Chapter 60: Blue's wickedly smile

And so, the long night ended, bringing waves of unrest throughout the city. Countless rumors spread about Scarlett’s whereabouts, resulting in nothing substantial. Yet, the news arrived in a shocking manner—she had actually taken an interest in someone!

Her influence reached even the institute, causing people to look for this particular person.

“Is it true that Scarlett likes you?”

“There’s no doubt about that. She’s never visited someone by herself and talked with them in that manner.”

“Hey, why didn’t you ever tell us that you knew her?”

“When are you going to bring her and introduce her to us?”

Fang sighed as he replied once again with the same words. Ever since the party had ended, he had been constantly pestered with questions about Scarlett. No matter how much he insisted that he didn’t know her, no one believed him!

He started walking towards his classes. It was hard to ignore the female students who followed behind him and Blue, constantly giggling and pointing at him. As the group passed the signposts, one of the girls leapt out in front of him, blushing.

“Can you please look at this? Thanks!”

A slip of paper was pressed into his hands, and the girls retreated rapidly.

Without looking, Fang already knew the contents of the paper—a love letter. He had collected enough letters by now to build a small, staggering tower.

Nearby, Blue wickedly smiled at him. “It seems you’re pretty popular in the institute now, Fang.”

“Please don’t look at me that way,” Fang replied tiredly. The only type of ‘fame’ he had ever experienced was the disdainful reputation back in Victoria City, and he had no idea how to handle this newfound attention.

On the other hand, his exploding popularity with the girls had made the male students increasingly hostile towards him. They couldn’t accept that their beloved had taken an interest in an ordinary person like him.

Bitterly, he couldn’t figure out the cause of this entire situation. Why did Scarlett suddenly come up to him and say those things? No amount of contemplation yielded any answers. How could he have known that the mischief in question was right next to him?

Although his daily life was quite disturbed, he continued to practice as usual.

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That evening, he arrived in front of the towering building and climbed the flights of stairs to enter a small, comfortable room.

Revolving the power around him, he advanced from the 1st-grade novice to the 2nd-grade, then to the 1st-grade intermediate level, 2nd-grade intermediate, 3rd-grade intermediate, 4th-grade intermediate, and then back to the 1st grade. From the bottom to the peak, and from the peak to the bottom. This buildup and crash circulated through and back again, unceasingly going against a seemingly looming wall.

It was a process he had to be careful with—the gap between the 4th and 5th grades was quite a leap and required a large amount of energy to pass through the bottleneck. If he failed, there wouldn’t be a serious injury, but the accumulated energy would all dissipate! Because of this risk, people often relied on an external source to help them break through to ensure success.

However, Fang didn’t have this worry, as the method he practiced had helped him through these walls without failure so far. Taking a deep breath, he continued to revolve the energy when suddenly, a large fluctuation of energy burst out.

5th-grade intermediate!

As quickly as that burst, the energy calmly settled down.

He sighed in relief, glad it had happened smoothly—but then, he started to feel a bit dizzy. Energy began to build up again, but it was completely different this time; it started from the 1st-grade intermediate all the way to the 5th-grade intermediate level.

His body started to swell rapidly with that change, and in panic, Fang felt inside his body.

There were no signs of any of the previous strengths left!

Instead, whirls of pure energy seemed to surge inside his body. Startled, Fang began to examine it, only to break into a wide smile. Not daring to be negligent, he carefully started to push the remnant energy out of his body. As the room filled up, feeling more and more stuffy, the sole occupant’s breath grew slower and slower until the room was filled with complete silence. Thanks for reading on ManaNovel!

Then, the surrounding energy gathered in a single spot, as a gaping vacuum swallowed the chaotic energy.

A single minute passed, and Fang opened his eyes in elation.

Inside his body, a collection of points seemed to have formed into a single sphere that emitted a fearful aura.

It succeeded!

Heartbeats filled the deathly quiet, and Fang excitedly got up. The elders proudly stated that the limitless method would lead to unparalleled progress never seen before, and one of the heretic theories was a formation of an area where energy would be compressed to a degree to better utilize the copious amounts of energy!

Eagerly, Fang left the room.

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From previous drafts:

1. Then, because Fang no longer had a heartbeat, he died.