Threads of Mental Energy

After paying, Ye Cang continued browsing around Divine Firmament Palace.

A little while later, someone knocked on the door.

Bang, bang, bang...

"Hm? Who is it?"

He checked the monitor by the door and saw that it was a deliveryman.

"That was fast."

Ye Cang opened the door, somewhat suspiciously, and found that the Psionic Energy Detailed Explanation he had just purchased had indeed arrived.

Only then did he remember that he was currently at Divine Firmament Martial Arts Hall. If a battle art had a backup, he could simply retrieve it from the battle art library.

After signing for the delivery, Ye Cang brought the package inside and opened the tightly sealed box.

Inside was a booklet and a disc.

The booklet was the Psionic Energy Detailed Explanation, while the disc contained a detailed explanation of the booklet's contents.

Picking up the booklet, Ye Cang began to leaf through it.

It recorded various methods for controlling mental energy.

"So that's how it works!"

"I've been controlling my flying sword with mental energy like a big hand just flinging it around. Every time I use it, I waste mental energy, and my control is weak."

"But with the method recorded in this book, I can condense threads of mental energy and connect them to psionic weapons, turning them into invisible spears."

"Not only can I hit my target precisely in battle, as long as the threads of mental energy remain intact, I can drive the weapon to attack again and again with minimal energy, allowing me to fight for a long time!"

As he read the booklet, Ye Cang's eyes shone.

This single book had opened up a whole new path for his mental energy cultivation.

"That one hundred million Huaxia Coins was well spent."

Ye Cang couldn't help sighing, then continued to leaf through the book.

"This..."

"Mental energy can also be imbued into weapons?"

Seeing this, Ye Cang's heart jolted. He hurriedly flipped to the next page.

"When physical strength and mental energy are combined, they can unleash their joint power in close combat, greatly increasing attack power."

Reading the method described in the booklet, Ye Cang beamed with delight.

"My body currently has a strength of 13.4 tons. Add the 70 tons of strength unleashed by my mental energy, and if I release them together, every sword strike will carry 83.4 tons of force."

"My basic attack power will rise straight to..."

"The mid-stage level of a High-level General!"

Muttering to himself, Ye Cang was so astonished that he couldn't speak.

After thinking it over carefully, his heart gave another jolt.

"No! That's not all!"

"Intent can double my physical strength. That means my physical strength can reach 26.8 tons, and with my mental energy added, my strength can reach 96.8 tons."

"That kind of strength already falls within the basic strength range of a peak General."

At the thought, Ye Cang eagerly turned on the projector in his room, inserted the disc, and started learning from the video.

The video showed a young man dressed in a blue-green robe, sitting cross-legged in a cultivation room. As he explained how to condense threads of mental energy, he demonstrated the method with his own mental energy.

Since mental energy was formless and intangible, the video used special effects to display it clearly.

Having a reference made it much easier for Ye Cang to understand the explanation and try it out with his own mental energy.

A day passed in the blink of an eye.

At last, a thread of mental energy appeared beside Ye Cang.

He had successfully condensed his first thread of mental energy.

But compared with the standard described and demonstrated in the video, his result still fell short.

According to the man in the video, a Junior Psionic Energy General at the early stage should have threads of mental energy about three millimeters in diameter and around one hundred meters long.

The thread Ye Cang had condensed was a full centimeter in diameter, but only three or four meters long.

This also showed that his control over mental energy was still far from adequate.

"Such a huge difference!"

Looking at the thread of mental energy beside him, Ye Cang felt at a loss.

Then he looked at the system panel.

Don't panic if your talent falls short.

Hard work can make up for any gap.

[Battle Art: Psionic Energy Detailed Explanation (Not Yet Initiated 1/30)]

"System! Add points!"

Ye Cang spoke boldly.

After killing the Scorpion Three Generals, he had gained another 56 points of Life Energy.

He hadn't used them yet, so this was the perfect place to spend them.

Hum...

His mind cleared. As the Life Energy vanished, he felt his control over mental energy gradually grow stronger.

Under his precise control, the thread—one centimeter thick and three or four meters long—rapidly grew thinner and longer.

A few minutes later.

Ye Cang looked at the thread of mental energy coiling around him. It was nearly three hundred meters long, only three millimeters thick, and responded to him as readily as his own arm. He couldn't help laughing.

"Sure enough, there's nothing a cheat can't solve!"

"And if there is, that just means I don't have enough Life Energy!"

After a moment of excitement, Ye Cang moved his mind. The thread coiled in his sea of consciousness appeared and linked to a King Slayer Flying Sword.

Whoosh!

The sound of it tearing through the air rang out.

In an instant, the flying sword unleashed power on par with a High-level General's, and compared to before...

Its energy consumption was negligible, and its maneuverability had greatly improved.

Before, when attacking, he could only make the flying sword travel in straight lines if he wanted it to unleash its full power.

But now...

Under his control, the flying sword darted left and thrust right around the room. It could change direction nimbly mid-attack without losing any power.

After testing it out, Ye Cang stood up and picked up the God Slaying Sword beside him.

Looking at the blade, Ye Cang sent his mental energy surging out from his sea of consciousness and flooding into the sword. In an instant, the sword's aura grew several times stronger.

He flicked the longsword.

It seemed as if even the air had been cleaved apart.

Compared to before, its power had increased dramatically, and his swings were several times faster.

"With my strength now, even in close combat, if I can't kill the Scorpion Three Generals in three strikes, I'll be too ashamed to use cheats!"

Ye Cang looked at the system panel.

[Ye Cang (Junior General, Intermediate Psionic Energy General)]

[Spirit: 400]

[Body: 134]

[Battle Art: Aurora Sword Wings (Not Yet Initiated 67/200), Psionic Energy Detailed Explanation (First Layer 1/100), Blood Shadow Flow Killing Sword Art (Intent Realm · Dripping Blood)...]

[Movement Technique: Micro-level (118/)]

[Life Energy: 26]

"The road is long and full of obstacles!"

Looking at the panel, Ye Cang sighed.

There were too many things he needed to improve with Life Energy.

Two attributes, two battle arts, and his Movement Technique.

By his rough estimate, just breaking through to the War Venerable level in both attributes would require an enormous amount of Life Energy.

How many fierce-beast clans would he have to slaughter to gather that much?

"Alas! What a hard life!"

With a long sigh, Ye Cang gathered his things and left the room.

For other people, unless they needed to make a living, no one wanted to leave the comfortable haven of Crimson Cloud City.

But he was different.

The Gray Fog Zone was his paradise.

It was the ladder he needed to climb to grow stronger.

He walked downstairs, and before he could leave Divine Firmament Martial Arts Hall, Wang Xu appeared behind him from who knew where.

"Where are you going?"

Seeing Ye Cang, Wang Xu hurriedly asked.

He had warned Ye Cang not to go out.

If he waited just a few days, a War Venerable would arrive from the royal city, and Ye Cang could go there to cultivate.

The royal city had better resources to help him improve.

"Greetings, Hall Master Wang. I'm thinking of taking a look around the Wilderness Zone!"

Ye Cang replied with a cheerful smile.

"Have you lost your mind? Xue Long wouldn't dare make a move in the city, but if you leave, he definitely won't let you go!"

Wang Xu exclaimed angrily.

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."