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Chapter 181 - 6: Ancient Magic Ninth Grade, Ten Thousand Leich! Geniuses Are Everywhere! (Third Update)_2
Chapter 181: Chapter 6: Ancient Magic Ninth Grade, Ten Thousand Leich! Geniuses Are Everywhere! (Third Update)_2
"The third route is following the [Heavenly Fire Road]. The Heavenly Fire Road is a series of craters formed by meteorites, arranged very systematically, resembling interlinked circles spreading across the land."
"Of the three routes, the Ten Thousand Leich and the Gang Wind Mountain Range are the closest, while the Heavenly Fire Road is a bit farther. Of course, I can also walk along the Earth Fire Plain for another half day, taking a detour to another route, but the total distance would be more than triple."
Zhao Xing, carrying the bamboo box, walked forward. He did not know his exact position on the Earth Fire Plain, so he had to keep walking to find out.
"With the Bright Eyes Technique, if I see mountains first, it means I am closer to the Gang Wind Mountain Range."
"If I see thunderclouds first, it means I am closer to the Ten Thousand Leich."
"It is best to go through the Ten Thousand Leich; after all, I have trained in the Swallowing Cloud Skill, while in the Gang Wind Mountain Range, I only know the Intermediate Stage of the Yin Wind, and have not yet learned the Yang Wind, only achieving the Initial Stage Perfect level."
Due to the need to observe the terrain and the lingering impact of the Three Days in the Sky, using spells to speed up the journey would be too exhausting; it was better to rely on his physical body to run. Thus, Zhao Xing ran with the bamboo box on his back.
With every step, Zhao Xing felt the Li Fire Technique around his body weaken a bit, reminding him with every mile.
After running ten miles, the weakening rate of the Li Fire Technique was twice as fast as expected.
"Moving forward while carrying a load can accelerate the dispersion of the Li Fire Technique. The Master Li Fire was not rigid after all," Zhao Xing chuckled lightly. The rule was meant to tire people out and discourage them from troubling the Li Fire Taoist School for the altar fire pit. Running with a load doubled the fatigue, naturally speeding up the process.
...
Just as Zhao Xing ran to find the next area,
hundreds of people had already gathered in front of the second Earth Fire Isolation Belt at the rear of the Earth Fire Plain.
"Hot, damn it, it’s so hot!"
"Who the hell cast this spell? It’s insane!"
"If I find out who it was, I’ll give them a good beating!"
"This is infuriating! The Earth Fire Plain is absolutely raging! I even lost my eyebrows!"
"Brother, you are lucky, only losing your eyebrows. Over there, a dozen people are bald and scabby."
"..."
"Water, water... Does anyone have water? Can I take a sip? A good man will live a safe life," Ouyang Song weakly wandered through the crowd, pleading for some water.
His lips were cracked, his forehead reddened, and his eyes bloodshot. The fire energy had invaded his body, reaching a level beyond simple heat, causing internal fire poisoning.
"Sorry, I have no water."
"Get lost! I want to drink too!"
"Humph, embarrassing, a Military Minister of Agriculture Officer without water?"
"If you don’t have the strength, why venture into the Earth Fire Plain?"
"Brother, if you get water, share some with me."
"..."
Ouyang Song collapsed, too tired to speak anymore.
He looked at the Three Days in the Sky, losing all the pride he had when he first arrived.
At the Five Disks Mountain, he was respected wherever he went, always greeted with smiles.
Since he was a boy, he excelled and joined the Five Plate Army, most often being called a ’genius’.
Especially after being selected by the Zhenhai Army, he felt even more accomplished. His family held a feast for seven days before his departure because this opportunity at the age of twenty-six was a tremendous honor.
But now, Ouyang Song had lost all his pride.
Among hundreds of people, there were many geniuses like him, most of them even stronger.
Similarly baked by the Three Days in the Sky, at least half of them could still stand and had not been poisoned by fire.
"What kind of genius am I..." Ouyang Song muttered lying on the ground, craving a cup of water.
"Gulp..." Ouyang Song’s throat swallowed, his gaze focusing because he had indeed received a cup of water.
Though little, it was enough to restore some of his consciousness.
"Th-thank you," Ouyang Song said, bowing to the young man before him.
"You’re welcome. I’m Wei Chen, also selected by the Zhenhai Army for training."
"Thank you, Mr. Wei. I am Ouyang Song."
"You’ve said that." Wei Chen helped Ouyang Song up, giving him another big gulp of water. "I just arrived. Do you know what’s going on?"
With clear water in his system, Ouyang Song managed to suppress the fire energy and spoke with more strength. "I don’t know who went ahead, casting spells in the weak spots of the Earth Fire Plain, causing destruction. I couldn’t tell what spell was used."
"It should be the Five Elements Earth Splitting Skill," Wei Chen observed ahead. "A pure Fire Element Splitting Earth couldn’t be this destructive, unless the person had mastered the Fire Element Splitting Earth Technique to perfection or even broke through its barriers."
"Why do you think so?" Ouyang Song was puzzled.
"Because the Fire Element is already excessive here," Wei Chen explained. "Even after casting the spell, adding more fire element power would not trigger another earth vein eruption."
"So in this case, the Five Elements Earth Splitting Skill is more potent, extracting the few remaining elements from the earth veins to fuel the Earth Vein Fire, creating an effect akin to adding fuel to the fire."
"I see," Ouyang Song pretended to understand, though he didn’t fully grasp it. He hadn’t trained in the Earth Splitting Technique and wasn’t from the Earth Advantage Sect. He only knew the Earth Vein Comprehensive Element and Ksitigarbha Returning Origin from the sect.
But he knew one thing: Wei Chen was probably much stronger than him.
Even stronger than the Zhuo Li he encountered before.
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