Rise from a Poor Family: My Martial Arts Counterattack

Chapter 437 Dual Breakthroughs in Divine Soul Realm

On the surface of the Canglan Sea.

Zeng Xi and the others watched in shock as one after another Canglan beast exploded on the sea.

Lin Chen strolled leisurely across the sea, and wherever he passed, the Azure Beasts exploded, then turned into a blue light that disappeared into Lin Chen's body.

At this moment, Lin Chen transformed into a walking Canglan Beast reaper.

"He...he wouldn't be absorbing the martial will represented by these Azure Beasts, would he?"

After a long pause, Mu Jun spoke, his voice filled with disbelief.

"It shouldn't be... who could absorb so many martial arts wills?"

Some people shook their heads, saying that in the martial arts world, everyone's capacity to absorb martial arts will is limited. The martial arts wills that Lin Chen defeated were not the same type. The more he absorbed, the deeper the rift in his soul would become.

"But if it's not absorbing martial will, then what are these lights that have entered his body?"

"You ask me, who should I ask?"

……

"What's wrong with Junior Brother Lin?"

On the Canglan Sect's side, the remaining six disciples were also staring in disbelief. Before entering the Canglan Secret Realm, they had made preparations by asking their senior brothers who had participated in the Canglan Secret Realm to describe the terrifying nature of the Canglan Beasts.

Now, they themselves have also felt the terror of the Azure Dragon Beast.

But what do they see now?
These Azure Beasts treated Junior Brother Lin like they treated martial artists who hadn't reached the Innate Realm, reaping their spoils with abandon.

These represent the will of martial arts, especially the Azure Beasts with flawless martial arts will among them; each one is equivalent to a Primordial Martial Artist.

“I don’t think Junior Brother Lin is absorbing martial will. We’ve killed these Canglan Beasts before, but no martial will appeared. The only way to absorb martial will is to defeat the Canglan Beasts in those bubbles.”

Gong Yi'an shook his head and gave his judgment, while also giving a wink to his other junior brothers.

Regardless of whether Junior Brother Lin truly absorbed the martial will represented by these Azure Beasts, this matter cannot be discussed so openly, and they cannot even ask Lin Chen about it later.

Because there are also martial artists from other sects here!
Although Mu Jun and the others would tell their respective sect elders what happened in the secret realm after they left, those elders might not know the reasons behind it.

We cannot reveal too much about Junior Brother Lin's special abilities and trump cards.

Among everyone present, Zeng Xi's expression was uncertain. He didn't know if Lin Chen was absorbing these martial arts wills, but he was thinking of something.

If his guess is true, then Lin Chen should really join their Thousand Machines Sect instead of the Azure Waves Sect.

……

On the surface of the Azure Sea, every time an Azure Beast explodes and transforms into light that enters his body, Lin Chen will introspect his own soul. In the Azure Ocean of his soul, these martial wills enter and transform into a wave that surges on the surface of the sea.

The sea at the very bottom of his soul was calm and still after the four waves receded, without a ripple.

But now, with the absorption of these martial arts wills, this sea seems to have come alive.

The real sea is turbulent and never calm.

Only the Dead Sea is calm.

The more waves there were in his soul, the more pleasure Lin Chen felt.

This feeling is like that of a thirsty person, where every bite of food is a pleasure.

In just a quarter of an hour, all thirty Azure Beasts on the sea surface, including the dozen or so Azure Beasts that came up from the sea during this period, disappeared completely.

The vast sea has, for once, returned to calm.

"This... I simply couldn't believe it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes."

"The Azure Beasts that we could barely hold off even with our desperate efforts were all wiped out by Lin Chen alone."

Everyone looked at Lin Chen with complicated expressions. As genius disciples from their respective sects, even though Lin Chen was stronger than them and had become the number one in Martial Dao Mountain, they didn't care too much. Being the number one in Martial Dao Mountain only meant that the person under the age of twenty was the strongest.

However, those present had all made it into the top thirty back in Martial Arts Mountain. Although there was a difference, it wasn't significant. As they entered the Innate Realm, their strength and cultivation level improved more and more slowly, and this gap gradually narrowed.

However, what they saw before them filled them with a sense of helplessness.

Lin Chen's performance was comparable to that of a second-stage Innate Realm cultivator.

To possess such strength at the age of twenty is something they have never seen before. Even among the famous geniuses of the Yan Dynasty that they have heard of, there are probably very few who have such strength at the Innate Realm.

Perhaps it was because the killing was too fast, or perhaps there really weren't many Azure Beasts left. After Lin Chen cleared out all the Azure Beasts on the sea, no new Azure Beasts appeared.

Just when Zeng Xi and the others thought that Lin Chen would come back to talk to them after killing all the Canglan Beasts, a scene that left them dumbfounded appeared.

Lin Chen looked down at the deep, vast sea below, and then, under everyone's gaze, he voluntarily sank into the sea without hesitation.

What is he doing?
"Could it be that Lin Chen isn't satisfied with killing so many Canglan Beasts and wants to go into the seabed to kill more?"

One of the martial artists spoke with a suspicious tone, but when he saw the others' approving looks, he was momentarily speechless.

Especially for Qiao Yuan and others from the Canglan Sect, the Canglan Secret Realm has existed for so many years, and no one has ever entered the seabed before. Everyone has been quietly waiting on the surface of the sea for the bubbles to appear.

After his body sank three zhang below the surface, Lin Chen's pupils contracted. In the seawater filled with azure energy, his eyes could not see anything; the azure water obscured his vision. However, his divine sense could clearly perceive that beneath the sea, light was constantly surging from the unfathomable depths. As it rose, azure energy continuously adhered to the light, starting as a wisp and gradually forming a bubble as more and more azure energy adhered to it.

One-color light, three-color light, seven-colored light...

At the same time, Lin Chen's divine sense also perceived a red flower blooming not far ahead. The red flower in the water resembled a blooming yellow chrysanthemum, with countless stamens spreading in all directions. When it touched the formed water bubble, the bubble burst instantly, and the Canglan Beast's eyes were filled with red light as it began to rise towards the sea surface.

"Is this the thing that's causing the trouble?"

Lin Chen slowly approached the red flower, and the next moment he took out the Hundred Treasures Box and carefully put the red flower into the box.

The incident in the Canglan Secret Realm was caused by the Blood Moon Sect, but now that Yue Shan of the Blood Moon Sect has been killed by me, even if there are other martial artists from other sects who can testify, the Blood Moon Sect can still deny it.

They could even turn around and accuse someone else of something else that happened in the Canglan Secret Realm, and in order to find someone to take the blame, they would push everything onto the already dead Yue Shan.

But now we have this one red flower as proof, which is irrefutable evidence.

Having collected the red flowers, Lin Chen wasted no more time. Before the light could even condense into bubbles in the seawater, he began swimming frantically on the seabed, absorbing the light.

He wanted to bring the ocean waves in his soul to life completely.

The waves surged and churned, rising and falling, teeming with life.

……

……

Lin Chen didn't know how much light transformed from martial will he had absorbed, until his soul felt a sense of satisfaction before he stopped.

This was the first time he had ever felt his soul fully satisfied.

However, since his soul could no longer absorb martial will, Lin Chen did not leave. This was the Canglan Ocean, which possessed endless Canglan energy.

To break through to the second level of the Innate Realm, he needs to absorb enough Canglan energy and then use the Canglan Technique to transform this energy into Innate Power.

Such a good opportunity cannot be missed.

Lin Chen sat cross-legged once more, but this time he was suspended in the Canglan Sea. As the Canglan Technique was activated, a vortex formed around him, and endless Canglan energy began to flow into his body, constantly being devoured by the Canglan Heart, and finally transformed into innate power, which began to circulate to his limbs and bones.

As this innate power began to fill his entire body, the innate power in Lin Chen's acupoints also began to slowly condense, transforming from liquid to crystal. Each transformation almost completely depleted the innate power within Lin Chen's body.

Fortunately, with the endless energy of the Canglan Ocean flowing in, the innate power that Lin Chen's Canglan Heart exhaled was extremely boundless.

……

A quarter of an hour, half an hour...

An hour...

One and a half hours...

At the bottom of the sea, Lin Chen's acupoints were shimmering with a soft glow. If Zeng Xi and the others were to notice, they would know that this was a sign of breaking through to the second level of the Innate Realm.

……

Sea surface.

Calm and calm.

Zeng Xi and the others waited quietly on the beach. When they heard a deafening roar from the sky, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

The Azure Realm is finally about to open.

At that moment, the blood moon that had been floating in the sky also vanished in an instant.

In the sky, the cracks grew wider and wider.

Why hasn't Lin Chen come out yet?

Zeng Xi glanced at the sea. The Canglan Secret Realm only lasts for a quarter of an hour each time it opens. If he doesn't come out after a quarter of an hour, he will have to wait another five years. This is what Elder Bai told him when he entered.

"Junior Brother Lin hasn't come out yet, what do we do now?"

On the Canglan Sect's side, the remaining disciples also looked anxiously at the sea. If Lin Chen were imprisoned in the Canglan Secret Realm, even a cultivator at the Innate First Realm couldn't go five years without food or water.

Even absorbing the energy of the Azure Sea wouldn't be enough to sustain it for five years.

Just as everyone was getting anxious, a whirlpool suddenly appeared on the sea surface. As the whirlpool grew larger and larger, the seawater flowed in all directions, and a figure stepped out from the whirlpool.

"I apologize for keeping you all waiting."

Lin Chen stepped out of the vortex and arrived in front of everyone.

"Lin Chen, you..."

Zeng Xi sensed Lin Chen's state and her face showed shock. This aura...

Could it be that Lin Chen has broken through to the second level of the Innate Realm?
"Brother Zeng, if you have any doubts, let's talk about them outside."

(End of this chapter)