Chapter 177 Jishi Medical University 35
The banyan tree, which had been motionless as if it were unreal, was forced to sway violently under Yu Naixin's actions.
The method is extremely simple, but also extremely crude.
Wasn't the banyan tree spirit trying to play dead?
That would make it impossible for him to keep pretending.
Many viewers in the live stream were surprised by Yu Naixin's move.
[?! No, this tree is the home ground of the banyan tree spirit youth! How could "Yao Ling" cut it down so easily?! The home ground of the dungeon guest is arguably the most impregnable place in "Heartbeat 1000%"!]
Strictly speaking, the Banyan Tree Spirit Youth's main arena is the folded space treehouse inside the trunk of this large banyan tree; the rest of the banyan tree is not considered part of the main arena. For dungeon guests with lower spiritual power coefficients (I recall it being less than 100), only the strictly defined main arena area provides the various buffs. However, dungeon guests in the title area are mostly powerful demons with spiritual power coefficients above 180. Areas directly adjacent to the main arena, such as the entire banyan tree the Banyan Tree Spirit Youth occupies, and the entire area covered by its drooping branches, provide some buffs, albeit much weaker than the true main arena effect; these can be called "secondary main arenas."
Even in its weakened form, the banyan tree spirit youth still possesses a spiritual power coefficient of over two hundred. His home-field defense couldn't possibly be low, yet "Yao Ling" managed to chop a huge crater in it with a single axe strike?! It's practically a divine weapon! "Yao Ling's" axe must have cost a fortune in Sweet Coins in the system's special shop, right?!
[Can a weapon bought from the special shop really have this level of power?! It must be another special artifact that "Yao Ling" has obtained. Viewers who followed "Yao Ling" from the regular area have mentioned more than once that "Yao Ling" possesses several special artifacts.]
[...I'm truly impressed. In this live stream, you can even see special spiritual artifacts being mentioned so casually, like street vendor goods... These are special spiritual artifacts that even top-tier celebrities and guests on the three major ranking lists rarely manage to obtain!]
The title area has three main leaderboards: the "Experience Ranking," the "Wealth Ranking," and the "Cleansing Ranking." Each leaderboard has nine slots from top to bottom.
The numerical calculations for the three sub-lists do not interfere with each other. As long as the program guests have the corresponding strength, it is not a problem for them to appear on all three lists at the same time.
Because it only displays guests from programs currently broadcasting live, the rankings are quite fluid. However, there are always some guests who will appear on the list as long as they start a live broadcast. These are celebrities who are well-known and talked about by the audience in the title section.
Some viewers mentioned that few of these celebrity guests on TV shows have managed to obtain a special magical artifact, and soon others listed which TV show guests currently possess more than one special magical artifact.
"Jade Blade" is undoubtedly the number one guest on the show "Heartbeat 1000%". He has obtained two special magical artifacts, one of which was completely destroyed in the "Ruyi Opera House" not long ago.
"Jian Gui," widely recognized as the strongest male guest on the show, has acquired two special spiritual artifacts, which he still keeps to this day.
Besides, among these celebrity guests, only "Jiuji" has a special magical artifact. Others, such as "Bashan", "Hanjiangxue", "Guanhuo", "Jinzhaojiu", "Qingshuang", and "Xianglu", do not have any special magical artifacts at all.
Including the recently popular "Meditators," who are known for the high degree of purification achieved in the dungeon programs they participate in, but have never obtained any special magical artifacts.
Yu Naixin, a newcomer who has just entered the title zone, already possesses so many special spiritual artifacts, which speaks volumes about their value.
[Wait, something feels off. Did I forget someone...?]
Wait a minute, wait a minute! Am I seeing things? Why does that battle axe in "Yao Ling's" hand look so familiar?! It looks like the kind you can buy in the system's regular shop!
The number and frequency of comments from viewers in the title area were very high, and the topic was brought back to the beginning in less than two seconds in the live stream.
"...Are you seeing things? These are the items in the regular shop. I remember you could buy them for less than 100 Sweet Coins. It's not a huge expense for a show guest who managed to get into the title zone."
【?? You mean, "Yao Ling" used an ordinary axe sold in the regular store to easily chop up a powerful demon's secondary domain like cutting vegetables?!】
[Oh, I remember now! This thing is from the system's regular shop. I bought several when I was a guest on the show. It's not as strong as the [unspecified item], but considering the price, it's quite cost-effective. It's very useful in situations where you can take shortcuts and destroy external devices to obtain clues!]
As more and more viewers confirmed the origin of the battle axe that Yu Naixin was holding, more and more viewers realized how Yu Naixin had done it.
This situation is rare among the show's guests, but it becomes very common when the subject is changed to a supporting guest.
— Infuse your own spiritual power into an item, enabling it to achieve effects far exceeding its inherent capabilities.
Simply put, it means diverting one's spiritual power to other things, temporarily turning them into spiritual artifacts.
Everyone in the title area is a guest in the dungeon.
However, this technique is almost never seen on guests in the regular dungeon, which basically confirms that it requires a spiritual power coefficient of over 180 for the guest to use it.
Even if "Heartbeat 1000%" gives its guests considerable preferential treatment, it's impossible for just any guest to be qualified to master this skill. Otherwise, there wouldn't be a rule that guests must successfully survive three dungeon runs before they can refresh the system shop to get the Summoning Pill and activate their initial 10 points of spiritual power.
None of the regular guests on the three major charts have this skill.
As the guest who has participated in the most dungeon shows so far, "Jade Blade" has a record of a full fourteen battles and a spiritual power coefficient of 120, which is something that no one else can do.
Some viewers couldn't help but think of a conclusion that, after eliminating all other impossible options, was the only one that was still somewhat possible.
—Could it be that this guest on the show, known as "Yao Ling," has a higher spiritual power level than "Yu Ren"?!
If Yu Naixin were to see the comments in the live stream right now, she would give these viewers a thumbs up.
She did indeed comprehend this skill only after her spiritual power coefficient broke through 120 points.
"Heartbeat 1000%" lowered the standards for program guests to two-thirds of those for the copy guests, yet it still remains unattainable for countless program guests.
Yu Naixin's ability to control spiritual power was already at the master level. Even though she had only mastered the skill for a short time, she only needed four axe blows to force the banyan tree spirit youth to reveal himself.
After those four blows, the entire banyan tree tilted twenty or thirty degrees toward the side closer to Yu Naixin.
Judging from Yu Naixin's posture, the young man from the banyan tree spirit had no doubt that this female guest was really going to cut down the banyan tree.
Logically speaking, it's pure fantasy for the show's guests to want to disrupt the guest's home turf.
But since Yu Naixin participated in this "Jishi Medical University" program, has she done even one thing that makes sense?!
Logically speaking, no guest on the show should be able to completely destroy the secondary host's stage!
And it was done so easily!
The young man, a banyan tree spirit, really dared not gamble.
He had no choice but to bite the bullet and come out.
Thus, Yu Naixin finally met the banyan tree spirit youth for the first time in this real-life reality show.
The handsome young man wore a light blue ancient-style robe, with long gray hair and overly long bangs that covered half of his eyes.
Just like how Yu Naixin first met him during the simulation.
However, back then, the banyan tree spirit youth only had a melancholy demeanor; now he has become completely withdrawn.
Yu Naixin clicked her tongue softly.
“Look at you,” Yu Naixin said, waving the hand holding the battle axe at the banyan tree spirit youth, her face full of disappointment, “If you had just come out when I called you, you wouldn’t have had to give me half a banyan tree as a greeting gift.”
Banyan Tree Spirit Youth: "..."
The banyan tree spirit youth's lips moved, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he pursed them tightly.
He ducked to the side to avoid Yu Naixin's battle axe targeting his body next.
[Hahaha, the banyan tree spirit perfectly embodies the phrase "angry but unable to speak out"!]
[Forget about the banyan tree spirit, I'd be terrified if "Yao Ling" pointed an axe at me! Her spiritual power level is terrifying...]
[What the hell?! How did this 1.8-meter-long axe suddenly explode?!]
Just as the young banyan tree spirit began to move his body, the battle axe in Yu Naixin's hand suddenly exploded, turning into a cloud of extremely fine dust, which exploded in the air like a dusty firework.
The area affected by the explosion was clearly larger than the area originally occupied by the battle axe. Although the banyan tree spirit youth dodged, he still couldn't escape it.
A mixture of iron filings, steel filings, and wood chips blasted a deep gash into the left shoulder of the banyan tree spirit youth.
The pale blue silk fabric ripped apart, revealing the pale skin it concealed, and the bright red blood beneath.
Yu Naixin glanced at her now empty hands.
Oh, it was my first time using an unfamiliar skill, and I wasn't very skilled. I injected too much spiritual energy, and this ordinary battle axe couldn't withstand it at all, so it exploded.
As the person who performed this skill, Yu Naixin was not affected by the dust at all.
Yu Naixin's gaze shifted to the left shoulder of the banyan tree spirit youth.
Then, he gave a rather unsatisfying smile: "Your blood has turned red now?"
Banyan Tree Spirit Youth: "...?!"
The injury on his shoulder only made the young banyan tree spirit's face paler, revealing a slightly pained expression.
But Yu Naixin's casual remark sent a shiver down his spine.
Yu Naixin took a step forward, shortening the distance between herself and the banyan tree spirit youth: "Shouldn't it have been—a different color?"
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