War God Palace Auction

The six large characters on it read: Psychic Master Basics.

This secret manual was worth 3 Stellar Units, even more expensive than a king-class intelligent fighter jet.

Xu Feng picked up the manual and began reading it carefully.

Mental Power originated from a person's spirit, while the soul was the foundation of the spirit.

"Mental Power can only be nurtured and strengthened within a person's sea of consciousness. Because of its special relationship with Mental Power, once Mental Power touches the body of a human or animal, it passes straight through. Therefore, Mental Power cannot directly attack an enemy's body and must rely on a medium, such as blades, swords, throwing weapons, and so on."

Seeing this passage, Xu Feng could not help nodding.

That was indeed the case. For example, when he had been running before and used Mental Power to apply external force, it generally acted on objects such as his shield, the soles of his combat boots, and his bracers rather than his clothes. Why?

Because combat suits, from a molecular perspective, still had large holes. When the tiny particles of Mental Power acted on clothing, many naturally passed through those holes and through the human body.

It could exert some force.

But it was probably only one-tenth of the maximum. Yet when applied to shields, the soles of combat boots, and similar places, it took full effect.

"Mental Power can be both tangible and intangible."

"When tangible, it can contain astonishing strength, control objects from afar, and kill enemies a hundred meters away."

"When intangible, it can silently seep into a person's mind and kill without a sound."

"Gathered without sound, ever-changing in form."

"All Psychic Masters can mainly be divided into three types. The first controls objects from afar to kill enemies. The second infiltrates an enemy's sea of consciousness to attack. The third tames beasts."

Xu Feng continued flipping through the book. Roughly half of it gave a detailed introduction to the first method, controlling objects from afar to kill enemies. The remaining half mainly described the second method, infiltrating a person's sea of consciousness to attack. As for the third method, beast taming, it received the least description.

"Mm, my Mental Power should be the first type..."

Xu Feng carefully read the section on controlling objects from afar to kill enemies.

"For Psychic Masters who specialize in object control, improvements in strength can be divided into three aspects: Mental Power Intensity, weapons, and techniques. This book mainly discusses techniques. A Psychic Master's strength in terms of technique depends primarily on how many weapons they can control simultaneously while maintaining maximum attack power."

For example, if an Intermediate War God-level Psychic Master controlled a single throwing knife, it could reach a maximum impact force of 160,000 kilograms.

"If he controlled five throwing knives, each with 160,000 kilograms of force, that would be a total impact force of 800,000 kilograms. What if he controlled ten throwing knives at the same time, each reaching its maximum? That would be 1.6 million kilograms of impact force."

"If he could control twenty throwing knives at once, with each reaching its maximum? That would be 3.2 million kilograms of impact force."

"The more concealed weapons one can control while maintaining the strongest attacks, the greater the strength that Psychic Master can naturally display. The following sections will focus on how to increase the number of concealed weapons under one's control while keeping every weapon at maximum power."

Seeing this passage, Xu Feng thought of Secret Basic Style 312.

It seemed he needed to visit the ruins of Civilization No. 9 as soon as possible. There were methods there for Mental Power Amplitude and increasing the number of throwing knives he could control.

He could control far too few weapons. If he wanted to increase his attack power in a short period, he could only rely on the secret manuals there.

"Each of my throwing knives can maintain an impact force of over 500,000 kilograms. Six knives would mean over 3 million kilograms. If I can control ten throwing knives, that would exceed 5 million kilograms. If I can control twenty, it would exceed 10 million kilograms. My god, even beings beyond the War God level probably wouldn't be able to withstand that." Xu Feng's emotions surged.

As he continued reading, Xu Feng learned just how difficult it was to add another concealed weapon while maintaining maximum power. Being able to control six without special training already counted as highly talented.

There were fewer than five Psychic Masters on Earth who could control more than ten throwing knives.

Twenty throwing knives.

That was a height every Psychic Master on Earth could only look up to.

"No wonder a single secret manual is worth 3 Stellar Units. And it can only be read in virtual space." The more Xu Feng read, the more delighted he became. "It seems that increasing even one throwing knife is difficult. But at least there's a cultivation method. As long as I train step by step, I'll always improve."

After finishing the object-control attack section, Xu Feng's blood boiled. He continued to the mental attack section.

"Oh?"

"Mental Power gains an additional layer of strength within one's own sea of consciousness. But when it infiltrates another person's sea of consciousness, not only does it receive no enhancement, it is instead suppressed by the other person's sea of consciousness and weakened by a layer." Xu Feng muttered, "In other words, if I want to clash head-on and directly kill someone, my Mental Power Intensity must be at least three levels higher than theirs."

When a High-level War God Psychic Master's Mental Power entered the sea of consciousness of a Beginner War God Psychic Master, it would be suppressed by the latter's sea of consciousness, while the other side would gain an amplitude effect. The two sides would become roughly equal. Only a difference of three levels could ensure a kill.

"What? Ordinary martial artists also have powerful Mental Power?" Xu Feng was startled when he read the description below.

Ordinary martial artists could not control objects from afar, but that did not mean they were mentally weak. In fact, powerful martial artists usually possessed strong willpower and spiritual strength. For example, a High-level War God martial artist also had a small amount of Mental Power in his sea of consciousness. In terms of pure quality, it was not much weaker than that of a High-level War God Psychic Master. The difference was simply too great in quantity.

Mental attacks were extremely complicated. Clearly, Earth's achievements in this area were not particularly advanced.

The secret manual recorded a total of eighteen attack methods.

There were many secret techniques, such as Bewildering Dream Illusory Demon Eye, Mental Cone Stab, and Soul Shock. All of them were quite famous, eighteen techniques in total.

The method of killing was to use a secret technique to distract the opponent, then control objects from afar to kill them. "Use a secret technique first, then control objects from afar." Xu Feng sighed inwardly, somewhat disappointed by these so-called mental attacks. Still, he intended to learn those eighteen secret techniques.

He continued to the third section—the beast-taming section.

The book stated that Mental Power could tame monsters. At present, there were nine Psychic Masters on Earth who had successfully tamed monsters. However, it only recorded one method of taming them: Mind Communication, a very tactful way of making friends with monsters.

Xu Feng closed the book.

He let out a long breath and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window beside him, gazing at the endless sea of clouds outside.

"Worth 3 Stellar Units. Really expensive." Xu Feng smiled. "But worth it."

After reading it, Xu Feng understood why Hong valued this secret manual so highly. It could be said that after reading Psychic Master Basics, one would gain a complete understanding of Psychic Master cultivation. The book contained methods for increasing the number of throwing knives one could control, as well as eighteen secret techniques for mental attacks.

The value of those secret techniques alone was impossible to estimate. He had no idea how Hong had managed to collect them.

Train hard.

According to the book, once a High-level War God Psychic Master reached a certain level in the number of throwing knives they could control, they could even break through directly and become a being beyond the War God level. "I'll focus on object control and supplement it with a few mental secret techniques." Xu Feng silently decided.

Work hard. Now that he did not need to hold any position, he could take it easy and devote himself to cultivating this object-control secret technique. Perhaps one day, he would break through to the War God level.

"I should go meet the other War Gods."

"Welcome to the War God Palace."

"The War God Palace is led by the First Speaker, Hong, the Second Speaker..."

After a long introduction and meeting the other War Gods, Xu Feng arrived at the auction venue.

"This auction has a total of seventy-nine lots." The Chinese man smiled. "Perhaps something here is what everyone wants, so I won't say much more. I now formally announce that this auction has begun!"

"The first lot is a work of art—Isadora's original-flavor stockings..."

"An old woman's scent?" That could count as art?

"The seventh lot is a set of A-grade genetic medicine, ten doses per set, with a starting price of 1.2 billion Huaxia Currency."

Xu Feng merely listened from the side and did not bid even once.

Finally—"The thirty-first lot is a dose of Water of Life, with a starting price of 10.8 billion Huaxia Currency." As the auctioneer's voice rang out, Xu Feng, who had remained calm all this time, had his eyes light up. A test tube containing Water of Life also appeared above the auction hall.

"It's finally here." Xu Feng fixed his gaze on the projection of Water of Life in midair.

He remembered there seemed to be an unwritten rule in the original story: when a newly joined War God made their first bid at the War God Palace, no one would compete with them, as a gesture of welcome.

This was the perfect chance to buy a dose of Water of Life for Luo Feng's younger brother, Luo Hua.

Xu Feng knew very well that Luo Hua's disability had always been a source of pain for Luo Feng.

If the Water of Life he bought cured Luo Hua, then on one hand, Luo Feng would owe him a favor.

Luo Hua was also an investment genius. At a young age, he had already multiplied his principal several times through his skillful stock trading.

Even after leaving Earth, while Luo Feng ventured through the universe, Luo Hua could help him multiply enormous sums of money.

He had successfully helped Luo Feng purchase a body fragment of the Demon Killer Race, allowing him to nurture a second clone.

This greatly enhanced Luo Feng's comprehension of the Space Law. It could be said that Luo Hua's contribution had been indispensable to Luo Feng standing out in the Global Universe Genius Battle.

Strictly speaking, Luo Hua was not an outsider either.

Later, Luo Hua became his younger sister Xu Xin's right-hand man, helping her become a business tycoon in the universe.

A dose of Water of Life was worth only 30 billion. At War God Palace auctions, it could generally be bought for 20 billion. Honestly, a few tens of billions was merely the profit from one trip to the Wilderness Zone for the current Xu Feng.

So whether for personal feelings or practical reasons, he should help Luo Hua.

If he befriended Luo Hua, perhaps Luo Hua could help him earn his first fortune in the future.

In the end, Xu Feng purchased the Water of Life for 13 billion.