"Return to the team at three o'clock this afternoon," the sender of the ssage was the Dragon Emperor.
The last ti I saw the Dragon Emperor, he ntioned that Nidhogg was going to make big moves soon, so calling Lin Tian back today must be for a mission.
Lin Tian checked the ti, it was nine o'clock. It would take two hours to travel, so he had four hours left.
There was no chance of getting to Qianshui City or Yunhai City now; all Lin Tian could do was to call Shen ngyi and He Qianqian to say goodbye.
After that, he had a al with Bu ngting, and then boarded a plane to Nidhogg.
The last ti he left Nidhogg, they had just been dealt a heavy blow and their numbers had greatly decreased, making it seem particularly desolate.
But this ti when he arrived at Nidhogg, there were more people, and the place was bustling with noise from the training cries everywhere.
Lin Tian counted roughly, and there were over four hundred mbers training on the field, double the number from before. However, most of these four hundred people had only Mirror Breaking strength. Although their number was big, their overall power was weaker than before.
Lin Tian saw Li Chong and Xiahou Qingyi; they were now in charge of training the recruits, jointly training a team of thirty new soldiers.
Having not seen them for many days, they were still as they always were; Li Chong wore a short-sleeved shirt, tanned black, and Xiahou Qingyi was still donning a leather outfit despite the blazing heat. She really didn't seem to mind the warmth.
Lin Tian approached them and said, "How are you doing? It's been a long ti."
"Team leader."
Xiahou Qingyi nodded and responded.
"Big brother, I've missed you to death! It's been so long since you left; did you even miss your brother? Why didn't you co to see !" Li Chong threw himself into Lin Tian's embrace, his enthusiasm in stark contrast to Xiahou Qingyi's reticence.
Lin Tian changed the subject, "Now our Nidhogg brothers have increased again, a full double the number from before. It's just that the power, well, seems sowhat weaker than before."
Li Chong stepped forward and whispered, "There's no helping it. These days, peace is scarce everywhere. We had to lower the selection standards and train them strictly…!"
"Cough cough…!" A forced cough from behind interrupted Li Chong.
Everyone turned to look, and it was the Dragon Emperor.
The Dragon Emperor said, "Gossip is forbidden within Nidhogg. If I hear it again, I will punish you severely."
"Yes."
Xiahou Qingyi and Li Chong answered in unison.
The Dragon Emperor had a stern face, looking like soone owed him money.
Lin Tian stepped forward and said, "Dragon Emperor, my Red Fla Stone, give it back to ."
At that, the Dragon Emperor's face was full of black lines, as if to say he couldn't possibly default on the debt.
With his high standing, having Lin Tian demand the debt in front of Xiahou Qingyi and Li Chong made the Dragon Emperor's expression turn sowhat ugly. He said, "Follow , I'll take you to find the Red Fla Stone."
Leaving Xiahou Qingyi and Li Chong in shock, they thought, The team leader is really aweso to be able to speak to the Dragon Emperor like that, and what's more, the Dragon Emperor didn't even get angry.
In fact, the Dragon Emperor was angry, but every ti he thought of the old head behind Lin Tian, he dared not erupt.
The Dragon Emperor took Lin Tian to a secret room. Inside the room, eight strong individuals were sitting in ditation, and in the middle was a chair.
The Dragon Emperor pointed at the chair and said, "Sit down."
"What are you going to do?" Lin Tian asked.
However, the Dragon Emperor didn't answer. Lin Tian felt awkward, but in the end, he sat down.
The Dragon Emperor opened his palm, and a stone appeared in his hand—the Red Fla Stone.
Using his superpower, he levitated the stone slowly above Lin Tian's head.
The next mont, all eight strong individuals seated around exerted their power simultaneously, each shooting out a water column that they jointly blessed onto the Red Fla Stone.
The Dragon Emperor spoke, "The energy of the Red Fla Stone is too vast for you to absorb alone. You can't fully utilize the energy it contains. So, I brought eight Water Type superpowered individuals to help neutralize the energy within the Red Fla Stone, allowing you to absorb it completely and greatly enhance your power."
Wow!
Lin Tian's eyes imdiately widened. He hadn't imagined that the eight strong people around him were all helping him. This was simply fantastic.
He gave the Dragon Emperor a thumbs up, "Dragon Emperor, thank you for being so good to !"
The Dragon Emperor rolled his eyes, "This wasn't my idea; it was the old head's idea. If you want to thank soone, thank the old head!"
After saying that, he turned and walked away without looking back.
Lin Tian was at a loss. He thought that the Dragon Emperor really didn't know how to accept thanks, even refusing such easily gained favor.
After the Dragon Emperor left, the eight strong individuals exerted their strength in unison. One of them reminded, "Activate your Fire Control Technique and absorb this energy."
Following that, the Red Fla Stone, spurred by the eight strong individuals, shone even brighter. The intense heat filled the entire room, and gradually, the Red Fla Stone started to lt. Drop by drop, like magma, a crimson liquid began to seep from the stone.
Lin Tian gathered his palms to form a Fireball, catching the drips of crimson liquid falling from the Red Fla Stone.
As the crimson liquid fell onto the Fireball Lin Tian had ford, there was a "boom," and the Fireball shone even brighter, changing from its original yellow-red color to a deep red.
Its power instantly doubled.
If the entire Red Fla Stone was refined, then Lin Tian's fire control would beco incredibly formidable.
Unimaginable!
Just thinking about it is so exciting!
Drops of crimson liquid fell onto Lin Tian's Fireball. After nine lengthy hours, the entire crimson stone had been completely absorbed by Lin Tian's Fireball.
After invoking his superpower for nine consecutive hours, Lin Tian was utterly exhausted. He had not yet tested the power of his Fire Control Technique when he felt a wave of dizziness and fell asleep.
He didn't know how long he had been out, but in his daze, Lin Tian felt incredibly hungry. Sniffing the air, he caught the scent of roast duck.
He opened his eyes and saw Li Chong beside him, with a greasy roast duck resting on the bedside table.
"Roast duck!"
Lin Tian exclaid, scrambling out of bed and tearing off a leg to devour.
Since yesterday at three in the afternoon, he hadn't eaten a grain of rice, and after nearly nine hours of continuous use of his superpower, Lin Tian was famished.
Roast duck isn't exactly aty, and it wasn't long before one duck was entirely consud.
Li Chong woke up in a daze, checked the ti, and said happily, "Big brother, you're finally awake. It's two in the afternoon; you've slept for a good fifteen hours."
Lin Tian said, "Hurry, I'm very hungry. Go buy two more roast ducks, fast."
After eating three roast ducks in one breath, he finally felt full. Only with a full belly could he have the energy to do anything else.
After a quick wash, he said to Li Chong, "Co on, let's go see the power of my Fire Control Technique now."
Li Chong nodded, and the two went to a deserted place. Lin Tian invoked his Fire Control Technique and threw out a palm.
"Roar!"
A dragon's roar thundered skyward. This ti, instead of a simple Fireball, Lin Tian released a fire-red, more than ten-ter-long Fire Dragon.
"Big brother, that's aweso!"
Li Chong gave Lin Tian a big thumbs up, completely astounded.
The Fire Dragon roared forth, its ten-ter-length dominating the land. In the blink of an eye, the Fire Dragon turned into a sea of flas that enveloped the forest within a hundred-ter radius.
"Big brother, this is bad, it's gone too far, put out the fire, quick...!" Li Chong cried out, grabbing his clothes to try and extinguish the flas.
Lin Tian chuckled silently. Powering his Ability Source, he funneled the expansive sea of flas back into his body.
Seeing the fire disappear, Li Chong wiped the sweat from his forehead, relieved that they hadn't really set the forest ablaze.
"Phew...!"
Li Chong heaved a sigh of relief, still shaken by the sight of the recent inferno.
He turned to Lin Tian with a look of reverence and said, "Big brother, that was incredible. The power of your Fire Control Technique is enough to 'Burn the Heavens'. Even a Mirror Breaking master would perish beneath it!"
Lin Tian was surprised himself. He hadn't expected that after the refinent through the Red Fla Stone, his Fire Control Technique could beco so formidable, even surpassing his Heaven's Punishnt in strength.
He was very pleased and honestly said to Li Chong, "You overestimate my Fire Control Technique. Against a Mirror Breaking opponent, my ability could ensure a draw, but to kill one of a higher level is still beyond . If I faced a seasoned Mirror Breaking adversary, even with my Fire Control Technique, I couldn't secure victory."
In Martial Arts Cultivation, each level is a world apart. A difference of half a level is like a Heaven's Punishnt, almost insurmountable.
Li Chong nodded, agreeing with Lin Tian's assessnt.
He suggested, "Big brother, now that your Fire Control Technique is so powerful and has the might to 'Burn the Heavens', why not give it a new na? Sothing more domineering; it'll sound cooler when you say it."
"Hmm, you're right. I do need to rena my Fire Control Technique. It has to be overbearing... what should it be?"
"How about 'Wildfire Rampage'?" Li Chong proposed.
"No good, not domineering enough."
"Then how about 'Heaven Scorching Sea Boiling'?"
"No, that sounds powerful enough, but it's too common and has too much negative energy."
Li Chong had rarely brainstord like this, but all his suggestions were rejected by Lin Tian, so he gave up.
Lin Tian also ca up with several nas but found them unsuitable until he was suddenly inspired by Li Chong's recent words.
With enough might to 'Burn the Heavens'.
'Burn the Heavens'!
'Burn the Heavens'!
Lin Tian clapped his hands and exclaid, "How about 'Burn the Heavens'? What do you think?"
"Great na, it's commanding and powerful." Li Chong agreed, reflecting on it more, he felt that 'Burn the Heavens' was indeed better than the nas he had thought of.
With the formidable superpower 'Burn the Heavens', Lin Tian was overjoyed. However, he quietly resolved that, due to its terrifying power, he would definitely not use 'Burn the Heavens' unless it was absolutely necessary. After all, his superpower Heaven's Punishnt was also quite formidable!
One hand wielding Heaven's Punishnt, the other 'Burn the Heavens', with these two powerful abilities, Lin Tian was confident he could beco the strongest below the Mirror Breaking level.
An invincible aura, everlasting dominance!
Later, the two returned to Nidhogg. It wasn't a holiday, yet the soldiers of Nidhogg weren't training as usual but instead were lined up, apparently for so unknown purpose.
Just as Lin Tian returned to Nidhogg, he caught sight of him and called out, "Lin Tian, co here, I've got a little task for you."
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