Chapter 218 Xuanhua
"Ability Sealing..." Bai Mo vaguely felt that his mind's eye should be capable of internal vision, although currently, observing his own body remained blurry. "Perhaps the sealing itself is the most valuable thing."
Before fully understanding the structure of this seal, he had no intention of destroying it.
According to Hua Taishan, his second ability was to release such a seal, temporarily sealing one of someone's abilities. The duration of the seal depended on the power disparity between the two parties.
"It seems they still underestimated me." Bai Mo estimated that if he didn't deal with this seal himself, it would probably only last for half a year at most.
His idea was to develop this seal into a universal Spirit Art. This way, it would have miraculous effects against certain individuals with heaven-defying abilities but relatively weak bodies.
"Rumble... rumble..." Just as he began contemplating how to design the Spirit Art's structure, a tremendous roar from afar interrupted Bai Mo's thoughts.
Because he hadn't yet grown accustomed to it, he merely saw a massive black object floating toward him on the horizon.
In reality, the spaceship was heading towards Sarcasky, who was still at the epicenter of the nuclear explosion. It only appeared to be heading towards Bai Mo, the "myopic" one closest to it.
"Die, die, die!" The remaining fragments of Sarcasky suddenly transformed into a streak of light, swiftly colliding with the Tianming Supercraft.
Though the massive physical spaceship no longer possessed terrifying speed, its tangible pressure was, in fact, even greater than that of the semi-illusory, semi-real Dharma Body from before.
"What kind of monster are we even fighting...? That nuclear fission punch just now actually didn't kill it completely, and now it can even undergo a second transformation." After these consecutive bizarre changes, some of the people present began to retreat.
Especially after receiving the gifts from the forerunners, many who had found a true glimmer of breakthrough and achieved their purpose for joining this battle became less willing to risk their lives.
"Once I successfully break through and gain greater power, I'll make this demon pay its blood debt!" They began using this excuse to console themselves, and then intended to leave the battlefield.
But to eliminate all the bugs present, how could Sarcasky, who had already merged with the Tianming Supercraft, allow such a thing to happen? It immediately unleashed the true power of an interstellar technological civilization's war machine.
The Tianming Supercraft adhered to a multi-turret doctrine, with dense firing ports covering its entire hull. Furthermore, almost all the weapons equipped on it were energy weapons, with attack speeds far exceeding the reactions of all Ability Users.
Therefore, although its movement speed was slightly slower, it posed a deadly threat to everyone present.
Like swatting mosquitoes with laser beams, people were constantly being shot down by its dense, high-energy rays. One by one, they plunged into the sea, their fates unknown.
"What's that person over there doing?" Many people noticed Bai Mo, whose entire body had begun to emit light.
"He seems to be the one who controlled the sword formation just now, almost piercing that monster's Dharma Body."
"He's incredibly lucky to be alive. I remember when that punch exploded, he was the closest, right? And now he looks completely fine."
"Don't tell me Bai Mo intends to break through here?!" Those who knew him reacted with alarm.
"That's simply courting death." Although they had just gained some experience from others, it was clear that no one would risk their life to attempt a breakthrough before thoroughly reviewing the entire breakthrough process and confirming there were no issues.
Especially on such a dangerous battlefield, it was absolutely not a suitable place for a breakthrough.
"Or is he seeking life in death?" Naturally, there were smart individuals present who immediately "guessed" Bai Mo's intention.
"Did you notice that the battleship controlled by the monster, after realizing the other party wanted to break through, immediately turned in another direction, hunting others instead?"
"Its current movement speed can't evade missile attacks!"
"The first batch of missiles launched from various bases will still take fifteen minutes to arrive!"
"Given this, it seems we also need to make a choice." The usually brief fifteen minutes now seemed incredibly long to everyone present. Almost continuous attacks surged from the battleship in all directions, with only Bai Mo's direction, where he was breaking through, becoming a blind spot for firepower.
At first, some also considered hitching a ride, slowly moving closer to Bai Mo's direction. However, the thought of the earth-shattering blow that would be unleashed if his breakthrough failed... made them abandon the idea.
Hua Taishan's nuclear fission punch just now, even its unintended aftershocks, had already caused several Unmelting Realm Ability Users who couldn't escape in time to perish. For this one who was now attempting to seek life in death, it was best not to hold too much hope.
At a critical juncture, just as some chose to flee, others naturally chose to face the challenge head-on, just like Bai Mo.
Or rather, they were the ones truly risking their lives to break through, while Bai Mo, who had already experienced a breakthrough once before, was merely repeating an experiment from several months ago.
With the experience of his first time, his current process of breaking through the Life Field was exceptionally smooth. Spiritual power began to permeate out of his body, and once again, an endless stream of information started flooding into his mind.
And Bai Mo, having already reached the Hundred Thoughts level, with his thoughts far surpassing his previous state, naturally benefited immensely from this process of "Heaven-Man Unity."
The lock that restricted his divine sense was merely a toy that would shatter with a light touch. But Bai Mo still resisted the urge to do so; he didn't want to just touch it lightly, have the lock break, and then lose his finger.
After his psychokinesis was magnified countless times, the feeling of omnipotence reappeared. He even had the sensation that, with a single thought, the surrounding atoms could be rearranged.
The four major elements—carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen—in seawater and air, could be transformed into millions of types of complex organic compounds under his will.
As long as he could remember the structure of a compound, all of them could take shape under his omnipotent psychokinesis. Atomic-level control, once he possessed sufficient knowledge reserves, the productivity unleashed would simply transcend the era.
"The next step, presumably, will be to open up atomic nuclei and become a true alchemist?" Bai Mo, having learned from his previous experiences, was not swayed in the slightest by the power he now possessed. He was simply purely experiencing the vastness of the power within him.
But merely by sensing, without even truly using this power, his body was already slowly burning, forcing Bai Mo to gather all these vast thoughts, and begin outwardly grasping for matter according to the steps he had just planned.
His spiritual power permeated out of his body, gradually permeating the surrounding air, becoming familiar with how to imprint his mark on matter, allowing it to change according to his will.
As a spiritual Ability User by nature, and one who habitually used psychokinesis to control matter in his daily life, Bai Mo quickly became proficient at this.
Extending nearly twenty meters beyond his body, he finally reached his limit, obtaining the rudimentary form of a Dharma Body.
And extending along with his spiritual power, were Bai Mo's Spirit Hubs.
This was a very peculiar sensation, because in reality, no physical structure of the Spirit Hubs appeared outside his body. Yet, he could clearly perceive that, as a part of his body, the Spirit Hubs influencing his entire body through his Life Field indeed had a portion extending into the void, becoming the true means of controlling the Dharma Body.
Bai Mo's two Spirit Pictures, which originally almost covered his entire body, now wove into a dense, three-dimensional network outside his body. All of this was, in turn, enveloped within his new Life Field, extending nearly half a meter from his body.
After the tendrils of his Spirit Hubs ceased growing, the power within Bai Mo's body began to recede rapidly, followed abruptly by another wave of emptiness.
"As long as the Spirit Cluster remains, Xuanhua will arise and dissipate with a thought." He named the invisible part of his Spirit Hubs that extended outside his body "Spirit Cluster."
Then, to differentiate it from the Martial Will's Dharma Body, and also to commemorate Hua Taishan, he renamed the newly appeared Dharma Body "Xuanhua."
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