In the Great Radiation Zone, the catfish demon is just one of the more numerous alien species.

Recently, a large number of factories have been relocated back to the Great Radiation Zone. The industrial ecosystem there is gradually getting back on track, but the number of security personnel is also increasing, ready at any time to deal with threats from other alien species.

In any case, from the conversation among the Huo family and others, it's easy to tell that Jiangbei Province wants to become a third-tier province and must first ensure that the resource subsidies provided by the Seven Great Star Systems Alliance are not wasted.

The Realm Traveler is a guarantee.

Only provinces with Realm Travelers can stand alone, eradicate more alien demon beasts, and even extraterrestrial creatures, ensuring the survival and growth of their residents.

So in this end-of-the-world era of resource scarcity, if the King of North of the River could become a Realm Traveler, it would be of great significance to Jiangbei Province, and the people who would benefit would be its entire population.

The airship flew all the way to Ocean City in Guanghai Province.

For Zhang Lingfeng, this was his first time leaving Jiangbei Province.

Soon the airship flew over the third-tier province. Looking down, the air quality in the third-tier province seemed no different from the fourth-tier provinces.

The only noticeable change was that the danger faced by the people here would be significantly reduced, and there were many intelligent factories in the province, which generally produced non-radiative equipment and weapons that did not affect the surrounding environment.

Soon the airship flew through several third-tier provinces and entered a second-tier province.

Finally, Zhang Lingfeng saw long-lost green forests.

And many neon lights.

The second-tier province had many research institutes, a lot of which were developing various precious medicinal supplements, and numerous Genetic Martial Artists were manufactured here.

All kinds of precious non-radiative equipment were generally stored in second-tier provinces.

As for the first-tier provinces, they boasted academies with abundant teaching resources and renowned masters, considered a holy land for martial arts by countless people.

People would do anything to study in a first-tier province.

The environment here, compared to South City, is not worlds apart but quite different. Although one still couldn't see stretches of green trees and forests, there were at least many trees that could grow naturally without artificial intervention in such an environment.

Zhang Lingfeng even saw patches of vegetable greenhouses, where the internal environment had been purified, yet remained not far removed from the external environment.

This suggests that perhaps in twenty or thirty years, the land in the first-tier province will naturally yield an abundance of flowers, fruits, and vegetables, of considerable importance to humanity.

After flying for a day and a night, finally, Zhang Lingfeng and his team arrived at Ocean City.

Ocean City is an inland city.

The reason it's called Ocean City is that ancestors dreamed of a day when humans could roam the ocean freely, without fear of alien creature attacks.

With the national examination approaching, airships are continuously arriving at Ocean City.

Zhang Lingfeng followed the King of North of the River and stayed at the Jiangbei Province guesthouse.

Walking on the land of the first-tier province, Zhang Lingfeng couldn't help but use telepathy to sense the ambient fluctuation, discovering that the average combat power of the people here indeed far exceeds that of the third and fourth-tier provinces.

Rumors that those who fail to become Dharma Martial Artists by the age of eighteen would be sent to the front lines to participate in battles are not exaggerated.

All the staff within the guesthouse were at least Skin Realm Martial Artists. When facing martial arts students from various provinces, they handled their duties methodically and politely.

To achieve good results in the written section of the national examination, nutritional supplementation and rest are especially important.

After entering the guesthouse, Zhang Lingfeng and Ming Cheng were each assigned a room to undergo a medicinal bath. This arrangement was specially made by the King of North of the River, and the resources were provided by Jiangbei Province.

It effectively enhanced Zhang Lingfeng and Ming Cheng's physical fitness without any side effects.

Sitting inside the medicinal vat, Zhang Lingfeng couldn't help but look at the relevant information on the panel below.

Coasting Along Value: 121

Thirteen Forms of Spear Intent: (4321/5000)

Bloodline Power: Five Elements Wind Leopard (182/8000)

Sea of Consciousness: (3.27/100)

Power of Mind: (4.02/100)

Spiritual Realm: Wind Waves (201/6000)

Physical Fitness: 428.1

Combat Power: 2108.5

The increase in mind power, although unable to directly boost the combat power, could enhance the spear intent and spiritual realm, allowing Zhang Lingfeng's spear intent to resonate with the Power of Heaven and Earth, indirectly increasing the spear intent value. At the same time, it endowed Zhang Lingfeng's spiritual realm with the power of wind waves, making it superior to Ming Cheng's realm by a breeze.

Zhang Lingfeng always felt that the realm and spear intent alike could be enhanced by resonating with more Heaven and Earth Power.

Although his realm value was only 201 points, since it could form potent wind wave power, his realm level surpassed that of Ming Cheng.

It remains to be seen whether the spiritual realm, like the spear intent, could resonate with three, four, or even five types of Heaven and Earth Power, ultimately becoming a formidable realm unattainable by others.

Currently, he possessed both spear intent and spiritual realm.

Zhang Lingfeng also discovered the fundamental differences between spear intent and spiritual realm.

Spear intent is about integrating the Power of Heaven and Earth into the Spear Technique through the resonance of heaven and earth, elevating the Spear Technique and delivering critical strikes to opponents.

Whereas the realm creates its own world, making a space of three feet, even three yards, or even up to a hundred meters around oneself, into one's Dao Field.

The strength of the Dao Field lies in the nodes of resonance between the body and heaven and earth.

Currently, Zhang Lingfeng's spiritual realm can form wind wave power. He verified that his spiritual realm's coverage was approximately within a radius of two meters.

When an enemy's power enters this domain, it would be disrupted by his realm and consumed by the wind wave power.

The realm could even extend towards the enemy, but that requires more mind power. With his current Power of Mind at 4.02, Zhang Lingfeng did not yet possess such an ability.

At present, his realm is primarily used for defense.

Spear intent, however, can perform long-range attacks following the Spear Technique, and its range mainly depends on one's spear intent value and Dharma Power.

Soaking in the medicinal vat, Zhang Lingfeng felt streams of power entering through his pores. His body, driven by his all-weather breathing and exhaling ability, all-weather body tempering ability, and all-weather bloodline awakening ability, absorbed the power from the medicinal vat ceaselessly.

Gradually, the decimals in his physical fitness began to roll.

After the medicinal vat's effects were fully absorbed,

Zhang Lingfeng found that his physical fitness had significantly improved, and his combat power had also increased considerably.

Physical Fitness: 456.7

Combat Power: 2188.5

Unknowingly, his physical fitness had surpassed the critical point for entering the Vitality Realm, and his combat power was nearing the category of a Qi Phase Martial Artist.

He had reached the pinnacle of the Vitality Realm Martial Artist.

Once he successfully awakened the sixth layer Dharma Aspect, his combat power would surely reach the Qi Phase category, and his physical fitness would also exceed 500.0.

The seventh layer Dharma Aspect is about refining the body with Heaven and Earth Power, enhancing the flesh, allowing Heaven and Earth Power to form armor, and boosting both physical defense and attack power.

Therefore, the critical point for opening the Qi Phase is not as high as imagined; it only needs to reach 500.0, with the premise of having sufficiently strong spiritual power to form Heaven and Earth Armor, allowing the body to continually evolve under the baptism of Heaven and Earth Power.

During this process, physical fitness will skyrocket, and under the assistance of Heaven and Earth Power, the body might even undergo a metamorphosis, possibly evolving the bloodline.

Of course, refining the body with Heaven and Earth Power entails certain risks; if failed, the Dharma Aspect might collapse at best, and at worst, the body could be torn to shreds by Heaven and Earth Power.

So physical fitness is extremely important.

Only by reaching 500.0 can one attempt to utilize spiritual power to guide the refining of the body through Heaven and Earth Power, thereby enabling the body to undergo a transformation, evolving the bloodline, and forming Heaven and Earth Armor.

Zhang Lingfeng understood that he was not far from this step; he just needed to awaken the sixth layer Dharma Aspect, empower his organs with strong life force, bring his physical fitness to 500.0, and then attempt to refine his body with Heaven and Earth Power, significantly enhancing his combat power once more.

He observed the water in the medicinal vat, now crystal clear, as its effects had been absorbed completely by him.

He then got out of the medicinal vat, prepared to change clothes, and play a game.

Yet at the moment of rising, he felt a response from his viscera, vividly clear under his 4.02 telepathy, even akin to thunder.

The sixth layer Dharma Aspect awakened naturally for Zhang Lingfeng as if a matter of course, causing his physical fitness and combat power to soar with the awakening of the sixth layer Dharma Aspect!

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