Chapter 2463: Chapter 2466: That Perseverance, I’m Impressed
"Breeze Sweeping Fallen Leaves," a Dao of Wind, Earth Rank advanced combat skill.
"Breeze Sweeping Heaven Slash," a Dao of Wind, Earth Rank supreme combat skill.
"Heavenly Origin Big Dipper Array," an ancient formation, a formation-breaker array!
Ignoring the first two combat skills, Earth Rank skills no longer caught Jiang Chen’s attention. After obtaining the rankless skill "The Sword of Thunder Tribulation," Jiang Chen’s standards had risen significantly. Apart from skills like the "Heaven and Earth Furnace" that could be upgraded, he was at least interested only in Heaven Rank skills or those that integrated with the Great Dao.
"A formation-breaker array, this is actually a spirit array specifically designed to break formations."
Jiang Chen murmured softly as he took the jade slip from the space ring and began to study it intently.
About two hours later, Jiang Chen finally withdrew his consciousness from the jade slip.
"The predecessor who developed this spirit array was truly a genius in the path of array formations. Given the power it possesses, most formations at the Unity Realm Stage and below can probably be broken using this ’Heavenly Origin Big Dipper Array.’"
Jiang Chen sighed softly, a spark of insight suddenly hitting him as he glanced at Lei Ying’s space ring.
"Could it be that Lei Ying planned to take these spirit stones to the Central Region, to break the relic array where the Saint’s Corpse Spirit resides?"
Jiang Chen chuckled softly, murmuring, "Indeed, they’ve been recruiting array masters all along, they must be planning to set up a massive great formation, otherwise there’s no need to find so many array masters."
"The Heavenly Origin Big Dipper Array has several forms, the largest can cover a hundred-mile radius, requiring over a billion spirit stones... It seems they’re ready to break an array spanning hundreds of miles."
"The people of Lei Yang Village are quite greedy. Once the Heavenly Origin Big Dipper Array breaks the array, it transforms into a defensive great formation. Are they planning to, after breaking the array outside the Saint’s Relic, immediately turn it into a defensive formation to keep everyone else out?"
"They’re really daring! Aren’t they afraid of provoking everyone’s anger!"
With a light chuckle and a shake of his head, Jiang Chen stopped concerning himself with Lei Yang Village’s affairs. Besides spirit stones and three jade slips, there was nothing else in Lei Ying’s space ring.
After storing away the space ring, Jiang Chen took an elixir and began to close his eyes to recover while holding a top-grade spirit stone.
This recovery lasted for half a day.
When Jiang Chen awoke, the sky had already dimmed.
"Brother Jiang, you’re awake! How is your injury?"
Seeing Jiang Chen awake, Yun Hai greeted him with a smile, glancing at the pile of powdered spirit stones in Jiang Chen’s hand, his pupils suddenly contracting.
A top-grade spirit stone is enough for a cultivator in the late Virtual Refinement Realm to recover their entire spiritual power.
However, Jiang Chen, who was merely at the Divine Infant Realm Peak, had completely consumed a top-grade spirit stone, leaving Yun Hai utterly awed by the sheer amount of spiritual power.
"I’m fully recovered!"
Jiang Chen responded with a light smile, looking up at the sky, softly asking, "Brother Yun, is there anything we should be cautious of when spending the night on this plain?"
"Nothing in particular, just that the dead spirits are more active at night and slightly stronger than during the day. But with our group, there’s no fear of the night spirits, considering we’re only at the outskirts of the inner plain."
Yun Hai waved his hand gently, smiling as he spoke.
Jiang Chen nodded slightly without saying more. At this moment, he could already sense the air becoming increasingly suffused with death qi as night fell.
With a twinkle in his eye, Jiang Chen took out two more top-grade spirit stones, closed his eyes again, and began absorbing the surrounding death qi!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Invisible streams of energy gathered from all around, slowly coalescing into a gray mist around Jiang Chen.
"This... Brother Jiang, are you alright?"
Noticing the situation on Jiang Chen’s side, Yun Hai and the others were visibly startled, but fortunately, they could sense that Jiang Chen was intentionally doing so, refraining from immediately dispersing the gathered death qi.
"I’m fine. During my last visit, I found that death qi can be used to refine spiritual power. Since the death qi is more abundant at night, there’s no point wasting it."
Jiang Chen’s voice emerged from the gray mist.
"Refining spiritual power with death qi? That’s a significant expenditure!"
Yun Hai exclaimed in surprise.
"Don’t worry, Brother Yun. I won’t waste the spirit stones needed for the formation. I got some spirit stones from Lei Ying’s space ring, they’re sufficient!"
A faint laugh echoed from within the mist.
"That’s not what I meant."
Yun Hai hurriedly explained: "Refining spiritual power with death qi is very cumbersome, requiring constant vigilance to prevent the death qi from eroding all of your spiritual power. You must continually control its flow within a confined area, then guide other spiritual power over to refine it. This process is incredibly draining on both spiritual power and energy, making the refining not quite worth the trouble."
To avoid Jiang Chen misunderstanding, Yun Hai explained in detail.
"It’s fine, I’ll give it a try."
Jiang Chen smiled faintly, noncommittal.
With Dragon Qi in his body, Jiang Chen wasn’t afraid of the death qi running amok and corroding him, but this was not something he could casually reveal, hence he responded placatingly.
Yun Hai didn’t say any more, thinking Jiang Chen would give up after a short while.
However, he didn’t expect Jiang Chen to refine spiritual power using death qi for the entire night!
Throughout the night, they were attacked by dead spirits three times, but all were repelled by Yan Hu and Jin Hu. Even Yan Li and Yun Hai didn’t have to step in, as they were still only on the outskirts of the inner area, where dead spirits weren’t overly plentiful.
By the early morning of the next day, Jiang Chen slowly opened his eyes, the surrounding death qi mist completely dissipated.
"Brother Jiang, I’m impressed by your perseverance! This is the first time I’ve seen someone use death qi to refine spiritual power for an entire night!"
Seeing Jiang Chen open his eyes, Yun Hai gave him a thumbs up.
Yan Li and Jin Hu also looked at Jiang Chen in astonishment, with Jin Hu’s eyes revealing a look of admiration.
Jiang Chen smiled slightly without explanation, softly asking, "Where are we headed next?"
"A hundred miles east, there’s a valley, a land of the dead spirits, but many are aware of it. To find a better spot for hunting, conflict is inevitable."
Yun Hai spoke softly.
"In this Ruins Plains, dead spirits represent resources; conflict is bound to arise."
Jiang Chen remarked with a light laugh.
"Actually, we just need to pass through that valley. But to avoid suspicion, we’ll also need to symbolically hunt some dead spirits there."
Yun Hai nodded in agreement, then smiled mysteriously, "Our destination isn’t there. Once we reach our destination, Brother Jiang, your array skills will prove invaluable. Just say the word, and we’ll collect over a thousand Necro Spheres in a single day!"
"A thousand? Hasn’t anyone else discovered it?"
Jiang Chen asked in surprise.
"You’ll see when the time comes."
Yun Hai replied, keeping the secret.
Jiang Chen chuckled, shaking his head, and didn’t inquire further.
