In the Divine Realm, Tier 3 players were regarded as regional powerhouses capable of guarding an NPC city. Yet among players, only those who had unlocked the Mana Body could truly be considered powerhouses within the Divine Realm — free to enter and exit all manner of life-forbidden zones and special regions, truly leaving nowhere in the vast Divine Realm beyond their reach.
Certain special areas could only be entered after unlocking the Mana Body; stepping inside without it meant instant death. The Starlight Tomb dungeon already placed relatively low demands on players, but some special regions were far stricter — players without the Mana Body couldn't last even five minutes before being forced to retreat, relying solely on their own mana to fend off the corrosive effects of those exotic energies.
The reason unlocking the Mana Body was what truly made a player a powerhouse came down to one crucial fact: the power of magic skills used by someone with the Mana Body was simply incomparable to someone without it.
"Is this really an Epic-grade Mana Body?" Shi Feng stared at the thick mana radiating from his body, his eyes wide with astonishment.
He had never expected an Epic-grade Mana Body to be this powerful.
A Mana Body typically drew its mana from the user's own reserves, yet his Mana Body could autonomously draw in external mana to reinforce itself.
And it wasn't just about mana — a faint mana barrier had formed over the surface of his body, so subtle it was nearly invisible unless one looked carefully.
This mana barrier acted like a garment, trapping the mana his body leaked back against his skin. It drastically reduced mana waste, boosting his recovery rate while maintaining a far denser mana field around him.
Just by this alone, his survival capability in the wild was probably two or three times greater than other players — especially in low-mana environments, where the impact on his combat strength would be minimal.
With that thought, Shi Feng immediately activated his Mana Body and channeled the surrounding mana, drawing it toward his hands.
In that instant, he felt as though he had become a black hole, mana from every direction converging on him at a frenzied pace. In mere seconds, a thin mist of mana had gathered on the surface of his fists, causing the space around him to feel as though it were solidifying.
He then threw a single punch into the empty air.
BOOM!
The punch tore through space itself, as though it had bored clean through the air. The surrounding space shuddered, and the shockwave from his fist caused the magical barrier at the core chamber to emit a resonant boom.
"With this level of power boost, I could probably fight a Legendary monster of the same tier without even using any burst skills," Shi Feng muttered, staring at the thick mana swirling around his fist in disbelief.
After all, he had thrown nothing more than a plain punch, without any weapon.
In the Divine Realm, the difference between attacking with a weapon and without was night and day — a bare-handed strike typically delivered less than half the damage.
Previously, he had swung the Holy Sword Stormrend with all his might and barely managed to cut through the air. Only when he used the secret technique Thunderlight could he make space tremble or even crack it open. But this single punch — no technique, no magic skill enhancement, just a simple, straightforward blow — had matched the full-power strike of the Holy Sword STORMREND…
The power amplification an Epic-grade Mana Body granted to physical strength was nothing short of terrifying.
"No wonder, in my past life, experts with only Silver-grade Mana Bodies could break through the 100% threshold and reach Tier 5, while those with Gold-grade Mana Bodies were stuck at Tier 4," Shi Feng murmured, savoring the feeling of his body brimming with mana.
The enhancement a Mana Body provided had always seemed significant to him, but never this enormous. Judging purely by his current level of amplification, the gap was no longer a matter of two or three Epic-grade items — it was comparable to the difference a fragment of a Legendary-grade weapon made.
And this was only after reaching the 100% unlock threshold. The boost from surpassing 100% would be even greater than what he was experiencing now.