Chapter 67: Vajra Indestructible

Chapter 67: Chapter 67: Vajra Indestructible

"So this is a Dream Gem?"

"I thought they’d be well hidden, but they’re surprisingly easy to find!"

RUMBLE! Ten giant metal pythons were on a demolition spree. Wherever they passed, buildings collapsed and roads were torn apart.

Since the city was just an illusion anyway, Chen Qi didn’t feel the need to hold back.

Inside a demolished storefront, a tetrahedral gem radiating a rainbow-colored light floated silently.

The moment he saw it, Chen Qi knew it was the Dream Gem he was looking for.

Because the abilities within him were stirring, desperate to Devour it.

’Dream Gems can actually resonate with a player’s abilities?’

’No wonder the Dream Duel Arena isn’t worried about players failing to find them.’

’Go. Lock onto this type of fluctuation and continue the search.’

Chen Qi took the tetrahedral gem in his hand and examined it quietly.

Under his command, the ten giant metal pythons resumed their hunt.

Now that they had a clear objective, his harvest increased rapidly.

In just three short minutes, Chen Qi had already collected 10 Dream Gems.

By now, Chen Qi had already carefully integrated one, allowing him to fully analyze its effects.

’It can directly enhance a player’s abilities, without any need to worry about the Rebound.’

’That makes sense. Only a player’s Spirituality and Consciousness are present here. The abilities one possesses are just copies, so there’s no need to worry about the Card awakening.’

’In that case, couldn’t I infinitely enhance my abilities and run all sorts of experiments and simulations?’

Chen Qi began to grasp another purpose of the Dream Duel Arena. Perhaps its existence wasn’t merely to solve the lack of Spirituality that prevented players from advancing to LV3.

Its more important role was to help players experiment with and develop their abilities, and to deepen their understanding of their Cards on a fundamental level.

Given this, Chen Qi actually found himself hoping the game wouldn’t end so soon.

’Ten Dream Gems should be enough for me to reach LV3.’

’Besides, everything that happens here is just a simulation for reference. It won’t affect the real world.’

’In that case, I can really let loose.’

A rainbow-colored light flared. Chen Qi recalled his ten giant metal pythons and began fusing with the Dream Gems.

It was as if everything was on fast-forward. Chen Qi skipped the Rebound stage of his ability advancement entirely, ushering in the era of LV3.

With this advancement, Chen Qi directly fused Body Control and Metal Control, giving birth to a new ability.

It was an experiment, after all, so trial and error were to be expected.

And at the very moment Chen Qi completed his ability advancement, Feng Xingyun finally locked onto his location.

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"Hahaha, so this is the power of the Dream?"

"Not only can I unleash my abilities at will, without worrying about running out of Spiritual Energy."

"I can even use my imagination to modify and experiment with my abilities."

"The Dream, the Dream... since we’re already in a dream, of course there’s no need to be held back like in reality. You can even accomplish the impossible."

"Just like Felix, who made himself young again. If someone with a physical disability appeared in the Dream Duel Arena, I imagine they could completely restore their body too."

Enveloped by a mighty hurricane, Feng Xingyun rode the winds.

He discovered his abilities had been terrifyingly enhanced here, even without fusing with any Dream Gems.

Using his imagination, he envisioned himself as the Monarch of Wind.

Incredibly, his connection with the wind became even closer.

The winds in the duel arena seemed more obedient to his commands than those in the real world.

And so, like a rampaging Demon from mythology, he rode a furious gale forward with wild arrogance.

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"Fall of the Wind God!"

The moment he spotted Chen Qi, Feng Xingyun unleashed the attack he had been building up without a moment’s hesitation.

He hurled a terrifying, hundred-meter-wide Wind Pill at Chen Qi, moving at ten times the speed of sound.

This Wind Pill was formed by compressing the furious gale he commanded, and it contained terrifyingly destructive power.

It was unbelievable, but in the Dream, he could actually do it.

"Hahaha, die!"

"Not only will I kill you here, I’ll kill you again when we’re back in reality."

"This is the price for daring to humiliate me!"

An immense, malicious glee shone in Feng Xingyun’s eyes.

It was as if he could already see Chen Qi being torn apart by the rapidly spinning Wind Pill, reduced to individual cells of flesh and blood.

Oh, no, even the cells would be torn to shreds.

"Vajra Indestructible!"

There was no way Chen Qi could have missed such a massive attack.

Chen Qi’s brow furrowed slightly. He looked at Feng Xingyun as if he were looking at an annoying fly.

’How annoying!’

In the next instant, Chen Qi’s flesh-and-blood body erupted in a golden light.

Every cell in his body completely transformed, becoming a half-flesh, half-metal substrate.

This was the ability born from Chen Qi’s fusion of two skills: Metal Life!

In the real world, Chen Qi might have to worry about the numerous issues this would cause his physical body.

But in the Dream Duel Arena, he had easily brought this idea to fruition.

This meant that, without having to consider real-world factors, his ability could indeed transform him into a Metal Life form.

Of course, this only meant a life form whose physical body possessed the properties of Activated Metal.

He was still a far cry from a true Metal Life form.

But even so, it was enough for Chen Qi to shed the shackles of his human form, gaining terrifying defensive power and even more terrifying strength.

BOOM!

Chen Qi’s body swelled, and in the blink of an eye, he transformed into a 12-meter-tall lesser metal giant.

The next moment, he threw a punch, meeting the terrifying Wind Pill head-on.

The punch was so terrifying it tore a vacuum tunnel through the air.

RUMBLE! The instant they collided, a terrifying sonic boom resounded across half the city.

’Foolish, to take my attack head-on.’

’Then you can scream in agony as my hurricane tears you apart!’

Even seeing his opponent transform into a lesser metal giant, Feng Xingyun still didn’t believe he could lose.

Because in the Dream, his control over his skills had achieved hair-fine precision.

After the terrifying explosion, the violent Wind Pill erupted into a tornado, completely enveloping the lesser metal giant.

If one could magnify the tornado hundreds of times, they would see that the air currents forming it had become wind filaments as tough as strands of hair.

Countless wind filaments ruthlessly tore at the lesser metal giant, creating a shower of sparks as brilliant as nighttime fireworks.

Forget that Chen Qi was only half-flesh and half-metal; even if he were forged from solid metal, he would have been ground to dust.

This was the Root of Feng Xingyun’s inflated confidence.

However, Feng Xingyun’s smugness only lasted a second. In the next instant, his jaw dropped in astonishment.

HUMMMMM. For kilometers around, countless pieces of metal began to vibrate in Resonance.

Metal particles drifting in the air flocked to Chen Qi’s body like swallows returning to their nest.

In the blink of an eye, Chen Qi’s body swelled to twenty times its size.

A 300-meter-tall Metal Giant appeared in the center of the battlefield.

With a casual wave of his hand, he tore the terrifying tornado apart.

The Metal Giant’s gaze, full of impatience, fell on the incredulous Feng Xingyun.

In the next moment, the Metal Giant slowly reached out, its hand moving toward Feng Xingyun.

The movement was leisurely and casual, yet despite such a slow attack, Feng Xingyun discovered in horror that he was completely unable to resist.

A terrifying magnetic force had locked onto every cell in his body, pulling him involuntarily toward the giant hand.

"To be honest, if you hadn’t come looking for trouble, I really didn’t plan on crushing you right now."

"As far as I’m concerned, the longer this game lasts, the better."

"But since you were so eager to serve yourself up on a platter, I suppose I’ll have to experiment and see what secrets lie within devouring Spirituality!"

"By the way, according to my research, if you die here, you definitely die in reality too."

The Metal Giant offered this rather kind explanation, then closed its giant hand.

Feng Xingyun, deceased.