This was the longest research project Chen Yi had ever undertaken.
For a full three years, Chen Yi remained stuck at the final step.
Life.
To those who did not understand, it might have seemed like Chen Yi was drilling into a dead end.
The quality of the energy formed by fusing Essence, Qi, and Spirit already surpassed Chen Yi's near-epic-level mana, so why did he insist on pursuing this so-called life?
That was because life had the potential for sublimation, and the ritual of sublimation could be achieved through burning.
Making 1 + 1 + 1 > 3.
But energy was merely energy.
1 + 1 + 1 was greater than 1, but less than 2.
If it were used for a sudden burst, it could still serve a purpose, but it could not satisfy Chen Yi.
At this stage, fighters were already moving toward becoming impossible to kill.
Fabrik, that Tech Side genetic creation, might have been severely injured after taking a joint strike from Chen Yi and Canglang Edu, but given a little time, he would be back on his feet before long.
The fact that Fabrik had not withdrawn from the battlefield afterward and had instead fought a Reincarnator with the Five Decays of the Heavenly Being was proof enough.
A brief burst could not kill people like them.
The cost of Chen Yi's spells at this stage was not low. The addition of Burning Simulation had more than doubled the cost of casting.
If he used the energy of Essence, Qi, and Spirit Unity to cast a spell, Chen Yi would become listless from exhausted Soul Power after just one use.
Hurting the enemy for a thousand while injuring himself for eight hundred was not what Chen Yi wanted.
Beneath the Bodhi Tree, Chen Yi