’So this is Second Order High Rank? What incredible power. Heh heh heh... I’m even more excited for my next breakthrough.’

Lin Li felt the surging Spiritual Energy within his body. With a mere thought, a small, fist-sized Fireball instantly appeared in his palm.

Then, Lin Li raised his hand over his head, palm facing outward.

In the next second, the small, fist-sized Fireball floating above his palm began to expand rapidly. In just four or five seconds, a giant Fireball four to five meters in diameter appeared above his head.

Before breaking through to the Second Order High Rank, creating a Fireball of this size would have taken Lin Li an immense amount of effort and a great deal of time.

Yet now, Lin Li could create a giant Fireball of this scale in such a short time.

Moreover, the look on his face was one of complete ease, showing that the current Lin Li was far more powerful than he had been before his breakthrough.

"Go on!"

Lin Li used his Spiritual Power to guide the giant Fireball floating above his head. The next second, the blazing, four-to-five-meter-wide Fireball shot out explosively, hurtling toward the water beyond the island.

WHOOSH...

BOOM...

The furiously burning Fireball arced through the air. The moment it flew past the edge of the Mysterious Small Island and hit the water, it exploded.

The sound was so deafening it made one want to clap their hands over their ears.

Scorching flames flew in every direction as the heatwave and shockwave from the explosion radiated outward.

The explosion threw up waves over twenty meters high. Due to the intense heat from the Fireball, the flying spray of water was instantly vaporized, turning into scalding steam that hung over the water’s surface, refusing to dissipate.

Watching the vast clouds of steam billow over the water from the explosion, Lin Li couldn’t help but compare his Fireball to the one created by the brindled tiger Mutant Beast he’d seen before.

’My Fireball’s power seems a notch stronger than the one that brindled tiger Mutant Beast created!’

After his breakthrough to Second Order High Rank, the power of Lin Li’s Superpowers had reached a whole new level compared to when he was at the Second Order Middle Stage.

He had originally planned to test his Wind Blade Superpower as well, but after seeing the astonishing explosive force of his Fireball Superpower, he felt there was no need. He dismissed the idea.

’Next, it’s time to test my newly awakened Superpower.’

Lin Li channeled the Spiritual Energy in his Dantian. Soon, a small, fingernail-sized white ice crystal appeared in the palm of his right hand, which was glowing with a faint golden Spiritual Light.

CRACKLE.

After the small, fingernail-sized white ice crystal appeared, Lin Li increased his output of Spiritual Energy. In the blink of an eye, the small crystal floating above his palm expanded, becoming a white ice cone half a meter in length.

Following his awakening of the Fireball and Wind Blade Superpowers, Lin Li had now awakened the Ice Cone Superpower after eating the new white Magical Little Fruit.

CRUNCH.

After creating the ice cone with his new Superpower, Lin Li didn’t throw it. Instead, he held it in his hand, opened his mouth, and took a bite.

’It’s completely bland. No flavor at all, just the taste of regular ice.’

After tasting the small piece of ice he had bitten off the cone, Lin Li immediately tossed the rest of it onto the ground.

’If I ever need ice at home in the future, I won’t have to use the refrigerator’s ice maker. I can just make it directly with my Superpower.’

Having awakened the Ice Cone Superpower, Lin Li’s first thought about his new ability wasn’t about its combat potential, but about how he would never run out of ice again. How... unexpected.

As Lin Li adjusted to the power he now possessed at the Second Order High Rank, he clenched his fist and muttered to himself with a broad smile.

’Tie Qiu Heng, you’d better not be foolish enough to come looking for me. If you do, I’ll be sure to give you a... warm welcome.’

Now that his strength had soared, Lin Li no longer felt any anxiety about whether Tie Qiu Heng, the escapee from South District Prison, would come seeking revenge.

In fact, his mindset had completely changed. A part of him now even hoped the man would come looking for him...

...

He glanced around the Mysterious Small Island, and a message appeared in his mind: Current island area: 2,000 square meters.

At the Second Order Middle Stage, the Mysterious Small Island had an area of one thousand square meters. Now that he had broken through to the Second Order High Rank, the island’s area had doubled.

From its initial one hundred square meters to the current two thousand, the Mysterious Small Island had expanded a full twenty times. It was quite large now.

Lin Li looked at the edge of the island, now dozens of meters away. ’Ferrying water back and forth in a bucket to water the vegetables I planted is going to take a lot of time now,’ he thought.

The very moment that thought crossed his mind, he vanished from where he stood.

"Huh?!!!"

The scenery before him had changed completely. Staring at the clear water just inches away, Lin Li was utterly astonished.

’Instant Teleportation?!!!’

After a few seconds of contemplation, Lin Li turned his head to look at the other side of the island. ’I want to go over there.’

As soon as the thought formed, he vanished again, reappearing in the exact spot he had just pictured.

’I can’t believe it! After breaking through to the Second Order High Rank, I can appear anywhere I want on the Mysterious Small Island at will!’

Lin Li watched as his location changed once more, confirming his earlier suspicion.

Having gained the ability to teleport anywhere on the Mysterious Small Island at will, Lin Li immediately began to have some fun...

ZAP, ZAP, ZAP...

One moment, Lin Li’s figure would be on the north side of the Mysterious Small Island, the next he would appear on the south.

He would pop up next to the farmland he’d tilled, then next to the Spirit Plant he’d planted, the one covered in what looked like little cherry tomatoes.

’Hahaha... From now on, I won’t have to spend so much time walking back and forth to water the fields. This ability is so convenient! It’s a shame it only works on the Mysterious Small Island.’

’It would be great if the Magical Little Tree could grow a Magical Little Fruit that grants an Instant Teleportation Superpower...’

After playing around with his teleportation ability on the Mysterious Small Island for a while, Lin Li stood at the edge of the fifty-square-meter plot he had tilled and rubbed his chin.

’In the beginning, the Mysterious Small Island was only a hundred square meters, so I only tilled a fifty-square-meter field.’

’Now that the Mysterious Small Island is two thousand square meters, it’s time I expanded the farmland.’

’This time, I’ll expand it tenfold, straight to five hundred square meters!’

Lin Li thought for a moment and decided not to go hunt Mutant Beasts this afternoon. After leaving the Mysterious Small Island, he would head straight back to the city.

’Once I’m back in the city, I’ll find a restaurant and have a big meal, then get started on expanding the farmland.’

’After expanding the field, I’ll plant some potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn. They’re not just food, they can also be stored for a long time.’

’Oh, and I’ll plant some more watermelons. I didn’t plant enough before, so now that the field is bigger, I’ll increase the quantity.’

’Before I get to work, I should go to the supermarket and stock up. The Mysterious Small Island is so much bigger now, I can buy more stuff to store here without worrying about taking up space.’

’Ice cream... I think there are only three tubs left in the freezer at home. I need to buy more.’

Having planned out his next steps, Lin Li willed it, and with a thought, he left the Mysterious Small Island and returned to the real world.

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