Soul Power Consumption: Three Percent, an Experiment in Repairing the Level of Life

"Decent power, but your control is far too poor."

Li Yifei's voice broke the silence, carrying obvious disdain.

"Thirty-seven percent of the energy you released was wasted in the air. Your mental power is still insufficient to control these eyes."

He shook his head, seemingly very dissatisfied with the result.

That casual remark struck everyone like a thunderbolt.

Such a terrifying attack was, in his eyes, merely "poor control"?

Dugu Yan was so ashamed she wished she could disappear into the ground.

The rebirth she had been so proud of was nothing more than a defective product in Brother Yifei's eyes.

She took a deep breath and sorted through her chaotic emotions.

Then, she did something that caused the Chat Group to explode once more.

She walked up to Li Yifei, and when she was three steps away from him, her knees gave out as she solemnly knelt.

"Thank you, Brother Yifei, for giving me a new life!"

She raised her head. Her ice-and-fire interwoven eyes were filled with undisguised worship and attachment.

"From this day onward, Dugu Yan's life belongs to you."

At that moment, a green blur descended from the sky and landed heavily at the edge of the valley.

Dugu Bo looked at his granddaughter, kneeling before that man in an ill-fitting robe yet giving off an aura that made even his heart tremble. He froze completely on the spot.

Li Yifei showed no emotion at the sudden kneeling.

He merely watched the stream of data on his Wristwatch. Only after confirming that all of Dugu Yan's indicators had fully stabilized did he shift his gaze from the virtual screen to the rigid figure at the valley's edge.

"Your granddaughter is safe now."

Though he was speaking to Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, still kneeling on the ground, trembled.

Dugu Bo jolted awake from his petrified state. He hurried several steps forward, only to abruptly stop more than ten meters away from Li Yifei and bow deeply in reverence.

"Thank you, sir! Thank you for giving Yanyan a new life!"

His voice shook with uncontrollable excitement as tears streamed down his aged face.

Li Yifei ignored his gratitude and gave Dugu Yan a new command.

"Get up."

The two simple words carried an authority that could not be defied.

Dugu Yan did not dare hesitate. She hurriedly pushed herself up from the ground. Beneath the oversized black robe, her bare feet stepped onto the cold jade, making her feel even more awkward.

"The experiment is over. It's time to go back." Li Yifei's tone was as though he were announcing something utterly insignificant.

He glanced at the sky. His Soul Power had been depleted considerably by the enhancement and observation just now, but it was recovering quickly as well.

"That concludes today's itinerary."

"Follow me."

With that, he took a step forward.

That step did not land on solid ground. A ripple spread through the space before him, and his entire body merged directly into it, vanishing from sight.

In the next instant, he appeared on the mountain path a hundred meters away.

Dugu Yan froze for a moment before reacting. She hurriedly activated her Soul Power and followed him.

Her body now felt unbelievably light. With a mere thought, she drifted forward.

The Livestream Room erupted again at this sudden sight.

[World's Number One Princess: Teleportation! Teleportation! I want this ability too! Then I could be invincible!]

[Is Jade Not Jade: This is way stronger than Little Goose's eyes~ Coming and going without a trace, he could visit whichever little sister's bedroom he wanted~]

[Little Fox Demon: This has already gone beyond the scope of a soul skill... He's directly applying Space Law.]

Hu Liena's message made Bibi Dong's heart inside Spirit Hall suddenly clench.

Laws! Laws again! Every gesture that man made demonstrated a realm she could never reach even if she spent her entire life trying.

"My Soul Power has mostly recovered. Perfect timing to test the new ability."

Li Yifei muttered to himself, seemingly paying no attention whatsoever to the two people behind him.

He walked over to a granite boulder half a person tall and stopped.

Dugu Yan soon caught up, stopping behind him, panting and not daring to speak.

The livestream camera followed her gaze and focused on that man.

Li Yifei slowly raised his right hand, pressed his fingers together like a sword, and casually slashed at the granite.

Crack!

There was no Soul Power fluctuation and no earth-shaking momentum. The hard granite simply split down the middle without a sound, its cut smooth as a mirror.

Then, he spread his five fingers and clenched the air.

Boom!

The entire granite boulder instantly exploded, shattering into stone dust and fragments that scattered in every direction.

Dugu Bo's eyelids twitched. This degree of precise control over power was simply horrifying.

The Chat Group was filled with question marks.

[Bunny Is So Cute: What is Brother Yifei doing?]

[A Little Goose: I... I don't know either.]

But Li Yifei's next action completely halted the thoughts of both Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan.

Li Yifei extended his left hand. At his wrist, the phantom of the exquisitely intricate Hourglass Dial emerged once again.

[Eternal Moment].

Without any unnecessary movement, he simply snapped his fingers lightly at the pile of rubble.

Click.

The crisp sound of machinery once again rang through everyone's souls.

The next second, a scene that overturned all understanding unfolded.

The stone fragments scattered across the ground seemed to have had a rewind button pressed. Defying every law of physics, they flew backward, rapidly fitting and locking together in midair.

The exploded cracks healed, and the scattered stone dust returned to its place.

In just one second.

The granite boulder that had been smashed to pieces stood once more in its original spot, completely intact.

Li Yifei felt no ripple of emotion. He merely calmly analyzed the data fed back by his Wristwatch.

"Rewinding an object with no life signs consumes approximately 0.1 percent of Soul Power. The cost is low, as expected."

He reached a conclusion, then shifted his gaze to an ordinary stalk of Blue Silver Grass by the roadside.

He walked over, bent down, and smoothly tore the Blue Silver Grass in half.

The fragile blades split into two pieces, green sap seeping from the break.

The young girls in the Livestream Room all held their breath unconsciously.

What was he going to do?

Li Yifei raised his right hand again.

On the phantom of [Eternal Moment], the hourglass flowing with starlike motes of time paused slightly.

Time reversal!

The two severed pieces of Blue Silver Grass were drawn toward each other by an invisible force, slowly closing the distance.

A faint green glow lit up at the break. This was not a simple reattachment, but a restoration originating from the level of life itself.

The fibrous tissue of the grass blades reconnected at the microscopic level, and their cellular structure regained vitality.

In the blink of an eye, the Blue Silver Grass returned to its original state. Even the dewdrops on its leaves returned to where they had been.

Yet Li Yifei frowned slightly.

"Soul Power consumption: three percent."

He calculated quickly in his mind.