Heavenly Dao Engine-Chapter 44 - 00 Dangerous Attempt

Chapter 44: Chapter 0044: Dangerous Attempt

Chapter 44 -0044: Dangerous Attempt

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The semisphere of the Spirit Instrument is transparent, able to block the energy leakage within its boundaries, but not impede the transmission of sound. Within the sphere, Liu Haoshuai could clearly hear what Qi Tian said and see all of Qi Tian’s subtle expressions.

Qi Tian’s words and actions completely infuriated the young and impetuous Liu Haoshuai. You want me to get out? I won’t! I want to prove to you, to the Princess, and to everyone here that I, Liu Haoshuai am the strongest. I’m not trash, you’re trash, your whole family is trash.

Liu Haoshuai clenched his teeth, staring coldly at Qi Tian through the sphere shield, regardless of the raging fire attribute that had begun to sear his skin and flesh, and even entered his body with each breath, he persisted.

Watching this, Qi Tian couldn’t help but admire Liu Haoshuai a bit more, but that’s all it was. Qi Tian knew early on that his relationship with Liu Haoshuai would be adverse. When confronting enemies, he wouldn’t show mercy and would use all means to put them in an irreparable place.

The tactic of infuriating Liu Haoshuai with words, making him lose his senses, and forcing him to prove himself through a foolish method of danger, is a common strategy when dealing with enemies.

Unfortunately, he wasn’t at the level of Zhuge Liang, who could verbally assault Wang Lang to death. He had much learning to do in this regard.

Sixteen seconds, seventeen seconds…

Soon, Liu Haoshuai stayed two seconds longer in the Spirit Instrument. At this point, his body’s tolerance had exceeded its limits. The sphere began to flicker, all runes disappeared, the fire attribute Spirit Qi within the sphere vanished, and an opening appeared. Liu Haoshuai couldn’t hold on any longer, his head swayed, and he collapsed.

Seeing Liu Haoshuai’s exposed skin redder than a boiled lobster, Qi Tian smirked: “Idiot.”

Liu Haoshuai had fainted at this point, otherwise, hearing Qi Tian’s comment would’ve made him spit blood in anger.

Chen Ziyu entered the Spirit Instrument, fed Liu Haoshuai a detoxifying pellet for fire poison first, then pulled Liu Haoshuai out of the Spirit Instrument.

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Zhao Qian beckoned, and a guard came forward, checked Liu Haoshuai’s condition and reported: “Princess, Liu Haoshuai’s condition is not too serious. With good pills, he can get better after resting for two or three days.”

Zhao Qian shook her head secretly. She had thought highly of Liu Haoshuai just now, but it turned out that he was just an idiot who lost his senses after being provoked by Qi Tian’s few words. Perhaps this was why the Imperial Master Mansion didn’t let Liu Haoshuai practice in the Golden Roc Hall?

Chen Ziyu cleaned the Spirit Instrument and said to Qi Tian: “Junior Brother, it’s your turn. Please.”

Qi Tian paused, and said, “Senior Brother, I have never tested my Spirit Qi compatibility before. After I enter, please restart the Spirit Instrument.”

Chen Ziyu nodded. Whether it was Zhou Kunlin’s or Liu Haoshuai’s test, neither was successful. Both had overstated their abilities and suffered in the Spirit Instrument.

He was worried that Qi Tian, being young and vigorous, might risk hurting himself just to stay longer in the Instrument. That would be unfortunate.

So, he cautioned: “Junior Brother, it’s just a test, it won’t determine your life. Remember, know your limits.”

“Thank you for reminding me, Senior Brother.” The brash temperament that dominated Qi Tian just now had vanished. He had transformed back into the polite and courteous young man he was. He drew a deep breath, and stepped into the Spirit Instrument.

In the Spirit Instrument, you could either stand or sit. There were no definite rules; it was entirely up to an individual’s preference.

For his first time, Qi Tian, out of caution, chose to sit. In his view, this would reduce his surface area, perhaps allowing him to stay a second or two longer in an environment of the same level.

At this moment, Qi Tian was anxious. Ever since he started practicing the Eight Desolate Demon Tiger Fist, he had been unable to perform the Fire Fist. This made him question whether he was incompatible with the fire attribute, which had become a mental block for him. If his affinity with the fire attribute Spirit Qi was zero, testing his fire attribute Spirit Qi compatibility in the Spirit Instrument would be equivalent to throwing himself into a furnace.

Fortunately, Qi Tian was somewhat prepared. Firstly, he can signal at any moment inside the Spirit Instrument to halt testing, and the device has a safeguard shutdown function, ensuring that even if he were to get injured, it wouldn’t be too severe. Secondly, and more importantly, he had the Heavenly Dao Engine – his greatest assurance. If things got too unbearable, he would let the Heavenly Dao Engine devour the Spirit Instrument like it did the Demon-sensing Orb.

Qi Tian, while seated cross-legged inside the Spirit Instrument, signaled to Chen Ziyu outside after adjusting his condition.

Chen Ziyu activated the Spirit Instrument. Qi Tian, situated within the hemisphere, could clearly see the runes circulating on the surface. A series of red light emerged from the inner surface of the hemisphere, filling the device like infrared rays and giving rise to an increase in temperature and a fire-like atmosphere inside it.

The so-called affinity with the fire attribute was actually the resistance to fire. The higher the affinity, the better the fire resistance and fire tolerance. Affinity was only one measure of the compatibility with Spirit Qi; there was another indicator – the ability to manage and utilize this fire.

The moment Qi Tian felt the rising temperature around him, his first instinct was to activate the Heavenly Dao Engine so as to sweep away the fire attribute Spirit Qi filling the hemisphere. But very quickly, he reined in this impulse.

After all, wasn’t he here to test his Spirit Qi compatibility? Even though a competition and a gamble of one hundred thousand tales of silver were added in, he needed to first understand his own Spirit Qi compatibility with fire attribute. Otherwise, wouldn’t this trip to the Spirit Instrument be in vain?

Qi Tian steeled himself, silently enduring the permeation of fire attribute Spirit Qi in his compatibility check. In the beginning, he could resist with his own strength. But as time passed, the runic circles on the hemisphere’s surface started to pulsate. More and more fire attribute Spirit Qi inside the sphere led to a constant rise in temperature and an intensifying burning sensation.

Qi Tian felt his hair and eyebrows beginning to curl. The speed at which this happened was faster than getting a perm at the barbershop.

Qi Tian had no idea how Liu Haoshuai and Zhou Kunlin resisted the continuously increasing fire attribute Spirit Qi. For himself, he mobilized the True Essence in his meridians to resist the onslaught of fire attribute Spirit Qi.

Continuing in this manner was uninteresting. Qi Tian quickly decided he couldn’t just sit around and endure.

He recalled the words of Liang Xiaolong, who told him that if he wanted to unleash the Fire Fist, he would need to try and get some spirit stones, extract the fire attribute Spirit Qi from within, and guide it into his own body.

He may not have had any spirit stones, but wasn’t the purpose of buying Fire Spirit Stones to extract the fire attribute Spirit Qi? Now the hemisphere was filled with fire attribute Spirit Qi. Why should he wait until he had won this test and received Zhao Qian’s reward of Fire Spirit Stones before cultivating? Why not just attempt to absorb the fire attribute Spirit Qi right here and now?

Upon having this thought, Qi Tian pretended to cough, covering his mouth with his hand, then surreptitiously inhaled, sucking all the fire attribute Spirit Qi around his mouth into his stomach. He sneaked around because he was afraid Chen Ziyu might notice something off. If Chen Ziyu expelled him from the Spirit Instrument, wouldn’t this opportunity be wasted?

Even though he appeared to have inhaled a stomach full of air, the amount of fire attribute Spirit Qi Qi Tian actually absorbed was tiny, just a strand.

At this moment, the environment inside the hemisphere was still Yellow grade, so there wasn’t much fire attribute Spirit Qi. The fact that Qi Tian could absorb a strand was already quite lucky.

Even though this was a mere strand, less than one-hundredth the thickness of a hair and less than an inch long, the moment it entered Qi Tian’s body, it felt like a red-hot iron bar had been thrust into his throat. The burning sensation and pain caused Qi Tian to let out a low roar, beads of sweat the size of soybeans immediately broke out on his forehead, only to be evaporated instantly by the high temperatures within the hemisphere.

Qi Tian quickly closed his mouth, not daring to absorb any more fire attribute Spirit Qi. He tightly clenched his fist, activated the “Black Jade Skills”, and tried to pour this strand of fire attribute Spirit Qi into his meridians.

This was a very risky process. A small mistake could cause irreparable damage to Qi Tian’s meridians. Repairing it could have a high cost and in the worst-case scenario, the damage might never be mended.

Because he was well aware of this, Qi Tian halted absorption after introducing a strand of fire attribute Spirit Qi into his body.

He carefully led the strand of fire attribute Spirit Qi to his meridians, hoping to make it settle down. However, he soon found out that the strand of fire attribute Spirit Qi was acting like a fish, swimming in his meridians, causing a faint pain yet never settling down.

Qi Tian felt a sense of disappointment. Could it be that he really wasn’t compatible with the fire attribute Spirit Qi? He let out a sigh and endeavored to expel the strand of fire attribute Spirit Qi. He carefully guided it towards his heart, down his windpipe, and out of his body.

However, when he guided the fire attribute Spirit Qi to the Ren Meridians’ Shanzhong acupoint, the strand of fire attribute Spirit Qi seemed to have found its home. It instantly burrowed into the heart near the Shanzhong acupoint and disappeared in a blink of an eye.