415: Wave number

"As for the specifics, you will feel it for yourselves in a moment. I can only say that the Douqi Baptism is very painful, and it has high requirements for your Martial Skill talent."

"If your Martial Skill talent is insufficient, you will be unable to gain any benefits from it."

"If I had to set a standard for Martial Skill, you currently need to possess at least a First-Order Limit Martial Skill."

One cannot directly observe the level of Martial Skill talent; it can usually only be determined by comparing your Rank and corresponding Martial Skill level.

In other words, the minimum threshold for the Enlightenment Pool is the same as the minimum threshold to become a Sky Soaring Warrior. For a Genius, this is just the starting level!

"Douqi was originally a consumable and could not be replenished, but this place is quite special; it generates extra Douqi like interest."

"This is also the reason why we store Douqi here."

"According to calculations, the interest every three years is just enough for 10 Martial Artists to use. This is also one of the reasons why the Heroes Assembly is held every three years."

"You must cherish this opportunity. In the past, this was an Advanced resource that only Sky Soaring Warriors and Domain Warriors could enjoy."

"In this current era, a large amount of Douqi has long been exhausted, leaving only a small amount. We use the interest cycle to allow those at the Martial Artist stage to use it cyclically."

"These are all the Karma of our predecessors; you should be grateful!"

Chen Du heard it clearly.

To put it bluntly, it meant that in the past, Sky Soaring Warriors and Domain Warriors used this thing to improve their Martial Skills. As a result, due to unbridled consumption, they discovered that the current amount of Douqi no longer helped them.

So they just repackaged it and threw it to the people below.

If the predecessors really had Karma, they could have completely stored it when the Douqi was most abundant; the interest generated would have been far more astonishing than it is now.

At that time, Sky Soaring Warriors and even Domain Warriors could use it cyclically, instead of the current situation where three years of accumulated interest is only enough for 10 Martial Artists to use it once.

Isn't the current situation just the result of the predecessors over-exploiting resources in their haste?

It seems that this exploitation routine exists everywhere.

From Chen Du's perspective, these predecessors were just a group of alien races who enjoyed the dividends of the era.

However, there were still quite a few contestants and even audience members who were moved by these words, showing expressions of piety.

Chen Du naturally wouldn't have such low emotional intelligence; he immediately displayed Oscar-level acting skills and followed suit!

"Final point, the Enlightenment Pool will release a total of ten waves of Douqi. The power of each wave will be stronger than the last. Of course, the improvement to your own Martial Skills will also be greater."

"After you enter, as long as you close your eyes, you will be able to feel the invasion of Douqi. Once you open your eyes, the invasion of Douqi will disappear, which also signifies giving up."

"The Enlightenment Pool is a reward for you. There is no ranking here. The more you improve here, the greater the benefits for the upcoming Top 10 stage of the competition."

"However, I will also remind you here: if you have truly reached your limit, do not force yourself; open your eyes immediately."

"If you force yourself to take on Douqi that is beyond your capabilities, not only will it not improve your Martial Skills, but it will also injure you, which is disadvantageous for the upcoming competition."

"Of course, if you want to challenge or even exceed your own limits, I will not stop you, because this Douqi will at most injure people, not kill them."

After listening, some of the contestants nodded, some were silent, and some acted cool. Everyone expressed their understanding in their own unique style.

After the staff member finished introducing the Enlightenment Pool, they led the contestants inside.

This place is usually off-limits to unauthorized personnel. Today, because of the competition, not only the contestants and Wardens, but also the audience can come in.

Although they can come in, the audience is only on the periphery, from a perspective where they can watch the contestants undergo the Douqi Baptism.

Although the Enlightenment Pool has no elimination mechanism, accepting the Douqi Baptism here is itself a form of competition.

"Tsk tsk!" "I wonder if any contestants this year can endure the 8th wave of Douqi."

With the entry of the ten contestants, the various civilizations in the audience also began to express their own opinions and discuss.

"I doubt it. The highest wave number in the last session was only 7 waves, or rather 7.5 waves; that person did not survive the 8th wave of Douqi Baptism."

"If that Shi Fan from this year hadn't been eliminated by himself, he should have been able to endure the 8th wave of Baptism, after all, his Martial Skill level is over 20% Entrance to the Microscopic."

Many civilizations nodded in agreement upon hearing this.

The Enlightenment Pool is a place that purely tests Martial Skill talent. The higher a person's Martial Skill talent, the greater the benefits they gain here; conversely, they are just here for a tour.

Generally speaking, Martial Skill talent is linked to your current Martial Skill level.

Except for a small number of Geniuses whose Martial Skills have not reached the matching level due to extreme lack of resources.

Basically, your current Martial Skill level is the embodiment of your Martial Skill talent.

Normally, you need a Martial Skill level of 20% Entrance to the Microscopic to barely pass the eighth wave.

This thing called Martial Skill talent becomes more obvious after reaching the second order. After all, every 1% of a Second-Order Martial Skill is a small Bottleneck.

It can be said that Second-Order Martial Skills make the most detailed distinction for everyone's Martial Skill talent.

"It feels like a huge loss for Shi Fan."

"If he hadn't suddenly Advanced to a Sky Soaring Warrior, he could have also come to the Enlightenment Pool to receive the Douqi Baptism."

"It is a bit of a loss, but not a lot," an experienced guy said.

"The Douqi Baptism of the Enlightenment Pool is, to put it bluntly, just saving time. If your talent is insufficient, the Martial Skill improvement you gain is actually very little, or even none."

"And for a Genius like Shi Fan, with or without the Enlightenment Pool, his Martial Skills will gradually improve; it will just take a bit more time."

"Hehe, let's not talk about Shi Fan anymore. Although he is very strong, he has been eliminated after all."

"Let's guess, will anyone be able to pass the eighth wave of Douqi this time?"

"The eighth wave? That should be impossible for anyone. Although 3.5 dark horses appeared this time, judging from their performance in the competition, their Martial Skills don't seem to have reached 20% Entrance to the Microscopic, though they can all welcome the 8th wave."

"Including that 0.5 dark horse."

The people around nodded in unison upon hearing this.

This 0.5 dark horse naturally refers to Chen Du.

Although he defeated the strongest, Shi Fan, and himself possesses the strength of the Top 10, everyone understands the reason: the Top 10 and dark horses are completely two different levels.

Chen Du and the other ten contestants successfully entered the Enlightenment Pool.

Although it is called the Enlightenment Pool, there is neither water nor the shape of a pool here. The overall shape of this place is a lotus flower.

The ten contestants and the staff member from just now, a total of eleven people, stood here.

As for the Douqi of the Enlightenment Pool, even if students force themselves to take on waves beyond their capabilities, they will at most just get injured.

In addition, since the Enlightenment Pool is a reward stage, not a competition stage, naturally no Wardens were dispatched to provide close protection.

"This is the Lotus Platform. Some places on the ground have holes, while others do not."

"We call the places with holes [Inner Lotus Platform], and the places without holes [Outer Lotus Platform]."

"You just need to stand on the Inner Lotus Platform and close your eyes later. When you can't endure it, open your eyes and stand on the Outer Lotus Platform."

"The Douqi only exists on the Inner Lotus Platform; once you leave, you will be fine."

"I will emphasize again: this is a reward stage, not a competition stage. What you need to do is to reasonably improve yourselves; absolutely do not do things that are beyond your capabilities."

"Finally, I wish you all an ideal result."

The staff member said expressionlessly, as if going through the motions.

Subsequently, Chen Du and the other ten contestants, following the staff member's procedures, all entered the Inner Lotus Platform and closed their eyes.

A few seconds later, Chen Du felt a restless aura rushing towards him.

He knew that this was the Douqi the staff member spoke of!