Chapter 225: Teaching Level Dharma Skeleton

Zhang Yu thought to himself: "The High School Sacred Body grants me superior drug metabolism compared to my opponent."

"If my opponent accumulates too many drug toxins, it could harm his body and hinder his performance."

"But that won't happen to me."

"By using the drug toxins accumulated by the High School Sacred Body, detonating them with the Spring and Autumn Endless Meditation, and then combining that with the burst of the Martial Arts Sacred Embryo... that will be my true full power."

At the same time, Ye Lingxiao felt the fighting spirit emanating from Zhang Yu and thought to himself: "This person is very strong."

"Given his current skill level... if he had competed in the previous session, or even in this one, his strength is undoubtedly formidable."

"To completely defeat him, I'll need to use my full strength and once again push beyond my limits."

As Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao each pondered the current match situation and strategized for their next moves, Huang Zichou instructed them to remove their Black Armor Spirit Roots, preparing for the next examination phase.

Simultaneously, a light screen flashed before Huang Zichou, displaying scenes of Foundation Establishment cultivators unleashing the Black Armor Spirit Root.

"After all, both contestants are only at the Qi Refining stage; they can only activate the Black Armor Spirit Root at its basic 100 power level."

"If this Divine Spirit Root were activated by a Foundation Establishment cultivator, who injected sufficient magic power, its might would be more than ten times greater."

Zhang Yu watched the hundred-meter-long fire dragon and tornado-like gales on the screen, irresistibly licking his lips. "This must be an advertisement, right?" he thought.

He glanced at the audience. "Is this an ad for those universities?"

Then, with some reluctance, Zhang Yu withdrew the magic power from his combat suit, feeling the fire dragon behind him and the whirlwind beneath his feet gradually dissipate, and watching the surrounding Black Armor magic shield vanish. He sighed to himself, "When will I ever get a Divine Spirit Root like this?"

Although it was only a test simulation and he hadn't truly used the Black Armor Spirit Root, Zhang Yu could already sense its immense power.

"The combat power of this battle spirit root is simply not on the same level as a Celestial Spirit Root."

"And that's with my current insufficient strength. If I could use this Black Armor Spirit Root to achieve Foundation Establishment, wouldn't it be incredibly powerful?"

"No, no, this Black Armor Spirit Root is a combat spirit root. My goal is beyond Foundation Establishment—at least Golden Core, or even Nascent Soul. I should still use a cultivation spirit root..."

But the next moment, Zhang Yu realized he was fantasizing too much. The reality was, he couldn't even afford a Celestial Spirit Root, let alone a Divine Spirit Root.

After retrieving the Divine Spirit Root, Huang Zichou began explaining the content of the second examination.

"As is widely known, once one's magic power reaches 100 units, they can equip an arcane skeleton."

"Furthermore, the higher your magic power, the more arcane skeletons you can equip and sustain."

"Therefore... the higher a cultivator's realm and the greater their financial resources, the more arcane skeletons they possess."

"So, the content of this next, second round, will be to see whose physical body is more adaptable to arcane skeletons..."

As he spoke, Huang Zichou's divine power rippled, bringing forth various pieces of equipment that surrounded Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao, as if transforming the testing area into a surgical table.

"In this test, I will use a talisman from the Ministry of Health to temporarily sever some of your connection to your physical bodies and transfer your neural signals to an arcane skeleton."

"This isn't about truly possessing an arcane skeleton, nor will you need to provide magic power for it. It's merely a simulation of the sensation of replacing your body with an arcane skeleton."

"Throughout the process, you will simulate three arcane skeletons in total. Your synchronization rate with each arcane skeleton at the end will represent your score for this round..."

As Huang Zichou explained, the synchronization rate of an arcane skeleton represents the host's control over it.

The higher the synchronization rate, the more effectively the host can wield the arcane skeleton's power.

Conversely, if the synchronization rate is too low, not only will the arcane skeleton's power not be fully utilized, but there's even a risk of it going out of control, leading to self-cultivation deviation.

As Huang Zichou spoke, Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao had already lain down on the surgical tables, surrounded by wires, patches, and various detection instruments.

In the audience, Two-Ha Head observed the scene and commented, "This round is quite well-designed."

"For Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao to possess such powerful physical bodies, they must have undergone extensive brutal training and drug stimulation."

"Acquiring such robust bodies through hellish training and overcoming countless obstacles with them, they've consequently developed a deep mind-body connection, making it easy for them to become too attached to their physical forms."

"Many freshmen struggle because their original bodies are too strong and their mind-body connection too intimate, making it difficult to adapt to arcane skeletons, which ultimately affects their scores."

"The path of physical cultivation requires one to be able to pick up and let go. While constantly strengthening oneself, one must also be able to continuously accept newer and stronger arcane skeletons. That is the true path of the Immortal Sect..."

Cat Head, standing nearby, did not respond to Two-Ha Head's remarks. Only when she saw the first arcane skeleton Huang Zichou brought out did she speak: "Is that an eye arcane skeleton from Skyeye Company?"

"Hmph, it's an advertisement aimed at us, just as expected."

"They want more universities to purchase their teaching-grade eye arcane skeletons, don't they?"

Meanwhile, two crystal-clear, gem-like eyeballs floated before Huang Zichou in the examination hall.

He introduced them: "These are the eye arcane skeletons recently developed by Skyeye Company—the 'Foresight' series..."

Listening to Huang Zichou's introduction, Zhang Yu learned that arcane skeletons are classified into Teaching-grade, Professional-grade, and Enterprise-grade.

Above Enterprise-grade are Military-grade and Immortal Sect-grade, just like magic artifacts and cultivation techniques.

What Huang Zichou held at that moment was a Teaching-grade eye arcane skeleton.

Once implanted, this arcane skeleton not only allows for visual retrieval of various data, but its spirit artifact also possesses basic intelligent recognition, intelligent search, and tagging functions.

Of course, beyond these fundamental features, its most crucial functions are connecting to the network and observing the Spirit Realm.

Huang Zichou continued: "...In daily university life, connecting to the network through an eye arcane skeleton for payments, communication, inquiries, and other functions is commonplace."

"And the Spirit Realm is even more prevalent in universities. Without an eye arcane skeleton, you'd be no different from a blind person in a university setting..."

At the same time, Huang Zichou thought to himself: "That's precisely why, once students enroll, their universities uniformly issue eye arcane skeletons to prevent them from struggling to live there."

"These eye arcane skeletons are purchased in bulk by various universities and then charged to students."

"Students either pay in installments or temporarily mortgage their own biological eyes."

"However, eye arcane skeletons aren't expensive, and most people can pay them off before graduation. But unless they stay on the second layer, an eye arcane skeleton is useless on the first layer. University graduates who return usually swap back to their biological eyes, selling the eye arcane skeletons they used during university for some cash back."

But Huang Zichou understood that while a single Teaching-grade eye arcane skeleton might not be valuable, the sheer volume purchased in bulk by various universities made it a significant market.

Skyeye Company, which specializes in eye arcane skeletons, clearly targeted this market, which is why they invested in advertising here.

Looking at the representatives in the audience, Huang Zichou thought to himself that they should have charged more for this advertisement.

Immediately after Huang Zichou finished his introduction, as the Ministry of Health's talisman activated, Zhang Yu felt a searing divine power pierce through his eyes.

The next moment, his vision went black, and he lost all sight.

It wasn't just a loss of vision; with Zhang Yu's control over his body, he couldn't even sense the existence of his eyeballs at all. It felt as if the searing light had literally gouged out his eyes.

This sensation made Zhang Yu very uncomfortable, even bringing on an inexplicable nervousness.

At the same time, Huang Zichou said, "Don't panic, everyone. We've only temporarily disconnected you from your eyes. Your eyes are still perfectly intact."

"Now, I will transfer your neural signals to the Skyeye brand eye arcane skeleton—'Foresight'."

"This is an eye arcane skeleton that even Qi Refining stage students can adapt to, provided they have 100 units of magic power. The process is simple, and the burden is light, so there's no need to be nervous..."

Before Huang Zichou finished speaking, Zhang Yu felt a sharp sting in his eyes, followed by the appearance of blurry light and shadows.

Huang Zichou continued, "'Foresight' will automatically adapt to your visual system. It might be a bit blurry at first, but it will clear up in a moment."

Like a camera lens focusing, at first, everything Zhang Yu saw was blurry, as if covered in mosaics.

But soon, he felt his eyeballs seemingly contract and expand, and everything around him became increasingly clear.

However, the scene before his eyes was now completely different from the examination hall just moments ago.

"This is..."

Looking up, there was a vast, boundless, cloudless azure sky.

Looking down, there was a magnificent, boundless ocean, spreading out like an endless blue silk fabric.

Simultaneously, Huang Zichou's voice came again: "We've temporarily unfolded a layer of the Spirit Realm in the examination hall. You should all be able to see the Spirit Realm's scenery now, right?"

The next moment, with a sweep of Huang Zichou's divine power, the vast sea and sky vanished.

But the previously cold examination hall floor was now, in their eyes, filled with advertisements for various spirit roots and arcane skeletons, promotional videos, and information on discounts and offers.

Zhang Yu paused, thinking to himself, "Is this the 'true' appearance? Is this what the examination hall looks like to the representatives from the universities on the second layer?"

"Information that only becomes visible after an eye arcane skeleton is implanted."

At this moment, Zhang Yu pondered, "If... the Spirit Realm entered via a Spirit Realm mask is a virtual world..."

"Then the so-called unfolding of the Spirit Realm in reality is like AR technology, merging virtual environments with reality—a real world that can only be clearly seen with an eye arcane skeleton."

"Without an eye arcane skeleton, are you not even qualified to see the advertisements there?"