Chapter 6
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Chapter 6: The Practitioner on the Basketball Court
The sun shone brightly.
Outside the cave, feeling the warmth of the sunlight, Yi Chen couldn’t help but take a deep breath.
The fresh air and warm breeze were far better than the damp and dark cave, giving him a sense of rebirth.
However, even though it was sunny outside, dangers lurked everywhere.
It was best to quickly gather enough thorny fruits and return to the cave to diligently study the new technique.
He carefully observed his surroundings, confirmed there was no danger, and walked towards the patch of thorny bushes, guided by his previous memories.
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“What’s going on? Has he forgotten the way to the grove after just a month and a half in the cave?”
“This is bad! I just checked the map, and there’s a roaring tiger in that direction.”
“There are countless paths, so why did he choose this one dead end?”
“Staff, quickly contact the warship on the exile planet and have it use lasers to shoot the roaring tiger.”
“It’s pointless. The most important thing about the exile planet is that those hard-core criminals must not be allowed to escape.”
“The federal government chose Planet A518 as the exile planet because the surrounding area is filled with cosmic storms and meteor clusters. Only large warships can withstand it.”
“Besides that, the entire outer space of the exile planet has only one large unmanned warship, and it has had its space jump devices, weapon systems, and mecha systems destroyed.”
“As a result, even if those hard-core criminals don’t have their memories erased, they won’t be able to reach the warship.”
“Even if they board the warship, they won’t be able to escape the exile planet.”
“Conversely, people outside cannot hack into the warship’s intelligence to control its weapon systems or mecha systems to secretly assist these criminals.”
“We were originally counting on him, this founder, to test what risks the Chaos Technique had. Now he’s seeking death…”
The viewers in the live room all sighed.
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Roar!
It seemed the situation was unfolding just as the live room audience had anticipated.
The roaring tiger had an acute sense of smell, and even from over a hundred meters away, it caught the scent of Yi Chen.
After a deafening roar, it pushed off with its powerful hind legs.
Dust flew everywhere.
With a height of two meters and a length of three to four meters, it leaped four to five meters towards Yi Chen.
In the distance, Yi Chen was taken aback.
But unlike what the roaring tiger expected, he wasn’t terrified into immobility by its roar.
On the contrary, after a brief moment of shock, Yi Chen immediately infused spirit power into his legs.
He turned and dashed away!
Speeding forward in one breath.
He ran twice as fast as the roaring tiger.
In the blink of an eye, he vanished from sight.
The roaring tiger stopped, gazing in the direction Yi Chen had left, disoriented by the wind.
Its bright, sparkling eyes were filled with confusion.
It had seen fast runners, but most had long legs.
This was the first time it encountered prey that could run so fast with only two short legs.
Meanwhile, Yi Chen dashed five to six hundred meters and stopped once he was sure he had shaken off the roaring tiger.
Then he began to try and navigate around the roaring tiger, heading toward the thorny bushes.
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In the Tenth Livestream Room.
Over twenty million viewers sat in stunned silence.
Each one appeared even more confused than the roaring tiger.
They all doubted whether their eyes were failing them.
“What did I just see?”
“How could his speed be faster than the roaring tiger?”
“Scanning data shows he reached a speed of thirty meters per second just now?”
“How is that possible? With his current physical condition, the chance of him reaching ten meters per second is minimal. How could he achieve thirty?”
“Keep in mind, without gene drugs, the world record is only twenty meters per second.”
“It’s spirit power, the spirit power stored in his Qi Sea. My goodness, spirit power can be used like that?”
Someone reviewed the previous scanning data and finally uncovered the true reason.
When Yi Chen took off running, spirit power burst from his Qi Sea and infused his legs, causing his speed to increase several times.
Once this discovery was confirmed, the entire live room erupted into chaos.
Spending half a month to improve his physical condition by thirty percent was already amazing enough, leaving people puzzled about the astonishing effects of the Chaos Technique.
No one expected the value of spirit power to be even greater.
Just by consuming a small amount of spirit power, a person who originally couldn’t reach ten meters per second suddenly shot up to thirty meters per second.
“When calculated this way, infusing spirit power into the arms could easily multiply a person’s strength manifold?”
“If infused into vital points, oh my…”
“This Chaos Technique is simply miraculous, but I wonder what the side effects are? Generally speaking, the more obvious the benefits, the greater the side effects.”
“If the side effects are within acceptable limits, even if it achieves its maximum, this Chaos Technique could definitely be learned.”
The viewers in the live room felt a mix of excitement and concern.
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On Planet A1637.
“Spirit power can be used like this?”
In the locker room, Jiang He took a moment to check the Tenth Livestream Room and was instantly stunned.
Then he fell into a frenzy of joy.
By the time he came to his senses, he realized he had mindlessly followed his teammates back onto the court.
89:56
Just a few minutes into the second half, the Mad Bull team had once again widened their lead, now ahead of the Brilliant team by over thirty points.
In the arena, most of the Brilliant team’s home fans had already left.
The remaining fans appeared drowsy and lackluster.
“Jiang He, it’s your turn!”
Seeing that the game was slipping away, the head coach had no choice but to give up the match and substitute the equally uninspired star player.
Jiang He jumped up excitedly.
He walked onto the court along with a few substitute players.
After three rounds, Jiang He finally received a pass from a teammate.
Without any hesitation, he immediately infused a small amount of spirit power into his legs.
As a shooting guard, he had decent ball-handling skills, but being a marginal player on a low-level team came down to his low shooting percentage and poor explosive ability.
He couldn’t significantly improve his shooting percentage in a short time.
So, he decided to drive in for a layup.
Jiang He suddenly picked up speed.
The defender trying to guard him only saw a blur before losing sight of his target.
When he turned to look again,
Jiang He had already dashed to the basket, easily scoring two points with a layup.
What just happened?
Both players on the court and the few remaining spectators thought they had imagined it.
On the sidelines, the head coach of the Brilliant team’s eyes lit up.
He had been feeling that Jiang He had been performing well in training over the past few days.
He never expected it to be to such an extent!
The game resumed.
Swish…
The backup point guard for the Mad Bull team had just brought the ball forward, considering who to pass to while analyzing the game situation.
Suddenly, a shadow flashed before him.
In the next second, the basketball vanished.
Was it stolen?
The backup point guard of the Mad Bull team turned his head in frustration.
His mouth dropped open in shock.
He saw Jiang He leaping high and slamming the basketball into the hoop.
That was four points and a steal.
The audience in the arena finally perked up.
And this was just the beginning.
After four to five days, Jiang He had broken through to the Qi Condensation Second Stage.
Although his spirit power in the Qi Sea wasn’t abundant, it was sufficient to support a game and a half.
Dunks, layups, steals…
Jiang He transformed into a warrior on the court, unstoppable.
Even in the fourth quarter, as the Mad Bull team’s lead began to shrink and they started bringing in their much stronger starters,
Jiang He remained the brightest player on the court.
Though they ultimately lost the game, he did not fail.
In just 16 and a half minutes on the court, he achieved an astonishing record of 25 points, 6 rebounds, 4 steals, and 2 assists.
As the game ended, ideally, media reporters should interview the best player on the winning side.
However, this time, they called out to Jiang He instead.
During his first post-game interview, when asked why his performance was so outstanding today, an excited Jiang He answered with a jumble of words, failing to address the question:
“Thanks to Yi Chen! Thank him for creating the Chaos Technique. Even if the Chaos Technique has terrifying side effects, in my eyes, he is still my idol!”
“If he were standing in front of me, I would worship and kiss his feet with the utmost sincerity!”
With this interview, he not only participated in a post-game interview for the first time,
but also, as a backup player in a low-level basketball league, outshone all sports stars on Planet A1637, making the front page headlines of major global sports media.
