187: Electric shock and the true meaning of controlling objects

To upgrade his Flight Technique to the True Intent Realm as quickly as possible, Zhang Sheng had been using it constantly these days!

The effect was immediate.

In less than a day—

"Spell: Flight Technique · First Order (Perfected State: 200%)"

Hum!

Deep within his Sea of Consciousness, countless profound insights regarding flight erupted, completing a transformation in an instant!

The several pairs of conspicuous spirit wings behind him dissipated silently, replaced by a pair of invisible spirit wings only about three meters long that quietly coalesced behind him.

This pair of newborn spirit wings was formless and shapeless, undetectable even by Divine Sense, and only Zhang Sheng himself could clearly perceive their existence.

With a slight shift of his mind, the spirit wings flapped violently!

Boom!

Amidst the sonic boom of the air being torn apart, Zhang Sheng's figure vanished from the spot like a javelin thrown by great strength!

The next second, he had already appeared thirty kilometers away!

This was not Earth, nor was it a vacuum Universe. This was the Upper Realm, with terrifying gravity and an atmosphere as viscous as mercury!

Being able to erupt with such terrifying speed in this environment far exceeded his previous limits several times over!

Even that Lian Qiu of the Divine Power Realm could only watch his back!

If he met that woman again, Zhang Sheng was fully confident that a single flap of his wings would be enough to shake her off completely.

The surge in speed brought immediate benefits.

The efficiency of traveling and hunting wild beasts skyrocketed geometrically!

Above the wilderness, the Moon Slash Spell transformed into the scythe of the Grim Reaper.

As cold arcs of light swept past, fierce wild beasts fell with a crash before they could even let out a wail, leaving behind rapidly cooling corpses and beast cores.

To hone other Spells simultaneously, Zhang Sheng used various methods:

The moment the Moon Slash was unleashed, it was already wreathed in sizzling electric arcs, adding the Electric Shock Spell;

When moving massive beast corpses, he used the Object Manipulation Art to lift them from a distance;

If he encountered a pack of wild beasts surrounding him, he would simply deactivate the Flight Technique and instead use the Object Manipulation Art to precisely control himself, dodging and weaving through the gaps in the herd!

At this moment, he had mastered three ways of flying:

Mental Energy object-controlled flight: Originally the fastest and most precise.

True Intent First-Layer Flight Technique: Now its speed crushed Mental Energy control.

Object Manipulation Art flight: The slowest speed, but it excelled in extreme versatility—theoretically, as long as he had enough spiritual power, he could manipulate anything in heaven and earth!

The downside was the massive consumption of Mental Energy.

Maintaining defensive Spells like the Spirit Shield and Profound Light Shield simultaneously, combined with high-intensity combat, already pushed Zhang Sheng's Mental Energy to its limit, consuming it at an astonishing rate.

Meanwhile, those Spells that had long ago broken through to the first layer of True Intent, such as the Spiritual Eye Technique and Breath Concealment Art, saw their Realm advancement become extremely slow, like a turtle crawling.

Therefore, Zhang Sheng set a plan: concentrate firepower and break through all other Spells that had not yet reached the True Intent Realm!

This was the most cost-effective path to increasing his combat power in the short term.

He continued to hunt in the seemingly desolate, but actually dangerous, wilderness.

For ordinary Divine Power Realm experts, this place had vast territories and scattered wild beasts, making it far less efficient than the front-line battlefield.

But for Zhang Sheng, whose Divine Sense could cover a radius of one thousand kilometers and who possessed incredible speed, this was not a problem at all!

Seven days passed in the blink of an eye.

"Spell: Moon Slash · Second Order (Perfected State: 148.6%)"

Although the advancement of the Moon Slash Realm was slow, an unexpected joy arrived—the Electric Shock Spell and Object Manipulation Art had both broken through their Bottlenecks and stepped into the first layer of True Intent!

"Spell: Electric Shock · First Order (True Intent First Layer: 0.0001%)"

"Spell: Object Manipulation Art · First Order (True Intent First Layer: 0.0001%)"

The True Intent Realm brought a qualitative change!

With just a thought, countless violent purple thunders exploded around Zhang Sheng!

One of the electric snakes tore through the air, accurately striking a True Fetus Realm bandit leader who was robbing refugees six hundred kilometers away!

Zzz— Boom!

The bandit leader didn't even have time to react before he was instantly roasted into a piece of charcoal, his life force extinguished!

Zhang Sheng compared it secretly:

The power of this strike far exceeded the Second Order Perfected State Lightning Light Arrow he had mastered!

There were four accomplices beside the bandit leader.

Discovering that this group of scum was harming Ascenders, Zhang Sheng did not hesitate to use them to test his moves.

"Who?! Who killed the boss?!" one bandit asked, terrified.

"Er Lengzi! You were the closest to the boss! Was it you who played a dirty trick?!" another pointed an accusatory finger sharply.

"Bullshit! San Mao, you're slandering me! How would I have the ability to do that?!" the one called Er Lengzi hurriedly defended himself.

Panic spread among the four, and suspicion grew like poisonous vines.

Just as they were wary of each other, on the verge of conflict—

A terrifying, irresistible power suddenly descended!

The four were pressed down as if by an invisible mountain weighing ten thousand jun!

Let alone fleeing, even standing had become a luxury.

With only four muffled thuds, "Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!", they slammed into the ground like four out-of-control meteors, leaving behind four deep pits!

"Heh, the True Intent Realm Object Manipulation Art can be played like this?" A hint of amusement flashed in Zhang Sheng's eyes.

The four were still dazed at the bottom of the pits when that power descended again!

They were involuntarily "lifted" into the high air, like marionettes grasped by an invisible giant hand.

"Come on, let's play something exciting—Bumper Cars!"

Zhang Sheng controlled his thoughts, crudely dividing the four into two groups, and then smashed them violently against each other!

Bang! Bang!

The sound of skulls cracking was clearly audible, and blood splattered everywhere!

The excruciating pain and fear finally made the four realize that they were being treated as toys by some terrifying existence!

"Senior, spare us! Spare us! This little one is willing to be a beast of burden, a slave for eternity!" The four wept and howled for mercy.

"Spare you?" Zhang Sheng's cold voice sounded as if it came from the Nine Netherworlds, "Those ascended refugees you tortured to death, have you ever heard a single plea of theirs?"

These pieces of scum were mostly Ascenders or their descendants themselves, yet they had taken up the trade of bandits!

Killing intent surged!

The four bandits felt an excruciating, heart-tearing pain in their limbs and heads simultaneously—that was the irresistible, terrifying tearing force coming from different directions!

Splat!

Blood mist filled the air!

Their limbs and heads were instantly separated from their torsos!

Zhang Sheng remained expressionless, snatched the storage rings from the few, and casually fired a few fireballs, burning the remains into ashes.

...

Meanwhile, in the distant Tianxing City.

"Junior Sister!" Tiger's face was gloomy, suppressing his anger, "Didn't you swear that the brat Zhang Sheng would come to support the front line? I used all my manpower, and I couldn't even find a single hair of his!"

Lian Qiu was equally restless inside, but she forced herself to remain calm and said:

"Senior Brother, calm your anger. He will definitely come. Otherwise, how could he answer to the Qinglan Academy? Let us wait a while longer..."

Damn Zhang Sheng, where on earth did you die?! According to intelligence, he should have arrived at Tianxing City long ago!

"Junior Sister," Tiger's voice suddenly carried a hint of sticky ambiguity, transmitting his voice directly, "Since we can't find that brat for the time being... why not come and help me relieve my boredom first?"

This voice was like a poisonous snake drilling into her ears, and Lian Qiu's delicate body trembled, her face turning deathly pale instantly.

She bit her lower lip hard, almost biting it until it bled, but eventually, she struggled to take a step and followed Tiger into the room.

Back then, it was precisely by relying on this kind of humiliating "transaction" that she had obtained that life-changing god-connecting treasure medicine...

Thinking of the torment she was about to experience again, Lian Qiu's hatred for Zhang Sheng was monstrous; she wished she could extract his soul, refine his spirit, and grind his bones to dust!

...

On the other side of the wilderness.

Zhang Sheng knew nothing of this.

He continued to head east, efficiently hunting wild beasts to hone his Spells while steadily advancing in the direction of Tianxing City.

The bandits who ran into his muzzle along the way met a worse fate than those wild beasts, and they were already countless in number.

His ten fingers were already covered with supreme-grade storage rings.

Those he couldn't wear were strung together by him with tough beast tendons, made into a heavy, glittering "storage ring belt," which he tied firmly around his waist.