Chapter 7: Elemental Armament
"If you want to avoid being hurt by the flames, you have to make yourself a 'flame'! Just like you, Firefiend. Chongyang's face was distorted, and he endured the great pain of the magic ball poured into his body.
It's like putting a red-hot soldering iron in your stomach. The burning sensation of the intestines piercing the stomach is definitely not something that ordinary people can bear.
Chongyang is not an ordinary person. Because he had been tortured for a long time in this scorching purgatory, he was already somewhat numb to the pain of boiling heat and burning.
Human habits are very scary things. As the lord of all things, the spirit of a hundred beasts, human beings have a terrifying ability to adapt to survival beyond their imagination, as long as they do not encounter extremely violent environmental mutations, human beings can even live longer than cockroaches.
To adapt to purgatory, you have to become a part of purgatory, to turn yourself into flames. This is what Chongyang finally realized, the so-called mystery of forbidden arts.
After pouring the ball of mana into his body, Chongyang endured great pain while controlling the magic power encased in a large amount of elements to slowly move through the elemental channel.
The specific number of elemental channels in the human body cannot be counted, and the current theoretical understanding is that there are more than 3,000, of which two-thirds are extremely subdivided branches that cannot be used. And in the lifetime of a magician, there are about a thousand that can be fully activated. And among these thousand elemental channels, most of them are small and medium-sized branches. There are only nine of them, and they are the main arteries that run through the whole body.
For example, nine arterial roads are the country's main transport railways, while the other 900 or so are all complex highways crisscrossing the country. In the wizarding world, these nine main roads are called the "Nine Paths of Demonic Luck".
Right now, Chongyang is doing his best to control the surging elemental magic in his body with his powerful spiritual power, and he is running along a major arterial road.
The Elemental Path, known as the "Main Path of Podrahan" (first pinpointed by the magic master named Podrahan), is the simplest and shortest of the nine main paths, starting from near the human heart, from the chest to the abdomen to the lower abdomen to the buttocks and from the back upwards, branching through the shoulders and finally meeting at the throat, connecting the beginning of the heart to form a large circulation.
If it is in a normal state, the average magician uses magic power to wrap a large number of elements and then inject them into the elemental channel in the body, which is simply looking for death. However, if you switch to a healer who is well-versed in the magical structure of the human body and can control the magic with extreme precision, there is a chance of success.
But even so, it's still a crazy move.
As he ran round after round, Chongyang's face wrinkled, and at the same time, he slowly felt that the burning heat in his body gradually merged with the burning outside his body. And this fusion made his own body gradually feel much more comfortable.
Not to resist the environment, but to merge with the environment.
For human beings who are homeothermic animals, it is the habitual thinking formed over thousands of years to wear clothes when it is cold, take cold water when it is hot, and take measures contrary to the environment to maintain their health, so that they will not think about the absurd thing of making themselves cold when they are cold and making themselves hot when they are hot.
The healer who invented this forbidden technique must have been a madman.
But madman, at some point, is another name for genius.
"Don't be so nervous about restraining your magic, you can relax a little and try to let it 'flow' through other branches throughout your body. The hoarse voice of the fire demon sounded, and he gave direct guidance to Chongyang, "Remember, the elemental channel is the river of the elements. β
Chongyang nodded, followed the instructions of the fire demon, and let go of the magic power in his body a little. Suddenly, as if the dam gate had been opened, a huge amount of elemental magic instantly surged through his body, bringing him a burst of pain with a great impact.
But after the pain, Chongyang was extremely surprised to find that when the elemental magic flowing to all parts of his body quickly volatilized due to the fact that the elemental channel could not fully carry it, it actually resonated with the elements of the outside world!
For a moment, Chongyang felt that his entire body was surrounded by an extremely high concentration of fire elementals. It's like putting on an armor made of elements, insulating yourself from the threat of the heat of the outside environment.
"This is the forbidden art, 'Elemental Armament'. The fire demon explained, "Wrap a large number of elements with your own magic power, and then fill your own body, flow and circulate with established rules, triggering the combined action of external elements, and forming a great protective or strengthening effect on yourself." β
"Elemental Armament......" Chongyang stared blankly at the crimson light emanating from his body.
"For the average person, elemental arming is an absolute forbidden technique, and using it is tantamount to suicide. However, for mages who meet the conditions, it is a special spell that has the potential to hurt themselves, but is extremely powerful. The Flame Demon continued, "Condition one, extremely powerful spiritual power. Condition two, spacious and tough elemental passages. Condition 3: Perseverance to endure extreme suffering......"
"You meet all the basic requirements, so you are qualified to learn this forbidden technique, but since your level is too low, there is still a considerable risk. β
"Hmm......" Chongyang nodded, "This should be...... Holy spirit-level spells, right?"
A magician who has reached the Holy Spirit level can achieve a high degree of communication with the elements of heaven and earth, and it is obviously much easier to perform this kind of spell.
"The strength of the elemental armament depends on the magic and skill of the caster, so theoretically any level of mage can learn it as long as the innate conditions are met. In this sense, it can even be seen as first-level magic. "Flame Demon Dao.
"But you have a point, only when you reach the level of the Holy Spirit can you maximize the power of this forbidden technique, and at the same time, the risk will be minimized. So it's not wrong to think of it as Holy Spirit magic. β
"It's another kind of magic that transcends traditional theories, and it's more powerful than a new type of magic, and it can't be located at all, so it's just called 'infinite (level) magic'. Chongyang smiled slightly and said.
"Who said it was more powerful than my new type of magic!?" the fire demon suddenly became angry, "My magic only requires mental power, and the risk is very low, it is not at all comparable to this kind of madman magic that will explode at every turn!"
"Self-detonating ......" Chongyang Khan. It's possible, and it's highly likely. If it were in the real world, the moment he poured magic into his body, he would probably die on the spot.
It's a true spell of death, and it's no wonder it's called a forbidden spell.
"The creator of this kind of magic, shouldn't he die by himself in the end?" Chongyang thought of something that was very embarrassing, but very probable.
"No, it is said that he died in a duel with his opponent. At that time, this healer was only a Holy Spirit-level cultivator, fighting a legendary magician with advanced Dao, and as a result, he beat the legendary magician to death with this forbidden technique, and then turned into ashes with a smile and passed away with the wind. β
Chongyang: How does "............" sound like a martial arts novel?
"It's just a legend, and no one knows if it's true or not. However, this forbidden technique is indeed very powerful. If you can master the basic level as a fifth-level magician, it is enough to easily match the average domain-level magician. β
"It's amazing. Chongyang couldn't help but sigh. Just at the basic level, you can ignore the gap between the general level and the domain level. Sure enough, the greater the risk, the greater the benefit.
"If you can do it in the real world in the rest of the time, then you will have a winning hole card against that girl. The flame demon said lightly.
"Then what more to say. Chongyang clenched his fists, his eyes full of determination, "Go ahead." β
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Seven days passed in a flash, and today was the day of the duel.
Chongyang leaves the Magic Practice Center. His face was a little pale, his eyes were a little dazed, he looked up at the sun-drenched sky, and the pupils of his eyes gradually converged, projecting a clear light as usual.
"Third brother!"
A familiar call came from ahead.
Chongyang followed the sound and saw Zhuoyang hurriedly rushing towards him.
Zhuoyang didn't have a smile on his face, and the look in his eyes was very complicated. After seven days of ideological struggle, he still couldn't accept his younger brother going to the dueling arena to fight for himself. He wanted to make a final effort to dissuade him, but when he met at this time, he couldn't say anything when he saw Chongyang's expression.
To Chongyang's surprise, a man and a woman were not far behind Zhuoyang.
Fairly...... Yarrow?"
The sexy and charming Phillie, the blonde and handsome Yarrow, the two leaders of the "Ranger Philo", and Chongyang's former classmates and friends, stood ten steps away from Chongyang at this time, looking at him quietly with different complex eyes.
"I told them about you. Zhuoyang was beside Chongyang and said softly, "The matter of your recovery, the matter of dueling with others...... As a result, they have come to serve as my guards today. I think they want to come and see you......"
Chongyang was silent, looking at the man and woman opposite for a long time.
In the end, he didn't say anything.
"Second brother, let's go. He said to Burning Sun.
"Hmm...... Third Brother...... This ......" Scorching Sun's eyes flashed, and he slowly reached out and took out a set of blood-red magician robesβthe military uniform of the Sun Army!
"That's the only thing I can give you right now...... When you are dueling, wear it. β
Chongyang's eyes widened slightly, took the robe, and stared deeply at the blood-red background, the deep and dignified black scorching sun badge containing incomparable courage, the glory symbol of the Bright family.
As the son of the lord of Burning Sun City, although the appearance of Burning Sun's military uniform is no different from that of other officers, in fact, it is made of the fur of the King of Demonic Beasts of Snow Ridge that his father, Count Burning Sun, hunted by himself, and his mother Tinaya is carefully sewn with ice cocoon threads, which is extremely resistant to general magic and difficult to hurt by swords. Its excellent warmth effect allows people to move freely in the polar environment of tens of degrees below zero.
This is Zhuoyang's most cherished clothes, which he didn't wear when he duel with Daunes, but at this time, he handed it to Chongyang himself.
"Thank you, second brother. Deeply understanding Zhuoyang's intentions, Chongyang smiled, "This is exactly what I want most." β