Free Web NovelChapter 346: Chapter 174: Spiritual Factor Storm, Terrifying Phenomena
’He finally understood!’
As Lin Ye fully comprehended the principles behind the awakening of Martial Arts Spirituality, his mind attaining a state of perfect clarity, he remained completely unaware that the outside world had already been turned upside down.
The speck of Asking Dust he had swallowed contained energy several times more tumultuous than it would have been after being filtered by the All-Seeing Instrument.
Like a giant boulder thrown into a placid lake, the aftershocks of this unprecedented spiritual storm within him had already radiated outward, distorting reality itself.
The anomalies first appeared in the Spirit Core Hall itself.
Inside the room, it felt as though a massive, invisible hand had suddenly yanked everyone downward. Their feet, as if filled with lead, were glued to the floor.
Nie Cang let out a muffled grunt, feeling as though a mountain had materialized on his shoulders, weighing him down immensely.
Su Yunjin fared even worse; her face was deathly pale, and she found it incredibly difficult to even breathe.
However, this was only the beginning.
In the next moment, the terrifying force vanished as abruptly as it had appeared, replaced by a strange sense of weightlessness.
Yin Liulan’s long hair drifted upward, strand by strand, as if moved by an unseen wind.
The hard metal floor beneath her feet began to warp in a visible spiral with Lin Ye at its center, as if the very space was being wrung out like a wet towel.
Then, the range of the anomaly began to expand wildly.
「Qiming General Star Training Camp, Martial Arts Hall.」
Dongfang Zhen, wreathed in crackling electricity, was in the middle of a sparring session with Zhang Daoxuan.
Suddenly, a frenzied bolt of lightning he unleashed took a bizarre turn in mid-air, curving around Zhang Daoxuan’s iron sword to strike the ceiling directly.
Dongfang Zhen froze. Before he could even process what had happened, his feet grew light, and his entire body began to float upward uncontrollably.
Zhang Daoxuan, who was facing him, was in an even sorrier state.
His iron sword, Zhenyue, slipped from his grasp, and the nine Flowing Firefly Sub-Swords he had summoned went completely haywire.
It wasn’t just the two of them. Throughout the entire Martial Arts Hall, every cadet and instructor, along with the incredibly heavy weapon racks, was suspended haphazardly in mid-air. The scene plunged into utter chaos.
「At the same time, in the Meditation Hall.」
Wei Shuying sat cross-legged in a dark chamber, visualizing the Candlelight Illuminating the Nine Netherworld Map.
Suddenly, she felt an invisible force lift her up. When she opened her eyes, she discovered that she and the meditation cushion beneath her were already three feet off the ground, drifting slowly toward the ceiling.
Inside the Bone Marrow Cleansing Hall, a spectacle reminiscent of Moses parting the sea was unfolding.
From a dozen massive pools, water of various colors seemed to be scooped up by an unseen giant hand, forming thick columns that connected to the heavens and surged upward into the sky.
Some cadets soaking in the pools were swept up into the sky by this force, their terrified screams echoing as they flailed their limbs in mid-air.
The entire valley that housed the Qiming General Star Training Camp fell into an eerie silence.
There was no howling wind, no clap of thunder.
There was only a silent, all-twisting force.
Birds in the mountains lost their bearings; streams flowed backward, climbing up the mountainside against the natural slope.
Boulders weighing thousands of tons groaned as they slowly broke free from the mountainside and tumbled down.
High above the training camp, a military transport plane was preparing to fly over the mountain range.
Inside the cockpit, piercing alarms suddenly shattered the calm.
"MAYDAY! MAYDAY! We’re in an uncontrolled descent! Pull up! Pull up now!" the co-pilot roared in terror.
"It’s no use! The yoke isn’t responding! Something’s pulling us down!" the captain yelled, using every ounce of his strength to pull back on the controls.
But the plane’s nose continued to dip uncontrollably, aimed directly at the unremarkable-looking valley below.
Despair instantly enveloped the hearts of the entire crew.
And the architect of all this chaos, Lin Ye, remained completely oblivious.
The minute passed in the blink of an eye.
When the enhanced state from the storm of Spiritual Factors faded, the roiling energy within him receded like a tide, settling back into the depths of his soul. He slowly opened his eyes.
The moment he opened his eyes, he saw the faces of the three instructors, each wearing a vastly different expression.
Nie Cang’s mouth was agape, his expression a mixture of shock and utter confusion.
Su Yunjin clutched her chest, gasping for breath, her face a mask of lingering fear and disbelief.
Just moments before, she had been braced for Lin Ye’s body to explode at any second, ready to rush in and attempt a rescue.
But in the end, not only was Lin Ye perfectly fine, he had created this enormous disturbance.
But what surprised Lin Ye the most was Yin Liulan.
It was the first time Lin Ye had ever seen such overt shock and confusion on her face.
ROAR—!
Just then, the deafening roar of an engine sounded from directly overhead.
Lin Ye instinctively turned his head. Outside the Spirit Core Hall window, a massive transport plane practically scraped the peak of the camp’s tallest mountain, the Spirit Mountain, as it flew past in an incredibly perilous maneuver.
Only then did the aircraft seem to break free from some invisible restraint, pulling up into a sharp climb.
Immediately after, a continuous series of CRASHES and CLANGS echoed from all directions as heavy objects fell back to the ground. It was as if the entire training camp had just endured an earthquake.
Lin Ye felt a bit sheepish.
’I don’t even have to ask. There’s a good chance I caused that whole spectacle just now.’
"You..."
Yin Liulan had just started to speak when she was cut off by a sudden flash of light from the All-Seeing Instrument’s screen.
The All-Seeing Instrument had been left on to monitor Lin Ye’s condition.
Now, a completely new set of data had appeared on the screen.
[Name: Lin Ye]
[Spiritual Factor Quantity Grade: SS]
[Spiritual Factor Quality Grade: SS]
[Likelihood of Martial Arts Spirituality Awakening: Extremely High]
