Chapter 319
319 Resistance 3
Chapter 319 319 Resistance Three
Qingfei Mountain.
Zhang Yao, Gongsun Xinlian, Xia Si who had just returned, Pang Jiu, Su Yaping, and others all gathered together.
At this moment, everyone stared blankly at the huge blue tornado above the floating island, hundreds of meters in diameter, reaching straight to the sky and disappearing into the clouds overhead.
"I think this commotion is a bit too much," Zhang Yao said, his throat feeling dry.
"This formation is indeed incredibly powerful, and the power flowing within it seems to have a similar effect to the amplification power of the seal technique we obtained," Gongsun Xinlian analyzed carefully.
Xia Si stood to the side with a puzzled expression. Although she had long decided to take a roundabout way to usurp the throne, she still felt a deep sense of powerlessness when the towering tornado actually appeared before her eyes.
The Dao Lord's mystery and power make it seem as if he can casually produce powerful and novel items that no one can expect at any time.
This intense unknown brings with it immense unpredictability.
“This should be the power of calamity.” Su Yaping was the one who had studied and cultivated calamity energy the most among everyone.
He then spoke in a deep voice.
"The power of calamity can counteract the pollution from the ocean's roar. Moreover, according to my perception, this tornado seems to have a strengthening and amplifying effect on those of us who have mastered the hand seals and cultivated the Qingfeng Dao martial arts. Clearly, judging from Fengling's report, this is another trump card that Daoist Lin has come up with to combat external pollution."
Zhang Yao didn't speak. They came because they were alarmed and wanted to determine the impact of the tornado on the entire inner city.
Secondly, I also wanted to find out the specific function of this tornado.
Upon hearing Su Yaping's words, everyone immediately began to carefully sense the situation and quickly confirmed that the tornado was indeed enhancing their cultivation.
"Actually, there's no need to worry."
Just as everyone was filled with worry, Lin Hui slowly emerged from mid-air and landed.
"This formation is a new mountain-protecting formation. In the coming period, I will also teach all disciples within the sect new defensive measures against external pollution."
He planned to pass on the three incenses, but of course, the final, formless demonic incense would not be shared for the time being. After all, the Sea of Consciousness and the River of Memory were extremely dangerous, and even he did not intend to go and investigate them for the time being.
The Nine Netherworlds and the Cold Palace alone are enough to greatly enhance the life-saving abilities of all disciples.
Nine Netherworld is a growth-oriented ability that everyone must acquire. It increases mental strength by one adult unit every day. For the Qingfeng Daoist disciples, who are not particularly skilled in mental power, this undoubtedly fills the last gap in their abilities.
Meanwhile, the Fragrance of the Cold Palace further enhances the sect members' ability to weaken and restrain enemies. The 30% slowdown has a considerable range.
In this way, the disciples of Qingfengdao have a greater ability to protect themselves.
"Master Dao, is that tornado also a special kind of pollution power?" Zhang Yao finally couldn't help but ask.
"I guess so, but compared to other pollutants, it's milder and more controllable," Lin Hui replied.
By now, no one in Black Cloud City has the strength to warrant his attention.
This does not mean that he looks down on the three city lords, but rather that his own abilities and strength have indeed surpassed that level.
Perhaps only Xie Chang'an, who has not yet returned, is uncertain about his true limit of strength.
This level of strength and foundation, which surpassed everyone else's, rekindled Lin Hui's sense of security.
The next step is to find a way to solve Liu Xiao's problem.
"Brother Zhang, Xinlian, about the decay." He transmitted his voice directly, telling Liu Xiao about the matter and asking for feasible solutions.
Upon hearing this, both of them looked displeased.
"The corrupt system of apportionment has never been shut down by any member of the Qingfeng Dao sect."
"Now is not the time to talk about these things. The key is how to delay and resolve this issue," Gongsun Xinlian interrupted him.
The two fell silent for a moment.
If they really had a way, they wouldn't have let so many of their subordinate bloodline ancestors decay one after another recently.
Once decay begins, it becomes utterly unsolvable.
"What about the relics? Relics have all sorts of abilities, surely there isn't one that can..." Lin Hui's expression was somewhat grim.
“It’s no use. Not only us, but from the very first day the Federation was founded, all the Fog People have been trying to study decay and stop everything, but they haven’t figured anything out.” Zhang Yao shook his head. “The only way is to involve more living beings and share the burden. Ordinary humans, whose lifespans are already extremely short, are protected by the strong who need to share the decay, so their lifespans are extended even though the decay is being shared. And the strong, by sharing the burden, greatly slow down the decay. It’s a symbiotic relationship.”
"Perhaps there is another way," Gongsun Xinlian said in a deep voice.
"What!?" Lin Hui looked up at her.
Zhang Yao was also somewhat surprised and looked at his third sister.
"I once read a classic text on the principles of formations for distributing decay. It recorded that, essentially, the decay of a powerful being isn't always borne by the same group of people, but rather by a constantly shifting and changing flow of numerous individuals sharing the burden. New life, death, influx, departure. This dynamic balance, to a certain extent, determines the speed at which decay is distributed. Therefore…"
"Therefore, if we can accelerate the rapid flow of this different population, the number of people who are decaying will increase significantly. In this way, we might be able to delay or even curb Liu Xiao's decay." Zhang Yao's eyes lit up as he quickly realized this.
Lin Hui pondered for a moment.
"May I have a look at the decaying formation that you've been spreading out?"
“It’s not that we don’t want to show you, but this formation wasn’t set up by us; it was actually sent from the capital.” Zhang Yao said with a wry smile. “If you want to see it, you’ll have to figure it out yourself. We don’t understand it either.”
Lin Hui nodded.
He glanced at Pang Jiuxia and the others.
He telepathically signaled to the group to enter the inner courtyard together, where he would officially begin teaching the magic incense.
Time passed day by day.
He also wandered around the inner city, studying how the massive, decaying array was set up.
Using the blood seal for identification, he made relatively smooth progress, and in just six days, he analyzed the key points of the entire formation.
However, while he could analyze the formation, the resources required for its deployment immediately stalled him halfway through. Most of the core resources and materials for this formation were only available in the capital.
While focusing on Qingfei Mountain as the core to cultivate the final Earth Saint Form, Lin Hui also concentrated on researching the identification of the great formation and attempting to evolve it.
Time passed slowly.
But what made him increasingly anxious was that the Blood Seal was unable to evolve the resistance to decay that he needed, no matter what he did.
Just then, a small group of refugees who had fled from the heart of the Federation brought news that left everyone speechless.
"Prince Jing has pledged allegiance to the Frost Heaven, becoming its first native dyeing lord outside of the Frost Queen."
Lin Hui floated on the outer edge of the Qingfei Mountain tornado, gazing at the distant sea from a high vantage point.
He could see that the fog on the sea surface seemed to be starting to thin out.
Gongsun Xinlian was not far behind him, whispering the news she had just received.
"He rebelled with Hong Wang before, but was suppressed. Now it seems that he deceived everyone. He has been trying to integrate with the extreme cold sky all along."
“He and the Mingxin Society already have two,” Lin Hui said softly. “Do you think they will succeed?”
"I don't know," Gongsun Xinlian sighed softly. "Leaving them aside, the commotion at Qingfei Mountain in the city is too great. Many people are already spreading rumors that your place can withstand the pollution from Haiming, and more and more people are gathering around. What do you plan to do?"
"Let them be. If they have the capacity, they can offer some protection; if not, then it is their fate," Lin Hui said calmly.
He had no interest in the irrelevant people around him; his mind was entirely focused on finding a way to slow down decay.
The Blood Seal has tried hundreds of times, but none of the evolutionary formations have a solution specifically for Liu Xiao's situation.
He then began to deal extensively with various rare and precious artifacts.
Because of this matter, he didn't even have time to deal with the maze ruins stones that Xia Si had moved.
"It's getting more and more dangerous outside. There are more and more decaying and deep-sea monsters, and their strength has generally increased significantly. They are also immortal and indestructible. The power of the Sea Roar has even begun to suppress our recovery speed," Gongsun Xinlian continued.
"None of this matters. If there's nothing else, could you leave me alone for a while?" Lin Hui turned his back to her and closed his eyes slightly.
Gongsun Xinlian remained silent, sighed, and slowly disappeared.
After she left, Lin Hui slowly opened his eyes and looked towards the distance of the Jade Sea. There, where the sky met the sea, mist was spreading, which was the direction of the inner court.
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The inner palace is empty.
"Kill!!! Hahahaha!!"
The enormous hollow stone sphere floated and rotated, and the dark red sphere at its core was continuously releasing a massive amount of gray-black mist.
These black mists, as if they were alive, flew wildly toward a giant, ice-blue, eye-shaped crack opposite the stone sphere.
Moreover, around the stone sphere, in all directions, and in the air, floated various ice-blue eye-shaped cracks of different sizes.
There are a total of ninety-nine cracks, which completely surround the entire hollow core stone sphere, releasing a continuous stream of grayish-white freezing gas.
呜.
Sharp howls emanated from these ice-blue cracks.
Bang.
Suddenly, a giant white hand emerged from the edge of the largest eye-shaped crack.
With a powerful pull, a massive body emerged.
It was a gigantic monster, a thousand meters long, with a human upper body and an eight-legged spider lower body.
It was covered in armor, and its face was crooked with six mouths. Each mouth was constantly opening and closing, as if it were always chewing something.
"Freeze everything!! Hahahaha!!" the monster roared, laughing as it lunged at the empty core.
From the numerous icy blue cracks, a large number of enormous icy blue eight-legged spiders also emerged.
A dense swarm of spiders, surrounding the enormous monster, lunged forward.
As soon as they touched the black mist, they were quickly corroded and hissed.
However, this also rapidly diluted, weakened, and eliminated the black fog.
A delicate balance has been subtly formed between the two sides.
"Not enough! Far from enough!!" Prince Jing, dressed in ice-blue hollowed-out armor, spread his arms wide.
A massive black spear appeared behind him, its tip burning with blue flames, and its shaft surrounded by countless slender, snake-like, dragon-like blue-black creatures.
"Everyone, activate your Fel Power!!"
Behind him, all the Mist People released various types of evil weapon tomes. A massive amount of evil energy, like mist, rapidly converged at the tip of the black spear.
The blue flame at the tip of the spear expanded rapidly and brightened, resembling the sun.
"Descend with your spirit!!" Prince Jing roared.
Bang!
He exploded completely, turning into black mist and merging with the spear behind him.
A semi-transparent, illusory figure appeared behind the spear, grabbed the spear shaft, and strode towards the void core.
In an instant, the spear tip, glowing with a sun-like blue light, pierced through the black mist, broke through the spherical shell, and crashed into the center of the hollow core, into that dark red sphere.
"I will stop everything!!"
"I can salvage everything!!!"
Prince Jing laughed loudly and roared as he thrust forward once more.
(End of this chapter)