Chapter 486: Chapter 399: An Unreachable Existence

If an obsession is too strong, it can end up hurting you.

So, it was best to let go of that obsession now and stop treating Lin Yi as the benchmark.

Perhaps then, their cultivation could return to a normal pace.

Sun Tao nodded. "The Lin Yi of today is more like an idol we worship, a role model high above us!"

"We can still see him as a goal, actually!"

"We just shouldn’t be too fixated on reaching his exact level!"

When he finished speaking, Zhou Qi nodded as well.

Both of them glanced over at Shen Mengyi.

The truth was, out of the three of them, only Shen Mengyi was silently trying to catch up to Lin Yi.

She was already nearing a state of frenzy.

For her, only by raising her realm to match Lin Yi’s would she be qualified to go to the battlefield with him.

But no matter how hard she tried,

talent itself had become the greatest barrier.

It was a chasm she simply couldn’t cross.

To Lin Yi, cultivation was as simple as eating and drinking.

He could break through realms and climb to higher levels with ease.

But for them, they needed to train nonstop just to barely scrape their way up a single tier.

After all this time, Lin Yi had long since become unreachable.

Yet they were still struggling for the Three-Star and Four-Star Realms.

This was the gap.

Especially Shen Mengyi. Although her Martial Arts Realm wasn’t bad,

it was still worlds apart from Lin Yi’s.

She had only just broken through to the Three-Star Realm. In fact, with her cultivation speed,

she was already considered upper-middle tier at the university.

The truly talented ones, like Zhou Qi, were already approaching the Four-Star Realm.

Or you had Martial Arts geniuses like Qin Zhaoxue, who had already reached the Five-Star Realm before even graduating from university.

Now she had gone to the Restricted Area Battlefield with Chu Zhengxiong and Mo Yanfeng.

Her realm was probably about to break into Six-Star by now.

So, within the university, while Shen Mengyi and Sun Tao’s realms weren’t outstanding,

they were at least considered upper-middle class.

In truth, for many who practiced Martial Arts, this was already considered decent talent.

It was just that Shen Mengyi was far from satisfied.

Only because her target was that monster, Lin Yi.

Compared to Lin Yi, her Three-Star Realm seemed incredibly fragile.

That’s why the things Zhou Qi and Sun Tao had just said were meant for Shen Mengyi to hear.

After a long silence, Shen Mengyi finally murmured, "You don’t have to say that just for my sake. I know what you mean!"

"By the way, Wei Nan is a Four-Star now, right?"

"His talent isn’t as good as Zhou Qi’s, but he’s already broken through to the Four-Star Realm!"

"I think the fastest way to cultivate is through actual combat. The realm breakthroughs might come faster that way!"

"So I’ve decided to join the Town Martial Department and go to the battlefield with Senior Brother Lin and the others!"

"Who knows, by the time I come back, I might have already reached the Seven-Star Realm!"

After she finished speaking, she couldn’t help but laugh at herself.

Meanwhile, Zhou Qi and Sun Tao exchanged a glance.

The idea that you could raise your realm through real combat was, in fact, valid.

Wei Nan was a perfect example.

If you were to divide talent into low-grade, mid-grade, and high-grade,

then Sun Tao and Wei Nan would both have mid-grade talent.

Shen Mengyi would be mid-to-high grade, and Zhou Qi would have high-grade talent.

If Wei Nan had stayed at the university and not joined the Town Martial Department with Lin Yi,

his realm right now would probably only be at the Three-Star Realm,

not much different from Sun Tao and Shen Mengyi.

But, it was precisely because Wei Nan joined the Town Martial Department,

and spent just under a year outside with Lin Yi,

that during this period, Wei Nan had basically never been idle.

He was either in a life-or-death battle or on his way to one. So the theory of cultivating through real combat held true.

Otherwise, there was really no way to explain why Wei Nan, whose talent wasn’t that great,

had a cultivation speed that was even faster than theirs.

Even Zhou Qi, with his high-grade talent, was still a little short of the Four-Star Realm.

Yet Wei Nan had already broken through to the Four-Star Realm and even reached the second stage?

"I agree. We all have to join the Town Martial Department eventually anyway!"

"Let’s go talk to Lin Yi about it after he comes out!"

Zhou Qi didn’t speak, just nodded.

Shen Mengyi, however, had a look of fervent enthusiasm on her face.

She was even imagining the future scene of her fighting side-by-side with Lin Yi on the battlefield.

...

Time passed, second by second, as night fell.

Darkness enveloped all of Songshan City.

The streets were no longer so deserted, having returned to their former hustle and bustle.

The influence of the Blood Handprint was also gradually fading.

It hadn’t left any lasting shadow in their hearts.

On the contrary, it was precisely because of the existence of the Demon Hunting Bureau and the Town Martial Department

that they were able to quickly forget the fear of being dominated.

At the university, Tang Baichuan hadn’t clocked out and left.

Instead, he sat in his office, gazing at the brightly lit campus.

TAP, TAP, TAP—

His fingers drummed lightly and incessantly on the desktop.

It seemed as if he was waiting for something.

Director Qiao hadn’t left work either.

Dormitory Zone 1 was now completely sealed off, without a single student inside.

And the students who originally lived in Dormitory Zone 1

had become displaced, wandering students.

They had no dorms to go to. Every spot was taken.

There were no spare dorm rooms to accommodate them.

Those who were better off had long since gone home or checked into a hotel to rest.

But some students had nowhere to go.

They could only prepare to wait out the night on campus.

Although many people had been discussing what happened when the dorm was sealed,

there was still no official explanation.

Zhou Qi and Sun Tao hadn’t gone home either.

They were all sitting in a small grove on campus, waiting silently.

It wasn’t until the time approached the early morning hours...

Suddenly,

another immense wave of pressure spread out.

And this time, the pressure seemed even stronger than the last.

Even Zhou Qi, Sun Tao, and Shen Mengyi, sitting in the grove,

were so stunned by this tyrannical pressure that they didn’t dare to breathe.

They were afraid that if they tried to resist it with their bodies, they would be torn to shreds by the terrifying aura in the next second.

Fortunately, the pressure didn’t last long.

Only for a dozen or so seconds.

However, to them, those dozen seconds felt like several hours had passed.

It was no exaggeration to say they had been on the verge of collapsing.

So, it wasn’t until the pressure dissipated

that Zhou Qi managed to gasp for a few deep breaths.

When he turned to look at Sun Tao and Shen Mengyi,

the color had already drained from both of their faces.

Especially Shen Mengyi; a trickle of blood was faintly visible from her nose.

"Are you guys okay?"

Sun Tao shook his head. "I’m fine, just my head hurts a little. A moment ago, it felt like my head was about to explode. My blood pressure must have shot through the roof!"

Shen Mengyi quickly wiped away the blood from her nose.

"Same here. If that had lasted one more second, I think I would have self-detonated and died!"

Zhou Qi didn’t think what they said was an exaggeration.

Because he had deeply felt the same thing they described.

He also had the feeling that if he had to endure it for one more second, his body would have exploded.

’It’s too terrifying.’

’Just what realm does one have to be in to release such pressure?’

’This is simply not something an ordinary person can do.’

After recovering for a moment, Zhou Qi said, "Let’s go. We’ll check on the dorm."

The three of them said nothing more, got up, and walked out of the grove.

And just as they arrived at the dormitory area,

they discovered many students lying on the ground all around them.

Some had fainted.

Others were completely limp, not yet recovered.

Even worse, some students were bleeding from all seven orifices, with school medics giving them first aid.

At that moment, Tang Baichuan and Director Qiao were hurrying over.

As they saw the students tormented by the pressure along the way,

their brows remained tightly furrowed.

They walked all the way into the dormitory building and up to Lin Yi’s room.

But when they arrived at the door,

they found the door was frozen solid, covered in a thick layer of ice.

"This is..." Director Qiao’s brow furrowed deeply.

Tang Baichuan sighed softly. "Sigh. One look and you can tell Xiaoqi did this!"

"It created a barrier out of ice, encasing the entire dorm room.

This is to protect Lin Yi, which further proves it!"

"That kid Lin Yi is breaking through to a new realm, and Xiaoqi is acting as his guardian!"

Just as Tang Baichuan and Director Qiao were speaking,

a "CRACK" sound suddenly rang out.

Tang Baichuan quickly focused his gaze.

He saw that on the door, which had just been covered in a thick layer of ice,

cracks had begun to appear.

Before the two of them could say anything,

SHATTER—

The cracked ice shattered, crashing to the floor...

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