"That power, that power is too terrifying, isn't it?" Zheng Zha stared in horror at everything behind him, murmuring to himself.

"Indeed, this power is excessively terrifying. It's completely different from the destructive force of an explosion. Although it mentions a range of influence spanning so far and wide, that's merely the area affected. Within that range, most people are injured or perhaps not at all. The true direct lethality radius is at most a few meters to ten meters. However, this power ensures that anything within its scope will certainly die, even you."

Chu Xuan said, looking at Zheng Zha.

Only then did a cold sweat break out on Zheng Zha’s back, chilling him to the core. If he hadn't had the foresight to immediately use his skill, 'Explosion,' he would likely have been dragged into that force, becoming just another small part of that sphere. This power was simply too dreadful, especially the relentless pulling force drawing him toward the center. This force might even be capable of dragging objects two hundred meters away into its grasp. In short, this Gravity High-Yield Landmine truly lived up to its designation as a D-rank futuristic high-tech weapon, and it certainly justified the D-rank side mission.

Chu Xuan then addressed Wang Xia, "This power is immensely destructive; it can annihilate everything nearby indiscriminately, even demolishing sturdy military fortifications.

Therefore, it must be used with extreme caution. In this horror movie world, it could be used to wipe out a large number of dinosaurs in one go—if they yield reward points—then you would be the person who earns the most reward points in this horror movie world.

Wang Xia stared blankly at the large sphere until Chu Xuan finished speaking. Only then did he murmur, "My god, that power is too terrifying. Such a small device possesses such immense force. I wonder how much greater the power would be if it were scaled up?" Zheng Zha chuckled and replied, "Oh, there is one. It’s called the Intercontinental Gravity Annihilation Bomb.

It requires an S-rank mission and forty thousand reward points. While I can't confirm its exact destructive capability, I suspect it’s significantly greater than a nuclear bomb." Ba Wang and Wang Xia exchanged a look, and the two men were momentarily struck silent. Only Chu Xuan spoke calmly, "There’s no need to test my pistol; the power of Gauss weaponry won't be lacking by much. Now, let's discuss the status of your combat power training, Zheng Zha."

Zheng Zha, who had just been laughing, suddenly froze, pointing at himself quizzically. "My combat power training? I haven't exchanged for any new weapons, nor have I enhanced any skills. I think this combat training can be skipped. Continuing to train my Vampire energy and internal energy should be sufficient, shouldn't it?" Chu Xuan, however, pulled out a blueprint from his coat. "I’ve roughly calculated the movement speed and limb strength related to your 'Explosion' skill. The conclusion is that the power of your 'Explosion' skill can still be increased, and substantially so. By reaching a critical threshold, the power of your 'Explosion' skill can reach a truly terrifying level, capable of handling most horror movies."

Zheng Zha knew Chu Xuan would never speak empty words. Since he stated that improvement was definite, it meant his strength truly could be elevated. Although he didn't know why the 'Explosion' skill could be dramatically boosted, he listened to Chu Xuan with serious attention.

"That critical threshold is the sound barrier!" Chu Xuan adjusted his glasses and stated flatly, "Have you ever felt, when running at full speed, that the surrounding air becomes dense? As if the air has mass or turns into a fluid, constantly pulling at your body and slowing you down? Given your strength and nervous reaction time, needing six seconds for a hundred meters already indicates air resistance is an obstacle for you.

It’s just that you haven't consciously noticed it."

Zheng Zha pondered, "I do feel the air density, yes, but what does that have to do with increasing the power of my 'Explosion' skill?" Chu Xuan replied, "It's not actually about increasing the power of the 'Explosion' skill; what’s truly improving is your overall strength. Have you ever read a manga called One Piece? There was an arc featuring a group called CP9. Many of them were just ordinary humans, but through relentless training, they mastered a martial art called the 'Six Powers' and became near-superhuman in close combat. Of course, that's fiction, and I’m not asking you to learn the Six Powers. Rather, based on my analysis, if your 'Explosion' skill power increases, and your strength and speed grow faster, once you break the sound barrier, you can harness the power of the wind.

"For example, you could learn the method of Moonwalk, allowing you to step on air to change direction and speed freely. You could use Shave to vanish from sight in an instant, reappearing behind an opponent to attack. Or you could break the sound barrier at extreme speed, cleaving the air to create a vacuum attack against distant people or objects. You could even gather all your speed and strength into a single punch aimed at the chest, turning the Finger Pistol into a Cannon Fist. At that point, your methods of attack would diversify and become far more potent. Your strength would increase by at least tenfold, specifically when using the 'Explosion' skill, understand?" Zheng Zha instantly became excited. In the battle against the Demon Reincarnation Squad, he had pushed himself to the limit yet failed to truly harm their clones. He could clearly sense that the clones hadn't exerted their full power—perhaps not even half—because the fight ended before he even entered the state of unlocking his genes. But if he truly trained to achieve the strength Chu Xuan described, if he truly possessed that power, he would be brimming with confidence in fighting the clones again, or rather, he would regain the confidence to face them once more. "Good! There's no time like the present. Let's try it again."

With that said, Zheng Zha rushed toward the staircase leading to the basement entrance. He bolted out of the basement and onto the plaza, immediately contacting the 'Main God' to heal the injuries left behind after his previous use of the 'Explosion' skill. Once the healing was complete, he hurried back to the basement, where the others were still checking their condition. They saw the highly energized Zheng Zha running back in.

Ignoring the trio, Zheng Zha walked to an open space, silently circulating the Vampire energy and internal energy within his body. When he felt the circulation was sufficient, he abruptly forced both streams of energy toward his heart.

A red line shot down from his forehead, while a stream of energy rushed upward from his Dantian. The two energies converged at his heart, and he immediately felt an explosive force surge up from his core, as if his entire being was about to blow apart! (Not enough, not enough! I need to use this power in a more violent manner! I need greater magnitude, greater speed, more forceful power! Ten seconds is too long; discard time and all else! I want this power!) Capillaries across Zheng Zha’s body suddenly burst, and he vanished from his original spot. The others only saw two indentations where Zheng Zha had been standing on the alloy floor. Simultaneously, a muffled explosion echoed from somewhere in the void, and Zheng Zha's figure appeared there only to vanish again. The air in that vicinity visibly undulated in regular waves, expanding outward like flowing water.

In Zheng Zha's vision, his surroundings appeared blood-red; some capillaries in his eyes had ruptured, but it didn't matter. He felt the sensation of tearing through the air. As he unleashed his 'Explosion' skill, he already perceived the surrounding air growing dense. As he compressed and detonated this power even more violently, the air around him was no longer just dense and thick; it had genuinely turned into a substance. He used immense force to constantly compress this substance. As his power and speed continued to increase, he broke through this substance, and even stepped upon it to ascend, one step after another toward the void.

After ascending several meters, he suddenly kicked out forcefully. The immense power traveled from his thigh, through his calf, to his toe. This kick used colossal strength to cleave through the air that felt like a substance, as if he were kicking submerged in water. While expending massive force, the substance-like air was also forcefully displaced and fractured. A vacuum instantly materialized between his toe and the air, and this vacuum sliced through the atmosphere, shooting out in a straight line, savagely striking the alloy floor far away. Before Zheng Zha could even fully observe what happened to the alloy floor, he felt the Vampire energy and internal energy within him completely drained. The surrounding air rapidly shifted from being substance-like to dense, and then from dense to nothingness. He immediately fell from mid-air, crashing hard onto the ground. Simultaneously, his skin began to crack and spray blood; his entire body looked like a man made of gore, with no intact patches remaining apart from a few major blood vessels.

Zheng Zha felt an agonizing itch and pain that almost made him pass out. It wasn't until Chu Xuan and the other two carried him to the plaza that he managed to contact the 'Main God' for healing. However, what he and the other three failed to notice was that where the wind blade had struck, a trench over two meters deep had been gouged into the alloy floor—and this was merely from a single, airborne kick.

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