Chen Yi's Current Strength

With Orochimaru's guidance, Chen Yi's mastery of fire's characteristics was not smooth.

There were many difficulties, the biggest problem being how to transform his understanding of flame into mana.

Fortunately, Orochimaru had encountered the same problem before. After explaining his own understanding, Chen Yi spent a full half month to successfully get started.

Fire Intent LV1: Fire attribute attack damage increase 60%!

At the same time, the Ignite skill also saw a significant improvement.

Ignite: A continuous damage skill cast on a single enemy target, dealing 75 True Damage to enemy heroes over 5 seconds, and reducing the target's received healing and recovery effects. CD 300s.

Chen Yi's strength experienced a leap in improvement!

At the same time, he increasingly favored the Mage path developing towards Intent.

Weapon-based players all had their own Intents, but understanding Intent from scratch was an extremely difficult process. However, their predecessors had paved a small path.

That was through various martial arts.

Those who learned swordsmanship had the Swordsman stage, and those who learned bladesmanship had the Blademaster stage.

After they sufficiently understood the weapons in their hands, they could develop towards the next stage—Intent.

However, Mages lacked this preliminary process. They focused on the utilization of elements and the construction of spells, which had nothing to do with Intent.

Furthermore, Chen Yi speculated that the difficulty for Mages to master Intent was not solely due to this reason; the method of meditation was also a factor.

It was not easy to add Intent to attribute-less mana, so wouldn't mana influenced by Elemental Particles be even more difficult?

Orochimaru, who was studying mana nearby, saw Chen Yi's joyful expression and applauded, congratulating him, "Congratulations, Chen Yi, it seems you've finally mastered it."

"Thank you, I won't forget what I promised you."

"Then the real 'me' will always look forward to your arrival, Chen Yi. I believe 'I' will be very happy."

"Perhaps."

After a leap in his strength, Chen Yi wanted to know his current level and if he was qualified to spar with level 20 players.

Didn't he have a good target right now...

"Orochimaru, are you interested in a spar?"

Orochimaru was certainly interested, and very much so.

However, due to the Game World's restrictions, every time he had a bad thought, he couldn't control his body to act.

The existence that summoned him and had not yet appeared silently proved his terror.

Orochimaru didn't want to court death.

But now that Chen Yi himself proposed a spar, it was a different story.

Orochimaru's pupils dilated slightly: "Well, Chen Yi, let's begin."

Before his voice even fell, two pythons charged in front of Chen Yi.

Shadow Snake Hand!

Orochimaru's starting move, requiring no hand seals and extremely agile.

The two pythons pierced the earth wall that rose from the ground, but Chen Yi, who was behind, had already created distance.

While retreating, he waved his staff, and Fire Elemental Particles rapidly gathered. Sparrows of flame, with irregular trajectories, rushed towards Orochimaru. The sparrows moved quickly, their tail flames flickering like stars in the night sky.

Orochimaru retracted his snake-transformed hands. Before he could even form a hand seal, the sparrows were upon him. He abandoned his plan of feigning death.

His body, modified by software, continuously dodged the sparrows' attacks. While it seemed he was in a dangerous situation, not a single sparrow could hit him.

The sparrows struck the ground, and the instantaneous temperature caused the soil to nearly melt.

Noticing the attack power of the sparrows, Orochimaru stopped playing around.

While dodging, two venomous snakes stealthily crawled out from his wide sleeves, moving quickly without making a sound.

By the time Chen Yi noticed, the two venomous snakes had already opened their mouths.

It was too late to change his spell. With a prediction from his mental power, the sparrows intercepted one venomous snake. The snake, poisoned by the flames, only struggled for a moment before falling to the ground. Before long, it turned into black ash.

The other venomous snake bit onto Chen Yi's staff.

As the Repelling Fire Ring cracked, Orochimaru's hand, as if holding a whirlwind, slapped the ground. An invisible shockwave shot directly towards Chen Yi.

Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!

The shockwave of the Wind Style collided with the explosion of the Repelling Fire Ring.

A huge gust of wind surged outwards. Neither side stopped their techniques.

A Flame Sword appeared above Orochimaru's head, but he acted as if he hadn't seen it, continuing to form hand seals.

Chen Yi immediately sensed something was wrong. The second Flame Sword was decisively dropped behind him.

At this moment, a python suddenly emerged from the previously flat ground behind him. The python itself wasn't the killing blow; the real attack came from the sharp blade in its mouth.

The Kusanagi Sword collided with the Flame Sword, emitting a crisp sound.

Missing its strike, the python retreated back underground.

The Orochimaru in the original spot was split in half by the Flame Sword, his body twitching before turning into soil.

Earth Style: Earth Replacement!

Chen Yi didn't notice when the other party formed the hand seals, and he didn't know Orochimaru's current location.

But it didn't matter, the third Flame Sword had already fallen.

Resonance begins!

Chen Yi, who had 30% Fire elemental resistance, believed he wouldn't take too much damage.

A fire ring spread out from the Flame Sword, carrying extremely high temperatures.

Chen Yi, who thought he would be hit, was stunned. Was this also a benefit of Fire Intent? He still had control over the fire ring.

The fire rings met, and the ground melted into lava from the high temperature. Only the ground beneath Chen Yi's feet remained normal.

Orochimaru, feeling the temperature change below, couldn't stay put and quickly burrowed out of the ground from another location.

The once empty field was now filled with flames on one side and a coiled giant python on the other.

Orochimaru emerged from the giant python, still covered in viscous liquid. He bit his thumb, formed hand seals at lightning speed, and slammed his palms onto the ground: "Summoning Technique!"

A summoning array rapidly formed on the ground where Orochimaru's thumb had been. A towering white mist erupted from the array, and when it dissipated, a python dozens of meters long appeared.

Orochimaru stood on the python's head.

Manda's tail slammed fiercely onto the ground: "Orochimaru, it's you again! I want 100 sacrifices this time!"

Orochimaru was indifferent, as long as it remembered afterward.

Flame Style: Fireball Explosion!

[Player Yi dealt 75 Burn Damage to Manda]

The damage, though seemingly considerable, only managed to blacken a few scales on Manda's body.

Even Manda, who was attacked, had an indifferent expression: "Orochimaru, is this guy the enemy this time?"

"When did you start calling me out for such brats?"

Chen Yi, on the other side, finally realized the gap. Orochimaru hadn't used all his tricks yet, and he was already down to his last resort.

The more mana used for Flame Demon Transformation, the stronger the resulting Flame Demon would be. He wouldn't use it unless absolutely necessary, because using it meant there was no turning back.