Starting as an infant, with parents who are blond-haired delinquents?

He's a refined and cultured young man...

It's more like a wild beast, a complete and utter wild beast!

A beast whose heart is filled only with the desire for its prey.

And this so-called prey is none other than Zhang Chaoqiang, the one discovered by Xu Shanji, who possesses perception and synthesis abilities that others cannot have!

Such an outstanding person is someone that anyone would definitely want to recruit into their ranks!

"I've already explained what happened back then to you clearly, so why are you coming here today to obstruct me?"

Xu Shanji frowned; the two men's demeanor instantly shifted from calm and peaceful...

Old Chen: "I'm not as petty as you, and I won't resort to your underhanded tricks. I just know from my own experience that he doesn't need a so-called closed-door master, and he won't agree to be anyone's closed-door disciple!"

Because, within Zhang Chaoqiang's nature, Lao Chen could sense a special power.

This power could perhaps be called innate nature. Zhang Chaoqiang's nature is like that of a demon beast; he is free.

Only in a state of freedom can he better unleash his talents and abilities, instead of shutting himself away and engaging in endless, arduous training like those from large families.

That kind of situation and life was definitely not what Zhang Chaoqiang wanted.

This is why Old Chen was absolutely certain that Xu Shanji had no chance of successfully recruiting Zhang Chaoqiang as his disciple.

However, Xu Shanji would certainly not agree with the other party's point of view.

Xu Shanji: "As long as you don't resort to any underhanded tactics, I have my own plans to successfully recruit Zhang Chaoqiang into my fold!"

Resher, standing nearby, had already begun to shield his ears; he didn't want to know about their serious conversation or get involved.

In a short period of time, the situation quickly turned into one of tense standoff.

This state of mind went unnoticed by the other spectators, who remained immersed in the atmosphere of the competition and the speculations of the other players.

A small group of people on the field believed that Xu Shanji's agitated state was primarily directed at Zhang Chaoqiang.

However, it is only a small part.

At this moment, even though Zhang Chaoqiang was already on the field, he had already completed the rearrangement of nearly one-third of the molecular sequence structure within the giant artificial synthetic crystal core spiritual energy center...

The original spiritual energy states were temporarily disrupted due to the arrangement of molecules, and even temporarily lost their spiritual energy function.

This directly resulted in his current state on the field appearing as if he wasn't putting in much effort...

This seemingly relaxed yet anything but relaxed situation led the audience to unanimously conclude that Zhang Chaoqiang was in a precarious position in the final of this concentration-related competition…

It was a Waterloo.

After all, it might be their first time doing this, and they might not be as experienced as others.

Most people, however, focused their attention on Gu Yizheng, who represented Zhongzhou City. His eyes were firm, and his body appeared to be enduring a tremendous backlash.

Therefore, the vast majority of people have absolute confidence in him.

As for contestants like Wuma Mengchao from Xinyun City, Dang Zhenpeng from Jiangnan City, Yang Yunqing from Yangyun City, and Xiang Yunlian from Jingran City, those who are optimistic about them…

It's probably only their families who can help.

This is a very real and true thing.

Given the current situation, it's truly impossible to know who the final winner will be until the very last moment.

In the current situation, those on the field are under the greatest pressure…

It wasn't like the contestants from Xinyun City (Wuma Mengchao), Jiangnan City (Dang Zhenpeng), Yangyun City (Yang Yunqing), or Jingran City (Xiang Yunlian), who were completely clueless about how to handle the compressed section and could only try again and again.

No, it wasn't Gu Yizheng, who had already tried to compress the pure spiritual energy in the artificial synthetic crystal core to one-eighteenth of its original value through his own efforts! Even though his achievement was already astonishing...

It was Zhang Chaoqiang who was not only under the most pressure, but also the fastest in terms of progress when the game was in full swing!

So far, he has successfully arranged nearly half of the molecular particle sequence of pure spiritual energy from a portion of the artificially synthesized crystal core within the plate.

However, this process had already consumed most of his mental energy.

At this moment, Zhang Chaoqiang's mental strength was far lower in intensity and quantity than the spiritual power contained in his body. Under such circumstances, he could only force himself to hold on.

The rapidly depleting mental energy caused a large amount of sweat to gush from the top of Zhang Chaoqiang's forehead.

"The difficulty has increased, and this juncture is probably of paramount importance."

Off the field, Xu Shanji clearly saw the current situation clearly. He knew that Zhang Chaoqiang had entered the most critical moment of sequence molecular arrangement.

The success of the next operation hinges on whether or not the pure spiritual energy of a portion of the artificially synthesized crystal core can be compressed to one-thirtieth of its original value…

Now is the perfect moment!

However, it seems that things are not going in the most smooth way.

Just as Xu Shanji kept his gaze fixed on Zhang Chaoqiang, he suddenly noticed that Gu Yizheng, who was standing next to Zhang Chaoqiang, seemed to have reached his breaking point...

In the next instant, Gu Yi was impacted by the strong recoil force, the compressed spiritual energy impacting the powerful recoil force he had generated.

He was sent hurtling towards the ground like a cannonball, his body tilting as he flew through the air…

It then crashed into the barrier of the synthetic space.

Good heavens, the sudden commotion startled the audience who were already engrossed in their work.

Before they could even react in shock, Gu Yizheng had already returned to the side of the giant artificial crystal core's spiritual energy hub...

That's right, the force he just felt did make him feel a little uncomfortable, but the most important thing right now is to seize the time to compress it.

Even when I tried to compress that portion of pure spiritual energy into one-twentieth of its original volume, it far exceeded my tolerance...

Zhang Chaoqiang is doing this...

Just as Gu Yi was about to enter the compression process again, he suddenly noticed Zhang Chaoqiang's peculiar behavior.

The fluctuations in his spiritual energy were not significant, and it didn't seem like compression at all, but his overall state was far different from theirs.

His intuition told him that he seemed to be using another method to compress that spiritual energy.

Gu Yizheng, who has an excellent learning ability, immediately stopped his vigorous efforts to achieve miracles. He was very curious about what Zhang Chaoqiang was doing.

Although he couldn't know everything, in the gaps between his thoughts, Gu Yizheng, whose comprehension and understanding abilities far surpassed those of ordinary people, was steadily moving towards discovering the clues...

In the instant that Gu Yizheng made that unusual noise, Xu Shanji was filled with apprehension. He was especially worried that Zhang Chaoqiang would be disturbed by Gu Yizheng standing nearby…

Thus, all previous efforts were in vain.

The good thing is that Zhang Chaoqiang has always been exceptionally stable, and moreover, he has completely abandoned his sensory abilities regarding the outside world.

Even in this state, he was not affected by anything from the outside world and continued to arrange his molecular sequences.

Soon, his mental energy began to drain away repeatedly, and at this rate, Zhang Chao found himself increasingly overwhelmed…

Then, not only sweat dripped from his forehead, but snot also started flowing uncontrollably from his nose…

This phenomenon was also noticed by Gu Yizheng.

how come?

"Why is Zhang Chaoqiang having a runny nose? This is a sign of a severe shortage of spiritual energy. How could this happen to him? The spiritual energy consumed by compressing spiritual energy shouldn't be much, so why..."

Suddenly, Gu Yizheng realized why Zhang Chaoqiang's mental strength had dropped so drastically...

Could it be that Zhang Chaoqiang is planning to alter the microscopic structural sequence of spiritual energy?

Gu Yi was shocked. How could they possibly do this?

After trying it, he even felt that it was several times more difficult than compression by brute force!

Chapter 244 Breakthrough on the battlefield

Seeing Zhang Chaoqiang with a runny nose, even many people in the audience were making wild guesses...

This phenomenon is caused by a lack of mental energy in the brain.

So, Zhang Chaoqiang, who was being compressed within the synthetic space, had his mental energy drop to a critical point within the past twenty minutes…

Normally, when mental energy drops to one-quarter of its normal level, fatigue will occur, and the mind will be unable to concentrate.

When the level reaches one-sixth, the brain will experience various physiological states due to the lack of mental energy, the most obvious of which is a runny nose.

Many people were immediately puzzled.

Shouldn't the most important thing be the martial artist's spiritual energy? How could it be mental energy? Could it be that Zhang Chaoqiang is using mental energy to compress it?

When they looked at Xu Shanji, and then looked back at the field.

Xu Shanji only then realized that Gu Yizheng had been pushed back by the compressed spiritual energy, but Gu Yizheng showed no expression or reaction whatsoever.

There wasn't even much concern.

Meanwhile, Lei She, standing nearby, showed concern for Gu Yizheng, while Lao Chen worried that Zhang Chaoqiang would be affected by Gu Yizheng's actions, thus having his synthesis efforts abruptly halted.

From this perspective, it's quite clear that Xu Shanji's earlier excitement and exhilaration were likely not genuine.

So, if it's not Gu Yizheng, then there's only one other player on the field with such ability and stature.

Although his actions were completely incomprehensible and incomprehensible, it was quite obvious...

The fact that Zhang Chaoqiang was currently snotting from his nose was enough to show that he was trying to use another method to achieve something that was simply impossible for people at their level.

Gu Yizheng's fingers traced the lines of spiritual energy anew, but this time, his gaze remained fixed on Zhang Chaoqiang.

It wasn't until two minutes later that he made up his mind to try another compression method inspired by Zhang Chaoqiang...

So he used his spiritual power to form his own scalpel, poured his mental energy into it, focused his attention, and carefully sensed the clues of the spiritual energy molecules and microstructure.

Searching for that elusive opportunity.

"Now, we have reached the most critical juncture."

On the field, perhaps only Xu Shanji could fully and clearly see just how surprising Zhang Chaoqiang's actions were.

His hands were trembling with such subtle movements that most people wouldn't even notice.

Just as he said, Zhang Chaoqiang's mental energy has been depleted to one-sixth of its original level, or even less.

Judging from the physiological state shown in his appearance, he could not know in detail how well Zhang Chaoqiang's compression work had been completed, even though they were separated by the synthetic space.

"How far along is his alteration of the molecular particle arrangement sequence...?"

Xu Shanji appeared calm on the surface, but in reality, his heart was in turmoil.