Chapter 104: The Competition Begins! The Scaled Fiend!

[This simulation requires the expenditure of 10,000 movement points. After deduction, 1.9 million movement points will remain. Do you wish to spend 10,000 movement points to proceed with the simulation?]

“Yes.”

[Simulation successful: Under the enhancement of the Talent Quality Upgrade Card, the awakened supernatural talent reaches SSS grade.]

“In that case, I’m relieved. With an SSS-grade talent, as long as I don’t perish prematurely and fate favors me, I can definitely reach the peak of the Yue level, and even have a chance to break into the divine level.”

Lin Qiye murmured softly, a smile curling at the corners of his lips.

Though suppressed by the demonic rules, Lin Qiye still held far too many trump cards.

Even under suppression, he remained a prodigy.

With a warm smile, Lin Qiye stuffed the herbs into his mouth and quickly chewed them.

The bitter medicinal taste and the fibrous texture of the plants stung his throat.

Yet,

Such slight bitterness was no barrier to Lin Qiye’s growth.

Like chewing wax, he swallowed twenty healing herbs into his stomach.

Then,

He took out the improved version of the Awakening Elixir.

The elixir was sealed in a cold preservation device.

When removed,

It still emitted a frosty white mist.

Lin Qiye carefully examined the improved Awakening Elixir, gently shaking the liquid inside.

Without hesitation,

He injected the improved Awakening Elixir into his arm.

The cool liquid instantly turned scorching hot upon contact with his blood and life force.

It even transformed into molten lava, flooding every inch of Lin Qiye’s limbs and bones. His billions of cells were bathed in this magma.

It was as if his body had become a forge, his essence, vitality, innate energy, and Ziwei true energy all being set ablaze.

The innate energy he had accumulated over the year—over 160,000 strands—sustained this awakening.

Lin Qiye’s brow lifted slightly.

“Seems those twenty herbs didn’t matter much. The key is the innate energy and the innate divine body. Otherwise, with my body maturity at only nine years old, the Awakening Elixir would have burned me to a crisp.”

He exhaled deeply.

Of course,

Though the twenty herbs were but a drop in the ocean, they were better than nothing.

Pure, icy medicinal power flowed into his body, nourishing it,

Cheering on his innate energy and divine body.

Hundreds of thousands of strands of innate energy were completely consumed, causing earth-shaking changes within Lin Qiye.

An hour later,

Lin Qiye suddenly opened his eyes.

Golden thunder flashed within his gaze.

“The awakened supernatural talent truly has nothing to do with the ‘Genesis Simulation.’ Instead, it is the Qingxu Divine Thunder Root Bone, not bad. According to this world’s terminology, it should be called an SSS-grade supernatural talent—the Annihilation Heavenly Thunder.”

“Heh, sounds so dramatic.”

Lin Qiye chuckled.

He stood and took a shower.

“The supernatural talent has awakened. Next comes tempering and development. An SSS-grade supernatural talent, when tempered to 20%, corresponds to Foundation Establishment; 40% is Golden Core; 60% is Nascent Soul; 80% is Fusion Dao; 100% is Divine Transformation.”

“However, developing supernatural abilities is entirely different from cultivation. It requires mastering the subtle and intricate training of the talent, ultimately commanding thunder as if it were a mere thread or an extension of one’s fingers…”

“This is actually a good thing—it trains my control over thunder. If I can bring this control skill back to the main world, my combat power will multiply several times!”

Lin Qiye’s eyes burned with determination.

He immediately sat cross-legged,

Beginning to practice controlling his supernatural ability.

A thread of thunder surged from his palm, all his willpower poured into it.

With focused control, he tried to stretch and thin the thunder, hoping to shape it into a slender “wire”…

Alas,

His control was poor. The thunder would only hold its form for a few seconds before melting back into a sphere.

After hundreds of attempts,

Lin Qiye’s head throbbed painfully.

“Looks like for now, I can only condense the thunder into a small pebble to smash enemies! Too crude.”

He lay down on the ground,

Drowsily falling asleep.

Several hours later,

Lin Qiye slowly opened his eyes.

As his eyelids lifted, the world brightened from dimness, and many pairs of eyes focused on his face.

“Little Young Master, you’re awake?”

“What happened to you? Why did you collapse?”

His father and mother, Gu He, Uncle Zhao, Uncle Xiong, Uncle Li, Aunt Wang, Aunt Zhou—all looked on with concern.

Lin Qiye rubbed his forehead.

“I’m fine, just dozed off.”

He did not reveal that his supernatural talent had awakened, only laughing heartily.

“Maybe I’ve been too tired working in the lab recently. I’ll rest for a while!”

He found an excuse.

Then quickly turned over,

Walking energetically around the room.

Seeing Lin Qiye was okay, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

“Since you’re fine, let’s have dinner together. Tonight, we’re dining out! Uncle Zhao is treating us. Let’s feast well on him!”

Lin Qiye nodded.

So the group drove off to enjoy a sumptuous meal.

Returning at night,

It was already nine o’clock.

Moonlight streamed through the window, the cool breeze gently blowing.

Lin Qiye sat cross-legged, practicing precise control of thunder.

He stretched the spherical thunder with his mind, elongating and thinning it into a fine thread, wrapping it around himself into rings formed by countless thunder strands.

However,

He only succeeded once.

Most times, he could only pull the thunder halfway around before it melted into a blob.

Mastering control over supernatural abilities is a technical craft,

Demanding patience, control, and relentless effort. Once one achieves exquisite mastery over their power, they approach the realm of true strength.

Real battles of the powerful resemble art.

Lin Qiye’s eyes burned brightly.

He exhaled,

Then lay down to sleep.

The next day,

Father and mother went to work.

Gu He went to school.

Lin Qiye stayed home alone.

Hidden in his underground training chamber, he fiercely refined his supernatural ability. Thanks to the tempering crystal, his progress was fairly rapid.

In just one month,

Lin Qiye’s development of his supernatural talent reached 20%, equivalent to a Foundation Establishment cultivator in the main world.

But

This was far from enough.

Lin Qiye continued to bury himself in intense cultivation.

One month later,

His thunder ability had grown dozens of times stronger.

At awakening, the thunder was the size of a ping-pong ball; two months later, if fully unleashed, it would be as large as a villa.

Under Lin Qiye’s control,

The thunder could be finely shaped into a long rope five millimeters thick, able to circle the training chamber ten thousand times and hold for several tens of seconds.

This was already masterful.

Yet he still fell short of true mastery by a vast margin.

True masters can shrink their energy-based talents to the size of a hair strand. Some who control water elemental abilities can even use a single drop to pierce all defenses.

In terms of control, Lin Qiye was still a novice.

Therefore,

Lin Qiye trained relentlessly for half a year.

By two years and six months old,

His development had reached 50%, entering the mid-Golden Core stage.

At this time,

Lin Qiye grew wings.

Not only did his speed multiply several times, but the capacity of his supernatural ability equaled that of a hundred villas, enough to join a Yue-level demon hunting group as a main damage dealer.

However,

Lin Qiye’s plan was to cultivate to the peak and shatter all obstacles, so he had no interest in joining any demon hunting team.

After all,

Only six months remained until the disaster at age three.

He had to gain the power to destroy the Scale-Skined Demons’ plan within the next half year!

Otherwise,

Lin Qiye would die.

“Six months. That shouldn’t be difficult.”

Lin Qiye smiled gently. Though the demonic rules suppressed his maturity, he had Qin Xingtong’s technology.

Technology was always the breakthrough!

He quickly gathered his spirit and meditated to cultivate.

Three months later,

Lin Qiye’s development reached 60%, breaking through Golden Core cultivation to become a true Nascent Soul expert.

At this point,

The thunder inside him was as large as a small city.

Unleashing it all would be equivalent to a small nuclear bomb.

Still, this was not enough.

Especially in terms of exquisite control.

Lin Qiye could only stretch the thunder to the thickness of a baby’s finger.

He was far from controlling it down to a thread’s width.

“I have to admit, mastering this talent is truly challenging. But if I can bring this control skill back to the main world, my combat power increase would be terrifying!”

Though refining his supernatural talent was extremely difficult,

Lin Qiye understood its immense value.

Thus,

He worked even harder.

However,

Only three months remained before the disaster at age three.

Lin Qiye had a premonition.

The Scale-Skined Demons were about to invade.

(End of chapter)