Chapter 610: Ninth Realm Mental Power! (Seeking Monthly Votes)

Everyone discussed it, and one after another expressed that they wanted to go to the trial planet to find heavenly materials and earthly treasures.

And Lin Qi was also very moved at this time.

If he was lucky and found top-tier heavenly materials and earthly treasures, and sold them to the Liuren Civilization, getting hundreds of thousands of Deep Space Coins.

It would be enough to buy a large amount of cultivation resources.

However, he was relatively calm; he was only in the Eighth Realm now, although he had Ninth Realm combat power, for the trial planet, his strength was not enough to look at.

After all, the trial planet is too big, and dying in it is too simple.

He has

It is enough for his cultivation; there is no need to risk his life entering a trial planet.

It would be better to wait until he has broken through and possesses the combat power of the Red Emperor; it won't be too late to travel to another world then.

……

Black Dragon Base, Room 206

In the spacious living room, Lin Qi opened his eyes and exited the Imperial Star Palace meeting.

He took out his phone, opened Home of War, and sure enough, found that the app had started updating.

After the update, an exchange function was added.

【Name: Lin Qi (Black Dragon Base)】

【Merit Points: 35.68 million】

【Yes/No to exchange Merit Points for Deep Space Coins?】

Seeing this, Lin Qi did not choose to exchange; 30-plus million merit points would at most exchange for 3,000-plus Deep Space Coins.

It is better to keep them to exchange for some cheap resources to improve his strength.

Then he opened the newly updated exchange list, which was listed separately.

Soon he saw what he needed.

【Item: Acupoint-Opening Liquid】

【Price: 10,000 Deep Space Coins/bottle】

……

Lin Qi began to place orders quickly; the Deep Space Coins were all in his cosmic virtual network account.

The payment method was a direct transfer.

【Beep!】

【Transfer successful, 20,000 Deep Space Coins transferred!】

【The items you purchased will be delivered to your door within two days!】

Lin Qi looked at the notification from Home of War and nodded secretly.

Two bottles of Acupoint-Opening Liquid should at least allow him to open 80 acupoints.

At this rate, six or seven bottles of Acupoint-Opening Liquid would allow him to open over 100 acupoints.

Once he opens 100 acupoints, his combat power and strength will reach the peak of the Eighth Realm, and he will officially challenge the first-place position on the Lieyang Ranking.

After thinking it through, he took a Level 3 Disaster Beast Crystal from his space bracelet, swallowed it, and began today's cultivation.

……

The Liuren Civilization began to integrate into the Blue Star Civilization.

The rise of Blue Star has officially begun!

Countless factory employees noticed that many people had arrived today, whose temperament was fundamentally different from others, and who spoke a language they could not understand.

They also brought brand-new mechanical equipment that they couldn't understand at all.

After the leaders finished talking about redesigning the production lines, they all felt a strange, drastic change at this moment.

"They must be the Liuren Civilization, right?"

"They are here specifically to support our Blue Star!"

"This means our Blue Star Civilization will develop rapidly in the future; once the civilization is wealthy, the lives of us ordinary people will become better!"

"That's right, it's said that they are going to carry out large-scale development of the other world; once we have money, I'll let my child receive a better education, and maybe they can become a powerful martial artist too."

Similar discussions appeared in every factory.

……

Cosmic Virtual World, Liuren World.

In a huge conference room, countless high-level members of the Liuren Civilization forces were seated.

The burly Liu Yu revealed a smile as he reported:

"Within five days, we have explored the home planet of the Blue Star Civilization and gained a rough understanding of the trial planet."

"The value of this trial planet is even more astonishing than we imagined!"

"For 65 million years, no one has developed it, and it has accumulated astonishing disaster beasts, heavenly treasures, and relics of the Starfire Civilization."

"Blue Star Civilization's exploration of the trial planet is less than 1%."

"I have already communicated that, except for Cosmic Second Realm martial artists, martial artists of other realms have plenty of quotas to enter the trial planet for harvesting."

A woman wearing a luxurious long dress opposite him spoke up:

"This is a good thing for our Liuren Civilization; tell the martial artists to prepare large-capacity space bracelets."

"Entering the trial planet, they only need to collect heavenly treasures."

Tian Renliu, in white robes, also nodded and said:

"Even if other industries only have a 30% profit margin, it is still astonishing wealth!"

"Not to mention harvesting heavenly treasures; our gains will only be greater than Blue Star's!"

"Blue Star won't lose out either; we will also support their improvement in various aspects."

"When the cosmic wanted criminals arrive, we will also help; at that time, we will let Cosmic Second Realm martial artists enter the trial planet to harvest heavenly treasures while capturing the criminals."

Immediately, someone laughed: "Good idea!"

"It's a pity the quantity is still too small; Blue Star Civilization has no restrictions, and most of the heavenly treasures will fall into their hands."

"For both of us now, the first hundred years are very important."

"Time is too important!"

……

Cosmic Virtual World, Lieyang Academy

In front of Lieyang Mountain, a large number of people were gathered at this time, their gazes fixed on several huge Lieyang Rankings.

"There are only less than 15 days left until the next reward settlement!"

"Everyone has started sprinting for rankings; the competition has become even more intense!"

"As long as you can enter the top 1,000, you will receive a large amount of Deep Space Coin rewards!"

"However, the most intense competition is still for the top 100!"

"Every one of them is a top-tier genius!"

"And the geniuses in the top ten all want to challenge for higher rankings, higher rewards, and higher fame!"

"Everything will constantly stimulate geniuses to work desperately hard!"

Not far away, three figures also appeared on the Lieyang Ranking.

Sun Sheng, in golden robes, looked at the ranking and said:

"I already exchanged for several bottles of Acupoint-Opening Liquid yesterday; when the rewards are settled at the end of the month, I have a high probability of charging into the top 100."

Li Tianxing, in red, beside him also nodded and said:

"I'm about the same!"

Lin Qi nodded and said: "I see that Augustus, Andre, and Ajay's rankings haven't moved; what's the situation?"

Sun Sheng laughed: "They entered the No. 9 relic to accept the test; they probably forgot about this matter."

Lin Qi shook his head: "We should remind them; the higher the ranking, the more Deep Space Coins they can get."

He looked at his own ranking on the Lieyang Ranking.

【No. 85: Lin Qi (Hidden Civilization), Gates: 3】

……

In just a few short days, after solidifying his foundation, his martial arts skills improved significantly, and his ranking on the Lieyang Ranking was constantly rising.

There is still half a month left.

Improving martial arts skills has become difficult, but his mental power and physical fitness still have huge room for improvement.

This is enough to significantly improve his ranking.

"Let's go!"

After saying this, Lin Qi entered Lieyang Mountain first.

Sun Sheng and Li Tianxing also nodded and entered Lieyang Mountain together to begin the test.

……

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

The Liuren Civilization began to integrate into the Blue Star Civilization.

Every industry began to undergo huge changes, and the official website announced good news every day; a large number of technical problems were overcome.

How many more martial artists successfully awakened special abilities, and what kind of potions were researched.

Changing with each passing day, Blue Star was undergoing changes every day.

……

Black Dragon Base,

A super-large disaster beast tide also ended at noon.

Countless martial artists began to return to the base.

"I used to worry that there were too many disaster beasts and that our Xia Nation's martial artists wouldn't be able to resist at all."

"Now, various technological weapons have been comprehensively improved, and the efficiency of hunting disaster beasts has increased several times over."

"There are also more and more low-realm and mid-realm martial artists who have awakened special abilities."

"And there are also martial artists from the Liuren Civilization; they have also come to compete with us for merit points."

"Now, even if we open three space gates and keep them open for five hours, the number of disaster beasts isn't enough."

"I estimate that in the future, they might extend the duration of the space gates to seven or eight hours; otherwise, there won't be enough disaster beasts to kill."

"However, the merit points for hunting disaster beasts have recently increased, while prices remain the same; I can buy more disaster beast meat and resources."

"In the future, there might be hope of breaking through to a high-realm martial artist."

Countless martial artists were discussing this.

Liang Tai looked at the people around him and couldn't help but sigh; he witnessed with his own eyes the drastic changes that occurred in the Black Dragon Base over the past few months.

The strength of the martial artists around him was also getting stronger and stronger.

He also had to work hard; as Lin Qi's senior brother, if he couldn't even break through to the high realm, he would have no face left.

"Third Junior Brother, you have to work hard too!"

Standing beside him was a man with a tall, straight posture, handsome features, and a scholarly air.

He was Lin Qi's second senior brother—Li Qing.

At this time, he had already awakened a special ability, came to the Black Dragon Base for an internship, and his strength had also broken through to the Sixth Realm.

Li Qing felt the exhaustion in his body, revealed a smile, and said:

"I will naturally work hard!"

"Sure enough, hunting disaster beasts is still comfortable!"

"We have become stronger, so we can't lose face for our little junior brother."

……

Room 206, Martial Arts Room

Lin Qi, wearing a black martial arts uniform, sat cross-legged; in his consciousness space, the mental power represented had almost dissipated.

It was all compressed into a liquid state, like a liquid sphere, expanding and diffusing toward the surroundings, like a lake.

And Lin Qi's mental power was also constantly differentiating, forming strands of mental power, differentiating nearly a thousand strands in the blink of an eye.

999 strands of mental power; just one more strand, and his mental power would complete the breakthrough.

Lin Qi frowned, his consciousness feeling increasingly strained.

A large amount of cool breath surged into his consciousness; this was the amount of five soul essences.

Only then did he feel the massive effect, and he began to impact the Thousand-Strand Realm.

Amidst the heaviness and discomfort, he didn't know how much time had passed.

At a certain moment, the last strand of mental power also decomposed.

"Hum!"

Lin Qi's body shook, his brain buzzed, and in an instant, the thousand strands of mental power intertwined, weaving into a net, and diffused outward toward the surroundings with him as the center.

From the martial arts room to the bedroom, to every corner of the entire Room 206, everything was clear.

Then it spread outward, to the corridor, and all the way to outside the accommodation area, to the martial artists returning from the battlefield on the street, their intense blood energy, their open wounds.

Everything felt clearer; his mental power had broken through a new bottleneck, allowing Lin Qi's mental perception to improve significantly.

He calculated the range of his perception in his heart: 100, 200, 300……

500 meters!

Lin Qi opened his eyes suddenly, and intense sharp light shot out from his eyes.

"It actually reached a range of 500 meters; within this range, my perception will be very clear; any further, it will become blurry, and the effect will weaken."

Lin Qi felt his brain clear, and his perception of the world became clearer.

His mental power had achieved a huge breakthrough!

【You consumed five pieces of soul essence, cultivated "Divine Thousand-Strand Thought," successfully broke through to the "Thousand-Strand" realm, mental power significantly improved, Mental Power +300】

【Your mental realm broke through to the Imperial Sky Realm, template fusion degree +1%】

【Mental Power: 39,700→40,000】

【Template: Erlang Zhenjun · Yang Jian】

【Fusion Degree: 43%→44%】

……

Lin Qi looked at the information on the panel and immediately revealed a smile.

"My mental power has finally broken through to the Imperial Sky Realm; I possess Imperial Sky Realm mental power while still in the Acupoint-Training Realm."

"The effect of five pieces of 20% purity soul essence is indeed quite good."

Lin Qi nodded secretly; for this breakthrough, he spent 5 million merit points to buy 5 pieces of 20% purity soul essence.

Finally, his mental power broke through the big bottleneck.

His talent in mental power had always been strong, and he broke through very quickly.

He spent a large amount of merit points; the merit points used recently, converted into Deep Space Coins, also amounted to 20,000.

All for the sake of the breakthrough, to face the test of Lieyang Mountain.

Lin Qi closed his eyes; the lake in his consciousness space expanded by another circle and underwent a qualitative change.

He controlled his mental power to constantly differentiate, instantly forming a net of a thousand strands.

At this time, the mental power net became tougher and had better defensive effects against mental shocks.

"The mental perception range of the Imperial Sky Realm is already 500 meters?"

"No, ordinary ones only have a 200-meter range; I am different, my talent is better, and the range I can perceive is wider."

"It is said that the perception range of a Cosmic Second Realm mental master can expand to several kilometers; enemies within this range will have nowhere to hide."

"And the Cosmic Third Realm is even more exaggerated; they can perceive a small planet."

Lin Qi recalled the content recorded in "Divine Thousand-Strand Thought" in his mind.

The role of mental power is very great and will accompany the entire martial path.

He took out one or two Level 3 disaster beast crystals, swallowed them, sat cross-legged again, adjusted his breathing, and began to visualize the Golden Emperor Tiger.

The effect of the Level 3 disaster beast crystals, under the mobilization of his powerful mental power, caused his blood energy to surge, like an impact drill, crazily impacting the acupoints in his body.

At this time, 79 acupoints appeared, like 79 golden vortexes.

Two days ago, he took Acupoint-Opening Liquid again and opened 4 more acupoints.

Now, he only needs to open one more to have 80 acupoints.

"Boom, boom!!"

After a burst of intense pain, two hours later.

Lin Qi only felt a burst of heat surge out, and power surged from his body continuously.

【You consumed two Level 3 disaster beast cores, successfully opened the 80th acupoint, blood energy value significantly improved, Blood Energy Value +300】

【Blood Energy Value: 35,200→35,500】

……

"Boom!"

Lin Qi stood up amidst the dazzling golden light.

"80 acupoints; only 28 acupoints away from 108 acupoints!"

"It's been less than a year!"

Lin Qi clenched his fists; it had only been 8 months since he broke through to the Eighth Realm, not even a year.

Many Eighth Realm martial artists need at least 7 or 8 years, or even more than a decade, to go from first entering the Eighth Realm to the peak.

His cultivation speed is still too fast.

"At this rate, within two years, I will break through to the Ninth Realm!"

Lin Qi calculated secretly.

Then he came to the living room, sat on the sofa, his space bracelet lit up, and he took out a metal box containing a section of ancient blood vine.

This was a reward given by the Red Emperor, and now it was time to use it.

After swallowing the ancient blood vine, he finally opened his virtual bracelet.

"According to the converted Blue Star time, there are only 8 hours left until the deadline for the Lieyang Academy's Lieyang Ranking!"

"It's just the right time for me to test my strength!"

"Hum!"

Lin Qi thought to himself, feeling the power of the virtual bracelet wrapping around his body.

His consciousness began to enter the cosmic virtual world.

……

Lieyang Academy, downstairs in the accommodation area.

Lin Qi saw two familiar figures and also revealed a smile, saying:

"What a coincidence, you guys are online too?"

Sun Sheng grinned: "The deadline for the Lieyang Ranking is almost here; we just finished fighting the disaster beast tide, so we came online."

"This time, I am very confident that I can charge into the top 100!"

Lin Qi nodded: "Let's go together!"

The three of them quickly arrived in front of Lieyang Mountain, only to find that the area was now packed with dense crowds of people; it was a sea of people, and it could be said to be exceptionally lively.

On the Lieyang Ranking overhead, several names were marked with red flame special effects.

They were all geniuses in the top 100 whose rankings had advanced.

"Every time rewards are settled, it's the liveliest; the geniuses in the top 1,000 all want to challenge for higher rankings."

"Once today's rewards are settled, I estimate that a large number of geniuses will choose to break through to the Imperial Sky Realm after receiving their rewards."

"Lei Ze is here!"

"He is already 60th now; could he be aiming to challenge the top 50?"

Suddenly someone spoke, and everyone looked at the person who arrived—Lei Ze; he was tall and entered Lieyang Mountain with an arrogant expression.

"Liu Ming is here too; he is already 115th now; maybe he has a chance to challenge the top 100."

Someone in the crowd said, as Liu Ming brought Liu Hai, Feng Ti, and a group of other Liuren Civilization geniuses over.

In the crowd, he saw Lin Qi, Sun Sheng, and Li Tianxing at a glance.

So he walked over quickly to greet them, and at the same time asked:

"Lin Qi!"

"What is your target ranking this time?"

Lin Qi laughed: "If I can get into the top 80, I'll consider the mission accomplished."

Liu Ming nodded after hearing this, but his heart sank, feeling strong pressure.

He had only advanced a few places despite his desperate efforts, and the top 100 seemed far off.

And ever since Lin Qi entered Lieyang Academy, his strength had advanced by leaps and bounds, which was simply unimaginable.

Liu Hai and Feng Ti beside him were also secretly shocked.

"Fraser, Unida, and Hobbs are here!"

"My god, the top three of the Lieyang Ranking are all here!"

A sudden exclamation attracted everyone's attention.

From three directions, three people appeared, among whom was Hobbs, whom Lin Qi was familiar with, who was tall and had an overbearing temperament, coming from the Taita Civilization.

Unida, from the Triangulum Civilization, wearing white robes with exquisite features!

And finally, Fraser, who was burly, had rugged features, and had a silver lightning mark on his forehead.

They walked straight into Lieyang Mountain.

"The competition for the top three this time will likely be very intense."

The surrounding crowd was discussing, the atmosphere was thick, and geniuses were constantly entering Lieyang Mountain for the test.

"Let's go in too!"

Lin Qi spoke suddenly, Sun Sheng and Li Tianxing nodded, and they entered Lieyang Mountain together.

Liu Ming and the others looked at each other and also entered together.

……

(End of chapter)