Wukong's Battle, Lin Fan's Enlightenment

"Next up! The main event of today's quarterfinals!"

The announcer shouted at the top of his lungs, whipping the crowd into a frenzy, "Contestant No. 12, Son Goku—versus—Contestant No. 38, Tien Shinhan!"

"Waaaaahhh!!"

The spectator stands erupted in a tsunami of cheers and shouts, pushing the atmosphere to its peak.

Everyone could feel that this duel was on an entirely different level.

Bulma snapped out of her daydreams about rare materials, gripping the railing nervously, "It's starting, it's starting! Goku against that three-eyed guy!"

Krillin was so tense his palms were sweating, "Tien Shinhan is really strong... Goku..."

Lin Fan also turned his gaze toward the ring, his expression becoming focused.

He knew this was the perfect opportunity to observe the combat of the world's top "Ki" martial artists at close range.

On the ring, Son Goku and Tien Shinhan stood facing each other.

Neither of them traded trash talk like Giran; they simply stared at one another in silence, yet a suffocating pressure permeated the air.

An invisible field of "Ki" collided and surged between them, causing the dust on the ring's surface to tremble.

"Match—start!" The referee's voice had barely faded.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Two figures vanished from their spots in an instant!

So fast!

Most of the audience saw only two blurred shadows slam into each other, followed by a deafening roar!

Bang! Boom! Crack!

An intense brawl broke out instantly!

The sound of fists and kicks colliding echoed like muffled thunder, the speed so dazzling it was hard to follow.

Son Goku's movements were agile and fierce, driven by beast-like intuition; Tien Shinhan was steady and sharp, his third eye allowing him to perceive the slightest openings.

Every exchange contained explosive power.

"I... I can't see them at all!"

Krillin rubbed his eyes hard.

"Too fast!" Bulma exclaimed.

Lin Fan's pupils constricted; even with his dynamic vision at the mid-stage of Qi Refining, he could barely catch a few afterimages!

The raw physical strength and speed of these two had reached an inconceivable level.

What shocked him even more was the massive amount of "Ki" within their bodies!

In the heat of battle, their "Ki" surged and erupted like a boiling ocean!

With every punch and kick, a vast amount of "Ki" surged with it, amplifying their power and delivering terrifying destructive force.

This method of application was crude, wild, and highly impactful, but also... extremely wasteful.

Lin Fan could clearly "see" that a significant portion of their "Ki" dissipated during the eruption, failing to fully convert into effective attack power.

If I could condense my True Qi to such a degree...

As the thought crossed his mind, Lin Fan shook his head to himself.

No, the gap in total volume was too great.

Compared to them, his True Qi was like a stream to a mighty river.

But... perhaps there was another way.

He quietly closed his eyes—not to stop looking, but to sink his focus into his sea of consciousness, slowly activating the foundational deduction method of the Great Dao Source Scripture.

His divine sense acted like a precision radar, highly concentrated, barely enveloping the ring. He stopped trying to track their movements with his eyes and instead began to perceive the flow trajectories and eruption nodes of their "Ki."

In an instant, the world "before his eyes" changed.

The colorful visual world faded, replaced by a more essential landscape composed of countless energy flows.

The figures of Son Goku and Tien Shinhan became two violently burning, constantly colliding energy cores!

He could "see" how Tien Shinhan's Ki instantly condensed at his fist before a strike, and how it dissipated after the blow.

He could "see" how Son Goku's Ki flowed to his legs to trigger explosive speed when dodging.

He could "see" how the two massive pools of Ki clashed head-on, creating shocking energy ripples that made his divine sense tremble.

"Wow! Contestant Tien Shinhan has unleashed the Four Witches Technique!"

The announcer's startled cry rang out.

Lin Fan "saw" two phantom arms made of condensed Ki suddenly "sprout" from Tien Shinhan's back. The energy structure was quite ingenious, though maintaining them required a continuous, significant expenditure of Ki.

"Kamehameha—!"

Son Goku leaped backward to create distance, cupping his hands at his waist as a blinding blue-white light gathered frantically!

Lin Fan's divine sense locked onto the space between Son Goku's palms! He "saw" a massive amount of ki being forcibly compressed and condensed in a nearly barbaric manner, forming a highly unstable sphere of immense energy!

That power was violent and formidable, yet the efficiency of its condensation seemed quite low to him, with a staggering amount wasted in the process.

BOOM—!

A thick pillar of light roared forth, hurtling straight toward Tien Shinhan!

Tien Shinhan crossed his arms, his ki surging wildly to form a defense in front of him!

RUMBLE—!

The terrifying energy explosion swept across the arena, the blinding light forcing everyone to shield their eyes, while the shockwave even blew back the hair of the spectators in the front row!

Lin Fan let out a muffled grunt, his face turning slightly pale.

Even just perceiving that explosive energy impact through his divine sense made his heart palpitate.

Too powerful! This kind of violent energy release far exceeded the scope of what he could currently comprehend.

The dust and smoke slowly dissipated, revealing a charred, blackened crater in the center of the arena.

Both Son Goku and Tien Shinhan were panting; clearly, that last strike had taken a heavy toll on both of them.

Lin Fan slowly opened his eyes, a trace of shock lingering in their depths, but more than that, a sense of realization.

"So... this is the way 'ki' erupts..."

He murmured to himself.

Crude, direct, crushing everything with absolute volume and instantaneous output.

This was almost the polar opposite of the Great Dao Source Scripture, which pursued precise control, endless circulation, and the Great Dao of borrowing the power of heaven and earth.

Which was superior?

He could not judge.

Yet he vaguely sensed that the "ki" arts of this world perhaps followed a completely different path, one that could equally lead to the pinnacle of power.

And as for the Dao he cultivated, how should he proceed in this world?

Merely imitating their "ki" explosions?

No, that would be using his own weaknesses to attack their strengths.

Perhaps... he should delve deeper into the potential of the Great Dao Source Scripture and carve out a path that belonged to him, a path belonging to a cultivator.

For instance... more extreme refinement?

More exquisite control?

Or perhaps... formations? Talismans? Pills?

He watched the two men locked in fierce combat on the arena, his eyes growing brighter and brighter.

For him, this battle was not just a visual feast, but a window that allowed him to glimpse a corner of this world's power system and clarify his own direction.

The road ahead was still long, but he seemed to have caught a glimpse of a faint dawn.

"Goku! Go for it!" Krillin shouted nervously from the side.

Bulma also snapped back to reality and joined in, yelling, "Goku! Knock that three-eyed freak out!"

Lin Fan smiled slightly and softly uttered two words:

"Go for it."