Chapter 225, Fighting Sun Sheng

Translator: Tamon

 

Wang Qi only had eyes for his peers. More precisely, other than his few friends, the difficult-to-beat Ai Changyuan, and probably the great Bernoulli family’s Bernoulli Xiaoya, the number of geniuses here he remembered couldn’t be counted on one hand.

 

Looking at Sun Sheng, Wang Qi’s eyes sparkled. His spiritual power was similar to Cang Mang’s but far more vigorous, like a seed filled with vitality ready to sprout. Or like a cicada laying in hibernation for ten years before sprouting wings and taking flight.

 

“A model case of Evolution Chart cultivation.”

 

Wang Qi admired.

 

The Evolution Chart was one of the strongest mental arts. Its endless flexibility offered permanent peak performance. The downside was that same endless flexibility ended up with countless results and no solid guidelines.

 

Among the cultivators using the Evolution Chart Wang Qi knew, Ai Dinglan took it to a level he had no understanding of. While Mao Zimiao was only starting and was sure to include her demon traits, Wang Qi couldn’t draw any lessons or even hints from her practice.

 

Now, however, the perfect opportunity presented itself to study a fellow disciple’s Evolution Chart progress whose cultivation was similar to his. It would be weirded if he wasn’t happy.

 

Sun Sheng felt creeped out by his stare. “What are you looking at?”

 

“Oh, terribly sorry, it’s my first time observing such a wonderful speci-, uh disciple, in the Qi Refining stage using the Evolution Chart and got overexcited there.”

 

Sun Sheng shivered. “You’re the one who stalked me on the first match!”

 

Wang Qi scratched his head, then he snapped his fingers. “Oh, that was you? What can I say? It’s not like Evolution Chart cultivators sprout like weeds.”

 

Sun Sheng’s forehead popped a vein. “Why you…”

 

Wang Qi ignored Sun Sheng’s obvious discontent and focused on predicting the skill set that might be employed against him.

 

[First of all, evolution doesn’t equal more power. Discarding weak specimens in favor of the strong isn’t evolution, but rearing! Which means he probably isn’t like Zimiao, taking on an offensive trait path so soon. In other words, his attacks are weaker than mine.

 

[However, evolution emphasizes survival above all else, so his stamina is better, while on par with me in terms of spiritual power, recovery, and build.

 

[The highest chance of success is taking him out on the first strike, not giving him the chance to play on his advantages.]

 

Wang Qi frowned.

 

Life was a part of the universe’s negative entropy, making Celestial Entropy’s disorder have a lesser effect on the Evolution Chart. If this guy had a protagonist’s plot armor, using Celestial Entropy would have the opposite effect, actually strengthening Sun Sheng…

 

On the 2nd stage 7th arena, a disciple with Flamestride Agility used a flashy punch to knock his opponent out. The judge’s verdict snapped Wang Qi out of his analysis.

 

“Guess there’s no other choice other than bite the bullet.” Wang Qi shrugged, floating over on the stage.

 

Sun Sheng faced him. “I have a question. How big is the difference between the current you and the one six months ago?”

 

“From a third to half.”

 

“And the current you and Ai Changyuan from back then?”

 

“I trained with the five times the him of six months ago in mind.” Wang Qi was getting ticked off. “Hey! Is that all I am to you, the guy that beat Ai Changyuan once?”

 

Sun Sheng showed arrogance. “Not until you get rid of that banished immortal identity. To rise above the Secular Stage, overcoming Primordial Spirit’s threshold is a must.”

 

Wang Qi hissed, “Here I thought I got good manners, but hearing it so bluntly still irks me.”

 

[It’s on now! I’ll give the pretty boy a beating with the same skill he’s best at! I’ll murderlize him!]

 

Sun Sheng smirked at Wang Qi’s animosity, his aura rising to its peak.

 

“Wha…” Wang Qi gasped at the raw power. He felt he wasn’t going against a man but a wild creature!

 

“What an incredible aura, like that of a peak Qi Refining cultivator!”

 

Zhen Chanzi thought in his ring.

 

Wang Qi’s reaction was the stark opposite, of sheer and utter disappointment. “He just had to go looking for fighting power and now ended up coming short instead.”

 

The pinnacle of a living being’s evolution was survivability. Fighting power only got you a brief moment of domination, but when calamity struck, all this power would never be put to any use.

 

Power? Dominating aura? Super skill? They were nothing more than perks on the path of evolution and never the end goal.

 

As someone cultivating the Evolution Chart, Wang Qi, just like Ai Dinglan, understood its implications. Ai Dinglan was the top of her generation Heavenly Spirit Range produced, something the likes of Sun Sheng could never come close to.

 

Sun Sheng frowned. “I heard you’re good with a blade, so why aren’t you taking it out?”

 

Wang Qi smiled. “No point.”

 

After getting a grasp on group theory, Wang Qi had that ‘one art to break them all’ feel to it. Other than the obvious perks a weapon provided, his fist and blade arts showed little improvement.

 

“Arrogant fool!”

 

Sun Sheng sprung like a cannonball, pushing all his might into his fist as he came at Wang Qi.

 

The former stood his ground, seeing no point in moving back against attacks like these. He took his time to shake his hands so his sleeves would fall to reveal his arms, then took half a step forward.

 

Boom~

 

His answer was to strike as well!

 

“Evolution Chart spiritual power’s innate strengthening aspect is enough. Even if it’s only a tenth, my strengthened body is more than enough to take you down!”

 

Against the overbearing aura, Wang Qi was all smiles. The Celestial Entropy did its magic, and heat ignited his entire energy.

 

“What?” Sun Sheng heard his arm’s joints creaking as horror set in.