Chapter 68
Yes, this is the major breakthrough Fang Yuan has made in the past six months.
Since his clone in the F/A world obtained the Holy Grail and broke the barrier of inhibition by force, Fang Yuan finally obtained the complete inheritance of the third law.
With the help of the huge amount of magic stored in the Holy Grail, and Fang Yuan's own soul is much stronger than ordinary people, he completed the process of soul materialization in just a few months at a speed far beyond the norm.
——Because the third law inheritance in the Holy Grail is closer to a sophisticated weave, under normal circumstances, it takes at least several years to materialize the soul of an ordinary person.
However, perhaps Fang Yuan's own soul has been strengthened a lot in the process of shuttling through the Gate of Truth many times, or perhaps it is related to the inner alchemy he has practiced, and his soul has been nurtured to be strong enough under the refining of qi and transformation of spirit.
In short, when Fang Yuan transformed his soul into material, his progress was unexpectedly fast.
When Fang Yuan finally completely transformed his soul into a material state, he suddenly discovered that his inner alchemy skills had also reached the Yang God realm.
Well, this is not surprising.
The so-called Yang God in Taoism refers to the highest achievement in the world of alchemy Yuan Shen practice. The performance after the great achievement is not much different from the materialization of the soul - it can also condense a substantial physical body with a pure soul spirit, and it has also gotten rid of the lifespan limitations of the flesh and blood body. It is almost immortal without a fatal blow.
However, one is a great achievement that was developed based on Western magic in the Type-Moon world and can only be achieved occasionally by relying on unrepeatable "miracles"; the other is the right way of practice that has been passed down since ancient times in the Eastern Taoist heritage of the main world. As long as the practitioner has sufficient qualifications, practices in the right way, and has deep blessings, although the difficulty is also very high, it is not an unrepeatable miracle.
The only advantage of the former over the latter is that after the soul is materialized, the infinite vitality generated by the immortality of the soul's essence, and the infinite magic attribute generated by the refinement.
According to the inherited classics given by the Taoist priest, although the Taoist Yang Shen realm has great magical powers, it is still limited by mana.
Or, it is limited by mental strength.
At the Yang Shen realm, there is no distinction between God and Qi. God is Qi, Qi is God, so mana is mental strength.
And those who have achieved Yang Shen, even if their Tao heart is firm and their mind is vast, their mental strength is naturally as vast as the ocean compared to mortals, but they will eventually run out of strength, which is not as good as the infinite magic power of the materialized soul. As long as they are not dead, they have endless magic power transformed from infinite vitality, which can be squandered.
However, after the soul is materialized, it seems that there is no way out, and the Yang Shen realm is only an intermediate stage in Taoist practice. After that, there seems to be a realm of both body and spirit, and physical ascension, and even the more illusory Taiyi, Daluo and other Taoist fruits in the legend, which seem to be much stronger than the materialization of the soul, which has no way forward.
If Fang Yuan had to choose between the two... Only children make choices! He wants them all! ')268'>Chapter 267 Thunder Shazam!
Crackling - In the dark room, a flash of lightning flashed, and a slender figure wrapped in black appeared here.
The figure turned around and closed the open window, turned on the light, took off the mask wrapped around her head, let down her bun, and revealed her true face under the light.
This is a girl who looks only twelve or thirteen years old, with straight black hair, delicate and beautiful face, petite but also slender, although not fully grown, but obviously a beauty embryo.
"Huh, today's harvest is also very good!" The girl changed out of her black ninja clothes, put on home pajamas, and went into the bathroom to wash up.
[Master, Master, how did I perform today? 】While brushing her teeth, the girl used her mind to flirt with the "master" who existed in an unknown dimension.
【Not bad, the six powers in the spiritual base have been mastered almost completely. The rest is about integration and combat experience. I can't help you with this. You need to practice more in the future.
】A gentle male voice sounded in the girl's mind. Unlike the previous communication, he always pointed out the girl's shortcomings here and there. Today, "he" was uncharacteristically calm, but the praise in his tone could not be concealed.
【Master, you are...】The girl keenly felt the difference.
【Well, I mean, you can become a master.
】The voice said so.
"Hey--!!!" Because she was too surprised, the girl even forgot the warning of her "master" and exclaimed.
【Quiet! Forgot what I said? 】The male voice called "master" warned in a serious tone.
[Hold me... I'm sorry...] The girl reacted immediately and covered her mouth, not even caring about the toothpaste foam on her hands.
[Master, Master... Master, do you want me no more?] Because it was a telepathic communication, it was closer to reality than verbal communication, and the panic and reluctance in the girl's tone were expressed very clearly.
[Hmph! Don't act like such a little girl! All good things must come to an end. I have taught you everything I can. You have almost mastered the power I gave you. I am also relieved about your character.
As my only disciple in this world, you have to walk the rest of the way on your own.
] After saying this, the man's voice disappeared, leaving the girl shouting in her heart, but there was no response.
At this time, the girl really understood that the master who had been with her for the past few months, teaching her carefully, and making her, a Lv.0 lying in the mud, truly possess extraordinary power, had really left.
"Master..." The girl murmured in a lost manner, her heart was empty, as if she had lost her support, and inexplicable panic and loss came for no reason, making the young girl almost breathless.
However, the girl was worthy of being the only disciple chosen by the "master" who had never really met her. Her will had already been completely different from that of the little girl a few months ago.
After being lost for a long time, she raised her head again. There was no panic and fear in her expression. Instead, she was full of determination and faith.
[Master, don't worry! As your disciple, I, Saten Ruiko, will never let you down! ] The girl swore in her heart.
... The next day, even without an alarm clock, Saten Ruiko woke up at 6:30.
Unlike other little girls who would drag their feet in the morning, the girl immediately lifted the quilt, changed her clothes quickly like a well-trained soldier, went to the bathroom to wash up, and then spent 20 minutes making a simple and nutritious breakfast.
After quickly finishing breakfast, she changed into shoes for going out at the entrance, opened the door of the apartment, and started a new day in the bright sunshine.
... In Academy City, Zhachuan Middle School, a short-haired girl with a wreath on her head was walking and operating the terminal in her hand, looking very busy.
At this moment—— "Hatsu~" Accompanied by a very energetic voice, the girl felt a cool breeze suddenly coming from the back of her lower body.
This familiar voice, this familiar touch... The skirt... was lifted up! "Ah, I'm wearing a light pink dot pattern today~" The voice behind her said so.
The wreath girl's cheeks suddenly turned red—— "Ah——!!!" The wreath girl, blushing with shame, immediately turned around and saw the unexpected figure.
"What are you doing to me suddenly! Saten-san!" The wreath girl complained with tears in her eyes.
"You are still so reserved to use honorifics with your classmates! Then, let's lift it up again to enhance our relationship!" "Woooaaaaa——!!!" The screams of the girls fighting and playing resounded through the sky.
... The two girls who had fought were now walking on the street with two other girls wearing different school uniforms.
This is Shirai Kuroko, the senior of Hatsuharu Sakurai in the Discipline Committee 177, and Kuroko's roommate, who is also one of the seven Level 5s who dominate all the special abilities in Academy City, and the third Electromagnetic Cannon, the electric shock user named Misaka Mikoto.
Today is the first time that Saten Ruiko has met these two seniors, especially this Level 5 Senior Tokiwadai. If it were her in the past, she would probably maintain a normal and decent smile while secretly feeling inferior in her heart when she saw such a beautiful and elegant big sister with outstanding abilities! However... let's not mention the "unbearable" live drama that these two seniors just performed in front of her and Hatsuharu (well, it was the hysterical look of a certain Kuroko holding his sister in the Guanyin sitting lotus posture), which has instantly collapsed the cold and arrogant lady personality of this "Electric Gun" (Saten's self-imagination).
Even without this, Saten, who has power, will no longer feel inferior because she is just a powerless person, and can get along with these powerful power users with a relatively equal mentality.
While walking, the four girls came to a crepe stand while chatting - no, to be precise, they came here on purpose.
For the limited edition Quata gift for the first 100 people, a Quata-loving sister strongly requested to taste the new crepes of this stall. At this time, she was among a group of elementary school students, patiently queuing in a long line.
"Sorry to have kept you waiting! Please take it, this is the last one!" The salesperson took a cheap green Quata ornament and put it in Saten's hand.
"Eh? The last one?" Ruizi was stunned.
"Masaka..." There was a sound of falling behind her. Ruizi looked back and saw a Lv.5 railgun kneeling on the ground in an OTZ posture.
Although she was surprised that the famous railgun had such a childish interest, Ruiko Saten did not dislike Misaka Mikoto. Seeing that she was so depressed, she could not help but squat down and handed the Quata jewelry in her hand to Misaka Mikoto.
"... This... If you don't mind, I can give it to you..." "Really?!" Misaka Mikoto, who had almost turned gray, revived instantly, turned around and grabbed the Quata jewelry in Ruiko Saten's hand, refusing to let go.
"Yes... Yes!" Riko Saten nodded in a daze.
Just then——Boom——! ! ! A violent explosion sounded from a bank opposite the crepe stand, and billowing smoke poured out from the exploded door.
"No! It's a bank robbery!" Kuroko Shirai, who is the disciplinary committee member, reacted immediately, swallowed the remaining crepe in his hand, took out the disciplinary committee member's armband and put it on, preparing to arrest the robbers who rushed out of the bank. .
However, just before she started to move, Saten Ruiko took the first step——【SHAZAM! 】 Along with the incantation silently recited in the heart, streaks of thunder surged out from the girl's body.
At this moment, time in the girl's eyes stopped! ')269'>Chapter 268 Academy City, superpowers, and...the power of plug-ins!
Academy City is located in Nishi-ku, Tokyo, Japan. Its area is about one-third the size of Tokyo. It is a collection of huge educational institutions composed of twenty-three school districts.
This "school city" includes dozens of universities and hundreds of elementary schools, junior high schools and high schools, with a total of more than a thousand large and small "research institutions".
The population is nearly 2.3 million, and 80% of the residents (more than 1.8 million) are students.
This place has the most cutting-edge technology in the world, which is at least 20 to 30 years more advanced than the outside world. It is a leader in the scientific world. It took more than fifty years to build it by Chairman Aleister Crowley. "Council" has full authority to manage.
But what this city, which is almost entirely composed of schools and students, teaches is not ordinary knowledge, but - superpowers! Psychokinesis, water control, fire, electromagnetic manipulation, space movement, telepathy... Yes, it is the kind of superpower that only appears in novels, animations and movies, and it actually appears openly in a school known as the "Headquarters of the World of Science" In Garden City, all students gain superpowers through drugs, hypnosis, and electrical stimulation in the name of ability development courses.
Various abilities are divided into inability (Lv.0), low ability (Lv.1), supernatural ability (Lv.2), and strong ability (Lv.3) according to the range and power of the ability. , great power (Lv.4), super power (Lv.5), absolute power (Lv.6), a total of seven levels.
Of course, absolute espers, who are the highest level of superpowers, are only a conjecture level in Academy City. The strongest espers currently existing have only reached Lv.5.
The power of one person is enough to fight an army alone. This is the power possessed by a Level 5 superpower.
And there are only seven people with superpowers who have reached this level in Academy City, which has a population of 2.3 million! Vector manipulation, metamatter, railgun, atomic collapse, psychological control,? ? ? , read the cannonball.
These are the seven beings who have reached the pinnacle of all the 1.8 million students who have received superpower development.
The principle of superpowers, in the theory announced by Academy City, is to use the personal reality in the brain to affect the microscopic world, and then amplify its influence due to chaos theory, thus forming macroscopically visible superpowers.
However, at this moment, the power emerging from the girl named Saten Ruiko has nothing to do with this so-called "superpower".
When the code word for activating the ability is silently recited in the heart, a special information body called "Spiritual Base" is activated from the dormant state between the girl's soul and body. At this moment, it spread and covered the girl's body.
The girl's appearance did not change, nor did her clothes, but her body and mind entered the extraordinary realm at this moment.
Solomon's Wisdom(S) has given her rich abilities of learning, perception, understanding and insight. She is able to deduce the truth of events from the smallest details, and can learn an event in a short period of time (a few hours to a day or so). Even in a completely unfamiliar language, one can also conduct limited future vision through intelligence collection and thinking derivation, either actively or passively.
The power of Heracles (H) gave her extremely powerful power. Although it is much weaker than the legendary power that can lift the sky, it is still a huge power measured in tens of thousands of tons, even, As the girl becomes familiar with and develops this power, even feats such as lifting mountains and shaking continents are not impossible.
Atlas' Endurance (A) gives her almost infinite endurance. Even if she doesn't eat, sleep or rest, she can always maintain sufficient physical strength and spirit, and even give her an endless lifespan - as long as she doesn't eat, sleep or rest. If she never releases her ability.
The divine power of Zeus (Z) gave her the ability to control thunder and even transform into thunder. This not only gave her strong resistance to magic, superpowers, and various mysterious forces, but also allowed her to communicate with the earth. Connected to the ubiquitous electromagnetic force field on the Internet, not only can the electromagnetic force field be used to sense and detect a very large area, but it can even continuously obtain energy from the electromagnetic force contained in nature.
Achilles' courage (A) gave her a strong body that was invulnerable to swords and guns and immune to physical attacks. It also gave her powerful fighting skills and strong control over her body as if it were instinct. Even if she had not learned any fighting skills, she could become a top-notch fighting master just by fighting instinct, and she could also master the use of cold weapons such as swords, spears, and bows.
Mercury's speed (M) gave her an affinity for the wind and an incredibly amazing speed. Under the magical interference of magic, she could move at high speeds at several or even dozens of times the speed of sound without triggering sonic booms and violent shock waves.
Moreover, when this ability is used together with the power of transformation into thunder, she can even move at super-high speeds at the speed of lightning propagating in the air (150,000 meters per second, which is 436 times the speed of sound).
This is the plug-in tailored for his lovely disciple by a certain alchemist who descended into this world with a split spirit, the power of SHAZAM! (Isn't this really plagiarism?) Although she has only acquired this power for a few months, under the guidance of a certain teacher, the girl has been able to master this powerful and exaggerated power more skillfully.
And now, facing the bank robbers who use super powers to commit crimes unscrupulously, Ruiko Saten, who has been practicing with criminals in Academy City for several months, reflexively activates her own extraordinary abilities.
However, she also knows that she can't be too exaggerated in public, so she only uses the ability of body transformation and extreme speed to improve her body and mind to the realm of super speed. Therefore, in her eyes at this time, the time of the whole world seems to have stopped, and only she can move freely in this static world.
She let go of the crepe in her hand, letting it fall down at a speed that was almost stopped under the action of gravity, and then walked leisurely across the street at the speed of "normal walking", came to the front door of the bank opposite, passed through the black smoke that seemed to be stagnant in the air, and walked in front of the three robbers who had just crossed the blown-up bank door with their faces covered and backpacks on their backs.
Then, as if she was playing with life-size puppets, the girl first took off the backpacks full of banknotes on the backs of the three robbers one by one, and then arranged their bodies in a circle, grabbed their arms, clenched their fists, and carefully moved them to the front of the face of another robber beside her, and then gently pushed their arms forward, estimating that the strength of the fist was just enough to knock someone out.
After looking around and finding that there was nothing missing, the girl walked back to the original place with the same leisurely posture, picked up the crepe she had just put down, and returned to the original posture.
The next moment, Saten Ruiko released her ability, and the time in her eyes returned to normal.
Bang, bang, bang——Three fists hit the bridge of the nose almost at the same time. Three low-level robbers who robbed the bank in Academy City fell to the ground at the same time and fell into a painful coma.
"Eh? What happened? 0_0" Shirai Kuroko jumped in front of the three robbers and looked at the inexplicable scene in front of him with a confused face.
')270'>Chapter 269 Urban Legend
Amid the sound of sirens, the belated security guards finally arrived at the scene.
Looking at the three bank robbers with crooked noses, tears streaming down their faces, and frowning painfully even in coma, Huang Quanchuan Aiho, who was in charge of the police this time, looked at Shirai Kuroko with some doubts: "Shirai, why are you so violent this time?" Well, as a security guard who often cooperates with the discipline committee, Huang Quanchuan and Kuroko are naturally familiar with each other. She remembered that this space movement Lv.4 powerful person, although he has strong fighting skills, doesn't he usually like to use small steel needles to subdue criminals without injury? Why did he hit so hard this time that he broke the criminal's nose! "...Ha-I said this is not what I did, do you believe it?" Shirai Kuroko sighed and said in her unique voice.
"...I believe it!" Huang Quanchuan looked up and down at Shirai Kuroko, then nodded.
She knew this member of the Discipline Committee who often wrote letters of repentance for overstepping her authority outside the school, and she knew that Kuroko would not joke about such things. Besides, this was the entrance of the bank, and the surveillance camera was there. If she really wanted to know what happened at that time, she could watch the surveillance video.
"So, what happened? Did someone do something righteous?" As he said this, Huang Quanchuan could not help but turn his eyes to other people around him, trying to find the one who did something righteous.
The one wearing a wreath... She is Kuroko's colleague, so it shouldn't be her... The little girl with long hair? No, she looks weak, so it shouldn't be her either... Then, could it be this girl who looks very boyish... While scanning the companions behind Kuroko, Huang Quanchuan analyzed in his mind.
However, what Kuroko said next surprised her - "No, in fact... I don't know what happened!" Shirai Kuroko shook his head and said, "When the bank door was blown open, I I acted immediately, but when I used space movement to jump in front of these three guys, I found that they had fallen unconscious, their noses were broken, and all the money they had taken away had been put back. In the bank...it was probably only a few seconds. I didn't see anyone moving at all, and I had no idea what was going on."
"Hmm...is this the case again..." Yomikawa Aiho held her chin with her hand and nodded thoughtfully.
"Huh? Senior Yomikawa, do you know anything?" Shirai Kuroko obviously noticed the abnormality in Yomikawa's expression and couldn't help but ask.
"Well... I just thought of a rumor that has been going on for a while.
Shirai-san, do you know the latest urban legend - 'The Ghost Avenger in the Midnight'? "As an adult, Huang Quanchuan actually talked about urban legends at this time, which made Heizi filled with astonishment for a moment.
"Urban legends? Aren't these things just based on rumors? I never pay much attention to them.
Could it be that this ‘ghost avenger in the middle of the night’ has anything to do with this incident? "Although I am very dissatisfied with things like urban legends and feudal superstitions, since Huang Quanchuan mentioned this, it means that this legend is very likely to be true, so Heizi will not really ignore it. One thing.
"Well! It must have been a few months ago. In various school districts in Academy City, many bad elements and groups of armed incompetent people were defeated by unknown people and then sent collectively to the gate of the security department. previous situation.”
When Yomikawa said this, Kuroko stiffened and glanced at Misaka Mikoto who was standing behind him rather uncomfortably.
This kind of thing could not be done by onee-sama... "However, the strange thing is that those arrested bad elements and armed incompetent people all claimed that they did not see anything. Next, he was subdued in just a moment.
Some people think that this is the ghosts of those who were bullied to death by them and came back for revenge. There is also such an urban legend of "Ghost Avenger in the Midnight" on the Internet. "
"..." Heizi felt speechless at these bad guys like scum. Since he was afraid of the ghost's revenge, why did he do so many illegal things in the first place? However, she also understood what Huang Quanchuan meant. If those bad elements and armed incompetent people did not lie in their confessions, plus today's incident, then it is certain that there is indeed a very powerful person with abilities. , able to subdue criminals unconsciously in an instant without anyone noticing.
Moreover, this person will definitely not be her elder sister! Her elder sister is so handsome, so chic, so powerful, and so handsome when she uses her powers to teach young gangsters a lesson. She is not the coward who doesn't even dare to show her face! (Clenches fist) Well, from a practical point of view, it really doesn’t look like Misaka Mikoto’s approach.
After all, the arc sparks that she could not hide when she activated her ability had nothing to do with "ghost".
In addition, Misaka Mikoto's behavior is completely different from that of this "Ghost Avenger". She basically uses herself as a bait to lure those bad guys to take action first, and then she can use it as a "reasonable and legal" reason for self-defense. to inflict a sanctioning electric shock on the opponent.
Therefore, today there was indeed an unknown powerful user who, right under the noses of Shirai Kuroko and everyone around him, openly and honestly knocked down three bank robbers in an instant, and no one noticed it yet! "…"The Midnight Ghost Avenger..." Misaka Mikoto, who was standing not far behind Kuroko, raised her ears and listened to the conversation of the two people in front of her, thinking deeply in her heart.