Chapter 294: "Pull a Hair and Move"

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Compared with the past, the present spirit lotus incarnation before my eyes has become even more divine.
The Crimson Flame Fire Lotus incarnation first moved freely within Meng Zhou's field of vision, as if adapting to a completely new usage.
Afterwards, the Red Flame Fire Lotus clone performed the Five Elements Escape and disappeared from Mengzhou's sight.
Mengzhou, who had always been spiritually connected to it, already knew that this Spirit Lotus clone had silently escaped from the range of the small island and was currently maintaining invisibility, swiftly darting towards the distant void.
The Linglian incarnation first adapted to the current state, and then began to accelerate continuously. Gradually, a faint red fire line appeared in the void, but its speed was so fast that its traces could not be truly captured.
——The Linglian doppelganger is able to share to a certain extent the various talents and abilities of its true body, and the degree of this sharing will be higher if a certain talent aligns with the characteristics of Linglian itself.
For example, common small supernormal powers like Five Elements Escaping Technique and Myriad Phenomena Method can be shared by all Linglian clones, but the Earth Spirit Golden Lotus clone, which belongs to the Earth element, excels in the application of Earth Escaping Technique and earth-based spells, while the Fire Spirit Crimson Flame Lotus clone excels in the application of Fire Escaping Technique and fire-based spells.
Quickly, this red fire line that raced through the void had already exceeded the maximum range of Mengzhou Tongmingyue Mirror's six hundred li radius of observation, yet his control over this avatar showed no signs of weakening.
One thousand miles, two thousand miles... five thousand miles... ten thousand miles... fifty thousand miles...
The true body is still in the Wumeng sea area. This peculiar clone avoids the central area of the Qingxuan domain and heads north all the way. Finally, it enters the Tianqi Mountain and wanders in the aurora cave before embarking on the journey back south.
At the farthest point of separation, the straight-line distance had already exceeded 150,000 miles, but the connection delay that occurred after surpassing 100,000 miles with Linglian's doppelganger did not occur.
This connection is still clear and timely, and he can still skillfully control this spiritual lotus clone in real time as he wishes.
There is no need for any buffering, a single thought can take control of this clone, changing it from "automatic" to "manual".
And this is not the biggest change that happened to this Lotus Spirit Clone.
When it returned quietly and appeared in front of Meng Zhou again, careful inspection revealed that despite the over 300,000 li of high-speed travelling back and forth, this Lotus Spirit Clone consumed very little energy.
The unique spiritual power possessed by the Scarlet Flame Lotus Clone still remains at around 95%.
Despite traveling a distance of over 300,000 miles at an extremely high speed, the spiritual power of the Scarlet Flame Lotus Clone only consumed 5%.
Furthermore, there is the power of the divine soul that is worn on the body, which consumes about 20% of the power obtained from the Yunyu Layer left by Yanzhuang.
Aside from that, there is no further consumption.
Previously, the biggest limitation of Linglian's avatar was that the spiritual power it possessed was much less compared to fellow cultivators of the same level, and it was difficult to recover within a short period of time after consumption.
This drawback precisely limits his further development and use of the Spirit Lotus Avatar.
But now, the biggest weakness of the Spirit Lotus Avatar disappears after merging with the Soul Armor.
The consumption of Linglian's avatar has become extremely low, with the greatest cost borne by the Soul Armor itself.
In this all-in-one special avatar, the positioning of Linglian's body has fundamentally changed, and its greatest value lies in providing a "vehicle platform" that can accommodate and freely control the Soul Armor.
Make sure that it can remain connected in real time, even when the distance between him and the Soul Armor exceeds a viewing range of over 600 miles.
— This effect is a combination of the characteristics of the soul clones, the stored soul power, the unique spirit pearl, and the provision of a space similar to the sea of consciousness, which is the most suitable environment for the soul clones to reside in.
It looks like the protagonist of Rapid Escape is the physical body of Linglian, but in reality, it only provides a "shell".
What truly plays a central role is the Soul Armor.
The Divine Soul Armor can freely enter and exit the Sea of Consciousness, directly worn on the Divine Soul to function, and can also be easily deployed in the physical realm according to the user's will.
It has the ability to switch between two states effortlessly.
When it becomes intangible and merges with the spiritual lotus avatar, it appears to take a subordinate position, but in reality, it integrates with the spiritual lotus body like a skeleton.
"Although it traveled over three hundred thousand miles round trip, the spiritual power of the third-grade superior Linglian avatar only consumed five percent."
"In an extreme state, the endurance of such a Linglian avatar would reach three million miles?!"
"The total size of the Five Domains is not very large, and the straight-line distance between the Green Xuan Domain and the farthest domain is not more than four hundred thousand miles."
"Within this range, I can still basically achieve real-time takeover and fine manipulation of it..."
Meng Zhou analyzed in his heart.
He reached out and took a photo, and the bright eyes of the Red Flame Fire Lotus darkened, and the armor of the soul appeared in the void in front of his brow.
Then, slowly falling into Meng Zhou's palm.
Meng Zhou looked at this object, with a slight smile on his lips.
Compared to before, his long-range attack ability has been greatly enhanced.
With him, he truly possesses the ability to bring down the "Wrath of Thunder" anywhere in the Five Realms with a single thought.
And this is just a small experimental attempt he made on this divine soul armor.
If he is willing, he can even directly use the "False Infant" method obtained from Yan Zhuang, leveraging the uniqueness of this divine soul armor to instantly become a powerful force comparable to a fourth-order Nascent Soul.
As for the "true spirit" that Yan Zhuangzi pursues diligently, he can also derive it by synthesizing the ownerless deity intention from the statue of the God of Longing.
The cost is much smaller than Yan Zhuang's.
However, Meng Zhou would naturally not consider this self-destructive method for his future.
However, he also has many alternative solutions in mind.
The two currently being tested are simply the most convenient and suitable conditions.
After completing these two experiments and gaining a better understanding of this divine armor, Meng Zhou has started considering more possibilities.
```html“The Crimson Flame Fire Lotus Spirit Body is only cultivated from a third-grade superior spirit lotus.”
“Moreover, this type of spirit lotus body can only be used for battle. If we talk about disguise, it has to be the Tai Sui body refined from the flesh and blood of Tai Sui.”```
Due to the limitation of the quantity of third-grade inferior Qinglian sword marrow, Meng Zhou's fabricated Taishui bodies are only at the peak of the third-grade inferior, equivalent to the strength of the Jindan three-layer peak.
The third-grade intermediate Qinglian sword marrow has never been used. At this moment, Meng Zhou's divine sense enters the Linghu space and looks at the astonishing quantity of third-grade intermediate Qinglian sword marrow inside. He thought to himself:
"It appears that we can try to birth some higher quality flesh and blood of the Grand Dukes and refine a stronger Grand Duke's physique."
"By then, allowing the Soul Armor to reside within it, Meng Zhou believes that it will be a different experience from the Spirit Lotus body."
However, limited by the current quality of the Blue Lotus Sword Marrow, it is only at the middle grade of the third rank, and the limit of the Grand Duke's physique should also stop at the peak level of the middle grade of the third rank.
In the short term, it is still impossible to replace the advantages possessed by the Linglian Clone.
So, after returning to Sanchuan Yuan, Meng Zhou, as "Qi Huangzi," sent a message to Xuanlin, the commissioner of the Qingxuan Sect Hall.
"I want third-tier supreme spirit lotus seeds, any variety."
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During the usage of the secret technique "Pearl Embryo Cleansing Spiritual Method" in Mengzhou, the core hidden within this extraordinary treasure was completely washed away during the thorough cleansing of the divine armor.
And in the moment when the secret mark shattered and disappeared, it formed a separate domain within the Starry Sky Sea.
On a four-tiered island.
The island, which was beautiful and brimming with spiritual energy just a moment ago, suddenly experienced lightning and thunder, accompanied by strong winds.
Underneath this suddenly dramatic celestial phenomenon, an unkempt monk emerged from the ground and stood in the void, his face twisted and grotesque.
At the corners of his mouth, there were traces of fresh crimson blood.
He looked up at the sky above, just like a prisoner looking at the prison that held him, a fierce and angry emotion was accumulating in his heart.
The originally beautiful and picturesque island suddenly became windy and oppressive, and the spiritual beasts and birds that once lived here instantly scattered and cried out in despair.
"Blabbering!"
The disheveled monk shouted coldly, his voice not loud but instantly resounding in the minds of all the fleeing spiritual birds and beasts within dozens of miles, like a thunderous roar from the heavens.
"Bang bang bang——"
In an instant, the spirit birds and spirit beasts that were fleeing in the previous moment exploded their heads one after another, scattering into a cloud of blood mist.
The headless spirit birds in the sky fell like raindrops.
But the spiritual beasts running on the ground did not escape this catastrophe either, and they all turned into headless spiritual beasts and fell to the ground.
After venting at will, the cultivator standing on the void looked down at the earth below, his eyes changing constantly.
Struggling and hesitating from time to time.
Just at this moment, he suddenly felt a movement in his heart, looked up and gazed into the distant void.
A streak of escaping light was swiftly approaching from that direction.
Since there was no intention to hide, he had already noticed it from a far distance.
This is also a polite reminder.
The sinister expression on his face slowly disappeared.
The face was still the same face, the features were still the same, the contours remained unchanged, but the feeling it gave was completely different.
Gentle and approachable.
With the disheveled appearance, without any decoration, it went through a 180-degree transformation from being full of hostility and wildness, and appeared charismatic and elegant.
And the smear of blood at the corner of his mouth added a hint of vulnerability to him.
Silently, all these changes have been completed.
And the rainbow light that came from far away finally stopped in front of him, revealing a figure.
This is a cultivator who looks older and more robust in stature. His gaze, filled with worry and anxiety, looks over.
Finally, his gaze lands on the bloodstain at the corner of the man's mouth.
"Senior brother, did you force your way through the barrier again?"
The man nodded gently, "Yes."
The burly cultivator said,
"Senior brother, even though breaking through the barrier is important, you still need to take care of your own body and not force yourself!"
The man nodded, and then shook his head, whispering:
"The situation outside is changing every day, even the territory of the five realms is gradually showing signs of being beyond control."
"But we have been secluded for a hundred and seventy years, and there is still no birth of the Nascent Soul. How can I not be anxious!"
```html“But you must also take care of yourself,” the burly monk emphasized again.
The man looked at him, after a moment, suddenly smiled and said, "Alright, thank you for your concern, I will pay attention in the future."```
The burly disciple looked at him and opened his mouth. He could sense the perfunctory meaning in his senior brother's words, but he ultimately didn't bring up the topic again.
Instead, he tilted his head and looked at the sky, this action inexplicably resembling the moment the male disciple looked up at the sky just now.
After a while, he sighed and said, "Senior Brother, I really suspect that our Starry Sea has been cursed by something mysterious!"
Upon hearing this, the man's pupils contracted imperceptibly.
"Oh, why would you think that?"
The sturdy cultivator withdrew his gaze from the sky and looked at the man, saying:
"Let's talk about you, Senior Brother. With your accumulation and the resources left in the palace, according to the usual patterns, you should have been able to break through the Nascent Soul stage a hundred years ago."
The man shook his head and said:
"Things are not as simple as you make it sound. Even if one has exceptional talent and profound accumulation, there is no guarantee of success."
"Throughout the history of the sect, have there not been many geniuses who fell at this step?"
"None of those fallen predecessors had talent worse than mine."
The muscly cultivator nodded without refuting and continued,
"Even so, among you several, there should still be one who can succeed, right?!"
The man remained silent.
In the Star Palace, in terms of realm, talent, accumulation, enlightenment... he was almost on par with them. There were already five people who had reached the breakthrough threshold after their 170 years of seclusion in the closed mountain.
One failed to pass two levels, it can be said that it was just bad luck.
But if all failed, it's not just a matter of bad luck, it's simply a run of bad luck.
It's not just bad luck for one person, but a run of bad luck that hangs over the entire Star Palace.
The burly monk continued to speak.
"Speaking of Elder Master, he passed away suddenly in his prime, leaving behind many doubts.
The prestigious Star Palace, when has it ever been in such a sorry state? It's been almost two hundred years since the last Yuan Ying generation... sigh, all the unlucky things have happened in our generation!"
The man remained silent, seemingly also feeling saddened by it.
Just then, there were more escaping lights coming from afar.
The two stopped their conversation and turned their heads to look.
Those were other people who sensed the abnormality from even further away and came over to investigate the situation.
After knowing that the man suffered a backlash from forcefully impacting the infant, everyone expressed their concern and comforted him. It is also known by all that the most suitable thing for him now is to rest and recuperate.
None of them stayed for long, after some consolation and comforting, they all left one after another.
After bidding farewell to these people who had all gone far away, the man's emotions also calmed down.
He did not change his face and go back because of their departure, but went straight back to the secluded cave below.
The formation behind him slowly closed, completely isolating the inside and outside.
The man sat cross-legged on the stone bed in the quiet room for a while, suddenly a point between his eyebrows, a strong power of the soul surged into the void in front of him.
Slowly, faint spider-web-like patterns appear in the empty space in front of me, densely packed, displaying both the intricacies of symbols and the profoundness of formations, as if connected to the entire universe.
This is the power that seals off the entire Starry Sea, completely isolating it from the outside world.
As his soul power continues to deplete, this spiderweb that connects heaven and earth becomes increasingly clear, and a pale yellow talisman paper emerges.
The man stared at the talisman, his expression contorting in struggle. In the end, he gritted his teeth and slowly reached out his hand.