Chapter 134 - 111: Testing Skills (2)
A sharp glint flashed in Lin Ye’s eyes.
’It’s time for Dongjiang City’s top spot to change hands.’
Lin Ye walked out of his room and into the living room.
He needed to test out his new skills.
Especially the transition mechanism into his P2 phase.
With a thought, he brought up his attribute panel and modified his Life Value allocation.
[P1 Life Value: 1 / P2 Life Value: 11,998]
All he needed was to take 1 point of damage to instantly enter his second phase.
Lin Ye walked into the kitchen and picked up a kitchen knife.
Without a moment’s hesitation, he swiped it across his index finger.
Lin Ye let out an exasperated laugh.
He watched as the incredibly sharp blade tried to cut him, but it felt like dragging it across a piece of leather with an absurd degree of toughness and resilience.
Forget breaking the skin and drawing blood.
It didn’t even leave a clear white mark.
His personal Defense Power had truly reached an outrageous level.
An ordinary blade probably wasn’t even good enough to scratch an itch on him anymore.
Lin Ye put down the kitchen knife and walked into the storage room.
The room was filled with his father’s old repair tools.
Lin Ye’s gaze quickly locked onto a high-powered industrial nail gun in the toolbox.
In the past, Lin Ye would never have dreamed of using something like this on himself.
But now, if he wanted to successfully enter his P2 phase, he wasn’t sure he could do it without this tool.
He couldn’t just run up to the roof and jump off. People would think he was a lunatic and call the police for disturbing the peace.
Lin Ye had learned some basic engineering and repair skills from his father as a child.
He skillfully loaded the steel nails and connected the power.
Then, he aimed the muzzle at the palm of his left hand.
Without the slightest hesitation, he pulled the trigger.
PFFT!
A muffled thud.
A sharp pain shot through his palm.
But the specialized steel nail, capable of punching through a wooden plank, had barely pierced his skin before his tensed muscles and tough fascia clamped down, stopping it dead. It couldn’t advance another inch.
Lin Ye clearly saw a red "-3" float above his health bar.
The single point of Life Value in his P1 phase was instantly depleted.
Meanwhile, his P2 health bar remained completely full.
Lin Ye was delighted.
He had confirmed his theory once again.
It was exactly like a boss’s health-gating mechanic in a video game.
’Two health bars are two health bars.’
No matter how high the damage taken in the P1 phase was, the excess wouldn’t carry over to the P2 phase.
Even if a Martial Saint attacked him with their full power while he was in his P1 phase...
...a single strike dealing hundreds of thousands of damage would, at most, only deplete all his P1 Life Value.
He wouldn’t die.
’Sure enough, having two phases and two health bars is an incredible, hidden mechanic in itself.’
’Used correctly, it’s an absolutely god-tier ability!’
He had successfully entered P2.
Lin Ye pulled the steel nail from his palm. The wound healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, not even leaving behind a scar.
Next, he would test Instant Body.
Lin Ye rummaged in the storage room for a moment, found a sufficiently sturdy nylon rope, and then picked up a ten-kilogram iron weight from the corner.
He tied up the weight and hung it from a ceiling beam.
Afterward, Lin Ye retreated to the other end of the room, putting about five meters of distance between himself and the weight.
He found one of his father’s business cards in the room and held it between his index and middle fingers.
He was going to throw the card to sever the nylon rope.
Then, with a simple physics formula, he could roughly calculate the maximum speed of his Instant Body.
His eyes narrowed.
Lin Ye gathered the surging Qi and Blood in his body between his two fingers.
The next moment, with a flick of his wrist, the thin business card shot toward the rope like a white bolt of lightning, accompanied by a sharp whistle as it cut through the air!
But at the very instant the business card left his hand, Lin Ye’s figure vanished.
This was completely different from when he’d previously unleashed his full speed.
This time, the movement had no earth-shattering momentum, and the ground beneath his feet showed no signs of cracking.
He was like a shadow that had been instantly erased, silent and without a trace.
When he reappeared, Lin Ye was already standing steadily under the ceiling beam.
SNAP!
Only then did the crisp sound of the rope snapping reach his ears.
The high-speed business card had only just now severed the rope.
A rare trace of astonishment appeared on Lin Ye’s face.
The iron weight even fell straight down onto his head.
THUD!
A dull thud.
Lin Ye didn’t budge. He just felt a slight tingling on his scalp.
’No way...’
’Am I really that fast??’
Lin Ye was certain that with his current strength, the card he had thrown with all his might had reached a terrifying speed.
While it might not be as fast as a real bullet, over a short distance with minimal air resistance, its speed was nearly that of sound.
And yet, when he activated Instant Body, he himself was even faster than the card he’d thrown with all his might!
’My maximum movement speed... has surpassed the speed of sound!’
Lin Ye’s eyes instantly lit up.
’This skill...’
’...is a little ridiculous!’
’And this is just Instant Body at LV5. If I maxed it out, the distance would be greater and the speed faster... what would that be like?’
Afterward, Lin Ye briefly tested Frenzy.
The skill was exactly as described.
The moment he activated it, a searing battle lust ignited from deep within him. His entire body filled with explosive power, and his All Attributes skyrocketed.
The effect was similar to consuming a Blood Burst Elixir, but it was a regular skill that could be activated at any time as long as he was in P2, and it had no side effects.
After testing his two core skills, a new idea occurred to Lin Ye.