In Lin Ciyan's dantian, the five-colored Soul Power had already been compressed to its critical point. The five ultimate attributes barely maintained their balance under his forcible control with the power of the five elements...
But that balance was exceedingly fragile.
Metal overcame wood, wood overcame earth, earth overcame water, water overcame fire, fire overcame metal...
The repulsive force of the five elements countering one another was constantly trying to tear apart the core of the Soul Power vortex. Each time the five elements completed a cycle, their mutually generating force pushed the Soul Core one step forward, but the repulsive force of their mutual restraint doubled along with it.
It was like using five wild horses running in different directions to pull the same cart. He held only a rein twisted from the power of the five elements, and that rein could snap at any moment.
The first round of compression was complete. Within his dantian appeared a five-colored point of light no larger than a grain of rice—the embryonic form of a Soul Core.
Before Lin Ciyan could even breathe a sigh of relief, the backlash from the second round of compression arrived. The repulsive force of the five elements countering one another abruptly erupted...
Enormous repulsive forces simultaneously arose between metal and wood, wood and earth, earth and water, water and fire, fire and metal.
The five-colored Soul Power vortex instantly lost balance. The sharpness of the metal attribute stabbed at the softness of the water attribute, the blazing heat of the fire attribute scorched the vitality of the wood attribute, and the heaviness of the earth attribute crushed the fluidity of the water attribute...
The five ultimate attributes were like five berserk dragons that had broken free of control, madly tearing and biting within his dantian.