Chapter 143: A Moment of Clarity (Bonus for Dangyiyang - 3)

Then what was there left to be polite about?

Relying on the astonishing recovery ability granted by his “super-evolved” state, Bai Yuxi simply stopped restraining his pheromones. The dense supernormal particles filling the surrounding space surged toward him like a rising tide.

The moment he released his biological magnetic field and pheromones, expanding the range of his hypermagnetic perception, the information fed back to him gave him quite a shock.

The entire vertical shaft of the sinkhole was saturated with supernormal particles, so dense they were almost tangible.

As for how much pheromone had already clung to Bai Yuxi’s body, no one could say. In any case, once he released it without reservation, even the high-level Overlimit Warriors at the bottom could not compete with him for the deep-mutated rats they killed. Those kills simply became gifts made for Bai Yuxi.

Fortunately, the scene was extremely chaotic, while the dimensional spatial field was in an equally turbulent state.

All kinds of detection equipment had long since stopped functioning. Even hypermagnetic perception was a complete mess, so there was no need to worry about anyone noticing that he was “stealing experience.”

This discovery allowed Bai Yuxi to set aside his concerns entirely and focus on hunting the deep-mutated rats drawn toward him.

The superenergy levels they had obtained “in advance” enabled the members of Team Seven to unleash their combat power beyond their normal limits.

For a time, the Overlimit combat techniques released by everyone were considerably more powerful.

Xia Youyou, who had comprehended her self-created Overlimit combat technique, “Storm of Pear Blossoms,” now had dozens of iron spikes orbiting her body, each nearly wrapped in a thick radiance of energy. Anyone struck by one could imagine the result.

Maya, who had comprehended the self-created Overlimit combat technique “Lionheart Sword,” was not as dazzling in her movements as Xia Youyou. Yet with every swing of her sword, the crescent arcs of light that flew from the blade shot a long distance through the darkness.

Even more astonishing was that the others, who had spent so long failing to comprehend Overlimit combat techniques of their own—and who had been consumed by envy, jealousy, and resentment toward the three people who had mastered them—seemed to have “seen the light” all at once.

Lofi awakened a blade arc of light similar to Maya’s.

Drumstick grasped the technique of infusing his shield with superenergy to strengthen its defenses.

Jason, who excelled at both offense and defense, mastered both techniques. Although his blade arcs were weaker than Maya’s and his energy shield less durable than Drumstick’s, he could employ either one.

Willy’s ability was perhaps the most unusual.

For some time, he had pestered Bai Yuxi incessantly, asking about the techniques behind Particle Barrage.

Perhaps spurred on by his companions, he unexpectedly comprehended an energy technique remarkably similar to Bai Yuxi’s.

The difference was that he amplified his energy through the weapon in his hand.

Every time his short dagger struck a mutated rat, it produced an explosive piercing attack, very much resembling Bai Yuxi’s “Particle Barrage: Thorn.”

And whenever he moved, explosive jets of energy burst from beneath his feet.

It looked rather like Bai Yuxi’s “Particle Barrage: Flash”—or perhaps like the Sixth Form, “Shave.”

Su Xiaoke alone, like Bai Yuxi, specialized in brain enhancement and showed no reaction. Instead, amid the chaos, she sank into deep thought.

His companions, whose strength had suddenly soared, were slaughtering with wild abandon. Worried that Su Xiaoke might be injured, Bai Yuxi did not dare stray far from her. He remained at her side, killing every mutated rat that came near.

But as he fought, Bai Yuxi discovered that, with the same level of output, the power of his Particle Barrage had once again increased dramatically.

He could not help staring in surprise.

For some time, he had been pondering how to upgrade his “one-times-two” Particle Barrage into a “one-times-four” or even “one-times-eight” Particle Barrage.

Had he comprehended it by accident?

After carefully experimenting, Bai Yuxi realized that the increased power of his Particle Barrage was not due to any change in himself.

The particle density in the surrounding space was simply too high. When his “one-times-two” Particle Barrage was released, it would often unintentionally produce a “one-times-three” or even “one-times-five” bombardment effect. Without his realizing it, the power of the Particle Barrage had increased by several orders of magnitude.

So the effectiveness of Particle Barrage could actually be influenced by the environment?

But after thinking it over, this was not difficult to understand.

The principle behind Particle Barrage was to use the X-particles he emitted to collide with the free X-particles in the surrounding space, multiplying the attack’s power.

He could control the amount of X-particles he released, but he could not control the density of free X-particles in the surrounding space.

Wait.

Why couldn’t he control it?

The X-particles he drew from the surrounding space were attracted by the pheromones carried on his body, were they not?

Since he could control the release of his own pheromones, why couldn’t he manipulate those pheromones to indirectly control the free particles?

Before Bai Yuxi could fully understand the idea, a large number of mutated rat corpses suddenly came tumbling down from above the vertical shaft.

At the same time, the rat tunnels overhead erupted with the sounds of countless human voices and the thunderous explosions of battle.

Had the Overlimit forces outside finally counterattacked their way in and begun clearing out the mutated rats above?

Coming back to himself, Bai Yuxi temporarily suppressed his urge to study Particle Barrage and cautiously poked his head out, rapidly looking both upward and downward.

The upper levels were too far away, and the angle prevented him from seeing much, but Overlimit Warriors were indeed attacking from above.

Below, the Overlimit forces holding back the mutated rats sensed that reinforcements had finally arrived, and the intensity of the battle surged at once.

The radiance released by attack after attack of energy flickered through the dark vertical shaft, making it alternately blaze and fade.

Wait. Hold on.

Energy attacks?

Bai Yuxi froze for a moment, then looked over carefully.

Across from the level where they stood, two floors below, a squad of high-level Overlimit Warriors was fighting—and what Bai Yuxi saw left him completely dumbfounded.

Their every casual gesture and movement released energy directly. Every single attack carried the force of an energy technique.

Bai Yuxi broke into a cold sweat.

So the energy attacks they had grandly named “Overlimit combat techniques” were something everyone else could use?

But that did not seem right.

Su Xiaoke was a female prodigy capable of hacking into the multidimensional supernet and its underlying databases.

According to her, she had never found any information about energy combat techniques on the multidimensional supernet.

Bai Yuxi thoughtfully glanced at the companions who had comprehended their abilities almost simultaneously, then recalled how the power of his own Particle Barrage had suddenly increased.

Could it be that as long as the particle density in the surrounding space reached a certain level, Overlimit Warriors could use these energy techniques with ease?

If so, they would no longer need to conceal the fact that they could wield Overlimit combat techniques.

As he pondered this, the Overlimit Warriors above finally cut through the mutated rat swarm and rushed down. A few particularly bold and highly skilled fighters even leaped straight down from the edges of the rat tunnels.

To be continued.