Chen Hao knew where his weakness lay: his strength had risen too quickly. Although using Skill Cards had prevented any lingering issues with his bodily control, he had ultimately lacked the tempering of time.
These past six months of cultivation had thoroughly consolidated his strength, and even his cultivation of Artistic Conception had improved tremendously.
Combined with practicing the Controller Basic 312 Forms, his Psi Amplitude had reached 16, while his Martial Artist force output had reached twelve times normal.
Unfortunately, he did not have Yun Mo Star's breakthrough method, nor was there one in Site 9. He only had the Nine-Nine God-Forging Art, a secret technique for Spiritual Thought Masters.
Thus, Chen Hao could only use the most primitive method: using Artistic Conception to synchronize his mental strength with his body, thereby breaking through to the Planetary Level.
And for that, he needed a quiet environment where he could not be disturbed.
"Xiao Mei, bring the fighter over, then scan the surroundings. If any living thing dares approach, blast it away with the main cannon. I need to break through to the Planetary Level."
"Yes, Master. Rest assured, if any monsters dare come near, Xiao Mei will definitely destroy them!"
Recalling his cultivation over the past half year, Chen Hao drew his battle saber and slowly began to swing it.
As he moved, he gradually felt his entire body heat up. As he practiced each movement, every cell in his body began to boil. The Gene Energy within them gathered like droplets of water into streams, then into brooks and rivers, before finally converging at the dantian in his abdomen.
With a boom, the previously nonexistent dantian was forcibly opened. The spinning Gene Energy accelerated, endlessly expanding and contracting. Each expansion and contraction made his body tremble involuntarily.
Then, a tiny red planet formed within his dantian. The entire red planet was actually made of countless red tetrahedral crystals gathered together.
The red planet spun continuously, emitting strange fluctuations. So this is Gene Energy, Chen Hao thought.
The instant the Gene Energy flew out of his dantian and spread through his body, his previously calm body underwent drastic changes!
The bones, marrow, meridians, muscles, fascia, skin, and everything else in his body underwent an unbelievable transformation. Even the genetic material in his body rapidly broke apart and recombined!
A transformation of life!
This transformation was far more important than any previous mutation! Rising from the Apprentice Level to the "Planetary Level" was a leap in the level of life itself! Once one reached the Planetary Level, one no longer needed to breathe and could fly through the air.
His body was like a burly man who had reached his limit and could no longer grow, instantly turning into an "infant."
His tendons, bones, muscles, and internal organs had fundamentally changed—a change in his very level of life!
The breakthrough ended. As he sensed his special ability, he discovered that his awakened genetic ability was the fire attribute—flames.
He then gathered Gene Energy in his hand, and a red flame immediately appeared in his palm.
The flame continuously changed color in his hand as its temperature rapidly rose, gradually shifting from red to white.
Chen Hao dispersed the Gene Energy in his hand, and the flame vanished.
Now that his Gene Energy breakthrough was complete, the next step was his Mental Power. Chen Hao had broken through as a Martial Artist first because he feared that breaking through in Mental Power beforehand would make it more difficult for him to become a Planetary Level Martial Artist.
After all, he did not possess the secret breakthrough technique for Martial Artists that Baba Ta had given. He only had the Nine-Nine God-Forging Art, so he could only break through as a Martial Artist first.
Sitting cross-legged and motionless in the cultivation room, a dazzling galaxy in his sea of consciousness formed into a vortex. The current spun madly, forming rings of whirlpools.
The vortex suddenly opened, and the flow became much thinner, like a transparent curtain of water abruptly shrinking.
In an instant, it became an enormous water sphere. Within it were faint threads of strange light, mixed with dark golden fragments.
Expanding and contracting, then expanding and contracting again—the flow of Mental Power, tempered by the Nine-Nine God-Forging Art, was like a heart, expanding once and contracting once. Gradually, wisps of mental mist spread out, shrouding the entire water curtain.
As time passed, the water sphere became a sphere of mist. His mind suddenly trembled as the massive mist sphere wildly expanded, then generated a towering suction force and collapsed inward.
All the mist vanished, leaving behind only a single point of light at the core. Within that point of light was a tiny planet, as though it were the sole center of his sea of consciousness.
This sphere of light was fundamentally composed of countless transparent tetrahedral crystals. The densely packed crystals gathered into a planet, and an invisible yet strange fluctuation continuously spread from it.
Chen Hao's body began changing once more. The genetic material within him rapidly broke apart and recombined, no less intensely than during his Gene Energy breakthrough.
After sensing it, he found that his physical fitness had increased greatly. His body alone probably possessed the strength of Planetary Level One, and with Gene Energy added, his strength was no weaker than Planetary Level Two.
Chen Hao sensed his condition and felt immensely satisfied. After more than half a year, he had finally become one of the small handful standing at the very pinnacle of Earth.
With his strength, aside from Hong, probably no one was his match.
Now that he had a First-Grade Force Battle Suit and psychic weapons, he could fully try to subdue the Mo Yun Vine.
Although this Mo Yun Vine had not developed particularly well, its advantage was that he would not need to consume resources to cultivate it anew. It could serve as immediate combat strength and make up for his lack of defense.
No matter what, this Mo Yun Vine possessed the strength of Planetary Level Six, even if it had not been cultivated in the optimal way.
But once he became stronger in the future, turning it into a Realm Lord Level creature would require only a tiny fraction of his resources.
Chen Hao then began searching for the location Xiao Mei had detected earlier.
Just as Chen Hao approached, a blackish-purple vine suddenly shot out from the water and lashed violently toward him, trying to wrap around and strangle him.
Chen Hao chuckled and swung his Force battle saber, fiercely cleaving apart the blackish-purple vine that had lashed at him.
A gash immediately appeared in the vine, and it twisted continuously as though it could feel pain.
At that moment, seven more vines shot out of the water. Like seven long ropes and seven spears, they stabbed straight at him.
Chen Hao's eyes lit up as he shouted, "Good! Nine-Blade Disc, go!" A palm-sized disc suddenly appeared before him.
It spun and formed nine sharp blades. One flying blade hovered before him, while the other eight sliced toward the eight vines.
Infused with Planetary Level Mental Power, the psychic weapon unleashed tremendous might. The Law Secret Patterns lit up, as though a crystalline glow had coated the blades, increasing their power more than tenfold. The Planetary Level Six Mo Yun Vine's tendrils were sliced apart like tofu.
Watching the eight vines rapidly retract, Chen Hao chuckled and slowly flew toward the Demonic Cloud Vine's main body.
As if sensing Chen Hao's provocation, the Demonic Cloud Vine's main body suddenly lashed out furiously with sixteen tendrils, all attacking him.
The entire Wuy Island seemed to shake as though a massive earthquake had struck.
Chen Hao was in no hurry. Whenever a vine attacked, he retreated, then controlled the Nine-Blade Disc to slice the incoming tendrils into sections.
He then approached the Demonic Cloud Vine's main body. Looking at the now completely bare vine, Chen Hao gave a rather shameless laugh. If strength was insufficient, tactics would make up for it.
He did not continue observing it. He cut open his wrist, letting his blood drip onto the Demonic Cloud Vine's main body. The vine continuously absorbed the blood that flowed out.
Only after absorbing blood for a long time did the Demonic Cloud Vine's main body change from dark purple to dark red, with faint red streaks appearing on its surface.
Chen Hao reached out and picked up the Demonic Cloud Vine's main body. In an instant, the Demonic Cloud Vine transmitted its consciousness to him, along with the method for using it.
With a thought, the Demonic Cloud Vine rapidly shrank, becoming like a ten-meter-long rope before swiftly merging into his skin.
After the Demonic Cloud Vine disappeared, he felt as though he had an extra layer of cool clothing on his body. The Demonic Cloud Vine was also deeply attached to Chen Hao, as though it regarded him as its parent.
However, its main vines had all been cut off by him, and it would need to absorb a massive amount of Cosmic Energy to recover in the future.
Chen Hao pondered this. He wondered whether it could absorb those hundred-thousand-year Spirit of Grass and Wood that he had synthesized.
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