Eternal Emerald Dragon

Chapter 1546 - 1545 - True Harmonic Art

Lind was cleaning up his room when not only Helsgath, 3 other Sovereign Tier phoenixes came to his room in a hurry. He was about to ask what was going on when his new sense pinged off of them and all 4 phoenixes were staring at him in shock.

Their senses told them a fellow phoenix was in the room but also a dragon. Not a hybrid, either, but full versions of both!

"L–lind! What have you done?!" Helsgath was the first to recover but Lind had no time to answer as 3 flame blades were sent to attack him.

Lind did not even bother responding. The flames shattered on his robes without even singing them.

"Listen, if you want to test me, you are going to need a lot more power than that." While a lot of his power was beyond his ability to control, he had made his robes to be pseudo-Dao grade.

Further, his body was refined by Dao entirely and with full Dao Elemental Nodes supplying it with Qi, Immortals could not threaten him anymore.

Helsgath was about to explode when the feeling of Dao flared from all 3. The 2 older women and older man seemed in perfect sync.

Neither True Lord could stop them that time but Lind, once more, did not flinch away from them. Instead, his harmony flared in both his hands.

He closed his eyes and the partial Dao flames slammed into him. His robes did not hold up that time but all 4 phoenixes were once more shocked.

Rather than shattering, the 3 flames merged with his harmonic Qi! Lind finally moved as his nude body was exposed by their attack.

The flames assumed the shape of weapons but the Dao of each increased! The power behind them exceeded what the 3 elder phoenixes were capable of!

They were also shocked that Lind was able to control them as if it was they themselves doing it! Lind sneered as he then dispersed the 3 attacks.

"H–how did you do that?!" Helsgath was the first to recover but Lind was immersed in the sensation of what he had just done as well.

"I think I just made the first true Harmonic Art." Confusion flared on their faces as all knew the Storm Art series was the signature Arts for 6 elementals. It was infamous for their versatility and devastating effects.

Yet, Lind now claimed the Storm Arts were not the true signature series?

He sighed before he lanced out 4 strings of harmonic flames to them. Helsgath did not react but the other 3 erected defenses, but it meant nothing to Lind.

He was still grasping the full power of his new skills yet his power was laughably higher than theirs.

The harmonic threads touched each of them but all of them trembled as pain seared all their bodies.

Soon, the room filled with a putrid smell as impurities flooded from all their bodies. Further, the 3 elderly phoenixes became somewhat younger in that moment.

Lind felt exhausted but elated. It worked!

The first time had been instinct, but that last attempt was conscious.

"The Defiance Art is versatile. True Harmonic Arts are not about elements, Laws, or even Dao but the essence of each harmony. Damn difficult to pull off, believe me." He felt very tired as he sat down on the floor.

"The Defiance Art? You mean you used pure Dao on us?" The woman with dark blue flames in her robes asked him in wonder but he shook his head.

"Not Dao, pure Art. I am unable to use elements, Laws, or even Dao safely. Instead, I have been mastering my harmony into a true Art." He explained how he was now able to pick apart his harmony to an extent.

He was far from full mastery but he knew enough about various cultivators to help them like a healer.

Thus it made for an excellent test.

The Defiance Art combined the 3 aspects he had sensed. Enhancement, Restoration, and Adaptation combined with his new understanding of phoenixes. He would have to revisit his previous research on many subjects.

Still, he saw the various effects it had on his test subjects. Especially the improvement on Helsgath. He hated the way the True Lords accepted their fate.

Lind despised fate. He believed all beings should be able to advance no matter what their state if they gave the effort.

His new Art was able to help them! He could refine their cultivation, restore any imperfection, and adapt them to the 4th layer.

He could take over most attacks or he could let others benefit from his new Art!

It was not about being stronger but taking control with his Art. He could then improve it and adapt himself or the attacks to his own control!

Conversely, he could use it on cultivators to help or impede them. As he had just done with the 4 in the room, he could enhance, restore, and adapt them to optimal conditions.

He could not make them advance, but he could improve their chances.

His enemies, however, he could cripple by throwing their dantian into total chaos. Disrupt their elements, shift their Laws out of sync, or anything that would make it near impossible for their foundation to progress ever again.

He doubted it would be easy as helping the 4 in front of him was far more taxing than he expected. He was familiar with phoenixes and other beasts but even then, it was only his new connection to them that made it relatively easy.

He suspected it would take very nuanced control and deep familiarity to pull it off as he had just now. There was also the fact that he was standing in a Throne designed for phoenixes as well that likely helped him far more than he realized.

He explained what he had grasped with his new Art. The more he talked, the more the 4 phoenixes paled.

What he described was an ultimate power but Lind knew better. Heaven and Earth were fair. It seemed unstoppable but he suspected they were caught off guard since they defended against an attack but that was not what he did.

There was also the fact his harmony was far above their realm. On the same level, he likely would face a fierce battle to achieve such a result.

"Ahem, that aside, what were you 3 thinking?! Attacking a True Lord is akin to declaring war! The dragons would know what you did!" Lind snapped up his head at that. They would?

It was the first he was hearing of such an ability. His surprise was alone but the 3 elder phoenixes bristled at being talked down to by their own True Lord.

It was an odd thing to see as most True Lords were deferred to. Still, Helsgath was unique in the sense that he had previous incarnations that likely knew those 3 of old.

"A dragon attacked our Throne! We had no time to wa–" A powerful aura slammed into the old man with white and blue feathers. Lind guessed he was a Sky Phoenix but the 4 were more focused on something else.

The True Lord aura coming off of Helsgath was at least twice as powerful as before but the old man also was not hurt at all! He looked at his limbs in surprise before looking at Lind.

"My Art removed impurities and optimized your foundations. That means any old injuries should now be healing under your own power. Also, any deviation should be either corrected or being corrected under the same umbrella effect." It needed far more study but his Eyes showed him what was going on even now.

The 2 women then closed their eyes before opening them wide in both shock and happiness.

"My cracked crystal is repaired! I can attempt rebirth!" Lind noted that information. It seemed damage to the crystal in the dantian could cause True Death in a phoenix trying to rise from their ashes.

Tears fell as the old man slowly stood up and smiled wide as well. Lind had no idea the Nightflame Phoenix was in such dire straits.

Helsgath also was emotional. Lind politely turned around and let the 4 discover all the changes in them but the conversation went back to the attacks.

"Lind Frey has never been a threat to us. He is not like other dragons as you all well know. Were we discriminated against in the Tournament? Did he deny the sale of his miraculous elixirs or other items? Tell me one time Lind Frey has commanded anyone to harm us?" The words seemed to land but the 3 were stubborn.

Even with all he had done for them, their deep seated distrust of dragons would not be removed so easily.

Lind sighed as he knew it was hard to change views so easily but he tried a new tack.

"Tell me something, are you all ready for what happens after I die, trapped in the 4th layer and there is no one to stop the Great One? Do you have a plan to fight back? Are you hoping one of the other cultivators out there can do it?" His questions made them uncomfortable as they knew the truth.

Despite all victories, the Fiends were never going away. They had come to accept it but had no idea of their ultimate plan.

Lind was the only one to reverse those plans and thwart active attacks on the entire Celestial Fields.

In the billions of years of war, he was the only one and he needed their help to finally join the stage of the war in the Divine Lands.

They had no choice.