"Cough cough..."
Just as Milk Tea was about to cry, Shen Yunhao struggled to his feet from the dust, rubbing his chest which was almost flattened from the impact, and forced a dry laugh, "It's okay, it's okay! I'm fine!"
Bearing the weight of the vast ocean, facing this level of physical impact, although it really hurt, I didn't suffer any substantial damage.
Seeing that he could still speak and move, Milk Tea's worry turned to joy. She pounced and burrowed into Shen Yunhao's arms, rubbing her little head against his chest, whimpering with lingering fear, "I was so scared! I thought I was really going to become a stray cat without an owner!"
Shen Yunhao gently patted her back to comfort her, saying, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I will never abandon Milk Tea..."
At this moment, Mo Yan and Bai Xiaoruo, who had already realized that the "cat shockwave" from earlier wouldn't hurt Shen Yunhao, slowly walked forward.
The little fox crossed its arms and looked at the human and cat huddled together on the ground with a mocking expression. "Oh, what a loving pair, master and pet! If you hadn't been quick to attack and recover, I would have been completely intimidated by this display. I thought it was a cannon shooting at a mosquito, but it turned out to be a dud..."
Shen Yunhao stood up, still holding the milk tea, rubbing his aching chest as he glared at Bai Xiaoruo, "Stop talking nonsense! I'm asking you, did you teach her this cat shockwave thing?"
Bai Xiaoruo's face stiffened, and she coughed twice. "I only taught her the most basic ways to project and circulate spiritual energy. As for the name... she just came up with it herself. It has nothing to do with me!"
Judging from her eagerness to distance herself, she probably used the guise of teaching martial arts to instill strange and unusual things in Milk Tea.
Shen Yunhao reached out and pinched Milk Tea's soft little nose, chuckling, "Leaving aside the power for now, the name is quite unique. I think your rapid-fire technique just now was very impressive. From now on, let's call it 'Cat Machine Gun'!"
Bai Xiaoruo: "..."
Mo Yan: "..."
Milk Tea blinked, puzzled, and asked, "Master, what's a machine gun? Is it a powerful new attack? Even more powerful than a shockwave?"
Um... if you put it that way, it seems like the shockwave is more powerful...
Shen Yunhao rubbed her head without answering, then turned to look at the other two, his expression becoming more serious. "Judging from today's performance, I roughly... know what's going on with Milk Tea."
Faced with the questioning looks from the two women, Shen Yunhao composed himself and slowly began to speak.
"The shockwave that Milk Tea just unleashed, and the subsequent barrages, in terms of individual power, were probably at the level of the early to mid-stage of the Soul Condensation Realm. This should be similar to Milk Tea's cultivation level before absorbing the spiritual vein, right?"
Bai Xiaoruo nodded upon hearing this, "Before you came to the Demon Emperor's Palace, Milk Tea's cultivation had already reached the late stage of the Soul Condensation Realm, but..."
She glanced helplessly at the cat, who was comfortably squinting and enjoying Shen Yunhao's stroking, "She seems to have a naturally very weak offensive attribute. No matter how I teach her to use spiritual power and simulate attacks of various attributes, she can only unleash about this level of power, and she hasn't made any progress..."
Shen Yunhao nodded, confirming his guess: "No wonder... Judging from what happened just now, although Milk Tea's attack power wasn't strong, but..."
He changed the subject, his tone becoming serious, "The amount of spiritual energy stored in her body is definitely far beyond that of an ordinary Soul Condensation Realm cultivator, and may even... have truly reached the standard of the Void Realm!"
Upon hearing this, both women's gazes sharpened. Recalling the "cat machine gun" that had been unleashed so relentlessly just moments before, they also revealed thoughtful expressions.
Why did Shen Yunhao use the term "machine gun" to describe it? It's because the frequency and duration of its attacks were simply too exaggerated!
Ordinary Soul Condensation Realm cultivators simply cannot do this.
Judging from the cat's posture just now, it seemed that the spiritual energy in its body was inexhaustible!
Shen Yunhao looked down at Milk Tea and asked softly, "Milk Tea, did you feel tired after launching that attack? Is there anything wrong with your body?"
Milk Tea shook her head upon hearing this, "I feel absolutely nothing! I can still keep fighting! Fighting that damn vine!"
As he spoke, he made a smug face at Mo Yan.
It was as if she had won the battle just now...
Mo Yan's lips twitched involuntarily, and she snorted irritably, "If she really absorbed all the spiritual energy from this mountain range's spiritual veins... then with her current spiritual energy reserves, that level of attack just now..."
She did some calculations and came to a conclusion that left her speechless: "I'm afraid I could play for a whole year without getting exhausted."
Bai Xiaoruo touched her chin, her delicate eyebrows slightly furrowed.
"From what you're saying... the conclusion is that Milk Tea somehow absorbed all the spiritual energy here, causing her total spiritual energy reserves to surge to the Void Realm level, but her actual cultivation level is still stuck at the Soul Condensation Realm? That's true, but it sounds too strange, doesn't it?"
Shen Yunhao stroked his chin, his eyes deep. "If I'm not mistaken, Milk Tea's cultivation level was likely forcibly raised to the Void Realm for a period of time. Then it quickly dropped and couldn't be maintained, which is why she's in this strange situation where she has a strong foundation of spiritual energy but can only exert the strength of the Soul Condensation Realm!"
"What the heck?!"
Upon hearing this, Bai Xiaoruo's pink peach blossom eyes widened instantly. "You think this is a roller coaster? It goes up and down, with all sorts of ups and downs?"
However, upon hearing Shen Yunhao's words, Mo Yan was initially taken aback, then seemed to remember something, her pupils constricting as she exclaimed, "You mean... back in Wanren City..."
Shen Yunhao looked at the milk tea with an indeterminate expression of joy or worry, and said softly, "Most likely... that's it, the timing matches up!"
"Gulp!"
Even with Yi Moyan's temperament, she couldn't help but swallow hard at this moment, her voice sounding exceptionally clear in the suddenly quiet mountain forest.
"This...this is outrageous! It's simply unbelievable!"
The girl's voice carried a hint of incomprehensible absurdity, "If... if a Taixu Realm expert had come from Wanren City instead... wouldn't that have been..."
She didn't finish her sentence, but the meaning was already self-evident.
"If that's the case, then it's probably not just this one spiritual vein. I'm afraid this little guy will drain all the dozens of spiritual veins in this entire mountainous area!"
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