Chapter 510 - 227: Breaking the Rules, the System Blew Up
Chapter 510: Chapter 227: Breaking the Rules, the System Blew Up
Inside the Virtual Space, the reaction and evasion test was coming to an end.
Lin Ye’s figure weaved through a crisscrossing storm of gunfire and energy beams.
However, when the test’s intensity was cranked up to a full-power Slash from a Celestial Human Realm expert, a strike moving faster than the eye could follow finally cut off all his escape routes.
[Attack landed.]
[Reaction and Evasion Test complete.]
[Final Evasion Rate: 99.96%]
Looking at the final score, the people in the observation hall had grown somewhat numb.
Although it was still a monstrous score in a league of its own, enough to tower over every examinee except Xiao Lingchen, he had ultimately fallen just short.
"As expected, he still couldn’t beat Xiao Lingchen..."
"There’s no helping it. The Director himself already locked him in as number one with the maximum possible score. It’s impossible to surpass."
As the crowd was murmuring, the scene inside the Virtual Space changed once more.
Lin Ye found himself standing in the center of a room again, but this time he was unable to move.
He was not surprised by this.
Back at the training camp, Yin Liulan had used the same method when testing their damage resistance.
’If they want to test how much of a beating you can take, of course they’re not going to let you dodge.’
[Comprehensive Damage Resistance Test: Commencing.]
[Movement will be disabled during the test. You must endure all attacks.]
[Pain feedback has been disabled. The system will issue a score based on the total damage sustained.]
The moment the notification ended, five automatic rifles materialized out of thin air in the pure white space around Lin Ye, their dark muzzles aimed squarely at him.
At this sight, countless people in the observation hall with weak hearts subconsciously clutched their chests.
Even though it was only a virtual environment, the experience of being held in place, forced to watch yourself about to be riddled with bullets, was enough to make your scalp tingle just from the thought.
"Wow, they’re not pulling any punches..."
"Ordinary rifles pose almost no threat to a Gang Condensation Realm Martial Artist. These must be electromagnetic rifles, right?"
"That’s right. The muzzle velocity and penetrating power of these custom electromagnetic rifles far surpass those of conventional firearms. They’re designed specifically to deal with low-level Martial Artists."
As they discussed this among themselves...
RAT-A-TAT-TAT-TAT—!
A piercing barrage of gunfire erupted without warning!
Five scorching tongues of fire erupted from the muzzles as countless metal slugs traced deadly arcs through the air, converging on Lin Ye!
In the observation hall, all eyes went wide.
Because, facing this dense hail of bullets, Lin Ye hadn’t even activated his most basic Gang Sha Body Protection!
’Has he gone mad?!’
’No matter how confident he was in his physical defenses, there’s no way he could tank a volley from electromagnetic rifles with his bare flesh!’
However, the next moment, a scene unfolded that left everyone speechless.
The high-speed, spinning slugs, each packed with terrifying kinetic energy, suddenly decelerated as if they’d slammed into an invisible wall about a meter away from Lin Ye’s body!
In that instant, the air itself seemed to thicken, becoming as viscous as a mire.
Each bullet struggled to move forward. The space around them even began to distort, a shimmer visible to the naked eye. The intense friction against this unseen force field heated the slugs until they glowed red-hot.
After struggling forward for a few dozen more centimeters, the slugs completely lost all their kinetic energy.
CLINK... CLANK...
With the crisp sound of metal clattering, some of the slugs fell limply to the floor.
The rest, however, were swatted by what seemed to be a great, invisible hand, and were sent flying backward in all directions—even faster than they had come!
For a moment, the entire white room was filled with flying sparks and ricocheting slugs!
Yet Lin Ye, standing at the center of the storm, had not been touched by a single bullet from start to finish.
...
After a moment of dead silence, the entire observation hall erupted.
"What just happened?"
"The bullets... they stopped? And some were even sent flying back?"
"This is The Matrix, right? Are we shooting a movie here?!"
"What did he do? That’s not a Gang Sha defense! There wasn’t even a flicker of energy fluctuation!"
Beside Li Kai Nian, several officials from the Education Bureaus of other provinces and cities were gaping, their mouths hanging open. The expressions on their faces were absolutely priceless.
A Martial Artist in the Late Stage of Condensing Gang Realm, with their Gang Sha fully deployed, might have been able to withstand some of those bullets. But for someone like Lin Ye to just stand there, without releasing his Gang Sha, and make every bullet halt and ricochet in mid-air...
What the hell kind of ability was that?!
At the head table, a clear look of astonishment also appeared on the faces of Zhu Mingyi and He Zhenghong, who was seated beside him.
"Gravity Manipulation..."
"He’s already reached this level of proficiency? Forming a high-intensity repulsive field around his body?"
Yi Jiugao, who had been watching with a cool detachment, added blandly, "According to his file, he awakened this Martial Arts Spirituality less than ten days ago."
At his words, the astonishment on their faces grew even more profound.
"Ten days... and he’s already developed it this far?"
He Zhenghong’s voice was filled with admiration. "This can’t be explained by mere talent anymore. His understanding of his own ability and his approach to developing it are far beyond that of an ordinary person. He must have had guidance from an expert."
Zhu Mingyi nodded. "This is an effect that should only be possible at the second stage of Resonance. Furthermore, force-field applications are rarely an innate part of a Spirituality. They’re almost always developed by the Martial Artist themselves later on..."
"This kid... even if he was coached, being able to wield it so freely in such a short time is more than enough to prove his exceptional talent."
While the three of them were discussing, the test inside the Virtual Space had already entered an even more brutal phase.