts was still somewhat embarrassing.

Xia Tianlai explained to him, "When some potentials are activated, they can destroy clothing. Wearing them would be a waste."

Jing Yuan smiled. "I guess that's a side effect of activating potential then!"

"That's hardly a side effect." Xia Tianlai pointed at Xu Tong nearby and said, "His name is Xu Tong. When his potential was activated, his face was gone. And Amur next to him—when his potential activated, his mouth was ruined, and it could only be repaired later using mechanical means."

Hearing himself being mentioned, Xu Tong couldn't help but stroke his mask. "Oh, my handsome face!"

"Is it that serious?" Jing Yuan immediately felt some regret.

"Don't worry, side effects vary from person to person! There are normal ones too."

Bai Yuekui watched Jing Yuan from the side. "The first step in activating potential is to generate Willpower. The Phenomenon Equipment is there to help you skip the first step and directly cause your life source essence to enter a turbulence state."

"Once it enters turbulence, it can trigger the hidden energy, right?" Jing Yuan already understood the process well. "Alright, let's do it!"

"When activating potential, you must enter a state of selflessness. We will use specific electromagnetic pulses to stimulate your acupuncture points and help you reach that state."

As Xia Tianlai spoke, he controlled a mechanical arm to reach toward Jing Yuan.

As the mechanical arm emitted electromagnetic pulses to stimulate Jing Yuan's acupuncture points, his perception of his body gradually vanished.

The final electromagnetic pulse hit his head, plunging his entire being into a state of nothingness.

The computer screen in front of Xia Tianlai displayed: Sensory system and brain signal transmission terminated.

Then, he said, "Prepare to export life source essence!"

"Connect the source essence leads!"

The Phenomenon Equipment slowly unfolded, and the leads were fully connected.

"Start the Source Essence Projector!"

A beam of light struck Jing Yuan.

The people from the Lighthouse were still a bit worried seeing this scene.

After the light beam hit Jing Yuan, a surge of life source essence condensed behind him.

"So fast? He can actually enter the turbulence state quickly without the help of frequency vibration equipment?"

Even Xia Tianlai was a bit shocked.

"Specified biological magnetic field reached!"

As the light beam continued its output, the image behind Jing Yuan began to clear, gradually taking on a humanoid shape.

"This..."

The people of Dragon Bone Village were all shocked to see this.

"What a powerful aura of life source essence!"

"How can his life source essence be this strong?"

Not only were Xia Tianlai and the spectating Awakened Practitioners sensing the power of this aura, but even Bai Yuekui was extremely surprised.

She had never seen such a powerful aura of life source essence before.

Furthermore, as the light beam continued to output, the image behind Jing Yuan kept growing larger.

Its height was nearly the height of the hall, looking absolutely awe-inspiring.

"The non-coding genes are reacting!"

"He really hasn't awakened his potential before!"

...Ever since his five senses were shut off, Jing Yuan had been in an unconscious, deep sleep.

When he opened his eyes again, he saw that he was still in the hall.

However, he felt as if the hall had shrunk. The vast hall now seemed like a small room.

Jing Yuan looked around again and was shocked to find that the people around him had also shrunk.

No!

It wasn't that the people around him had shrunk, but that he had grown larger.

Just as Jing Yuan was wondering why he had grown larger, he suddenly saw his own body right before his eyes.

"How can this be!"

Jing Yuan looked at his body in shock; he was just a void-like projection of light and shadow.

At this moment, a term surfaced in Jing Yuan's mind:

out-of-body experience!

When Jing Yuan had thought about life source essence before, he had considered that their descriptions of it were very much like a soul.

It's just that life source essence was considered energy acting between biological cells, a concrete substance.

Whereas the concept of a soul was more abstract.

life source essence cannot exist independently outside a living body, but it can be transferred along with a brain transplant.

Although the soul also depends on the physical body to exist, it is more independent. Even if a brain transplant is performed, the soul might still remain in the original body.

Right now, they were performing a projection of life source essence, yet they had somehow pulled out Jing Yuan's 'soul.'

Chapter 147: Talent and Rewards

Jing Yuan looked at Xia Tianlai. "What's going on?"

Everyone present was shocked because they clearly heard a person's life source essence speaking.

"He... he..." Xia Tianlai was so frightened he couldn't speak.

Bai Yuekui was relatively calm. "Perhaps it's just because his life source essence is much stronger than an ordinary person's." Then, she looked at Jing Yuan. "You are currently in a state of source essence turbulence, and your body's potential is being activated. Wait patiently."

Jing Yuan then looked at his body; he saw his unconscious body being held up by mechanical arms, with blue light emanating from all over.

"What a strange feeling!"

"What state am I in now? A source essence projection? Or an out-of-body experience?"

Jing Yuan was very curious about his state, but unfortunately, Bai Yuekui and the others did not answer the question.

This process lasted for quite a while.

Then, Jing Yuan's body erupted with a burst of blue light, and his life source essence suddenly shrank back into his body.

Jing Yuan snapped his eyes open, and even his eyes were emitting a blue glow.

Jing Yuan looked at his body with an expression of disbelief; he could clearly feel that his body was different, but he didn't know how.

"Is it over?"

"It's over." Xia Tianlai looked at the computer screen and said in surprise, "The data just now showed that your non-coding genes have been activated! But you clearly already possessed telekinesis, yet you could still activate non-coding genes again. Is it really possible to activate potential a second time?"

Jing Yuan looked at his hands in surprise. "Then what is my potential?"

"We'll give you a comprehensive check-up in a moment to determine your potential!"

Xia Tianlai looked at Jing Yuan; based only on the observations before him, he couldn't be certain either.

Jing Yuan was confused when suddenly, a line of subtitles appeared before his eyes.

[Obtained Space Talent!]

[Reward: Source Energy Cultivation Method!]

[Reward: Spatial Secret Art!]

Jing Yuan's eyes suddenly widened.

Seeing this, Bai Yuekui asked, "What's wrong?"

"No! It's nothing!" Jing Yuan pretended to feel a bit dizzy and sat down cross-legged to the side. "I might need to rest for a bit."