Esper X Family – Chapter 406 – I’ll Give You Two Rounds to Power Up!

Powerful! Strong! Dominating!

That was how Ye Tong felt right now.

In terms of pure stats, she was undoubtedly a planet-destroying level powerhouse.

With such strength, how could she possibly lose to Lou Wei?

Ye Tong was brimming with confidence.

She noticed Fu Qi lingering at the edge of the battlefield like a bloodthirsty spectator, clearly wanting to witness this moment.

Good!

The more witnesses, the better.

That way, there would be proof when she defeated Lou Wei.

No one could accuse her of bragging afterward.

Ye Tong turned back to Lou Wei, her eyes blazing with fighting spirit.

She didn’t strike immediately. Instead, she waited for him to use his full power.

When playing games, she could ignore martial virtues. After all, her physical condition hadn’t really been good.

But now that her strength was overwhelmingly superior, ignoring martial virtues would just make her look like a sore loser.

Come on, Lou Wei!

Use all your form skills. Let’s see who the real stat monster is!

Ye Tong wasn’t afraid at all.

Who wasn’t a galactic battleship ¹ Explained in chapter 264. Basically a pro esports team. these days?

“ Hoo …”

Lou Wei stared at Ye Tong, who seemed to be glowing, and took a deep breath.

After listening to Xiao Jing’s criticism, he had thought for a long time.

The times had certainly changed.

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He could no longer solve problems using his old way of thinking.

Apart from saving the world with his own strength, there was indeed another way.

Lou Wei wasn’t a rigid person, nor would he stubbornly follow one path to ruin.

He wouldn’t abandon his original beliefs, but he would also try to approach things from other angles.

Lou Wei wasn’t sure how to express genuine fatherly love, but silent, selfless protection might not be enough.

If Ye Yao and Ye Tong needed him, their nominal “father”, to respond, then he was ready to go all out.

Whatever his “daughters” wanted, he, as the “father”, would give.

If Ye Tong wanted a thorough, exhilarating duel, then Lou Wei had to make sure that Ye Tong was completely satisfied.

Lou Wei recalled the look and aura of “Tong Yao” back then.

That pressure, that presence that made it hard for even one’s instincts to muster any will to resist… even using all five form techniques together wouldn’t threaten her in the slightest.

The current Ye Tong was undoubtedly stronger than before. She was no longer a weakling he could casually defeat.

He had to use his full power.

Even if it meant throwing away the so-called dignity of a powerhouse, he would wipe the slate of past grievances clean.

Lou Wei’s resolve was clearer and more solid than ever.

“Future Form.”

The echo of the future roared inside Lou Wei’s body. He seemed to see the figure of his future self calmly meeting his own gaze.

Every time he activated Future Form, it was essentially an erasure of that future possibility.

It was a form of overdraft, a destruction of that future strongest self.

Even Fu Qi, who was acting as a spectator, was moved.

“Do you really have to be this serious? Isn’t that meant for desperate situations?”

Anyone watching would think that this wasn’t a simple spar but a deadly life-or-death battle!

Fu Qi couldn’t understand why Lou Wei was pushing himself so hard.

If his potential was reduced, who would help Fu Qi protect Bluestar in the future?

Fu Qi barely suppressed the urge to interrupt the duel and could only keep watching.

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Lou Wei must have his reasons for doing this.

A man who had been calm and rational his whole life, how could he act impulsively over such a small matter?

Ye Tong raised an eyebrow slightly as she watched Lou Wei’s mental power surge rapidly.

Starting with Future Form right away?

He’s this serious?

When he said he would give it his all, it seemed that he really meant it.

It showed how much he valued this duel.

Not bad. If she defeated Lou Wei under these circumstances, her sense of achievement would be even greater!

What about the remaining forms?

Activate them all, so no one could accuse her of cheating!

“Balanced Form.”

The power within Lou Wei was redistributed at that moment, creating a bizarre scene in Ye Tong’s eyes.

【Ability: Wind Rising and Clouds Gathering

Mental Power: 21,180

Strength: 21,180

Stamina: 21,180

Agility: 21,180】

The power gained from Future Form had been evenly distributed.

Fu Qi, who was watching from the sidelines, raised an eyebrow slightly.

“Balanced Form, huh…”

This form skill with unclear purposes essentially turned an Esper into a well-rounded fighter.

All stats were added together and evenly divided among each.

The reason it was disliked by S-rank Espers was mainly that the mental power would be reduced, while the other stats weren’t as versatile as mental power.

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Plus, Balanced Form completely conflicted with the all-purpose Selfless Form, which was why S-rank Espers didn’t favor it much.

However, it would be very popular below S-rank.

Lately, he and Lou Wei had been thinking about whether they could weaken these form techniques slightly to lower the entry threshold.

They had some ideas, but they still needed refinement.

Fu Qi turned back to look at Lou Wei.

Normally, the Balanced Form was a suboptimal choice, but it wasn’t entirely without merit.

To some extent, it allowed a person to achieve a state of balance, preventing any one ability from being too prominent and unmanageable.

Simply put, it reduced the load and strain on an Esper.

This balanced state might be useless for weaker S-rank Espers, counting as a minor bonus at best.

But for Espers at the level of Lou Wei and Fu Qi, even this negligible bonus was worth activating!

After watching, Ye Tong felt that the athlete in Sequence Zero was completely doomed.

How could there be a form skill like this?

If it could evenly redistribute other stats, then Old Yu had completely lost his advantage, hadn’t he?

He was suffering in the old version, and now he was suffering in the new version too.

At this rate, Old Yu would probably become completely abandoned by the meta.

But that was fine!

At least he could still serve as a super strength startup machine!

Ye Yao didn’t know these form skills and could only borrow her family’s stats for a move.

Normally, the one-tenth stat boost from the Family Hero mode only looked at the normal stat panel, while this Balanced Form didn’t count.

Old Yu still had an advantage!

“Selfless Form.”

Lou Wei’s stats once again converged into a single point. Mental power absorbed all the other stats and returned to the 80,000-plus value brought by Future Form.

Clearly, the Selfless Form had higher priority than Balanced Form.

Or rather, for a powerhouse at Lou Wei’s level, he could naturally control the priority of some form effects.

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The Balanced Form wasn’t just filler, and the Selfless Form wasn’t filler either.

The former improved balance under load, while the latter maximized ability efficiency. For a top-tier Esper, the stat adjustments were just an added bonus!

Ye Tong watched Lou Wei’s stats approach 90,000 and felt a slight sense of unease.

Just three forms and it was already this high.

Future Form accounted for the bulk, while the other two didn’t increase stats much. Yet, there were still two more form techniques he hadn’t used.

Among them, Celestial Form was the heavyweight of heavyweights!

Ye Tong looked at her own mental power of 160,000 and couldn’t help but feel a flicker of doubt.

Could it be… that even this much mental power won’t be enough?

It seemed like that Dayun Truck had actually been boosted to a somewhat ridiculous degree!

No.

There’s still a way to play.

After all, she not only had Attribute Fission but also the highly technical Myriad Things Fission!

If stats weren’t enough, skill would make up the difference!

Lou Wei would surely suffer a crushing defeat!

Ye Tong forced herself to calm down.

Go ahead. Keep going.

Use the remaining two form skills as well.

I’ll give you two rounds to power up!

Author Note

Oh no, oh no, oh no. I thought that the gift values weren’t moving and that I’d become a clown, that I opened a bounty event with no one participating. But it looks like it just wasn’t refreshing in time. I’ll check how many chapters I owe once it refreshes. It shouldn’t be more than thirty. If that’s the case, I should be able to pay it off pretty quickly.

Text: Robbery