The sequence is too involutional, luckily I am too.

Chapter 161 Heartfire Thousand Slashes, Greatly Enhanced Strength!

"Self-created secret techniques—didn't all those things you did before count as self-created techniques?"

Lu Yan had a headache. The secret technique was already a new extraordinary system independent of the sequence. Although it was not unprecedented, it was unique in the contemporary era.

This was derived by the professor of esoteric arts after he consulted the internal information of the Primal Cards.

Asking him to create a secret technique on his own is far more difficult than developing a sequence path.

"After all that, the executioner's request was the simplest after all."

Looking at the equally outrageous promotion conditions for the Mystic Arts Professor and the Divine Martial Saint, and then thinking about the Black Forest Lord and other ranks whose full requirements have not yet been fully revealed, Lu Yan felt completely overwhelmed.

Even someone as overpowered as him found it troublesome; for other ordinary superhumans to complete the sequence advancement, it would probably be as difficult as ascending to heaven.

No wonder humans are in such a difficult situation under the oppression of the evil god, while those believers of the evil god have an absurdly easy path to advancement!

"However, since the panel dares to put forward these conditions, there must be a solution."

Lu Yan calmed himself down, a hint of anticipation flashing in his eyes.

[The Mystic Professor agrees with the host's ideas, confidently stating that paths are forged by walking, and he is certain he will achieve advancement! However, he needs the host to provide a general research direction.]

"direction?"

Lu Yan narrowed his eyes, gently stroking his chin with his fingertips, deep in thought.

The divine weapon forged by the Martial Saint, the powerful transformation of the Dragon Blood Priest, and the executioner's secret techniques of torture make him almost invincible in close combat.

The Black Forest Lord's unpredictable manipulation, the Mystic Professor's various arcane arts, and the Actuary's card support all contributed to his formidable magical attacks and control abilities.

Whether it's physical offense and defense, magical output, or escape and sustain, his methods are quite comprehensive and diverse.

If there is anything lacking, it is that it is a pure mental attack method that can directly destroy the opponent's soul.

Suddenly, Lu Yan's mind was flooded with thoughts, and countless inspirations sprang up like sparks, instantly connecting into a line.

The professor of arcane arts instantly understood the host's needs and immediately initiated the relevant research project.

The actuary volunteered to join the project development, expressing a strong willingness to provide precise calculation support to aid in the deduction of the esoteric techniques.

The Lord of the Black Forest, not to be outdone, voluntarily offered several of the supernatural creatures to aid in the research, and also provided many practical suggestions based on his own experience in controlling them.

In an instant, all six sequences within Lu Yan's body became busy, showing a clear trend of mutual competition and unwillingness to fall behind.

"We can't afford to lose to our own sequences!"

Looking at the movements of the various sequences within his body, Lu Yan shook his head and chuckled. He then focused his mind and devoted himself entirely to cultivation.

Meanwhile, on the seventh floor of the tower.

Ning Ran wielded twin swords, his body wreathed in eerie, bone-chilling demonic black flames. His figure moved like a ghost, charging back and forth among the beast horde. Amidst the clashing of swords and shadows, the beasts fell to the ground, howling in agony. He seemed to be in an empty field, his fighting spirit growing ever more intense.

Meanwhile, Yao Qing's fingers flew across the paper, and pale purple threads of pleasure wove into wisps of light mist at her fingertips, drifting and swirling around her as if they were alive.

Whenever a strange beast accidentally touches these emotional veils, it will be instantly bound and enslaved, its eyes will lose their clarity, and it will become a slave to its emotions. Under Yao Qing's control, it will frantically attack its former companions.

Occasionally, a few beasts with slightly stronger willpower who were not affected by the mist would have their minds corrupted by Yao Qing's casually used Indulgence Technique, completely succumbing to her and becoming her puppets.

But the most eye-catching person on this floor has to be Yin Shuo.

Among the horde of strange beasts, five identical figures of Yin Shuo were frantically provoking the beasts, their tone extremely arrogant.

But whenever a beast charges forward in a fit of rage, these Yin Shuo will instantly transform into ancient scrolls, which then explode with a deafening roar, sending flying debris and beast remains flying everywhere with astonishing power.

"Hahaha! I'm terrifyingly strong now, you trash are no match for me!"

Yin Shuo's arrogant laughter echoed across the battlefield, making him appear invincible and disdainful of everyone.

Yao Qing was already used to Yin Shuo's flamboyant personality and didn't care. At this moment, her thoughts were all on Lu Yan on the other side of the tower, and a trace of worry flashed between her brows: "Lu Yan should be fine on his own, right?"

Inside the quiet cabin, Lu Yan's cultivation suddenly came to a halt.

It wasn't that his cultivation had gone wrong, but rather that his cultivation had finally achieved a breakthrough.

[Tier 1 Wizard Meditation Technique - Mastery!]

[Gain 1 spell slot]

Lu Yan had anticipated the reward from the Wizard Meditation Method. He immediately activated his power and integrated it into the Secret Arts Codex.

With a soft flash of light, the fifth page of the arcane codex was successfully unlocked.

He casually placed the Indulgence Technique on the fifth page, tried activating it, and found that the technique could be used at will without any cost, so he nodded in satisfaction.

In this way, he can freely use all his secret techniques without any cost, further increasing his combat power.

He glanced again at the cultivation progress on the panel:

[Tier 1 Knight's Breathing Technique (Mastery): 9%]

The Knight's Breathing Technique is almost ready for advancement. Based on the previous training efficiency, if he trains with all his might, he can master it in about three to five days.

"It's been almost two weeks since I entered the tower. I wonder what the situation is like outside."

Lu Yan stroked his chin, seemingly lost in thought.

Actually, he quite enjoyed this undisturbed environment where he could focus on his spiritual practice.

With enough golden blood to replenish his cultivation, he was momentarily lost in his joy and didn't want to leave.

But since he hasn't gone out for so long, his master and senior sister must have started to worry a long time ago.

"I need to hurry up and cultivate so I can leave this place as soon as possible," Lu Yan thought to himself.

Besides avoiding causing unnecessary worry among the public, he had many things he needed to verify with his master, especially regarding the potential dangers of the descent of the evil god and clues about the traitor within the sanctuary.

Lu Yan took a deep breath, held his breath, and was about to start a new round of cultivation when a series of subtitles popped up on the panel again, interrupting his actions.

With the precise calculations of the actuary and the eerie assistance of the Black Forest Lord, the professor of arcane arts successfully deduced his innate arcane art, Heartfire!

[The arcane professor is in a good mood, and the progress of all characters has increased by 20%!]

【Secret Arts Professor Promotion Requirement 3: Create a Secret Arts (1/1) - Completed】

Both the actuary and the Black Forest lord gained insights during the deduction process, and their advancement progress increased by 10% each.

[Sequence 6 - Arcane Professor: 79%]

[Sequence 6 - Dark Forest Lord: 62%]

[Sequence 6 - Actuary: 29%]

"A natal secret technique?"

A hint of surprise flashed in Lu Yan's eyes. Before he could carefully examine the details of the subtitles, he felt a faint but pure white flame quietly appear deep within his soul.

As the flames appeared, all the distracting thoughts and restlessness in his mind were instantly burned away by the white flames, and his mind became clearer and purer than ever before.

With a thought, the white flame detached from his soul and slowly condensed in his palm, warm yet exuding a sharp aura capable of scorching the soul.

The innate secret technique is an instinctive skill integrated into the soul, which can be used at will without the need for a secret technique manual.

The next moment, Lu Yan raised his hand and opened the Black Forest Domain, transforming a black pine tree in the corner into a strange shape, and then casually threw out the white flame in his palm.

The moment the white flames landed on the strange creature, the originally weak flames suddenly surged, engulfing the entire creature like a wildfire.

It emitted a chilling, mournful wail, its body rapidly melting away in the flames. In the blink of an eye, it was completely incinerated, leaving not a trace of its eerie aura behind.

The white flames, following the faint, eerie lingering soul energy, slowly returned and merged back into Lu Yan's palm.

A message popped up on the panel, revealing the full picture of the Heartfire:

[Secret Innate Technique - Heartfire: Using the heart as fuel and emotion as sap, one tempers the soul—this is Heartfire! Note: It can purify one's own distracting thoughts and stabilize the mind; it can also directly burn the soul of an enemy. The more intense the emotion, the stronger the flame!]

"Heartfire—Excellent, so useful!"

Lu Yan nodded in satisfaction, his eyes filled with joy.

This inner fire can not only directly attack the enemy's soul, but also burn away distracting thoughts and assist in cultivation, far exceeding his initial expectations!

Although the intensity of the heart fire depends on the intensity of emotions, all living beings have emotions, especially believers of the evil god. After being corrupted by the evil god's power, their emotional fluctuations are far beyond those of ordinary people, which is just the perfect nourishment for the heart fire.

As for those opponents with extremely strong willpower and restrained emotions—

Lu Yan grinned, a sly glint in his eyes: "This Indulgence Technique can finally come in handy."

With the Indulgent Secret Technique to disturb the opponent's mind, and the added blessing of the Seven Emotions Deception, how can the opponent not lose control of their emotions?

At that time, the power of the heart fire will be unleashed to its fullest extent.

Before Lu Yan could continue exploring the wonders of the Heart Fire, new subtitles popped up before his eyes, densely packed and almost filling his entire field of vision.

[With the power of the executioner's punishment and the nourishment of the dragon blood priest's blood, the Divine Martial Saint successfully completed mass forging!]

[Obtained Golden Rare Item - Wind Spirit: ————]

[Obtain Gold ————]

【get----】

A series of subtitles popped up one after another, all indicating that the gold-grade artifact had been successfully forged, leaving Lu Yan overwhelmed with excitement.

But soon, his attention was drawn to one of the subtitles, and an incredulous glint appeared in his eyes.

[Obtained Mithril Rare Item - Thousand Cuts!]

【Special Feature: Stacked Slashes: The blade contains a thousand layers of slashing energy, unleashing a thousand stacked strikes with each strike, increasing in power with each layer!】

【Special Feature: Divine Lament: Infused with the essence of a (pseudo) divine remains, its blade strikes with deadly force, harming both gods and demons, ignoring a portion of defense, and dealing true damage!】

[Skill - Thousand Blade Annihilation: After activating this skill, you can unleash a thousand layers of slashing techniques, condensing countless blade shadows to annihilate any enemy in your path, leaving nothing untouched!]

[Second condition for advancing to Divine Martial Saint: Craft twenty golden artifacts (20/20) - Completed]

[Divine Martial Saint Upgrade Condition 4: Craft a Mithril-grade Rare Item (1/1) - Completed]

[The Divine Martial Saint has forged his first Mithril-grade artifact, and is extremely pleased. His advancement progress has increased by 30%]

The Executioner and Dragonblood Priest benefit greatly from assisting in the forging process, each receiving a 15% increase in advancement progress.

[Sequence 6 - Divine Martial Saint: 81%]

[Sequence 6 - Executioner: 60%]

[Sequence 6 - Dragonblood Priest: 45%]

"They actually managed to create a mithril-grade artifact?"

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