Sharpening the axe never delayed the chopping of firewood.
Although Chen Lin was anxious to learn what was happening outside, he reined in his impatience, recovered his strength first, then examined his own condition.
First was the rune in his dantian.
The rune was spherical. Although it was a single rune overall, its faintly glowing appearance made it look more like a cultivator's golden core.
Furthermore.
After studying it carefully, Chen Lin discovered that although the rune appeared to be a single whole, it was actually formed from countless micro-runes. If he could change their arrangement, he might be able to alter its overall structure.
But he could not do that yet.
All he could do at present was circulate the Myriad Phenomena Art and activate the rune according to the Nine-Aperture Crow Ginseng's energy circulation route.
He could then use the unique energy the rune produced.
The strength of that energy depended on his cultivation. This thing was not a cultivation technique, but a divine ability.
Having finished examining himself.
Chen Lin brought the Bone Shard before his eyes again.
With a gentle activation, a rune identical to his dantian rune immediately appeared on its surface. The Bone Shard instantly released that unique energy aura, enveloping his body.
Strictly speaking, it did not envelop his body.
When he sensed it carefully, he found that it affected a certain area, which happened to encompass him.
Judging by how it had resisted the Red-Eyed Demon's attack, it should be a kind of force field with extremely powerful defensive capabilities. However, it could only defend against energy attacks and was ineffective against physical ones.
Otherwise.
The Beetle Monster would not have been burned to death by Tiezhu so easily.
Aside from its defensive capabilities, Chen Lin discovered no other functions of this