The King of Urban Mercenaries

Chapter 1473 - 1477: Demon Refining Art Fifth Layer

Lin Fei thought for a moment and decided he must accelerate his cultivation; otherwise, if something like this happened again, he would be in trouble.

Jianxing came from the Upper Realm; no matter how you look at it, he is indeed an elite from the Upper Realm. But compared to Dugu Aotian, Jianxing is somewhat inferior. After all, for people like Dugu Aotian, if it weren’t for Lin Fei, he wouldn’t even glance at Jianxing. This highlights the difference in identity and power.

Lin Fei extended his hand, moving with the flow of his mind. In an instant, a black flame appeared in his palm. As this flame emerged, the surrounding air seemed to be tinged with a layer of black particles, which is known as Dead Fire.

The first layer of the Continuous Demon Technique is to absorb the Heaven and Earth Qi, filling every cell with it, awakening all the cells entirely. That’s the first layer. Of course, it sounds easy but is difficult to do; it’s like excavating the underground completely. If you truly implement it, would it be easy? Absolutely not.

The second layer is somewhat tormenting, requiring one to release all the Heaven and Earth Qi within the cells, like ringing out a waterlogged sponge, draining the sea dry! Although the volume appears unchanged, the contents inside have already vanished.

Moreover, the second layer incorporates the cultivation content of the first layer, allowing Heaven and Earth Qi to fill the body again. It’s like throwing the deflated balloon back into the water after squeezing the water out, letting it absorb water once more.

However, human cells aren’t balloons; they have the ability to expand and contract. Therefore, Lin Fei’s cultivation involved immense pain, yet he gritted his teeth and persevered.

Thus, after Lin Fei completed the cultivation of the second layer, his entire self transformed, significantly enhancing both his body’s strength and his ability to absorb Heaven and Earth Qi.

Currently, Lin Fei’s physical strength compared to cultivators of the same stage allows him to defeat ten of them, or even more. Not only that, Lin Fei’s absorption speed of Heaven and Earth Qi is notably faster, avoiding situations of insufficient blood and Qi.

As for the third layer of Lin Fei’s cultivation of the Demon Refinement Technique, it focuses on the nine meridians. Initially, Lin Fei only had the third layer of the Demon Refinement Technique, lacking the foundation of the first and second layers, resulting in many side effects. His physique wasn’t up to par, and forcibly using the third layer of the Demon Refinement Technique would cause Lin Fei to feel excruciating pain.

However, after cultivating the first two layers, the situation significantly improved. At the very least, although his body felt somewhat uncomfortable after performing the technique, it did not feel as painful as a fate worse than death.

The third layer of the Demon Refinement Technique is immensely powerful, even a pivotal point of the entire cultivation technique. From this point, the practitioner must unblock specific nine meridians. As long as Heaven and Earth Qi bursts through these nine meridians, their strength will increase several times over, or even more.

It was precisely because of these nine meridians that Lin Fei defeated many extraordinary opponents.

The fourth layer of the Demon Refinement Technique is the Dead Fire held in Lin Fei’s hand.

The Dead Fire possesses exceedingly mighty properties, directly burning Heaven and Earth Qi, whether it’s his own or ordinary Heaven and Earth Qi, or the Heaven and Earth Qi on the enemy. Once Dead Fire is cast, it burns like a flame with gasoline poured on it.

However, Lin Fei does not suffer any loss from it, although this technique also has drawbacks. If Lin Fei utilizes this technique, the Heaven and Earth Qi within him depletes rapidly, and he is unable to absorb the surrounding Heaven and Earth Qi, as the Dead Fire burns along with the Heaven and Earth Qi, even the surrounding Qi.

Lin Fei understands the pros and cons, so unless absolutely necessary, he doesn’t use Dead Fire to cover himself completely, defending against enemies. His attacks adapt to the situation, using Dead Fire only when necessary, as it is not something to be trifled with.

As for refining the fifth layer.

After reading once more, Lin Fei felt it was incredibly powerful; at least Dugu Gaotian was not wrong. This layer likely involves controlling that black Protection Shield.

Lin Fei began attempting to cultivate this move, named Demon Shield Protection, which involves condensing a demon shield to resist external attacks. The fifth layer is primarily defense!

Now, Lin Fei fully comprehends the power and function of the Demon Refinement Technique. The first layer is Body Refinement, the second layer is cultivating to absorb Heaven and Earth Qi, enhancing the body while refining the Primordial Energy inside. The third layer is for enhancement, the fourth layer is an offensive measure, and the fifth layer is defense!

The fourth and fifth layers can rely on enhancements from the third layer to achieve stronger power growth, with the foundation of the third layer being the first and second layers. That’s also why Lin Fei considers the third layer as a dividing point.

Currently, Lin Fei is cultivating the fifth layer of the Demon Refinement Technique. As for whether the sixth layer is a dividing point of the Demon Refinement Technique, Lin Fei does not know, and he doesn’t intend to find out. He doesn’t have the problem of aiming too high, focusing only on the present tasks. Future challenges will inevitably come, without the need to explore them beforehand.

Lin Fei attempted to cultivate the fifth layer, which is split into two parts: the first part involves condensing the demon shield, which resembles a shield with customizable size, dependent on Lin Fei’s execution, with the latter part focusing on cultivating the Protection Shield.

The Protection Shield is an upgraded version of the demon shield, equivalent to full-body protection, somewhat similar to the eighth layer that Dugu Aotian cultivated. However, the eighth layer can trap the enemy and integrate his martial skills into it, unlike Lin Fei’s cultivation of the fifth layer, which only provides intelligent protection.

"It seems the eighth layer already belongs to offensive and binding measures..."

Lin Fei could identify the strengths of the eighth layer, but there was one thing he didn’t understand: why Dugu Aotian abandoned the Demon Refinement Technique. Perhaps the technique holds an unfathomable secret, or there’s something incredible he hasn’t discovered yet?

Unable to figure it out, Lin Fei wouldn’t waste time dwelling on this issue, immediately shifting his focus to a secret manual.

This secret manual was given to him by Liu Muqing, whose power is undeniable. Before he ascended to the position of Sect Leader, he handed the secret manual to Lin Fei, instructing him to open it afterward.

Though Lin Fei didn’t quite understand the situation, he proceeded to open the manual, curious about its contents.

Turning to the first page, Lin Fei noticed neat calligraphy, recognizing it was evidently handwritten by Liu Muqing himself...