Chapter 144: Priest Lineage's Divine Technique

Two days later.

In the rainforest area, Luo De found the first dead zone.

This is a rare large dead zone.

Ai Er Hai Sen first witnessed Luo De clearing it with brute force, and even without using elemental energy for protection, he could easily eradicate the dead zone that made everyone's face change at the mere mention of it.

Even if invaded by the dead zone's power, he could completely ignore it and effortlessly recover himself.

Is this the power of the Red King?

Ai Er Hai Sen did not know about the forbidden knowledge, nor did he know that the Red King's civilization was destroyed because of the forbidden knowledge.

In fact.

The Academy has always been concealing these matters.

Including the relationship between the Great Merciful Tree King and the Red King, they also deliberately concealed it.

Under such misinformation.

Nowadays, basically no one in the Academy knows about the forbidden knowledge, just as they don't know that the Little Auspicious Grass King truly exists, merely being imprisoned.

Regarding Ai Er Hai Sen's question, Luo De, who had completely digested the power of the large dead zone, neither admitted nor denied, merely curling the corner of his mouth and said: "You can treat this special case as the power of the Red King and write it in your report."

Upon hearing that,

Ai Er Hai Sen shook his head: "Being able to control three elemental energies, ignore the dead zone's corrosion, even the Great Sage would have to believe this time."

Having said that, he recorded all of Luo De's unique traits, then stopped traveling with Luo De, turned back, and headed once more toward A Ru Cun.

Just these are not enough.

He still needs to continue investigating and gathering evidence, enriching his investigation report, so that its authenticity reaches a level where the Great Sage would not doubt it upon seeing it.

In the remaining time,

Luo De, alone, continued to progress in grinding dead zones for upgrades.

Dead zones in the rainforest area are still easy to find.

This disaster that gives all forest patrol officers a headache, once formed, will emit a twisted black mist, creating a stark contrast with the surrounding mountains and forests.

Therefore, whenever Luo De arrives at a new place, he only needs to find a high point and, through naked-eye observation, can check whether dead zones exist nearby.

After experiencing the Priest's Temple expedition,

Luo De showed a noticeable improvement in his tolerance for dead zones.

Especially when he used the Red King's Holy Ritual, he could even finish a large dead zone without needing to rest, consuming it entirely in one go.

As his operations became more adept, Luo De's improvement speed also grew faster and faster.

During this period,

Besides the time spent traveling and consuming dead zones, he spent all his other time repeatedly practicing the martial arts of the Blazing Sun lineage he obtained from the Priest's Temple.

Dream Solvent is a good thing.

Originally, if Luo De wanted to properly learn these complex martial arts, even with extraordinary talent, it would basically be impossible without a few months of time.

But after using Dream Solvent, in just a few days he had already mastered all of these martial arts.

Now all that's lacking is proficiency.

The Priest lineage's weapons cover a wide range.

The weapons Luo De obtained from them, together with their matching martial arts, range from the Blazing Sun descendants' famed spear, staff, and archery techniques, to slightly inferior single‑handed sword, double‑handed sword, and divine techniques requiring magical implements—everything is included.

There's nothing else worth mentioning.

They are all pure martial arts.

After learning them, what's needed is repeated practice and sustained combat training.

The only special thing is

that is the divine technique called Blazing Sun Divine Technique.

This is the true trump card that the Priest lineage obtained from the Red King.

This is also the first time Luo De encountered difficulty when learning a technique.

The medium for casting the divine technique is a book.

The name is very simple.

It is called the Blazing Sun Secret Canon.

The divine technique Luo De is cultivating is recorded within it.

Unlike other magical implements that are driven by elemental energy,

the Blazing Sun Secret Canon requires Hermanubis's power to be activated.

In other words,

Unless one is a person who carries Hermanubis's power, even if one snatches this precious magical implement, even a Blazing Sun descendant with Priest bloodline cannot use it.

As for the quality of this book,

According to Nadixa's evaluation,

If it weren't for its ordinary material, the power contained within the book would theoretically reach the level of the Red Sand Staff.

"Whether or not I am of the Priest's direct line, granting me such a weapon is already the utmost benevolence and righteousness."

Although he was somewhat disappointed, Luo De did not voice any opinion about it.

If it weren't for giving Nadixa face, I wouldn't even be able to obtain these weapons.

There's nothing to complain about.

Now the focus is not whether the freely obtained weapons are good or bad, but to quickly become proficient in using the Blazing Sun Divine Technique to add a new trump card for myself.

The divine techniques recorded in the Blazing Sun magical implement total only three.

Not cliché.

One offensive divine technique, one defensive divine technique, one healing divine technique.

This healing divine technique precisely makes up for Luo De's shortcoming of being able to heal himself only relying on his own elemental energy characteristics.

However, this divine technique is also the hardest to learn.

Starting from when he obtained these divine techniques, he would go to Nadixa's dream world every night to practice.

But after so many days.

The other two divine techniques, however, have been practiced to a decent level.

Only the application of this healing divine technique remains rather crude.

Like the ability described in the divine technique to cling to life even on the brink of death, he cannot do it at his current level.

This is the limit he can currently reach.

Namely, he can create a recovery formation similar to a like button.

The range is not large.

The diameter is only about two meters.

In this formation, as long as the injury is not something like internal organ damage or broken arms or legs—i. e., not a serious injury—one can receive rapid recovery.

This is the result Luo De obtained after experimenting on some captured demons.

By the way.

This incantation requires the use of the ancient language of the Red King lineage.

Just like the common language of Teyvat, Luo De still learned it immediately after receiving the ancient book gifted by the priest.

So fast that even Nadixa was amazed.

Moreover, if it weren't for his self-taught mastery of this ancient language, Luo De wouldn't know how much time he would have to waste to learn these divine techniques.

Aside from this single-effect yet powerful healing divine technique.

The study of the other two divine techniques is relatively not that difficult.

This offensive divine technique is a large-scale spell called Blazing Sun Fall.

Upon casting it.

No matter what elemental energy is used, it transforms into a giant wolf that swoops down from the sky, covering a range of up to a hundred meters, with tremendous power; with Luo De's current elemental energy reserves, he needs only half to instantly smash a large dead zone from outside.

The other defensive divine technique is even simpler and more brute-force.

This is a self-strengthening divine technique called Blazing Sun Guard, which can fuse the elemental energy from the Vision into oneself, making one's originally fragile body become as tough as armor.

Luo De has tried it.

Without using his full strength, relying on the protection of Blazing Sun Guard, even if he cuts down with the sharpest longsword of the Blazing Sun weapons, he can only leave a white mark.

Offense, defense, healing.

Although these three divine techniques seem few, each is a flawless, powerful technique.

If we were to mention a drawback.

That is, when casting, one must first fully recite the incantation, simultaneously communicate the power of Hermanubis within the body to activate the formation in the magical implement, then drive the elemental energy through the formation, only then can the divine technique be cast.

The more elemental energy input, the greater the power of the divine technique.

In short.

By slowly chanting and building up power, one can achieve maximum power.

This is actually quite simple.

However, what Luo De needs to do now is.

is to, while reciting the incantation, mobilize the power of Hermanubis and elemental energy as quickly as he can, thereby shortening the time to cast the divine technique.

This not only requires Luo De to be able to quickly and precisely finish reciting the incantation, but also requires him to have the power of Hermanubis and the elemental energy fully in place before the incantation is finished.

Although this quick casting loses a large portion of the divine technique's power, it likewise shortens much of the time spent casting, allowing him to respond quickly to enemies.

Just like that.

Luo De, while clearing the dead zones, practiced the martial arts and divine techniques of the Blazing Sun Heir, until half a month later, the outline of Xu Mi Cheng finally appeared before his eyes.

(End of chapter)