We're practicing all martial arts, so why did you switch to easy mode?

Chapter 288 Boundless Vajra Iron Shirt, Ordinary Dharma Form?
If the opponent were a Nascent Soul cultivator at the Longevity Realm, Su Chen might have been seriously injured by such a sneak attack.

However, the opponent was merely a remnant soul at the Dharma Aspect Realm, not enough to pose a significant threat to Su Chen.

The only problem is the Heart-Eating Poison released by the opponent.

After defeating the Demon Bat Emperor, Su Chen began to deal with the black mist that had invaded his body.

The black mist was highly toxic; even a trace of it made Su Chen feel a sense of danger.

Like a maggot clinging to the bone, it lurks within the body, constantly growing stronger. Once it gains momentum, it will be the moment of Su Chen's death.

Su Chen estimated that the complete poison was enough to kill a martial artist at the Dharma Aspect Realm, making it the strongest poison he had ever seen.

Unfortunately, they encountered the power of Hunyuan.

The power of primordial chaos is all-encompassing. At first, you may feel a little uncomfortable, but once you get used to it, it will be the end of this black mist.

After spending half an hour clearing the toxins from his body, Su Chen eagerly picked up the Myriad Manifestations Scroll.

How do I use it?

Holding the scroll in my hands, all I saw was a blank page; there was nothing particularly remarkable about it.

However, Su Chen was not in a hurry, after all, he had similar experience before, and he waited quietly with the scroll in his hand.

To his disappointment, the panel remained unresponsive, as if it were playing dead.

"Is it the way I opened it that was wrong?"

Su Chen was puzzled. When he fused with the Purple Sun Technique before, he only needed to hold it. Why was the Myriad Manifestations Diagram useless this time?

After a slight hesitation, Su Chen decided to give it a try.

He released a small amount of his primordial spirit power and injected it into the Myriad Manifestations Diagram, and quickly noticed the anomaly.

"So it turns out we haven't completely severed ties with that bat demon yet. No wonder it's not working!"

The primordial spirit of the Demon Bat Emperor still lingers in the Myriad Manifestations Diagram, and it did not disappear with the death of the Demon Bat Emperor's primordial spirit.

After learning the reason, Su Chen directly erased these primordial spirit auras.

After doing all that, he repeated the previous steps.

"Or not?"

The panel remains unchanged.

Su Chen refused to believe in superstition, so he channeled his Primordial Chaos Power into the Myriad Manifestations Diagram.

The moment the Primordial Chaos Power surged into the Myriad Manifestations Diagram, the diagram immediately released a peculiar energy.

"What kind of power is this that can absorb my martial arts essence?"

Su Chen was slightly startled. As soon as this energy was revealed, it absorbed the weak martial arts essence that was integrated into the Primordial Chaos Power.

Before he could delve into the source and function of this energy, the panel in his mind suddenly trembled.

Then, as if drawn by a force, the mysterious energy transformed into a beam of light and landed on Su Chen's head with a whoosh.

It moved with lightning speed, and Su Chen didn't even have time to stop it. Fortunately, it didn't cause him any harm.

Instead, the panel changed the instant the beam of light entered the body.

The Hunyuan Wuliang Gong and the Vajra Iron Shirt disappeared, and in just a moment, they merged into a new martial art!
"The new technique is... Boundless Vajra Iron Shirt!"

Before Su Chen could react, a completely new cultivation technique appeared before him:

Name: Su Chen

[Martial Arts: Boundless Vajra Iron Shirt (Beginner)...]

[Easy Mode: Boundless Vajra Iron Shirt 0 times (2000 Pure Yuan Pills/time)...]

Compared to the years of hard work, the simple mode, which requires as many as two thousand pills to activate once, seems insignificant.

"Although I haven't been able to get rich through alchemy, I can still produce two thousand Pure Yuan Pills."

He took out a package containing a large gourd, which was specially refined and could store various elixirs for a long time.

When Su Chen left Tiandan City, he exchanged most of his belongings for Pure Yuan Pills.

Upon opening the gourd's stopper, a fragrant aroma of medicinal pills immediately wafted out.

Not long after, Su Chen started taking drugs.

One Pure Yuan Pill after another was swallowed, and a surge of powerful energy coursed through his body.

Su Chen frantically circulated his Primordial Chaos Power, refining the power of these pills while simultaneously releasing it rapidly to prevent his body from being unable to withstand it.

His worries were unnecessary.

He opened up his tenth meridian, which greatly increased the amount of medicinal power his body could absorb.

As long as he doesn't consume a thousand Pure Yuan Pills at once, it's enough to support his rapid refining.

Furthermore, his physique, having been tempered by the Nine Revolutions Glazed Fire, had already reached a terrifying level.

Even if he swallowed a thousand Pure Yuan Pills all at once, it would only cause him damage at most, and would not burst his body.

With double protection, Su Chen felt confident and accelerated his pace.

One hundred, two hundred... one thousand nine hundred, two thousand.

The panel jumped faster than Su Chen's refining process.

Three hours later, after Su Chen swallowed the last pill, the conditions on the panel were met.

You can now enable easy mode.

Su Chen did not activate it immediately, but planned to calm down the restless medicinal power in his body first.

Another half hour passed, and Su Chen felt it was about time, so he transmitted his thoughts: "Activate easy mode."

[Easy Mode Activated: Take 100 breaths to reach the first level of the Boundless Vajra Iron Shirt Technique.]

New techniques, new model, new beginning.

One hundred breaths were completed in the blink of an eye under Su Chen's deliberate breathing.

In the instant of completion, the Boundless Vajra Iron Shirt Technique reached the first level from the entry level.

Change followed!

The body remains the same, but the primordial spirit and the true meaning of martial arts have undergone earth-shattering changes.

First, the martial arts primordial spirit, without Su Chen's consent, actively escaped from his body.

Then, the true essence of martial arts was released from Su Chen's body, displaying its ever-changing power.

Soon, under Su Chen's perception, the Martial Dao Primordial Spirit and the Martial Dao True Meaning approached each other at a speed visible to the naked eye and quickly merged.

In the instant of merging, Su Chen felt as if his martial spirit had come alive.

As the fusion between the two deepens, this feeling becomes increasingly intense.

The originally substantial martial arts spirit became even more lifelike, appearing from a distance as if it had a physical body.

Su Chen knew that once his martial spirit truly possessed a 'physical body,' he would have a Dharma form.

But at that moment, his expression suddenly changed.

The energy fluctuations generated when the two merged were too great, causing the elemental barrier set up by Su Chen to show signs of breaking.

"It can't be broken!"

Su Chen looked anxious and quickly took action. He hadn't expected his breakthrough to cause such a commotion.

A strange scene was created.

In the middle of the cave, there is a scene of martial arts spirit and martial arts true meaning merging together, and a huge semi-transparent Dharma image is gradually taking shape.

Above the cave, however, was a scene of Su Chen releasing his Primordial Chaos Power, desperately expanding the Primordial Power barrier.

The two appearing in the same time and space don't feel out of place at all.

But if viewed from a different perspective, it evokes an incomparably absurd feeling.

It should be understood that when a martial artist condenses their martial arts essence, they cannot afford to be distracted.

How could anyone be like Su Chen, who let his martial spirit condense its own Dharma form while he went off to do other things?

Such behavior is undoubtedly digging one's own grave.

Su Chen didn't need to worry; the control panel would take care of everything for him.

The real problem he faced was the barrier of elemental energy. He had underestimated the power of his condensed Dharma form, and even more so, the size of the Dharma form he had created.

The former is easier to solve; simply release a Yuan Power Barrier to block the aura.

But the latter has become a problem.

The cave was too small, and the Dharma image he had condensed was continuing to grow. I'm afraid it won't be long before the entire cave collapses.

At that point, it will be impossible to avoid causing a commotion.

"I thought this cave would be enough, but it's still too small!" Su Chen frowned, pondering a solution.

Others' condensed forms are at most seven or eight meters tall.

However, judging from his appearance, he has already transcended this scope and is moving towards a higher realm.

It has already reached more than ten meters, and it is still getting bigger.

"There's no other way but to change the size of the cave using external force."

Su Chen quickly came up with a solution, but it was clearly not feasible to cover the entire mountaintop with Yuan Power from the outside.

Moreover, his Yuan power was insufficient to support the covering of such a large mountain.

Then we have no choice but to start from the cave.

In order not to affect the formation of the Dharma body, Su Chen mobilized the Nine Revolutions Glazed Fire within his body, preparing to use it to expand the cave.

The moment the flames appeared, they spread throughout the entire cave ceiling under Su Chen's control.

The raging flames transformed into a curtain of fire, instantly making the cave extremely hot.

sizzle.

Like the sound of roasting meat, the roaring flames sizzled as they touched the rocky cliffs.

Looking through the flames, one can see that under such high temperatures, the rocks are rapidly melting, evaporating, and disappearing.

Finally, it turned into dust and fell onto the surging elemental energy barrier.

Fortunately, as the cave expanded, the space available to the Dharma Image became much larger.

The situation eased, and Su Chen stopped burning the fire.

He glanced at the Dharma image and made a preliminary judgment: "It has only condensed three-quarters of its original size. The current space is not enough and needs to be further expanded."

He didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

When others condense their Dharma forms, they are all incredibly majestic and glorious, so why do I end up doing manual labor?

It almost hollowed out the mountain!

He glanced at the cave, whose space had been tripled, and couldn't help but shake his head.

To break through to this level is truly remarkable.

After about half a cup of tea's time, Su Chen estimated that it was about time and stopped what he was doing.

The condensation of the Dharma form has reached its final stage.

Upon seeing this, Su Chen quickly landed, found a place to sit cross-legged, and focused his mind.

The moment the Dharma Image is completely condensed, the martial artist will have the opportunity to enter the lifespan limit state.

Su Chen didn't want to miss this opportunity.

only--

"Is the Dharma form I've condensed a special Dharma form?"

Su Chen suddenly realized the key point.

Special Dharma forms are easy to distinguish from ordinary Dharma forms; the key is to observe whether any special phenomena are generated during the condensation process.

For example, a martial artist who cultivates fire-attribute techniques will have flames igniting around their body if they condense a special Dharma Image while refining their martial arts Dharma Image.

The same applies to other types of cultivation techniques; regardless of size, any unusual appearance is considered a special Dharma form.

"When I first condensed the Dharma form, I don't think I saw any special phenomena."

Su Chen racked his brains, but couldn't find any sign of anything unusual.

Even deceiving yourself won't find it.

"Could it be that I've only condensed a regular Dharma form?"

He was somewhat skeptical, feeling that it was impossible for him to condense an ordinary Dharma form with his own strength.

The condensation of special Dharma forms, while not entirely dependent on strength, is related to it to some extent.

Generally speaking, the stronger one's primordial spirit and the stronger one's martial arts intent, the greater the chance of condensing a special Dharma form.

His Yuan Shen (original nerve) has been tempered, making him one of the best in his realm.

Needless to say, the true meaning of martial arts, once comprehended, leaps to its peak, becoming perfect and flawless.

Logically speaking, under such circumstances, a special Dharma form would surely be formed.

However, the current outcome seems to be somewhat different from expectations.

Su Chen's eyes flickered as he gazed at the Dharma form that was about to materialize, but in the end, he decided not to think about it any further.

"We'll know the result when it solidifies."

Under Su Chen's watchful gaze, the last wisp of martial arts essence merged into the martial arts primordial spirit.

The martial arts primordial spirit became completely substantial, and a Dharma image standing eighteen meters tall stood in front of Su Chen.

His massive body did not give Su Chen any sense of awe; on the contrary, it made him seem unusually approachable.

"Is this my Dharma form?"

Su Chen gazed at the towering, mountain-like Dharma image, and in a flash, a feeling of blood connection surged into his heart.

After observing for a moment, he lowered his eyelids.

Having waited so long without entering the lifespan limit state, it's obvious that his Dharma form isn't a special Dharma form!
After a moment, Su Chen sighed softly: "Fine, if it's not a special Dharma Aspect, then it isn't. Even without entering the lifespan limit state, I can still break through to the Longevity Realm!"

He quickly dismissed his disappointment and didn't dwell on it.

Looking at the space that was almost completely filled, Su Chen put away his Dharma form.

This is not the place to test the power of his Dharma form; besides, he has other things to do.

The moment Li Mu'e stepped out of the cave, she spotted Su Chen and stared at him with suspicion.

"What's wrong?" Su Chen asked.

"You just broke through to the Dharma Aspect Realm?"

"Hmm." Su Chen nodded, then asked with some curiosity, "How did you know?"

He waited until he calmed down before walking out, so Li Mu'e shouldn't have been able to notice him.

Li Mu'e explained, "The mountain shook just now, and a faint aura leaked out, so I sensed it."

Upon hearing this, Su Chen's expression changed slightly.

Li Mu'e knew what Su Chen was thinking, and added, "But don't worry, no one should have noticed. I had the Demon-Slaying Sword conceal these auras, and the shaking of the mountain only lasted for half a moment, not for long."

"Thank you very much," Su Chen said.

Li Mu'e shook her head: "It's nothing."

I glanced at the sky; there was still some time before dawn.

Su Chen said to Li Mu'e, "Let's go into the cave. I'll temper the Demon-Slaying Sword for you!"

"Refine the Demon-Slaying Sword?" Li Mu'e's beautiful eyes widened slightly in surprise.

"Well, you'll see when the time comes," Su Chen smiled.

"Ok."

Soon, Su Chen led Li Mu'e into the cave.

The cave still retained a strong aura of Dharma, giving Li Mu'e a heavy sense of oppression as soon as she entered.

Su Chen waved his hand, dispelling the oppressive force, and simultaneously released a barrier of elemental energy.

Before he could speak, the Demon-Slaying Sword suddenly shattered from its sheath with a clang and asked, "Su Chen, how do you intend to temper me?"

(End of this chapter)