Chapter 111 Breakthrough on the battlefield, it turns out that you are the protagonist 【5,000 words asking for monthly votes】

Chapter 111: Breakthrough in Battle, So You Were the Protagonist of the Cultivation Technique (Five Thousand Words, Please Vote for Me)

Several days passed without incident.

Jiang Li began to immerse himself in the Cultivation Technique, the Original Divine Fire True Understanding, cultivating under high pressure.

It must be said that the Cultivation Technique finding its own pressure was truly wild, and the results were truly excellent.

The introductory stage of the Cultivation Technique required using the fourth-tier Emperor Flame Fire as its core, condensing a fire seed within the Physical Body to become a warm bed for the Emperor Flame Fire.

The Minor Achievement stage involved forging an Emperor Flame Physical Body.

This gradually transformed the Physical Body into the form of the Emperor Flame Fire, making the Physical Body itself into fire.

Its effect was similar to Senior Wu Xu’s Great Mist Physical Body, and it also had a similar effect to the Pure Yang Palace Lord’s Elemental Spirit Physical Body.

Once the Emperor Flame Physical Body was formed, the Physical Body could temporarily transform into fire, becoming immune to physical attacks.

It combined the strengths of both.

However, forging the Emperor Flame Physical Body required opening up the extraordinary Meridians and eight channels. The entire process could not be rushed; a slight mistake would lead to the Emperor Flame Fire burning important internal organs, causing the effort to fail.

Fortunately, with the Cultivation Technique in managed mode, there was no possibility of failure in Cultivation.

“Six of the extraordinary Meridians and eight channels have been opened. In another two days, I should be able to advance to Minor Achievement. Once the Emperor Flame Physical Body is formed and I devour another fourth-tier spirit fire, this trip to Pure Yang Palace will be almost complete.”

Jiang Li thought to himself.

He was already eager to return home.

Go, Cultivation Technique!

Several more hours passed. From a third-person perspective, Jiang Li could clearly see his Physical Body trembling more violently, and beads of sweat the size of soybeans ran down his spine, then evaporated by the scorching high temperature.

This phenomenon had started on the third day of the Cultivation Technique’s Cultivation.

At first, it was an occasional tremor, then a slight tremor, and now it was a continuous tremor.

Anyone unaware would have thought he was having a nightmare, not Cultivating.

To be honest, Jiang Li had never seen this mode of Cultivation before.

It was impressive, though he didn’t quite understand it.

Just then.

A cold, mechanical electronic voice sounded.

“Ding, the Cultivation Technique Original Divine Fire True Understanding’s psychological endurance has reached its limit and is about to collapse. It will either erupt in silence or die in silence. Since you want to kill me, I will kill you first.”

The next second.

Jiang Li, in Cultivation Technique managed mode, stopped Cultivating and left with a furious Aura.

Jiang Li: Huh?

Psychological endurance is failing?

You’re really both weak and love to play! You’re the one who said someone wanted to kill you, and now you’re the one about to collapse. You really know how to seek abuse.

Also, aren’t these your imaginary enemies? Where do you have enemies? Don’t cause any trouble.

Amidst his murmuring.

Jiang Li’s Physical Body had already left the Sun Fire Pool, with Murong Wanhe, Peak Lord following like a ghost.

As he walked.

Jiang Li suddenly realized that the Cultivation Technique’s destination seemed to be a place called “Burning Heaven Pavilion.”

He had heard Elder Che Yufei introduce it as the place where the Elder Council held discussions, and where relevant decisions were discussed and passed.

What was the Cultivation Technique trying to do?

Just as he was wondering.

The Cultivation Technique had already pushed open the council door and walked in.

Inside the council hall, over thirty Nascent Soul Stage Elders sat at their seats, planning strategic layouts for the “special operation against the Thousand Souls Demon Sect,” strengthening the review and background checks of their Disciples, and so on.

The one giving the summary report was an Elder in a dark red robe, with a face as thin and withered as scorched wood, a dark red pattern on his brow from a fire poison backlash, and wearing bronze gauntlets on his hands. From the nameplate on the table, the Elder’s name was Lord Hanyan.

Jiang Li’s sudden intrusion shattered the atmosphere of the council hall.

Over thirty gazes turned towards him, clearly displeased, thinking: Whose Disciple is this, so ill-mannered as to barge into the Elder Council Hall?

Until…

Che Yufei, who was at the back, stood up and revealed Jiang Li’s identity.

“Jiang Li? What are you doing here?”

Upon hearing this.

The Nascent Soul Elders of Pure Yang Palace were immediately stunned.

Is he the Chief of Tianjian Peak from Tianxuan Holy Land?

News of Jiang Li single-handedly disrupting the Thousand Souls Demon Sect’s conspiracy and causing heavy losses to the Demon Sect had already spread throughout Pure Yang Palace days ago. As Elders, they also knew that their Palace Lord had personally met him and even proposed taking him as a Disciple, but Jiang Li had flatly refused.

Many of them were very interested in this peerless Prodigy, whom even the Palace Lord valued.

Now, looking at him.

They didn’t see much of his impressive qualities, but his impoliteness was obvious.

Jiang Li did not speak.

He walked straight in.

As if he had a target, he walked step by step towards Lord Hanyan, who was giving the summary report.

Lord Hanyan showed a meaningful smile and said in a relatively polite tone: “Jiang Li, are you looking for me for something? I am only responsible for the Sect’s punishment work, not for the fourth-tier spirit fire you want. For that, you should find Elder Che.”

Jiang Li still did not speak.

His eyes burned with the fury of an honest person who had been bullied too much and was ready to fight back with his life.

And then…

A Fluorescent Star light point condensed on his fingertip.

That was the Firefly Star Finger.

The ability to compress Emperor Flame Fire for detonation.

No.

Wait.

System, what the hell are you doing?

At least let me give a reason.

Jiang Li was shocked.

He never expected that the Cultivation Technique had actually found an imaginary enemy.

And even wanted to detonate him.

Barging into another Sect’s Elder Council Hall in broad daylight and preparing to detonate a Nascent Soul Elder without a word—this was too egregious.

Damn it, Cultivation Technique, can you pick a better location for your outburst?

Is this a place where I can mess around?

Even if this person is connected to the Thousand Souls Demon Sect and is the one who secretly followed me, you have to let me explain first. This is not Tianxuan Holy Land.

As if hearing Jiang Li’s thoughts, Jiang Li, in Cultivation Technique managed mode, opened his mouth and uttered one word:

“Demon.”

As he spoke.

The Firefly Star Finger also pointed out.

Bang!

A scorching fireball exploded on Lord Hanyan’s Physical Body, shining like stars and bringing a sharply rising high temperature.

Caught off guard.

The Nascent Soul Elder’s Physical Body was already covered in points of fire, with explosions occurring one after another, creating one charred mark after another on his Nascent Soul Physical Body.

The Elders closest to him instinctively moved away from their original positions.

They watched this scene with stunned expressions.

No.

This kid wasn’t just impolite; he was utterly audacious, daring to attack one of their Elders right in front of them.

An Elder wanted to stop this farce and teach this reckless Tianxuan Holy Land Disciple a lesson, but Che Yufei held him back.

“What? Do you also believe that guy’s nonsense? Hanyan has been a Elder Xingfa for hundreds of years. For all these years, he has been working hard for the Sect’s development and even delayed his Cultivation for it. Even now, he is only at the initial Nascent Soul Realm. How could he be a member of the Thousand Souls Demon Sect?”

Che Yufei was in a dilemma.

But his difference from the other Elders was that he had witnessed Jiang Li’s method of identifying demonic Cultivators firsthand.

No matter how unlikely the person seemed, if Jiang Li attacked them, it proved that the person was definitely not wrongly accused.

“I choose to believe Jiang Li. He wouldn’t make groundless accusations. Besides, he has only been in Pure Yang Palace for a few days; he doesn’t even know Elder Hanyan. What benefit would he gain from falsely accusing an Elder? Even if he wanted to kill someone, wouldn’t it be better to pick a group of Foundation Establishment Disciples to kill? Why would he specifically target a Nascent Soul Elder?”

Che Yufei’s words caused many Elders present to fall silent.

Yes.

With Jiang Li’s strength, he couldn’t possibly defeat Lord Hanyan. Why would he risk offending a Nascent Soul Cultivator?

…

It was in this silence.

The explosions in the council hall continued.

Jiang Li ignored everything, his fingers frantically pointing out, three times a second, without stopping.

Rumble…

Amidst the violent fire explosions, chairs were destroyed, the council table was cracked by the blasts, and there were craters everywhere in the council hall from the explosions. The fire-attributed ore crystals used for decoration fell with the vibrations, shattering into pieces, and thick smoke billowed up, seeping out from the roof.

From a distance, it looked as if someone was burning something.

Jiang Li: It’s over. He wouldn’t be able to afford the compensation even if he sold himself.

Just said that the Qi Refining Method was a bit destructive, and you’re not to be outdone, are you?

Others engage in male-female competition; are you engaging in Cultivation Technique competition?

At this moment.

From the rolling black smoke.

The disheveled Lord Hanyan rushed out of the explosion range.

His clothes were torn, his hair was messy, he was covered in dust, and there were traces of blast injuries everywhere on his Physical Body, bleeding profusely. His face showed unconcealed anger.

“Junior, you are courting death.”

He struck with his palm, and a palm of cold fire magnified before Jiang Li. The surrounding temperature first dropped sharply, forming ice crystals, then rapidly rose, with ice and fire intermingling, making the power of this palm astonishingly formidable.

It almost seemed to shatter the entire Burning Heaven Pavilion.

“It’s here! It’s Hanyan’s famous Divine Ability! Water and fire are inherently difficult to merge, but Hanyan found a shortcut, combining the two with fire within ice to form an even more astonishing Ice-Fire Palm. With this move, he firmly holds the position of Elder Xingfa. That kid is in big trouble.”

An Elder pointed out that Jiang Li was about to lose.

In fact, this was normal.

How could a Foundation Establishment Cultivator suppress a Nascent Soul Cultivator?

Let alone a Foundation Establishment Peak, even a Golden Core wouldn’t be able to.

Previously, Lord Hanyan was merely careless and didn’t react quickly enough, which led to him being suppressed. Once he reacted, he could easily suppress his opponent back. This is the power a Nascent Soul Cultivator should possess to turn the tide.

However, this palm strike also showed that Lord Hanyan was truly enraged, striking without mercy. This was a move meant to instantly kill Jiang Li.

The Elders were already prepared to intervene at any moment.

This young man could not die.

Especially not in their Pure Yang Palace.

On Jiang Li’s side, he looked at the ice and fire palm strike closing in, but he wasn’t flustered. He only sighed at the truly vast gap between Foundation Establishment and Nascent Soul.

Using only one Cultivation Technique, he was no match for a Nascent Soul Cultivator in a single exchange.

“Doggo, give your body to me.”

Just as Jiang Li was about to say this, preparing to turn the tide, the System’s notification sound rang out.

“Ding, the Cultivation Technique ‘Original Divine Fire True Understanding’ is under even greater pressure. Is it going to lose just like this? Can it only reach this far? No, it cannot surrender yet. There is still a glimmer of hope in desperation. My Extraordinary Meridians, break through!”

Under Jiang Li’s shocked gaze, his Extraordinary Meridians, under this unparalleled pressure, first connected the seventh meridian, then the eighth meridian. Emperor Flame Fire flowed through all of his Extraordinary Meridians, transforming his entire being into a burning, purple-gold flame.

Original Divine Fire True Understanding, Minor Achievement, Flame Body Forged, body engulfed in flames.

Under the pressure brought by Lord Hanyan, the Cultivation Technique simultaneously connected the last two of the Extraordinary Meridians, pushing his Realm to Minor Achievement.

Jiang Li was dumbfounded.

Holy crap.

A Breakthrough in battle.

You must be the protagonist.

He never expected that this Cultivation Technique would have such an ability, directly connecting two Meridians out of thin air under the impetus of belief, instantly reaching the Minor Achievement stage of the Cultivation Technique.

This was simply outrageous, like outrageous’s mother opening the door for outrageous, utterly outrageous.

As he was thinking.

The ice and fire palm was already close.

Jiang Li, whose body was controlled by the Cultivation Technique, did not retreat. His entire being transformed into a purple-gold flame, which was dispersed by the palm print only to reassemble and return to its original state.

“What? Is this a Spirit Body?”

Witnessing this scene.

The Elders of Pure Yang Palace on the scene were all shocked.

This flame body being dispersed and reassembled was clearly the Spirit Body of a Soul Transformation Cultivator.

“No, this isn’t a Spirit Body. A Spirit Body is the concretization of the power of rules, while his flame body is merely a Cultivation Technique effect that incorporates some characteristics of a Spirit Body.”

An Elder saw through the anomaly and explained.

Yet, even so, the Elders couldn’t help but gasp.

For a Cultivator to unlock such a flame Incarnation effect at the Foundation Establishment stage, this Cultivation Technique would be no less inferior to their Pure Yang Palace’s True Immortal Rank Cultivation Techniques.

Where did Tianxuan Holy Land get such a fire-attribute True Cultivation Technique?

Isn’t this young man cultivating lightning methods? Why is he so proficient in fire-attribute Cultivation Techniques as well? It doesn’t seem any worse than his lightning methods.

“You…”

A hint of gloom flashed in Lord Hanyan’s eyes.

He was just a Foundation Establishment junior, yet so troublesome. He had even used his famous Divine Ability, but still couldn’t gain the upper hand.

Where did this monster come from?

“Junior, let’s stop here. We have no grudges, there’s no need to get so agitated.”

Lord Hanyan proactively offered a way out.

Jiang Li, oh no, the Cultivation Technique did not listen.

It just kept staring at Lord Hanyan.

The next second.

Jiang Li’s eyes blazed with golden light, and deep within his pupils, a great sun seemed to collapse. Where his gaze fell, the air twisted and boiled.

Lord Hanyan instinctively became alert, but he was still too slow.

The moment his gaze met Jiang Li’s, his eyeballs instantly caught fire, and purple-gold flames erupted from his eye sockets. The fire instantly spread throughout his body, and his flesh and blood began to melt like candles.

“Eclipse Eye…” This phrase appeared in Jiang Li’s mind.

The initial skill of the Cultivation Technique was ‘Firefly Star Finger’, and the Minor Achievement skill was ‘Eclipse Eye’.

Upon making eye contact, ignite the target, causing it to burn in flames.

“Ah ah ah!”

Lord Hanyan clutched his eyes, wailing in agony.

His body surged with magical power, and ice condensed, attempting to freeze himself and extinguish the raging flames. But he failed; the condensed ice crystals also began to catch fire, melting in an instant.

Emperor Flame Fire burned everything, even magical power was within its burning range. Once it latched on, even an Immortal could not save them.

“Save…”

Lord Hanyan opened his mouth, and flames also spewed from his throat, making even speaking incredibly difficult.

At this moment, he completely lost the ability to resist.

Using every means available, he could not extinguish the purple-gold flames burning from the inside out.

He could only watch as his Physical Body completely melted away in a matter of seconds, leaving no ashes behind, all vaporized by the high temperature, leaving not a trace except for the scorched ground.

It was also at this moment.

A streaking light shrouded in black Qi suddenly rushed out of the Sky-Burning Pavilion.

If the speed were slowed down, one could clearly see that it was Lord Hanyan’s Nascent Soul, but his Nascent Soul was covered in dark brown patterns, emitting black smoke, and the Nascent Soul itself had an expression full of gloom and malevolence, completely unlike the Aura his main body should possess.

“Damn brat, you actually dared to publicly kill a Nascent Soul Elder in Pure Yang Palace. I underestimated your courage. You are more like a demon than I am.”

A sound wave emanated from the streaking Nascent Soul.

Carrying a chilling Concept.

Evidently.

He thought Jiang Li wouldn’t dare to kill Lord Hanyan’s Physical Body, which was why he hadn’t made a move until now, thus missing the best opportunity.

The loudmouth met the real deal.

Seeing this scene.

The Elders immediately knew that Lord Hanyan in their eyes had long become a vessel for the Thousand Souls Demon Sect, and the other party had hidden extremely deeply.

If not for Jiang Li, even with their Divine Sense, they wouldn’t have detected any abnormality. After all, investigating another person’s Nascent Soul involved privacy, and no one would do that.

The Thousand Souls Demon Sect’s secret art of body Possession had actually achieved such a great Breakthrough.

“Chase him, we cannot let him escape, otherwise, there will be endless trouble.”

Che Yufei made a decisive move.

He chased after it.

The other Elders, as if waking from a dream, no longer cared to be shocked that Lord Hanyan’s Physical Body was destroyed by a Foundation Establishment junior, and likewise gave chase.

“My Lord, he is Profound Yin True Lord of the Thousand Souls Demon Sect, and he has a good relationship with Blood Hell True Lord.”

In the Sea of Consciousness.

Netherworld Senior recognized the other party’s origin and began to explain.

Jiang Li frowned.

Previously, Netherworld Senior had told him that the Thousand Souls Demon Sect was preparing to infiltrate Nascent Soul Stage Elders, but it was unknown whether they had succeeded. Now, it was clear that the infiltration had succeeded.

If it weren’t for the Cultivation Technique’s power, Pure Yang Palace would probably be infiltrated like a sieve in no time.

Was this Thousand Souls Demon Sect being too presumptuous?

They completely seemed to disregard the Palace Master of Pure Yang Palace and those Soul Transformation True Lords.

As he was thinking.

The Cultivation Technique moved again.

Staring in the direction where Lord Hanyan’s Nascent Soul had left, it suddenly raised two fingers.

Instantly.

A spark ignited in the distant sky.

Lord Hanyan’s Nascent Soul spontaneously combusted and fell from the sky.

“Ding, the Cultivation Technique ‘Original Divine Fire True Understanding’ feels relieved, its mental shackles are broken, the ever-present sense of crisis is resolved, pressure is reduced, and it secretly thinks: Pressure is indeed the best motivation. Without pressure, there is no motivation, no progress.”

“Original Divine Fire True Understanding, Minor Achievement, Flame Body Forged.”

As the System’s notification sounded.

Jiang Li regained control of his body.

He marveled at the Cultivation Technique’s operation.

First, it applied pressure to itself, experiencing pressure due to its persecution complex, and then, at the extreme of pressure, it killed the enemy causing the pressure, completing its own Breakthrough and salvation.

The logic was a closed loop.

The Cultivation Techniques he Cultivated were all brilliant.

As his thoughts churned.

Jiang Li, having regained control of his body, moved, appearing at the spot where Lord Hanyan’s Nascent Soul had fallen in a flash.

By then.

The Elders had already surrounded the area.

Seeing Jiang Li arrive, they collectively showed some shock.

First, the Nascent Soul’s Physical Body was burned, then the Nascent Soul itself. They barely exerted any effort in this capture; the entire process was completed by Jiang Li alone.

To kill a Nascent Soul Cultivator by himself, was this really still a Foundation Establishment Cultivator?

No wonder their Palace Master shamelessly personally descended to entice him to become a Disciple and betray his Sect. They were now starting to envy Jiang Li’s master, who had picked up the biggest bargain in the world.

At this moment.

The burning Nascent Soul of Lord Hanyan suddenly laughed.

“Hahahahaha, it seems that Blood Hell’s judgment was correct. You Pure Yang Palace truly cannot spare any Cultivators above the Soul Transformation Stage now. There’s still no movement at this time. This intelligence is worth a wisp of Divine Sense that I sacrificed.”

“And you, junior, you burned my Possessed body. I believe we will meet again very soon.”

After speaking.

This Nascent Soul was completely burned away.