Willpower Impact

"On Earth, this is my first time using this move." As he spoke, Lin Qingyu mobilized his will, which rivaled that of an Undying.

His will spread outward, striking every rat within range!

The strong possessed consciousness and will. Consciousness was the power of the soul; in reality, the conscious pressure of the strong could even directly crush the souls of the weak.

Will was different, however. It was an ethereal power, and even the strong found it difficult to actively wield it to attack others. At most, it could serve as intimidation when locking eyes with someone.

Only those above the True God level, or those who had cultivated special Secret Arts, could actively wield the power of will to strike others.

But Lin Qingyu was different. His will had already fused with his body and gained a foundation. It could be said that he had now fulfilled the prerequisite for cultivating a will-based Secret Art.

Although he had no will-based Secret Art to cultivate at present and had no way to condense his Willpower Impact to strengthen it, he could still simply spread his will outward and create a large-scale Willpower Impact.

With the strength of his current will, even a Universe Level powerhouse would lose focus in an instant.

This move was useless against Hong and Thor, who possessed powerful wills and had both reached the second level of mental state. It would likely have little effect on the Moyun Vine as well, since it had almost no intelligence. But against these rats, it was exceptionally effective.

The Rat Tide, like surging waves, immediately wilted beneath Lin Qingyu's Willpower Impact. Forget charging forward with the momentum to fight to the death—even their ability to move was stripped away. They all lay on the ground, twitching.

"Where is that Rat King?" Lin Qingyu swept the area with his Mental Power. "Found it!"

As he spoke, Lin Qingyu arrived above the Rat King's hiding place. Before it could recover from the Willpower Impact, he directly mobilized his Origin Force and unleashed a full-power strike.

Under Lin Qingyu's tremendous strength, the King level strange rat that was the chief culprit behind most of the Rat Tides across Huaxia Country died just like that beneath the ground.

Next, Lin Qingyu controlled his Mental Power Weapon with Mental Power, directly forming a vortex of blades. The vortex became a true Meat Grinder and began clearing out the surrounding rats.

As a powerhouse with an Undying-level will, the range of Lin Qingyu's Willpower Impact far exceeded his ordinary attack range.

Within the range of the Willpower Impact, every life-form whose will was insufficiently strong lost consciousness and could no longer control its body.

Lin Qingyu was a Mental Master, and large-scale destruction was what he excelled at most. Against Rat Tides or Monster Tides, his killing power far surpassed that of Hong and Thor, who were warriors.

Even if Lin Qingyu had to face the entire Rat Tide alone, he would not be particularly wary. But the rats scattering everywhere would cause trouble for the warrior squads defending the nearby Base Cities, which was why Lin Qingyu had deliberately mobilized the power of his will to strike them.

Once they were all paralyzed, it was time to exterminate the rats without any difficulty!

This cleanup lasted a full three hours. Lin Qingyu slaughtered every rat-type monster he could sense gathering nearby.

He paid special attention to the Lord level monsters directly under that King level rat. After all, according to the tacit understanding between monsters and humans, King level monsters did not participate in Beast Tides. The ones truly commanding them were still Lord level monsters.

During the process, Lin Qingyu also familiarized himself with the use of his domain.

Although his domain was Wood attribute and truly inferior to some other attributes in terms of slaughter, a domain was still a domain. Combined with Mental Power, it remained a method of large-scale destruction.

"Come to think of it, where have I ended up?" Lin Qingyu thought for a moment. At his speed, he could reach almost anywhere within Huaxia Country in under an hour.

When cultivating, he never cared where he ran to. He simply picked a direction, as long as it was somewhere he had not been before.

After all, in the places he had previously visited, any somewhat stronger monsters had basically been wiped out by him.

"This is actually near Jiangnan Base City?" Lin Qingyu checked his location.

"Since I'm already at Jiangnan Base City, should I go see Luo Feng?" Lin Qingyu thought. "Come to think of it, it's the year 2050. Luo Feng should only be twelve, right? Wait, twelve? This is interesting."

Lin Qingyu suddenly realized that the timing this year was actually quite convenient.

Luo Feng had many fortunate encounters—the Meteorite Star, the Golden Horn Beast, and so on—but one of his earliest opportunities was often overlooked.

That was his exceptional talent for Mental Power, as well as the physical enhancement brought about by his awakened Mental Power talent.

If Hong and Thor were the people on Earth with the greatest talent for becoming warriors, then Luo Feng was the one with the greatest talent for becoming a Mental Master. This was an assessment that excluded all external fortunate encounters—though naturally, it also excluded Lin Qingyu, that bug.

Moreover, the Star Tower itself was a Mental Power Weapon. From that perspective, it was perfectly normal for Luo Feng, who possessed the strongest Mental Master talent, to gradually become the leader of Earth's lineage.

And Lin Qingyu happened to remember that when Luo Feng was twelve, he had once fallen unconscious due to the signs of a partial Mental Power awakening.

"It seems the potions Mom made for me are still here." Lin Qingyu took off his backpack and rummaged through it, pulling out several potions made from Nine-Leaf Spirit Grass.

He had always kept these Nine-Leaf Spirit Grass potions with him. They could greatly enhance bodily vitality while slightly improving physical fitness and the breadth of the brain.

Although the strengthening effect of Nine-Leaf Spirit Grass on the human body was considered only "slight," that "slight" was in comparison to other treasures of the same level as Spirits of Plants and Trees.

In practical terms, a single Nine-Leaf Spirit Grass potion could easily strengthen an ordinary person to the Warrior level, with no side effects whatsoever.

Of course, the most important effect of Nine-Leaf Spirit Grass was that it briefly increased the body's tolerance, assisting the awakening of Mental Power and expanding the Sea of Consciousness. That was far more precious than merely reaching the Warrior level.

Ordinary people would not give such precious potions to common people.

But Lin Qingyu was clearly not an ordinary person, and Luo Feng was even less so.

"Making Luo Feng painstakingly accumulate energy from Apprentice Tier 1 to Apprentice Tier 9 at the Apprentice level would be a complete waste of time." Lin Qingyu thought. His approach to nurturing talent was actually similar to that of the Virtual Universe Company: what mattered were Law Comprehension, techniques, and Secret Methods. Pure accumulation of power should be completed as quickly as possible.

"I'll go meet Luo Feng." Lin Qingyu made his decision and called Jiangnan Base City.

Then, using his Mental Power, he lifted the already separated Lord level materials and the corpse of the King level monster, flying directly toward Jiangnan Base City.

Jiangnan Base City.

"Tsk, with sea monsters gathering this time, a Beast Tide is bound to erupt sooner or later. This is troublesome." War God Li Dawei frowned as he looked at the report in his hand.

Just then, someone entered. It was Deputy Commander Wang Luohan.

"What is it?" Li Dawei asked.

"Councillor Lin Qingyu is coming to Jiangnan Base City," Wang Luohan said.

"What?!" Li Dawei's eyes widened.