Astonishing Data

Yun Chen stood before the large Soul Tool, clenched his fist, and threw a heavy punch at the striking area.

The dull thud made Gu Yue and the others watching nearby tense up. The number that appeared on the display made Wang Jinxi's eyes widen even more.

"Right fist, 1,990 kilograms!"

Immediately afterward, Yun Chen raised his left fist and struck again. The number was just as astonishing: 1,980 kilograms.

Seeing those two figures, even Wu Zhangkong raised an eyebrow. However, he said nothing and simply recorded the data in silence.

Just as he was preparing to take Yun Chen and the others to test their spiritual power, he heard Xu Xiaoyan speak.

"You're slacking off again," Xu Xiaoyan said as she looked at Yun Chen.

"What do you mean, slacking off? Can't you speak properly, you brat?" Yun Chen tugged irritably at Xu Xiaoyan's twin ponytails. "This machine can only take so much. If I put too much force into it and smash it with one punch, I'll have to pay for it. When Uncle and Auntie dock my allowance, I'll use yours to make up for it. How about that?"

"No!" Xu Xiaoyan vowed to defend her allowance to the death. "You stinky brother, why are you always eyeing my allowance?"

"Because your allowance never does anything useful besides buying snacks." Yun Chen shrugged.

The siblings' conversation drew everyone else's attention, and Wu Zhangkong looked over as well. "You didn't use your full strength just now?"

"No." Yun Chen nodded honestly. When he had read novels in his previous life, he had thought that going all out in situations like this and blowing up the machine with one punch was a great way to show off. But after experiencing it himself, he felt that kind of behavior was a little idiotic. If you broke something, you had to compensate for it. Back when he had trained his body under the teachers of the Body Martial Soul, he had damaged a testing Soul Tool at the training grounds and paid quite a bit of money for it.

"How many kilograms can you produce with a full-force strike?" Wu Zhangkong continued.

"More than 4,500, probably." Yun Chen gave the data from his previous test.

Wu Zhangkong frowned. A strength-type Body Martial Soul Master producing a punch of 4,500 kilograms would not have surprised him too much. But how old was Yun Chen? Nine! A nine-year-old capable of 4,500 kilograms was far beyond the norm.

"But Teacher Wu, I had activated my Martial Soul and used a soul skill during that test. I shouldn't be that strong in my normal state," Yun Chen said.

Hearing that, Wu Zhangkong nodded. He pointed at the Soul Tool beside them. "Throw a full-force punch. This Soul Tool has a limit of 5,000 kilograms. It can withstand it."

Only then did Yun Chen respond and return to stand before the Soul Tool. Although he did not use his Martial Soul or soul skills, the punch he threw this time was indeed a serious one.

Bang!

The collision between fist and machine sent out a blast of air. Xu Xiaoyan and the others were rocked all over by it. Xu Xiaoyan grabbed Gu Yue beside her and pulled her in front of herself, using her as a shield so she would not be blown away.

Gu Yue blankly became Xu Xiaoyan's shield, but she immediately used Soul Power to steady herself. She was the Silver Dragon King, after all. She could not possibly be knocked over like Xie Xie beside her, could she?

When Xie Xie and Zhang Yangzi climbed up from the ground, they widened their eyes at the number on the display. That figure was simply too unreal to them. Was that really a number a nine-year-old could produce?

"3,797 kilograms!"

Nearly 3,800 kilograms of force—if that hit them, wouldn't they be blown into pieces?

At the thought, Xie Xie could not help shuddering. At the same time, the wariness in his gaze toward Gu Yue deepened.

Yun Chen's strength was indeed terrifying, but Gu Yue had fought him to a draw and had even gained a slight upper hand. Just how strong was she? Thinking about how sharp-tongued he usually was, Xie Xie felt that still being alive was an incredible stroke of luck.

Yun Chen let out a breath and lowered his head to look at his fist. "My strength has increased quite a bit again. Not bad."

Hearing that, Xie Xie and the others immediately rolled their eyes. If that was merely not bad, then what were they? Scratching an itch?

"Your physical condition is very strong," Wu Zhangkong assessed. "Ordinary strength-type Soul Masters would only reach roughly this level at the Soul King or Soul Emperor rank."

At that moment, he was also puzzled. Yun Chen's physical condition had clearly surpassed the influence his Martial Soul should have had on him. Moreover, this was without Martial Soul Possession. For a moment, even Wu Zhangkong could not make sense of it.

"I'll carefully consider your cultivation method. Now, let's test the next item: spiritual power," Wu Zhangkong said.

Under his lead, Yun Chen and the others arrived at another testing area. Here, they would be testing spiritual power.

At Wu Zhangkong's call, everyone put on the metal helmets used for testing one after another. As each result came out, Wu Zhangkong gave the corresponding evaluation.

Xie Xie and Zhang Yangzi's spiritual power remained at normal levels, but their Soul Power cultivation had already reached the Soul Grandmaster realm, so they needed to pay attention to cultivating their spiritual power. Otherwise, when they broke through Rank 30 and fused with a second Soul Spirit or evolved their first Soul Spirit, they might run into some trouble.

Wang Jinxi's spiritual power was the weakest, and Wu Zhangkong specifically singled him out. If he did not focus on cultivating this aspect, his third soul ring might hold him back for a long time.

Xu Xiaoyan's spiritual power once again surprised Xie Xie and the others. Her spiritual power had already reached eighty-three points. Earlier, while she had been figuring out how to draw on Star Power during the daytime, she had consumed quite a bit of spiritual power. Because of that, her spiritual power had grown considerably during this period.

Of course, the most important reason was Yun Chen's influence. Yun Chen had never been lax in cultivation, and Xu Xiaoyan, who spent time with him, had inevitably been influenced by him as well. Otherwise, neither her Soul Power nor spiritual power would have improved so much compared with the original story.

The next person to be tested after Xu Xiaoyan was Yun Chen. As he stepped forward, Zhang Yangzi asked, "You're not going to be ridiculously amazing again, are you?"

"Uh, I'm not good at spiritual power." Yun Chen shook his head. He had never paid much attention to cultivating spiritual power, after all. Ordinary meditation produced very little effect when it came to spiritual power cultivation.

Yet when the number appeared, everyone was still stunned.

"173 points! And you said you weren't amazing?" Zhang Yangzi pointed at Yun Chen, looking as if Yun Chen had deceived him again.

Looking at the number 173 on the display, even Yun Chen himself was surprised. He knew very well that he had never focused on cultivating spiritual power at all. Logically speaking, his spiritual power should not have been at this level.