I Can See Experience Points

A dazzling flash of lightning erupted from Lei Yang, and in an instant, he heavily wounded more than a dozen Mirror Spirits.

He then pushed off with his legs, charging straight for the four black-robed figures in front of the ancestral hall.

Captain Su followed close behind, blocking all the attacks from the evil spirits for him.

Seeing this, He Xiaotian’s resentment toward the Cleaners for slacking off whenever they could lessened considerably.

’To be fair, if I were in this situation, I’d at least hesitate before jumping in.’

’If I go take the hits for you, who the hell knows if you’ll just up and run?’

’That would spell T-R-A-G-I-C for me in big, bold letters.’

Fortunately, however, He Xiaotian still had some integrity at this moment.

He didn’t actually just walk away.

Unleashing Eight Steps Chasing Cicada, he instantly turned into a phantom and darted into the encirclement of Mirror Spirits.

In that instant, the evil spirits visibly stiffened.

They probably didn’t expect someone to be in such a hurry to die in this day and age.

At the same time, the Qi Force in He Xiaotian’s Dantian churned as one hundred and thirty years of Inner Strength gathered, ready to be unleashed.

His chest swelled at a visible rate, as if it were filling with a massive amount of air.

Meanwhile, Captain Su, who had merged with Lei Yang’s shadow, nearly lost control of his ability and tumbled out of it.

He had considered every possibility, even He Xiaotian turning tail and running.

But he had never, ever expected that this remarkably powerful X, the guy who loved smashing people with twin hammers, would actually dive right into the encirclement.

The four black-robed figures didn’t know what He Xiaotian was up to, but their rule was simple: whatever the enemy wants, stop them!

Three man-eating plants, their bodies scorched and looking half-dead, rose from the ground and rumbled forward, rolling over everything in their path like titanic pythons.

The other three weren’t idle, either. Each unleashed their own techniques, intending to kill Lei Yang and Captain Su in a single, decisive blow.

"Bind!"

Lei Yang felt his whole body tighten, and then he was frozen in mid-air.

’Psychokinesis or air manipulation?’

If he were at his peak, it wouldn’t have been impossible for Lei Yang to break free.

But after being besieged by so many Mirror Spirits, while he wasn’t completely out of energy, he wasn’t far from it.

This was especially true after the attack he’d used to break through the encirclement and confront the four black-robed figures.

Now, the spirit was willing but the flesh was weak. He could only watch helplessly as the three giant man-eating plants bore down on him.

"Lei!"

Captain Su appeared, and in the blink of an eye, dark shadows enveloped Lei Yang in a protective cocoon.

"You fucking idiot, run!"

Lei Yang’s eyes went bloodshot when he saw what Captain Su was doing.

’Under the cover of night, with his unique abilities, he could have definitely escaped.’

’He only kept up this bitter fight because of me.’

’Even if you manage to save me now, what’s the use?’

’When they come at us again, aren’t we both just going to die anyway?’

’The right thing to do is for one of us to make it out alive.’

"You’re the fucking id—"

Before Captain Su could finish, a heaven-shaking roar exploded in his ears.

"ROAR!!"

A sound like a lion’s roar rang in everyone’s ears.

Captain Su, who could turn into shadow, was relatively fine. Lei Yang, on the other hand, was in a miserable state.

That single shout nearly turned him into the "fucking idiot" he’d just been called.

The invisible wall that had been tightly binding him, seemingly made of air, shattered instantly.

The steel-like bodies of the three giant man-eating plants were suddenly covered in a dense web of cracks, like exquisite porcelain that had been dropped and was about to shatter at any moment.

Every single one of the four black-robed figures at the ancestral hall’s entrance was staggering like a drunkard.

"DRIP!" "DRIP!"

Red liquid trickled continuously from the body of the one who controlled the man-eating plants.

If one were to pull back his hood, they would surely have witnessed the sight of blood flowing from all seven of his facial orifices.

The roar had come far too suddenly.

There had been absolutely no warning.

He Xiaotian, who had been surrounded, now had not a single evil spirit left near him.

He had roared them all into ashes with that one shout.

Perhaps the Vajra Lion’s Roar wasn’t an incredibly powerful attack against highly skilled individuals.

But it was the bane of all evil spirits.

Zen +5, Purification +5.

As long as these two attributes were in play, the evil spirits stood no chance of causing any trouble.

[Ding! You have killed a Mirror Spirit. Gained 8,000 Experience Points.]

[Ding! You have killed a heavily-injured Mirror Spirit. Gained 2,000 Experience Points.]

[Ding! You have killed a weakened Mirror Spirit. Gained 4,000 Experience Points.]

[Ding! You have killed a Dream Eye. Gained 10,000 Experience Points.]

The text in the upper-left corner of his vision scrolled by continuously.

He Xiaotian watched as his Experience Points total rose relentlessly.

[Experience Points: 20,050 -> 29,000 -> 37,000...]

The final number settled at 124,000.

’A pity.’

’Most of these Mirror Spirits were injured from their fight with Lei Yang, so they didn’t give full Experience Points.’

’Of course, if they hadn’t been injured, my roar probably wouldn’t have been able to wipe out most of them either.’

’Sigh!’

’Why can’t I ever catch a break and find a nice little loophole to exploit?’

"ROAR!"

He Xiaotian looked at the few remaining spirits struggling to get up, thought for a moment, and let out another roar.

’Couldn’t be helped. For some reason, that last roar just felt... really, really good.’

’It was like an invisible force was cleansing my body and spirit.’

’Those Zen and Purification attributes were totally worth it!’

A giant golden lion suddenly leaped forth from his mouth.

With He Xiaotian at the center, the earth in a hundred-foot radius churned, kicking up a cloud of dust.

Stone slabs shattered, turning to dust.

The already weakened Mirror Spirits were instantly turned to ash by the invisible sonic waves.

His Experience Points rose again: 135,000.

The black-robed man controlling the man-eating plants had only just begun to recover when the Lion’s Roar reached his ears.

"Motherfu—"

THUD!

His body collapsed to the ground, silent and still.

[Ding! You have killed the plant manipulator, Wu Feng. Gained 8,000 Experience Points.]

"???"

’Well... that’s a pleasant surprise!’

He Xiaotian focused his mind and tapped the [+] symbol.

-50,000/50,000 instantly maxed out, and the words began to blur.

The Inner Strength in his Dantian felt like boiling magma as it surged through the Eight Extraordinary Meridians of his body.

His muscles, tendons, and bones grew denser.

It felt as if a volcano were burning in his chest, ready to erupt.

The scorching, magma-like Inner Strength was reforging He Xiaotian’s body.

"CRACK, CRACK, CRACK..."

A series of loud cracks echoed from within his body, and his two-meter frame gradually shrank to about one-point-eight meters.

"?!"

The others watching him were utterly dumbfounded.

’What kind of move was that?’

After a short while, the transformation finally ceased.

[ - LVL ∞: (Transcendent: Unarmored Golden Body Realm, Inner Strength +150, Strength +25, Fire Resistance +20, Scorch +20, Hardness +20, Special Attributes - Flame of Metal-Melting +10, Wood-Annihilating Fire Aura +10, Water-Extinguishing Void Flame +10, Power of Fire Control +10, Evil-Warding +10.)]

Almost all his attributes had increased dramatically.

The bonuses to Inner Strength and Strength were the most significant.

The former skyrocketed by seventy years’ worth, while the latter increased by nearly eight thousand pounds.

His Fire Resistance, Scorch, and Hardness attributes all doubled.

The subsequent attributes—Flame of Metal-Melting, Wood-Annihilating Fire Aura, Water-Extinguishing Void Flame, Power of Fire Control, and Evil-Warding—had all evolved into Special Attributes, and their values had more than tripled.