The air seemed to freeze, and time seemed to become thick and slow.
On the square, thousands of pairs of eyes were staring at the rostrum, staring at the young figure surrounded by subtle but terrifying purple arcs.
The powerful pressure is as heavy as a lead weight, making people breathless.
In the silent square, there was only the crackling sound of electricity, which clearly struck everyone's heart.
This suffocating silence lasted for about three minutes.
For those people in the audience whose seconds are like years, these three minutes are as long as a century.
Finally, the countless tiny electric arcs that were uncertain about life and death in Lin Yi's eyes suddenly converged and completely disappeared into the deep depths of his pupils.
The purple thunder light jumping and flowing around him was like hundreds of rivers returning to the sea, instantly submerging into his body and disappearing without a trace.
The frightening and terrifying pressure that enveloped the whole place also receded like a tide.
"Call"
Almost at the same time, there was a sound of relief and unsuppressed exhalation in the square.
Many people even subconsciously raised their hands to wipe away the cold sweat that had leaked out from their foreheads at some point. Their faces were pale, as if they had just been fished out of the water.
Lin Yi blinked, quickly adapted to the scene in front of him, and immediately understood what happened.
He just thought about it briefly and decided to change his plan and show more "things".
"Now that all the heroes have gathered together, I have an epiphany. The previous plan was a bit constrained. I'm angry. There are so many heroes in the universe. What's the harm in showing you some more?"
Lin Yi thought to himself, and at the same time, with a hint of just the right apology on his face, he turned to the microphone and his voice returned to its previous calmness.
"Sorry."
He nodded slightly and greeted the audience and the rostrum, "I just saw all the heroes gathered together. I felt something in my heart and gained some understanding. I couldn't control my energy for a while and disturbed everyone. I'm really sorry."
His apology sounded very sincere, but the content made everyone in the audience look at each other and didn't know how to react.
Got some idea?
Can't control your anger?
The terrifying pressure just now that almost made people's hearts stop beating, as if they were facing the power of God, was just because they had "a little understanding" and "failed to control it"?
What kind of "enlightenment" is this?
Seeing the confused and frightened expressions of everyone in the audience, Lin Yi smiled and continued:
"However, since I have gained something, I will not be stingy about hiding it. Later, I will briefly show you the understanding of my talent, which can be regarded as a little compensation for disturbing everyone just now."
As soon as these words came out, it was like dropping a huge boulder on the calm lake.
Everyone's eyes lit up instantly.
Especially among the eight hundred students, the shock and fear in their eyes were quickly replaced by extremely strong expectations and curiosity.
I was just a little frightened. Is it such a cheap thing?
The chief instructor wants to personally demonstrate the power he just realized?
What a sight that would be!
"But." Lin Yi changed the topic, and although his tone was calm, it naturally carried a sense of dignity, "Currently, as the chief instructor of East Peak Training Camp, I must first make some requirements for you students."
The audience was completely silent for a moment, and all the students held their breath and pricked up their ears.
"My requests are very simple. There are only three requirements."
The voice of Lin Yi spread clearly in the square.
"First, obey."
"Here, first of all, you are a soldier. The first thing you have to do is to absolutely obey orders and obey orders and prohibitions."
"Second, work hard."
"There is no shortcut to source energy cultivation. Seize every minute and every second here and squeeze out every ounce of your potential. The resources here far exceed those of the outside world, but how much you can absorb and how much strength you can convert into strength depends entirely on you."
"Third, live."
Lin Yi's tone became a little more serious, "Do your best to improve yourself and survive the arduous training and the battles that will inevitably come in the future. Only when you are alive can you have a future and hope."
Three requirements: concise, cold, and straight to the core.
Like three heavy hammers, they hit the hearts of every student, turning their excitement from the sudden enlightenment display into a real sense of responsibility and urgency.
"Very good."
Seeing the changes in the students' eyes, Lin Yi nodded slightly.
"Next, I will just say a few words about what I just realized."
"You may already know that after getting started with source energy, you can practice to a certain level and accumulate enough, you can break the limit and advance to a higher realm. We call it Stardust level."
Lin Yi's eyes swept across the longing faces in the audience, "Stardust level's power is far beyond that of ordinary people, and it is enough to confront or even crush the vast majority of Abyssal Beast."
He changed the topic and asked a deeper question, "But, have you ever thought about what is above Stardust level?"
"Why did the Abyssal Beast leader with a whopping 17,900 Source Energy Intensity points appear so vulnerable in front of me, who only had more than 2,000 Source Energy Unit at the time?"
This question instantly captured everyone's mind.
Not only the students, but also the members of the diplomatic missions from various countries in the viewing area, and even Li Zhenguo, Nie Chang and others on the rostrum, all subconsciously sat upright and concentrated.
This is the core mystery that touches the essence of power.
Under everyone's gaze, Lin Yi slowly stretched out an index finger.
On the fingertips, with a "pop" sound, a ball of pure and condensed blue Source Energy Flame ignited out of thin air, burning steadily, emitting powerful energy fluctuations belonging to Stardust level.
"The basis of power is source energy. It's like firewood." Lin Yi described calmly.
Immediately afterwards, countless fine purple electric arcs crackled out without warning around the blue mass of Source Energy Flame.
These arcs are extremely active and full of destructive aura. They surround Source Energy Flame, but instead of destroying it, they seem to give it some more essential and terrifying attributes.
"And this" Lin Yi's voice seems to have some strange magic power, guiding everyone's thinking, "It involves a key point and rule to break through Stardust level and move to a higher level."
"Rules?"
There was a low exclamation from the audience.
"Yes, rules."
Lin Yi affirmed, the purple, electric, and blue fire on his fingertips complementing each other, "The universe operates according to its own rules. Metal, wood, water, fire, earth, light, darkness, wind, thunder, time and space. They are all manifestations of rules."
"According to the method I practice <Nine Heavens Primordial Method>, practitioners need to continuously accumulate source energy in the Stardust level stage until the ninth level is completed."
"At the same time, and more importantly, we must try to perceive, understand, and finally master a trace of the basic rules of the operation of the universe."
"When you have accumulated enough source energy and mastered a trace of the rules." Lin Yi's voice suddenly rose, "You can use the power of the rules to condense Source Sea Star Core. At this point, you can break through the shackles of Stardust level and be promoted to a more powerful existence, Star Core level!"
"Previously, the reason why I was able to kill the Abyssal Beast leader with one strike was because the attack contained a trace of Gold Element Rule power that I had comprehended, which resulted in a qualitative change in its power."
Lin Yi paused, looking across the audience, looking at the faces that looked excited and confused because of being exposed to a new field, and continued, "Just now, I felt something in my heart, and my mastery of the rules has deepened."
As he spoke, everyone clearly saw that the Source Energy Flame wrapped with purple arcs on his fingertips began to change drastically!
The active purple arc seemed to have life, frantically extracting the blue source energy, and then began to stretch, deform, and condense.
Sizzling. Cracking!
The lightning surged and then suddenly converged.
Under everyone's stunned gaze, a real dragon composed entirely of purple thunder and lightning condensed to the extreme appeared at Lin Yi's fingertips.
It is only as thick as an arm, but it is very vivid, with scales and claws appearing, the dragon head slightly raised, and a pair of dragon eyes made entirely of thunder flashing with a heart-stopping light of destruction.
Its tail is connected to Lin Yi's fingertips, and its front body is coiled around his arms and shoulders. As it swings slightly, it exudes a terrifying coercion that looks down on all things and wields divine punishment.
Although this coercion is far less heavy than the moment of enlightenment, it is more condensed and Sharpness. It is like an unsheathed thunder god's sword, hanging in everyone's heart, making everyone feel the trembling from the depths of their souls.
"As I mastered the rules further, I found that I could control them more carefully and creatively."
Lin Yi's voice was still calm, as if he had just created this thunder dragon casually, "And... leaving traces."
His eyes suddenly turned to the direction of the Training Camp gate, where stood a giant bluestone about five meters high and extremely thick.
This huge stone was originally a decoration at the entrance of the hotel. It has a hard texture and is now preserved. It was planned to be used as the facade logo of Training Camp. Originally, at the end of the ceremony, he stepped forward and carved the words "Eastern Edge" with his finger as a pen.
But now, Lin Yi has changed his mind.
He pointed lightly at the boulder.
"Ouch!!"
A low dragon roar suddenly sounded as if it came from beyond the sky. Although it was not deafening, it penetrated the soul.
The purple electric dragon coiled around his body moved in response, and instantly broke away from his fingers, turning into a condensed purple electric light. It arrived in an instant as if it had spanned space, and was silently submerged into the hard giant bluestone.
The whole process was silent, as if the terrifying thunder dragon was just an phantom.
However, the next moment.
Boom!!!
A deafening thunderous explosion suddenly erupted from the inside of the boulder, and dazzling purple lightning penetrated from the inside of the boulder, rendering the entire boulder as transparent as amethyst.
Everyone involuntarily closed their eyes or turned their heads at this moment.
The lightning comes and goes as quickly as it comes.
When everyone endured the discomfort of vision and hearing and reluctantly turned their gaze back to the boulder, they were all shocked.
I saw that on the surface of the extremely hard giant bluestone, there were already two huge and wild characters that penetrated into the stone marrow.
Eastern Edge!
These two words are not simple carvings, but seem to be made of countless fine purple arcs that are eternally imprisoned. The strokes are like dragons and snakes running, with sharp edges, revealing an unstoppable thunderous will to cut through all obstacles.
Just by looking at it, I feel a powerful thunderous energy piercing my eyeballs, and my ears are buzzing, as if there are thousands of thunders reverberating in my skull, which makes people's minds shake and it is difficult to look at it for a long time!
Everyone immediately turned their heads aside subconsciously, not daring to look any further.
At this time, the calm voice of Lin Yi came again, as if he had done a trivial thing:
"By the way, I forgot to tell you that the rule of the universe that I understand is "gold"."
"Of course, different cultures and civilizations may have different understandings and expressions of rules."
"I just imprinted my own understanding of the rules of "gold", its Sharpness, its condensation, its destruction, and its immortal meaning into those two words."
His gaze swept across the entire venue, and finally landed on the eight hundred students who were overwhelmed with excitement and couldn't help themselves:
"After Stardust level, if you have the opportunity, you can come and observe and learn from it. How much you can understand depends on your own destiny."
As soon as the words fell, the whole place fell silent.
Only on the boulder, the two words "Eastern Edge" are surrounded by purple electricity and full of thunder. They are like an eternal mark, telling the power of rules and marking that this Training Camp has a unique heritage and height from the beginning of its birth.
Lin Yi's gaze once again swept across the entire venue, from the eight hundred young faces full of desire and shock, to the diplomatic missions from various countries in the viewing area who had complex expressions but could not hide their astonishment, and finally met briefly with the expectant gazes of Li Zhenguo, Nie Chang and others on the rostrum.
He took a deep breath, and his voice passed through the microphone and reached everyone's ears clearly.
"Finally, I just want to say to everyone, especially you..."
Lin Yi focused his attention on the student formation, "These students who are about to enter the source energy cultivation, say a few words."
The sound of a needle dropping could be heard in the square, and everyone held their breath and concentrated.
"The road to source energy is long and arduous, and is by no means smooth. You will encounter bottlenecks, feel confused, endure unimaginable pain, and may even face the threat of death."
Lin Yi's words did not shy away from the cruelty, "However, please remember the reason why you are standing here today, remember the expectations of countless compatriots behind you, and remember the pain and unyielding that the land under our feet has endured."
His voice gradually became louder, "Power is never meant to protect oneself. It is a responsibility, an important task to protect civilization Spark and open up the future of mankind."
"I hope that when you truly gain power in the future, you can use it for the right path, for protection, and for development!"
"I hope that you can not only become Sharp Blade who pierce the darkness, but also become the torch that illuminates the future."
"The future belongs to you and depends on you!"
A short and powerful conclusion, without fancy words, but it speaks to everyone's heart.
The students' chests rose and fell, their eyes became firmer, and an unprecedented sense of mission and honor arose in their hearts.
Lin Yi paused for a moment to let the power of these words fully settle.
Then, he announced loudly, and the sound spread throughout the square and also spread to the distance through radio waves:
"Now, I declare."
"East Peak Training Camp, officially begins!"