NOVEL NEXT Chapter 418 Invisible Fire Python
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In the not-so-deep night, the moon was half-hidden among the clouds, and light and shadow alternated between heaven and earth.
Inside a pavilion, a faint candlelight illuminated the room.
A thin young man with black hair, brown eyes, ordinary features, a deeper facial contour, and dressed in simple linen clothes, sat on a chair with a calm expression and a faint smile on his face.
Across from him, Amon, dressed in a black robe, raised his right hand, adjusted his monocle, and threw out a sea-blue flame that flowed quietly like water:
"Find a way to give it to Xiao Yan. His growth rate can be appropriately accelerated. The pace in the original work was still too rushed in the end."
Reaching out to take the flame slowly floating towards him, Zhou Mingrui enveloped it with Dou Qi and absorbed it into his body. He tightened the black gloves on his hands and spoke in a calm tone:
"As long as it gets to him, that's fine, right? Are there any requirements for the process?"
Amon shook his head: "That doesn't matter."
"I understand." Zhou Mingrui nodded slightly.
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The basin where the Jia Nan Academy Inner Academy is located is vast, and the Inner Courtyard itself is immense. In such a large space, towering pavilions stretch in continuous rows, yet there are only over a thousand students. Even with the addition of the academy's mentors and Elders, the total number of people is less than two thousand.
Compared to this immense space, the number of people seemed exceptionally sparse.
Leaving Zhou Mingrui's courtyard and walking all the way to the Heavenly Burning Training Qi Tower, Amon did not see a single person.
It wasn't until he arrived at the entrance of the Heavenly Burning Training Qi Tower that he saw a student who had just finished cultivating and was walking out.
This was a beautiful girl with valiant black short hair and a hint of red malevolence in her pupils. That was a symptom of being corroded by the fire poison within the Heavenly Burning Training Qi Tower.
Seeing Amon walking towards her, a hint of confusion appeared in her eyes. She had been in the Inner Courtyard for quite some time and was considered an old student.
There weren't many people in the Inner Courtyard, and if there was such a uniquely dressed student, she felt she should have an impression.
Perhaps it's a mentor who shows up less often or a new student... Thinking this, she didn't pay too much attention and brushed past Amon.
Amon's lips curved slightly, and his right hand subtly made a gripping motion. With a flick of his wrist, a fire crystal card appeared in his hand.
He used the Dou Technique "Invisible Hand" to steal the fire crystal card from that girl's space ring!
After showing the fire crystal card to the Dou Spirit mentor guarding the tower, Amon walked into the tower.
This mentor didn't care either; fire crystal cards came in five colors: black, blue, green, red, and purple, each allowing access to different floors. The first floor only required possession of a fire crystal card to enter.
As for special situations like outsiders sneaking in, he didn't think too much about it.
He glanced at Amon, thought his attire was a bit strange, and then continued to stare blankly at the sky... Standing guard was truly boring.
Faint footsteps echoed in the empty corridor, Amon's figure almost blending with the darkness, not revealing a trace of his aura.
He walked straight to the inner side of the empty corridor.
Standing before the profound iron wall, silver flames emerged from his body. He extended his right hand, and light flowed over his five fingers.
As he gripped, the space before him began to fold and twist, a layer of wrinkles making the heavy profound iron wall appear like thin paper.
With a swipe of his five fingers, the thin space was instantly torn open, forming a passage wide enough for one person to pass through.
The essence of the Dou Technique "Invisible Hand" is the manipulation of spatial power. On the Dou Qi Continent, Dou Ancestor powerhouses begin to dabble in the use of spatial power, capable of roughly controlling space, but to fold and then tear space like Amon is the hallmark of a Dou Venerate!
Some high-level Dou Ancestors might also be able to do it, but definitely not as easily as Amon.
Originally, Amon had expected it would take a lot of effort to pass through layers of guards and enter the bottom of the Heavenly Burning Training Qi Tower, but Xiao Meng's deep exploration of her own characteristics had provided Amon with many new methods, making these tasks much easier for him.
This also made his idea of correcting Xiao Meng's way of thinking fade. Given such a big surprise, Amon naturally didn't mind giving her greater tolerance and more freedom.
He looked forward to her bringing more surprises.
After passing through the crack, the space behind him healed as before, and the thick wall remained unchanged. Other than Amon moving from one side of the wall to the other, there was no difference.
A strange sense of irritation suddenly emerged in Amon's heart. Layers of whispers sounded in his mind, continuous, sometimes low, sometimes high, eerie and mad.
A grand, vast, ancient, yet mad will deep within his consciousness trembled, as if about to awaken, but quickly fell silent again.
Amon took a deep breath, rubbed his temples, and suppressed the crazy thoughts that were not his own that emerged in his mind.
He "tsk"ed, his expression slightly grave:
"Is this the heart flame summoned by the Fallen Heart Flame? I didn't expect it could actually stir the Celestial Worthy's will and cause it to become restless."
After a moment of hesitation, he leaped, falling into the endless darkness.
After descending a few hundred more meters, a layer of faint silver light appeared in his vision. Fold after fold overlapped, forming something like an inverted pot wrapped in tin foil.
That was the Seal laid down by Mang Tianchi, the Dean of Jia Nan Academy, a spatial barrier. It was this barrier that had trapped the Fallen Heart Flame here for hundreds of years.
Amon's descent slowed. Silver light surged beneath his feet, and fine lines appeared on the space, like glass about to shatter but still connected after an impact.
Amon stepped on the solidified space... His control over space was still insufficient, otherwise, there wouldn't be this scene like glass about to shatter, but a smooth, whole piece.
Starlight shimmered in his eyes, his deep gaze seemingly encompassing all contradictions, errors, and logical confusions in the World...
Under such observation, he saw that at the origin of the spatial folds, there were many small and large tiny holes. These were loopholes, flaws in the Seal.
This was not the core of the Seal, but the area between the lowest level and the core, primarily used to prevent people with ulterior motives like Amon from entering the Seal's core.
The Seal's core, which directly faced the Fallen Heart Flame, was even deeper.
Amon's figure flickered, revealing his Worm of Spirit true form, transforming into a translucent worm with twelve rings and starlight-like colors.
The rings on his body began to float, and the entire worm seemed to be distorted and elongated, with layers of illusory doors appearing.
These loopholes quickly converged, forming a "door" through which Amon's worm form could pass.
With a flash of starlight, Amon had already arrived on the other side, while the Guardian Elder at the lowest level seemed to perceive nothing.
Passing through the Seal, Amon arrived at the Seal's core, directly facing the Fallen Heart Flame, beneath the Heavenly Burning Training Qi Tower.
The spatial folds at the core were denser, indicating that the Seal here was even stronger.
However, there were more "loopholes" above... Because the level of the person who set up the Seal hadn't changed, it was only that much. Forcibly gathering more power here naturally led to more "loopholes" gathering as well.
His gaze pierced through the spatial folds, and he saw that behind them was a deep, dark passage of unknown length.
An invisible behemoth was prostrate in this passage, looking upwards through the Seal.
The Formless Fire Python!
The Formless Fire Python formed by the Fallen Heart Flame.
It also seemed to sense Amon on the other side of the Seal, and their gazes met through the Seal.
In an instant, an even stronger, more ferocious and violent heart flame appeared in Amon's mind.
Vast and boundless, ancient and eternal, a bloodthirsty and mad will awakened and then fell silent. In this different World, the Celestial Worthy's imprint always resembled a rootless duckweed; though its essence was high, its power was ultimately unsustainable.
Amon closed his eyes, suppressed the Celestial Worthy's will, then slowly opened them, a look of keen interest in his eyes:
"Heh, interesting."
He extended his right hand, and silver flames burned on his palm. A layer of silver light illuminated, quickly spreading to his entire arm.
"Invisible Hand!"
As if an invisible and Invisible Hand was manipulating it, Amon gathered the loopholes on the Seal's core, forming a crack through which the Worm of Spirit could pass.
An Amon, composed of four Worms of Spirit, carrying the four flames of "Space Fire," "Flame of Destiny," "Azure Lotus Core Flame," and "Sea Heart Flame," slipped through.
This Amon arrived at the other end of the passage, first facing an even stronger heart flame. However, he was well prepared and recovered with a slight sway of his body.
The Formless Fire Python let out a fierce hiss, and terrifying power surged, an sound wave echoing in the narrow passage.
A layer of golden flame unfolded on Amon's body as he reached the other side of the passage. The Flame of Destiny was exceptionally effective at burning things that were formless, insubstantial, and existed for an extremely short time.
The sound wave was blocked by the shield made of the Flame of Destiny.
The Fallen Heart Flame looked at the golden flame, a hint of apprehension appearing in its eyes. With its not-low intelligence, and through the special sensation between flames, it could perceive the terror of this flame.
Although it was not yet as powerful as itself, its essence seemed to be even higher!
It also vaguely felt that refining the opponent would bring it immense benefits. After hesitating for a moment, it opened its large mouth and pounced towards this Amon.
Its huge mouth almost enveloped the entire passage.
Amon's lips curved into a smile, a faint silver shimmer, and he passed through the few remaining narrow gaps. Black and gray intertwined wings spread from his back, and he rushed deeper underground.
The Formless Fire Python, formed by the Fallen Heart Flame, also retreated quickly.
A moment later, Amon arrived in the underground Magma World. Without hesitation, he flapped his wings, and within a few breaths, he was far away from the passage.
The Fire Python exited the passage and coiled above the Magma, its huge snake eyes staring intently at Amon, with both apprehension and greed in its gaze.
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