Just as the Heavenly Dog demonstrated its divine prowess, five thousand four hundred li south of Tianxiong Pass, the wind and snow howled, and a radiant silver light, like a meteor chasing the moon, dazzled through the storm.
A Gu Diao, shining brightly in silver and exuding both beauty and power, shot up into the high sky, its sharp, hook-like beak piercing the air, forming a bright sharp arc in front of it.
Between the two long horns on the head of the Gu Diao, Chen Yuan sat cross-legged, surrounded by the void, with bright, brilliant flames blazing around him, and thick layers of fiery halos floating nearby.
Within the fiery halos, squares of Red Fire Crystals hummed and trembled continuously, releasing stream after stream of fiery halos and rivers of molten lava that flowed into Chen Yuan’s left chest where a roaring furnace was ignited, shining in red light and accompanied by the booming sound of drums, thumping incessantly.
With each boom of the drum, the surrounding Red Fire Crystals trembled, continuously pumping out fiery halos.
After half a cup of tea time, hundreds of pure, flawless Red Fire Crystals turned transparent, their Fire Essence completely absorbed. Then, trembling slightly, they turned into powder and scattered with the wind.
Following this, Chen Yuan released another splendid group of fiery halos from his sleeves, engulfing them anew, and hundreds of top-quality, one-foot large Red Fire Crystals flew out.
Thus, the cycle repeated!
At this moment, inside Chen Yuan, a group of red halos illuminated the Five Temples; his heart, representing the Fire God Storage, was enveloped by a halo, radiating terrifying and intense heat.
This action of directly and violently introducing massive amounts of Fire Essence into the body was undoubtedly extremely dangerous. The fiery halos, wild and disorderly, could go out of control at any moment, instantly affecting the Five Temples and leading to self-immolation.
But, Chen Yuan was fearless. Below him, a small tree-like mighty dragon swayed its branches and leaves, sounding like pearls falling on a jade plate, spreading misty green light that isolated these high-temperature fiery halos outside the other four temples.
Then, the fiery halos began to pulsate with the beats of the heart, like war drums being struck, surging along the Heart Sutra from the Shaochong acupoint on the fingertips, to the Shaofu on the palm bones, and then to the Divine Gate on the wrist, and the Yin Qie on the forearm.
In the Heart Sutra’s nine acupoints and eighteen furnaces, Chen Yuan spent half a day violently and forcefully absorbing the pure Fire Essence from the Red Fire Crystals, supplemented by the Luck Accelerator, simultaneously pushing through from Shaochong to Yin Qie, opening up four acupoints in both arms and igniting eight furnaces.
At this time, the progress of the Heart Sutra had reached forty-five percent.
Chen Yuan almost consumed fifty square feet of pure Red Fire Crystal Stone, and over one thousand Luck Points were also used.
He had just over two thousand Luck Points remaining.
The consumption of Luck Points was during the breakthrough of acupoints.
Normally, with a mountain of top-quality Red Crystals at his disposal, Chen Yuan wouldn’t need to use Luck Points. He possessed an enviable amount of pure Fire Essence and could slowly progress through the entire Heart Sutra, kicking open the temple doors, in no more than ten days to half a month.
But given the current situation, he wasn’t guarded beforehand, and naturally he used whatever meant to quickly increase his strength, ignoring minor details.
He strives to see if he can unlock the second Divine Treasure before reaching Tianxiong Pass!
With his current cultivation from unlocking the first Divine Treasure, plus the support of many Heavenly Mastery and Earthly Sha Divine Abilities, he could contend against those who unlocked four Divine Treasures without supernatural assistance.
Yesterday, in the fire domain at General Mountain, a Martial Vault practicer from Royal Beiliang Mansion, who had unlocked four Divine Treasures, displayed endless tricks, yet still retreated in disarray.
Part of it was due to Chen Yuan’s advantage in terrain, as the golden magma was too much even for that gold-magma Martial Vault practicer to handle. When an opponent’s split Divine God attempted a sneak attack, it was enveloped and burned alive by gold magma. However, at the time, Chen Yuan also had to be cautious not to stir the General Mountain into chaos with his actions, potentially flipping the furnace and harming his own Troops, thus he didn’t leverage his full strength.
When Chen Yuan hadn’t unlocked a Divine Treasure yet, he could defeat a three-treasure Martial Vault practicer using Divine Skills and Dharma Image, like that battle at Five Treasures Mountain with the Human Demon from Chengsheng Land.
After unlocking the first Divine Treasure, he defeated a four-treasure worshipper from Royal Beiliang Mansion.
Change leads to qualitative transformation, and now Chen Yuan aimed to quickly unlock the second Divine Treasure.
The windy noises whistled by his ears, while Chen Yuan remained calm in spirit, continuously drawing out Fire Essence and channeling the Heart Sutra.
Behind him, a pair of eyes stared intently at his figure enveloped in misty fiery halos.
The Dragon Breeding Clan’s Old Man Dong watched Chen Yuan with a peculiar expression, muttering to himself,
"Could this young man be a Martial Arts Saint Body?"
"Such cultivation is akin to playing with fire, yet he seems completely at ease, visibly increasing in Martial Vault presence, truly a sight to behold."
Shaking his head and neck, his wine-soaked nose twitched, his eyes gleamed reflectively as if deep in thought,
"This youngster is even more mysterious than I am!"
"It seems the divination this time may not be accurate."
He pondered, then looked back again; the Northern Sea Dragon Girl was still standing motionlessly like a clay sculpture, making the Dragon Breeding Clan member somewhat melancholic — such troublesome individuals.
Just as the old man was getting bored, suddenly, his ears twitched, and he slapped his hand down, hastily standing up. His muddy eyes peered through the vast snowstorm toward the distant, vast mountains ten li away.
Far away, a troop of several tens of Troops roared through the snowy mountain roads!
Their iron armors reflected the cold light in the snow, while the clattering sounds of the horses grew clearer and louder.
This group consisted of about thirty people, clad in Green Armor, with the one at the front wearing blue Chain Armor and riding a three-zhang tall black wolf, displaying a flag fluttering with the words "Anshun" inscribed on it.