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Chapter 979: Serpent Secret Art
Chapter 979: Serpent Secret Art
This is impossible!
As he watched Lyon dive into the ground as effortlessly as a fish entering water and emerge from it without any hindrance, the Serpent Director's eyes widened in disbelief, almost popping out of their sockets.
But the stone tablet in the Serpent Palace that recorded the secret techniques didn't say that only those with pure thoughts could learn them? How could someone like him, whose mind was filled with schemes, possibly maintain such purity of thought?
Furthermore, it had only been five minutes since I finished explaining the basic method! It took me over two years to barely manage to insert one foot into the abnormality. How can you do it in just five minutes? You...you...
This is indeed a bit intriguing...
After experiencing the strange sensation of swimming within the stone tablet by entering and exiting the abnormality that the Serpent Director had created, Lyon glanced at the gleaming "Secret Technique Successor (Serpent)" on his badge panel and couldn't help but marvel, "Amazing! Being able to merge with the abnormality, absorbing it as a part of your body, imbuing your body with the traits of the abnormality, or conversely, becoming a part of the abnormality and enhancing its effects.
It's a crazy and brilliant concept, but I wonder how the first Serpent Director came up with it... Hmm... Although it doesn't seem very practical, this idea is truly extraordinary."
"???"
What do you mean by "it's not very practical"?
Upon hearing Lyon's evaluation of the "Abnormal Regeneration" secret technique, the Serpent Director, who was struggling with why he wasn't being rejected by the abnormality, couldn't help but feel a surge of frustration.
"What's impractical about it? It's very practical, isn't it?"
Unable to contain himself, the Serpent Director glared at Lyon and retorted with a hint of anger, "Don't speak nonsense if you don't understand! Among the thirteen secret techniques, the Serpent Palace's 'Abnormal Regeneration' is undoubtedly one of the top two! Aside from the 'Abnormal Annihilation' of the Aries Palace, it's definitely superior to the other eleven techniques!"
"..."
These words... They sounded somewhat familiar.
After hearing the Serpent Director's words, Lyon recalled for a moment and then remembered that the directors of the Aquarius, Taurus, Sagittarius, and Cancer Palaces had all said something similar when teaching him their secret techniques.
In any case, aside from the Aries Palace's "Abnormal Annihilation" technique being undeniably powerful, the techniques of the Aquarius, Taurus, Sagittarius, and Cancer Palaces also had their unique strengths, undoubtedly surpassing the other techniques.
In summary, while they acknowledged the Aries Palace's technique as the best, they also believed that their own palace's technique was exceptional and definitely better than the other eleven.
"Don't think that this is all there is to the Serpent secret technique. You've only learned how to use it; you're still far from mastering this technique!"
Seeing that Lyon didn't respond, the Serpent Director couldn't help but hum and then spoke with a hint of malice, "You've only managed to briefly 'enter' the abnormality. Next, you need to learn to maintain the unified state for an extended period, enhance your physical body or soul through the abnormality, and merge yourself into the abnormality to strengthen its effects."
"Furthermore, there's more to learn, such as dividing yourself to merge with different abnormalities and enhancing them individually, accommodating multiple abnormalities simultaneously while ensuring their simultaneous effects, and merging with abnormalities that don't belong to you, and so on!"
After listing seven or eight advanced techniques of the "Abnormal Regeneration" secret technique, the Serpent Director, seeing Lyon's thoughtful expression, tilted his head slightly and said, "In summary, you've only learned the first layer and grasped the trick of 'entering' the abnormality. There's still 'unification,' 'enhancement,' 'merging,' 'feedback,' and 'hijacking' techniques to master... What the hell is this?"
"This is something I learned during the selection process, while attending a lecture in the Sagittarius Palace. It's an Abnormal Enhancement esoteric technique."
After dividing the abnormality into eight parts on the ground and "enhancing" it into a group of three-headed black dogs, Lyon stroked the head of one of the dogs, asking in the Serpent Director's bewildered gaze:
"I hadn't thought of this before, but after learning your Serpent Secret Art, I should be able to integrate them into myself and become a part of me. And it's not limited to my own abnormalities; I think I can do it with others too... Does this count as integrating multiple abnormalities into one body?"
"..."
Watching the black dogs that had broken free of his control and become a part of Lyon, the Serpent Director's mouth hung open, feeling that his already not-so-solid brain had been thoroughly scrambled into a mess.
This is not just integrating one body with multiple abnormalities; it's also dividing and absorbing them, one of the highest-level uses of the Serpent Secret Art. I myself am not very proficient in it, and now you're telling me this is a Sagittarius technique?
You, a director of the Aquarius Palace, casually learned a bit of Sagittarius technique during the selection process, and you've already achieved the highest level of my Serpent Palace technique... This doesn't make sense!
Moreover, what kind of Sagittarius technique is this? I've met the Sagittarius Director, and he doesn't use it like this. Aside from the name, does your technique have any relation to his?
...
As the Serpent Director's brain was on the verge of crashing, Lyon, following the sensation of being able to "absorb" the black dogs at any time, slightly increased the force in his hand. He tried to simultaneously utilize the secret techniques of both the Sagittarius and Serpent Palaces.
Under Lyon's manipulation, the black dogs enhanced by the esoteric technique, or rather, polluted by it, instantly disintegrated and transformed into a torrent of black water. They were swiftly drawn into Lyon's right hand, as if sucked in by a pump.
Immediately after, the other divided black dogs, guided by Lyon's will, quickly approached and made contact with different parts of his body, merging into him one after the other, like water and milk blending together.
"I think this effect should be similar to what you described, right?"
Lyon clenched his right fist slightly, feeling the cold and hard sensation of his skin, which had become as solid as the brick floor. He looked up at the Serpent Director, whose eyes were wide with shock, and tentatively asked:
"Is there anything else?"
"..."
"Actually, including this one, I've learned a total of seven esoteric techniques. But the other six I learned are quite different from their original versions. Your technique is the only one I didn't learn incorrectly... Hmm... It seems I have a good affinity with Serpent techniques."
Slightly shaking his hand, Lyon expelled the black dogs that had merged into his body. Feeling a sense of accomplishment from successfully learning a star palace technique for the first time, he sincerely asked the Serpent Director:
"Serpent Lord, I take back what I said earlier. This technique is actually quite good, and I'm very interested in it now... So, could you teach me more?"
"..."
Learn! I'll let you learn!
(End of Chapter)
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