Chapter 68: The Power from the Soul

The maddened Minotaur naturally fixed its gaze on Mu Yi, the sole living being in the entire arena.

Just as Mu Yi was straining to mend his injuries, preparing for a life‑or‑death gamble.

Suddenly, a pale blue radiance burst from the frenzied Minotaur, and a smaller, leaner Minotaur drifted away from its body.

Bathed in the pale blue glow, the Minotaur's mind gradually returned.

"Not only can it be reborn, but it also carries an old man with it?"

Mu Yi felt exasperated; could this Minotaur be a Plane's chosen one? Its setup is absurdly perfect.

"Thunder!"

Mu Yi, unwilling to concede, summoned Thunder; Lightning Lock and his formation blade flashed with lightning, drawing a massive bolt to strike the Minotaur.

Yet the lightning column could not penetrate the pale blue radiance at all.

"Blaze!"

Mu Yi threw caution to the wind, for he had exhausted every trick; if he couldn't break the process, he would have to swallow the bitter fruit called failure.

The illusory flames failed to pierce the pale blue shroud; this power seemed to repel all forms of attack.

Mu Yi clenched his fist; now he truly had no way out.

But he really was unwilling to accept it!

Mu Yi struggled to his feet, gripped his formation blade tightly, stared dead‑set at the Minotaur, and swore he would not surrender!

Even in defeat, he would stand while losing.

"Truly a commendable warrior! Without the Ancestor Spirit's protection, I might indeed have lost!"

Ma En Xue Ti had at this moment fully regained their consciousness, just as Mu Yi had thought; rebirth was not an ability they could wield at this stage.

Fortunately, after defeating the Ancestor Spirit and passing its Trial, they received the Ancestor Spirit's protection, which could pull them back from madness.

Ma En Xue Ti touched their own neck; the phantom pain there seemed to recount Mu Yi's lethal strike moments ago.

"Farewell!"

Ma En Xue Ti strode boldly before Mu Yi, raised their battle axe high, and a shadow as oppressive as a storm cloud loomed over Mu Yi.

The flame within Mu Yi burned wildly; the mysteries he had never grasped no longer needed to be understood at this moment.

I don't know, absolutely no clue.

Don't understand, utterly clueless.

The enlightenment he had long coveted had lost its value to him.

He now had only one thought: defeat the Minotaur and claim victory by following his heart.

"Clang!"

The Minotaur's battle axe descended with thunderous force, yet halted abruptly mid‑air.

"You think you can kill me!!!"

Mu Yi's roar echoed throughout the arena, and his battered body suddenly unleashed boundless power.

A soaring pillar of fire erupted from Mu Yi, and crimson flames enveloped his entire form.

Mu Yi had previously realized that Iron-blooded Slaughter and Blaze were linked to his own will.

The stronger his will, the greater the power these two talents could unleash.

When his killing intent is pure, Iron-blooded Slaughter can fully reveal its true form.

At this moment, his thirst for victory made the inner flame erupt completely.

Driven by his fierce will, Elite Talent began to squeeze everything within him, converting it into the power Mu Yi needed.

The injuries on his body healed rapidly within the rising flames.

"The flame from the soul can grant endless power!"

Mu Yi now truly understood the real meaning of that line within the Blaze talent.

"Come on, let's begin the second round!!!"

Mu Yi roared, swung his blade horizontally; even though he could not sustain that all‑consuming will for long, the lingering flame still seared the opposing Minotaur.

Though merely an illusory flame, the glow of Mu Yi's unwilling will forged an effect identical to real fire.

Unable to resist or counter, even the mightily strong Minotaur was hampered by this will‑driven flame.

As if a mortal were scorched by searing fire, he felt his strength slowly draining under the flame's blaze.

"Die!"

Mu Yi roared, swung his blade down; the crimson blaze burned like genuine fire.

Unlike real fire, which armor can block or extinguish, the will‑driven raging flame is an inescapable lethal strike until one's will reaches a certain threshold.

Clearly, the Minotaur's will had not reached that level.

The Minotaur, encountering this for the first time, was at a loss; he could not understand why a battle he seemed to have secured suddenly turned this way.

The crimson flames coiled around him like a python, suffocating him; he could not focus on fighting Mu Yi, feeling increasingly weak as even his battle axe grew heavy.

The drawback of being forcibly revived by the Ancestor Spirit was evident: although his body had returned to peak condition after rebirth, his will was unprecedentedly feeble,

not because he was running out of strength, but because his will was destabilizing his body.

"Sharp Slash!"

Mu Yi seized the opening the Minotaur exposed and, without hesitation, unleashed his full‑power strike.

The Minotaur's head shot upward, just as before; it still could not block the fatal blow.

"Poof!"

Mu Yi, in the flow, drove his formation blade into the headless corpse's chest; even if the Minotaur could rebirth again, he could crush its heart instantly.

However this time, the Minotaur could not rise again.

"You have defeated the enemy, earned victory, and gained 10 combat points!"

Your current combat points are: 30 points.

With the Zongwang prompt, Mu Yi felt a release in his chest, his body could no longer hold up, and he collapsed straight to the ground.

At this moment he didn't even have the strength to move a finger, and even his vision began to blur.

Exit random battle?

Yes.

Transferring character out of the battlefield...

The usual dizziness...

Having left the random battle, Mu Yi's injuries instantly recovered.

But Mu Yi lay motionless on the bed like a corpse; even though he wasn't dead, that spiritual weakness made him unwilling to do anything.

He glanced at the Zongwang panel; as expected, he made a breakthrough in battle.

Zongwang Prompt: Elite Talent Blazing Inferno has upgraded, current LV2.

Only now did Mu Yi truly understand.

The supreme truth contained in that simple, brutal combat strengthening method described in 'General: Know Your Profession'.

It's really useful!

Battles against strong opponents always bring him new surprises.