Chapter 334: Success in Practice
"It seems the Desolate Hall is about to witness the rise of another great talent..."
Lin Yan paid no attention to the surprised gazes around him and continued absorbing the Desolate Power hovering in the air.
At that moment, Lin Yan suddenly remembered how Lin Dong, in the original story, absorbed too quickly, causing the Desolate Stone to reject him. Although he eventually succeeded, he suffered some minor injuries.
So, Lin Yan decided to slow down his absorption rate to avoid rejection and attacks from the Desolate Stone.
The other disciples around him thought Lin Yan was really in trouble this time since his absorption speed had decreased. Even the blind elder had the same thought, but after a bit of reflection, a strange and unreadable smile appeared on his wrinkled face.
The blind elder thought Lin Yan planned to slow down first to avoid the Desolate Stone's rejection and attacks. Once he had absorbed enough, he would increase his absorption speed and condense all the Desolate Power.
Although this approach was safer, it would take more time than originally planned.
However, Lin Yan's thoughts were slightly different from those of the blind elder. Lin Yan's real idea was to let his energy recover first and then increase the absorption force all at once, absorbing all the Desolate Power in one go.
Although this carried risks, Lin Yan had almost condensed all the Desolate Power already.
After briefly slowing down his speed, the Desolate Stone suddenly released more Desolate Power, which pleasantly surprised Lin Yan. But this time, the Desolate Power was several times more violent than before, and its attack intent was extremely obvious, as if someone were controlling the Desolate Stone to attack him.
Lin Yan frowned slightly, staring at the massive Desolate Stone in front of him. As a disciple of the Desolate Hall, there should normally be no one trying to manipulate the Desolate Stone to make things difficult for him.
So, this meant that... the attack must have been initiated by the Desolate Stone itself.
"Did it discover my intention?"
Lin Yan took a deep breath, then a powerful suction force erupted from his entire body.
Boom!
At that moment, on the surface of the Desolate Stone, a dark grey light began to flow, then twisted and finally gathered into a grey beam, which quickly shot towards Lin Yan.
Whoosh!
The sudden change in the Desolate Stone immediately caused an uproar, and many disciples stood up from the platform.
They watched in amazement, as it was the first time they had seen the Desolate Stone launch an active attack.
At the same time, Lin Yan also noticed the change in the Desolate Stone. He frowned slightly, not daring to be careless. A powerful suction force suddenly erupted from his body.
Boom!
The sound of impact resonated on the surface of the Desolate Stone, and an astounding energy burst forth, causing the surrounding air to shake violently.
Meanwhile, Lin Yan continued increasing his suction force, absorbing all the surrounding desolate energy. The Desolate Stone no longer had time to react, and the powerful suction force directly pierced through it, devouring all the desolate energy inside.
This spectacle was also perceived by the blind elder, raising his opinion of Lin Yan even higher.
"This child... seems to plan to do it this way... but the risk is too high..."
"But he succeeded. It seems the Desolate Hall is about to witness a true talent emerge..."
"Probably, now only he can successfully comprehend the Great Desolate Canon..."
After absorbing a massive wave of energy, the grey energy mass in Lin Yan's dantian condensed even further, and finally, with a sudden tremor, condensed into a grey sphere the size of a fist.
This was the Desolate Embryo. At this moment, Lin Yan had finally condensed it successfully, to the astonishment of all the disciples!
The blind elder nodded, then slowly left the tower.
After successfully condensing the Desolate Power, a powerful wave of energy burst from within Lin Yan's body the moment the Desolate Embryo took shape. Within that wave was an extremely concentrated Desolate Power.
"Is this... the Desolate Power?"
The powerful and familiar wave of energy was immediately perceived by many disciples around him, and their faces showed surprise.
To release the Desolate Power, one first had to condense the Desolate Embryo. And to condense the Desolate Embryo, one had to have practiced the Desolate Technique to the third stage.
For many disciples, reaching this point required at least several months of effort. Even privileged disciples like Jiang Hao took almost a month to condense the Desolate Embryo.
But now... Lin Yan, in front of everyone, had condensed the Desolate Embryo in less than half an hour.
"Is this guy even human?" the disciples looked at each other, feeling a sense of helplessness well up in their hearts.
This training speed simply took away their courage to continue. This guy... was simply too abnormal.
Under the gaze of many, Lin Yan slowly opened his eyes.
In his eyes, it seemed that a grey light passed, looking a bit strange.
At this moment, Lin Yan slowly withdrew his fingers from the Desolate Stone, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"Finally, I've managed to condense this..."
Lin Yan knew his performance would definitely scare the surrounding disciples.
After all, even for ordinary disciples who had practiced the Desolate Technique to the third stage, the Desolate Embryo they condensed was only the size of a walnut. Even the desolate energy contained within was far below that of his own Desolate Embryo.
However, Lin Yan had no intention of continuing his training. He knew that his previous performance was already too exaggerated. If he continued to be so extreme, it might negatively affect the morale of other disciples.
Therefore, after successfully condensing the Desolate Embryo, Lin Yan stopped and retreated, then, under everyone's gaze, moved back to the edge of the platform.
On the platform, all eyes followed Lin Yan's retreat, and for a moment, the atmosphere became a bit strange.
But Lin Yan had no other choice. Fortunately, he did not continue training, otherwise, he would have shattered those disciples' beliefs...
As Lin Yan left the tower, he saw the blind elder waiting for him at the door.
"Boy... your talent is really good. Although I don't know how you managed to resist the Desolate Power, this kind of situation hasn't occurred in a long time..."
"Keep it up, go and rest..."
The blind elder spoke slowly.
Lin Yan nodded after listening, bowed, and then left.
A strange smile appeared again on the blind elder's face, and then he also left.
Inside the great hall, Chen Zhen and Wu Dao were discussing something, but at that moment, the blind elder approached and told them a few words. Wu Dao and Chen Zhen were instantly astonished.
"What? Is this true?" (End of the chapter)
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