Chapter 776: Reformatting!

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

"What a terrifying domain! What kind of concept does it follow?" The domain realm master beside Ling Lan shouted in surprise. He was also completely surprised by Li Lanfeng's odd yet terrifying domain.

Ling Lan didn't make a sound. She seemed to have figured something out. The reason why Li Lanfeng could feel the advancement barrier for the domain stage while he was only at the peak stage of Qi-Jin. It wasn't necessary for him to strengthen his body to break through the barrier to advance, instead, Li Lanfeng's terrifying spiritual power had already surpassed his mindscape's capacity. His spiritual power managed to reach the barrier of the domain stage before his body could.

After thinking about that, Ling Lan was worried. If Li Lanfeng hadn't listened to her words and didn't keep on practicing the basic physical skills training to make him able to endure the pain, his current situation might be even worse. Luckily, when he met her in the real world, his spiritual power hadn't reached a level that could destroy his body. After the timely training of the meditation technique, he managed to improve the condition of his battered body.

If anything had gone wrong, what awaited Li Lanfeng was a lifetime of being bed-ridden. He would just be like Ling Lan in her past life. Even if he had the meditation technique, it would all be for naught.

In actuality, in the Li family's manor, Ling Lan had already felt that Li Lanfeng's spiritual power had reached his capacity when she was calming down Li Lanfeng's spiritual power. She originally wanted to wait until the mission was over to think of a method to let Li Lanfeng quickly advance to Qi-Jin with Great Perfection then to the domain stage.

It was just that Ling Lan didn't think that Li Lanfeng wasn't willing to wait! After noticing Li Lanfeng had followed them, she knew Li Lanfeng's decision. Ling Lan thought about it and decided to give Li Lanfeng the same opportunity as her childhood friends.

Looking at all the possible scenario, Li Lanfeng's decision wasn't the best choice in Ling Lan's eyes. However, Ling Lan wasn't going to decide anything for her friends. If Li Lanfeng wanted to fight, then what Ling Lan needed to do was to trust him. This was why Ling Lan tossed Li Lanfeng into the fray. She used that move to tell Li Lanfeng that she supported his decision.

Sometimes, you should just blindly support and trust your friends! These would give them strength in the most dangerous and difficult times. Ling Lan could only help Li Lanfeng in this aspect. The dangerous path of advancing required Li Lanfeng's own strength to walk.

Now, the result of her decision was ideal. Li Lanfeng had become the first person to realize the way to successfully advance into the domain stage. The only thing she has a nit to pick about Li Lanfeng's advancement was that it was too rushed. His body still hadn't reached the requirements of advancing to the domain stage. Advancing up more than one stage like that would inevitably have severe consequences. She was just hoping that the consequences would be mended in the future and wasn't permanent.

With Ling Lan being in the domain stage for quite a long time, she would clearly understand the two clear requirements of advancing to domain. One was physical constitution and the other was spiritual power.

The Federation placed a high degree of high importance on physical skills because of mechas, while spiritual power was regarded as unimportant. The reason why most individual with strong spiritual power would seem to be diseased and weak was because of their lack of physical skills training. When it was known that a person has a weak physical constitution, the Federation would always try to treat and heal them, but would not train their physical skills. Furthermore, the Federation would usually just let them be responsible for jobs related to spiritual power and wouldn't let them operate mechas... Thus, creating a phenomenon where the stronger the spiritual power of an individual, the weaker their physical constitution was. And as their physical constitution continue to weaken, treatment centers became more and more afraid to treat them as they didn't want their records filled with incurable patients which ultimately lowers the reputation of the treatment center. This was why those individuals with insanely strong spiritual power could never be an outstanding mecha operator.

Thus, it wasn't because those Qi-Jin experts, who were stuck at the optimal peak stage of Qi-Jin with Great Perfection, didn't get any chance to advance. Instead, it was because their spiritual power hadn't reached the lowest requirement to advance into the domain stage, so how could they succeed?

Of course, this didn't mean that those people wouldn't be able to advance to the domain stage forever. If the Qi-Jin in their bodies reached the point of over-capacity, it would naturally break through the barrier, and thus allowing them into the domain stage. However, the concept they would be derived based on their bodies. For example, speed, strength, etc. It wouldn't give them any concept regarding natural elements of the world.

The domain realm masters who had concept bound to nature, along with strong bodies, were people whose physical constitution and spiritual power had both reached the requirement. These people were usually born with level two spiritual power. Babies that had spiritual power past level 3 always had weak bodies. These children would be nurtured towards the spiritual direction and wouldn't be considered for mecha operators. This was why during the talent determination procedure many years ago, spiritual power was a part of the test.

At the same time, if spiritual power was so strong that the mind could not contain, then even if physical skills hadn't reached that level, it would still break through the barrier and advance to the domain stage. However, this type of advancement would bring about a large backlash to the body. While advancing to the domain stage, the physical body could be destroyed by the concept of the domain, and in the end become dust in the air and perish.

However, someone like Li Lanfeng, who had spiritual power that was so terrifying that only one person like him would appear every few hundred years, would usually die as they were born. Those types of babies wouldn't reach the point where their spiritual power would seep out from their bodies.

Due to Li Lanfeng's body not reaching the requirement and his spiritual power breaking through the barrier, Li Lanfeng's domain concept was derived from his spiritual power. He was originally a spectral ability individual. After deriving this concept, he could turn anything into virtual objects within his domain.

Ling Lan had already determined Li Lanfeng's domain concept with just one look. On the battlefield, Li Lanfeng raised his black scythe and swung it towards the fake domain realm master.

"Ah!" That fake domain realm master wanted to get away from the twisted dimensions around Li Lanfeng, but his strength wasn't comparable to a domain realm master who advanced naturally. The scythe easily sliced past his body. Then, his body began to crumble into little particles and started dispersing without leaving any traces. It was as though he never existed in this world.

"That's reformatting!" Little Four cried out with surprise. If someone was to say what intelligent entities feared most, then Little Blossom's power of devouring data was one. The second one was the reformatting of all of the data in the virtual network they lived in. These two both would severely affect the way of life for intelligent entities and was something intelligent entities never wanted to see.

"As expected, it's this power!" Little Four's words made Ling Lan certain of her judgment. Li Lanfeng's power was as expected a derivative of his spectral abilities. In his domain, Li Lanfeng was a reaper of death that could reformat everything!

Right at that moment, something changed in the battlefield. A silhouette suddenly appeared behind Li Lanfeng. A gold colored hand was going straight towards his unguarded back.

"Bam!" Ling Lan's hand suddenly appeared and accurately caught the opponent's hand. She then coldly said, "You're opponent is me!"

Chapter 777: Qi Long's Advancement!

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

It turns out, the person who made the move was one of the three stronger domain realm masters hidden in the manor! However, when Li Lanfeng was advancing to the domain stage, Ling Lan had already made preparations for any sneak attacks. That was because the opposition definitely wouldn't want them to have another domain realm master. Thus, they would definitely try to attack at that crucial moment.

The domain realm master, who Ling Lan caught, was surprised. He didn't think that his sneak attack would be actually seen through by his opponent. Not only that, the pressure his opponent gave him was something he had never felt before, this young man in front of him might be the strongest enemy he must face in his life.

The domain realm master shouted loudly and activated his domain.

As the domain realm master was activating his domain, Ling Lan felt Li Lanfeng's body trembling behind her. She frowned and let go of the domain realm master's hand. Then, she jumped backwards, returning to her original spot, taking Li Lanfeng with her at the same time.

Understanding Ling Lan's intentions, the last domain realm master sent by Ling Xiao appeared at Ling Lan's previous location to substitute her in the battle against the domain realm master.

"How are you feeling?" Ling Lan asked while her eyes were still monitoring the battlefield because her three comrades were still fighting.

Li Lanfeng cried out and spat out some blood. The consequences of advancing past the stage his physical constitution could endure was beginning to take its effect. The power of the domain stage was something his body couldn't currently handle.

"I'm fine. It's just my body still held me back in the end." Li Lanfeng wiped away the blood on the corner of his lips and smiled bitterly.

"It's because you're too hasty. If you had waited until your physical skills advance into Great Perfection, then you wouldn't have this problem," Ling Lan said with a cold expression on her face. Although she chose to trust Li Lanfeng and supported his decision, she still didn't agree with it.

"I couldn't control my spiritual power anymore so it will not let me wait. Plus, since I will be advancing anyways, isn't it better to advance earlier?" Li Lanfeng's face was full of smiles. He didn't regret his decision even if he had to pay a price for it. As long as he could get closer to the person he wanted to get closer to, he felt that it was worth it. "Rabbit, did I catch up to you a little bit?"

The familiar nickname thawed out the coldness in Ling Lan's expression slightly. It was as though she had returned to the time when she worked hard with Cheetah, chasing each other around all the time. She suddenly understood why Li Lanfeng made that dumb decision. It was because she was moving too fast, making Li Lanfeng fear that he would not be able to catch up and lose her as a friend in the end. Thinking back to the tragedy of how Li Lanfeng was abandoned by the Li family and was left behind on Planet Azure because of his physical constitution...

Ling Lan softened and nodded. "You got slightly closer. Keep up the good work!" Alright, she should do something good once a day! Li Lanfeng is after all in a quite pitiful position.

Li Lanfeng's eyes glistened in the light and his smile became even bigger. His resounding 'Yes!' made Ling Lan feel that a little cheetah was in front of her, looking to be caressed. She couldn't refuse such an adorable pet... no, she couldn't let anyone know her weakness of cute things. It would make her lose her dignity as a Boss. In order to stop her hand from going near Li Lanfeng's head, she decisively moved away from Li Lanfeng.

Li Shiyu suddenly saw Li Lanfeng getting launched into the sky. He quickly ran to the position where Li Lanfeng would land, catching him the process.

"Treat him!" Ling Lan's cold voice rang through Li Shiyu's ears. He knew that he couldn't hide from his Boss, so after hearing Ling Lan's order, he didn't think much of it. He quickly took out a vial of medicinal agent that he had previously prepared and gave it to Li Lanfeng.

"Sorry for the trouble, Shiyu!" Li Lanfeng smiled widely.

"I'm our team's doctor!" Li Shiyu had a serious expression on his face. He was only doing what the team's doctor should be doing, and wasn't only doing it because Li Lanfeng was his eldest cousin brother.

At that moment, some battles were going well underway. The first was Qi Long. He used his Animal Instinct to dodge the invisible wind blades of his opponent. However, his opponent was using his domain to enclose Qi Long, surrounding him with countless wind blades. Although Qi Long's Animal Instinct was strong, he still couldn't dodge all of the wind blades with that many surrounding him. However, he successfully dodged the attacks that were perilous. Although it would seem scary to bystanders, with cuts all around his body, dyeing him blood-red, they were still only surface injuries.

These injuries that Qi Long had sustained weren't not for naught. From the moment he activated his Animal Instinct to passively dodge the wind blades, he began to slowly gain control over this ability. He could feel the direction and location of the wind blades. Animal Instinct gave him a precautionary feeling, making him get hit by less and less wind blades.

The wind element fake domain realm master felt the change that was happening to Qi Long. His expression changed slightly. He had seen the other guy successfully advancing into the domain stage while battling one of his comrades. Is this guy doing the same thing?

With that fear in his heart, the wind element domain realm master went berserk. He suddenly began to use all of the wind element around him, overclocking his domain which was beginning to tremble. A large tornado appeared at the edge of his domain, which immediately compressed itself and moved towards Qi Long, who was still in the domain.

The tornado was made up of countless wind blades. If Qi Long were to get caught in it, he would instantly be diced up.

However, Qi Long wasn't going to give his opponent that chance. His Animal Instinct let him know the location where he would be safe from the tornado. Qi Long began to dodge left and right. Every time he dodged, he would just shy from touching the tornado, making people who were watching fear for his life. If Qi Long made one wrong move, he would be diced up into pieces.

"I see!" While dodging, Qi Long suddenly had an expression of enlightenment. He then stopped moving his body. Right as the tornado was about to touch him, Qi Long shouted. A strong force suddenly expanded out from his body, forcing the tornado to change its direction towards the sand element fake domain realm master who Luo Lang was fighting with.

"Bang!" A sandstorm appeared before the tornado and the two natural disasters smashed onto each other. The sand element fake domain realm master was wounded from his comrade's rogue attack and immediately spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Wind Three, what are you doing?" The sand element fake domain realm master shouted angrily.

However, the wind element fake domain realm master couldn't answer his question as he was shocked speechless by Qi Long. He was able to clearly feel a concept of a domain in the energy from his opponent released just now. His opponent naturally advanced to the domain stage just like that? He wasn't like the other person, who had only advanced after he was almost beaten to death.

Wasn't advancing to the domain stage like a lottery? Some people might not even be able to break through the barrier in their lifetime. This was also why this fake domain realm master lost hope and in the end willingly accepted the organization's offer to be their guinea pig for their illegal experiments, which gave him the opportunity to grasp broken concept and become a fake domain realm master.

Seeing this, Ling Lan smirked. It was as she had predicted, Qi Long being the first person out of the three to advance to the domain stage. In reality, before all this, Qi Long had already reached half a step into the domain stage, but unfortunately, Qi Long had awakened Animal Instinct, which was a good innate talent for mecha piloting. However, as luck would have it, this talent was quite an enigma as it didn't really coincide with any of the more famous concepts. Even Ling Lan couldn't imagine what Qi Long's domain would be like. Thus, this unknown aspect of his innate talent made Qi Long unable to find the direction he should be working towards, making it impossible for him to break through the tough barrier without first finding his direction.

However, fighting against a fake domain realm master who had touched the concept of his domain helped Qi Long find his path much faster. In the end, Qi Long managed to do it. It was just that Ling Lan didn't know what Qi Long's domain concept could be. She could only feel the fluctuation of domain energy with no natural elements. Thus, Ling Lan decisively eliminated the possibility of concept of the natural elements. In actuality, she felt that the domain concept Qi Long had awakened was similar to Li Lanfeng's, both of them belonging to the spiritual rules.

Animal Instinct was originally an ability that branched from spiritual power! Ling Lan suddenly realized that Qi Long was actually the luckiest person alive. Not only was his physical constitution monstrous, the innate talent he had awakened was completely based off his spiritual power, which easily fulfilled the spiritual power requirement to advance to the domain stage. This also explained why Qi Long had advanced into the domain stage that easily. Both requirements were fulfilled before this fight even started, making his advancement was more or less perfect. It wasn't like Li Lanfeng's advancement where even though he had advanced, he would still have many problems in the future.

Qi Long directed the tornado towards Luo Lang's opponent. Then, he excitedly clenched his fists after feeling the concept of his domain. When he looked towards his opponent, he no longer felt the pressure he had felt in the very beginning of the battle. Although he had just advanced into the domain stage and could only slightly control it, he still felt that if he wanted to kill his opponent, it would be a piece of cake.

This was probably the difference between a natural domain and a fake domain. It was no wonder their Boss didn't allow them to take shortcuts. It seemed their Boss knew very well what price one would pay if they were to use shortcuts.

Qi Long began to laugh. He looked towards his opponent and softly said, "Die!"

Before his voice could reach his opponent, he had already gotten behind the wind element fake domain realm master. Then, the wind element fake domain realm master grasped onto his chest, and began to spit out massive amounts of blood along with his ruptured organs, causing him to fall over dead with his eyes still wide open.

"You think you can escape?" Ling Lan, who