After awakening, the female supporting character in the abused novel only wants to ascend to immorta

Chapter 229 Vortex Explosion
Grandma Honghu was quite surprised by Lin Zhao's expression: "I thought you weren't afraid."

Lin Zhao rubbed her face vigorously.

In normal circumstances or when being hunted, Lin Zhao would naturally not be afraid, having escaped death countless times. But this time it was the Heavenly Phoenix Clan.

I promised Granny Honghu that I would strengthen the Tianhuang clan, but now I've offended someone before even meeting them. How am I supposed to infiltrate their ranks?

"Don't worry, even if you are engaged to Qu Shu, the Tianhuang Clan won't come looking for you. That kid probably only said that because he wants you to break off the engagement yourself."

Lin Zhao exclaimed, "Why?"

"The Heavenly Phoenix Clan is proud, but not unreasonable. You are blessed with the destiny of the ancient phoenix, and your current talent is considered top-notch even in the Upper Realm. For the Heavenly Phoenix Clan, there is no need to offend you for this reason."

Lin Zhao was stunned for a moment, then felt half relieved.

Grandma Honghu changed the subject and drew Lin Zhao's attention back to her cultivation level. "Although you have already learned all the moves, it is clear that you cannot fully master the Thousand Spirits Sword Technique with your current cultivation level. Therefore, you cannot rush your Thousand Spirits Sword Technique. During this period, focus on body training and then study the Bodhi Slash."

Lin Zhao had the same plan. Her cultivation had reached the peak of the early stage of fusion, and she was just one step away from stepping into the middle stage of fusion. However, she had only digested less than one percent of the inheritance in her body.

Sensing his own condition, Lin Zhao looked at the cascading waterfall, took a deep breath, and then plunged into the waterfall, letting the water rush over his body while simultaneously circulating the Phoenix Meridian Technique, drawing upon the spiritual energy within his body to create a faint connection with the spiritual energy of this secret realm.

Strands of spiritual energy rapidly flowed into Lin Zhao's dantian, transforming into her cultivation level. As her cultivation steadily improved, the inheritance Lin Zhao received also slowly merged with her body.

This inheritance not only elevates one's cultivation level, but also enhances the status of Lin Zhao's physical body, which has almost reached the pinnacle of human potential.

If Lin Zhao's physical body had previously reached the limit of a human fusion stage cultivator, comparable to some powerful spirit beasts, then after obtaining the Blue Duck Bird's inheritance, Lin Zhao's physical strength was already approaching that of a divine beast as she continuously digested the inheritance.

Previously, when Lin Zhao and Jin Ya were at the same level of cultivation, Lin Zhao's physical body was inferior to Jin Ya's. But now, Lin Zhao's physical body, through the fusion of inheritance, is approaching the strength of Jin Ya's physical body.

Besides these, there is also the level of the soul.

His soul, body, and cultivation were all steadily increasing in both quantity and quality. Lin Zhao opened his eyes, and Phoenix Luck unconsciously broke out of his body, hovering above his head before disappearing into his body.

This state lasted for about three days. Lin Zhao opened her eyes, faced the bright sun overhead, and raised her hand. Under the sunlight, she could vaguely feel that her skin even had a metallic sheen.

After a brief moment of thought, Lin Zhao leaped up from under the waterfall. With her current physical strength, the impact of the waterfall was hardly enough to help her temper her body.

However, she was indeed curious about the extent of her physical body's development, so Lin Zhao raised her hand and, without using a trace of spiritual energy, punched a large tree that required two adults to encircle.

The next moment, the tree cracked in front of Lin Zhao, centered on the spot where her punch landed, trembled for a moment, and then fell heavily to the ground.

Lin Zhao withdrew his fist. "That's all the power I have. I need to find another place to train my body."

I wonder if there's a suitable place in this secret realm for me to train my body right now.

Lin Zhao closed her eyes, sensing the layout of the entire secret realm. Soon, she opened her eyes and smiled.

"There is."

……

Under the blazing sun, lava flowed, and rubble was scattered all around, encircling the massive volcano at the center of the high mountain. Lin Zhao flew to the foot of the volcano on his sword.

The temperature here would be uncomfortable for most people, but for Lin Zhao, it wouldn't even make her break a sweat.

She raised her head with anticipation, wondering, "I wonder which is hotter, the temperature here or the temperature from Ji Qin's spiritual technique?"

Grandma Honghu asked with a smile, "As the master of this secret realm, can't you sense the temperature here?"

Lin Zhao waved his hand: "Oh, that's no fun at all. I wanted to use the temperature here to temper my body. Actually, the best thing would be a lightning tribulation, but unfortunately, with my current cultivation level, I can't draw on the energy of heaven and earth."

After speaking, Lin Zhao unfurled his phoenix wings and flew to the top of the volcano. Feeling the intense heat and strange smell coming from above, Lin Zhao's expression changed.

"Although I want to use this thing to train my body, the smell is really unpleasant."

Grandma Honghu laughed heartily: "Go down quickly, your teacher also wants to see what limit you can endure now."

Lin Zhao helplessly rushed downstairs.

The moment his body entered the magma, Lin Zhao felt the heat, but it was bearable. So Lin Zhao continued to descend until he felt his skin begin to turn red. Only then did Lin Zhao stop his downward descent and begin cultivating the Phoenix Vein Technique in the magma.

Seeing this, even Grandma Honghu couldn't help but give her a thumbs up.

He originally thought his disciple was just trying to push her limits, but he didn't expect her idea to be so bold, directly planning to use the high temperature of the magma and fire-type spiritual energy to temper her body.

Once Lin Zhao felt her skin adapt to the surrounding environment within the magma, she slowly sank down until finally, she frowned as she looked at the six vortexes of spiritual energy surrounding her.

"Logically speaking, I entered the mid-stage of fusion during the fourth spiritual energy vortex, so I should have entered the late-stage of fusion during the seventh spiritual energy vortex."

However, even though she was about to condense the seventh spiritual energy vortex, she didn't feel any sense of advancement. Instead, she felt a faint sense of instability in all six spiritual energy vortices.

However, no matter how hard Lin Zhao thought about it, he couldn't figure it out, so he simply stopped thinking about it and began to condense the seventh spiritual energy vortex.

The change happened at that moment. The instant the seventh spiritual energy vortex appeared, her original six spiritual energy vortices exploded in front of her, turning into dazzling purple flames.

Fortunately, Lin Zhao managed to withstand the surrounding temperature with his physical body; otherwise, an ordinary cultivator would have perished here in no time if faced with the explosion of the spiritual energy vortex and the intense heat after losing the protection of the vortex.

"what happened?"

When Lin Zhao discovered that his cultivation had suddenly returned to the early stage of fusion, without condensing a single spiritual energy vortex, he felt somewhat amused and exasperated.

What is this? Thirty years of hard work, all gone in one fell swoop?

With a helpless sigh, Lin Zhao checked his physical condition and found that apart from the spiritual energy vortex being destroyed, everything else was fine. He breathed a sigh of relief.

"Forget it, I was able to reach the mid-stage of the fusion realm in less than a year back then, so I'm just going through the same path again."

Lin Zhao wiped the sweat from his forehead and once again activated the Phoenix Vein Technique to condense a vortex of spiritual energy.