Chapter 260: Heart Seal
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Ye Mo’s failure to cultivate his seal silenced everyone.
They did not know that Ye Mo was enduring the mental backlash brought by failing to cultivate his seal. However, they knew that Ye Mo had failed to cultivate it.
Many different expressions could be seen on each of their faces.
“Haha, he definitely had to challenge his limits if he wants to win against Master Huo. Too bad he failed – he had the single-hand seal technique in his arsenal but overestimated himself.” Dong Fang’ao’s face revealed a sinister smile.
“Hehe, you might have gotten second place in the second round had you gone for a more simple approach and aimed to beat me in round three instead. Wait for me to cripple your limbs.” As he spoke, Huo Qingyun’s seal inside his hand was successfully cultivated.
Of course, many league members felt disappointed for Ye Mo. After all, his first round performance was beyond amazing.
Ye Mo’s initial expression had already sent everyone into a fit of excitement, but after such a dramatic turn of events, it seemed as if it was the gods playing a prank.
After Huo Qingyun finished cultivating his seal, the other three subsequently completed theirs as well. It was only at this moment when Ye Mo finally opened his eyes.
“There is not much time left now! You’re left with 10 minutes!” The middle-aged league member reminded Ye Mo as he saw his eyes open. Meanwhile, Huo Qingyun leaned against the Xuan Yun crystal table with arms folded across his chest as he looked at Ye Mo mockingly, waiting for the best part to come.
“Haha, Ye Mo, with 10 minutes left, let’s see how you’ll cultivate another seal. Your arms are mine!” said Huo Qingyun.
“Ten minutes? That’s impossible for me to draw another seal. What should I do?” Sweat poured down from Ye Mo’s shiny forehead as he started to panic. Failure this time would mean getting the last place for this round. It would be an overall defeat even if he ended up in first place for the third round.
Ye Mo did not expect an error to occur during his seal drawing process.
“Ling’er, what should I do?” asked Ye Mo anxiously.
“Based on your current seal techniques, it will be impossible to cultivate the Motionless Hell King Seal in 10 minutes. If you want to win the second round’s test, there is only one way – drawing with fingers from both ends, connecting the start and the end,” said Ling’er.
What Ling’er meant was using one finger to draw seal texts for the first half of the seal and another finger for the other half. So long as the stokes are smooth, completing the seal texts would not be a problem.
However, this was a task of significant difficulty as it required the finger in charge of the second half seal to draw against the sequence.
“What? Drawing a picture with two fingers at the same time, connecting the start to the end?” Ye Mo’s expression changed. This was a feasible test, but even more difficult.
Seeing Ye Mo’s face redden, Huo Qingyun could not help but laugh. “Haha, dear league members present, before the competition, I advised Ye Mo to give up on competing. A young league member like him is still rather far off from getting to become an honorary sealing artist of the Xuan Ji League. However, he wanted to wager with me – whoever loses shall have their arms crippled. When he loses the competition, I will definitely crippled his arms in front of everyone!”
Everyone was stunned. Who knew that Huo Qingyun and Ye Mo had made a deal and, furthermore, were putting their pair of arms on the line? While crippled limbs can be recovered in a few days by consuming certain medicinal pills, this was an issue of pride.
“He’s a young man after all, too rash in action!”
Sitting on top of the throne, Xuan Ji also subtly nodded her head, lightly sighing.
Time continued to pass, and just as Ye Mo was in the midst of his anxiousness, the heart minions inside his body started to move on their own, and his arms followed the minions, moving along as well!
“A Heart Seal?” Ling’er was hugely taken by surprise upon seeing what happened.
Among sealing artists, there was a type of mystic state – the heart seal state. When one’s seal technique and training combined, the heart seal state is achieved. When this happened, sealing artists’ seal cultivation would be completely uncontrolled by one’s brain, with the seal cultivation process controlled by the heart minions instead.
The heart minions started to instruct Ye Mo’s movement. At this moment, Ye Mo closed his eyes and immersed himself in the heart seal state.
A seal paper floated into the air as Ye Mo’s extended one finger from each hand and started to draw the seal texts extremely quickly, his movement natural. Energy rays leapt around non-stop in the air, but in a rhythmic manner.
“Hmph, I can do double-hand as well. Are you saying that this will increase the speed?” Huo Qingyun laughed mockingly.
“This Ye Mo, it seems like he has entered a mythical state – his body is completely uncontrolled by his brain. Don’t tell me he has already reached the Heart Cultivation realm?”
Seeing this, even Xuan Ji revealed an expression of surprise. If he was truly able to reach the realm of Heart Cultivation, it would be simply miraculous.
Heart Cultivation was something even some True Energy Realm fighters were unable to achieve.
Time passed as Ye Mo continuously drew up seals in mid-air. All the league members watched on anxiously.
“Final five seconds left!” The middle-aged league member reminded Ye Mo.
However, Ye Mo remained completely unmoved by the voice he heard, his hands continuously drawing the seal texts.
“Five!”
“Four!”
“Three!”
“Two!”
All the league members counted down in their hearts. After the countdown was over, Ye Mo’s hands immediately let go of the seal. At the same time, he instantly opened his pair of eyes as he said loudly, “The cultivation is complete!”
“How is this possible? Ye Mo only used 10 minutes to draw up a seal?”
A normal seal would take at least an hour to cultivate. Ten minutes was impossible, even for the simplest of seal texts.
“Master Xuan Ji, Ye Mo’s seal will definitely be a failure. It is impossible to cultivate a seal in 10 minutes. Even if it were a seal in the lowest tier of First Order Seals, doing so in such a short time is impossible.” Huo Qingyun turned to Xuan Ji with hands clasped together.
“I don’t understand the art of seals. Wait for the truth to speak for itself!” said Xuan Ji nonchalantly.
“My seal is an Explosive Sky-Shattering Fire Seal. Upon its activation, an endless amount of fire will explode in the air with a force powerful enough to kill an Energy Shaping Seventh Realm fighter!” Huo Qingyun dangled the seal in his hand in front of everyone as he said confidently.
“Tsk tsk, capable of exploding even an Energy Shaping Seventh Realm to death. Master Huo’s sealing technique is impressive indeed.”
“I am willing to exit the competition!”
“So are we!”
Assessing the situation, the other three contestants did not want to compete anymore. With them not being able to get first place in the first round or this round, the only possible end result was defeat.
“Master Huo’s seal technique is impressive indeed. With the other three sealing artists automatically surrendering, let’s take a look at Ye Mo’s cultivation.”
The league members around them suddenly turned to him.
“Ye Mo, what about your seal?” The middle-aged league member started to ask.
“My seal is a defensive seal named the Motionless Hell King Seal. It would be rather pointless for me to explain it without a demonstration. How about this? Since Master Huo’s seal is an Attack Seal, let’s put our seals against each other. If he breaks my defense, this second round victory goes to him. If it fails to break through my defense, then the victory shall be mine!” said Ye Mo.