Chapter 2882 — The Dan-Fire Bomb
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"More or less, though not entirely." Elder Ancestor Xuanchen shook his head. "You must circulate the incantation for condensing dan-fire, but circulate it continuously without condensing the dan-fire into substance. Instead, you keep compressing it ceaselessly in your palm until it forms a compressed great fireball. Then, in an instant, you unleash it with the heart-method incantation of the martial technique, and it becomes a Dan-Fire Bomb, producing a burst of flame in an instant—thus achieving the effect of wounding the enemy!"
"Oh? So formidable?" Kang Jingming asked in some astonishment. "Master, is this Dan-Fire Bomb very powerful?"
"Come with me!" Elder Ancestor Xuanchen did not explain further. Instead, he meant to demonstrate in person and show Kang Jingming just how formidable the Dan-Fire Bomb was.
"Yes!" Elder Ancestor Xuanchen walked out of the room, and Kang Jingming hurried after him, out of the room and into the courtyard behind the side residence.
"Kang Jingming, watch closely!" With that, Elder Ancestor Xuanchen began to circulate the heart-method incantation for condensing dan-fire, and started compressing the dan-fire in his palm.
Kang Jingming stood to one side, eyes fixed unblinkingly on Elder Ancestor Xuanchen. Yet all he saw was Elder Ancestor Xuanchen standing there, not unleashing any martial technique. Kang Jingming waited a while and grew somewhat impatient, but did not dare ask; he could only wait patiently like a fool on the sidelines...
"Watch closely. First I shall unleash a small Dan-Fire Bomb!" Just as Kang Jingming was growing restless with waiting, Elder Ancestor Xuanchen finally spoke. He suddenly raised his right hand and pushed it out flat, pointing toward a rockery not far away!
"Whoosh—boom—"
A great red fireball burst violently from the center of Elder Ancestor Xuanchen's right palm and hurtled toward the peak of the rockery, and at once there came a peal of thunderous noise. Half the peak of that rockery was blasted to smithereens; in an instant, flying sand and shattered stone filled the whole rear courtyard of the side residence, rubble whirling through the sky, along with the scorching afterblast of the fireball's explosion. Kang Jingming stared, dumbstruck and utterly aghast!
Elder Ancestor Xuanchen looked at wide-eyed Kang Jingming, thoroughly pleased with his expression at this moment, and asked mildly, "Well? Not bad, is it?"
"Utterly incredible! Master, this Dan-Fire Bomb is practically the same as a real cannon shell—to think it had such power! If it hit a man, would it not blast him to death?" Kang Jingming had only now come back to his senses and spoke excitedly.
"That was merely the power of a small Dan-Fire Bomb. My time for condensing it was limited. Given enough time, I could condense a far more powerful Dan-Fire Bomb!" Elder Ancestor Xuanchen laughed heartily, thoroughly enjoying Kang Jingming's praise.
"What? That was only a small one? It can be even more powerful?" Kang Jingming was even more thrilled at this. If a small Dan-Fire Bomb was already so formidable, how powerful must a large one be?
"Naturally. But there is a flaw: condensing takes time, and the more powerful the Dan-Fire Bomb, the longer the condensing takes." Elder Ancestor Xuanchen explained, "This Dan-Fire Bomb cannot be unleashed as an emergency martial technique. It can only be used after planning—strike once you have calculated your move. It is suited to killing by surprise."