Advance! Dark Gold Late Stage Mental Power!

This was a plan Lin Zhen had come up with long ago: as long as he wrapped himself in Liquid Metal, the Leech would be unable to harm him.

If the water is teeming with strange fish, this method will absolutely not work; a thin layer of Liquid Metal cannot protect Lin Zhen.

But Leech are different. These creatures use suckers, blood-sucking, and paralysis techniques, but they don't have sharp teeth or claws, so they can't break through Lin Zhen's Liquid Metal protective layer.

He had only recently come up with this idea, and he didn't expect it to come in handy so quickly.

As his body sank into the lake, he could still hear Hansen shouting excitedly on the shore.

Hansen was furious. He hadn't expected Lin Zhen to go into the water, and now he couldn't chase after him.

However, as an assassin, and one who had accepted a mission, Hansen also had his professional ethics. He would not give up easily until he saw Lin Zhen dead and obtained some evidence.

He saw that Lin Zhen used Liquid Metal to protect himself after entering the water, but he believed that it could not last long.

"Young man from the East, that metal eggshell of yours won't protect you for long. The air inside is limited, at most sustaining you for half a day. You are War God and can use your Inner Breath from your Dantian Qi, but you can't have unlimited Inner Breath. At most, you'll have to surface in three days. That will be your death day—either by my hand or by those disgusting creatures!"

Hansen stood on the shore and shouted for a while, but no one responded. He got bored and simply set up camp on the shore.

He took out his tent and food, determined to hold out there and wait for Lin Zhen to finally surface.

Lin Zhen ignored those things. After entering the water, the Leech gradually dispersed and returned to their hiding places under the Lotus Leaf. Lin Zhen then quietly changed the shape of the Liquid Metal.

He transformed the Liquid Metal into a diving suit, covering his entire body without any gaps, which effectively protected him from the suckers of Leech.

Since the Liquid Metal was no longer an eggshell, it lost its buoyancy, and Lin Zhen continued to sink, soon reaching the bottom of Lotus Lake.

The water here isn't particularly deep, only about twenty or thirty meters.

However, the area of the water is quite large, and the underwater area is pitch black.

Lin Zhen thinned the Liquid Metal in front of him, making it almost transparent, and then, relying on his Night Vision, began searching beneath Lotus Lake.

"Although this lake isn't small, it's much smaller than Tree Heart Lake. As long as that special Meteorite is here, I'm sure I'll be able to find it."

"I'm using my Dantian Qi Inner Breath, which is enough to keep me underwater for three days. Three days should be more than enough."

Because of the presence of Leech, there are no other fish in this lake. Sometimes, huge Leech swim past Lin Zhen Lin Zhen without even glancing at him, which makes Lin Zhen feel very at ease.

He began a comprehensive search, rummaging through different areas of the lake.

He searched through almost every stone in the water, and it wasn't until the night of the second day that Lin Zhen finally found his destination.

A golden-purple stone is located in the northeast of Lotus Lake, in a patch of silt.

"Found it! I finally found it!"

Holding the stone, Lin Zhen was extremely excited. This was Meteorite, Meteorite with the function of stimulating the growth of Mental Power!

Even Extraterrestrial Civilization treasured this thing and took it away; the Mental Power it contains is definitely extraordinary.

Lin Zhen held the Meteorite and let the Liquid Metal spread outward little by little, gradually enveloping the Meteorite until it reached Lin Zhen's chest.

Lin Zhen transformed the Liquid Metal into a large sphere once more, then sat cross-legged inside it. He then used the two hooks below to attach the sphere to a rock, preventing it from floating upwards.

"My current Mental Power is at the Early Dark Gold, and there is still a considerable distance to go before reaching the middle stage. I wonder how much this Meteorite, which is treasured by Extraterrestrial Civilization, can increase my Mental Power."

"Even if it's not by much, the growth is certain. As long as my Mental Power surpasses Hansen's outside, I will no longer fear his Mental Impact, and then his advantage will be gone."

"Assassinating me will come at a price."

Lin Zhen thought to herself as she placed the Meteorite against her chest.

After adjusting my breathing, I felt that my Inner Breath could last for more than a day, which should be enough time.

"Let's begin. After all this hard work, let me see just how much power you really have."

A stream of Mental Power slowly seeped into the Meteorite, and what Lin Zhen saw in his mind suddenly changed.

It was almost a vast starry sky, with Dark Gold light shining everywhere, and occasionally a glimmer of starlight flickering within it. As soon as Lin Zhen's Mental Power was injected, he immediately let out a comfortable groan.

"Ah! Such powerful Mental Power! This energy is a tremendous tonic for Mind Power Master!"

"It seems that this Meteorite has really given me a huge surprise. If I can absorb all of this power, my Mental Power will definitely break through to the early stage."

Lin Zhen no longer had any scruples. His Mental Power, like a greedy snake, greedily absorbed the omnipresent Mental Power.

At this moment, Lin Zhen was like a whirlpool, and the Mental Power within the Meteorite was like a large lake, with the lake water swirling and entering Lin Zhen's Mental Sea of Consciousness.

"This is amazing! This is amazing! This is power, this is Mental Power! I feel my Mental Power increasing at an unprecedented rate!"

In less than an hour, Lin Zhen suddenly felt as if something had been broken, and his mind suddenly became clear!

"I advanced! I actually advanced! Haha, it hasn't been that long, and I've already advanced from the Early Dark Gold to the Dark Gold Mid Stage!"

At this moment, the Mental Power within this Meteorite did not seem to have decreased much.

If Lin Zhen were to leave now, his Mental Power would surpass that of Hansen on the shore. However, he was not in a hurry to move. He wanted to absorb the Mental Power within the Meteorite in one go, and he would not leave until he had absorbed all of it.

If advancing from the Early Dark Gold to the Dark Gold Late Stage requires a total of one hundred small grids of Mental Power, then Lin Zhen gains one small grid almost every ten minutes.

After entering the Dark Gold Mid Stage, his absorption speed accelerated further. Three hours later, he had advanced about 20% on the path to the Dark Gold Mid Stage!

"Go, go, Lin Zhen! Maybe you can even advance to the Mid Stage Peak today. Only then can you defeat the foreigners on the shore and be competitive in the God of War Arena!"

Six hours later, Lin Zhen's Mental Power reached half of the Dark Gold Mid Stage. At this time, the Mental Power inside the Meteorite finally showed signs of decreasing, almost by half.

Ten hours later, Lin Zhen's Mental Power surged again, reaching three-quarters of the Dark Gold Mid Stage. The Mental Power within the Meteorite was almost depleted.

"It's almost over. It's been almost a night outside, so it should be dawn by now. I've absorbed almost all the Mental Power within this Meteorite. I'm pretty sure I'm almost at the Mid Stage Peak, but whether I'll advance to the Dark Gold Late Stage is another matter."

"If I can advance to the Dark Gold Late Stage, then within the War God realm, I will be virtually fearless in a contest of Mental Power. You must know that even someone as powerful as Dongfang Jun is only at the Dark Gold Mid Stage Mental Power."

"Even if there are outstanding geniuses in various countries around the world, their Mental Power will never surpass mine, and it is almost impossible for them to even be on par with mine."

Although Lin Zhen was excited, the absorption of Mental Power did not stop at all.

Gradually, the golden Mental Power within Lin Zhen's Mental Sea of Consciousness began to shrink, and at this moment, the power of Dark Gold had surpassed that of gold.

Twelve hours later, Lin Zhen's Mental Power reached the peak of the Dark Gold Mid Stage.

"Just a little bit more, just a little bit more! Just a little more spirit and I'll break through!"

Lin Zhen's Mental Power was like a giant serpent devouring heaven and earth, striving to absorb all the energy it could from the Meteorite.

The remaining Mental Power had nowhere to hide and was absorbed by Lin Zhen!

"Boom!"

Finally, another expansion began. Within Lin Zhen's Mental Sea of Consciousness, the Dark Gold aura had already occupied two-thirds of the space!

It's at the Dark Gold Late Stage!

"Such powerful strength, truly such powerful strength! Generally, those who possess Dark Gold Late Stage Mental Power must be Mind Power Master at the Stellar Realm or above, but I possess it now!"

"My Inner Breath is almost depleted; I must leave immediately. I'm leaving now!"

Lin Zhen discarded the completely useless Meteorite, then pushed off the bottom of the lake and soared up more than ten meters in the Liquid Metal.

Teleport!

Lin Zhen, who Dark Gold Late Stage, instantly Teleport a hundred meters away, directly to the sky!

Hansen, who had been waiting on the shore for three days and was getting impatient, hadn't even noticed Lin Zhen coming out because he was focused on the water and the fifty meters above it. He didn't expect Lin Zhen to Teleport a hundred meters away.

Lin Zhen looked at Hansen, who was restless on the shore, and smiled slightly. He spread his arms and pounced on him like an eagle.

As Lin Zhen approached, he spread his hand out to cover the Mental Defense Type Star Artifact around Hansen's neck.

"This necklace is nice, it's mine!"

Hearing Lin Zhen's voice almost directly above his head, Hansen was terrified and broke out in a cold sweat.

He had no idea how Lin Zhen got out, but he still instinctively launched a Mental Impact.

"You finally came out looking for death, you little brat from the East!"

"Boom!"

This time, the mental defense Star Artifact did not provide him with complete protection, and the huge gap between the two of them made him feel a roar in his mind instantly.

Then, a chill ran down her neck, and the Star Artifact Necklace was in Lin Zhen's hands.

After landing, Lin Zhen slowly put the necklace inside her clothes.

"You're from the West. You've repeatedly used the power of this necklace to attack others with Mental Impact. Have you ever experienced that feeling yourself?"

"Me, me, me."

"No need for me. Now I'll let you experience an upgraded version of the Mental Impact: Soul Lock!"

Lin Zhen stared at the dumbfounded Hansen, then suddenly his eyes narrowed, and a powerful Mental Power swept out!

The impact of this Soul Lock was so powerful that it caused a violent flow of air, pulling Hansen's face backward in an instant, making his once handsome features look incredibly ugly.