Saint Seiya: This Gemini is a bit of a trap.

"Your mother is right, but for me, only with strength can one be cool for a lifetime!"

After speaking resolutely, Jia Long turned towards the lava waterfall with a look of heroic tragedy.

"Why are you two acting like it's a matter of life and death?"

Milo, unable to bear it any longer, rolled his eyes and said, "Garon, it's just crossing a lava waterfall, right? Can't your extradimensional space do that?"

"Of course it can be done."

"Then why are you still making that face?"

"Isn't it a bit far? What if something unexpected happens? You know, I'm the kind of person who's incredibly strong but also extremely cautious..."

"If you don't go over there soon, I'm leaving now."

"I'll go right away."

Seeing Milo about to leave, Jia Long no longer hesitated. He activated the dimensional vortex and his body disappeared into it with a whoosh.

"This guy... I really don't know how he passed the Trial of Courage and got to the Sanctuary..."

"When did Galon pass the Trial of Courage?"

……

In the dim cave.

Mysterious starlight illuminated, space distorted and deformed, and a strange dimensional vortex appeared. Jia Long's tall figure stepped out from it.

"Is this where Defteros trains?"

What came into view was an ordinary cave, nothing special except that it was a bit large.

But Jia Long showed no disappointment whatsoever; on the contrary, he subtly revealed a hint of excitement.

He discovered that the cave was actually carved out using combat techniques. The spacious cave had almost hollowed out the entire mountainside, and the surrounding stone walls were covered with traces of molten lava, as if a volcano had erupted there.

"Defteros's Black Rock Lava Burst?"

Black Rock Lava Burst is a unique fighting technique developed by Defteros, and it is also a variant of the Galactic Starburst.

In Jia Long's memory, Defteros almost never wore the Gemini Gold Cloth in his entire life, and his ability to borrow the power of the Gemini constellation was limited. However, he took a different approach and developed the Black Rock Lava Burst, whose power was no less than that of the Galactic Explosion.

The Galactic Starburst relies on mobilizing the power of the Gemini constellation to condense energy into celestial bodies; the more celestial bodies involved, the greater the power.

Defteros's Black Rock Lava Burst takes a different approach. Instead of pursuing the number of condensed stars, it aims to maximize the destructive power of a single star, much like the compressed eruption of volcanic magma!

"Extreme compression, until the star emits a mournful cry of imminent shattering?"

Jia Long stroked the stone wall with his hand, and even though more than 200 years had passed, he could still feel the extreme destruction caused by the black rock melt explosion.

It must be said that Defteros's approach is very suitable for Jia Long.

It consumes little energy and has great power; its only drawback is that the cultivation process is too dangerous.

The key to compressing an energy celestial body to the point of near shattering lies in controlling the critical point. It's like a child playing with a high-explosive bomb; one wrong move and you could easily blow yourself up first.

Therefore, cultivating this fighting technique requires a death wish; one must recklessly test the limits on the edge of an energy planet's explosion in order to arrive at the optimal solution.

In short, it's incredibly reckless, and only a Gemini or other mentally unstable person would develop such a fighting technique.

However, it still suits Jia Long very well.

He was not mentally ill, nor did he have a death wish.

But it has dimensional space!

Without having to worry about consumption, injury, or death, Jia Long could jump high like a baby suckling at his mother's breast within his own dimensional space.

"After grinding Black Sa for over a month, I haven't been able to unleash the Galactic Explosion due to insufficient power. It's time to try a different approach."

"Saga, come out and fight me!"

Having decided to give it a try, Jia Long simply entered the dimensional space and summoned his old rival Saga. As soon as the mirror image appeared, he rushed forward without saying a word, raised his hands high above his head, and condensed an energy star in the form of a galactic explosion.

"Take this, Black Rock Lava Burst... Boom!"

However, the energy celestial body collapsed as soon as it appeared, blasting Jia Long into dust.

Jia Long didn't understand the specific training methods for Black Rock Melting Explosion; he only had a general direction for training in his mind.

However, this is enough.

Black Rock Explosion is essentially a variant of the Galactic Starburst.

Now, Jia Long is extremely familiar with the Galactic Starburst and has almost unlimited opportunities for trial and error. As long as he continues to explore along the lines of Defteros, even if he can't ultimately master the pure Black Rock Molten Explosion, he can still find the critical point for the explosion of energy celestial bodies.

With this critical point, Jia Long will be able to develop his own Black Rock Lava Burst!

"Again! Black Lava... Boom!"

"Black Rock... Boom!"

"Black... Boom!"

Chapter 32 Meltdown! The Obsession of the Previous Generation of Gemini (Part 2)

More than an hour later, Jia Long exited the dimensional space, his face showing utter exhaustion.

An attempt lasting over an hour.

He blew himself up thousands of times.

Through constant trial and error, Jia Long finally figured out some experience.

only……

Jia Long ignited his inner universe, and at the same time slowly raised his palm. In an instant, a stellar power descended from the darkness, and the macrocosm and microcosm converged in his palm, continuously compressing and condensing into an energy star the size of a ping-pong ball.

The energy celestial body shone brightly, faintly emitting a mournful cry of impending collapse.

This is the result of Jia Long's cultivation.

"What is this, a Rasengan?"

Compared to Defteros's Black Rock Lava Burst in the comics, the energy star that Jalong condensed was far less impressive in appearance. But there was nothing he could do; he was just a sixth-sense warrior who had figured it out on his own, and creating something like this was already the limit.

"The Black Rock Lava Burst is said to be able to destroy a planet, what about mine?"

Jia Long casually swung out the "Rasengan" in his hand.

"Boom!"

In the distance, the stone wall crumbled like tofu dregs, and a tiny energy celestial body, the size of a ping-pong ball, blasted open a hole more than ten meters wide.

It's important to know that the stone walls of this cave are not ordinary rocks, but volcanic rock formed after black rocks melted and exploded, and its hardness is not much different from that of steel.

Just now, Jia Long had not yet had a personal experience of what was happening in the dimensional space.

It seems that the "Rasengan" I created is actually quite powerful. Although it can't compare to the legendary planet-destroying technique, it can certainly destroy clothing, specifically the Bronze Cloth.

and……

With a flick of his wrist, Jia Long compressed and condensed another energy star. This time, the compression speed was much faster. In just a few seconds, Jia Long unleashed four or five energy stars in succession.

The smaller the "equivalent" of a celestial body, the easier it is to compress it. This is one of the lessons learned by Jia Long through his numerous attempts.

Simply put, it can fire in rapid succession!

"Is this still considered a galactic starburst? It should be called a galactic machine gun, shouldn't it?"

Regardless of what this unique fighting technique is called, Jia Long feels that he has found the right direction.

He has already mastered the basics of Galactic Starburst (Black Rock Lava Burst).

……

At the lava waterfall, Milo and Aphrodite also heard the commotion inside the cave.

"What's Galon doing in there? Why is it all gunfire as soon as he goes in?"

"Milo, why do your words always sound different when they come out of your mouth?"

"What's changed? My 'dry' is the real deal."

As the two were talking, a sudden loud bang occurred. The lava waterfall in front of them exploded as if an explosive had been detonated, spraying lava in all directions, causing Milo and Aphrodite to scatter in surprise.

At that moment, a figure shot out from the cracked lava.

Landing.

It was Jia Long.

"Garon, what are you doing? You almost burned my clothes!"

"Nothing much, I was just annoyed by the heat of the lava, so I just threw it at it."

"Shall we take advantage of the heat and have a go at lava?"

"?"

Jia Long glanced at Milo in surprise, and seeing that the latter's expression was very serious, he shook his head and waved his hand, saying, "Let's go, there's nothing left to miss here."

"Did you find anything in there?"

"Hmm, I've gotten a bit of an idea for developing combat techniques."

"That's a real pity. If the Demon of Canon Island were still here, you might have gained even more. I heard from Professor Nacharsis that this Demon of Canon Island is the obsession of a powerful warrior from over 200 years ago!"

"Obsession?"

Jia Long's heart skipped a beat.

He knew about obsessions; it was said that warriors who had attained the seventh sense, the Alaya consciousness, would leave behind obsessions after death.

Obsession is a form of the soul, but it does not enter the cycle of reincarnation in the underworld, and it possesses some of the power of the true body.

Generally speaking, the obsessions of Saint Seiya warriors ascend to heaven and transform into the guardian spirits of the stars, becoming part of the will of the stars.

However, some people are unwilling to leave the earth because of some kind of attachment.

For example, Aiolos, who exists as an "old man" in the Sagittarius Cloth in the comics, and Asmita, who was everywhere in the previous Holy War, are all examples of this kind of obsession.

The Ghost of Canon Island, Defteros's obsession, clearly belongs to this category, otherwise he wouldn't have remained for over 200 years after his death.

But what is there in this land that Defteros could possibly care about?