Could it be that... soul power can control electric current, but at the same time, electric current also has the same inhibitory effect on soul power? Could it be that the current intensity I used in my previous experiments was not high, so it could be controlled by soul power, but now the current shot from the high-voltage stun gun exceeds the limit that soul power can control, so it is instead restricted by it?
"Ah...how are you? Don't scare me..."
Seeing Zhou Ziwei trembling and gripping the car body after the flash of lightning, Su Yan was terrified. In a panic, she tried to push him away, even though she knew it might electrocute her as well. But... she couldn't just stand by and watch Zhou Ziwei be attacked by electricity right before her eyes! Perhaps if she could just knock his hand away and stop him from touching the car, the crisis would be over. Even if she were electrocuted and passed out, it would be worth it!
However, the moment Su Yan moved, the henchman who had been kneeling on the ground beating her and pleading for mercy suddenly jumped up, grabbed her arm, and dragged her aside.
Now he could see that although Zhou Ziwei hadn't passed out from the electric shock of the stun gun, he was already unable to move. This was a golden opportunity for them, these thugs, to turn the tables, and they weren't about to let Su Yan ruin such a good chance.
Just then, Cao Dong, who had just collapsed on the ground, struggled to sit up. He then shouted to the hundreds of thugs who were still entangled with the burly man named Yelü Xiaosu, "Over here... the main culprit is over here... kill him! Don't worry about anything, kill him... if anything serious happens, I'll take responsibility for you."
Cao Dong was truly going crazy at this point, because he realized that ever since Zhou Ziwei had lightly kicked him, his limbs were becoming somewhat unresponsive. Although he could still sit up with difficulty, he struggled several times but failed to stand up.
Now he was even more convinced of Zhou Ziwei's words... His life was completely ruined. His days as the gang leader were over. Once everyone knew that this once-powerful thug had become a cripple, barely better than a paralyzed man, an incredibly miserable end awaited him. Since that was the case... then let's all die together! Anyway, Cao Dong didn't want to live anymore, so he might as well go completely insane while his title as the gang leader still held sway!
Although the hundreds of thugs had done many bad things with Cao Dong before, none of them had ever experienced something as thrilling as killing someone. Now, upon hearing Cao Dong's shout, a few of the more level-headed individuals realized that things had gotten out of hand and that if things continued to escalate, it might be difficult to handle.
Most of the thugs, however, had already lost their minds. In their hearts, Cao Dong was the most powerful boss in Tonghai, omnipotent. Since the boss said he would take responsibility if someone was killed, then nothing would happen. And how many people in the underworld aren't hot-headed? Upon hearing that they could actually kill someone without any consequences, dozens of them rushed madly toward Zhou Ziwei...
"Use knives... Don't come any closer if you're unarmed... Everyone use knives, stab him to death together, don't give him a chance to fight back."
Upon seeing dozens of men rushing towards Zhou Ziwei with bricks and wooden sticks, Cao Dong immediately realized that Zhou Ziwei was unable to move because of the stun gun. He thought that if someone hit Zhou Ziwei with a wooden stick now, it would not only fail to harm him but would also rescue him from his predicament. So he quickly added that.
If three to five people simultaneously stab Zhou Ziwei in vital areas, even if he manages to escape the electric shock the moment he is stabbed, he will still be doomed.
Although stabbing Zhou Ziwei with a knife might electrocute the thugs with knives, what did it matter? The dispersed current wouldn't kill anyone anyway, and even if the thugs were electrocuted, Cao Dong wouldn't care. He himself didn't want to live anymore, so why would he care about the lives of the thugs?
"Damn it... Serves you right for being so cocky! Get out of my way... If anyone blocks my path again, I'm really not going to be polite this time!"
Yelü Xiaosu was entangled by that group of thugs and was hesitant to fight back, only managing to hold on by relying on her formidable martial arts skills.
It wasn't until they discovered that Zhou Ziwei and Su Yan had somehow emerged from the coffee shop and were in danger that they finally panicked.
You see, Yelü Xiaosu is always a man of his word. He just received a deposit of 50,000 yuan and guaranteed their safety. But if Zhou Ziwei is really killed, not receiving the other 50,000 yuan commission is a minor matter; he can't afford to lose face...
Yelü Xiaosu didn't care about hurting anyone at that moment. She suddenly shouted and sprang up again, rushing towards Zhou Ziwei at top speed.
During this time, someone tried to stop him, but he still just relied on brute force to break through. However, this time, the person he knocked down was no longer someone who would just fall down and get up after a while. Instead, he knocked them flying.
Anyone he knocked down, even if they didn't break any bones, would mostly faint immediately and be unable to effectively stop his speed.
However, it must be said that although Yelü Xiaosu's body was as strong as a bull and his strength was astonishing, perhaps because of his excessive weight, although his running momentum was amazing, his speed was really not that fast.
Moreover, he was more than 30 meters away from Zhou Ziwei at this time. By the time he rushed to within a dozen meters of Zhou Ziwei, Zhou Ziwei had already been surrounded by seven or eight thugs wielding daggers or machetes. Then, under Yelü Xiaosu's watchful gaze, seven gleaming sharp weapons almost simultaneously stabbed down at various vital points on Zhou Ziwei's body...
Volume 1 The Rebirth of a Prodigy Chapter 217 The Second Metamorphosis of Soul Power
Zhou Ziwei was oblivious to everything happening around him. The intense electric current surged through his body like a torrent, and he could clearly feel his consciousness becoming increasingly numb and sluggish under the impact of the high-voltage current.
However, at that moment, a burning sensation suddenly burst forth from his chest. Then, the current flowing in his body seemed to be summoned by something, and they surged wildly, flowing towards a point on Zhou Ziwei's chest like a tide. Even the current that was originally traveling through the car body seemed to accelerate instantly, speeding up its impact into Zhou Ziwei's body.
In less than a microsecond, all the current surged out from a certain spot on Zhou Ziwei's chest with a "whoosh," as if it had plunged into a bottomless abyss, and vanished without a trace in the blink of an eye.
Zhou Ziwei was slightly taken aback. Just as he was about to test whether his body had regained its mobility, he suddenly felt the current that had just flowed out of his chest surge back wildly in an instant. Moreover, this current seemed to carry a scorching aura, and it was as if this current had its own consciousness. As soon as it entered Zhou Ziwei's body, it began to flow along the nerve lines in Zhou Ziwei's body, joyfully flowing towards Zhou Ziwei's sea of soul.
Zhou Ziwei was immediately taken aback. Having died once before, he was no longer afraid of death. Moreover, with such powerful soul energy, if he were to die again, it would simply be a matter of needing to change his identity. This was no different from him using an amoeba to change his appearance.
However, his sea of souls is the foundation of a person's entire soul. If it suffers a severe blow, he may very well face the fate of having his soul scattered.
Therefore, even when he was so shocked by the electric current that he couldn't move his whole body and couldn't even extend his soul power outwards, he wasn't very afraid. But now... he was truly terrified.
He didn't have time to think about what was going on, why the high-voltage current suddenly shot out of his chest and then surged back in, becoming incredibly hot.
In order to save himself, he had no choice but to desperately mobilize the soul power that had just been temporarily restored due to the sudden disappearance of the current, and frantically rushed out of the sea of souls to block the scorching current halfway.
Although he knew that the electric current seemed to be able to freeze his soul power, making such a blockade meaningless, Zhou Ziwei was faced with the danger of his soul being scattered, so he could only do his best to fight back. Regardless of whether it would work or not, Zhou Ziwei was unwilling to give up and wait for death.
However, to Zhou Ziwei's utter surprise, when he almost desperately mobilized a large amount of his soul power to meet the electric current, thinking that he might not even be able to withstand it for a second before his soul power was completely frozen by the binding force of the current, the electric current, upon impacting his soul power, was like a snowflake falling into the sea, immediately and without hindrance merging into one with it, never to be separated again.
Immediately afterwards, this energy flow that had completely merged within Zhou Ziwei's body, like an old horse that knew the way, surged back into Zhou Ziwei's sea of souls without him having to consciously mobilize it.
Then Zhou Ziwei felt the amount of soul power stored in his sea of souls rising wildly: 2,300, 2,400, 2,700, 2,900... 3,500...
When the amount of soul power stored in Zhou Ziwei's sea of souls surged to 3,500, he finally vaguely felt that the capacity of his sea of souls was almost at its limit. However, the inexplicable surge of energy, similar to electric current, continued to surge into his sea of souls, seemingly without end.
Just as Zhou Ziwei realized that the scorching current seemed to have no longer harmed him, he was startled again before he could even feel happy. Heaven knows what was going on with that current, how it could become one with the power of the soul and even occupy the storage space in his sea of souls.
Although Zhou Ziwei also noticed that the continuous current flowing into his sea of souls seemed to be getting slower and less, and seemed to be about to be completely cut off.
But he knew even more that he wouldn't live to see that time; his sea of souls would be completely burst open.
In this critical moment, Zhou Ziwei knew that he had to consume a large amount of soul power in an instant in order to escape this calamity, and the only thing that could allow him to consume a large amount of soul power in an instant was Soul Roar.
So the instant he felt his sea of souls was completely overflowing, he roared without hesitation, mobilizing all the soul power he could muster in an instant, and spat it out wildly with a loud shout.
Fortunately, although Zhou Ziwei could not control the exact power of the Soul Roar, he could still control its attack range.
If he were to unleash that soul-stirring roar in a straight line, it's estimated that no one within a hundred meters of that line of attack would survive. Those nearby would instantly be annihilated, while those further away might end up with dementia or mental instability.
However, if he expands the attack range of this Soul Roar as much as possible in a fan shape, then there will be no such terrifying consequences. He had already verified this when he was at Wu Di's fitness center.
So even though Zhou Ziwei's life was hanging by a thread, he still tried his best to spread out the angle of his roaring attack.
"Roar—" Moreover, in order not to shock people too much about his abilities afterward, Zhou Ziwei still did not forget to let out a roar while letting out a soul roar, making a sound like a mountain collapsing and a tsunami.
Fortunately, his roar was timely. His soul sea was already exceeding its capacity and was about to collapse when his roar suddenly consumed several hundred units, causing the capacity of his soul sea to drop rapidly below its capacity.
Then, although powerful electric currents continued to flow through his chest, they stopped abruptly just as his sea of souls was about to be full.
"Phew...that was close!"
Zhou Ziwei gasped for breath, his heart pounding with fear, before temporarily relaxing his focus on his inner world. He then saw seven thugs surrounding him, each holding a dagger or a watermelon knife, all poised to stab him in vital areas. The one with the watermelon knife, taking advantage of its length, had the tip pressed against Zhou Ziwei's chin. If it had been pushed forward just a little more... it might have severed Zhou Ziwei's trachea.
However, this breathtaking moment froze in front of him. The seven thugs, whose faces were contorted with rage, did not even change their expressions. But they were frozen in place as if someone had pressed the pause button.
What's even more astonishing is that a wisp of blue electricity flickers intermittently on the foreheads of each person, and without exception, they all sport an afro that stands on end in anger.
Whether their hair was long or short, it all stood upright, pointing straight to the sky, while the thug with the watermelon knife had a head of long hair that emitted a burnt smell.
"Crack—" As the watermelon knife in the thug's hand fell limply to the ground, the seven people standing in front of Zhou Ziwei all swayed and fell backward to the ground. And then... near and far, almost everyone on the street that Zhou Ziwei could see fell down like wheat that had been cut down.
This was practically a replay of what happened at Wu Di's gym, except... last time, those burly men were only knocked unconscious by the shock to their souls, and there was no outward sign of anything amiss. But now... almost everyone who was knocked down by Zhou Ziwei's soul roar was sporting a comical afro...
It is said that almost everyone Zhou Ziwei could see collapsed, because there was one exception: Yelü Xiaosu, whom he had just hired for 100,000 yuan.
The two-meter-tall giant stood out even more amidst the crowd when everyone else had fallen.
Although Yelü Xiaosu did not fall down, she also had an afro and a blank expression. Her body swayed continuously until she finally stabilized after a few seconds, and then her eyes regained their clarity.
Although his mind was still somewhat numb, he was finally able to think like a normal person.
But when Yelü Xiaosu regained consciousness and saw the crowd of people lying on the ground, she was even more dumbfounded.
This can't be true! How could this be?
Yelü Xiaosu could hardly believe her eyes. She couldn't help but rub them vigorously with her hands. After looking around again, she was certain that what she had just seen was real. On the entire street, after Zhou Ziwei's loud shout, there was only Zhou Ziwei and a few people sitting slumped behind him. Although those people hadn't fainted, they were all like her, staring blankly at Zhou Ziwei as if they were in a daze, their faces showing undisguised fear and panic.
Is this... the Buddhist martial art "Lion's Roar"?
Yelü Xiaosu's heart was filled with shock, like a raging tidal wave. He was a martial arts practitioner himself. Although he had learned the first-class hard qigong of a branch of Shaolin, he had not explored many other martial arts. However, being in this circle, even if he had not learned or seen some famous skills, he had still heard of them.
The Lion's Roar is one of its most powerful techniques, but it is said that this skill was completely lost hundreds of years ago. The reason is that although the Lion's Roar is very powerful, it is easy to learn but difficult to master. If one does not master it, it is of no use in combat. Therefore, since ancient times, few people have been willing to put in the effort to master this skill. Over time, no one practiced this skill for hundreds of years. In addition, natural disasters and man-made calamities destroyed the few remaining manuals, so even if later generations wanted to learn it, they would have nowhere to find the manual.
Yelü Xiaosu never imagined that in today's society, he would have the good fortune to see someone perform "the real thing" in front of him again.
The lion roared, and the power of this roar was so terrifying that even he, who had been practicing Shaolin hard qigong since childhood, could not help but feel dizzy for a few seconds under the roar.
Although the power of the roar only affected Yelü Xiaosu for a few seconds, if the two were to truly fight to the death, those few seconds of dizziness would be enough for the opponent to easily kill him several times over.
When Yelü Xiaosu looked at Zhou Ziwei again, there was no longer any contempt or disdain in her eyes, only deep shock and respect.
He now believed that Zhou Ziwei's words in the coffee shop earlier were not just boasting. Sure enough... he could stand there without moving an inch, and no one could hurt him in the slightest. He could easily take care of everyone. When Yelü Xiaosu first heard this, he just thought it was a joke. Even though he had mastered hard qigong and was not afraid of ordinary blows, he would inevitably get hurt when faced with powerful blows from guns or sharp weapons. Therefore, even he dared not say that he could stand there motionless and no one could hurt him when facing more than a hundred armed thugs.
So how could Zhou Ziwei, that guy who looks like he could be blown away by a gust of wind, be so incredibly strong?
But now... the facts have proven that what they said was indeed not an exaggeration.
He was just standing there, not moving an inch, and he just casually shouted, yet he knocked over a hundred people to the ground. Oh... no, that number is probably a bit conservative. In fact, given the power of Zhou Ziwei's shout, the people in the shops on both sides were probably affected to some extent. As for exactly how many people fainted from Zhou Ziwei's shout, we'll probably only find out afterward.
Apart from Yelü Xiaosu, Cao Dong, his two henchmen, and Su Yan were also not unconscious on the entire street.
This was because Zhou Ziwei's soul roar was only directed at the front of him in a fan-shaped pattern, and the others were behind Zhou Ziwei, which is why they escaped unharmed.
However, because the soul roar was an attack in the form of simulated sound waves, and sound waves have a wide range, even though they were not directly hit by the soul roar, they still felt a strong sense of dizziness because they were too close to Zhou Ziwei. Therefore, even those who were originally standing all collapsed to the ground immediately.
As for the henchman who used a stun gun to attack Zhou Ziwei through the car body, he was almost completely terrified at this point. If he had known earlier that he had offended such a terrifying non-human being, he would never have dared to do such a dangerous thing to Zhou Ziwei, even if someone gave him a thousand or ten thousand lives.
The high-voltage stun gun he had just used was now completely useless. Originally, the gun could fire ten consecutive attacks with the strongest current, but when he had just fired the fifth current, a sudden change occurred. The remaining power stored in the gun was almost completely drained by an unknown force in an instant.
The henchman watched as the electric arc from the stun gun in his hand suddenly burst into a dazzling blue light, which then surged wildly into the body of the jeep in front of him. Then... he felt the stun gun in his hand become as hot as a red-hot iron in an instant, and as he threw it to the ground, it emitted a puff of acrid black smoke.
It wasn't until afterward that someone discovered that the Jeep's battery was also completely destroyed, specifically due to excessive battery drain.
In fact, if that weren't the case, how could a mere stun gun have instantly increased Zhou Ziwei's soul power reserves from just over two thousand to a terrifying three thousand five hundred?
Of the few remaining people who were still conscious, Su Yan was the first to process the unbelievable scene before her. She immediately broke free from the henchman who had kidnapped her, jumped up from the ground, and exclaimed in surprise, "Fairy Brother!" Then, like a little bird returning to its nest, she excitedly and aggrievedly threw herself into Zhou Ziwei's arms.
"Hey... don't move, or I'll shock you..."
Zhou Ziwei was startled by what he saw, because even now, he still felt as if an active current was surging within his body. This feeling was probably a unique aftereffect of his soul power combining with the current and completely integrating into every corner of his body.
After all, Zhou Ziwei's soul power doesn't just flow through his nerves. In fact, he has long been accustomed to letting his soul power permeate every part of his body at all times, so as to slowly nourish his body and further strengthen its various functions.
This had almost become an instinct for him. He no longer needed to wait until his soul power was almost depleted before guiding it to spread throughout his body. Instead, it was like the nerve endings in his body, almost always in a state of flow and exchange.
Therefore, when the soul power in his sea of souls was transformed again due to the mutated electric current merging into it, all the soul power in his body also changed accordingly.
What kind of mutation would it be to be electrified from head to toe? Zhou Ziwei was still a little dizzy...
Volume 1, Rebirth of a Prodigy, Chapter 218: The Scoundrel
Su Yan was also startled by Zhou Ziwei, but in the end she still resolutely snuggled into Zhou Ziwei's arms. Zhou Ziwei nervously held Su Yan's shoulders, ready to push her away at any moment, but after a while, he realized that Su Yan did not seem to be shocked by the current in his body, and then he breathed a slight sigh of relief.
It seems that although his body is filled with soul power mutated by electricity, this mutation is still under his control and has not yet gone out of control. Soul power is still soul power, only with a little more electrical characteristics. This can be seen from the afro that everyone who was attacked by his soul roar had.
When he truly felt that the electric currents had completely merged with his own soul power, becoming indistinguishable from each other, Zhou Ziwei was overjoyed.
Does this mean that when his soul power is insufficient, he can use electricity to replenish it? If that's really the case, then he will no longer have to worry about replenishing his soul power, and he can use his soul power with confidence to create more and more powerful soul pets similar to ladybugs.
In this way, he could quickly create an army of soul pets completely under his control, and then... who in the world could restrain him?