Way of the Devil - Chapter 402

Chapter 402




If one never saw the sea, they would be unable to imagine how vast it was . If one never saw the sky, they would be like a frog in a well, ignorantly thinking that it was only as big as the opening of the well .

Lu Sheng had originally thought the fire only had the few forms he knew, but after seeing the figure of the Eight-Headed Griffin, he realized that flames weren't just confined to those few basic forms .

For every single flame, its existence, heat, warmth, smoke, frequency of light . . . all of these were unique and part of its individuality . Every appearance had its connections . Once you understood one of them, you could subsequently figure out much of the rest .

By looking at the conditions and results, slowly, Lu Sheng achieved a deep understanding of the true nature and rules of some of the flames .

The golden flames burned out after a little while .

Water mixed with blood was dripping from Lu Sheng's eyes, but he seemed not to notice at all . He still stared at the huge figure in the universe that burned in the flames .

Only when the Yin flames completely died down and sublimed into a glowing deep golden feather did Lu Sheng close his eyes .

For a long time, he just sat in place . He seemed to have sunk into the special feeling he got when he communicated with the Eight-Headed Griffin .

'Above Divine Weapon Masters, people use Laws . Different from all sorts of different elements, the basic concept of a Law is that it is an upgraded concentration of elements . It is the special extract concentrated from large amounts of elements . If someone is fluent in Laws, then they have control over an entire different level of elements . '

With a new understanding in his mind, Lu Sheng picked up the feather and wiped away the blood at the corner of his eyes . Glancing at the Yin flames, which were dead and unmoving, he felt a strange sense of loss .

He then checked his Infinity Technique . The second level was now stable . The Collection tier was split into six levels, mirroring the three levels of a Divine Lord; every two levels were equal to one level in a Divine Lord .

Since he reached the second level, it meant he was at the top of the pyramid for the Golden Leaf stage in Divine Lords .

One after another, veins lit up within Lu Sheng's body . The faint golden hue made his whole body appear to have a golden tint .

This was his veins being completely restructured . Using Mental Energy, the next level of the Infinity Technique, and the water-based divine weapon, Lu Sheng's body was once again strengthened in an unknown way .



Originally, this improvement should have been in the direction of the next level of Divine Lords, Jade Star . But something unexpected happened .

The figure and flames of the Eight-Headed Griffin seriously twisted and messed up this evolution . This was also a built-in loophole in the Infinity Technique that Lu Sheng created himself .


By logic, Infinity Technique was being evolved in coordination with known systems of martial arts, and had no problem .

But Lu Sheng forgot one issue .

All these evolutions were evolutions based on Lu Sheng's knowledge of the world . But, his knowledge was finite, yet the outer world was infinite .

So the Infinity Technique he evolved had its own problems . Although it still worked, there was no knowing what effects it could have on everyone else .

Still sitting cross-legged on the floor, Lu Sheng carefully combed through this entire accident . It had already been more than an hour .

The strange appearances on his body had vanished, but he could still feel the burning heat within his marrow .

"What an… unexpected accident . " He raised his hand, and his Divine Pattern appeared on his palm . Within a black triangle was a golden eye, and inside the golden eye was a deep crimson winged cobra with the feathers of an eagle .

This was currently the true nature of this Divine Pattern .

'Did my true nature also change after witnessing the Eight-Headed Griffin?'

Lu Sheng thought about it . This sort of change should have been negative, but because of the Mental Energy and the assistance of Deep Blue, all the side effects glanced off him . Only the useful parts were retained—parts that would not affect him negatively .

And these parts were the golden feathers that covered the winged cobra .

'Let me see the changes I underwent after reaching the second level . ' Lu Sheng took a deep breath . The symbol in his palm dissipated, and a golden ball of light appeared in his hand . This was the Yang essence of the Infinite Technique .



"It looks the same as before . " Lu Sheng looked closely at the Yang essence after evolving, but couldn't find anything different .

However, after a long time, Lu Sheng finally caught a sliver of difference .

This Yang essence seemed to have a trace of a burning that hadn't been there before . This burning was very subtle, and didn't appear on the surface . It seemed to affect the spirit rather than the body, just as if it could burn spirits .

'There isn't a lot of changes, but now I understand the direction I'm heading in . ' Lu Sheng exhaled . He then looked at his Mental Energy, and was greatly surprised . Not only did he use up the entire five thousand units he had before, there were only three hundred units left from Han Tuo, too . He could see their skinny, faint outline from inside Deep Blue .

'This is very Mental Energy-draining . I must devour more Divine Weapons quickly . ' He stood up slowly . 'But the biggest issue right now is to get out of this state . ' Although he didn't know whether that tiny change in his Yang Essence was good or bad, he didn't have time to worry about it right now .

And last was the golden feather that appeared .

Lu Sheng suspended this feather in the air and checked it from top to bottom, from left to right . To him, this feather seemed like a terrifying bomb formed from the previous golden flames . It only needed one opportunity to explode and give him unknown power .

This was a special feather condensed from the Golden Lava he got after communicating with the Eight-Headed Griffin .

Lu Sheng touched the feather gently .

"Hiss…"

White smoke immediately came from his finger, the skin there being burned off a little .

'What a frightening temperature…' Even Lu Sheng was shocked . With his current resistance to high temperatures, he could stand uninjured in raging fires . Even flames over a thousand degrees couldn't damage him .

But, the flame inside this feather was able to easily harm him . He couldn't fathom the level of destruction if he exploded it .

'But this is understandable . When I first reached the level of the Eight-headed Divine Pearls, I used Mental Energy . I forced the flames to evolve and push my Yin flames to higher levels . I only got the Eight-Headed Divine Pearl level Yin flames after the essence in my flames morphed . The reason I obtained this flame is because I kept on pushing my flames even more . '

Floating the dark gold feather above his palm, Lu Sheng thought back to that huge, frightening monster .

'I cannot bear the temperature of this type of flame yet . Since it is from the Eight-headed Griffin, and it's golden, I will call it the Eight-Headed Golden Lava . It can be one of my hidden abilities . I will not use it unless I must . ' Lu Sheng carefully wrapped the feather in layers of Yang Essence in case it touched his body . Then, he pulled out a piece of cloth and wrapped it again .

After doing all this, Lu Sheng walked to the door and tapped on it gently . The stone door slid to one side automatically .

There was a female disciple standing guard outside, napping . Hearing the door open, she jolted awake .

"Sect Master, you're awake!"

"Yup . How are things? Where is Jingzhi?" Lu Sheng asked in a deep voice .

"Sect Master Chen already left for Qianci Valley to the south for an emergency . Large amounts of Devil Armies suddenly appeared there, and were taking down nearby towns," the female disciple reported hurriedly . "Sect Master Chen has asked you to go to the Crimson River Valley once you are done . There are also a lot of Devils gathered there from Liyang City . "

"I understand . " Lu Sheng knew that things were at a precarious point now . If general Chen Jingzhi had to go fight himself, that meant the battle had to be terrible .

He said goodbye to the female disciple, then jumped up and flew up into the sky . He floated above the Buddhist temple for a bit, watching .

There were many disciples on all four sides of the temple, and there were groups of disciples running down every main road .

He flew down and landed beside one group .

"I am Lu Sheng . Someone come be my guide to the Crimson River Valley . "

The entire group exploded . Every disciple was pushed back by the airflow, their expressions guarded . This noise appearing suddenly scared them .

The leader was a scholar who looked a little nerdy . He jumped at first, but after seeing who it was, he immediately tried to kneel down . However, Lu Sheng lifted his hands and prevented him from doing so . Hearing Lu Sheng's question, he quickly responded .

"Xiao Mengran, you know this area the best . Go guide Sect Master . "

A chubby disciple took a step out, and answered clearly, "Yes! Sect Master, the Crimson River Valley is to the northwest . "

Lu Sheng did not hesitate . He reached out and grabbed this little guy, and flew up into the air . The temple disappeared below them as Lu Sheng headed west .

　　***

Qiong Shang sliced the black devil with three arms in front of him in two .

Black devil blood splashed onto his face, giving off hissing corrosive sizzles .

But he didn't care anymore . These things happened too much, so much that he stopped caring . His face was already destroyed and burned off by devil blood .

Ever since the Thousand Sun Sect left the prefecture silently, he split from his friends to avoid capture . They melted into the ordinary citizens .

He did not want to think about the plots and conspiracies of the royal family anymore . The crown only existed in name now . If it weren't for the three major families supporting it from behind, with the crown crumbling, the Great Yin probably would already have become a mess of civil war and fighting . But, even so, the three major families suffered many losses from the Devil Army .

'Whatever . That has nothing to do with me . Whether it is good or bad, I'm just an ordinary citizen of the Great Yin . Things like that…' Qiong Shang forced his mind away from it and to slaughtering the devils in front of him . He was not strong, but he could still take on these basic devils pretty easily .

Killing aimlessly, he somehow made a bloody path through the dense area of devils in front of him .

"Is there anyone alive in the third squad?" A yell came from a hill not far away .

Qiong Shang looked back, then started killing the devils in front of him with a renewed vigor .

With the Devil Disaster descending so suddenly, the dynasty was not prepared, and lost almost half their forces in a few days . The rest was also slowly decaying .

With no other choice, the Yinfu army could only organize their battered soldiers and ask for help from the citizens to combat the Devil Disaster .

This was how Qiong Shang entered the fighting scene .