EFB Chapter 1988 Synthesizing Ranked Spiritual Materials
Chapter 1988 Synthesizing Ranked Spiritual Materials
Chapter 1988 Synthesizing Ranked Spiritual Materials
"boom!"
The terrifying explosion, far exceeding any previous collision, was like billions of chaotic divine thunderbolts exploding simultaneously in one's ears, suddenly sweeping across this area of the Thousand-Petaled Demon Lotus Realm.
At the center of the battlefield, the six earth-shattering seals that condensed the full power of the six chaotic stone men collided violently with the raging cold flames driven by Qu Yuanzhu with all his Xuan Yuan Dao Foundation power, and the Nine Nether Cold Tide that erupted from Dou Yanfeng by burning its origin.
Click... click click...
The incredibly sturdy spatial barrier, under the impact of this indescribable destructive power, began to twist and wrinkle violently like fragile glass, and was eventually torn open with several dark and deep spatial rifts that seemed to lead to nothingness.
After the extreme explosion, what followed was an extremely oppressive, dull thud, as if two worlds were squeezing and grinding each other.
The terrifying energies of both sides, capable of destroying the world, were locked in a brief stalemate the moment they made contact.
Half of it was the chaotic primordial chaos that suppressed all heavens, and the other half was the pale and dark ice that froze all things. The two forces with completely opposite attributes formed a clear dividing line in the air, frantically eroding each other and trying to completely annihilate each other.
The entire world seemed to lose all its color under this blow, leaving only the confrontation between black and white, and the intertwining of destruction and survival.
At the very core of the formation, Chen Fei stood quietly in place. He didn't even look at the astonishing energy collision in the air, but instead slightly turned his head and cast his gaze toward the nine azure spirit trees behind him that formed the foundation of the entire Five Elements Grand Formation.
Buzz... Buzz...
Under the impact of the terrifying energy fluctuations above, the nine spirit trees indeed began to tremble violently. Their thick trunks shook wildly, and the five-colored light flowing across their surfaces flickered erratically, as if they might be uprooted at any moment.
hum!
A deep, steady, earthy-yellow light suddenly rose from the depths of the earth surrounding the nine spirit trees, as if draping them in a solid armor.
Earth Vein Root Formation!
This power from the earth's veins, like the most reliable arm, firmly stabilized the violently shaking roots of the nine spirit trees, dispersing and transmitting most of the terrifying impact from above into the endless earth beneath their feet.
In the blink of an eye, the nine spirit trees stopped shaking violently, became stable again, and the radiance on their trunks quickly returned to normal.
Seeing this, a barely perceptible look of satisfaction flashed in Chen Fei's usually calm eyes.
Indeed, setting up this earth vein root array beforehand was the right choice.
Without the solid foundation provided by this formation, these nine spirit trees, which form the core of the formation, would likely have suffered considerable damage under the terrifying energy impact just now.
Once the core of the formation is damaged, the power of the entire Five Elements Formation will inevitably decrease, making subsequent attacks difficult to sustain, ultimately leading to a vicious cycle where the opponent finds a weakness and breaks the formation in one fell swoop.
Now that the base of the formation is as solid as a mountain, there are no more worries about the future.
Chen Fei slowly turned his head back, casting his gaze back onto the center of the battlefield where fierce fighting was still raging.
His gaze pierced through the chaotic energy turbulence and landed precisely on the faces of Qu Yuanzhu and Dou Yanfeng.
At this moment, the two demonic cultivators, who were previously arrogant and domineering, no longer had the slightest trace of composure or mockery on their faces.
Qu Yuanzhu's stunningly beautiful face was now filled with shock and a hint of pallor that was hard to conceal.
Her seemingly expressive eyes were fixed on the six towering Chaos Stone Men before her, her gaze filled with horror and bewilderment.
Meanwhile, Dou Yanfeng's situation was even worse.
His face was deathly pale, and a trickle of dark golden demonic blood even spilled from the corner of his mouth. Clearly, he had suffered serious internal injuries in the clash just now.
In his eyes, besides shock, there was an even greater fear that he could not comprehend at all.
Chen Fei's lips curled up slightly, and he formed a hand seal, pressing it into the void in front of him.
hum!
An extremely sharp and fierce aura surged up from all directions of the formation as Chen Fei's palm print landed.
This sharpness is not the ordinary sharpness of metal, but an unparalleled sharpness that seems capable of cutting through rules and severing cause and effect.
The chilling killing intent contained within it pierced through the barrier of the void, striking deep into the minds of Qu Yuanzhu and Dou Yanfeng.
"Qiang!"
A deafening clang, as if a billion divine swords were drawn simultaneously, suddenly resounded throughout the entire world.
In the next instant, countless dazzling golden rays of light converged wildly from every corner of the great formation, as if summoned by a king.
These golden rays condensed into massive golden sword beams, sweeping towards the location of Qu Yuanzhu and Dou Yanfeng like a raging storm.
Chi Chi Chi!
Before the golden light even truly reached them, the extremely sharp and piercing aura had already struck Qu Yuanzhu and Dou Yanfeng with its tangible force.
Dou Yanfeng let out a painful groan first. He felt as if his skin, flesh, bones, and even the demonic soul hidden within them were being pierced by countless cold golden needles, sending waves of excruciating pain and numbness deep into his bones.
Even Qu Yuanzhu's face paled again. The protective Dao aura that naturally formed around her body from her Xuan Yuan Dao Foundation began to hiss, as if it could be torn apart at any moment by this invisible sharpness.
not good!
Sensing the terrifying crisis that threatened his life, Qu Yuanzhu disregarded everything else and let out a sharp, distorted scream.
Boom!
Qu Yuanzhu dared not hold back any longer, and began to burn all the remaining demonic essence in his body, along with the foundation that had forged the Xuan Yuan Dao Foundation, recklessly and wildly.
hum!
Having received this all-consuming power, the Xuan Yin Soul-Slaying Lamp in Qu Yuanzhu's hand suddenly burst forth with an even more dazzling pale light than before.
Qu Yuanzhu suddenly waved her hand, and nearly half of the raging cold flames that were originally used to resist the Heaven-Turning Seal were directly separated and condensed into an extremely thick pale ice shield around her and Dou Yanfeng in a split second.
Click, click, click!
The moment the ice shield took shape, it completely froze the surrounding void, emitting a Daoist aura capable of absolute defense.
Qu Yuanzhu glanced at Dou Yanfeng discreetly. If the situation weren't so critical, she wouldn't have bothered to protect this good-for-nothing Dou Yanfeng.
But she knew in her heart that if Dou Yanfeng died first, then she would have to bear all the pressure alone.
Faced with this extremely bizarre formation, even though Qu Yuanzhu had forged the Xuan Yuan Dao Foundation, he had no confidence whatsoever that he could break through the formation and survive on his own.
Therefore, Dou Yanfeng cannot die now; he still has value and can at least serve as a decent shield.
Rumble, rumble!
Almost at the same moment the pale ice shield took shape, the endless golden sword energy, like a devastating meteor shower, slammed into the ice shield.
Dangdang Dangdang!
A series of intense, chilling clanging sounds, like a violent storm, resounded incessantly.
The seemingly indestructible pale ice shield began to tremble violently under this ferocious attack, and even fine cracks appeared on its surface.
puff!
Qu Yuanzhu's face turned pale, and she could no longer hold back. She opened her mouth and spat out a mouthful of bright red blood. Her already pale face turned even more like gold paper, clearly indicating that she had suffered extremely serious internal injuries.
But Qu Yuanzhu gritted her teeth and frantically urged the burning source within her body to maintain the existence of the ice shield.
Thanks to Qu Yuanzhu's relentless efforts, she actually managed to withstand the violent golden attack. Although the ice shield was covered in cracks, it did not shatter completely.
A fragile balance has re-emerged.
huh... huh...
Qu Yuanzhu slightly raised her head, her eyes, which had become even deeper from burning her source energy, staring intently at the still calm figure in the distance.
At this moment, Qu Yuanzhu's perception, stimulated by the burning of his origin, has been elevated to an unprecedented extreme.
She could clearly sense that the energy fluctuations of the entire formation had reached a certain limit after that violent outburst, and could no longer be increased.
In other words, if she were the only one in the formation this time, without Dou Yanfeng to share the burden, she would probably really die in the formation.
How could someone at the mid-stage of the fifteenth rank be able to set up an array capable of killing someone who had forged a profound foundation at the limit of the fifteenth rank?
This is simply unbelievable, unimaginable!
An extremely complex emotion welled up in Qu Yuanzhu's heart, including lingering fear, shock, and even a hint of dread that she herself was unwilling to admit.
It blocked it...it blocked it!
Dou Yanfeng, standing to the side, sensed that Qu Yuanzhu had actually managed to block the terrifying golden light attack around him, and a look of elation at surviving a calamity appeared on his face.
They survived! They actually survived!
However… before Dou Yanfeng’s ecstatic expression could fully bloom on his face, an intense sense of crisis, so strong it was suffocating, suddenly gripped his soul like an icy hand.
Dou Yanfeng subconsciously looked up and gazed in the direction where Chen Fei was.
Suddenly, Chen Fei's wide sleeves began to move without wind, and then, streams of light, each emitting a faint glow of various colors, shot out from them as if summoned.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
In the blink of an eye, nearly a hundred streaks of light appeared in mid-air.
The aura emitted by each of these individual streams of light did not seem particularly strong, and could even be described as somewhat weak. However, when they gathered together, the resulting surge of immense energy caused Qu Yuanzhu and Dou Yanfeng's expressions to change drastically.
what is this?
Before Qu Yuanzhu and Dou Yanfeng could react, the nearly one hundred streaks of light suddenly burst forth with dazzling brilliance halfway through their flight.
boom!
An attack torrent, even more violent and chaotic than the previous golden sword energy, poured down on them like a burst dam.
Is it a talisman?
He actually had so many talismans hidden away!
A feeling of despair finally surged uncontrollably from the depths of Qu Yuanzhu and Dou Yanfeng's hearts.
Dou Yanfeng's eyes widened involuntarily, his pupils shrinking to the size of pinpoints due to extreme horror. His gaze was fixed on the streams of light that were flying all over the sky and emitting various colors of spiritual light. It was as if a thunderclap had exploded in his mind.
All those who enter this realm, regardless of whether they are cultivators or demons, have their own planes and storage artifacts sealed.
This is an absolute rule, the cornerstone of the Thousand Lotus Realm's fair hunting ground.
No one is an exception, not even these demonic cultivators and geniuses with profound foundations, after all, the Hao Ri, which was transformed from Kuang Yezhou's natal divine weapon, is still hanging in the sky.
But where did these nearly one hundred talismans, each radiating different energy fluctuations, come from? Could it be that the rules have failed? No, that's impossible.
The only explanation is that this array cultivator not only reached an incomprehensible level of understanding of the Dao of Arrays, but was also a highly accomplished talisman master.
These talismans were most likely drawn on-site by him within the Thousand Lotus Demon Realm, utilizing the local resources.
The moment this thought crossed Dou Yanfeng's mind, he felt a chill run down his spine.
Although both array formations and talismans rely on external objects, their profound aspects require a tremendous amount of effort and time. It is already difficult for ordinary cultivators to achieve anything in either one. Yet this person has managed to cultivate both and reach such a high level in both.
How could a cultivator at the mid-stage of the fifteenth level possess such terrifying energy and talent?
Qu Yuanzhu raised her head and looked at the torrent of talismans that surged forth like a galaxy. Her eyes, which had once been full of charm, were now completely filled with a gray despair.
The demonic energy within her body was not yet exhausted, and the ice shield that had blocked the golden sword energy still had some strength left, but she could not withstand any other new attacks.
She had already withstood the crushing force of the great formation, so why were there still other attacks?
An unprecedented sense of powerlessness, like an icy tide, overwhelmed her mind.
Qu Yuanzhu never imagined that he would perish here, defeated in such a humiliating way by an opponent whose cultivation was far inferior to his own.
How could such a cultivator exist?
Despite his low cultivation level, he has mastered unorthodox methods like formations and talismans to an unbelievable degree.
Doesn't he need to cultivate fundamental techniques? Doesn't he need to comprehend the laws of heaven and earth? Doesn't he need to temper his physical body and soul? How could someone waste their precious cultivation time so carelessly on these miscellaneous studies?
Moreover, it was precisely this that enabled him to achieve such remarkable success.
How could I be so unlucky? Why did I have to run into such a monster, a mid-stage 15th rank?
Endless regret and resentment surged in Qu Yuanzhu's heart, but it was all too late.
That destructive torrent is already upon us!
Rumble, rumble!
Nearly a hundred talismans were activated simultaneously: a rain of fire and meteors, Geng metal sword energy, Yi wood poison vines, Hou earth's heavy pressure, Gui water yin thunder...
Various attacks, each with distinct attributes yet all possessing terrifying power, merged perfectly with the already sharp and incomparable endless golden light, forming a colorful yet extremely pure tide of destructive energy.
The tide crashed against the already cracked, pale ice shield with overwhelming force.
Bang!
It lasted less than a breath before the ice shield, which Qu Yuanzhu had barely maintained by burning his life and Dao foundation, shattered completely into countless cold dust particles, like glass struck by a heavy hammer, letting out a mournful cry of unbearable pressure.
"No!"
Dou Yanfeng let out a final, desperate roar, trying to activate the last bit of demonic energy within his body, but that meager power was like a firefly compared to the bright moon in the face of this destructive tide, and was instantly swallowed up.
Qu Yuanzhu closed her eyes, her face showing only a resigned, deathly stillness.
The next moment, a destructive torrent of energy engulfed them without any hindrance.
They attempted a final act of resistance, but all their strength had already been exhausted and depleted by the previous Six Heaven-Turning Seals and the endless golden light.
They could only watch helplessly as the raging energy, like countless red-hot blades, easily tore through their protective demonic aura and pierced their hard-forged demonic bodies.
Flesh and blood are melting away, bones are shattering, and meridians are breaking apart inch by inch.
The vivid, visceral process of perceiving one's own existence being erased bit by bit is more despairing than any physical pain.
Dou Yanfeng's unwilling roar and Qu Yuanzhu's barely audible sigh lasted only a moment before being drowned out by an even more deafening energy explosion.
Immediately afterwards, these two powerful auras, at the peak of the fifteenth rank, flickered violently like candle flames extinguished by a gale before disappearing completely.
Rumble!
The aftershocks of the talisman and the golden light raged within the formation for a few more moments, plowing the ground in that area several times, leaving behind a huge, scorched crater and a chaotic aura of energy permeating the surrounding area, before slowly subsiding.
The light within the entire Five Elements Formation gradually dimmed, resuming its operation, but the terrifying, tense pressure had vanished. At the center of the battlefield, aside from the chaos left by the energy collision, there was no longer any trace of Qu Yuanzhu and Dou Yanfeng.
The world was utterly silent, save for the low hum of the array in operation and the sound of energy dust slowly drifting down.
Chen Fei stood still, his robes fluttering gently in the faint aftershocks of energy. His expression was calm as still water. His gaze fell on the spot where Qu Yuanzhu and Dou Yanfeng had last disappeared. There, three lotus seeds, radiating a soft light and containing pure primordial energy, gently undulated on the scorched earth, like three stars in the night.
"Original Lotus Seed..."
Chen Fei's eyebrows twitched slightly, and a look of understanding flashed in his eyes: "This should be the stockpiled goods that Qu Yuanzhu and Dou Yanfeng themselves acquired in this realm."
It seems that even in their demise, the primordial lotus seeds they carried would not disappear, but would remain as spoils of war. Now, these three lotus seeds naturally belong to him.
Chen Fei casually flipped his left hand, and an invisible suction force was generated, causing the three unclaimed primordial lotus seeds and the primordial essences of the two demonic cultivators to float lightly into his palm.
At the same time, Chen Fei's thoughts stirred slightly, and the Myriad Daos of Heavenly Decree within his body began to slowly circulate. A mysterious and profound power, seemingly capable of controlling the rules of all things, emanated from his palm and enveloped the origin marks of the two demonic cultivators.
Chen Fei skillfully and precisely separated the luck and fragments of status within the demonic cultivator's origin.
Just as Chen Fei was dealing with the spoils of war, at the location where Qu Yuanzhu and Dou Yanfeng had been completely annihilated, space fluctuated again, and two pure primordial lotus seeds slowly condensed and emerged.
Chen Fei opened his palm, and the two newly born primordial lotus seeds were summoned and flew over automatically, joining the nine lotus seeds in his sleeve.
Eleven original lotus seeds gathered in a small space, instantly creating a strange resonance.
They no longer simply emitted light silently, but rather a subtle flow of energy arose between them. The frequency of their flashing lights gradually became consistent, and a faint humming sound resounded in Chen Fei's mind. Moreover, this sense of resonance was slowly increasing.
At the same time, Chen Fei clearly felt a gentle and pure power emanating from the lotus seed in his palm, flowing into his limbs and bones, and finally merging into his sea of consciousness.
The pervasive and powerful suppression of the soul's perception had indeed loosened somewhat again.
Chen Fei stroked the lotus seed in his sleeve, quickly weighing the options in his mind: should he continue with the original plan to reinforce the defenses around the nine spirit trees at the core of the formation, or try to nest one or two more offensive auxiliary formations?
However, just as Chen Fei was pondering this, a sudden change occurred.
The eleven lotus seeds, which had been resonating, suddenly reached a certain limit without any warning.
hum!
A strange, ancient-sounding boom resounded.
Eleven primordial lotus seeds simultaneously broke free from Chen Fei's control and flew into the air on their own, arranging themselves into a perfect circle.
Then, each lotus seed burst forth with a light far more dazzling than ever before. These rays of light connected, forming a huge, three-dimensional ring composed of pure light.
The ring slowly rotated, its surface flowing with countless intricate and complex runes that seemed to contain the ultimate truths of heaven and earth.
Chen Fei looked at this sudden scene with some surprise, raising his eyebrows slightly.
"Did this change occur after the number of original lotus seeds reached ten?"
Chen Fei stared at the slowly rotating ring of light in the air, carefully scanning it with his divine sense. He did not perceive any danger or malice from it. Instead, he felt a sense of balance and peace, similar to the rules of heaven and earth themselves.
After a moment's thought, Chen Fei separated an extremely subtle wisp of his mental energy, like a tentacle, and carefully probed towards the halo of light.
The moment that wisp of mental power touched the circular light barrier, a stream of information surged into Chen Fei's mind and consciousness.
This information flow was not chaotic, but rather explained to Chen Fei the purpose of this suddenly appearing ring in an extremely ancient yet fundamental way.
Chen Fei intently read the information. After a moment, his usually calm eyes widened slightly, and a rare look of surprise appeared on his face.
The information is not complicated; in fact, it can be described as very concise and clear.
This ring of light, generated by the resonance of eleven primordial lotus seeds, has a very simple function: synthesis!
Specifically, it can help cultivators put their rank fragments into it without any cost. As long as there are enough rank fragments, they can synthesize a complete rank material.
Similarly, for demonic cultivators, this ring can help them purify and synthesize the chaotic and mottled cultivator's essence that they devour into a purer and easier-to-absorb and refine source power.
"This……"
Synthetic materials for higher ranks can be found within Tianhai Pass, but their presence here serves a simple purpose: to continue encouraging endless, incessant fighting!
(End of this chapter)