Chapter 351: Amplifying the Electromagnetic Field

Chapter 351: Amplifying the Electromagnetic Field

"A legendary anomaly at the age of 25, tsk tsk..."

Ke Mingshan couldn't help but sigh, feeling envious beyond words.

As one of the top ether scientists in the world, his biggest regret in life was his lack of talent. He possessed a wealth of theoretical knowledge but couldn't put it into practice, missing out on the feeling of immense power that came with it.

The researchers present looked at Ji Xinghuo with awe, understanding the immense difficulty of an anomaly evolving to become a legend.

It was a realm that countless anomalies strived for their entire lives, yet remained out of reach.

And Ji Xinghuo had achieved it in just three years!

Among the five auxiliary anomalies, two were legends, but they were both over seventy years old and had been cultivated by the Ether Research Institute. Their abilities were mediocre compared to other legends, and they lacked the fame to be listed on the Legend Ranking.

Compared to Ji Xinghuo, who had built his reputation through his own prowess, there was a world of difference in strength.

The most terrifying part was that Ji Xinghuo was only 25 years old!

"You've set another record," Ke MingShan praised. "Before you, the youngest legendary anomaly in the world was Cheng Sheng, who became a legend at 28. And you've achieved it three years earlier."

Ji Xinghuo nodded.

This Cheng Sheng was also "one of them," an anomaly within the core power circle of the Asia-Pacific Community, ranked third on the Legend Ranking, and nicknamed "Qianlong." However, Cheng Sheng had been in the Star Realm for an extended period, and Ke MingShan hadn't met him yet.

The anomalies on Earth had a standard measure.

Those who became super anomalies before the age of thirty had the opportunity to climb the Tower, signifying the pinnacle of talent globally.

And among them, those who became legends before thirty were extremely rare.

The Iron and Steel Emperor, "Marshal" Wu Huai'an, "Divine Walker" Jeffrey, "Qianlong" Cheng Sheng, and others—they were all renowned figures.

Of course, it didn't mean that becoming a legendary anomaly before thirty guaranteed invincibility. Li Xuan had also become a legend two months before his 30th birthday and was now a Titan, but his strength was at the bottom among his peers.

And those who became legends after thirty could still catch up.

Age was just a reference point.

Having a fast cultivation speed without formidable strength was meaningless, and there were plenty of anomalies like that.

However, Ji Xinghuo becoming a legendary anomaly at 25 would undoubtedly cause a global sensation once the news spread.

Especially since in a week, he would be facing off against Li Xuan.

"Director Ke, please keep this a secret for a few days," Ji Xinghuo requested.

Ke MingShan naturally knew about the bet and smiled. "I'll issue an order within the institute. No one here is allowed to leak this information."

"Yes, Director," the researchers quickly acknowledged.

Even without Ke MingShan's order, they wouldn't dare to spread the news. With Ji Xinghuo's strength and position, doing so would only incur his displeasure.

Ke MingShan asked enthusiastically, "Now that you've just advanced, do you want to undergo some tests?"

"No need, thank you for your kindness, Director Ke," Ji Xinghuo politely declined. The previous tests had been for his advancement to the legendary realm, and there was no need for them now. Anomaly data needed to remain confidential.

"What a shame..."

Ke MingShan shook his head regretfully. It was unlikely he would ever meet another anomaly as rare as Ji Xinghuo in his lifetime.

Of course, he didn't dare to insist, as Ji Xinghuo was one of the higher-ups.

Ji Xinghuo left the Ether Research Institute.

He had come alone today. Zhao Manying had a match in the evening and was training with her team during the day, while his second brother, Zhong Ming, had left for an away game.

Ji Xinghuo returned home.

As soon as he walked in, he saw Qinghong sprawled on the sofa, its eyes glued to the projection screen playing an educational cartoon for children. It held a large bag of potato chips in its front paws, occasionally popping some into its mouth.

There was a pile of empty snack wrappers and leftover barbecue next to it, and the floor was littered with crumbs.

Qinghong turned its head and called out to Ji Xinghuo before turning back to the screen.

"Eat less junk food," Ji Xinghuo said helplessly, though he didn't bother to stop it. For a Hong-grade spiritual beast, eating these snacks was harmless, just a form of entertainment.

He walked into the cultivation room and the first thing he did was open the Myriad Star Pupil interface.

[Myriad Star Pupil Master: Ji Xinghuo]



[Race: Earth Human]



[Rank: Legend]



[Star Power: 20233/20233]



[Spiritual Source Energy: 8180]



The left side of the interface displayed brief information about the anomaly, while the right side showed an image of his body, with the eighteen abilities he had fused marked. When he focused his mind on them, the progress of the abilities' levels would be displayed.

Most of his abilities had improved to varying degrees after this life evolution, with "Instant Step" seeing the most significant increase, rising from level five to level six.

[Ability: Instant Step (Level Six 1317/33331)]



This saved him over ten thousand points of Spiritual Source Energy.

"Thunderclap Hand" had also increased from (Level Five 3475/10033) to (Level Six 408/35353).

Abilities like Rotating Magnetic Field, Electrostatic Field, Superfrequency Thinking, Star Force, and Symbiosis had also improved significantly, with progress increasing by 3000 to 7000 points, but they had not been upgraded.

The higher the level of the ability, the smaller the improvement.

Life evolution was the most important method for most anomalies to improve their abilities, and a single evolution could be comparable to years of arduous ability training.

For Ji Xinghuo, it was beneficial, saving him a total of over fifty thousand points of Spiritual Source Energy.

Immediately afterward, he conducted some tests on himself.

His bench press strength surged to 300 tons, and his defense, speed, recovery, resistance, and neural response had all improved. Even without using Star Power and abilities, his physical prowess was unimaginable for ordinary people.

This was just the most basic improvement, and the enhancement to his physical constitution from reaching the super anomaly level wasn't significant.

To become stronger, he would mainly rely on improving his abilities.

However, the number and quality of Ji Xinghuo's abilities were exceptionally high, and their cumulative effect meant that the strengthening from a single evolution could be comparable to other anomalies evolving two or three times.

The most significant improvement was in his Star Power.

It had surged by 4346 points!

After reaching the legendary realm, Star Power became the source of strength, capable of almost anything—enhancing strength, bursts of speed, endurance, healing wounds, converting spiritual energy, and driving all abilities. It was indispensable!

Star Power was everything.

Ji Xinghuo felt the star power flowing through his body like a stream, completing two to three cycles per second.

In a burst state, it could be even faster.

This was also one of the powerful functions of the Magnetic Spirit Star Core—faster star power flow, higher conversion efficiency, and deeper capacity!

After advancing to the legendary realm, there was another noticeable change: he no longer had to rely solely on physical training for cultivation.

Although it was equally monotonous, he didn't have to endure physical exhaustion and pain, so many legendary anomalies chose to cultivate this way.

Ji Xinghuo tried the "Star Gland Cultivation Method" for a moment and was delighted to find that his efficiency wasn't low.

If he cultivated in the ether gathering room, he could still increase his star power by 5-7 points per hour.

This was similar to his cultivation speed before his advancement.

"I'm a first-stage legend now."

"If I don't fuse any more exotic species and my upper limit remains unchanged, I should be able to reach the second stage of the legend when my star power reaches around 30,000 points."

Ji Xinghuo stopped cultivating and thought about his future cultivation plans.

The legend stage was divided into two stages.

The first stage of the legend was marked by compressing star power into a gaseous state. At the second stage, there was no qualitative change in star power, but the energy density was higher, still in a gaseous state, yet with a very noticeable feature—the ability to project star power outside his body, visible to the naked eye.

This was called the "Star Power Projection," but without combining it with exotic abilities, it didn't have much power.

At most, it could provide a layer of star power protection.

Even when Ji Xinghuo was a super anomaly, he had pierced through the star power protections of many legendary enemies, and it was nothing special.

Star power projection needed to be driven by corresponding exotic abilities to demonstrate its true power.

"30,000 star power..."

"If I continue to focus on cultivation, I should be able to reach that level within half a year."

As he thought, Ji Xinghuo took out two things from his Dimensional Stomach—a dazzling gem the size of a fist, the Star Tear, and an exotic species, "Overload."

"First, absorb the Star Tear." Without hesitation, he held the Star Tear in his hand.

Instantly, a surge of violent and scorching energy emanated from the gem, traveling up his arm and into his body, quickly transformed into star power.

With each evolution from super anomaly to emperor, he could absorb one Star Tear and gain an opportunity to fuse with an exotic species.

This was the second time.

Soon, Ji Xinghuo absorbed all the energy from the Star Tear, faster than the last time. In just a few minutes, his star power increased by nearly 1,400 points.

[Star Power: 21,601/21,601]



Feeling the surge of power, Ji Xinghuo couldn't help but marvel, realizing that no cultivation method could compare to absorbing Star Tears.

It was a pity that he could only use it three times.

He put down the Star Tear, which had now turned into an ordinary stone, and picked up the "Overload" exotic species.

This exotic species resembled a few coils of silver-white wire, with flickering electric lights running through it.

[Exotic Species: Overload]



[Grade: Super Limit]



[Fusion Success Rate: 97%]



[Upgradable: Yes]



Its fusion method required implantation into the bones, which needed surgery, but Ji Xinghuo didn't go to the hospital. Instead, he took out the Thunder Chase Battle Knife and cut open his forearm, flesh, and blood, controlling the bleeding to expose his arm bone.

After five evolutions, Ji Xinghuo's bones no longer resembled those of a normal person.

Not only were they hard as steel and extremely dense, but the surface of the bones was also covered with a layer of delicate tricolored scales, the Saintly Dragon Scales in their dormant state.

He endured the pain and made a small incision on his arm bone.

Then he straightened the silver-white wire-like exotic species and implanted it into the incision, allowing the bone, flesh, and skin to heal instantly.

Soon, the exotic species integrated with his arm bone.

It began to transform his bones and then spread throughout his body like energy, permeating his muscles and blood.

Ji Xinghuo waited quietly; with a 97% fusion success rate, the probability of failure was extremely low.

Moments later, information appeared on the Myriad Star Pupil interface, indicating a successful fusion!

[Ability: Overload (1/229)]



Overload was a super-limit ability, a burst-type capability that, in a short period, converted a large amount of star power into electricity, allowing his body to withstand overload and unleash tremendous power and lethality, with even greater amplification of electromagnetic abilities.

Unlike regular burst abilities, Overload had no side effects other than star power consumption.

Ji Xinghuo usually didn't like burst abilities.

However, Overload was an indispensable ability in the professional template, and without any side effects, fusing it had only benefits and no drawbacks.

He glanced at his star power and noticed that after fusing the super-limit exotic species, it had increased by over a hundred points.

His star power upper limit should have also increased.

Ji Xinghuo opened the Myriad Star Pupil interface. The last time he returned from the Star Realm, he still had 8,180 points of Spiritual Source Energy, which could now be put to good use.

He invested only 229 points of Spiritual Source Energy to raise Overload to Level Two (1/1019).

Then he raised it to Level Three (1/5059).

Ji Xinghuo upgraded Overload to Level Four (1/24,889) in one go, almost exhausting his Spiritual Source Energy.

"Let's test its effect." With a thought, Ji Xinghuo activated the ability.

A gaseous star power was released from the Magnetic Spirit Star Core and instantly ignited like gasoline, transforming into the purest and most violent electricity, circulating through his body like lightning.

The electric current generated a magnetic field, and the magnetic field, in turn, created an electrostatic field.

The rotating magnetic field and the electrostatic field were both activated, forming a comprehensive electromagnetic field that amplified his powers! Ji Xinghuo felt like he was about to explode, his pupils emitting electric sparks, his skin crackling with electricity, his body temperature rising, and the surrounding air being pierced by lightning, emitting a piercing shrill sound.

His entire body shone with electric light!

The radius of his electromagnetic induction also expanded.

He entered Superfrequency Thinking to control his rampaging state.

Raising his right hand, he watched as electric sparks jumped between his fingers, knowing that his strength and speed had increased and that the output power of his star glands had skyrocketed.

However, in the cultivation room, he had nowhere to vent this power.

"Huh..."

Ji Xinghuo took a light breath and deactivated the Overload state.

Activating Overload consumed a lot of star power, burning 50 points per second, and the consumption would be even faster in battle. Moreover, Overload overloaded his body, and as time passed, it became increasingly difficult to withstand the strain.

Snap! Ji Xinghuo lightly clenched his fist, and the air around it imploded.

"I'll continue cultivating these few days and increase my star power, and then..." He looked at the screen on the wall of the cultivation room.

With the date approaching, the hype surrounding the duel intensified, and Li Xuan had been frequently interviewed and promoted in the media, gaining immense exposure and attracting global attention.

Ji Xinghuo looked at Li Xuan's confident face on the screen and smiled calmly, "The brighter you shine now, the more satisfying it will be to crush you!"

(End of Chapter)

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