Chapter 238: Killer Moves

Lin Yan had planned to gather the discoveries and achievements of every Gu Master in Flame Sovereign Blessed Land through the upcoming Blessed Land Grand Survey. He would study their findings, combine them with his own understanding, and slowly use them to improve his killer moves.

Most of that work was already complete. Once the Grand Survey provided him with fresh knowledge and new ideas, the Raging Fire formation could help him draw out their full value and begin another round of deductions.

With that settled, Lin Yan turned his attention to his improved Killer Move.

In Flame Path alone, he now had fifteen Immortal killer moves: Crimson Virtue True Body, Mystic Sun Myriad Flames Great Handprint, Myriad Flames Return to Origin, Raging Flames Engulfing the Body, Fire Transformation Robe, Flame Escape, Flame Sight, Flame Horizon, Prairie Fire, Blazing Prosperity, Flame Oil, Raging Fire, Invading Like Fire, Body Forged in Flame, and Autumn Before Winter.

Nearly all of them could now support three or four Flame Path Immortal Gu, greatly increasing their power compared with their previous versions.

His Dream Path Killer Move had also grown stronger. These included Apocalypse, Dream Imprisonment, Self Dream, Dream Storage, Dream Seeking, Dream Interpretation, and Awakening from a Dream. Most could now incorporate two or three Dream Path Immortal Gu, but Apocalypse had changed the most.

Apocalypse had evolved from Seeking Truth in Dreams, but the addition of Calculation Immortal Gu had completely changed how it worked. Once activated, Lin Yan’s will is divided into countless independent streams, each entering a separate dream to pursue a different possibility.

One might search for the safest solution, while another pursued the fastest route. Hundreds or even thousands of others explored different paths at the same time. Whether they found an answer or reached a dead end, everything they experienced eventually returned to Lin Yan and became part of the final result.

The greatest advantage came from Dream Derivation Immortal Gu. Normally, dividing his will and carrying out so many deductions simultaneously would still require an enormous amount of time. Inside the Dream Realm, however, that limitation was greatly reduced. While only a brief moment passed in the outside world, the countless streams of will could already spend days or even months testing different possibilities before returning their conclusions to Lin Yan.

Calculation Immortal Gu and Dream Revelation Immortal Gu made the process even more terrifying. Calculation Immortal Gu handled pure calculation, rapidly eliminating contradictions and impossible routes, while Dream Revelation Immortal Gu continuously produced new inspiration whenever the deduction reached a dead end. One relentlessly narrowed down the possibilities while the other continuously opened new ones. Combined with the enormous difference in the flow of time within the Dream Realm, Apocalypse could simultaneously explore countless routes before gathering everything into a single result.

Its deduction ability had already begun to display a trace of the profound effect of Wisdom Gu. Of course, the two could not truly be compared. Wisdom Gu provided the light of wisdom itself, while Apocalypse relied on several Immortal Gu, enormous amounts of will, and the special environment created by Dream Derivation Immortal Gu. Even so, being able to imitate a fraction of such an effect was already astonishing.

Perhaps because of the memories of his previous life, Lin Yan had given it the rather unusual name Apocalypse.

"Unfortunately, it still isn’t the defensive deduction method I need. Calculation Immortal Gu and Dream Revelation Immortal Gu excel at calculation and finding answers, but neither is suited to concealing information or resisting another person’s deductions."

Lin Yan frowned as he considered the problem. Since deduction and resisting deduction were ultimately struggles over information, perhaps Calculation Immortal Gu could also be used in reverse. Instead of simply blocking an enemy’s deduction, he might be able to disrupt their calculations, mislead them with false information, or even follow the deduction and locate the Gu Immortal behind it.

Several possibilities immediately appeared in his mind, but Lin Yan soon shook his head. The extraordinary inspiration granted by the Raging Fire formation had already faded, while his Wisdom Path knowledge remained too shallow. He could see the direction clearly, but he still lacked the methods needed to reach it.

There was much less to say about Thunder Path. For now, Lin Yan possessed only one Thunder Path immortal killer move: Thunderous Battle King. Even so, Calculation Immortal Gu was only the first Immortal Gu he had incorporated into it. As more Thunder Path Immortal Gu were added in the future, its power would continue to rise.

After testing all his improved killer moves, Lin Yan returned to the Thousand Wishes Tree and examined the completed Rank Six Immortal Gu Formation, Raging Fire. Recalling everything he had gained from its first activation, he nodded with satisfaction.