Chapter 103
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Chapter 103: Essence of Fire: Chaos
After Yun Ye died, he did not immediately enter the trials again.
Instead, he took a deep breath and adjusted his state.
The Essence state, although just a fusion of three powers, was a very complex and difficult process.
He had to create a feeling within himself where all three energies flowed through his body simultaneously from one point.
Moreover, during this flow, the three energies needed to reach every part of his body at the same time to trigger the Essence state.
To control this precisely was as difficult as shooting a perfect circle with thousands of arrows at once.
This adjustment took a long time, mainly because Yun Ye used Immortal Flame for detailed work.
He needed to burn away all the lingering toxins from the Spiritual Herbs in his body.
In the Essence state, which could be described as unity between man and nature, Yun Ye discovered a large number of hidden injuries and toxins in his body.
These flaws significantly affected the maintenance of the Essence.
They not only interfered with the accuracy of his Essence but also hindered the flow of energy, causing a decrease in power.
Since he needed to eliminate them anyway, now that he was in the Essence state bringing the details to light, he took the chance to settle this once and for all while the memory was fresh.
Under the scorching of the Immortal Flame, a large amount of material turned into blue smoke and was driven out of Yun Ye’s body.
Surrounded by flames, Yun Ye felt lighter and lighter as the sensory muddiness caused by consuming too many Spiritual Herbs was swept away significantly.
Those hidden injuries healed quickly as he infused them with Heart Fire, just like he had done when repairing his throat.
However, due to his limited memory, Yun Ye only managed to clean up a small portion, so he began the trials once again.
“Tap, tap, tap!”
The thunderous footsteps made Yun Ye’s blood boil, his mind shake, and it became difficult for him to concentrate.
Though the intimidation he felt upon entering increased, Thunder True Feather did not use this “method” during the battle.
Otherwise, Yun Ye would find it even harder to defeat Thunder True Feather.
“Calm your mind, complete the control…”
Yun Ye entered the Essence state, gathering spirit energy in the spiritual void, then spreading it throughout his body like a “membrane.”
Upon closer inspection, it was countless branched meteors, each made up of thousands of tiny Essence energy strands.
These Essence energies had to start from the spiritual void and reach the outer layer of his skin simultaneously.
If not, he could not enter the Essence state.
“However, to be precise, the preliminary Essence only requires a margin of error of less than 0.1 seconds. I can still manage that…”
When the Essence energies reached the surface of his skin, they merged within it, forming a true energy layer.
This energy radiated outward, connecting with the entire world.
Instantly, his mind resonated with the heavens and earth.
In that moment, Yun Ye’s “vision” expanded, covering a radius of one hundred meters.
“Essence of Fire!”
Yun Ye brought his hands together, rapidly heating all the substances and spirit energy within a hundred-meter range.
“Great Thunder Heaven.”
As Thunder True Feather gathered his figure and raised a hand, a lightning column connected to the sky, ready to unleash his major Spiritual Law.
However, after the lightning column shot into the sky, nothing happened.
Thunder True Feather looked up at the sky with confusion.
His eyes turned golden as he activated his Spiritual Eye, searching for the source of the problem.
To his surprise, he discovered that the spirit energy in this area was strange—it was… boiling?
Although hard to describe, it indeed resembled boiling water, with spirit energy swirling chaotically all around.
This was not even the most troublesome part; if it were just difficult to control, he could manage. The key issue was that the spirit energy had changed from liquid to gaseous form, which rendered all his existing Spiritual Laws ineffective. How was he supposed to tap into that?
Thunder True Feather lowered his gaze to Yun Ye, who was not far away.
“Essence of Fire—”
“Chaos!”
Yun Ye smiled. “It seems this trick works on you too, so I can’t apologize for that… Three Mystical True Fire Sword!”
He drew his sword.
Charge!
Chaos could create an explosive increase in the power of any Spiritual Law and disrupt all the spirit energy within the area, preventing the opponent from using the energy of the world.
In other words, he could prohibit everyone within that range from using their spells or major Spiritual Laws. Theoretically, if he were strong enough, he could even directly negate the Spiritual Roots revival.
Right now, the Essence of Fire: Chaos was still in its early stages and not yet that terrifying. The revival of Spiritual Roots could still be used, but the consumption of vitality would significantly increase.
Even so, it was enough to dramatically reduce the enemy’s strength. The boost provided by spells and major Spiritual Laws was no laughing matter; it could increase their power by dozens or even hundreds of times!
—Yet Yun Ye himself would not be affected.
After all, Yun Ye possessed Fire Spiritual Roots and was the initiator of the Essence of Fire, understanding the essence deeply.
How could he possibly negate himself when interfering with the spirit energy?
Even if the Essence lasted only a few seconds, it was enough to turn the tide of battle!
“Die for me!”
Yun Ye had been tormented by Thunder True Feather many times; he grinned fiercely as he approached, wielding his Three Mystical True Fire transformed into a long sword.
He used to rely on the Azure Flame and other Extreme Flames, requiring a weapon for support, but now the Three Mystical True Fire required no such thing.
It had a certain attack distance and could directly form a weapon outside of his body.
A flash of lightning zipped past.
Thunder True Feather surprisingly retreated, relying on his speed to escape the chaos.
After all, Chaos only covered a hundred-meter range.
But Thunder True Feather clearly overestimated his speed.
Without the enhancement of the Essence, just relying on his own speed, he seemed exceedingly slow in Yun Ye’s eyes now.
“Song of the Flame Sword Dance!”
The fire lotus generated thrust, allowing Yun Ye to swiftly arrive before Thunder True Feather, his Three Mystical True Fire Sword descending like heavenly punishment, completely covering Thunder True Feather’s escape routes.
“Boom!”
Thunder True Feather clashed with the Three Mystical True Fire, unable to withstand the attack and was sent flying, spitting blood. But he quickly regained his stance, hoping to leap backward.
Yet Yun Ye appeared before him again in an instant, delivering a sweeping kick—Thunder True Feather’s combat awareness was astonishing; he had already seen it coming and raised his hands in advance. Yun Ye’s kick struck him squarely in the chest.
A tremendous force surged from his chest throughout his entire body, shattering every cell and bone along the way. Thunder True Feather was unable to enter the lightning elemental state, suffering severe injuries and teetering on the brink of death.
He tumbled and rolled across the ground for a full hundred meters, struggling to stand up, but ultimately failed, his figure gradually fading away.
“…”
Watching this scene, Yun Ye had no time to smirk before cracks began to form all over his body. He slowly bent over in extreme pain—White Mist swirled around him, and the pain washed away like a tide, revealing a familiar Stone Tablet before him.
“Essence of Fire is indeed powerful; it just consumes a lot of life force.”
Yun Ye silently assessed.
To use the Essence, one must possess a spiritual body, which is the highest category in the Spiritual Roots talent.
To be precise, a spiritual body is actually a physical talent that encompasses the Spiritual Roots.
In order to truly use the Essence, one cannot lack a spiritual body.
If forced, the only outcome is death.
Now the question arises: how rare is a natural spiritual body? Doesn’t this mean the Essence is the exclusive domain of a select few?
Not exactly.
All spiritual realm practitioners possess a spiritual body because to become a spiritual realm practitioner, one must first cultivate the spiritual body.
