Chapter 485 - 298: Doubts about the Path, Initial Application of Electromagnetic Ability (2)

Chapter 485: Chapter 298: Doubts about the Path, Initial Application of Electromagnetic Ability (2)

After listening to Zhuo Feiming’s explanation, Yu Fei felt a surge of excitement. Back when his own abnormalities were discovered, his Senior Sister had shown him kindness. She had even specially prepared Zhan Ming and given it to him. It all connected with what she was saying now.

He cupped his hands toward his Senior Sister and said, "I’ve learned a great deal! I have no idea how far I can go in the future, but if I really do discover some incredible secret, I will tell you, Senior Sister, at the first opportunity!"

"Great. I hope you bring back good news. Just don’t wait until I’m old and frail to tell me you’ve found the path beyond the Martial Saint realm. By then, my potential will be exhausted, and I’d probably die from the frustration!"

In the night breeze, Yu Fei took out a case of fine wine and some food. The two of them drank and chatted, with Zhuo Feiming telling him many secrets of the martial world, especially regarding his Fourth Senior Brother, Yang Jingxuan.

This Fourth Senior Brother had achieved his path long ago. He commanded a super-corps and had gathered dozens of Martial Saints who were once celestial prodigies.

One had to understand that even the "Big Seven" combined had only formed four super-corps.

Shenhan University commanded the Demon Suppression Corps, which was also the best destination for martial arts graduates from Shenhan University.

Every year, many graduates from the Celestial Pride Class joined its ranks, along with some outstanding talents from other Martial Universities.

Chongming University formed the Candle Dragon Corps, which was where his master’s wife, Su Yue, had once served before later retiring from it.

In addition, there was the Profound Armor Corps, formed by Wanren Mountain.

These three super-corps were established by the three Martial Universities that undertook war missions. They were always seen on the most intense front lines, in the various dangerous borderland battlefields.

There was also the Celestial Star Corps, jointly formed by Xinghai University and Yuqing. These were the four publicly recognized super-corps with orderly successions.

Each super-corps not only possessed immense combat power on its own, but its derivative A-Class and B-Class corps were like powerful, extended tentacles.

But the fact that Yang Jingxuan could form a new super-corps was a testament to his power!

’The Divine Guard Corps.’ Yu Fei committed the name to memory. It could potentially become his enemy in the future.

"Senior Sister, if you all think what Senior Brother Yang Jingxuan is doing is wrong, why don’t you stop him?"

Yu Fei asked this question out of curiosity.

"He’s only promoting his ideology, but he hasn’t put it into action. How can we stop him? A group that has united dozens of Martial Saints is, for now, just spouting some twisted logic at you. Are you sure you want to make a move?"

Hearing Zhuo Feiming’s words, Yu Fei immediately felt how tricky the situation was.

’Dozens of Martial Saints? And they’re "reasoning" with you? This is more than just a little difficult!’

He recalled Ye Shuping saying that Yang Jingxuan was just waiting for him to die of old age before raising the banner of rebellion, and he stopped worrying about the matter.

’If the old man takes good care of himself, he could live for at least another hundred years. If I haven’t developed enough by then, I might as well just wash up and go to bed.’

The next day, Yu Fei continued on his journey to clear out the exiled mechanical bodies. For the past few days, he hadn’t encountered any large gathering points for them.

Since the Tier 9 mechanical bodies had already been taken care of by Tianwen, the strongest ones on the surface were those with energy readings reaching Tier 8.

Setting out again, he ditched the elemental energy armor. It wasn’t of much use to him anymore, and it couldn’t follow him when he teleported.

As for its radar monitoring function, Yu Fei had a better alternative.

The new orange talent, [Electromagnetic Induction]... Although Yu Fei couldn’t understand the meaning of the complex streams of electromagnetic information, he could use the flow of this information to find all the hidden mechanical bodies. Moreover, the volume of information could, to some extent, reflect the target’s strength.

’It’s more accurate than the elemental energy armor’s radar. Looks like I just bought an expensive toy from Ren Feng.’

This suit of elemental energy armor also continuously emitted electromagnetic waves. Unfortunately, Yu Fei didn’t understand the principles behind it. He felt like he had found a gold mine but hadn’t found a way to cash in.

That evening, he found a big one.

The complex electromagnetic fluctuations far surpassed those of other Tier 7 mechanical bodies. It had to be a Tier 8.

Zhuo Feiming had instructed him to contact a Grandmaster from the Shenxiao Corps via the Elemental Energy Communicator if he encountered a Tier 8 mechanical body, but Yu Fei was eager to try his luck.

His realm had advanced, his Divine Sense had surged, he had cultivated the Great Sun Glaze Body, and he had obtained a Grandmaster-level spirit weapon.

In a sense, aside from his Gang Qi not being perfected and not having mastered a domain power, everything else—be it his body, his soul, or his weapon—was above that of an ordinary Grandmaster Martial Artist.

A Divine Sense range of nearly fifty zhang, wider than that of a typical Grandmaster Martial Artist.

The Great Sun Glaze Body was a top-tier dharma body that only Grandmaster Martial Artists had a chance to master!

After being upgraded to a spirit weapon, his sword, Zhan Ming, could unleash an attack with power comparable to a Grandmaster’s when stacked with immeasurable Sword Qi.

The Returning Ruins Realm Sword was forged from the fusion and enhancement of over two thousand types of concepts. Such an achievement had likely never been seen in the tens of thousands of years of martial arts history.

Just after this divine will was purified, it could slay a Tier 7 desolate beast. After he advanced to the Gang Qi realm, its power increased even further.

Not to mention his host of miraculous talents and all the various bonuses they provided. Taking everything into account, Yu Fei believed he had a chance.

His fiery red battle suit billowed in the radioactive wind as Yu Fei looked toward the enormous, dilapidated fortress in the distance.

Although this place retained the shape of a fortress, it was completely different from those fully functional metal fortresses. Its entire body was welded and riveted together from scrap metal, with signal lights of unknown meaning flickering on its surface.

Within it were five sources of information flow, one of which was more than ten times the scale of the others. These electromagnetic waves intersected with each other and occasionally with the mechanical bodies on the periphery.

Judging by the scale of the information flow, it was nearly on par with the City of the End.

It was a strange experience. To his eyes, the ruined city was deathly still and cold, as if abandoned. But in the domain of his Electromagnetic Induction, the city was extremely bustling. These information streams were changing every moment, sometimes surging, sometimes vibrating.

Yu Fei was desperate to know what information they were exchanging. ’Do these robots also surf the web and complain online like humans?’

’Do they trade?’

Thanks to the extraordinary ability granted by Electromagnetic Induction, Yu Fei had lifted a corner of this world’s true veil. He felt that if he could communicate with the mechanical bodies, he might be able to figure out the great secret of the borderlands, or at least gain a fundamental understanding of the Heavenly Palace Ruins.

Unfortunately, he was now facing a sky full of information streams, sitting on a mountain of treasure but unable to enter.

He activated his Silent Shadow Body, holding Zhan Ming in a reverse grip as he cautiously approached.

’Theoretically, a Stealth Secret Skill should be useless against these things. Their sensory systems are on a completely different wavelength from humans.’

’Human senses, however, are easily detected by them. In terms of acquiring and hiding information, current human Martial Artists are far behind.’

’But in terms of physical strength, Martial Artists are much stronger than mechanical bodies. It’s a bit of a strange reversal.’

In fact, after Yu Fei purified his divine will and obtained the Returning Ruins Realm Sword as its symbol, his stealth abilities had improved again. He had tested it on Tang Lihui; as long as he didn’t get within a thousand meters, Mr. Tang couldn’t detect him.

One had to know that as a direct successor of Shenhan and a student of Ye Shuping, Tang Lihui’s martial arts "loadout" was absolutely top-tier.

The fact that Yu Fei could even hide from him was proof of how powerful his stealth was. With such a skill, out in the world, at least no one below the rank of Martial Saint could discover him.

However, as Yu Fei cautiously approached a certain range, he discovered that the electromagnetic information flow at a point in the northwest of the ruined city suddenly became rapid. Immediately after, this rapidness spread to all the exiled mechanical bodies.

Instantly, a squad of high-speed "tank-sprites" opened fire toward Yu Fei’s position.

Spider-like mechanical bodies followed close behind, both large and small. Countless floating gunners with blue flames jetting from their bases rapidly closed in, aiming to take a shot at him.

Farther away, three humanoid mechanical bodies from the fortress launched a charge, moving so fast they arrived first despite starting later. Two carried energy blades, and one shouldered a firearm that looked like a giant cannon.

The energy readings of these three humanoid mechanical bodies were Tier 7, and the Tier 8 mechanical body inside the dilapidated fortress had not moved.

"Fuck! They still spotted me?"