I Contracted All Ancient Divine Artifacts
Chapter 603 - 502: A Lie
Yi Fan’s talent ability is lying, a skill with a very low floor and a very high ceiling.
In the early days, everyone underestimated the power of lies.
Even later, when Yi Fan forged ahead on the path of lies, carving a long and distant road, he couldn’t be considered invincible.
The reason is simple: the lying talent has many limitations.
First is the most fundamental logical principle: "Lies must be built on a foundation of truth."
Secondly, initiating a lie consumes a large amount of spiritual power, and the consumption varies with the magnitude of the lie.
This is very similar to Elder Bing Li Tugui’s precepts, both belonging to the category of "word spirit" abilities.
The last point is that once the lie is seen through by the opponent, all the early effort in manipulation might be in vain.
To truly strengthen the lying talent, one must possess an exceedingly clever mind!
Lin Jingxuan was also encountering Tier Nine Ultimate level lying abilities for the first time, and his strategy was to disbelieve anything Yi Fan said.
As long as one doesn’t believe, there’s no "true foundation," and consequently, the lie cannot be constructed.
This is the simplest and most straightforward way to break it.
Additionally, Lin Jingxuan has the ability of divination, just fittingly able to glimpse the future and restrain the opponent.
Junior brother Han Zhan once saw a crimson moon shadow in a lying dreamscape.
Initially, they thought the crimson moon shadow was a "dream symbol," representing the Divine Heart revived by Can Shang Company.
When the Divine Heart became lifeless, the crimson moon shadow did not appear, which strengthened Lin Jingxuan’s original speculation.
But when he arrived on the moon, encountering Yi Fan and seeing the opponent flood the moon with Sea of Blood waters, turning the lunar surface crimson.
Lin Jingxuan’s heart skipped a beat, quickly divining a hexagram and successfully obtaining an answer from it:
Yi Fan intends to use the Divine Heart as a medium to summon the Crimson Moon, polluting the entire Blue Star!
This is what led to the Original Daoist River Map and Luo Book transforming into countless golden profound text chains, sealing the moon and the surrounding star sea.
This is what led to the scene Bob and others saw on the virtual screen.
But now, Yi Fan claims that he is injecting Sea of Blood into the Divine Heart not to pollute Blue Star?
"Slick-tongued." Lin Jingxuan remains unmoved by Yi Fan’s explanation.
Regardless of whether it’s to pollute Blue Star or not, sealing the entire moon with the River Map and Luo Book is undoubtedly the correct response.
What’s more, their mission to explore the moon was not undertaken solely by the two of them.
This is a lie.
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Moon core.
A particle smaller than a nanometer is exploring the entire lunar core at an extremely fast speed.
This particle is none other than Shang Family Ancestor Shang Jianyue, also a Tier Nine Ultimate.
Yi Fan advanced to the ultimate by way of lying.
Shang Jianyue advanced to the ultimate by way of mechanics.
Both are treading a road never before taken.
Now as a Tier Nine Ultimate, Shang Jianyue’s talent ability is still continuously self-discovering.
The currently known ability is "Reconstruction."
For instance, reconstructing oneself into the smallest particle, or into a humanoid mech dozens of meters tall.
This ability is somewhat similar to Shang Siteng’s Nuwa Stone of Heavenly Origin ability, but also distinct.
Heavenly Origin mainly acts on external objects, primarily decomposing.
Shang Jianyue’s reconstruction talent acts mostly on oneself, focusing on synthesis and reconstruction.
The human body consists of trillions of cells, offering a vast stage for Shang Jianyue.
"Fourteen days have passed already, and the array core that triggers the Sea of Blood is still not found."
Before entering the moon, Shang Jianyue had already transformed into particle form, hiding among Wei Qing’s hair strands.
Taking advantage of a brief gap during Wei Qing’s confrontation with the Crimson Queen, he entered below the lunar surface, looking for the array core that could undercut the enemy.
Lin Jingxuan and Wei Qing seem to be stalemating with Yi Fan and the Crimson Queen, but in reality, it’s a delaying strategy.
"But a delaying strategy isn’t a long-term solution. If time drags on, the opponent may come to their senses."
Shang Jianyue mutters to himself, "Time is still tight, we can’t be careless!"
The reason they chose to destroy the array core rather than confronting Yi Fan and his team head-on is exactly because Yi Fan’s methods are elusive.
To avoid unnecessary complications, it’s more prudent to destroy the array core and resolve the crisis thoroughly.
"Where exactly did he hide the array core?"
While Shang Jianyue continues searching, his mind is rapidly thinking.
"If I were Yi Fan, where would I place the array core?"
The structure of the Divine Heart is complex, and even after fifteen days, it’s impossible to say it has been thoroughly explored.
Inside the originally lifeless Divine Heart, there are winding and twisting pathways everywhere, resembling continuous mountain ranges spanning thousands of miles.
The only difference is that there are no skies, oceans, or lands here, only endless gray inert matter.
But over time, some subtle fresh crimson colors started to appear on the surface of this gray inert matter, thicker than walls.
Seeing this scene, a flash of inspiration crosses Shang Jianyue’s mind.
"The place I’m in is the lifeless Divine Heart; these gray inert substances should be the blood vessel walls inside the Divine Heart."
"Red streaks on the blood vessel walls signify that the infiltration and nourishment of the Crimson Sea of Blood are starting to take effect!"
"Therefore, instead of aimlessly searching for the array core, consider how Yi Fan draws the Crimson Sea of Blood and injects it into the Divine Heart."
Shang Jianyue has already thought of a solution.
"As long as I follow the Crimson Sea of Blood that infiltrates the Divine Heart through the blood vessel walls and complete a full cycle, I will surely find the source!"
And the source is highly likely where the array core is located!
Having thought this, Shang Jianyue does not hesitate any longer, controlling the transformed tiny particle to fall into the Crimson Sea of Blood.
The Crimson Sea of Blood, continuously nourishing the Divine Heart’s blood vessel channel, rushes forward with extreme speed and ferocity.
Unaware of how much time has passed.
The surrounding Crimson Sea of Blood begins to congregate, passing through an area akin to an atrial pump opening.
Seeing this, Shang Jianyue instantly perks up.
Watching the surging Crimson Sea of Blood, roaring and pouring in like torrents of cascading waterfalls, he leaps forward!
After a while.
The sound of rushing water gradually calms down, and Shang Jianyue arrives in a brand-new area.
Here, a large gathering of the Crimson Sea of Blood is present, and the walls of the atrium are no longer gray inert matter but fresh reds.
In the center of this ocean of blood, a miniature array identical to the lunar surface is radiating light, slowly operating and rotating.
"I found it!" Shang Jianyue smiles.
He steps forward.
At this moment, a clap rings in his ears.
"I didn’t expect anyone to successfully infiltrate here, impressive, impressive."
"It’s a pity, you nearly succeeded."
As he speaks, a person-shaped figure composed of virtual light and shadow appears between Shang Jianyue and the array core.