Complaints aside, as his physique continued to strengthen, Ren instantly felt that it wasn't so cold anymore.
Moreover, even he himself hadn't noticed that as he continued to swing his sword, his current body temperature was constantly rising. It had already exceeded fifty degrees and was approaching sixty degrees.
If it were an ordinary person, with such a high body temperature, their internal organs and brain would have been cooked long ago.
But who let Ren use cheats? His physical fitness was more than twenty times that of an ordinary person; a body temperature of sixty degrees was just a piece of cake to him.
Not to mention, his heart rate at this moment exceeded three hundred beats per minute and was continuing to accelerate.
The enhancement of his physique attributes, coupled with the rapid flow of blood, caused Ren's body temperature to rise continuously. At this moment, he was just like a giant fireball.
Even if the ice mist invaded his marrow, the only outcome awaiting it was rapid evaporation.
At the same time, a red cloud-shaped mark emerged on Ren's forehead. The mark spread all the way down from his forehead, eventually surrounding his eye sockets.
At this moment, even his pupils had turned a blood-like dark red. If an outsider were to see this, they would almost certainly mistake him for an evil demon.
But in reality, the redness of his pupils was not part of the mark; it was merely due to the excessive speed of his blood flow causing congestion in his eyeballs, dyeing his pupils red.
At this time, the system's notification sound rang in Ren's mind again.
[Congratulations Host for unlocking the Mark. During the Mark activation period, the Host's base attributes are doubled!]
[Detected that the Host has unlocked the Mark, comprehended Fire Combat Technique: Dragon Dance!]
'Mark?'
Ren was startled. If he didn't lack a mirror in his hand, he would have definitely taken a look to see where his mark had grown.
'However, unlocking the Mark is a good thing. This way, my combat power is even stronger, and after unlocking the Mark, my base attributes are double their usual values!'
[Ren]
[Strength: 500 (Mark State)]
[Speed: 450 (Mark State)]
[Physique: 450 (Mark State)]
[Five Senses: 310 (Mark State)]
[Combat Techniques: Meteor, Whirlwind Flurry, Dragon Dance]
...
Ren saw his attribute panel at a glance and was overjoyed. Feeling the violent power surging out from within his body, a confident smile appeared on his face.
'With such powerful strength, is there anything I can't do!'
'Now, let's turn the tables!'
Ren's gaze sharpened. He kicked his legs forcefully, swimming rapidly toward the Bodhisattva ice sculpture that was spewing ice mist. His speed was like a great white shark in the deep sea moving freely in the water.
And with the activation of the Mark, even if the ice mist spewed by the Bodhisattva ice sculpture beat against his face, he couldn't feel a shred of cold or pain.
With a whoosh, in the spark of a flint, Ren traversed through the hundred meters of ice mist and slashed his sword at the Bodhisattva ice sculpture.
Seeing that he could still move, the Bodhisattva ice sculpture seemed to pause for a moment as if it had gained consciousness. Immediately, it raised its other thick palm and slapped heavily toward Ren, poised to smash him into meat paste. However, an attack of this level was just like a tickle to Ren.
'Useless!'
Ren roared in his heart. He swung his sword in a vertical chop, impressively slashing out a sharp blade of energy. It cut through iron like mud, successful in every attempt.
From a distance of more than ten meters, he completely severed the ice sculpture's only remaining arm, and this was just a normal attack from him.
After unlocking the Mark, Ren could casually slash out fierce and domineering sword energy, just like a sword master in a cultivation novel; he could even manipulate the sword energy to perform long-range attacks.
If he used a combat technique while in the Mark state, the power would be even more terrifying!
Without time to marvel at his own attack power, after severing the ice sculpture's arm, Ren had already arrived in front of it, following up with a horizontal slash.
When the broad Solar Heavy Sword hit the Water Lily Bodhisattva ice sculpture, there was a loud noise like the earth shaking and mountains swaying. Immediately, the ice sculpture exploded into countless ice crystals and shattered on the spot.
While he still had a breath of air in his lungs, Ren accelerated toward the ice surface. As Doma continued to inject cold air into the lake water, the ice layer was now about five meters thick and as hard as iron, but this could not stump Ren.
'Let's try out the brand new combat technique!'
Thinking this, Ren focused his mind, condensing all the strength in his body into his legs. Then, exerting force abruptly, he charged at full speed toward the ice layer with the momentum of a soaring dragon!
And this was his Fire Combat Technique: Dragon Dance.
Dragon Dance was essentially not a specific move, but a special force exertion technique.
It could significantly increase Ren's strength and speed within a short period. After unleashing the combat technique, it was like a flying dragon soaring into the sky, a giant dragon dancing, a flame dragon roaring—unstoppable!
To some extent, it was similar to Breathing Styles, but it took a route completely different from Breathing Styles.
To unleash the Dragon Dance combat technique, one first had to accelerate the blood flow in the body, and the rapid flow of blood would cause the person's body temperature to rise quickly.
When the body temperature broke through fifty degrees, one could attempt to unleash the Dragon Dance combat technique. The higher the body temperature and the faster the blood flow, the greater the power of the combat technique.
Just now, as Ren continued to swing the Solar Heavy Sword, causing his body temperature to climb above fifty degrees, it allowed him to naturally comprehend the Dragon Dance combat technique.
As for unlocking the Mark, that was just something that happened along the way.
After rushing to the ice layer with the speed of thunder, Ren condensed all the strength in his body into his arms, then swung his sword horizontally with full force!
The immense power instantly caused the Solar Heavy Sword to transform into a Crimson Blade. The shining red light, accompanied by extreme power, rushed straight into the clouds like a dancing dragon.
With an earth-shattering boom, the ice layer of Black Water Lake instantly exploded, shattered, melted, and finally evaporated completely.
And Ren, like a roaring fire dragon, brandished the burning Solar Heavy Sword, broke through the ice, and then charged in front of Doma.
"My, my, I didn't expect you to have such powerful strength after holding your breath in the lake for so long. Interesting. In that case!"
"Blood Demon Art: White Princess of Co..."
"White this!"
Without waiting for him to unleash the Blood Demon Art, Ren slashed out with his sword. In an instant, flames burned, and sword energy hissed.
The scorching sword energy killed its way toward Doma like a roaring fire dragon and finally swallowed him.
How could Doma withstand a full-force sword strike from Ren? He immediately flew backward like a kite with a broken string, smashing through two thick blocks of ice before falling into the lake.
Ignoring Doma, Ren immediately rushed toward the shore to reinforce Kocho Shinobu.
After unlocking the Mark, his five senses had also improved a lot. Even from a great distance, he could clearly see that Kocho Shinobu was surrounded by more than a dozen ice men and was in imminent danger.
But Ren did not feel a shred of panic, because this distance of mere hundreds of meters was just a stone's throw away for him now.
In the snap of a finger, Ren crossed the distance of several hundred meters, performed a flip in the air, and then slashed diagonally with his sword, like a fire dragon waving its sharp claws to attack the enemy.
The fiery red Crimson Blade and the scorching sword energy passed through the dozen or so ice men together. Then, accompanied by a series of "bang, bang, bang" sounds, the ice men shattered one after another. In an instant, fire light filled the sky!
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