Chapter 209: The Electromagnetic Tyrant

Chapter 209: The Electromagnetic Tyrant

After hunting down the giant lizard in the afternoon, falling into the river, and then riding the raptors through the tropical rainforest and plateau for several hours, Qi Xinghuo's body was soaked in a mixture of sweat, blood, and the stench of the slaughtered creatures.

Lowering his head to sniff himself, Qi Xinghuo scrunched up his nose in disgust and promptly headed into the bathroom.

When he emerged, he was clean and refreshed, wearing only a pair of shorts that showcased his well-built and toned muscles. As he walked into the living room, Zhao Manying handed him the electrostatic field creature.

"Go on, quickly," Zhao Manying urged with a charming smile.

Qi Xinghuo couldn't help but smile back, seeing through her intentions. He teased, "Are you in such a hurry for me to fuse with the creature to distract me from you?"

Zhao Manying quickly shook her head, denying the accusation.

"Relax, I won't pounce on you," Qi Xinghuo shrugged, "We've been living together for so long, don't you know my character by now?"

"I know you won't do anything rash," Zhao Manying nodded slightly, biting her lip lightly, "But I'm afraid I won't be able to control myself."

"Uh..." Qi Xinghuo was left speechless.

"Okay then."

He forcefully suppressed the urge in his heart, took the creature, and walked into the cultivation room.

Sitting in the middle of the cultivation room, Qi Xinghuo closed his eyes and took a few deep breaths, clearing his mind of stray thoughts. His mind quickly calmed, and his gaze became focused.

In the palm of his hand, a small bottle of dark red potion appeared—the "Red Rot Essence." It was an expansion wonder that he had purchased for 55 million spirit coins over a month ago. If consumed by anyone below the Legendary realm, it would provide an additional chance to fuse with a creature, and he had kept it stored in his dimensional pouch ever since.

The dosage of the Red Rot Essence was minuscule, only 3 milliliters.

Qi Xinghuo opened the bottle and downed the contents in one gulp, a putrid taste rising from his throat, nearly causing him to vomit.

"Disgusting," he commented. "Like drinking spoiled, fermented sour vegetable juice..."

Despite the unpleasant taste, he soon felt a sense of hunger.

The Red Rot Essence took effect swiftly, and within a couple of minutes, it was completely absorbed. Qi Xinghuo knew that he could now fuse with another creature.

Picking up the electrostatic field creature, he observed that the transparent crystal had a certain elasticity to it, soft and squishy like a jelly bean. As he rubbed it between his fingers, he could hear the faint crackling of electricity. Within the creature, he could vaguely make out flickering dots of electric light that danced and vanished, too quick for the naked eye to capture.

Squeezing it a little harder, the electric sparks became more intense, and a slight numbing sensation tickled his fingertips.

"Is this static electricity?" Qi Xinghuo wondered aloud.

An information interface popped up in his field of vision.

[Creature: Electrostatic Field]



[Grade: Super Limit]



[Fusion Success Rate: 99%]



[Upgradeable: Yes]



A staggering 99% fusion success rate, matching that of the rotating magnetic field. Aside from these two creatures, only the spiritual energy creature had a 99% success rate, while the others fell somewhat short.

The success rate provided by the Myriad Phenomenon Star Pupils implicitly indicated a recommendation level.

It was clear that the electrostatic field creature was a perfect match for him!

Without further hesitation, Qi Xinghuo popped the creature into his mouth and swallowed it. Just like with the rotating magnetic field, he didn't taste much before it slid down his throat.

Soon, the creature was digested in his stomach.

A familiar yet foreign sensation arose, and Qi Xinghuo felt a surge of energy emanating from his stomach and spreading throughout his body. It was like an electric current, tingling and numbing, seeping into his blood, bones, and brain, activating the tens of trillions of cells that made up his body, as if countless sparks of electricity were dancing within him.

His skin began to crackle with electricity, his hair standing on end, with lightning flickering within it.

Crackle, crackle, pop!

Amidst the crackling of electricity, Qi Xinghuo's eyes lit up, bright sparks of electricity dancing in his pupils. Once again, the world transformed in his eyes.

Originally, he could only sense magnetic fields with his brain.

Now, he could directly see through his eyes the countless charges leaping through space, dense and omnipresent, forming the very fabric of the world.

All matter possessed a magnetic field, but it was also an electric field.

Qi Xinghuo recalled his physics knowledge; what were once abstract concepts now took on a new, intuitive understanding. An electric field was a physical field generated by electric charges, while a magnetic field was a physical field generated by electric currents and magnetic materials.

Whether electric or magnetic, they were two sides of the same coin—the electromagnetic field.

In the past, he could only sense magnetic fields, but now, with the addition of electric fields, his perception became more powerful, rich, and complete, finally touching upon the deeper, intrinsic nature of things!

As the fusion progressed, the lightning outside Qi Xinghuo's body grew more intense and brighter, affecting the lights in the cultivation room, causing them to flicker erratically.

Crackle!

A bolt of lightning leaped from his body, piercing the air.

Lightning burst forth densely.

Before fusing with the electrostatic field, Qi Xinghuo's rotating magnetic field could only generate currents within his body and not externally, unless he unleashed the Bolt Strike.

Now, he could do it effortlessly.

Qi Xinghuo recalled his previous experience with the rotating magnetic field fusion.

Back then, his control had been insufficient, and the commotion had been too intense, damaging numerous cultivation rooms in the exotic shops, leaving them looking as if they had been burned.

He did not want his own cultivation room to suffer the same fate.

With a flick of his thoughts, the lightning that burst outwards was restrained within a two-meter radius, preventing any further destruction.

As the fusion with the electrostatic field progressed past the halfway mark, the rotating magnetic field was automatically stimulated, causing the stellar power within his body to spin rapidly as well. The lightning erupting from his body immediately intensified, as if oil had been poured onto a fire, with both density and strength surging to a new level.

Qi Xinghuo's shorts were instantly reduced to ashes.

His entire body was enveloped in dazzling lightning, radiating electrical energy! The cultivation room resonated with a piercing howl.

Qi Xinghuo's feet lifted off the ground, his body floating as a visible spherical force field gradually formed around him, expanding outward.

On the surface, this force field appeared to be composed of streaks of lightning, but upon closer microscopic inspection, one could discern its true nature: countless microscopic charges moving at high speeds, aggregating, dispersing, and flowing, thereby generating forces, electric potential, currents, equipotential surfaces, electric fields, and other profound and complex physical phenomena.

At a deeper level, it also exhibited magnetic field properties.

However, Qi Xinghuo's perception had not yet reached such depths, allowing him only a slight glimpse of the more macroscopic phenomena.

But even that was incredibly powerful!

The electrostatic field expanded bit by bit, reaching a radius of about three meters before it finally stabilized.

Crackle!

Countless currents erupted and then instantly dissipated.

The electric glow surrounding Qi Xinghuo vanished, and his body fell back to the ground as the violent commotion subsided, as if nothing had ever happened.

He paused for a moment, then opened the Myriad Phenomenon Star Pupils interface and viewed the latest information.

[Ability: Electrostatic Field (Level 1/359)]



The fusion was successful! The disappearance of the lightning phenomena was not due to any problem but was, in fact, the true nature of the electrostatic field. His body and the surrounding charges were in a state of rest, with a stable and unchanging distribution of charges. Positive and negative charges were neutralized, and the circulation in the electrostatic field equaled zero.

In simpler terms, the electrostatic field required changing charges to manifest.

Qi Xinghuo's eyes glinted.

In an instant, countless sparks of electricity burst forth, expanding an electric field around his body, piercing the surrounding air and emitting a violent howl.

The radius of the first level of the electrostatic field was only three meters, not particularly large.

He raised his hand, and a bolt of lightning formed between his thumb and forefinger, crackling loudly. The current was not only clearly visible but also continuous.

The currents generated by the rotating magnetic field were difficult to control, and the lightning produced by the Bolt Strike was only momentary, disappearing after release.

But now, Qi Xinghuo could maintain the lightning indefinitely.

In his eyes, he could see the positive and negative charges gathered at either end of the current, with the electric field force moving from positive to negative. Energy traveled along countless magnetic field lines, eventually manifesting as macroscopic lightning and force.

The essence of the electrostatic field was control over the movement of charges.

And these charges were generated by stellar power.

Qi Xinghuo discovered that when he maintained the electrostatic field, his stellar power synchronously decreased and was continuously consumed.

He raised his hand and pointed forward.

The faint electric current in his hand instantly surged, causing the entire electrostatic field to fluctuate wildly. Countless charges converged, forming an extremely high voltage that cracked through the air and struck out.

Boom!

The lightning bolt, which didn't seem particularly thick, struck the alloy humanoid target on one side of the cultivation room.

This was what Qi Xinghuo usually used to practice his Electric Spiral Strike, incredibly hard, and insulated. After the lightning dissipated, a pit appeared on the front of the humanoid target. The metal had been melted and deformed by the high temperature, with a hole punched through the center, revealing the back.

"This power..."

Qi Xinghuo was startled by his own might.

If an alien with slightly weaker defense had been hit by the Bolt Strike, they would probably have been turned into charcoal.

He explored this new ability for a moment.

Then he discovered that when the electrostatic field and the rotating magnetic field were stimulated simultaneously, not only did the lethality of the Bolt Strike surge, but his strength, speed, and explosiveness also enhanced. Even a casual strike carried powerful electrical damage, and the might of the Electric Spiral Strike rose to a whole new level!

Electricity generates magnetism, and magnetism generates electricity.

If an enemy, bullet, or any other object entered the electrostatic field and altered the distribution of charges, it would automatically trigger an electrostatic induction phenomenon, resulting in a lightning attack.

Furthermore, if the target was a conductor, the lightning attack would be even more intense.

Additionally, the electrostatic field enhanced his magnetic field induction, transforming it into a clearer and more detailed electromagnetic induction, delving into the microscopic nature of objects and expanding its range.

Qi Xinghuo felt that he had finally touched upon the threshold of electromagnetic fields.

"But it's not enough!"

His heart was filled with aspiration. As one of the four fundamental forces with the most significant influence on the human world and even the entire universe, the effects of electromagnetic interaction were far from over.

The occupational template primarily focused on magnetic fields and magnets was known as the "Magnetic Field Maniac."

While the template that centered around electric fields and spiritual energy was called the "Electric Field Stringer."

Completing these two occupational templates would allow one to advance to become the pinnacle of not just the Star Realm Nation but also the entire Galactic Civilization—the "Electromagnetic Tyrant!"

However, Qi Xinghuo knew he still had a long way to go, as he had only partially achieved these templates, lacking several exotic species for each.

Qi Xinghuo retracted his thoughts and once again opened the interface, his gaze falling on the Mental Source Energy.

In the Great Rift Valley, the titanium-cobalt dragonkin had annihilated most of Kaminda's forces, with only a handful of enemies and hunting parties escaping. The dragonkin had shown mercy and refrained from wiping them out entirely.

These slain enemies provided him with 2,533 points of Mental Source Energy.

"Just enough to upgrade the electrostatic field."

Glancing at the progress of the electrostatic field, Qi Xinghuo immediately invested the Mental Source Energy, and soon, the electrostatic field advanced to Level 2 (2/1699).

With the upgrade, the radius of the electrostatic field expanded to around five meters.

His perception and control of charges became even clearer and more sensitive, and the power of the electric current intensified, although his physical qualities remained unchanged.

While the rotating magnetic field could enhance his physical attributes, the electrostatic field only augmented effects without directly strengthening his body.

The primary function of the electrostatic field was to enhance his perception and control of charges.

"Continue!"

Without hesitation, Qi Xinghuo proceeded to upgrade the electrostatic field to Level 3!

In the instant of the upgrade, he immediately sensed a change.

Boom! Countless sparks of lightning burst forth, and the radius of the electrostatic field expanded to ten meters. Within this range, Qi Xinghuo could sense innumerable charges, and with a mere thought, he could generate lightning out of thin air and manipulate multiple currents to attack different targets, forming a chain of lightning.

"This feeling!"

A moment of enlightenment flashed through Qi Xinghuo's mind. Within the range of the electrostatic field, his control extended beyond just charges.

He focused his mind, fixing his gaze on the air before him.

To the naked eye, it appeared empty, but in Qi Xinghuo's eyes, an incredibly complex electromagnetic field was revealed. This clump of air was composed of countless air molecules, constantly flowing and influencing each other, with molecules colliding and interacting, and deeper-level particles moving at high speeds.

This small clump of air paused for a moment, as if frozen, then underwent violent movement, creating friction and generating a faint amount of heat.

But that was all it did, and the heat dissipated almost instantly.

Qi Xinghuo felt a stabbing pain in his brain, a sense of powerlessness, as this was the limit of what he could achieve.

Attempting to manipulate and alter the air briefly consumed over a hundred points of stellar power, yet the effect was negligible, unable even to burn a single hair.

"Too difficult!"

Qi Xinghuo exclaimed in awe.

While electromagnetic force held infinite possibilities, the difficulty of controlling it was also the highest, striking fear into the hearts of many.

He knew he had a long journey ahead.

He continued to explore the third level of the electrostatic field and discovered that his movement within the electric field range was incredibly fast. When he used Flash Step, he surged forward like a bolt of lightning, too fast for the naked eye to follow, and the technique's consumption of physical energy and stellar power was reduced. Previously, he could use Flash Step consecutively at most five times, but now the number had more than doubled.

Moreover, his generation, perception, and control of charges had reached new heights.

The efficiency of converting stellar power into charges had increased significantly.

Building on this foundation, he could develop various lightning attack methods, such as Thunder Strike, Lightning Chain, Electric Net, and Spark Beam, among others. Not all of these attacks relied solely on electric currents for damage; some could also be used for restraint, explosion, or obstruction, achieving different effects.

He would need to explore and practice these techniques, improving his proficiency to apply them effectively in different scenarios.

Qi Xinghuo invested the remaining 475 points of Mental Source Energy into the electrostatic field, reaching Level 3 (476/8089), and practiced in the cultivation room for over an hour before finally stepping out.

(End of Chapter)

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