Age of Calamity in Swallowed Star

Chapter 21: Activating Mental Power!

A search for the keywords "Mental Power Combat" brought up another series of posts on the screen.

This time, however, all the posts included videos and accompanying images, making them easier to understand.

Lin Ye narrowed his eyes slightly and clicked on one of the top ten trending videos.

The scene showed a long-abandoned auto repair shop.

Wrecked vehicles were scattered haphazardly around the area.

In the center of this scene, a thin man in a gray robe stood in the open space.

"Next, I'll demonstrate the basic manipulation of mental power."

As the subtitles appeared, the man slowly turned, his gaze sweeping over the vehicles.

Whoosh!

As if controlled by an invisible force, the wrecked vehicles rose from the ground, hovering four to five meters in the air.

More than a dozen cars floated in the air, their combined weight exceeding ten tons.

"A powerful psychic wouldn't feel any strain controlling these objects, just like I'm doing now."

The man's raspy voice explained as he pulled out a Zhonghua cigarette, lit it, and began to smoke.

Lin Ye found the scene amusing.

As he watched, the scene changed again.

In the video, the dozens of wrecked vehicles revolved around the man, floating up and down erratically, like the black and white keys of a piano being played.

As if the piece had finished, all the wrecked vehicles returned to their original positions, exactly as they were before.

Seeing this, Lin Ye's anticipation for mental power increased several levels.

I must activate it!

The thought spread like wildfire through his mind…

"What I just demonstrated was only the most basic control a psychic has over objects.

What I'm about to do is a demonstration of true attack power."

The man's raspy voice sounded again, and the scene abruptly changed.

A gray concrete wall appeared in the center of the video.

The gray-robed man used his mental power to control a battle blade, pointing the blade directly at the gray wall.

The thin man in the video crossed his arms, his expression calm and natural.

However, the flash of light in his eyes, like lightning, conveyed a powerful sense of deterrence.

Whoosh!

The sound of air being torn apart rang out, followed by a dull thud.

Bang!

The sturdy steel wall was pierced by the sharp blade, creating a large hole.

The demonstrator clearly wasn't finished, and continued the attack.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

As if being constantly pierced by armor-piercing rounds, shocking holes appeared in the wall.

"Hiss… such terrifying mental power!"

Lin Ye looked at the gaping hole, imagining the battle blades attacking monsters and his attribute points soaring.

"If I activate mental power, wouldn't that mean I could kill even more monsters…"

Lin Ye was pleasantly surprised by his own thoughts.

In the video, the man's voice echoed again—

"Just now, I controlled a single battle blade to attack. Now, I'll increase the number of weapons."

Without him noticing, the man threw out more battle blades.

Repeating what he did before.

Under the control of his powerful mental power, the battle blades hovered in front of the steel wall, launching the same attacks.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

The blades transformed into countless illusions, continuously piercing the wall back and forth… repeating the process again and again.

Large holes quickly appeared and spread across the steel wall…

Bang!

A low explosion sounded.

The wall instantly turned into countless pieces of rubble, while the battle blades remained intact…

"Phew…"

Lin Ye turned off the video and took a deep breath.

Suppressing the excitement and disbelief in his heart, Lin Ye made a decision—

"I choose to activate mental power!"

"System, add points for me!"

Lin Ye focused his mind on the "+" sign next to the second option, [Mental Power].

Immediately, the attribute points on the panel decreased rapidly, like sand pouring out of an hourglass.

At the same time, a cooling sensation, even greater than before, appeared.

Like a flood, it surged through Lin Ye's mind… countless sensations bloomed like fireworks in his consciousness.

"So comfortable!"

Lin Ye let out a contented groan, feeling a series of faint "booms" from within his sea of consciousness, like the sound of waves crashing against the shore.

Following this, he felt his mental power expand wildly… the vast cooling sensation continuously merged into his sea of consciousness, strengthening his mental power.

This rate of increase was unprecedented, exceeding Lin Ye's imagination, making his sense of taste, sight, and smell… instantly become sharper.

His thoughts and consciousness also became incredibly clear, as if his entire being had entered an indescribable, wonderful state.

A hint of anticipation appeared in Lin Ye's eyes as he immediately sat cross-legged, focused his mind, and allowed the cooling sensation to merge into his brain, expanding his mental power.

On the panel, as the attribute points rapidly decreased, more and more cooling sensations eagerly poured into Lin Ye's mind…

Boom!

At a certain moment, Lin Ye's soul experienced a sudden tremor.

Then, Lin Ye was surprised to find… his consciousness had entered a magical place.

This mysterious place was vast and boundless, resembling a desolate gray continent.

"What… is this!?"

Lin Ye looked at the scene before him, overwhelmed with shock.

Directly above the gray continent, strands of blood-colored energy, like a cascading river of stars, continuously poured into it.

At the same time, the gray land was also expanding continuously after merging with this blood-colored energy.

"This blood-colored energy… could it be the mental power converted from my attribute points?"

Lin Ye felt that these strands of blood-colored energy were the most familiar thing converted from his attribute points.

"Then, this gray continent, could it be my mental power?"

"The gray continent is the solid form of mental power, and the blood-colored energy is the mental power converted from attribute points, and my mental power is in my brain, could it be…"

As if he understood something, Lin Ye suddenly realized, "Could it be… this is my brain?"

"Or, to use the term of a martial artist, is this my sea of consciousness?"

Lin Ye clearly felt that as the continent's territory expanded, his spirit was also constantly growing stronger…

"So magical… and so comfortable…"

Seeing such a scene for the first time, Lin Ye was filled with awe.

Just as Lin Ye was immersed in it, the center of the gray continent suddenly flashed with a moment of blood-colored light.

Immediately afterward, the blood-colored energy that was originally falling around the gray land seemed to be summoned, and surged towards the place where the light erupted.

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