Inch of Radiance Vol 1 Chapter 18.2

Book 1 Chapter 18.2 – Dark Battle

“Li Yang, after not meeting for a year, your internal energy actually reached the peak of the third layer, not bad, not bad!” Old man Bai Feng rubbed his white beard with unspeakable satisfaction.

When Li Yang heard this, his heart immediately felt a bit of excitement. “Your Breath Restraint Technique really is quite formidable. By restraining my Xiantian Qi’s breath, even this white-bearded old fart who is already a mid-stage Golden Dan can’t see through it, formidable, formidable!”

Hearing Li Yang’s praise, Xiang Yu said in disdain, “Heng heng, what kind of person is Overlord? That old man is simply someone who just stepped into the world of true way cultivators. The Golden Dan stage is actually the weakest stage of a true way cultivator. The two small skills given to you by Overlord were both obtained from the Immortal Realm; how could he possibly see through it.”

During this pa.s.s year, Li Yang used roughly half the time to practice the Breath Restraint and Escape Techniques. However, when practicing the Escape Technique, he had Xiang Yu help him by using his primordial spirit to watch his surroundings. Li Yang did not want others to notice that he was practicing the Escape Technique, otherwise, he would be forced to leave and would not be able to use the gene medicine.

Li Yang suddenly felt worried. “Right, humans might not be able to see through my true strength, then will the testing center reveal it?”

Xiang Yu arrogantly replied, “Heng heng, science and technology on certain fields are quite amazing, however, it has not reached the level where even the secrets of the Immortal Realm could be seen through. This Breath Restraint Technique is based on the principle of ‘A single grain of sand, an entire world’, and it doesn’t matter how unbound and vast your Dantian was. That’s why on the aspect of masking your Dantian, you don’t need to worry!” Xiang Yu was obviously rather confident.

The main reason was because Xiang Yu’s primordial spirit was able to clearly feel the testing light-rays, and he knew the principle behind the testing apparatus’ capabilities. Meanwhile, Li Yang did not truly understand it, and so that’s why he was a bit worried.

“Li Yang, first come here to test your physical body’s energy. Let’s see how much you improved!” Old fellow Bai Yang said in expectation.

Li Yang nodded his head and said, “En, half a year ago, my physical body’s energy had far surpa.s.sed 100 crystals. Recently, I have not tested what level I had reached.”

When Bai Yang heard this, he immediately became a bit excited, “Ah, you already surpa.s.sed it half a year ago? This is simply too great! If I knew that you had already surpa.s.sed 100 crystals half a year ago, this old fellow would have already had you undergo the experiment. Good, come, let’s first have you tested!”

There was a testing apparatus right inside old man Bai Yang’s office. Although the white-bearded old man could use his spirit knowledge to find out the other party’s internal energy, he couldn’t distinctly see through the other’s physical power, after all, the muscles of the physical body wasn’t something easily seen through using spirit knowledge.

The white-bearded old man’s right hand quickly pressed a few b.u.t.tons before immediately turning around and smiled towards Li Yang. “Alright, I’ve already adjusted it so that it only measured your physical body’s energy. Come, stand here!” While speaking, the white-bearded elder stood to the side, and Li Yang walked into the vicinity of the testing apparatus.

The light rays from the machine immediately covered Li Yang’s body, and following that with adi sound, the testing machine’s rays began to dim.

“180 crystals!” A electronic sound rang out.

Immediately, everyone there became dumbstruck, including Li Yang.

Li Yang’s body a year ago had 70 crystals of physical body power, and half a year ago he had roughly 130 crystals of energy. Now that he had 180 crystals, according to reason, the longer you trained your physical body, the harder it became to train. However, Li Yang’s training unexpectedly didn’t slow down at all, and the most important point was that most of the second half of the year was used by Li Yang to practice the Breath Restraint and Escape Techniques. He did not take training his body nearly as seriously as during the first half, however, even though it was like so, the amount of energy his physical body currently had was still so astonishing.

“Li Yang, during the course of your training, your Xiantian qi has continuously provided moisture for your muscles and bones, allowing your physical body energy to increase rapidly!” Xiang Yu replied happily.

Li Yang also inwardly nodded his head, “It seems like this Xiantian internal qi is much more formidable than Houtian qi.”

“Haha… good, since the heavens have helped you, I will as well. Li Yang you actually managed to reach 180 crystals in your physical body, it seems like the results of using the B1 gene medicine will be unprecedented as well. Haha, this old fellow is even getting a bit impatient.” Bai Yang seemed to be extremely excited, and immediately said to the youth next to him, “Hurry and prepare the experiment materials. Hurry up, I need to carry out the experiment at once.”

Bai Yang’s entire face was covered in red, and the light rays within his eyes flickered; it appeared that he was extremely excited. His gaze continuously observed Li Yang, and his expression became more and more brilliant.

…

An hour later.

Within an entirely sealed off room within the laboratory, there were three people; Li Yang, Bai Yang, and his a.s.sistant.

Li Yang frowned and looked at the ‘experimental bed’ in front of him. That was obviously a ‘crystal coffin’, or at least it had the appearance of a crystal coffin. Within here, there were quite a few nutrient fluids, and what upset Li Yang was that this ‘crystal coffin’ actually had handcuffs and leg-irons.

Bai Yang pointed at that ‘crystal coffin’ and proudly explained, “Li Yang, this is a new type of polymer material developed my country. In terms of its hardness, it is quite close to diamond, and can definitely deal without any unusual occurrences. This nutrient fluid was actually something that I was hesitant in taking out, as it was the result of my most recent research, combining both western and traditional chinese medicine. With this nutrient fluid, your chances of survival will be increased greatly. As for other users, I have never used this type of nutrient fluid.”

The a.s.sistant on the side also smiled and said to Li Yang, “The production costs for this nutrient fluid far surpa.s.ses that of the B1 gene medicine. Teacher was especially concerned for your sake!”

Li Yang showed appreciation on his face, but laughed coldly inside. “If you old fart didn’t worry about me dying, this experiment on my physical body that surpa.s.sed 100 crystals would immediately be finished!”

“What purpose do these leg-irons and handcuffs serve?” Li Yang pointed at the handcuffs inside as he spoke.

Bai Yang replied while smiling, “I’ll be frank with you, the effects of this B1 gene medicine is simply too powerful. When the gene medicine enters your body, all of the muscles and bones within your body will be stimulated. At that time, the pain inflicted on you will be intolerable. If not for the handcuffs and leg-irons holding you down, there might be a chance that you’ll go crazy and destroy our entire base. That’s why this ‘laboratory bed’ is made out of the precious new polymer material. I believe that with this degree of st.u.r.diness, you won’t be able to burst out.

Li Yang’s eyes suddenly opened wide and began to curse within his heart, “f.u.c.k, the preparations already came so far, then the pain caused by the gene medicine must be unimaginable.”

How could Li Yang know that a large portion of the experimenters of the B1 gene medicine died simply from not being able to bear the pain. Their minds collapsed from the medicinal strength and pa.s.sed away. This amount of pain could cause someone’s mental state to completely collapse, and one could imagine how much pain and suffering it caused.

“Hehe, Li Yang, why don’t you go inside!” Old man Bai Yang was like a big bad wolf looking down on a little white sheep.

Li Yang immediately revealed a faint smile before taking off his clothes and entering.

“If the toughness of my mind can’t even resist it, then I doubt that a single test subject before me succeeded!” Li Yang had complete confidence in the st.u.r.diness of his mind.

Bai Yang glanced over at the a.s.sistant next to him, and the a.s.sistant locked Li Yang’s two arms and legs in place before tactfully leaving the laboratory.

Bai Yang gave Li Yang a look, and the corners of his mouth revealed a cold laugh. “Just let me wash out the sins of your past!” Suddenly, streams of true yuan energy began to circulate around him, and Bai Yang’s body began to slowly levitate. On his face were faint and indistinct rays of light, and with his two hands forming a technique, a profound seal began to appear around Bai Yang’s body.

This seal was the character ‘Soul’!

A bad omen suddenly alerted Li Yang within his heart, and Xiang Yu’s voice also echoed through, “Li Yang, that old man is preparing to wipe out your memory.”