Mecha Era, Punch the Stars

Just as Tan Yaozu and Xiao Pingchuan stepped in to stabilize the balancer.

Lin Jianlong also rushed over.

After leaving the starship through the stargate, he disembarked and piloted the Skyship mech to quickly reach the border star. After a quick inspection, he returned and easily caught up with the starship traveling at 0.1 light-times.

He is currently the only human capable of performing such an operation.

Even demigods like Yan and Qin Longchuan do not currently possess such abilities.

Before he even arrived at the training ground, he immediately turned on the monitoring AI to confirm the situation and felt relieved.

But before the relaxation was complete, it tightened again.

No way, Li Yi broke through again?

Although this is something to be happy about, the frequency of this is quite alarming, even though Lin Jianlong has gotten used to joking with Li Yi about his bottleneck.

But even now, I am still quite surprised.

"Goodness, this kid really doesn't have any bottlenecks."

Lin Jianlong gritted his teeth, feeling genuinely envious.

Although he had also made rapid progress, far surpassing the strong humans, and even mastered the Cosmic Light trait, which could be considered the first human trait, he still felt a little envious at this moment.

"Sigh, we still can't compete too much, otherwise our good mindset will be completely overwhelmed."

"Take it easy when you get there."

"We still need to maintain our status as the strongest human beings; we can't lower our standards."

"Otherwise, how could they maintain awe towards other powerful beings above the supreme level?"

Shaking his head and chuckling to himself, Lin Jianlong activated his Cosmic Light ability, and in a flash, his body appeared from the hangar onto the training field.

His teleportation was far more skillful and had a much longer range than the teleportation abilities of other powerful human beings.

Once on the field, he discovered that the balancer had been stabilized by Tan Yaozu and Xiao Pingchuan, who had arrived first.

Lin Jianlong was secretly surprised. Was Li Yi's breakthrough really that big?

Could this mean it's about to reach the pinnacle of physical strength?
Even worse?
Where is the flame?

She cares so much about Li Yi, why didn't she show up?
These past few days, everyone has been busy with their own things and hasn't paid much attention to the situation of others.

With Yan absent, Lin Jianlong immediately became nervous.

The memory of Yan's inexplicable death and the desperate struggle for survival is still fresh in my mind.

If Flame, after advancing to demigod status, were to encounter a similar situation, the outcome might not be pleasant.

He mobilized AI to search through various records within the starship.

After watching for a while, his brows furrowed slightly.

Could it be that Yan, like herself, has also temporarily gone out?
Or is she practicing some secret technique or skill that even AI monitoring can't detect?
After a moment's thought, Lin Jianlong asked:
"Have you seen Flame?"

Tan Yaozu and the other man kept their faces tense, maintaining their balance while also enduring the astonishing wind pressure generated by Li Yi's breakthrough.

This is like wind pressure repelling each other, gradually forming a powerful micro-force like a giant hurricane.

Moreover, the wind also carried the subtle force exerted by Li Yi's subconscious, which was powerful, cunning, tougher than alloy steel cables, and stronger than a massive iron ship. Even their hastily activated divine will could not easily defend against it.

But the two of them, who had previously made such grand pronouncements, were unwilling to lose face here.

As fellow supreme experts, they couldn't even suppress the aftershocks generated when Li Yi broke through; how embarrassing would that sound if word got out?

What? There's such a piece of trash among the strongest?

Although, this was partly due to their need to maintain the starship's balancer.

They also need to defend a larger area.

But the aftermath is always the aftermath.

If we really can't control it, then we'll really lose face.

With this in mind, the two secretly competed, holding their breath and focusing their mental energy on dealing with the situation.

Even when Lin Jianlong arrived, there was no time to say hello.

They all stood upright like pine trees, smiling, with their hands behind their backs, exuding an air of grandeur.

But they remained silent.

Lin Jianlong waited a while but didn't get a reply. Thinking the two hadn't heard him, he asked again:
"Have you seen Flame?"

The two remained silent, refusing to answer. Lin Jianlong was speechless. What was wrong with these two?
He looked closely at the two of them.

That's when I noticed the clue.

It turned out that the hands of the two people behind their backs were trembling slightly.

It seems to be bearing the heavy burden of the divine barrier surrounding it.

"You two have truly disgraced the supreme power!"

"They can't even withstand the aftershocks!"

Lin Jianlong immediately saw through the scheme and started cursing.

"It's one thing to be unable to withstand it, but to resort to such foolish methods is another."

"You have withdrawn your divine will, let me handle this!"

Ignoring whether the two could hear him, he immediately activated his divine light, which bloomed from his body like a giant flower.

As this divine power, as brilliant as light, was activated, it instantly transformed into exquisitely crafted raindrop arrows, which flew precisely towards the subtle force generated by Li Yi's breathing.

boom! boom! boom!
Each arrow formed from divine essence collided precisely with these overflowing, powerful, and subtle forces, and was perfectly neutralized.

After the noise was neutralized, only a slightly louder booming sound remained.

Although the roar was loud, it did not possess a strong resonance force, and it immediately quelled the astonishing turbulence in the training ground.

The thousands upon thousands of subtle energies flowing out continuously neutralized the countless divine arrows of cosmic light.

Lin Jianlong stood firmly, casually offering pointers to Tan Yaozu and Xiao Pingchuan:
"It seems that you guys are still lacking in training for fine motor skills."

"Your crude response shows that when you pilot the divine mechs, you must often rely on the mechs' performance and try to achieve miracles through brute force."

"This is not necessarily a bad thing in battle."

"But when it comes to individual exercise and daily habits, this is absolutely not the case."

"If you keep attacking with all your might, your divine control skills will be unable to break through to the perfect level, or even the level of divine refinement, spirit empowerment, or divine will."

"Don't be fooled by the fact that you can refine divine intent on a large scale after reaching the Supreme level. There is still a lot of room for improvement in your skills of controlling divine essence."

"In the cultivation of the supreme, demigod, and even beyond, divine manipulation remains the most fundamental skill among the fundamental skills."

“You see, Li Yi did this very well.”

"It cannot be denied that Li Yi is a genius."

"But his emphasis on fundamental skills far surpasses yours!"

"You are supposed to be supreme experts, yet you struggle so much to deal with this aftershock, and you can't even speak in order to maintain your composure. What an irony!"

Do you think that's enough?

"Do you feel like you've reached the top? You don't even dare to dream of becoming a demigod?"

Tan Yaozu and Xiao Pingchuan both lowered their heads in shame.

Lin Jianlong was furious.

In previous major battles, he either fought alongside Qin Longchuan and Duanmu Xiong or alone, rarely paying attention to the battle tactics of the younger generation of top experts, but instinctively feeling that they should be quite good.

The few times I watched it, it was mostly wide-ranging, action-packed battles; it's normal that there weren't many intricate, skillful maneuvers.

It has only now come to our attention that several of the younger generation, who are quite capable, have become somewhat complacent, or rather, diligent in tactics but lazy in strategy.

"You two better reflect on your actions!"

"Okay boss."

Xiao Pingchuan said.

"I understand, Chief of Staff Lin. Upon closer reflection, it's possible that my failure to perfect my divine control over the years is due to neglecting the continuous training of these fundamental skills."

Tan Yaozu shouted:
"Stand at attention and accept the punishment; seriously reflect on your actions!"

Although both were supreme experts, Lin Jianlong's many years of achievements and accumulated prestige were undeniable, and both men were convinced of his abilities.

Lin Jianlong's expression softened slightly, and he nodded:

"Make changes as soon as possible. After Li Yi's transformation, he'll probably be able to easily beat the two of you."

Although he easily neutralized the aftershocks of Li Yi's breakthrough, the effort involved was not as effortless as Tan Yaozu and the other man had witnessed. (End of Chapter)