Immortal Ascension Tower - Book 1: Reborn! [CH 1 - 75]

Chapter 62 - Path Towards Calamity 2

Finally, Cheng Hao nodded satisfied "This should be enough for the moment. I have to go on now, good luck with your studies! Let me see how much you improved later! Oh, and, if I won't have the chance later, please say hi to your ancestor on my part. Tell him that Butterflies are not Flies that fell into Butter! He will understand!"

The boy gaped when he heard Cheng Hao's words but decided not to underestimate the young boy.

Fang Lu panted as he made his best effort to remember every single thing that Cheng Hao had told him as he hurried to call forth his own Qi. This particular kind of Qi focused on the nine main and sub elements of nature - main being wood, fire, water, metal and wind and sub being electricity, earth, gold and void - the Qi was called the Nine Earthly Retributions Qi, a special Qi unique to Fang Clan members. Fang Lu began operating it to change the nine inscriptions according to Cheng Hao's instructions.

He couldn't believe his eyes as, after just a few slight changes, the scroll's aura changed completely as it grew many times more powerful and mysterious than before. He finished changing everything and then decided to test it out when he felt an aura of invincibility come from the scroll itself.

He lifted his right hand and yelled "A Fire!" As soon as he finished speaking those words, the air trembled and a flame pillar five feet tall exploded upwards from his hand.

Fang Lu paled as he recalled the small, trembling flame that he had summoned in the past using the same words and he smiled excitedly. The flame pillar burned and he felt as if he could keep it going for a whole day before tiring a feat that would have been impossible just a few minutes ago even if the only thing he had summoned was the small flame. He lifted his other hand and he laughed as he spoke "A Wind!"

A blade of wind six feet tall appeared, looking absolutely imposing: if that was to be unleashed, even a small hill would crumble under its power!

The scroll contained nine inscriptions. Each had nine tiers, few words that would call upon the power of the scroll. The more words, the highest the Tier, and thus the stronger the power!

These words when called upon, would drain the user's energy to fuel the ability and summon the respective element. The First tier would be accessible easily enough after some training, while the others would need an extraordinary cultivation base to unleash.

Right now, Fang Lu was using power akin to what the Third Tier looked like when he had used it during the battle to slay countless opponents. And this was by only summoning the First Tier of the Fires From Hell inscription! With things being like this, he couldn't avoid being anxious to see what the real third tier would be like!

Before, he could summon four Tiers of each of the five main elements and from three to two of the sub elements. Right now though, that limit had been changed! What the changes in the inscriptions had brought forth wasn't only a massive increase in strength, but also in efficiency! The way the energy was absorbed was that so he needed less energy for more power!

He dispelled the two elements and decided to test his true power: Fang Lu put out his hand again.

"A Fire" the pillar of flame appeared, just as imposing as before.

"To Burn Tall!" The pillar grew to a staggering eight feet in height and two meters in diameter. Everything within the radius of the pillar turned into charcoal.

"A Pillar Of Destruction!" The pillar began to rotate around itself and the temperature rose dangerously, the charcoal turned into dust that then got devoured as well.

"Shall Devour The Land!" The pillar grew in size on e more and turned into a gigantic fire serpent more than fifteen feet tall.

The flaming beast roared loudly, scaring even Fang Lu himself, but then the shocked look in the young man's eyes turned into excitement as he felt that he still had the power to continue: this was the Fourth Tier of the Fires Of Hell incantation... This that once had been his limit would now only tire him a bit if he wished to break past it!