Rise from a Poor Family: My Martial Arts Counterattack

Chapter 436 Martial Soul Diagram: The Bright Moon Rising Over the Sea

On the beach.

Lin Chen sat cross-legged in mid-air with his eyes closed.

Ahead of him, Zeng Xi and the others were engaged in a bloody battle with the Canglan Beast.

The group kept turning around to look behind them. Although they didn't know what Lin Chen was going to do, they agreed with Zeng Xi's words.

There's only one reason why Lin Chen chose to break through at such a dangerous time: he was confident that if he succeeded, he could resolve the current crisis.

If we were to take it a step further, it would be that after Lin Chen's breakthrough, he himself would at least be able to survive the siege of so many Canglan Beasts.

They were used by Lin Chen.

Regardless of their thoughts, they now have no choice but to trust Lin Chen.

"Everyone, stop overthinking. If Brother Lin is really only thinking of himself, I think he can hold out for three hours with his current strength."

Zeng Xi sensed that several people were emotionally unstable, and he smiled wryly. Even at this point, some people still had such heavy thoughts.

“We will give Brother Lin enough time, and I believe he will not let us down.”

Upon hearing Zeng Xi's words, several martial artists from the outer sects who had been harboring thoughts showed a hint of embarrassment at having their schemes exposed.

“Zeng Xi is right. Now we can only pin our hopes on Lin Chen. We must give Lin Chen enough time to break through.”

Mu Jun echoed his sentiment. A moment ago, he genuinely believed that Lin Chen had deliberately left them here to draw the Canglan Beast's firepower, but the moment Lin Chen emerged covered in blood, he knew he was wrong.

"If Lin Chen really wanted to delay, there was no need for him to get out of that blister so quickly."

Upon hearing Mu Jun's words, the martial artists from the outer sect immediately understood his meaning: no one who can become a genius is a fool.

Lin Chen emerged from the bubble so quickly, covered in blood, clearly indicating that he had swiftly defeated the Canglan Beast inside the bubble using a mutually destructive method.

These actions show that Lin Chen wasn't using them to draw fire, and Zeng Xi was right when she said that with Lin Chen's strength, it was indeed possible for him to hold out for three hours.

They had seen Lin Chen appear several times and use his flames to burn the Canglan Beast. With Lin Chen's speed and power, he could have just fought the Canglan Beast in this sea area without having to risk his life like this.

There was only one reason why Lin Chen risked breaking through: he wanted to save them.

To be precise, he wanted to save the people from the Canglan Sect, and perhaps Zeng Xi as well. As for their lives, Lin Chen probably wouldn't care.

In that case, they should thank the people of the Canglan Sect.

……

At this moment, Lin Chen was not paying attention to the situation outside. He believed that Zeng Xi and Qiao Yuan would buy him enough time.

Lin Chen's consciousness completely sank into his dantian sea of ​​consciousness. The vast space illuminated by the divine soul stars was undergoing a tremendous transformation.

This is precisely why he immediately flashed behind everyone to break through as soon as he emerged from the bubble.

He wasn't that noble. Even when saving Qiao Yuan and the others, he would choose a safer method to break through before ensuring his own safety.

What he didn't expect was that when the stars in the star chart connected to form a double hammer shape, the divine soul star chart in his dantian immediately changed, without him even needing to activate it.

At this moment, within that star, the four illusory star weapons formed from the four flawless martial wills absorbed earlier—spear, halberd, knife, and hammer—are no longer merely floating independently.

As if pulled by an invisible force, they began to move closer to each other, and in the process of moving, they were hit by other stars and fell down.

The falling stars did not disappear, but instead landed at the bottom. As more stars were struck and fell, they accumulated and overlapped, slowly forming a dense band of stars.

[Racing against time: Activating the Azure Wave Technique.]

Just as Lin Chen's attention was entirely focused on the Divine Soul Star Chart, the panel reappeared, this time directly in his mind.

"The Azure Wave Technique?"

Without any hesitation, Lin Chen activated the Canglan Technique, and the Canglan energy within his body surged from the Canglan Heart, flowing towards the star map in his dantian.

As the Azure Energy surged in, the Star Chart trembled, seemingly repelling its entry. Lin Chen was also shocked.

These stars represent his soul. The purer the soul, the better. It is not allowed to be mixed with other energies. No matter how strong the energy is, it is an impurity when it enters the soul.

If he hadn't known that the panel wouldn't harm him, and if he hadn't believed in the correctness of "Seize the Day," he would have stopped activating the Canglan Technique right now.

In the end, Lin Chen decided to continue using the Canglan Technique.

As the Azure Wave Technique was activated, the Azure Wave energy surging from the Azure Wave Heart grew stronger and stronger, and this Azure Wave energy frantically collided with the Star Chart.

puff!
Lin Chen's face turned pale instantly, and blood oozed from the corner of his mouth.

At this moment, Zeng Xi, who had just defeated a Canglan Beast and gained a moment to catch his breath, frowned slightly. His divine sense was constantly sensing Lin Chen's situation behind him. Although the blood that spilled from the corner of Lin Chen's mouth disappeared quickly, it was still clearly perceived by his divine sense.

This indicates that Lin Chen's breakthrough is not going well, but the battle between them and the Azure Beast is equally not going well.

Most of the attacking Azure Beasts were of the ordinary level, a few were of the refined level, and only occasionally did a flawless Azure Beast appear.

They could barely hold on against ordinary and refined Azure Beasts, but when a flawless Azure Beast appeared, the balance would be immediately broken, and they would need to spare two or three people to deal with the flawless Azure Beast.

It's not that they can't kill the flawless-level Azure Beast in a one-on-one fight, but rather that they can't afford to delay and must quickly kill the flawless-level Azure Beast. If they are held back, their formation will be completely broken.

"Oh no! A flawless-level Azure Beast is about to appear. Everyone be careful and on guard."

Zeng Xi suddenly shouted, and because of his words, everyone's attention was highly focused, staring at the sea in front of them.

After fighting for half an hour, Zeng Xi had already proven the strength of his spiritual power.

Zeng Xi had informed them in advance of the appearance of the previous few flawless-grade Azure Beasts.

This time, however, they were deceived by Zeng Xi. Zeng Xi did this for a simple reason: she didn't want others to notice Lin Chen's condition.

If these people discover that Lin Chen's breakthrough is hindered, they will inevitably have other ideas again. But the current situation does not allow them to have any other thoughts.

If they are not careful, and their formation is breached, not only will Lin Chen be unable to break through, but they will also be scattered and surrounded by the Canglan Beasts.

Even if you have no other thoughts, if you feel hopeless and lose your composure, you will be defeated by the Azure Beast.

……

Within the soul.

Lin Chen stared in shock at the bottom of the star map, where the stars that had been knocked down slowly turned into a blue band of light.

The energy of the Azure Waves collided with the star map, but failed to penetrate the high-hanging stars. However, it slowly seeped into the falling stars below.

The dense clusters of stars that had already fallen below were transformed into blue bands of light by the influx of Canglan energy.

As stars continued to fall, the blue band of light expanded, layering upon layer, until it eventually formed a blue ocean.

The energy of the stars and the vast ocean eventually transformed into the sea.

This result shocked Lin Chen. These falling stars represented divine souls, and he never imagined that divine souls could combine with the Canglan energy in such a way.

After a long time, the vast ocean beneath the divine soul diagram had reached the boundary of the entire star system, with its deep and boundless waters constantly churning.

Rumble!
The moment the vast ocean was formed, thunder shook the earth. At that moment, Lin Chen had an indescribable feeling, as if nothing in this world bound him anymore.

At that moment, he seemed to have broken free from some kind of restraint, feeling light and ethereal.

He saw his past self, whether he was cultivating, fighting, or even fishing in Poyang Lake. Every move he made, even the slightest gesture of raising his hand, was supported by thin threads.

These fine threads wrapped around his entire body, initially hindering his movements; even taking a single step forward was met with the threads pulling him backward and downward.

This applies to walking, and it applies to cultivation.

As his martial arts level improved, these threads ceased to be obstacles and instead became his aids. When he leaped up, the threads suddenly pulled upwards, allowing him to jump even higher.

However, now he saw that all the threads on his body had disappeared, and the invisible bondage had vanished.

This feeling was very mysterious, and along with the appearance of this mysterious feeling, the four star-shaped weapon phantoms in the dantian soul fell like meteors, carrying their respective martial wills, and fell towards the ocean below.

The four weapons from the Cining Palace crashed heavily onto the seabed, creating dull ripples that stirred up invisible waves of energy.

The next moment, the surface of the vast sea churned, whipping up towering waves.

As the first wave surged, a long spear could be seen breaking through the water, its tip gleaming with a terrifying power that could pierce through anything, creating a deep whirlpool in the surrounding seawater.

The second wave surged up, and a long halberd, with an imposing aura capable of splitting the sky and cleaving the sea, was thrust diagonally into the side of the spear. Where the halberd's tip passed, the seawater silently split open.

The third wave rolled up, and the long sword, as heavy as a mountain, slowly rose from the sea surface, while the surrounding seawater swirled and surged wildly, swallowing everything.

As the fourth wave surged up, a giant hammer emerged from it, its power no less than that of the other three waves.

【Racing against time: The nascent form of the Martial Soul has been formed. With the introduction of the power of the Blood Moon, it is now fully complete.】 The prompt on the panel appeared in Lin Chen's mind once again. Sensing this prompt, Lin Chen opened his eyes for the first time and looked up at the sky.

The blood moon hung high in the sky, emitting an eerie red light.

Without any hesitation, Lin Chen withdrew his protective aura, allowing the eerie red light to fall upon him.

The red light shone on his skin and was quickly absorbed into his body. These red lights, like blood vessels, moved within his body, seemingly searching for a target. When they reached his dantian and sensed the presence of the Divine Soul Diagram, these red light blood vessels seemed to have found their target and frantically drilled into the Star Diagram.

A strange red light began to fill Lin Chen's body.

Just as Lin Chen was absorbing the Blood Moon energy, the battle between Zeng Xi and the others and the Canglan Beast was also reaching a critical moment.

puff!
Qiao Yuan was once again struck in the back by the longsword of a Canglan beast. The wound was so deep that bone was visible, and blood gushed out. He staggered and fell forward.

"careful!"

Seeing this, another disciple of the Canglan Sect rushed over to help and stopped the Canglan Beast that was about to chase after Qiao Yuan.

Qiao Yuan reached out and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. At this point in the battle, he was completely exhausted. As a Xiantian martial artist, he no longer had even the most basic protective qi to maintain his body.

Right now, he is completely engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the Canglan Beast.

He wasn't the only one engaged in hand-to-hand combat; the others weren't in much better shape either.

Mu Jun's defensive armor shattered under the continuous heavy blows, scattering fragments everywhere. He was completely naked from the waist up, with many bloodstains clearly visible on his body.

boom!
On the other side, an outer sect disciple roared as his spear pierced the chest of a Canglan beast. But to his left, another Canglan beast wielded a longsword and slashed down, splitting the man in two.

This scene enraged the others; this was already the fifth person to fall.

Zeng Xi's face was pale. At this moment, he reached into his robes and took out an item from the box containing all sorts of things.

A rhombus-shaped crystal.

call out!
With a flick of his finger, he shot the rhombus-shaped crystal toward the Azure Beasts in front of him. The Azure Beasts did not dodge at all. These Azure Beasts were formed from martial will and only had the instinct to fight.

boom!
The moment the rhombus-shaped crystal collided with the Azure Dragon Beast, it suddenly exploded, unleashing terrifying energy that instantly annihilated more than a dozen Azure Dragon Beasts in the vicinity.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"Zeng Xi, if you have such a treasure, why don't you find it and bring it out?"

Mu Jun's eyes showed dissatisfaction, and the others also looked at Zeng Xi with puzzled eyes. If they had thrown this item out earlier, they wouldn't have had to fight these Canglan beasts to this extent.

"Gentlemen, the crisis is not over."

Zeng Xi wore a bitter smile. The reason he used the life-saving trump card given to him by the sect was because his soul had sensed that several even more terrifying Canglan beasts were about to emerge from the Canglan Sea.

An even more dangerous situation awaits them!

Upon hearing Zeng Xi's words, Qiao Yuan, Mu Jun, and the others looked puzzled, but the next moment, when they saw the sea surface churning up with four waves, everyone's expression instantly turned grim.

Flawless Azure Beast.

After fighting for so long, every time a flawless-grade Azure Beast emerges from the seabed, waves surge up, while ordinary-grade and refined-grade beasts simply break through the water without creating waves.

With four flawless-grade Azure Beasts appearing at the same time, plus other refined and ordinary-grade Azure Beasts, how can we possibly fight them?
Despair was evident on everyone's face.

Previously, it took several people working together to kill a flawless Azure Beast, while the others had to guard against other Azure Beasts breaking through their defenses. Now, with four Azure Beasts, they simply couldn't withstand them.

The four flawless-grade Azure Beasts appeared on the sea, but their scarlet eyes did not look at Zeng Xi and the others. Instead, their gazes were fixed on Lin Chen, who was floating in mid-air behind them.

The four Azure Beasts let out deafening roars, carrying a terrifying power that could tear space apart, and rushed directly towards Lin Chen.

"No, stop them!"

Zeng Xi roared anxiously and rushed towards one of the Canglan Beasts. On the other side, Qiao Yuan and the disciples of the Canglan Sect also attacked at the same time. They did not know why these flawless Canglan Beasts were attacking Lin Chen, but they knew one thing: Lin Chen absolutely could not be harmed.

Even if they all die here, Lin Chen must live.

On the contrary, Mu Jun and his group hesitated for a moment. These four flawless-level Azure Beasts were heading towards Lin Chen, which meant that they could temporarily avoid facing the attacks of the flawless-level Azure Beasts.

Should we stop Lin Chen?

"Damn it, if Lin Chen can't break through, I'll make sure he takes a piece of my skin before I die at the hands of the Azure Beast."

Mu Jun gritted his teeth. He no longer cared whether Lin Chen was using them as shields or not; in the current situation, he could only trust Lin Chen.

Mu Jun was surrounded by bursts of blood-red light, as he was burning his own life force to restore himself to his peak condition. Otherwise, in his current state, he would definitely not be a match for a flawless Azure Beast.

There's no other choice!
With Mu Jun taking the lead, the other outer sect disciples also made their moves at this moment, as they had no choice but to trust Lin Chen.

Everyone started fighting desperately at that moment.

However, led by these four flawless-grade Azure Beasts, other Azure Beasts also rushed in, and Zeng Xi and the others were quickly surrounded by Azure Beasts.

"Junior Brother Qiao, you must protect Junior Brother Lin."

Gong Yi'an of the Canglan Sect gave Qiao Yuan and the others a few words of advice, his face showing a resolute expression. Qiao Yuan and the others were taken aback, and they understood what their senior brother Gong was going to do.

"Do not allow any Azure Beasts to approach Junior Brother Lin before he completes his breakthrough."

Gong Yi'an looked at Qiao Yuan and the others. When he saw them nod slightly, the resolute look on his face turned into a gratified smile. The next moment, his gaze turned to the several Canglan Beasts in front of him.

"A bunch of beasts, die!"

Gong Yi'an roared, and his aura suddenly surged. As his aura increased, his face aged at a visible speed.

Just as Gong Yi'an's momentum reached its peak and he was about to charge towards the Canglan beast horde, a surge of energy came from behind them, quickly overtaking them and heading straight for the Canglan beasts.

One after another, the Azure Dragon Beasts were reduced to ashes by this energy.

"This is?"

Gong Yi'an was stunned. He was preparing to fight these Canglan beasts to the death, but now they had been wiped out just like that.

"Senior Brother Lin?"

Qiao Yuan seemed to have thought of something, his expression became excited, and he turned around to look behind him.

Not only him, but everyone realized what was happening and turned to look behind them.

High behind them, Lin Chen was still sitting cross-legged, but from his center, a pure and awe-inspiring aura was spreading outwards.

It was this unique power that wiped out these Azure Dragon Beasts.

"Did the breakthrough succeed?"

Zeng Xi's eyes gleamed, and Mu Jun, standing beside him, breathed a sigh of relief. They had finally waited for this moment.

"Thank you all, leave the rest to me."

High in the sky, Lin Chen slowly opened his mouth and looked inward at his own body.

At this moment, the divine soul diagram in the dantian has undergone a completely different change from before.

In the deepest part of the vast sea, a blood moon slowly rose. The moment the blood moon broke through the sea, the red light on its surface peeled off like rust, transforming into a bright moon.

Pure and bright!
This "bright moon" hangs above the vast sea in my soul, its clear light spreading to every corner of my soul.

The moonlight, like an invisible bond, connected the four martial arts wills at the bottom of the sea.

The sharpness of the spear, the domineering power of the halberd, the ferocity of the knife, and the weight of the hammer, under the harmony of the moonlight, are no longer merely conflicts and confrontations, but rather form a magnificent and harmonious resonance.

Their power flows and transmits along with the moonlight, together protecting that supreme bright moon.

[Martial Soul Diagram: A Bright Moon Rising Over the Sea]

The moment Lin Chen opened his eyes, all the Canglan Beasts within his sight froze for a split second.

puff!
The next moment, one after another, the Azure Dragon Beasts exploded on the sea.

The same applies to Common, Refined, and Flawless grades.

"What kind of skill is this?"

Mu Jun and the others felt their scalps tingle. Just a glance was enough to cause these Canglan beasts to explode. They had never heard of such a technique before.

The Canglan Sect does not have such a cultivation method!

It wasn't even the martial arts aura of reaching the second level of the Innate Realm after breaking through a realm.

(End of this chapter)