252: Weaknesses

For Martial Artists below the Sky Soaring Warrior Rank, that is, those with a Life Strength Rank below 20, their maximum Mental Energy Rank is 19.9. This holds true even for the Big Eye Civilization.

There is no reason; this is a law of nature, an established fact.

However, achieving this is extremely difficult. Generally, the Mental Energy of a Rank 20 Sky Soaring Warrior is typically between Rank 16 and 17.

One must know that those capable of becoming Sky Soaring Warriors are not ordinary geniuses. This Mental Energy Rank is something most Genius students in the Qilin Class can achieve before graduating in their senior year.

Students in ordinary classes usually achieve this after graduation. As for schools outside the Three Great Academies, even the Eight Famous Schools, many spend their whole lives unable to reach this Rank.

If even Rank 16 to 17 is like this, let alone Rank 19.9?

Demanding that you do it before becoming a Sky Soaring Warrior is already an extremely difficult task.

If a Genius with high Mental Energy talent reaches Rank 19.9 early, a water-storage-like mode appears for storage. On the day they become a Sky Soaring Warrior in the future, their Mental Energy Rank will experience an explosive increase.

But before becoming a Sky Soaring Warrior, the upper limit of the Mental Energy Rank will be locked at 19.9, which is the so-called Skysoaring Barrier.

Because of the mechanism of the Crystal Space, Chen Du seems to have ignored this rule.

But it is not completely ignored. Chen Du feels no improvement when using the Void Immortal Contemplation Method now because the Skysoaring Barrier still exists; it is just that this barrier cannot block the mechanism of the Crystal Space.

The 0.1 Rank increase from the Void Immortal Contemplation Method was when he reached 19.7, and later, through 14 waves, he reached 20.7.

Otherwise, it would be 20.6 right now.

The reason Chen Du chose to hide this matter is somewhat different from the situation with the Mystic Treasure, because he cannot get better resources now.

At his current stage, it can be said that the High Martial Civilization has given him everything it can.

It will be the same when he reaches the Sky Soaring Warrior stage in the future, because according to Pang Tian Ce, he is already the most talented among the younger generation still alive in the High Martial Civilization.

The possibility of giving him better resources no longer exists.

Chen Du believes this, and the High Martial Civilization is not a wealthy civilization to begin with.

He has heard about the High Martial Civilization's inability to make ends meet more than once. Even if Pang Tian Ce and others didn't say it, one could guess from the constant increase in the National Higher Education Entrance Examination cutoff scores.

He is now a hex-warrior among Martial Artists; the only room for improvement is not external objects, but himself.

If Chen Du were to talk about breaking through the Skysoaring Barrier now, it is not because he is afraid of undercover agents like Karabo coming to assassinate him.

A student with high talent must have bodyguards around, but for the student's personal improvement, these bodyguards are invisible in the vast majority of cases.

What Chen Du fears is that this convention-defying event might leak to some malicious top-tier civilizations, or even Great Civilizations.

The previous incident with the Mystic Treasure was an accident. At that time, there were only those few enemies around, so Chen Du wanted to test this ability, and there was also a bit of showing off.

For example, when everyone in college is studying, you have successfully started a business!

When others are doing homework, you can buy the school. It is somewhat uncomfortable not to show off a little.

If he had known that the Sand Dune Civilization had a backup like the Little Flying Bug, Chen Du certainly would not have used the Mystic Treasure ability to fight.

Although the probability is very small, if any Great Civilization knew that there was a creature that had broken the Skysoaring Barrier, it might come over and wipe out the High Martial Civilization to prevent you from rising in the future. In that case, Chen Du would really feel like a sinner!

That is why he decided to hide it. If he is forced to expose it in the future, he will deal with it then.

After all, not everything can have a reasonable ending or solution. If everything had a destination, then there would be no such thing as helplessness.

The same applies to the Mystic Treasure incident. Principal Xie specially brought him the clown mask to wear on his face, just in case he used the Mystic Treasure but failed to kill the enemy.

With the mask, the opponent cannot lock onto his life characteristics, thereby finding the High Martial Civilization.

The previous attack from that Big Eye Alien made Chen Du feel a threat to his life. Instinctively, he maxed out his Mental Energy and used the Spirit Bell Shield.

It is just unexpected that Hamon's sense of smell is so keen. In that environment, attention is usually on the Big Eye Alien, yet he actually noticed the Mental Energy Rank on him.

However, Chen Du naturally does not worry that the other party is an undercover agent. If he were an undercover agent, he would have acted just now. Furthermore, because of the Karabo incident, the selection process is definitely much stricter.

Hamon is probably also working as his private bodyguard, so his primary attention is on him; he wants to ensure his safety.

Fortunately, he only exposed his Rank 20 Mental Energy for a moment. After Xu Tian's light sword was deployed, it gradually lowered.

The rock wall was not thick; Chen Du only walked two steps to get completely inside.

The first thing he did after entering was to be shocked!

It was not shock at the environment inside, because the preliminary route had already been walked by others, but shock at himself!

He was not weakened at all!

Normally, everyone who enters each zone will suffer a 25% weakening, and this weakening varies according to the level of Mental Energy.

If no one dies in other passages, the maximum weakening a single person receives is 25%. If someone dies, the other three must each bear one-third of that 25%.

"It seems that Rank 20.7 Mental Energy really has something to it; the weakening has actually become 0%!"

Chen Du chuckled. The situation was even better than the best-case scenario he had imagined!

...

Outside Sifang Cave.

Hamon leaned his back against the corner of the low-risk zone rock wall so that he could connect with Chen Du as soon as he came out. After all, the main task this time was Chen Du's sightings inside.

This map was made from the skin of the Eternal Frost Civilization, and it was an Eternal Frost Alien with a Life Strength reaching Rank 30, belonging to the Domain Warrior level.

Logically speaking, even if there were no resources in here, it would be helpful to the High Martial Civilization. After all, the gap between the two is too large; even a little bit of skin falling off can be helpful to you.

The High Martial Civilization is not even qualified to be food for the Eternal Frost Civilization, yet someone actually cut off the skin of the strong Eternal Frost Civilization to make a map. Therefore, there must be something in this Sifang Cave!

Although Chen Du went to the low-risk zone and the things inside should be the least valuable, there is no way; among the four regions, only Chen Du is qualified to carry out true exploration.

The other three are just stronger than Chen Du, but in their respective regions, they are not capable enough.

Hamon, who was sitting on the ground closing his eyes to rest, suddenly opened his eyes, his pupils full of vigilance.

"This feeling of Mental Energy."

"Has a Big Eye Alien locked onto me?!"

"And what is this familiar yet strange feeling..."