A Night of Desperation

Chapter 379: Breakthrough One

"Moreover, may I ask, what does Teleportation mean? Sister, is this Daoist Magic Technique so powerful that it can move through space?"

"Ah...it’s quite simple." Quan He laughed, "First, temporarily suspend your cognition, then guide everyone to walk outside together, gathering in the external space, that’s all. This is a Magic Model I had encapsulated before, designed to activate with a simple gesture. I just forgot to turn off the setting due to habit, sorry."

"In this way, for us, it is as though in the blink of an eye, we have moved from one place to another, right?" Yu Hong’s vision darkened as he understood, but precisely because he understood the essence, his vision darkened even more.

"Don’t worry about it, this was just an inferior product from my younger days when I attempted to create a spatial Teleportation Technique." Quan He said softly.

How could we not worry about this!!?

Yu Hong, Qing Huang, and Zhao Jingtang were speechless, their thoughts had been controlled and paused for several minutes before restarting. If the other party wanted to do something else to them...

"The teacher still has the same bad taste as before..." A tall, robust old man, dressed in dark green shorts, his limbs wrapped in grey-white protective straps, strolled into the courtyard and paid his respects to Quan He.

"Yaochen, your tongue is cured!?" Quan He exclaimed with astonishment.

"Yes, it’s completely healed. It’s all thanks to Alliance Leader’s Spirit Light Secret Skill, truly profound and unfathomable. I could even feel during the healing process that the Spirit Light seemed to contain an immense warm world. The massive gentle power washed through my heart making it incredibly peaceful..." Yaochen was Zhang Yaochen, the former Palace Master of Mo Wen Palace who Yu Hong had visited earlier.

"How wonderful...to see our teacher’s youthful appearance once again." Zhang Yaochen sighed.

"..." Thinking of the characteristics of the Light Disaster, Yu Hong could not help but want to say something, but knew he should not.

"Well said, when I was young, I secretly promised my friends that I would become the First Mage in the world and then marry my teacher. As a result, the teacher beat me up."

An old man’s resigned voice came from the distance.

As soon as the voice fell, the figure flashed with golden light, appearing in the courtyard.

This old man had a slender figure, dressed in a neat and exquisite white robe with gold trim, the cuffs and collar adorned with special Yin Yang Diagrams and purple chrysanthemum patterns.

He held a horsetail whisk in one hand and a Jade Gourd in the other, his face full and flushed, clearly once a beautiful man.

"Jin Guang/Yaochen, I pay my respects to Alliance Leader." Both bowed to Yu Hong with one hand.

"You are too kind. As fellow upholders of righteousness, we should support and help each other." Yu Hong promptly returned the gesture.

"Where’s Lian Yun?" Quan He looked around.

"Here I come!" That robust male voice sounded again. An unruly old daoist, his hair messy like a lion’s or tiger’s, boldly carrying a huge sword, strode in.

"Teacher Quan He, still as impressive as ever!" The old daoist entered, his copper bell-like eyes showing a clear admiration.

He bowed to Yu Hong.

"And to Alliance Leader Yu, I owe a debt of rebirth I cannot repay, but as long as my body still holds some strength, I am at your command!"

"Nowhere, we are all here to jointly fend off the heaven’s calamity." Yu Hong quickly returned the respect.

He looked around, with Quan He as the lead and the other three supporting, the rehabilitation center had already begun to form a brand new top-tier force.

This also signified that from the moment Quan He Monarch awoke, the Spirit Light Mutual Aid Alliance had truly stepped into the highest echelons of power.

"Since so many top mages are present, I, as a junior, have a question I hope to seek your wisdom on?" Yu Hong spoke up.

He had avoided Long Qingzi and the Heavenly Masters precisely because he feared he couldn’t withstand the mental pressure in an instant.

And now that Quan He Monarch was present, whose strength was at least on par with the two great Heavenly Masters, or perhaps even higher,

he felt encouraged to seek an answer.

"What is the question, tell me." Quan He looked at Yu Hong, his demeanor gentle.

"As a junior, I would like to ask; to what extent must one’s magic develop to counter modern weapons by oneself?" Yu Hong earnestly asked.

This question was indeed a roundabout inquiry about the degree to which magic can withstand bullets and shells, both defining the boundary line of top-tier magicians and establishing whether his physical body can withstand top-tier powerful attacks. Since most modern weaponry posed little threat to him.

"It’s straightforward, after Breaking Realm, the human body undergoes a new phase of Daoist growth. After passing this period, one gradually reaches the limit of their spiritual power. During this phase, mages often begin to craft Passive Techniques to protect themselves, fostered by a strong sense of bodily vulnerability, preventing sudden unknown attacks from ending their lives. The creation of Passive Techniques requires a lot of resources, time, and energy. If you just simply choose a magic, then the Passive Technique serves no purpose, so generally only top-tier protective magics are chosen. Thus, before and after the creation of Passive Techniques, even mages with the same Daoist Realm differ greatly in strength. After all, suddenly possessing an instantly deployable powerful Technique makes a person completely different. Hence the presence or absence of Passive Techniques becomes a measure of one’s strength. Generally, magicians lacking resource accumulation in Daoist Techniques cannot create Passive Techniques."

Quan He explained.

"After that comes Spiritual Technique. Everyone knows that after Techniques, the next step which is even more complete and stronger, is Spiritual Technique. Spiritual Technique is equivalent to the peak limit of mental willpower, capable of rivaling the Divine Intent of Heaven. Generally, being able to create one’s own Spiritual Technique is enough to allow a Magician to establish a sect and stand on one’s own mountain peak. And Spiritual Domain is even stronger."

Quan He stretched out his hand, and silently in the palm of his hand appeared a white crane phantom.

"Following that is the so-called Spiritual Domain, which is a technique area absolutely covered by a woven, instantly triggered Passive Technique."

"Once deployed, it is equivalent to fully activating all one’s own Passive Techniques, naturally reaching maximum power and protection, but the consumption also reaches its limit and often dissipates quickly. Therefore, Spiritual Domain is usually used only when a decisive strike is certain. Simply put, it’s like a cannon with only one shell; once used, one must be careful as one may be weak and powerless afterward, susceptible to taking advantage in that state. To block bullets and shells normally also requires this level."

"I see..." Yu Hong nodded. "However, the junior has seen techniques that integrate Daoist Magic Technique with modern materials science, creating powerful entities."

"That’s just taking science as the main and Daoist Skills as auxiliary, an alternative path with a very low ceiling, entirely dependent on material science," Zhao Jingtang naturally interjected in response.

"Brother Zhao understands well?" Yu Hong looked at him.

"Yes, I used to train such a unit before; actually, they are not very effective. These individuals are physically strong but mentally weak, making them unable to handle techniques from the spiritual side. Although they are strong, fast, and powerful, compared to masters of Techniques, it still depends on who discovers the opponent first and who strikes first. In fact, the powerful sense of a skilled Magician can detect their presence from far away, and top Magicians also have various types of Passive Techniques for dodging death, making them very hard to kill," Zhao Jingtang seemed to want to show off his knowledge, promptly and earnestly responding.

Is this not just like himself?

Yu Hong’s heart shivered; if he hadn’t merged the Cosmic Divine Light with the Tai Ling Skill, he would probably be the same.

A standard fragile cannon.

"In my view, both approaches advancing together is the most perfect method," Zhao Jingtang continued. "Use modern science to strengthen the body, and use Technique Daoist Skills to strengthen the spirit, eventually merging both to reach a flawless state."

"Isn’t this exactly how the Spirit Light Secret Skill came into being?" Yu Hong spoke up.

Upon hearing this, everyone’s eyes lit up; indeed, looking at it this way, the Spirit Light Secret Skill perfectly complements the natural physical weaknesses of Magicians.

Possessing Spirit Light, the top Magicians are truly hexagon fighters!

For a time, everyone in the courtyard heatedly discussed how to use Spirit Light more efficiently to enhance the physical body, how to devise stronger Passive Protective Techniques, and how higher level instant Technique could be achieved, sparking many new ideas and innovations.

Yu Hong too listened as if intoxicated.

Although his Daoist Skills are weak now, his extremely powerful physique, combined with the Passive cultivation trait of Tao Breath Circulation, is causing his spiritual power to grow rapidly every moment.

Compared to other Magicians, he merely had too little time for cultivation and too little accumulation, that’s all.

Given enough time, with Tao Breath Circulation and his terrifying physical body, his spiritual power might reach an unprecedented and terrifying height.

After discussing for a while.

Yu Hong checked the time, and while the others were talking to Qing Huang about the current situation, he set off back to Taizhou first, planning to check on the potions that were supposed to be done strengthening today.

The rest of the people, under arrangements by the alliance personnel at the sanatorium, took a car to meet up in Taizhou. After all, the area around the sanatorium could definitely not withstand a large-scale Spirit Disaster.

Currently, there were no issues, only because there were no Yin Energy Sky Pillars around this area. The surrounding area already started martial law enforcement, and the military was everywhere blocking and patrolling.

Regarding the potions. After seventy-two days of intense strengthening, two months of extreme enhancement, he wondered to what extent the two bottles of Essence Qi enhancing potions had been improved.

Yu Hong was quite looking forward to this.

Not driving, he directly started sprinting on foot; with Inner Strength amplification burning, his current straight-line speed limit had already reached nearly four hundred yards.

At this speed, a second equaled hundreds of meters, the surroundings passing by in a blur, making it impossible to clearly see the road conditions just by vision.

Compared to some top sports cars in Hope City World that easily reached four to five hundred yards, Yu Hong’s speed, although similar in number, was more exaggerated.

Because he wasn’t on well-conditioned highways—rather he was navigating complex mountainous terrains with many obstacles to avoid.

When he arrived in Taizhou, the whole city area had already drastically changed.

The broad city buildings, most of which had turned into ruins, only the small area surrounding Qingchen Temple was securely protected by a circle of black walls.

Within the range of the black walls, most buildings had been demolished; densely packed refugees crowded inside, lining up to receive distributed fast food.

Besides that, around the Spirit Station, there were teams of soldiers combined with Magicians constantly patrolling and on alert.