Chapter 00179: Surprise (Thanks to the Alliance Leader of We All Have a Bright Future )
# Surprise (Thanks to the Alliance Leader of "We All Have a Bright Future")
Chapter 179
Novel: Above Destiny
Chapter 179: Surprise (Thanks to the Alliance Leader of "We All Have a Bright Future")
How should one describe Ji Jue's creation? At this moment, even with Ye Xian's years of experience and sharp eye, she was momentarily at a loss for words...
If you were to say it was utterly worthless, that wouldn't be entirely true.
The way he directly shaped mercury through spiritual intelligence implantation was truly impressive—simplifying complexity and maximizing cost-effectiveness.
The spiritual energy Ji Jue needed to consume was only for hardening certain parts and enhancing their toughness.
Not to mention the overall enhancement from fluid alchemy, which, in this kind of temporary application without workshop assistance, was indeed much more flexible than modern alchemy.
As long as the essence was sufficiently high, fluid alchemy could compensate for the shortcomings of the carrier to some extent.
Moreover, Ji Jue possessed something utterly unreasonable—spiritual primacy.
But if you were to say it was absolutely brilliant, that wouldn't be accurate either.
The crude and shoddy appearance, the makeshift spiritual energy power source, and the numerous designs that couldn't even be considered ergonomic—its output couldn't compare to military-grade power armor.
Defense relied entirely on external steel plates, fire control depended solely on hands, and radar was nothing more than eyes...
Wait, Ji Jue's ability worked on machinery, and then, through skill, he extracted spiritual intelligence.
It wasn't like water without a source or a tree without roots.
In other words, he really used common items found on the streets to create this thing at home! A full-coverage motorcycle helmet, a welder's mask, a decade-old transport-type auxiliary exoskeleton, external motors added to the joints for increased output, and steel plates directly welded on...
No need to look further, it was all junk.
But the problem was, he managed to piece together this pile of junk, squeezing out the last bit of functionality, and turned it into something that could move and function.
It was all about making do, patching things together, and somehow, he managed to finish it.
What kind of chosen junk collector was this?! Had he been driven mad by spending too much time processing scrap in the warehouse?
For a moment, Ye Xian didn't know whether to feel pity or sympathy.
As for shame, there was none.
Looking at the smug expression on this guy's face, he had probably been preparing for this class for who knows how long.
But what was the point? A slight increase in defense and attack? This kind of stitched-together monstrosity without any overall adaptation—could it really perform as well as the data suggested? If it couldn't move its legs, it was just a living coffin.
What was the purpose...
At that moment, with a roar, the knockoff youth edition armor came charging through thick smoke, like a meteor, creating a terrifying wind pressure akin to a truck.
So what? Ye Xian calmly assumed her stance, facing a rare dilemma—should she dismantle this thing with a single punch? Or should she throw it? Use a grappling technique? Or perhaps, weld the seams shut and let the student trap himself in his own cleverness?
But at that very moment, she finally saw it.
Swinging towards her... four arms! Left, right, upper left, lower right...
In an instant, the folding joints on the shoulders and back opened up, and then, like insect limbs, the nimble arms swung out without any of the sluggishness typical of mechanical devices.
Instead, they were even more agile than natural limbs!
Ye Xian's eyes lit up.
Not bad.
Although it was just two extra limbs, for a matrix like Non-Aggression that emphasized operation, it was a breakthrough-level enhancement.
Moreover, with Mechanical Divinity, there was no need to worry about losing control or being overwhelmed.
In an instant, there was an exponential breakthrough and growth!
Unfortunately, it was useless.
The original magnitude was simply too low.
Even after the breakthrough and growth, it was still negligible to Ye Xian.
And besides—Boom! In just a moment of crossing, the mercury exploded, and the six-axis industrial robotic arm Ji Jue had scavenged from some old lathe shattered at the waist, falling apart.
All the operations were rendered useless.
Ji Jue staggered, feeling a sharp pain in his waist.
In the instant they passed each other, besides lifting his arm and elbow to shatter one of the mechanical arms, Ye Xian's other hand, like a knife, had already thrust towards Ji Jue's waist.
It cleanly tore through the armor plate at his waist, leaving an unshakable pain in his lower back and spine.
He swayed, almost falling, but amidst the chaotic noise of the spiritual furnace spinning wildly, the mercury armor shimmered, and he managed to turn around while still moving at high speed.
The leg armor was reinforced, and he swept out.
The motor structure exploded under the buffering force, but the power was fully unleashed in the spin.
Useless.
Ye Xian, like a phantom, casually took a step back, narrowly avoiding the attack.
Immediately after, Ji Jue's arms and the mechanical arms on his back swept towards her.
A grapple! Some brains, but not much...
What's the use of having more hands?! Without the effect of Non-Aggression, it was just for show! It might work to bully kids, but in a real fight, it was far from enough!
Bang! Ji Jue's sweeping left arm suddenly shook, feeling as if it had been grabbed by something stronger than steel—it was Professor Ye's right hand.
Then, a sharp pain in his back—Professor Ye's other left hand, formed like a knife, had completely uprooted the mechanical arm installed on his back! Next, the base of her palm struck down like a hammer, directly hitting Ji Jue's right arm joint, effortlessly disrupting his original movement.
Just as Ji Jue was about to counterattack, he suddenly felt a chill on his face and realized that Professor Ye's left palm was already aimed at his face.
Straightforward, pushing out! Thunder erupted.
Block! Block! Block! Block it! Instantly, fluid alchemy strengthened, toughness, hardness, and elasticity maxed out! Immediately after, the sound of cracking filled the air, and mercury splattered like rain.
The smugly grinning [√] welder's mask shattered on impact.
Just as Professor Ye's palm was about to push against Ji Jue's chin, completely disrupting his balance and stance, and send him tumbling to the ground, Ji Jue's right hand barely managed to grab hold of it! A sharp screeching sound erupted, like a nail scratching across glass, echoing repeatedly.
Professor Ye sneered.
As Ji Jue and she restrained each other's arms, they both simultaneously used the same technique—Disintegration! Both attacks landed on empty air.
Ji Jue's arm was still blocked by the mercury armor, while Professor Ye's wrist was still enveloped by the repulsive force field of the Mo Ye matrix.
Unfortunately, this kind of hard power contest only lasted for a moment.
Before Ji Jue could even figure out how to break through the Mo Ye repulsion, the hardened mercury armor was torn apart by Professor Ye like dry weeds.
The spiritual circuits and the Shangshan emblem all disintegrated under Professor Ye's dismantling, lasting less than a second.
The armor exploded.
The spiritual impact surged in, about to flood into Ji Jue's body and completely dismantle any possibility of resistance.
But at that moment, Ji Jue finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Ye Xian's expression suddenly changed.
Without warning, she tilted her head, and a strand of faintly white hair at her temple floated up without any wind.
And Ji Jue, with a loud bang, was sent flying! No holding back, no hesitation, she struck with ruthless precision.
First, she used Disintegration to interfere with the matrix, instantly severing the link between the blessing and the soul.
Then, with her physically enhanced hands, she thrust forward, clenched into fists.
With just a slight shake of her shoulder, within that tiny space, an unimaginable terrifying force erupted.
Push! First, he was sent flying, then tumbling, and finally sliding.
By the time he finally stopped, Ji Jue, almost suffocating, was lying on the ground, having slid to the edge of the field.
He almost hit the wall.
Completely unable to get up.
Every part of his body was in pain, and his lungs could barely expand and contract.
Yet, even so, his face, flushed and then rapidly pale, couldn't help but show a smile.
So smug.
Coughing, he asked, "Teacher, is this... a surprise?"
In the brief silence, Professor Ye stood still, maintaining her original posture.
After a long while, she finally let out a sigh.
It seemed like disappointment.
To be startled by a student during class? If she hadn't reacted in time and forcefully turned her palm into a fist at the last moment, she might have instinctively entered the material processing procedure...
"It counts, of course it counts," she turned back, answering seriously, "There's no better surprise than this."
Her gaze fell, looking at Ji Jue's hands.
And beneath his right hand, in the shadow cast by his five fingers, something seemed to move slightly.
Then, it lifted, passing through his flesh and limbs, upwards.
A translucent five-fingered hand, opening and closing, moving freely.
It was a hand... a third hand! From the very beginning, the changes in fluid alchemy, the armor, the four arms—all were disguises, distractions, and traps.
The varied attacks and ideas were all to make her believe that there were no other tricks left.
Just as she was about to completely take down Ji Jue in one go, this spiritual hand, which had been lying in wait all along, finally pierced through, launching a sneak attack aimed at her face!
Unfortunately, it was still a step short.
Or rather, from the very beginning, he hadn't expected this genuine 'one hand' to secure victory.
At best, it was a last-ditch counterattack.
Sadly, constrained by their respective identities, he hadn't dared to use a more covert and vicious sneak attack.
Otherwise... she could have rightfully given him a couple more punches to teach him a lesson.
If he wasn't already dead.
"Well done," Professor Ye reached out, pulling him up from the ground.
A wheelchair naturally rose from the workshop floor, supporting him.
"Did you learn this in the Time Ruins?"
"Yeah," Ji Jue nodded, "When the Soul-Summoning Bell was forming the Saint's remnant, I suddenly had an epiphany and tried to copy it. Didn't expect it to actually work. It's a further application of Non-Aggression."
A further application? More than that! Professor Ye's right hand, hidden behind her back, clenched slightly, while her left hand rested on Ji Jue's shoulder, carefully examining—naturally, she saw two completely different blessings.
As they became more solid, the Heaven's Gift blessing showed a shimmering spiritual light, as if coated with a layer of gorgeous crystal, while Spiritual Primacy seemed enveloped in spiritual flames, its manifestation becoming clearer and more complex.
In just a few days, he had undergone a complete qualitative transformation! In the Time Ruins, he had performed various operations on patients, reshaped and created ghost fetuses, given form to the Saint's remnants, and finally, using the Compassion Bone Knife, completed the spiritual and physical separation of an immortal patient.
Fully immersed, leaving no room for retreat in practice and training, Heaven's Gift broke through its previous bottleneck, mastering the specialization of spiritual manipulation, while Spiritual Primacy's assistance and enhancement of spiritual energy and will also ascended to a new level through the feedback and enhancement of transformation.
Thus, he was able to achieve such an incredible result.
A spiritual hand perfectly adapted to and capable of bearing the Non-Aggression matrix and all the blessings' power! Its inspiration and reference were undoubtedly the spiritual manifestation of the Saint's remnant, imitating the myriad wings, eyes, and hands of mercury.
Unfortunately, the Saint's intangible hand, which governed the workings of heaven and earth, in Ji Jue's hands, exhausted all his abilities and could only be recreated as a tangible hand through spiritual energy.
Unlike before, when it could only appear as an auxiliary force during furnace forging, now the mere existence of this tangible hand was enough to enhance all of Non-Aggression's power by a third or more! Not to mention the numerous strategies added during adaptation...
Although compared to the original's godly and natural power, it was a significant step back, not even worth mentioning.
But that depends on whose standards and what level we're talking about! Who else could grasp and apply techniques that are usually only understood at the Rebirth level during the Awakening period?! And all those prerequisite skills in between? Were they just skipped?!
When Ji Jue's level reaches that point, he will naturally be able to transform the tangible into the intangible, and most of Non-Aggression's creation will already be in his hands.
The other half will just have to wait, because there's no use in rushing—it depends on when he has the time and mood to catch up, and if he's not in the mood, then another day!
"Mercury really loves you," Ye Xian shook her head, sighing in admiration.
"Uh..."
Ji Jue hesitated, instinctively looking around to ensure the workshop was completely sealed and there were no eavesdroppers.
Even so, he habitually lowered his voice, "To be honest, when I summoned the Saint's remnant, it didn't feel very difficult. And the remnant of mercury seemed to have its own spirit."
Ye Xian's steps faltered, and she glanced back at him, not as shocked as he was, but instead asked, "What else would you expect?"
(End of Chapter)