I Can Merge Techniques

Chapter 445: Chapter 150: Breaking Limit, the Ghost Fire Burning Soul Sacrifice Skill; Breakthrough, the Yin Demon Observing Lotus Divine Power Realm

Without the slightest hesitation, Chu Fan’s thoughts stirred...

[Skill: Ghost Shadow Illusionary Body Step (Once-Broken Limit) Progress: (2/4500) (Trait: Ghost Fire Burning Soul)]

[Ghost Fire Burning Soul: Ignite the War Soul within your body as fuel and the Netherworld Ghost Fire as a flame to break your own shackles and reach the Extraordinary Realm. In an instant, your movement speed will rival a phantom chasing the wind, your power will erupt like thunder splitting stone, and your evasive abilities will surpass a cunning rabbit escaping a net; all three will be multiplied. The illusions you create will also turn from ethereal to solid, becoming like true forms and making it difficult for enemies to tell the real from the fake.]

[This is a Sacrifice Skill. After its use, there will be a brief period of depletion. Your Primordial Qi will be exhausted, your limbs will grow weak, and your meridians will become slightly stagnant. Do not use this lightly unless it is a life-or-death situation where your life hangs by a thread, lest you be taken advantage of by an enemy and lose your life.]

The Trait obtained from the first Breaking Limit of Ghost Shadow Illusionary Body Step was, surprisingly, an active burst-power skill.

It was somewhat similar to the Spirit Array Map from the Demon Dragon Celestial Spirit Scripture.

However, after his constant, arduous practice, he could now maintain the Spirit Array Map of the Demon Dragon Celestial Spirit Scripture for the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.

This "Ghost Fire Burning Soul," on the other hand, sounded like it couldn’t be sustained for long.

Just then, Mo Yunzi, who had been standing guard for him at the cave entrance, saw Chu Fan finally stop practicing. She thought he must be tired at last and was about to step forward to say something.

But just as she moved, she saw Chu Fan’s figure suddenly blur into motion once more!

The sight of his movement struck Mo Yunzi like a bolt from the blue, leaving her utterly dumbfounded!

Ever since Cyan Snake had left, this new master of hers had been practicing this bizarre and unpredictable Step Technique.

She had observed from the side for a long time and had begun to grasp some of its secrets. Having watched for so long, she had even grown somewhat accustomed to Chu Fan’s unnaturally fast Body Technique.

But in that single instant, the Body Technique Chu Fan unleashed was more than twice as fast as before!

His original Body Technique was already appallingly fast; with a mere Cultivation at the Fifth Heaven of the Spirit Awakening Realm, he could outpace an ordinary Acupoint Realm expert.

She never would have imagined that after practicing for just one night—an amount of time in which most Cultivators and Martial Artists would likely make no progress at all—his Body Technique would improve so dramatically once again!

Mo Yunzi found herself growing ever more curious about Chu Fan.

...

After darting around the cliffside platform at high speed for a moment, leaving a series of deceptively real residual images in his wake, Chu Fan walked back to the cave entrance and slowly sat down.

The test was complete.

The "Ghost Fire Burning Soul" state could be maintained for roughly half the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.

Although its effect was nowhere near as long-lasting as the Spirit Array Map from the Demon Dragon Celestial Spirit Scripture, the instantaneous, ultimate burst of power it provided was still a massive boost.

It was enough to allow him to land a finishing blow on a powerful enemy within that short span of time.

As for the backlash from the "Sacrifice Skill" mentioned in the warning, Chu Fan didn’t feel much of an effect.

While using "Ghost Fire Burning Soul," the consumption of his Primordial Qi was indeed severe, like opening floodgates.

But after he deactivated the skill, he didn’t feel the so-called "weak limbs" or "slightly stagnant meridians."

It was likely due to his Vajra Undying Body.

His incomparably tough physical body was more than enough to withstand the aftereffects of such an explosive technique.

Had it been anyone else, even an Acupoint Realm expert, they would have likely collapsed into a weakened state immediately after using such a Life-saving Secret Skill, their bodies aching and limp, completely at the mercy of their enemies.

...

In Mo Yunzi’s eyes, this new master of hers was an out-and-out Martial Fool.

From the moment he subdued her in the morning until late into the night, he hadn’t rested for a single moment, aside from a brief break for dry rations and water. Every second was spent on his training.

His level of focus and obsession was startling even to her, a Demonic Cultivator.

Seeing that the night had deepened and the mountain wind was growing colder, she went deeper into the stone cave and made a simple bed out of dry grass, thoughtfully laying a relatively clean gray cloth over it.

She walked to the cave entrance and said softly to Chu Fan, who was sitting cross-legged to regulate his breathing, "Sir, it’s late. You’ve been training all day; you should get some rest."

Chu Fan opened his eyes and glanced at her handiwork inside the cave. Recognizing her thoughtfulness, he thanked her, rose, walked over to the straw bed, and lay straight down.

The full day of arduous training had indeed left him feeling somewhat weary.

Unexpectedly, just as he lay down, a rustling sound came from beside him.

Mo Yunzi had also taken off her blood-stained outer robe, leaving her in just her undergarments. She turned onto her side and lay down, her warm, jade-smooth body pressing right against him as her slender arms wrapped tightly around him.

As if pricked by a needle, Chu Fan shot upright and stared at her in astonishment. "What are you doing?"

Mo Yunzi was taken aback by his sharp reaction.

Then, a perfectly calibrated look of confusion and innocence filled her beautiful eyes. Her voice became so soft and sweet it could melt stone. "Sir... d-don’t you... want me to warm your bed?"

"W-warm what bed?" Chu Fan’s brow furrowed, and he snapped without thinking, "Go sleep on the other side!"

Mo Yunzi’s delicate frame trembled, and her eyes instantly welled up with aggrieved tears.

She silently rose and, without a word, moved to the edge of the cave. There, she sat down, hugged her knees, and buried her head between them. Her shoulders shook slightly, making her look just like a kitten abandoned by its owner.

Chu Fan paid her no mind and simply lay back down.

Meanwhile, Mo Yunzi, who was merely putting on an act, felt a storm raging in her heart.

For the first time in her life, she felt a deep sense of insecurity about her own looks and figure.

’Sir is clearly only seventeen or eighteen, at the peak of his virility. How could he reject me so decisively when I threw myself at him like that?’

’Could it be... that Sir is actually... no good in that department?’

At this thought, she seemed to make a decision. She lifted her head and said tentatively, "Sir, our Yin Demon Sect... has an ancestral secret recipe. It can be used to refine an extremely potent Elixir."