Academy City's Level 6
Chapter 10

Soaring Power

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Luo Yifang walked towards the multi-ton armored police car. Instead of lifting it like the motorcycle earlier, he reached out and grabbed the car door. His fingers easily pierced the hard alloy door, and with a tug of his right arm, he yanked the door off with a screeching sound of twisting metal. Luo Yifang raised an eyebrow in surprise, "Still don't feel anything?"

"Then try lifting the car?" Paqi wasn't afraid of Luo Yifang embarrassing himself. In her opinion, no matter how strong Luo Yifang was, lifting a car weighing several tons was unlikely. After all, Luo Yifang had only obtained this ability a few hours ago. Even if he was LV.5, the effects of a reinforcement-type ability wouldn't manifest so quickly.

"I'll try," Luo Yifang smiled and nodded. He didn't pay much attention. He had figured out the basics from the previous two actions. The most important thing wasn't just the increase in strength, as Vector Manipulation could handle that better. He wanted to test something else.

Still using one hand, Luo Yifang grabbed the car and tried to lift it, but it wouldn't budge.

"Can't do it already?" Paqi seized the opportunity to retort, "That was too quick."

"No, that part can't bear the car's weight. If I force it, it'll break. I can't lift it," Luo Yifang glanced at the car and then kicked it. The vehicle flipped over like a toy, landing on the ground with a dull thud. Only then did Luo Yifang grab a bar on the chassis. Still with one hand, he lifted the car with little effort.

"What kind of monstrous ability is this? It's only been a few hours, and your physical condition has become this insane?" Paqi was astonished. Luo Yifang's superpower was completely unpredictable.

"Actually, if I told you I could now tear apart a tank with my bare hands, would you believe me?" Luo Yifang seemed indifferent. After all, the increase in strength was just icing on the cake.

"As if you couldn't before."

Luo Yifang was instantly speechless. Right, he could even dismantle a Gundam with his bare hands before. And why was he trying to show off to this person who clearly seemed to be deliberately provoking him? She was probably just looking for opportunities to mock him in various ways. Of course, having someone to bicker with wasn't so lonely. He had been treated as a freak when he was disabled, and it had been years since he had a face-to-face conversation with anyone.

To comprehensively test his other superpower, Luo Yifang experimented with his current strength, speed, durability, recovery ability, and neural reaction speed, among other comprehensive physical attributes. The results even shocked him. Based on his current performance, perhaps he could fight against those not particularly monstrous Servants in Fate? Of course, without actual combat, he wasn't entirely sure of the situation. Regardless, he felt he could probably trade a few blows with the Hulk right now.

Even more shocking was that his body was constantly getting stronger. It seemed the energy he absorbed from food earlier was just a catalyst, the trigger to activate this ability. Even without conscious calculation, Luo Yifang's body was still becoming stronger at a terrifying rate. He even felt that if this continued indefinitely, he could blow up the Earth with a single punch in a few weeks. Fortunately, he could now sense a limit. Of course, this limit was still quite terrifying. At least for now, he was still far from it. Based on the speed of his body's improvement, Luo Yifang estimated it would take another few days to a week to reach this limit.

But now, Luo Yifang began to doubt if his ability was truly a superpower. If it was, why could he get stronger without calculating? Even though his current Vector Manipulation was infinitely close to LV.6, and the calculation formulas could be simplified to an astonishing degree, using superpowers through calculation was still necessary.

"Could it be... this isn't an LV.5 ability?" Luo Yifang recalled a document he had read before, which mentioned the differences between ability users and methods to enhance their strength. It allowed a weak LV.1 ability user to become LV.5 within a few short years, ignoring innate factors. Of course, because ability users' strength was closely related to talent, this LV.5 would be weaker than a normally promoted or innately LV.5 ability user, but still much stronger than a powerful LV.4 ability user.

Such a miraculous document, however, said nothing about LV.6, only vaguely hinting that superpowers underwent some changes at LV.6. Luo Yifang wasn't sure what kind of changes they were, but he guessed it was related to the use of superpowers.

As everyone knows, the use of superpowers is closely related to the user's brain development. Any ability user needs to perform calculations when using their abilities, deriving the changes in physical quantities through formulas in their minds. Indeed, the stronger the ability used, the more complex the calculation process. If Luo Yifang used his superpower to manipulate vectors at full power, the computational load would be unbearable even for him. Therefore, this limitation almost guaranteed that ability users could not sustain high-intensity combat for long periods.

Furthermore, some ability users even struggle to use their abilities under the influence of intense emotional changes like panic and fear, which is also a significant hidden danger of superpowers. However, Luo Yifang discovered that as his strength increased since arriving in this world, the calculations he needed to perform began to simplify. The massive calculations that previously took five seconds could now be completed in less than a second before activating his ability. This was why he said he could now fight ten of his past selves.

In this world, the simpler the sentence, the less likely it is to contain a trap. The simpler things are, the closer they are to the truth. Luo Yifang always felt that this simplification of calculations wasn't just due to enhanced brainpower. He felt it was more likely that he was gradually approaching a truth. Vector Manipulation is a terrifying ability. As its master, Luo Yifang clearly felt its immense power. It seemed to control more than just vectors and energy, but Luo Yifang couldn't figure it out yet. This was also his bottleneck, the bottleneck he needed to break through to reach LV.6.

Regardless, even though he didn't fully understand how his other ability operated, Luo Yifang knew it wasn't a bad thing. At least he could tangibly feel his body getting stronger without any side effects. The drawbacks of superpower users over-relying on their powers were receding from him, as the benefits brought by his other ability were genuine enhancements.

Luo Yifang had Paqi switch back to the original dimension, then clapped his hands. Looking at the street, which was no different from before he descended, he turned and returned to his apartment.

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