Ji Jue's eye twitched.

He realized why his words had grown sharper and more unpleasant lately!

"Be careful, Professor, this is not just a snake."

He sighed and warned, "At least, it's not just..."

In that instant, the mercury slithering on the ground suddenly shot out!

Like a monster that could change shape without form, sharp limbs grew out of it, striking the ground nearly as if they were ejected, changing directions, turning invisible.

With a flick of Ji Jue's fingers, he effortlessly changed their direction, even splitting one into two, and four from two; after skirting the middle, a sharp limb extended from behind, stabbing out!

Pop!

Ye Xian snapped his fingers nonchalantly.

But the mercury mass shattered, exploded in response.

"I told you, playing with snakes is nothing more than this."

Ji Jue couldn't help but widen his eyes, distinguishing carefully, and while realizing instantly, felt a bone-chilling coldness... the air?!

Just at the moment of his snap, the air at the tip of his finger was adjusted by his spiritual quality with the properties of Embers – Aggregation, shaping, hardening, strengthening, and then... Mo Ye's Matrix expelled it, a clump of air compressed into a projectile shot out faster than a bullet!

In a mere moment, too many operations were performed, but none hindered the other, flowing smoothly, compressed to the level of instinct.

Ultimately, it resulted in damage rivaling a shotgun fired at close range!

That meant...

From the moment Professor Ye stood within ten steps of him, Ji Jue had already been targeted by an unknown number of gun barrels!

No, even more exaggerated. If spiritual quality were infused, granting it more variations and destructive power, with Professor Ye's prowess, he could turn the air into cannonballs from a self-propelled artillery at any time!

With just a little more seriousness, Ji Jue could have been reduced to nothing but bones!

"With that, I suppose you could say I was a bit serious, right?" Ye Xian glanced over with an expressionless face, "Show your real skills, Ji Jue, or else you might have to start attending class."

"What are you talking about, Professor."

Ji Jue smiled, "I've always been serious."

It was in that instant that Ye Xian realized a fierce wind had risen, coming from just within reach...

At the moment he turned back, he couldn't help but widen his eyes slightly.

Somehow, such a massive object had appeared behind him, its contours ferocious...

It was a silver-white truck!

In just a brief moment, the shattered, scattering mercury regathered, revealing a brand-new form, roaring as it charged forward with relentless force!

At this moment, Ye Xian finally understood where the mechanical spirit in Ji Jue's blood came from! Without doubt, it was from the tool spirit he had taken from a passing truck on the road before arriving...

Fluid Alchemy, it was just too convenient for this kid!

Alchemy which shaped form to approach essence, combined with Ji Jue's ability to impart mechanical spiritual wisdom at any time, casually picking and transplanting spiritual wisdom, could achieve such an exaggerated effect!

Very good, exceedingly good.

A good student always gets a teacher excited!

Ye Xian's lips slowly curled into a smirk. With a casual wave of his hand, the moment his fingertips touched the hood of the truck, the mercury vehicle exploded with a bang, transforming into a shower of silver rain flying all over the sky.

All show and no substance.

At this point, it was just for fooling around.

Over a hundred kilograms of mercury, at best, could only form a shell, not considering the spiritual quality and the thought necessary to harden it to the level of steel. Is it not the mass and speed of the truck that give it its destructive power?

Such a simple matter, even a fool would consider it. If Ji Jue only had this little trick up his sleeve, how could there be such eager anticipation and excitement?

The conclusion was drawn, a decoy to draw attention.

A canister of mercury weighed about a hundred kilograms, but the one that made up this truck weighed just over fifty kilograms, and did not include the pure mercury he had ordered.

So what was left?

Where was the surprise?!

Boom!

With the crashing sound of the collapsing truck, Ye Xian's other hand lifted, fingers spread wide, aimed at the charging Ji Jue. The air hardened, crystal-like patterns faintly emerged from the air, followed by even more fractures appearing the next moment!

A flash of silver!

From Ji Jue's sleeves, two mercury strands rolled out like ropes, whipping through the air, the tips sharpened like blades, slicing down in an instant!

Below the fractures, the mercury froze, suddenly rolling back, returning to Ji Jue's hand, tracing a circular arc through the air, then lashing out again.

Rapid expansion, increment, weight gain, hardening!

With chains linked one after another, the tips of mercury had hardened into hammers, smashing down!

Loud noises erupted, the barely hardened air barrier trembled, fracturing once more. And right beside Ye Xian, the mercury burst forth from the truck's front like rain, reaggregating under the exchange of blood and spiritual essence.

It emitted a high-pitched, sharp truck horn sound, forming a massive wheel that rolled over and then got punched away.

That made Ji Jue's eyes light up.

At last, a move was used!

And at that moment, through the cracked air barrier, he finally saw Ye Xian's smile, seemingly pleased, as if expressing approval, or perhaps, a certain delight of 'finally being able to use a bit more strength'.

As a teacher, one can't always be stern.

Occasionally patience and gentleness are necessary…

For now, let's not use the Dissociation Technique, let's play along!

Fists clenched, knuckles rubbing, thunder roared anew, the ground shook, the heavens swayed—with a punch enhanced by Material Enhancement, he aimed straight for Ji Jue's face.

The remaining air barrier, the mercury hammer, everything shattered at the sound!

Such a simple punch, but within the onrushing storm, Ji Jue felt as if he was about to be run over by a siege hammer, his hair flew up, his face twitched, sending chills down his spine.

Without thinking, he lifted both arms, crossed them, shielding his face.

Boom!

In that instant, the fist of destruction collided with the silver light head-on, ripples undulated, and countless droplets of mercury splashed, then slowly returned, climbing up Ji Jue's trousers back onto his body.

Ji Jue slid back, several meters!

He could almost not stop.

But this time, he wasn't sent flying?

Ye Xian looked up to see the silver light enveloping Ji Jue, layer after layer of mercury surged, hardened, forming a shell tougher than steel.

A bootlegged, youthful version of the Dragon Scale Armor mimicked from Mr. Lou's Spiritual Shaping techniques, now encased his entire body!

Only, the style was completely different…

It was as if, on a power suit used for civilian construction, someone had forcibly welded an extra layer of a metal shell, crudely made, with clear welds, a mishmash, patched up everywhere, yet filled with a certain wild beauty.

"Eihei~"

The headpiece of the Mercury Armor, a welding mask, slowly lifted.

From the rippling light, a preset expression surfaced towards the astonished teacher.

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