Chapter 753 - 53: Heart-Seeking in the Illusory Sea
Chapter 753: Chapter 53: Heart-Seeking in the Illusory Sea
Inner house of the courtyard.
Lin Chen returned to the house and with a thought, chose to activate [Martial Path Inscription]
In an instant, countless figures appeared before his eyes, from the most recently defeated Zhao Haoyang, to Sima Kong and Zeng Xi of Martial Arts Mountain... nearly a hundred thousand of them from the entire Martial Arts Mountain...
These figures appeared before him like a passing scene, only to be replaced by the next one. Lin Chen was quite satisfied with this way of revealing figures in [Martial Path Inscription].
The most recently defeated ones are prioritized for display, which makes it convenient for him to find the target he wants to search for.
When a thousand figures had been displayed, Lin Chen stopped them from continuing to show and directly thought in his mind, "I choose Zhao Haoyang."
The figure of Zhao Haoyang once again appeared before Lin Chen, and a moment later, Lin Chen felt the star map within his dantian tremble slightly, and then he found himself in a space shrouded in darkness.
Pa!
The next moment, a light appeared in front of him, first a point, then a patch, and finally a Martial Arts Performance Platform enveloped in light appeared before him.
There were two figures on the Martial Arts Performance Platform.
One was Lin Chen himself, and the other was Zhao Haoyang.
Lin Chen’s gaze fell on the top of the Martial Arts Arena, where a line of words was displayed [Thirty Days: Zhao Haoyang]
"[Martial Path Inscription] can only be activated once a month, and the chosen person cannot be changed midway. Is this considered a frozen countdown reminder?"
While Lin Chen was contemplating, the version of himself on the Martial Arts Performance Platform and Zhao Haoyang had already started their duel.
Flames appeared in Zhao Haoyang’s hand, and Lin Chen quickly collected his thoughts. In his vision, Zhao Haoyang’s movements were not fast, and every movement seemed magnified to him, so clear that even the veins on his hands were visible.
Breathing, movements...
Every move Zhao Haoyang made appeared in slow motion and enlarged in Lin Chen’s eyes. Lin Chen ignored the battle situation, focusing all his attention on Zhao Haoyang.
Every seal Zhao Haoyang performed, and the circulation of innate power, was deconstructed into slow motion, being analyzed frame by frame.
When the fire in Zhao Haoyang’s palm spread like vines, the tips of his fingers lit up with a scarlet glow. This scarlet glow spiraled up along the three passes of the spine, split into nine after merging into the Baihui point. This was the operation route of Zhao Haoyang’s cultivation technique.
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One day, two days, three days...
After watching for three consecutive days, Lin Chen closed his eyes, and the two figures on the Martial Arts Performance Platform disappeared.
His figure appeared on the Martial Arts Performance Platform.
At this moment, Lin Chen started circulating the innate power within himself, first operating the Fire Merging Technique, and then continually adjusting the operating route of the Fire Merging Technique within his body...
He did not have the mantra and cultivation heart method of the Refining Fire Technique, so he could only reverse-engineer it...
Fortunately, as Du Shuang said, the Refining Fire Technique was created based on the Fire Merging Technique, so with the foundation of the Fire Merging Technique, it was not difficult to reverse-engineer.
Once, twice...
Ten times, a hundred times...
During this time, Lin Chen watched hundreds of battles again...
Four days, five days, six days...
On the Martial Arts Performance Platform, only Lin Chen was left, and after a while, he raised both hands, with a flame dancing in the palms of each hand. As Lin Chen slowly brought his palms together, the two strands of flame began to merge, like two pools of liquid merging into one, without causing any ripples.
The Fire Merging Technique can merge oneself with the innate fire, but it still can’t be maneuvered as effortlessly as if it were a limb.
Only the Refining Fire Technique truly refines the innate fire, making it a part of the body thereafter.
For Lin Chen, originally he could only control flames when entering the state of the Inextinguishable Divine Face Body, with the Golden Crow Radiance Flame fixed in the wings on his back, and the Li Fire appearing on the body surface.
Before transforming into the Inextinguishable Divine Face Body, he couldn’t mobilize these two innate fires.
However, now, even without using the Inextinguishable Divine Face Technique, he can mobilize these two innate fires, which is the strength of the Refining Fire Technique.
The seventh day!
On the Martial Arts Performance Platform, Zhao Haoyang and Lin Chen almost simultaneously operated the Refining Fire Technique, with innate fire appearing in the palms of both, but Lin Chen’s speed was slightly faster than Zhao Haoyang’s.
For martial artists below the innate level, they might not notice this time gap, but for innate martial artists, this small time difference can sometimes determine victory or defeat.
"Could my talent in controlling the innate fire really be this high?"
Surpassing Zhao Haoyang, even Lin Chen began to doubt his own talent.
Is it my high talent, or is it because of high [comprehension]?
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The next day.
The tenth day.
Under the guidance of Du Shuang, Lin Chen headed to a volcano in the Ten Thousand Flames Sect, or rather a group of volcanoes.
From a bird’s-eye view, countless craters could be seen, and under each of them was an innate fire.
After passing through numerous craters, Du Shuang led Lin Chen to a crater that looked very calm, where Zhuang Lie was already waiting.
"Elder Zhuang, I have brought Lin Chen."
"Hmm."
Zhuang Lie folded his hands behind his back, nodding, his gaze on Lin Chen: "Below this fire cave is the dwelling of the Illusory Sea Heart Flame. If you want to refine the Illusory Sea Heart Flame, you have to enter the cave. However, to prevent you from being instantly devoured by the Illusory Sea Heart Flame and left with just a corpse, I have made some arrangements inside. Do not exceed the sealing wall I left for you. Operate the Fire Merging Technique beyond the wall to lure the Illusory Sea Heart Flame to come up on its own."