Chapter 441: Martial Soul Map: Bright Moon Rising from the Sea

On the beach.

Lin Chen's eyes were tightly closed, his legs crossed and floating in the air.

In front of him, Ceng Xi and others were fighting a bloody battle with the Canglan Beasts.

Everyone looked back at him from time to time. Although they didn't know what Lin Chen was doing, they recognized Ceng Xi's words.

Choosing to break through at such a dangerous time, there was only one reason: Lin Chen had confidence that as long as the breakthrough was successful, he could resolve the crisis before them.

If one were to be more conspiratorial, it would be that after Lin Chen broke through, he himself could at least survive under the siege of so many Canglan Beasts.

They were being used by Lin Chen.

But regardless of which thought it was, now they could only choose to believe in Lin Chen; there was no other choice.

"Everyone, don't let your imagination run wild anymore. If Brother Lin were really just for himself, with his current strength, I think holding on for three hours wouldn't be a problem."

Ceng Xi's soul perceived that the emotions of several people were fluctuating, so he also gave a bitter smile. It was already this time, and there were still people with such heavy thoughts.

"Let's give Brother Lin enough time. I believe Brother Lin won't let us down."

Hearing Ceng Xi's words, the few outer sect martial artists who had other thoughts had a hint of embarrassment after being seen through.

"Ceng Xi is right. Now we can only pin our hopes on Lin Chen. No matter what, we must give Lin Chen enough time to let him break through successfully."

Mu Jun also followed up and echoed. A moment ago, he really felt that Lin Chen was deliberately leaving them here to attract the Canglan Beasts' firepower, but the moment Lin Chen came out covered in blood, he knew he had guessed wrong.

"If Lin Chen really wanted to delay, there was no need to come out of that bubble so quickly."

When Mu Jun said this, the outer sect martial artists also immediately understood the meaning in Mu Jun's words. Those who could become geniuses were no fools.

Lin Chen coming out of the bubble so quickly and being covered in blood clearly showed that he had used a method of mutual destruction to quickly defeat the Canglan Beast in the bubble.

These behaviors showed that Lin Chen wasn't using them to attract firepower. And Ceng Xi was right about one thing: with Lin Chen's strength, he really could have held on for three hours.

They also saw Lin Chen appear several times to burn the Canglan Beasts with those flames. With Lin Chen's speed and power, he could just tangle with the Canglan Beasts in this sea area; there was no need to risk his life like this.

Risking danger to break through, there was only one reason: Lin Chen wanted to save them.

To be precise, he wanted to save these people from the Canglan Sect. Perhaps he also had to add Ceng Xi. As for their lives, Lin Chen shouldn't have taken them to heart.

In this way, they still had to thank these people from the Canglan Sect.

At this moment, Lin Chen didn't pay attention to the situation outside. He believed that Ceng Xi, Seeing Qiao Yuan, and the others would win enough time for him.

Lin Chen's consciousness sank completely into his dantian and sea of consciousness. The vast space illuminated by the soul stars was currently experiencing earth-shattering changes.

This was also why he came out of the bubble and immediately flashed behind the crowd to break through.

He wasn't that noble. Even if he saved Seeing Qiao Yuan and the others, it was only after ensuring his own safety that he would choose a safer way to break through.

But he didn't expect that when the stars in the star map connected into a double-hammer shape, the soul star map in his dantian would immediately change, even without him having to drive it.

At this moment, among the stars, the four star-weapon phantoms—spear, halberd, blade, hammer—transformed from the four strands of Flawless-level martial will he had previously absorbed, were no longer just independently floating.

They seemed to be pulled by an invisible giant force and began to move closer to each other. And in the process of moving, the stars they hit fell off one after another.

The fallen stars didn't disappear, but fell to the very bottom. As more stars were hit and fell, these stars accumulated and overlapped, slowly turning into a dense star belt.

【Racing Against Time: Operate Canglan Jue.】

Just as Lin Chen's attention was entirely on the soul star map, the panel appeared again. This time, it appeared directly in his mind.

"Canglan Jue?"

Lin Chen didn't have any hesitation and operated the Canglan Jue. The Canglan energy in his body surged out from the Canglan Heart and headed toward the star map in his dantian.

The Canglan energy surged in, and the star map trembled, seeming to repel the entry of the Canglan energy. Lin Chen also had a look of shock in his heart.

These stars represent his soul. The purer the soul, the better. It doesn't allow mixing with other energy. No matter how strong the energy is, entering the soul belongs to impurities.

If he didn't know that the panel wouldn't harm him, and if he didn't believe in the correctness of 【Racing Against Time】, he would have stopped operating the Canglan Jue at this moment.

Ultimately, Lin Chen still decided to continue operating the Canglan Jue.

With the operation of the Canglan Jue, the Canglan energy surging from the Canglan Heart surged one wave after another. These Canglan energies crazily hit the star map.

Pfft!

Lin Chen's face turned pale instantly, and blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.

And at this moment, Ceng Xi, who had just defeated a Canglan Beast and gained a breathing space, frowned slightly. His divine sense had been sensing Lin Chen's situation behind him. Although the blood spilling from Lin Chen's mouth disappeared quickly, it was still clearly sensed by his divine sense.

This showed that Lin Chen's breakthrough situation was not optimistic. However, the battle between them and the Canglan Beasts before their eyes was also not optimistic.

This group of besieging Canglan Beasts were mostly ordinary level, a few were Refined level, and only occasionally did a Flawless-level Canglan Beast appear.

Facing ordinary and Refined-level Canglan Beasts, they could barely persist, but when a Flawless-level Canglan Beast appeared, it would immediately break the balance, and they needed to pull out two or three people to deal with the Flawless-level Canglan Beast.

It wasn't that they couldn't kill the Flawless-level Canglan Beast in a one-on-one fight, but in this situation, they couldn't delay. They had to kill the Flawless-level Canglan Beast quickly. Once dragged down, the formation would be completely broken.

"Not good, a Flawless-level Canglan Beast is about to appear. Everyone, be careful and on guard."

Ceng Xi suddenly shouted loudly, and because of his words, everyone's attention was highly concentrated, staring at the sea surface in front.

After fighting for half an hour, Ceng Xi had already proven the strength of his soul.

For the appearance of the several Flawless-level Canglan Beasts in front, Ceng Xi had all given advance notice.

Only this time, they were deceived by Ceng Xi, and the reason Ceng Xi did this was very simple: he didn't want others to notice Lin Chen's condition.

If these people discovered that Lin Chen's breakthrough was blocked, they would inevitably have other thoughts. And in this situation, these people couldn't afford to have different thoughts.

At the slightest carelessness, once the formation was broken, not only would Lin Chen be unable to break through, but they would also be dispersed and besieged by the Canglan Beasts.

Even without other thoughts, if they felt there was no hope, once their breath was scattered, they would also be broken by the Canglan Beasts.

Inside the soul.

Lin Chen looked in shock at the bottom of the star map, where the stars hit and fell were slowly turning into a blue light belt.

The Canglan energy hit the star map but failed to enter those high-hanging stars. However, at the bottom, it slowly soaked into the fallen stars.

The stars that had fallen to the bottom and were dense, under the surge and soaking of the Canglan energy, turned into a blue light belt.

As the stars continued to fall, the blue light belt also began to expand, layer upon layer of superposition, but finally, it actually formed a blue ocean.

The stars and Canglan energy finally turned into an ocean.

This result shocked Lin Chen. These stars, even if they fall, represent the soul. He couldn't imagine that the soul could combine with Canglan energy like this.

A long time passed. The Canglan ocean at the bottom of the soul map was already filling the boundaries of the entire star map, and the deep and vast seawater was constantly churning.

Rumble!

The moment the Canglan ocean formed, thunder shook. At this moment, Lin Chen had an indescribable feeling. Everything in this world seemed to have no more shackles for him.

At this moment, he seemed to have broken free from some kind of shackle, floating as if he were about to become an immortal.

He saw his past self. Whether in cultivation or fighting, or even fishing in that Poyang Lake, every action, even a tiny lifting of his hand, had thin threads pulling him.

These thin threads were wrapped around his whole body. At the beginning, they were hindering his movements. Even if he just took a step forward, there were threads pulling him backward and downward.

Walking was like this, and cultivation was like this.

And with the improvement of his martial realm, these threads were no longer resistance, but instead became his help. When he leaped up, the threads suddenly pulled upward, allowing him to jump higher.

However, now, he saw that all the threads on his body had dissipated, and this invisible shackle had disappeared.

This feeling was very mysterious, and with the appearance of this mysterious feeling, in the dantian soul, the phantoms of the four star-connected weapons fell like meteorites, carrying their respective martial will, and fell toward the ocean below.

The four weapons smashed heavily onto the seabed, and the dull fluctuations spread out, stirring up invisible energy waves.

The next moment, the Canglan sea surface churned, rolling up huge waves.

The first wave rolled up, and one could see the long spear breaking through the water. The spear tip flashed with terrifying power that penetrated everything, driving the surrounding seawater to form a deep vortex.

The second wave rolled up, and a long halberd with the domineering momentum of splitting the sky and breaking the sea slanted into the side of the long spear. Wherever the halberd edge passed, the seawater split silently.

The third wave rolled up, and the long blade was as heavy as a mountain, slowly rising from the sea surface. The surrounding seawater spun crazily, churning, and swallowing everything.

The fourth wave rolled up, and a giant hammer stood out from the waves. Its momentum was no weaker than the other three waves.

【Racing Against Time: The prototype of Martial Soul has been formed. Introduce the power of the blood moon to fully take shape.】 ===== CHAPTER 442 =====