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Chapter 270 The "Lin" Technique - Beyond Limits! Flame Armor Perfected, New Phenomena in the Qi Sea! Ririko, caught up by the past...
【The Secret of the Character "Lin"】

Mastery level: 10.004%

[Effect 1: After use, a barrier can be created at will.]

[Effect 2: After use, it enhances oneself.]

This is the previous panel for the "Lin" character technique.

After mastering the product beyond the "10%" limit, the effects are described as having an unprecedentedly long duration.

Appeared.

Effect 3: Overlimit status.

During intense battles or training, you will continuously accumulate "Limit Breaking Values". When the Limit Breaking Values ​​are full, you can consume all the Limit Breaking Values ​​at once to enter the "Overlimit State" (choose one).

Under the "Exceed Limits - Cultivation" state, your comprehension, perception, and cultivation efficiency are greatly enhanced.

At the same time, you will gain the limited-time status "Perfect Comprehension": your comprehension of the current cultivation method will reach the level of the creator himself, and you will be able to make the most correct choices in your cultivation.

Under the "Extreme State - Battle" effect, all your attributes, mental state, perception, and recovery abilities are greatly enhanced.

Simultaneously gain the limited-time status "Future Vision": Gain insight into the current battle situation from this moment until one second into the future.

[Current limit exceeded: 0/100]

[—The beginning of all things, the ruler of all things, breaking through shackles.]

After calmly reading through the effects of the "Lin" technique word by word, Uesugi Tetsu, facing the rising sun, couldn't help but smack his lips.

Just by looking at the description of the effects, you can feel how incredibly powerful this so-called "overlimit state" that requires a long time to accumulate before it can be activated is.

Whether it's "cultivation" or "combat," even disregarding the numerous attribute boosts, Perfect Comprehension and Future Vision are still considered bug-level skills.

The latter goes without saying; it is not the so-called pre-reading that occurs after the mind enters the "clear mirror" stage, and it is effective only for the weak.

However, it becomes completely ineffective when facing strong opponents or equally matched rivals, and sometimes it may even deceive itself.

To know the future one second from now.

What can a superhuman of Uesugi Tetsu's level do in a second?
—That was enough for him to unleash all the spiritual power and qi within his body, transforming them into thunder and qi swords. It was also enough for Yuan Jingshui to wield dozens or even hundreds of swords, meticulously slicing himself into minced meat.

If you consider the significant increase in the base stats of the upper attribute, Uesugi Tetsuya thinks that maybe in this overlimit state he can compete with real demons and gods.

As for the former's "perfect understanding," it might not seem impressive on its own.

But to give an example—if Uesugi Tetsu, who found the fragments of Abe no Seimei's Onmyōdō manual, were to obtain this state...

Then, Uesugi Tetsu's understanding of this Yin-Yang art became that of Abe no Seimei, the most famous Yin-Yang master of the Heian period a thousand years ago.

It's rare to achieve perfect cultivation all at once; the more likely scenario is to directly complete the incomplete work—since I'm here, wouldn't it be a piece of cake for me to accomplish such a small task?

So terrifying.

"Heaven knows how we'll ever reach the maximum limit..."

Uesugi Tetsu examined the increasingly clear and detailed silver patterns on the back of his hand, knowing that he couldn't experience the feeling of this transcendent state at least for now.

This "Lin" technique is really mean... it doesn't even give you a trial card.

Try the normal "Lin" technique bonus first.

Uesugi Tetsu clenched his right fist.

The lines on the back of his hand that were about to fade immediately lit up, causing his entire body to shudder violently and produce a series of cracking sounds.

The thunderclap vanished in an instant in the bedroom, startling Kaga Kiyomitsu, who was playing a game in the living room outside, rubbing the handle of a knife against a controller.

"Luckily, I had mastered the Tiger Leopard Thunder Sound technique before, otherwise the floor would have almost collapsed."

Uesugi Tetsu let out a sigh of relief, relieved to find that there were no cracks in the wooden floor.

The enhancement from this "Lin" technique, which transforms cards into demons, is so powerful that it's as if it appears out of thin air, significantly increasing the already formidable strength.

Upon opening the personal panel, even though Uesugi Tetsu had anticipated this, he was still taken aback by the three-dimensional attributes.

【Uesugi Tetsu】

[Physique: 100→115]

[Willpower: 66 → 80]

【Charm: 13】

[Spiritual Skills: 80]

With only the Prajna Mask and the Four-Tailed Fox Jade Pendant hanging from his waist, the Lin Word Technique directly provided him with a full twenty-nine points of additional attributes.

It originally increased by less than 20 points, but now it has increased by 50%.

It's important to know that attributes become increasingly difficult to improve as you progress. Uesugi Tetsuya's Flame Armor only improved his physique slightly after reaching the Lesser Mastery stage, but this is equivalent to five sets of Flame Armor at the Lesser Mastery stage.

As for willpower, it goes without saying that there are almost no opportunities to improve it in daily life.

As for the duration…

Uesugi Tetsu quietly observed for a minute and roughly figured out that the state of maintaining a 29-point attribute boost could only last for about 20 minutes.

If the attribute bonus is reduced and the usage is intermittent, the time should be able to be increased to more than an hour.

In short, it should have no problem handling one or two normal battles.

Uesugi Tetsu canceled the attribute bonus and then used the Lin word technique to summon a nearly transparent barrier.

dong dong.

Uesugi Tetsuya tapped the barrier with his knuckles and immediately felt that its strength had increased significantly.

However, barriers are not very useful.

Since the Linzi Jue technique can only maintain one effect at a time, this barrier is not so attractive compared to the surge in attributes.

Furthermore, Uesugi Tetsuya now has Flame Armor as a defensive measure, so he doesn't really need a barrier anymore.

All we can say is that it can be used as a surprise trump card – deliberately letting the Flame Armor be destroyed as bait should make the idea come true easily.

This adds another tactic to the strategy of dealing with the enemy.

Rubbing his temples, Uesugi Tetsuya canceled the boost from the Lin Word Technique, and immediately felt as if his body had been hollowed out.

Although he really wanted to go to the Special Affairs Department's 200x Spirit Energy Chamber again to cultivate and fill up the last few hundred points of proficiency in the Spirit Control Technique.

But his body, still brimming with spiritual energy, told Uesugi Tetsuya not to go; if he went again today, he would burst from the pressure.

"So, let's use up this excess spiritual energy with the Flame Seed today."

He didn't really understand how he had absorbed so much spiritual energy yesterday, and how it had all accumulated in his body, so much so that he couldn't even "spit it out" using the Spirit Control Technique.

It was as if his body had locked away all that spiritual energy.

It would be a good thing if it were in an environment lacking spiritual energy, because it would mean that for a period of time one would not need to rely on the external environment.

But nowadays there are so many places with abundant spiritual energy, which is a bad thing...

After making a few complaints, Uesugi Tetsuya looked at the cloudless sky, thought for a moment, walked out of the bedroom, and sat cross-legged on the rooftop.

It's still more comfortable to bask in the sunlight and feel the heat.

For the last two Flame Seeds, Uesugi Tetsu decided to bury them in the joints of his knees.

Because there is already a Qi Sea in the dantian of the abdomen, and in the foreseeable future, there will be an additional Star River Qi Sea here, which comes from the Mingchuan Breathing Method.

Therefore, there is no need to put anything extra in the abdominal area.

Place it on your knees to ensure the Flame Armor covers your lower body more completely.

More importantly, it can enhance the explosive power of the knee joint by relying on the nourishment of the inflammation, allowing one to move faster.

After making a simple decision, Uesugi Tetsuya stopped thinking about it.

He first cleared his mind and rested for half an hour to recover his energy before focusing all his attention on the condensation of the Flame Seed.

Time flies, and the days and months pass by.

By the time Uesugi Tetsu completed the last two Flame Seeds stroke by stroke based on this memory, the blazing sun that had been hanging in the sky had already sunk to near the horizon.

"This time it was much faster; it only took this little time for two."

Feeling the heat in his knees and the explosive power hidden deep within, Uesugi Tetsuya's lips curled into a smile.

The spiritual energy accumulated in my body yesterday has been used up by about half. I should be able to break through the Spirit Control Technique in another two days.

After a series of faint, crackling sounds like thunder from broken bones, Uesugi Tetsu lowered his gaze—

[Because you have condensed the fifth Flame Seed, the Yin-Yang Technique: Flame Armor has been upgraded to "Mastery"!]

[Because your Flame Armor has been upgraded to Mastery, your Physique has increased by 3!]

【Flame Armor (Mastery)】 【Effect: All five elements are complete, flames flow over the body! Can be used as armor or a spear!】

[—An ancient Onmyōdō technique created in the late Heian period, but never fully completed. You have never used this technique as your foundation, nor do you need it to achieve your goal of becoming a spirit.]

The completion of constructing and placing the five flame seeds is the ultimate achievement; the perfection lies in connecting them closely and seamlessly to form a stable and cyclical structure.

Just like the previous steps, Uesugi Tetsuya only needs to follow the memory orb to overcome the "linking challenge" that has stumped countless Onmyoji.

It's not difficult at all.

It just takes a little more time.

With a thought, Uesugi Tetsuya felt the flowing fire surging from the five Flame Seeds, which immediately enveloped his entire body, leaving no gaps.

"Besides the most basic complete coverage, it can also..."

Wow!
The half-red, half-black light intertwined with the sunlight.

A moment later, a heavy suit of completely crystallized armor was put on Uesugi Tetsuya's body.

He slightly beckoned with his finger, causing a burst of deep purple lightning to strike from the outside.

boom……

Before the thunder could even sound, it was already dissolved and absorbed by the crystallized flame armor.

"It falls on a single point, but is distributed across the entire armor, which greatly enhances the protection against spiritual energy, and can also draw some spiritual energy from it as a supplement."

Uesugi Tetsu nodded, somewhat regretfully: "It's just that this crystallized state is immobile; it's basically turned into a turtle shell that's been beaten up."

After releasing the turtle shell, Uesugi Tetsu felt the accelerated circulation and blood flow caused by the presence of the five Flame Seeds, knowing that his recovery ability should have also become much stronger as a result.

In addition, the feathers of the Guhuoniao in the Qi Sea have also been nourished by the Flame Seed, and now they are showing signs of wanting to start causing trouble again.

Speaking of which…

When Uesugi Tetsu looked inward at his still relatively calm dantian, he could see the much more active Ubume feathers, as well as other things in the air besides the drifting thunderclouds.

Five tiny, translucent flames.

Without a doubt, this is the manifestation of the five Flame Seeds within the Qi Sea... As expected of the Void Qi Sea, it can tolerate and absorb anything.

If it were an ordinary Qi Sea, it would have chased all this mess of thunder and fire away long ago.

The small flames looked somewhat sluggish, quite different from the other beings in the Qi Sea, but no native inhabitants seemed interested in them.

After confirming that the Ubume no Feather had no delusions or unusual movements, Uesugi Tetsuya withdrew his consciousness and did not use his physical hand to control it.

correct.

After completing his training in Flame Armor, Uesugi Tetsu remembered the matter of "breaking the limit" that morning.

Intensive training can also increase the limit-breaking value.

I've painstakingly condensed two Flame Seeds this time; let's see how much they can add.

[Limit Break Value: 1/100]

The limit was exceeded, but there was almost no change.

In other words, condensing the Flame Seed is not considered a "high-intensity" training method.

"Is it based on how exhausted I am, both physically and mentally...?"

As Uesugi Tetsu pondered, darkness gradually fell.

……

Meanwhile, in the Arakawa Ward venue where the seeded winners' bracket matches are being held.

Thanks to the already popular Ririko, the stadium was nearly full today, with cheers rising again and again as the girl easily won.

On this day, Ririko drew her bamboo sword and won a complete victory.

Because whenever they encounter the Sword Domain, most of the contestants lose without even knowing why.

Only a few participants who were also accomplished in swordsmanship and had personally witnessed the Sword Domain could realize what they were facing.

Then they looked at each other in silence.

—A swordsman has appeared in the preliminary rounds, how should I fight him?
Moreover, this swordsman's surname is Tokugawa... He has most likely also mastered the Four Extremes Breathing Technique, but just hasn't used it yet.

Faced with this situation, sensible contestants would choose to concede defeat directly under Ririko's unfriendly gaze.

Only those who don't recognize the Sword Domain will get a good beating from Ririko.

Chisa watched from the sidelines all day and also cheered for Ririko all day long.

So this is how most battles are.

The girl thought.

Fair competition, stopping when the point is reached, that's pretty good.

Yes, even for missions from the Special Affairs Bureau, there are several reliable teammates who can gang up on and beat up any strange tales or demons they encounter.

At the same time, the intelligence department confirms the difficulty of the mission to ensure safety.

The dangerous situations that he and Uesugi had encountered before should still be considered rare.

If that's the case, then I might actually be able to become Uesugi's apprentice.

With the image of the handsome Ririko deeply imprinted in her mind, Chisa desperately wanted to become stronger.

Young Chisa was unaware that what she saw was only a minority, and that Nanjo Manami did not let her handle many of the erroneous documents from the intelligence department.

"Ririko Tokugawa from Arakawa Ward wins!"

Amidst another round of cheers from the crowd, Ririko glanced at the dojo fighter she had beaten unconscious, then left the arena as usual, ignoring all the media who rushed to interview her.

However, refusing an interview can itself become a news headline and a trending topic.

From the crowd, the voices of an old man and a young man rang out.

"Riri... the little one is really arrogant."

"Yes, she's been like this since she was little."

The sound was instantly drowned out, and Chisa naturally didn't hear it either.

The girl came running over excitedly and handed a wet towel that she had prepared beforehand to Ririko, who was sweating a lot: "Ririko-neechan, thank you for your hard work."

Ririko paused for a moment, then smiled at her after taking the towel.
"Thank you."

"Goodness, you've turned into a fangirl." Tamamo poked her neck out, squinted, and scoffed, "I've never seen you so attentive to your older sister before."

Just as Tamamo was about to call her younger sister back to ask her where she had eaten local specialties, she caught a glimpse of something strange in the crowd out of the corner of her eye.

An old man and a young girl were ignoring the surging crowd and were slowly and steadily approaching them... or rather, Ririko's direction.

wrong.

Tamamo's professional instincts prompted her to stand up, recalling Uesugi Tetsu's instructions from the previous day.

She immediately pretended to be playing on her phone as she walked over to Ririko, took her hand, and tried to lead her into the players' lounge and then leave the venue.

"Miss Ririko, let's go."

She tugged at her wrist, which was still dripping with sweat, only to find that it felt as if it weighed a ton and remained motionless.

"I have something to attend to, so Ms. Tamamo and Chisa-chan should go ahead." Ririko said to Tamamo, then realized what she meant when she looked down and saw the other's expression.

"Oh, so it was Uesugi-kun who told Tamamo-san to do this... but it's alright."

Ririko patted Tamamo's cold hand and smiled at her: "Don't worry, I already talked to him about this yesterday, so Miss Tamamo, you don't need to worry about it anymore."

After hesitating for a moment, Tamamo nodded: "Okay."

After finishing, Tamamo turned around, grabbed Chisa's hand, and walked into the lounge.

Ririko exhaled softly and turned her gaze in another direction.

The moment Tamamo sensed Ririko's gaze shift away from her, she swiftly pulled out her phone and opened Uesugi Tetsu's LINE profile.

Message sent!
—No matter what Guan Lili says, it's no use. As long as Tamamo sees the situation, she will report it truthfully!

That's what you call professional ethics!

Amidst the noisy crowd, Ririko's gaze was fixed on an old man and a young man walking towards her.

She gazed at the young man standing behind the elderly man with a cane.

After a long while, Ririko lowered her eyes in disappointment.
"Brother, you are here."

(End of this chapter)