Yu Qingnian and Faluo stood before the main gate, looking at the members of the special class. Yu Qingnian nodded slightly and said, "Quite a few people have been replaced today. That's normal."
Faluo hesitated for a few seconds. "So, the same as yesterday? Should they train like that, or should I step in directly?"
Yu Qingnian shook his head. "No, do the same as yesterday. Let them find their own way in the Secret Realm. If you're always standing behind them, it'll have other effects."
"They need to understand that people can be injured or killed in the Secret Realm. We can't protect them at all times."
Faluo nodded solemnly. "So I'm going alone? You're not stepping in?"
Yu Qingnian smiled. "Of course. I'm only their theory instructor; you're their combat instructor. Do you expect me to teach them how to fight? I can't do that."
His words earned Faluo's contempt. Even a dog wouldn't believe that someone who had spent so many years in the Strange Pavilion didn't understand combat.
"Aren't you just afraid you'll go soft? Watch me torture them. Hahahahaha, that's what I'm good at."
Unlike yesterday, Yu Qingnian only had the new class members say a few words before dismissing everyone. They all understood the rules, so there was no need to say more.
Quite a few of the other trainees had already started entering the Secret Realm island, determined to recover the face they had lost after being battered yesterday.
Li Chen frowned as he walked up to the gate and said to the others, "It seems we didn't get the taboo item."
Meng Xi waved the black talisman in her hand and said, "I knew I couldn't count on you guys. Linlin and I got it yesterday. Let's go!"
The group then walked in. It was the same dark forest as always, but this time it was even more different.
The forest was lit up. Every tree had a lantern, and the lanterns flickered with a faint glow.
"Chen-ge, why do I have a bad feeling about today?" Su Zhe said, his expression somewhat grave.
Li Chen smiled. He had already noticed something was off here.
Suddenly, they felt a tremor. Quite a few trees bearing lanterns began to sway. As though they had each grown an eye, they spotted Li Chen and the others at once, and branch after branch lashed out at them.
Su Zhe instantly crossed his arms to block the incoming attack. Jianping had already drawn his sword, and a flash of blade light severed the branches.
Luo Lin instantly used her Telekinesis to block the attacks aimed at her and Meng Xi with rocks from the ground.
"Oh? So that's how it is." Li Chen frowned. The branches had naturally attacked him too, and today he finally got to experience the Tree Demons' attacks.
But his ability had instantly deflected them.
He also realized why at once, and looked at the lanterns.
At that moment, Su Zhe burst out laughing. "Hahahaha, Chen-ge, looks like even you can't escape the Tree Demons' attacks today!!"
They all knew that, for some reason, Li Chen hadn't been attacked by the Tree Demons yesterday, but today was different.
Li Chen merely smiled. Since that was the case, it was time to have some fun with the Tree Demons.
For a time, the sounds of battle rang out throughout the forest.
Li Chen stood where he was, and every attack bounced away the moment it touched him. That was the terrifying thing about controlling energy: he could turn it into a shield, and he could also alter the paths of the Tree Demons' attacks.
For him, all of it was exercise for his mental power. As long as he had enough mental power, the Tree Demons couldn't touch him.
Attack? How do I turn this energy into an attack? Li Chen frowned. He had his own problem: he could gather these abilities together, but he couldn't attack with them. He could only defend passively.
The Tree Demons all attacked with branches, which made them long-range attacks. But if he gathered the energy radiating throughout the forest, then shaped it into what he wanted to see and fired it at the Tree Demons, would it also have killing power?
With that, a faint green glow began to radiate from his eyes. He was trying to gather and compress the energy in the forest in front of him.
In his eyes, energy was a tangible substance. Compress it enough and it would naturally undergo a change. It was like a sheet of paper: fold it over and over, and it would grow harder and harder.
A green light bloomed in front of him. Quite a few Tree Demons in the forest sensed the terrifying aura and began leaping wildly away. The energy wasn't frightening when it was merely floating around, but once it was gathered together, it underwent a tremendous change.
I can't keep this up. My mental power is reaching its limit. Green light flickered in Li Chen's eyes as he panted.
Compressing this energy consumed a great deal of energy, and it was even difficult to control. He needed to keep working at controlling it.
Jianping and the others had long since noticed what was happening with Li Chen.
Su Zhe's eyes went wide. "Holy shit, is he making a fucking Rasengan?"
Luo Lin's expression grew somewhat grave. She could clearly sense that the energy had begun to show slight signs of running wild. If Li Chen couldn't control it, the energy might explode and destroy the area.
She said gravely, "Get ready to leave, or we'll get caught in it!"
It wasn't that she was unwilling to help Li Chen. She could only sense that terrifying power; she couldn't control it. Their abilities were different, though both involved controlling energy.
Li Chen's hands still seemed to be compressing the energy, but his face had already turned somewhat pale.
That's about enough. If I compress it any further, I'll completely lose control. It just takes too long to charge. If it were a little quicker, this might be a major trump card.
Holding the green ball of light, Li Chen looked at the empty area around him. The Tree Demons seemed to have sensed the danger and had long since leaped away. In the distance, Su Zhe and the others were watching to see what Li Chen would do next.
"Go." Li Chen squeezed the extremely unstable green ball and hurled it out. Its terrifying aura instantly descended on the nearby trees like a crushing pressure.
Light burst forth, and the air seemed to warp. The green ball produced an enormous explosion, and a tide spread outward like ripples. It was the current of air produced by the blast.
Rumble~
Rumble~
A single strike had left a vast area looking as though it had been bombarded by missiles, and this was only an attack at the Dripping Water Realm!
In the distance, Su Zhe was already numb. He murmured, "Holy shit, isn't that fucking terrifying?"
"Just one strike destroyed such a huge area. Are we really training in the same period?"