SWDnovel Chapter 91: Mental Power Surges, Shattering Meng Rui's Brain!
Chapter 91: Mental Power Surges, Shattering Meng Rui's Brain!
When Wang Xing returned home, night had already fallen.
Wang Xing walked to the desk and, by the light of the cheap neon lights filtering in from the old street outside the window, looked at a photo frame on the desk with some peeling paint.
In the photo frame, a man with a resolute face, dressed as a mecha hunter, is smiling and embracing young Wang Xing.
That was his father, Wang Zhan.
"The Black Abyss Incident in the Northern Desert..."
The news about his father that Chen Mo mentioned yesterday was like a red-hot nail, piercing deep into his heart.
He was willing to risk being surrounded by the Black Armor Alliance to go to that old thermal power plant, just to follow Chen Mo's lead and uncover the truth about his father back then.
But now, the clues have been abruptly cut off at the most crucial point.
Become stronger.
"The only way for me now is to become stronger, get the top score in the provincial exam, and enter the Mecha University... so that I can have a deeper and greater chance of finding my father's trail in the future..."
Wang Xing took off his shirt and sat cross-legged on the cold floor.
"breathe--"
The myriad phenomena of wisdom and hidden power circulated spontaneously within the body, and the qi and blood instantly became like a fully drawn bowstring, emitting a deep, taut sound in the meridians.
This time, Wang Xing did not proceed gradually as usual, but instead, with an almost self-destructive frenzy, he forcibly squeezed every drop of potential from the depths of his bones.
The blood and qi surged through the blood vessels, and because the speed was so fast, it even caused waves of intense stinging pain in the subcutaneous tissue.
Wang Xing gritted his teeth, veins bulging on his forehead, sweat instantly sliding down his chest and hitting the cold floor.
not enough!
Not fast enough!
Not strong enough!
"Open it... for me!!"
Wang Xing roared inwardly.
All his mental obsessions and thirst for power transformed into the sharpest drill bit in that instant, slamming into the dormant microscopic nodes deep within the joints of his right hand.
"Buzz!!"
Two dazzling golden lights suddenly appeared deep within the knuckles of his right hand.
The third and fourth Divine Tiger Particles, under the almost frenzied infusion of Qi and blood, burst forth with dazzling golden light, like two stars suddenly illuminating the dark universe!
In an instant.
The four divine tiger particles connected in a mysterious arc within Wang Xing's right arm bone.
"roar--!!"
Faintly, Wang Xing seemed to hear a violent tiger's roar coming from the ancient wilderness.
The four particles shone brightly, and a warm yet unimaginably vast stream of spiritual energy flowed back from his joints, flowing upstream along his spine and crashing straight into his Niwan Palace.
Divine Tiger, united in spirit!
"Two more Divine Tiger Particles have awakened, making it four in total!"
Wang Xing closed his eyes, and at that moment, he felt an unprecedented and miraculous change.
The world around us seems to have slowed down.
The trails of dust particles floating in the air are clearly visible...
The faint vibrations from a heavy truck going over a speed bump on the street below were transmitted up the wall, but to him they felt as clear as an earthquake…
He could even accurately count the frequency of his neighbor's somewhat rapid breathing and rhythmic groans.
This extraordinary perception is a transformation brought about by a surge in mental power.
"This is……"
"Such a significant boost to my mental strength! These four divine tiger particles have all noticeably strengthened my mental power, especially this time..."
"If I had this kind of mental strength when Sun Donglai unleashed his murderous aura on me in the mall this morning... I could have even locked onto his location from hundreds of meters away using my aura."
Wang Xing opened his eyes, a hint of surprise flashing in them.
He activated the "Star Abyss Infusion" auxiliary computer on his wrist, and a line of data immediately appeared on the dark blue holographic screen:
[An unknown neural resonance source (Divine Tiger Qi) was detected.]
Your brain activity has increased!
[Your previous focus on physical and mental refinement resulted in a serious deficiency in neuronal connectivity. This awakening of the Divine Tiger microparticles activated deep brain nerve resonance, leading to a significant leap in mental frequency.]
"I see!"
"The initial boost to mental power from the Divine Tiger Particles is terrifying."
"Or to put it another way, the Divine Tiger Particles are like bricks, which can be moved wherever needed. I previously discovered that my mental strength was somewhat lacking, and these four Divine Tiger Particles have greatly enhanced my mental strength."
Wang Xing exhaled a long breath, and the soreness and fatigue in his body quickly subsided under the nourishment of his surging mental power.
It was already late at night. Although I was mentally excited, physical fatigue was still overwhelming me.
Wang Xing turned off the holographic screen, lay down on the bed, closed his eyes, and fell into a deep sleep.
…………
It's 2 AM, late at night.
All sounds are silent.
Wang Xing, who was asleep, suddenly frowned deeply.
The surrounding temperature seemed to be dropping rapidly, and the once warm cotton quilt became as cold as ice.
Wang Xing opened his eyes.
He found himself not lying in his bed at home, but sitting in a vast expanse of ruins.
A strange moon emitting a ghastly green light hung in the sky, surrounded by rusty mecha wreckage. The air was thick with the pungent smell of cheap, highly fluorinated engine oil and the burnt smell of high-temperature welding.
"What happened?"
"Is this... a dream?"
Wang Xing stood up from the ruins.
As a martial artist who had just broken through his spiritual power and possessed the "Divine Tiger Qi", his intuition was extremely sharp.
This dream felt so real.
The sensation of stepping on metal fragments, the acrid smell inhaled into the lungs, and even the faint stinging sensation on the skin were exactly the same as in reality.
"Thump...thump...thump..."
A heavy metallic clang came from the depths of the gray fog not far away.
A colossal mech, several meters tall, slowly emerged. It was an extremely ferocious steel monster, its entire body covered in heavy black-green armor, with writhing fleshy tentacles growing from its joints, and a huge scarlet eye on its chest radiating a destructive light.
"Distortion modification..." Wang Xing's pupils suddenly contracted.
Moreover, this mecha had an aura that he found both very familiar and extremely repulsive.
The smell of being constantly soaked in high-grade fluorinated cleaning fluid and waste hydraulic oil is almost exactly the same as that of "Meng's Modification Shop" in the old town.
"Meng Rui!!"
Wang Xing stared intently at the mecha.
"Hehehe... As expected of the 'Light Seed' that the Alliance issued a kill order for, its reaction was quite quick."
From inside the heavily armored, mutated mech came Meng Rui's somewhat hoarse, metallic laugh:
"Wang Xing, do you think that just because you're hiding in No. 1 High School, protected by those hypocritical school officials and the Yuanfang Bureau, I can't kill you?"
"This is the Black Armor Alliance's secret treasure, the 'Dream Tentacle.' In reality, you are indeed a porcelain doll, untouchable; but in the dream world of the mind, I can crush you as easily as crushing an ant. A person who is brain dead in a dream will only become a soulless vegetable in reality."
Before he finished speaking, the two massive, rusted alloy blades on the back of the mutated mech were suddenly drawn, accompanied by a piercing whistle that tore through the air, and slashed down at Wang Xing like Mount Tai crashing down!
"boom!!"
In the dream, Wang Xing instinctively materialized his [Tiger-style] mecha, crossed his arms, and instantly blocked with an alloy shield.
But with a deafening metallic explosion, Wang Xing felt an overwhelming force surge through him. His entire Tiger-type mech was cleaved away by a single slash, carving a deep trench tens of meters long into the ruins.
"puff!"
Wang Xing's face turned pale, and he actually coughed up a mouthful of blood in his dream.
"What's going on??"
"Is this still a dream? How can the impact be so realistic, the pain so real? No, this isn't a dream. I have no idea what Meng Rui's mecha looks like. If it were just a dream, how could it be so comprehensive, so detailed?"
"Oh no... I understand now. I must have entered some kind of special dream world. It's Meng Rui's doing. He dragged me here and wants to kill me here."
Almost instantly.
Wang Xing then understood his current situation.
Some supernatural mechs can indeed enter the dreams of their opponents and kill them by using the power of strange creatures such as abyssal monsters.
This method of murder is hidden invisibly.
"Meng Rui really wanted to kill me. He knew I had a lot of people protecting me in reality, so he came to my dream to kill me... Moreover, my combat power was greatly reduced in the dream."
At this moment, the excruciating pain from Meng Rui's attack was directly affecting his neural connection system, almost tearing his uterus apart.
According to Wang Yangming's introduction, Meng Rui is a terrifyingly strong person at the level of a quasi-sixth-level apprentice in reality, with both his mecha and his health at level twenty!
How could Wang Xing be a match for Meng Rui?
Even in his dreams, his battle-hardened spirit pressed down on Wang Xing like a mountain, making it almost impossible for him to breathe.
"Struggle, suffer, you piece of trash who climbed up the ladder by luck!"
Meng Rui laughed wildly as the mutated mech strode forward, its heavy mechanical feet slamming down on the tiger-shaped chest armor.
"Click...click..."
The ear-piercing sound of metal deforming echoed in Wang Xing's ears. The tiger-shaped cockpit was slowly denting, and the shadow of death instantly loomed over him.
"Am I going to die here?" Wang Xing gritted his teeth, blood seeping from the corners of his eyes due to the extreme pressure.
But in that instant, Sun Donglai's words before leaving suddenly flashed through his mind.
"Next time, if you're about to drown in the mud, it'll be my turn to pull you out. You'll have to grit your teeth and climb out with me on the rope."
"I... can't die here..."
"I haven't gone to Subspace yet to drag that idiot Sun Donglai back..."
"How could I possibly die at the hands of an old dog like you who treats human life like dirt?!"
The golden light in Wang Xing's eyes, which was on the verge of being extinguished in the dream, suddenly surged up in an instant!
"boom--!!"
In the Niwan Palace, the four newly awakened golden particles, radiating the "divine tiger's aura," seemed to be summoned by some kind of furious call, and began to spin wildly in Wang Xing's spiritual sea.
A golden tiger phantom, obscuring the sky, coalesced behind Wang Xing, unleashing a roar that tore apart the dream's dome!
Meng Rui's deadly kick abruptly stopped just centimeters from the cockpit of the Tiger-class aircraft.
"What?!"
Meng Rui was shocked to discover that his mental power could no longer be suppressed even slightly.
Moreover, the mental fluctuations emanating from Wang Xing's body are surging at an almost insane geometric rate!
In the realm of dream-based murder, while the level of one's physical strength in reality certainly has an impact, the most crucial competition lies in the purity and resilience of the mental energy within each party's brain.
Meng Rui was old, and his brain had long been eroded by the Abyss Potion, riddled with holes and filled with impurities.
Wang Xing had just awakened four incredibly pure Divine Tiger Particles. His spiritual power was like a peerless blade that had just been forged and tempered!
"You dare to hit me in my dream?!"
Wang Xing suddenly raised his head. The originally somewhat flimsy Tiger-type mecha, enveloped by the aura of the divine tiger, instantly grew several times larger, with mysterious golden tiger stripes faintly appearing on its alloy armor.
"...You're the one who should kneel down!!"
The Tiger-type mech suddenly spread its arms wide, using an almost savage force to flip Meng Rui's massive mutated mech over.
"This is impossible! You're just a newly awakened kid, how could your mental frequency possibly reach this level?!"
Meng Rui's voice carried a hint of fear.
"This is impossible! What's wrong with your mental power? Where did you get such strong mental power?"
Meng Rui never dreamed that Wang Xing, who was known for his qi and blood and mecha, would also have such strong mental power.
This was completely beyond his understanding of Wang Xing.
However, Wang Xing did not answer him at all.
The golden Tiger-type mech left a dazzling golden streak in the ruins.
"All phenomena—Prajna!!"
"Divine power!!"
In the spiritual world, the hidden power of all phenomena and the aura of the divine tiger are perfectly integrated.
Wang Xing unleashed a punch, causing visible ripples to spread throughout the dream space. This was a sign that his mental power had reached its peak, about to tear apart the dream dimension!
"No--!!"
Meng Rui screamed shrilly as he tried to pilot the mutated mech to defend himself.
But Wang Xing's punch was so fast that it exceeded the limits of thought.
"Bang!!"
The golden fist, carrying the immense power of the divine tiger's aura, pierced through the thick alloy shield of the deformed mech with overwhelming force, and then slammed heavily into the crimson single eye on the mech's chest.
"Snap—!"
The lingering gray mist in the dream vanished instantly under this punch, like snow melted by the blazing sun.
Meng Rui's ferocious heavy mech was instantly covered in spiderweb-like cracks by this punch, and then it exploded in a blinding golden light, turning into countless spiritual fragments!
"Aaaaaahh ...
"No, impossible, this mental power..."
"Your mental strength is actually superior to mine?"
From the depths of the dream's void came Meng Rui's extremely miserable and agonizing screams.
The sound, growing louder as it faded into the distance, carried an endless backlash of emotions as it fled in a disheveled state from the collapsing dreamscape.
…………
"Haaah—!!"
In the old town, in a dimly lit underground chamber.
Meng Rui, who was sitting in the mental support chair, suddenly let out a terrible scream, his whole body convulsed violently, and he fell straight off the chair.
At that instant, blackish-red blood gushed out from all seven of his orifices.
"Beep beep beep—Warning! Mental load overload 400%! Your brain has suffered a devastating impact!"
"System forcibly disconnected! Forcibly disconnected!!"
The red alarm light illuminated the sealed room, making it resemble a pool of blood.
"Meng Rui!!"
Chen Mo, who was waiting nearby, was terrified. He frantically pulled out a high-purity "nerve stabilizer" from his pocket and plunged it into Meng Rui's neck.
It took a full five minutes for Meng Rui's convulsions to slowly stop.
He lay limp in the pool of blood like a lump of mud, his once arrogant eyes now filled with unprecedented terror and absurdity:
"Monster...that Wang Xing...his mental power...is monstrous..."
"I miscalculated. I didn't expect Wang Xing's mental strength to be so powerful; it exceeds all the information we had about him!"
"He smashed a third of my brain... Quick, get out of Chengdu!!"
"Damn it, that guy Sun Donglai stole our space worms, we have to run on foot now..."
…………
"Huff... huff... huff..."
On the bed, Wang Xing suddenly opened his eyes and sat up instantly.
He was drenched in cold sweat and was panting heavily.
He subconsciously touched his chest.
In good condition.
Outside the window, the faint light of dawn had quietly broken through the night, casting a pale golden glow on the floor.
It was extremely quiet around, with only the rustling sound of the wind blowing through the leaves.
Wang Xing clenched his fist. Deep within the knuckles of his right hand, the four divine tiger particles were resonating joyfully, radiating a warm and surging vitality.
That battle just now was incredibly dangerous.
"Logically speaking, I shouldn't be a match for Meng Rui at all, but after entering the dream world, Meng Rui's strength was also weakened..."
"Meng Rui just didn't expect that my mental strength, under the influence of the four Divine Tiger Particles, had far surpassed his..."
"It was a really dangerous battle; I almost died."
Wang Xing's heart pounded; it was the first time he had ever experienced the terror of being on the verge of life and death.
Undeniably, his mental strength has become more stable and resolute after the recent life-or-death ordeal.
"Meng Rui".
"He tried to kill me in my dream, but I destroyed a third of his brain."
"Wait, you must be suffering from very serious mental trauma right now... I should contact Senior Wang Yangming immediately, find you, and eliminate you!"