Enlightenment: Attaining the Dao at Age 8

But in the blink of an eye, the black flame seemed to switch, now emitting a bright yellow glow.

The next second, the tall man felt as if his very flesh and blood were a lit barrel of gasoline. With a WHOOSH, the flames burning on his body shot up half a meter high!

He was a Martial Artist skilled in using a variety of uncanny weapons. While it seemed like he had a myriad of tricks up his sleeve, his true, decisive combat strength ultimately relied on his physical body.

For that very reason, the moment the Bone and Flesh Fire landed on him, the inferno latched onto him like maggots clinging to bone.

In his panic, the tall man failed to control the flow of his own vitality. Instead, he foolishly resorted to a Martial Artist’s subconscious habit, attempting to furiously circulate his vigorous lifeblood to break free from the equally bizarre, raging flames.

But what he didn’t know was…

The Bone and Flesh Fire drew its Energy from flesh and blood.

The more fiercely his lifeblood circulated and the stronger his physique, the more vigorously the Bone and Flesh Fire would burn.

Thus, his actions did not help him escape his predicament.

On the contrary, they only made his situation worse.

Of course, that wasn’t even the deadliest problem for the man. The deadliest problem was that the Bone and Flesh Fire now clung to him like a life-reaping specter, impossible to shake.

As a result, even if he wanted to hide within the thick, dust-filled fog again, there was no way to conceal the trail left by his flaming body.

The moment Li Chang’an could track his opponent, the tide of battle turned instantly.

Li Chang’an pushed off lightly from his feet. In a previous world, he had obtained a title called ’Explorer Pioneer’.

This title increased his Attributes when fighting in dangerous environments.

This fog-shrouded arena clearly qualified as a dangerous environment, triggering the ’Explorer Pioneer’ title. Li Chang’an immediately felt much lighter than before.

Not only did his speed increase,

but his senses also sharpened dramatically within the fog.

By the time he appeared before the mysterious tall man, his opponent had already drawn on his ample combat experience and formidable strength to break free from the scorching Bone and Flesh Fire.

Though his body was now a ghastly sight, pitted and scorched Red in patches, he had only lost some of his combat strength. His life and his foundation were not in danger.

This tall man was one of the few people to break free from the flames by his own power since Li Chang’an first started using his Soul Fire. It was a clear sign that his opponent was far from ordinary.

However, while he had managed to control the flames,

he couldn’t stop Li Chang’an himself, who was now right upon him.

Closing in on the tall man, Li Chang’an didn’t slash with his blade. Instead, he used its flat, preparing to subdue his opponent with sheer brute force.

It wasn’t that he was a kind person.

He was simply very interested in the technique the tall man had just used.

The tall man raised his arm—scorched Red and still smoking—and blocked the flat of Li Chang’an’s descending blade with his enormous, uncanny Weapon.

“CLANG!”

The sound of the metal impact was so piercing

that it made the dust and dense fog across the entire battlefield tremble.

It was during this exchange that Li Chang’an discovered his opponent’s technique was actually quite crude. It simply used sound to stir up dust and create the thick fog.

The only reason this move served as one of the tall man’s trump cards was that most Reincarnators lacked Li Chang’an’s versatile counters for it.

Before the ringing from the impact had even faded, Li Chang’an rained down dozens of blows in the same instant!

Li Chang’an’s face was expressionless. Each strike from the longsword in his hand was as fast as Lightning, and each one was aimed at the tall man’s vital points.

For a moment, the arena sounded like a blacksmith’s forge, ringing with an incessant CLANG CLANG CLANG as sparks flew from the colliding metal.

At first, the tall man could barely hold on.

But as the surrounding fog dissipated, Li Chang’an set him alight with the Bone and Flesh Fire once more. This time, the man finally buckled, staggering back several steps, feeling as though his entire body was smoldering.

Wasting no words, Li Chang’an placed his blade against the man’s neck. “What was that clever trick you used just now?” he asked.

Hearing Li Chang’an’s question, the tall man took several ragged breaths.

If one looked closely, they could see wisps of thick smoke puffing from his nostrils.

However, after a few moments of silence, the tall man didn’t answer. Instead, he suddenly twisted the grip of his mysterious weapon.

The next second, a giant, spiderweb-like net shot out from the weapon, attempting to envelop Li Chang’an.

At first, Li Chang’an didn’t pay the net much mind.

After all, at their level of power, ordinary techniques and weapons were essentially useless.

But once he was enveloped by the dense, web-like attack, Li Chang’an realized that none of his opponent’s tricks were simple.

’He had no idea where the tall man had acquired this net-shaped Magical Treasure.’

Not only was it impervious to the Bone and Flesh Fire and any other flame, but it could also suppress and restrain the power stored within one’s body.