Time passed. By the second month after Mu Yang had climbed Karin Tower, the "ceiling" of the Acceleration Space had descended to the point of nearly touching the ground. If this continued, it would seriously affect the Acceleration Space's functions!
At this point, Mu Yang had also prepared to make a final stand and use every ounce of his strength to smash it apart. Two months of training had given him confidence in this.
One night, the stars glittered brightly, and the moon hung round as a disk.
Taking advantage of Korin returning downstairs to sleep, Mu Yang quietly entered the Acceleration Space.
He looked up at the cloud layer, which seemed almost solid. It was only a little over three meters above his head—it had truly become a ceiling! Mu Yang adjusted his breathing and made his final preparations.
Hah—
A powerful aura surged forth with a sharp cry. Mu Yang's expression was resolute as he stared solemnly at the sky. Energy gathered between his hands, and a dazzling azure light suddenly flashed, radiating in the cramped, enclosed space like a star.
Success or failure would be decided in this one strike.
"Tianxin Ki!!"
With a roar toward the heavens, Mu Yang forcefully swept his two fingers forward. A brilliant beam of energy shot straight out, azure energy crackling as it scraped through the air with piercing detonations. It tore through layer after layer of clouds and shot toward the densest region at the very center of the cloud cover.
Rumble!!
The azure energy beam struck the core of the ceiling, colliding with it and erupting into an earth-shaking explosion.
Mu Yang's Ki Blast was far more condensed than it had been several months ago. Its penetrating power and destructive force had multiplied, making the Ki Blast he unleashed utterly terrifying.
The collision created a terrifying spectacle, as violent and vast as the creation of heaven and earth. A vortex spun, air currents scattered outward, and the center bulged high into the air like an upside-down trumpet flower...
Crack! It sounded like glass shattering.
At that instant, heaven and earth seemed to collapse. The endless clouds suddenly burst apart as though they had lost the "lid" covering them. The entire space shook violently as if it were about to crumble. Nothing could stop the tearing force of the explosion any longer, and it began continuously expanding the space.
Mu Yang was exhausted after releasing the Ki Blast, yet strangely, that terrifying energy did not harm him. Instead, gleaming fragments fell from the sky onto his body and were all absorbed by him.
Time passed. When the dust settled and the earth became calm again, his hazy vision gradually brightened once more.
The sight before him startled Mu Yang.
The sky had risen, and the ground had widened. The original area of ten meters in every direction had expanded to a thousand meters in every direction, enough to hold a small mountain.
At the same time, as the Acceleration Space continued expanding, Mu Yang vaguely sensed that a shackle that had once bound him had disappeared. The road ahead seemed to have become smooth, and the feeling was completely different from before. It was like a prisoner breaking free from a cage and regaining his freedom. He could not help but let out a long cry, his body and mind surging with joy.
He scanned himself with the Energy Detector. "Beep! Beep! Beep!" A string of data appeared on the lens.
121 Battle Power!
His Battle Power had instantly increased by more than twenty points, reaching the level Son Goku had attained after participating in the Twenty-First World's Number One Martial Arts Tournament!
"This is a tremendous breakthrough. This Acceleration Space is indeed closely connected to my power. Could that ceiling blocking the sky have been the limitation on my body?"
The ceiling pressing close to the ground meant he was getting closer and closer to his limit, while shattering it with brute force meant breaking through that limit!
These changes left Mu Yang with no choice but to think deeply. Normally, the limit for an ordinary Earthling was 100 Battle Power. Very few Earthlings successfully broke through that limit, yet the Acceleration Space connected to Mu Yang's consciousness seemed capable of materializing his limits.
It materialized an invisible limit, then allowed him to attack it physically and break through it.
What a wonderful thing that was!
After ordinary people broke through their limits, they still had to accumulate their Battle Power little by little. Simply put, after 100 came 101, then 102. But he... had absorbed the energy from breaking through his limit while making the breakthrough, reaching 121 in one leap!
Once he understood this, Mu Yang could not help feeling invigorated. If things truly were as he imagined, then he held an enormous advantage.
It meant he no longer had to worry about the innate gap between Earthlings and aliens.
What made Saiyans and aliens so strong? Was it not because their natural potential was powerful enough?
Earthlings might be weak, but as long as he worked hard enough, breaking through multiple limits was not impossible. Compared to that, the time acceleration function of the Acceleration Space was nothing more than a trivial novelty.
This was the true cheat ability.
Of course, this was still only Mu Yang's own speculation. No one knew what the actual situation was!
And even if Mu Yang's guess was correct, and the Acceleration Space really could materialize the body's limits, whether he could successfully break those limits as he had just done was still uncertain. After all, for Earthlings, the limit of 100 Battle Power was not impossible to surpass. The difficult part was the 1,000 Battle Power and 10,000 Battle Power limits that came afterward...
Whether he could truly continue breaking through without end would ultimately still depend on racial talent.
But at least for now, it gave Mu Yang something to hope for.
After leaving the Acceleration Space, Mu Yang's excitement took a long time to settle. Through his tests, he discovered that after breaking through the first limit, the time flow ratio between the Acceleration Space and the outside world had changed from two to one to four to one.
In other words, time now flowed four times faster in the Acceleration Space than outside.
At the same time, the Acceleration Space had gained a storage function. He could simply place things inside it, which was easy and convenient. Even without Hoi-Poi Capsules, he no longer had to worry about not having enough space for his belongings. Moreover, nourished by the energy drifting through the space, he did not need to worry about anything inside spoiling. It was simply essential for home and travel.
"This is my greatest gain in recent times." Mu Yang was so happy that he even laughed in his sleep.
The next day, when Korin saw Mu Yang again, he immediately sensed the change in him. After just one night apart, the air Mu Yang gave off seemed completely different.
"It has only been one night, yet you've changed quite a bit." Korin could not make sense of it.
Mu Yang looked refreshed, wearing a gentle smile. "I figured out a few things last night. I feel like I've become a completely different person."
"Oh, so you gained an insight and saw through a shackle in your martial path." Korin nodded. Enlightenment sounded mysterious, but over eight hundred years, it was not something Korin had never seen before. A sudden realization depended on opportunity, and Korin was happy for Mu Yang.
Mu Yang nodded. His method of breaking through the limit within the Acceleration Space truly had something in common with the enlightenment Korin described.
Korin said, "Since your strength has improved greatly, your next stage of training needs some slight adjustments. Today, spend some time familiarizing yourself with your increased power. Once you can control it freely, I'll guide you further."
Mu Yang nodded. "Thank you, Karin the Immortal."
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