From the end of the world

Chapter 308 VS Navy Xuanwu 3
"--Are you saying I didn't try my best?" I asked curiously.

"Isn't that so? At first I thought you had used all your strength right away, but I misunderstood. Judging from the fact that you can now exert even stronger strength, you seem to have some spare strength. Moreover..." Sailor Xuanwu said, "You should have some special cards hidden, right? After entering the strange world, you have fought many battles and should have accumulated many cards. Even if they were great success level enemies, you have killed at least two.

"Chen Long's 'Full Enhancement' or 'Shadow Entanglement', and the God Spear's 'Sure Hit, Sure Penetration'... Why don't you use those moves? Do you think you can defeat me with brute force alone?"

What he said left me completely baffled.

I originally thought that the reason he said I didn't use my full strength was because I became stronger quickly in the battle, which made him mistakenly think that I was holding back. But he actually thought that I could use the moves of people I killed in the past... Why is that? How did he know that I could do those things?
Or does he think that as the descendant of Liang Yi with the fire attribute, it is normal for me to be able to do those things?
It's really strange. After all, it's not completely confirmed that I am the successor of Liang Yi that he is looking for. Not only do I not have evidence, he should also be in the stage of doubt and verification - no, in fact, I have gradually believed that I am the successor of Liang Yi that he is looking for.

During the conversation, the navy Xuanwu and the dozen or so clones around him fired black water cannons at me again. I tried my best to dodge, but there was still one that I couldn't avoid, so I could only counterattack with the flame light cannon. The two attacks collided head-on, and the flame light cannon was still defeated. Fortunately, the trajectory of the black water cannon was also deflected by the impact.

Watching the black water cannon pass by me from a close distance, I became more and more certain of one thing, that is, the water power of the water master Xuanwu has a real and comprehensive restraint on my fire power. Thinking about it carefully, this is very suspicious.

Our magical powers all originate from our own spiritual thoughts, which are filled with our understanding of our own power. They are based on our own subjective power, and there should not be a completely objective conflicting relationship between them.

Take the power of fire, for example. Fire has different meanings in different cultures and ideologies. In the ancient Zoroastrianism, fire is a symbol of the supreme god Ahura Mazda, which can purify everything and has a supreme status. In the phlogiston theory, phlogiston, as the origin of fire, is even considered the soul of all matter in the world, and the status of water is not comparable to it.

In the current scientific worldview, flames are the light and heat produced by combustion, and there is no restraint relationship between flames and water. Flames are not afraid of water, but the cooling and oxygen-isolating effects of water. In many cases, throwing sand on burning objects can also achieve the same effect.

Not only does everyone have different understandings of fire, but the understanding of water also varies in different regions and eras. Even in the same region and era, everyone's subjective understanding of water and fire will have different degrees of disagreement.

The reason why the water master Xuanwu made a judgment without even looking at Ma Zao, and believed that his Shengui Lingdan could not completely cure Ma Zao's soul burns, might be because of the existence of that "controversial part".

Considering that "water can overcome fire" is a stereotype in the public consciousness, it is not surprising that my fire is restrained to a certain extent by it, but the strong restraint phenomenon that appears now gives me a feeling that it is definitely not that simple. It is as if there is an objective judgment system that determines that my fire should be defeated by his water.

He seemed to judge that his water could restrain fire according to the classical theory of the Four Symbols and Five Elements, and my fire actually judged that "it should be restrained" according to the same theory. Our powers were obviously under the same ideological framework, and because of this, the restraint relationship that should have been "controversial" became so "undoubted".

"You don't use your true strength, are you trying to hide the truth that you are the descendant of Liang Yi from me?"

In the fierce battle, the water master Xuanwu said coldly: "If I was not completely sure at the beginning, now everything is clear. Don't tell me you don't understand what it means to be so restrained. After all this, do you still want to continue the performance?"

"No, I admit it now. I should be the descendant of Liang Yi that you mentioned..." I said, "But I can't understand what you said. Why do you think you can use the power of the people you killed?"

"Do you still want to pretend you don't know? Or do you think that part of the power has nothing to do with the power seed in your soul? Then I'll tell you directly." He said, "The properties of the power seed of Shan Liangyi correspond to the power and skills he had in the past, and also correspond to the four symbols, namely Azure Dragon, Vermillion Bird, Black Tortoise, White Tiger...

"Among them, what I have is the Black Tortoise Seed, which corresponds to 'Water and Alchemy'; and what you have is obviously the Vermillion Bird Seed, which corresponds to 'Fire and Refining'.

"Controlling fire is only an external manifestation of your power. Your real power should be that after killing the enemy with fire, you can refine the enemy's soul into a magic weapon of corresponding nature, just like I can refine my own soul into a pill of corresponding nature... This is the so-called 'killing and soul-refining' power.

"If your enemy was good at using a spear and could hit any target, then after you refine his soul, you should get a spear that can hit the target and penetrate it. When you improve in refining, you can find more refining directions, or choose materials other than souls to refine.

"It is impossible for you to be unaware of your own power, because you have become a super genius in refining equipment. And as long as you don't deliberately give up the magic weapon, the process of refining the enemy's soul into a magic weapon can also be carried out automatically...

"So, why don't you take out your magic weapon? Aren't you afraid that I will kill you before you can take it out? Or have you given all the magic weapons that can be used to people around you... For example, the girl named Ma Zao?" Huh? I can not only kill people, but also get magic weapons from the enemy? I have such enviable power? Why don't I know it?
You say it’s impossible that I don’t notice it, but I just can’t notice it?
I was completely confused by what he said, but soon I remembered something.

"Slag"... Every time I kill someone, my flame will automatically burn the enemy's soul into a black substance like coal, and automatically preserve it in my own flame... Could that be the magic weapon he mentioned?

But that thing is obviously completely different from the magic weapon he mentioned, right? And according to what he said, the result of killing people to refine souls should be different every time. It can't be that my flames make mistakes every time when refining magic weapons, and they are all accidentally refined into waste, right? But shouldn't I be a super refining genius now? It's okay to fail once or twice, but it can't be that I fail every time and burn the materials to the point where they can't be seen in their original form, right?

I don't think it's just because my firepower is too strong that it has become like this. It's fine for those weirdos I killed before, but it shouldn't be like that for Chen Long and Shen Qiang. Admittedly, my flames after fully releasing my power may be at the level of Great Impermanence, but it's not yet. It's not that even a soul at the Great Perfection level can't withstand the automatic refining process mentioned by Shui Shi Xuanwu.

I have already believed that I am the descendant of Liang Yi, but there seem to be some contradictions in the details that cannot be ignored.

"I'm sorry, I can only refine some black things every time, and I don't have the magic weapon you mentioned."

I simply told the truth directly to see how Navy Master Xuanwu would react.

But he showed an expression of distrust.

It's not that it's hard to understand. In battle, the words spoken by the enemy should be doubted first.

"...You have completely exposed your identity, but you still insist on pretending and saying such nonsense... I see, you want to continue hiding your tricks." He said, "Then you should continue to hide, and then roll into the grave with your secret.

"Even if a lion fights a rabbit, it will use all its strength... This is especially true when you are at a disadvantage. You don't even understand the common sense of fighting, and you are trying to be smart with such tricks... You will soon pay the price for your actions."

Having said that, his movements became visibly cautious, and the intense rhythm of the battle also slowed down, as if he was afraid that he would go too deep and fall into my "evil plan".

My ability is really just ordinary fire manipulation, you don't have to be so careful - although I really want to say this, the situation is in my favor anyway.

Now I have more time to breathe, and I can use him as a whetstone to gradually release my power. Thinking about it this way, I really do have a "treacherous plan". If I can prolong the battle time to release all my power, even if I am restrained, I will win in the end.

But the navy master Xuanwu is not a fool. He will definitely realize the truth before my power surpasses his, and then deliver a truly decisive blow.

The hope of completely liberating power may only be placed on Yin Yue.

I had no choice but to completely give up the idea of ​​using the Water Master Xuanwu to release all my power and focus my attention on other things. Slowly, I sensed other things in the Water Master Xuanwu.

That is fire.

But it was not my flame, but a flame that invaded his soul like a foreign object, far exceeding my current level of power.

(End of this chapter)