Radiation, Spreading!

Xie Lan nodded seriously.

She wanted to defend the things she cherished!

She would never allow others to look down on or insult them!

"Alright, then."

Gu Qing suppressed all of his Telekinesis and Magnetic Field Power.

His body also returned to that of an ordinary person.

He would only use Baji Quan in this fight.

"Hah!"

Xie Lan gave a low shout, stomped her foot, and charged forward.

She threw a punch!

"Oh?!"

Gu Qing was slightly surprised.

Because Xie Lan was also using Baji Quan!

Gu Qing's interest was immediately piqued.

After exchanging a few moves with Xie Lan, he discovered a problem.

Just like those people participating in the tournament, aside from some frauds trying to muddy the waters.

Most of them had only learned the form.

Each stance and movement looked proper enough, but their actual power was quite ordinary.

The Xie Lan before him was the same.

But compared to them, Xie Lan was a little better.

At least, she was not rigidly bound by those moves.

There was restraint and release in the way she exerted force.

It seemed she had not been boasting when she said she had trained diligently without interruption since childhood.

"Mr. Lehnsherr, do you only know how to defend?"

"Haha! In that case, watch closely—this is true Baji Quan!"

He stretched his waist, lifted his hips, and suddenly leaped forward.

—Roar!

He took the form of a fierce tiger!

His five fingers spread wide, like the gaping bloody maw of a tiger!

—Fierce Tiger Climbs Mountain!

Xie Lan was completely stunned, utterly unaware of how to dodge.

In the blink of an eye, the tiger had already leapt before her.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

The wind driven by his palm arrived first, forcing her entire body rigid. She could not move even her little finger!

At that moment, an uncontrollable despair rose within her heart.

Was this true National Martial Arts?!

The shadow of death had completely enveloped Xie Lan's heart.

She knew that if this palm came down, her skull would shatter and she would die!

Baji Quan!

True Baji Quan!

No!

I can't die yet!

"Waaah!"

—Crackle!

Even she herself did not know that, beneath this extreme pressure and extreme unwillingness.

Driven by her survival instinct, faint currents of electricity actually burst forth from within her body!

—Whoosh!

The sound of wind stopped.

That palm ultimately stopped above Xie Lan's head.

Of course, Gu Qing would not kill her.

But even more unexpectedly, that palm strike had brought an unforeseen gain!

Xie Lan had awakened Current Propulsion!

As mentioned before, every Magnetic Field Master was a source of radioactive contamination, constantly polluting the surrounding magnetic fields.

This contamination would gradually spread.

As long as a Magnetic Field Warrior appeared in a world, then as that Magnetic Field Warrior gradually grew stronger, they would unconsciously contaminate the magnetic field of the entire planet.

Causing more Magnetic Field Warriors to emerge!

And if Magnetic Field Warriors fought each other, it would further expand and accelerate this contamination.

Gu Qing had not been all that strong before, so the contamination had naturally not been severe.

At most, it had merely provided a slight boost to those nearby when they cultivated Current Propulsion.

But as Matt and Andrew had both entered the Magnetic Field Rotation realm and unleashed that great battle in Seattle, followed by Andrew's conflict with the U.S. Military, during which he had made several more moves, the contamination had suddenly spread far and wide!

It was believed that, in the future, more and more people in this world would awaken Current Propulsion.

But as for how many would ultimately be able to truly enter the Magnetic Field Rotation realm, that would depend on their own fortunes!

"What... what just happened?"

Xie Lan had also noticed the change in herself.

Gu Qing said, "That was Current Propulsion."

Xie Lan did not quite understand, but she still asked the question that concerned her most.

"Was what you just used really Baji Quan?"

"Of course."

"But why..."

"Why are there so many whys?"

Even Gu Qing did not understand this question.

The All Heavens and Myriad Worlds had many similarities, but even more differences.

This world had martial arts, but it did not have National Martial Arts of the sort where one person could defeat a hundred, or even cultivate to the level of 'See God, Unbroken.'

Perhaps it was simply because the worlds were different.

"Can you... teach me that Baji Quan?"

Gu Qing had initially wanted to refuse. He had come to the East to seek out masters and learn from them, not to take on disciples.

But on second thought, Xie Lan's awakening of Current Propulsion made her quite a promising prospect.

If she also mastered true Baji Quan, perhaps her chances of advancing into Magnetic Field Rotation in the future would be greater as well!

"Fine. I'll demonstrate it only once. Whether you understand it will depend on your own comprehension."

Immediately afterward, Gu Qing began demonstrating the various transformations and moves of Baji Quan where he stood, along with its application of force.

Manifest Strength, Hidden Strength, Transforming Strength!

"First strike, elbow thrust, left and right turns; second strike, embrace the elbow and pursue with a forward step.

Raise the hip, unite in practice, single upward strike; with a forward step, the waist and body become a coil.

Turn around, elbow thrust, stand firm at center; unleash the divine fist and pass it backward!"

After displaying every technique, move, and mnemonic verse he knew regarding Baji Quan, Gu Qing ignored Xie Lan no further and turned to return to his resting place.

Seattle.

Ravenhill.

The area within a hundred miles had already been sealed off by a large number of troops.

Soldiers leading military dogs searched continuously through the forest.

It did not take them much effort.

They found that clearing.

And the underground cave entrance that had clearly been buried beneath sand and gravel.

William wore a military uniform. His already tall body seemed to have become even more powerfully built after awakening Current Propulsion.

His uniform was stretched taut and bulging, making him look like a humanoid tyrannosaur.

Even the soldiers around him instinctively felt a trace of fear!

Before long, the engineering team arrived and began digging.

Throughout it all, William stood guard there personally, never leaving.

Yet a full day passed, and they had already dug quite deep.

But there was no trace whatsoever of the so-called crystal!

This inevitably angered William!

According to Matt, the crystal had been enormous.

And they had already excavated deeper than the underground pit Matt had described.

Yet they had not even caught a glimpse of the crystal.

That made William sense that something was wrong.

"Could it be... that brat was lying?!"

William hurriedly took out his communicator.

"Call Moffitt Base. Put me through to Dr. Norris!"

But all that came from the communicator was a burst of static.

"Hello! Hello!!"

A sense of foreboding rose within William.

Just then, a voice came from the other end of the communicator.

"Norris... he's already dead."

"Who are you? Who the fuck are you?! Wait... that voice! You're...!"

"Don't worry. You'll be joining him soon enough."

—Crackle!

The communicator went silent once more.

William stood where he was, his face dark to the extreme!

The surrounding soldiers exchanged glances, none daring to approach.

Crack!

The specially made military communicator was crafted from alloy, built to withstand drops, water, and fire.

Yet William crushed it into pieces with nothing but his bare hand!

"Damn bastard! You actually dared to fool me!!"

What he did not know was—

Matt had not fooled him.

When William interrogated him, Matt had still been under hypnosis.

Everything he said had been the truth.

As for why the crystal had vanished...

Perhaps no one would ever be able to solve that mystery.

Just as no one could explain why the crystal had appeared in the first place.