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Spiritual Energy, in the physical system of Shenzhou World, is the exponent of energy.
This exponent, in most cases, is roughly equal to one. Unless there is a disturbance from a complex system, it remains roughly equal to one.
Complex systems naturally include human thinking.
Cultivators use mana to raise and change the exponent of a certain type or types of energy on a certain object, making it stronger. In this process, mana will be consumed and transformed into other forms of existence.
This is similar to carbon burning and turning into carbon dioxide, the carbon element has only changed its form of existence, it has not disappeared.
However, Spiritual Energy has other uses.
At least that's what Wang Qi believed.
For example, complete annihilation to generate energy.
According to the Shenzhou mass-energy equation, E^l=mc^2, another equation can be derived, l=2logE(mc). Under the premise of constant mass and constant cosmic light speed, the Spiritual Energy Value and energy value are negatively correlated.
Annihilating Spiritual Energy can yield a great amount of energy.
That sounds terrifying, but in reality, it's not. The energy in Shenzhou World still follows Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution and the second law of thermodynamics, not spontaneously gathering and difficult to control. Whereas Spiritual Energy, this physical quantity that varies with the system, is directly controlled by human will, which is much more convenient.
Simply put, the thermal energy on Yang Jun's body now is enough to kill Wang Qi countless times but this heat strictly obeys the second law of thermodynamics, spontaneously dissipating into the air and being wasted.
Closely observing Yang Jun, who was gradually approaching, Wang Qi couldn't help but be amazed, "I really can't understand what the point of doing this is."
The more Spiritual Energy there is between Heaven and Earth, the more prosperous life beings are. Wang Qi really couldn't think of anything that would just autonomously annihilate Spiritual Energy. Even Ancient Method Practitioners who harvest Heaven and Earth do so to strengthen themselves!
Somehow, Wang Qi was reminded of Zhen Chan's teachings on the "Innate Destruction Dao."
"Heh, this summarization does have some reason to it." Wang Qi carefully measured Yang Jun's steps, while secretly gathering strength, "This thing, it really seems like it's here to destroy the world."
Three meters… two meters… closer… even closer…
Feeling the heat wave coming at him, Wang Qi knew he couldn't dodge any longer. He abruptly stood up, turned around, and threw a faint white light bomb at Yang Jun.
Not only did Yang Jun, whose consciousness had already completely dissipated, not know how to dodge, but he also acted as though he did not fear the spell at all, actively meeting it head-on.
The light bomb hit Yang Jun's left chest. Incredibly, a chunk of Yang Jun's chest caved in. And he let out a painful roar, as if he had suffered tremendous damage.
"Hahahaha... Did the academic underachiever think he could stump the academic overachiever by choosing an obscure topic, lower his IQ to his own level, and then beat him with rich experience? Dream on!" Seeing his attack was effective, Wang Qi burst into laughter, while his hands kept moving, launching a few more light bombs, "As long as I see through your ability, that kind of singular attack is nothing at all!"
Wang Qi's light bombs weren't anything complicated. He took a part from the dwindling Phase Waves, wrapped it with a small wave containing the Heavenly Entropy Technique mana. This part of the mana could create an Entropy Reduction effect.
The strength of Yang Jun, in fact, was a kind of uncontrollable Entropy Increase. His body's rapid annihilation of Spiritual Energy, massive dissipation of thermal energy, uncontrolled physiological functions, and chaotic thinking, are all manifestations of high entropy. And when a spell touched him, it would disintegrate due to the chaos.
But what if he attacked with the power of Entropy Reduction beforehand?
By wrapping the Entropy Reduction Technique within a Phase Wave, this power could keep the wave in a low-entropy state, preventing it from collapsing upon contact with Yang Jun; and when acting upon Yang Jun, it could neutralize a portion of his strength.
"Turning defeat into victory, that's the way to do it! There should be some cool lines here!" Wang Qi laughed heartily as he fired off a Light Bomb, "Now it's my turn to shine! Showtime! Feel the counterattack of a top student!"
The Entropy Reduction Wave Bomb was indeed effective; each one stripped away large swathes of Yang Jun's flesh, then his wounds were overtaken by gray tissue. Yang Jun howled repeatedly, his body temperature continued to rise, but he was utterly unable to defend against Wang Qi's attacks!
"Muahahaha, that's what you get for burning Spiritual Energy! That's what you get for burning Mana!" Wang Qi didn't stop with his hands or his mocking words, "Converting all your Mana to Thermal Energy, you might have increased your attack power, but your defense has plummeted! Even if you could use Entropy Increase to dissolve spells in place of Magic Resistance, what about Physical Resistance? Seems like a shot from an Electric Crossbow Magnetic String would be the end of you!"
"Eh, that means... Ah, I'm not in the habit of carrying arcade coins on me. If I had known an enemy like you could be taken down by a Railgun, I should have always been prepared!"
"Hey! Don't run away... you're supposed to be single-mindedly attacking me after being taunted, aren't you? Don't run away!"
Under Wang Qi's relentless assault, Yang Jun finally became afraid. With a long howl, he ran off to the west!
Seeing the monster scurrying away with its tail between its legs, Wang Qi leisurely followed up with a couple more Light Bombs.
"Aren't you being a bit too arrogant?"
Zhen Chan watched Wang Qi, who was still smirking coldly, and said subconsciously.
"Yeah..." Wang Qi surprisingly didn't retort but openly admitted it as he plopped down on the ground, completely out of breath, "Damn, the real man of three minutes... that's me..."
"Kid, what's going on with you..."
Between heavy breaths, Wang Qi said, "I'm really out of Mana... What I used just now was all I could squeeze out... only enough for a dozen or so shots. If I'd attacked one by one, that guy probably wouldn't have cared. So I went for a volley... If that round hadn't taken him out, we'd be done for!"
Before Zhen Chan could finish speaking, a roar approached from afar. Squinting, they saw Yang Jun, still in his fleeing pose, charging back towards Wang Qi!
"Damn it! Turns out it's one of those Odd Species! Turns out they're super directionally challenged to the point they can't recognize paths!"
Watching this unexpected scene unfold, Wang Qi had an expression of mixed laughter and tears.
Just then, a woman swung over on a vine. She landed a kick on Yang Jun. The Mana-infused kick sent the out-of-control new disciple flying.
Then, she turned around and greeted Wang Qi, "Wow! Hi there!"
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