Chapter 497: Chapter 223: Return to Silence! SSS-Grade Potential

They hadn’t even realized it, but in their minds, the idea of Lin Ye surpassing the two top geniuses before him and setting another unbelievable record had become a foregone conclusion.

All they wanted to know now was just how absurdly high the score for Lin Ye’s punch would be!

Lin Ye walked to the designated area in front of the target, came to a stop, and sized up the massive sensor wall.

"Candidate Lin Ye, next is the dynamic test."

"Punching power test. You may begin whenever you are ready."

"If you are unsatisfied with the result, you may make a second attempt. The final score will be based on your last attempt."

The cold, electronic voice echoed through the spacious room.

Lin Ye glanced at his attribute panel.

With his Frenzy activated.

His Strength attribute was now over thirty-five thousand points!

He clearly remembered that during the mock exam in Dongjiang City, his Strength attribute had been just over two hundred.

He had already come so far on his path to rapid power growth!

A difference of over a hundredfold!

And in that time, the number of methods he could use to amplify his punching power had multiplied many times over.

With the two combined, the punching power he could generate would be in a completely different league.

The difference would be far greater than a hundredfold.

Lin Ye slowly raised his right fist, drew it back, and settled into a standard charging stance.

Of course, given the nature of his "Basic Attack" skill, he didn’t need any sort of preparatory stance to unleash one hundred percent of his power.

He was only doing this to set the stage for the little show he was about to put on.

With a single thought, Horizontal Slash activated!

’This skill was originally for clearing out mobs.’

’But during his spar with Dongfang Zhen, Lin Ye had accidentally discovered it also had a damage bonus against single targets. Even the resulting shockwave from his fist would be calculated into the final destructive power value!’

Then, to the astonishment of everyone in the observation hall...

A layer of translucent purple crystal instantly grew from his knuckles, encasing his entire fist!

In the main seat, a flicker of surprise crossed the placid, well-like eyes of Yi Jiugao, who had remained perfectly composed until now.

"Purple crystal... That must be his Martial Arts Spirituality ability."

"Yes."

Zhu Mingyi looked at the file in his hands and spoke in a low voice. "The file says that before he acquired the Celestial Attraction of Myriad Phenomena, he had another Martial Arts Spirituality of unknown strength."

"It allows him to directly seize and use the abilities of the Celestial Abyss Race. Judging by its form, this must be an ability from the Crystal Spirit Race."

Yi Jiugao nodded slightly, his expression intent.

But in the next moment, something happened that no one could have possibly anticipated.

VMMMM—!

Just outside the layer of purple crystal, another layer of pure, translucent golden crystal, like flawless colored glass, condensed from thin air and covered Lin Ye’s fist!

A double-layered crystal gauntlet!

In that instant, even before Lin Ye had thrown his punch, the space around his fist began to distort from the extreme concentration of energy, creating a faint, rippling effect.

In the observation hall, everyone was stunned.

They were all too familiar with that second crystal layer!

That was... Gang Sha!

But they had never seen Gang Sha so pure and devoid of any attribute, solidified and golden like colored glass!

Most Martial Artists’ Gang Sha carried some sort of elemental attribute.

But more important than the attribute was its state!

Solid Gang Sha!

This was undoubtedly a form one could only possess after entering the Divine Realm and refining their Gang Sha to the absolute limit!

In the observation hall, everyone’s brains short-circuited once again.

"W-wait! Doesn’t his file say he’s in the Mid-stage of the Gang Condensation Realm?!"

"Holy shit! How can someone in the Gang Condensation Realm have solid Gang Sha? That’s impossible!"

"Who wrote this file?! Did they even bother to find out his true realm?!"

Previously, Lin Ye had indeed been unable to use solid Gang Sha directly.

He could only use Flowing Gang to enhance his attacks.

But after his racial template advanced to Goblin King...

...the massive spike in All Attributes and the further doubling from Frenzy had also caused the total amount of Gang Sha in his body to multiply.

Now, Lin Ye was finally qualified to directly wield solid Gang Sha.

While everyone was in an uproar, their worldviews shattered once again, Lin Ye nonchalantly stacked another buff onto his punch.

’Charged Strike!’

’This skill, with its three-second charge time, rarely sees use in high-intensity combat anymore.’

’After all, no sane enemy would just stand there and wait for me to slowly charge up.’

’But this is different.’

’What I have in front of me really is a stationary training dummy, just waiting for me to hit it.’

’All I have to do is treat this like a DPS test in a video game—stack every single enhancement, every single buff I’ve got!’

The instant the charge was complete, Lin Ye also mobilized the massive amount of damage stored in the "Vengeance" mode of his "Ricochet" skill!

Next, Gravity Domain!

He used his terrifying control to instantly compress the three-meter-diameter domain until it only covered his arm.

This was the absolute limit of what Lin Ye could currently achieve.

He still wasn’t able to compress it further into an even smaller area, as Lan Yunxi had suggested.

Then, Lin Ye reversed the direction of all the gravity, turning it into a repulsive force!

VMMMM—!

At that moment, upon Lin Ye’s fist, purple crystal gleamed and golden Gang Sha flowed. The extremely compressed energy made the surrounding space fluctuate so violently it seemed it might be torn apart at any moment.

Inside the observation hall, everyone stared fixedly at the screen, not daring to breathe.

They couldn’t even begin to imagine what kind of earth-shattering number this punch would produce.

And yet, he wasn’t finished!

Lin Ye’s consciousness sank into his sea of awareness, contacting Akayle, whom he had recently taken on as a subordinate.

He wasted no time. With the absolute power he held over him, he simply took Ah Qiang’s Telekinesis.

Even if Akayle had wanted to refuse, it would have been impossible. Lin Ye had absolute authority.

Finally, after stacking every conceivable buff, Lin Ye’s gaze sharpened!

He threw the punch!

The invisible Telekinesis acted like the most powerful rocket thruster, giving his fist a final, furious burst of acceleration in the last possible instant!

In the main seat, Zhu Mingyi felt his eyelid twitching violently.

Even just through the screen, he could feel a terrifying aura from that still-unleashed fist—an aura that made even him feel a sense of threat!

What kind of cataclysmic scene would unfold when that punch finally landed?!

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