C63 Extravagant waste
"You can try."
Xiao Zhi stood up, and smiled at Zhang Ling and Wu Bupang who were outside the array.
Zhang Ling nodded his head, the flexible sword in his hand remained perfectly straight. On the flexible sword, Dao Energy circulated before the sword pierced out.
"Bam!"
Zhang Ling's body trembled, the flexible sword in his hand rebounded, if not for his agility, he might have been injured. The anti-sightseeing screen did not have the slightest reaction, as if it was made of steel.
"So tough."
Zhang Ling exclaimed, "That sword strike of mine was at least eighty percent my level, yet it did not even produce the slightest movement."
After that, Zhang Ling slashed out again. This time, the sword was filled with power, and was his strongest strike. This time, he was pushed back a few steps, but the sky-curtain formation did not react.
"Good stuff."
Wu Bupang was overjoyed, "With this array, we can have a good rest tonight."
Xiao Zhi chuckled, he was naturally excited too. This was the first time he had set up a array, he never thought that its effects would be so strong. After all, this was one of the two types of formations handed to him by Uncle Long. It had an extraordinary origin.
Then, the Xiao Zhi released a burst of force that opened the array, allowing the two of them to enter.
After the two of them entered, they continuously praised the array formation that was laid out by the Xiao Zhi, it was far from being comparable to a few experts. But in reality, his understanding of formations was very deep. He was only lacking in strength and experience. If one day, his cultivation level increased, then the formation he casually set up would be even stronger.
"It's a pity, if only there were a condensing array here, then we could have allowed this formation to continue growing."
Xiao Zhi muttered, if not, using the elemental energy stone's arrangement like this, was simply too much of a waste. Just this array alone, had consumed most of his elemental energy stone, and he originally had many, but for the sake of this training, he had spent most of them on his own, and even though he had some from Lu Xian, it was still not enough.
"If I can lay down a Earth Spiral Killing Formation, then my safety will be more assured."
Xiao Zhi muttered to himself. However, that hundred or so elemental energy stone must be the only thing he could do now.
Seeing the Xiao Zhi mutter, the two of them asked curiously: "What's wrong?"
"That's right, do you guys have elemental energy stone s?"
Xiao Zhi regained his senses and could not help but ask, "Middle or high rank is fine."
"How much do you need?" Wu Bupang had a magnanimous look on his face as he pretended to take some out from the inner ring of Tao.
"100 pieces are enough." Xiao Zhi could not help but feel a little happy. He did not have much on him anymore, he only had a few pieces of upper graded items.
"Big brother, why don't you just rob him?" Wu Bupang's face immediately darkened.
A low rank elemental energy stone was something many cultivators yearned for even in their dreams. Moreover, they were all used as' currency '. He didn't want to use them at all. It was too rare. But a Middle Grade Essence Stone, that was a hundred pieces of low-ranked elemental energy stone, a hundred pieces was ten thousand pieces of low-ranked elemental energy stone. In the mundane world, this was definitely a large amount of wealth.
"Eh? "A lot?" The Xiao Zhi scratched his head. Towards elemental energy stone, he really didn't have any concept.
"Nonsense." Wu Bupang's eyes widened, "Do you think that the thing is a broken rock on the mountain, you can have as much as you want? I only have more than a hundred low rank elemental energy stone s, more than twenty middle rank elemental energy stone s and five Superior Essence Stone s, do you want them? "
"Too little."
Xiao Zhi shook his head. Although low rank elemental energy stone could also set up arrays, the energy contained within was too little, so they could not be sustained. This sort of array formation, even if the enemy couldn't break it at the first try, if he attacked it a few more times, he would exhaust all of his energy and break it.
Therefore, almost all true formation masters knew how to use the 'condensing array'. With the assistance of this formation, it could make a formation unbreakable at a certain level and last forever.
"Then there's no other way."
Wu Bupang shook his head, then asked: "How much did you use to set up the array?"
"One hundred Middle Grade Essence Stone, and dozens of Superior Essence Stone."
Xiao Zhi thought for a moment before replying.
"What the heck is this?!" Wu Bupang jumped three feet into the air, his eyes staring: "With just this array, you used so many elemental energy stone?"
"Yeah." Xiao Zhi nodded seriously, and asked doubtfully: "Is there something wrong?"
"I … I …"
Wu Bupang's face turned ugly, and even the corners of his mouth twitched. It really was the case …
"What an expensive formation."
Wu Bupang swallowed his saliva, wanting to urge the Xiao Zhi to destroy the array.
"However, I've almost used up all of my elemental energy stone and I don't have much left on me."
The Xiao Zhi felt very helpless. He had no way of understanding Wu Bupang's feelings, and only said: "However, if my guess is not wrong, I should be able to withstand the continuous attacks of the [Tyrant Realm's Nine Heavens!] cultivators. At the same time, I can also withstand the attacks of a level five demon beast."
Two hours was definitely enough to save his life.
Wu Bupang nodded his head heavily. Compared to these things, life was the most important thing.
"With this formation, we will at least be on the outskirts of the blood forest. We won't encounter any danger." Zhang Ling said softly. Naturally, what he said was night.
The night in blood forest was too scary. They had already witnessed it for themselves. If they were not careful, their souls would disappear.
"Thirty-eight generations of disciples. I wonder when they will find us here."
Compared to those ferocious demon beasts, these disciples with shocking strength were the ones that gave him the most headache. There might be many formation masters among them, but at that time, everything was still unknown.
After that, Xiao Zhi voiced his doubts, but was rejected by both parties.
"Formations are not as simple as you think."
Wu Bupang shook his head, "What you need is a very high innate talent and the guidance of a true formation master system. Generally speaking, it is very difficult for young cultivators to have a high level of attainment. The formation that we broke down last time was only aimed at our current situation. Although I do not understand the array you have set up this time, no thirty-eighth generation disciple would be stronger than you in this area. "
"Formations are very simple. To be proficient is extremely difficult, and will take time. "
Zhang Ling also said, "Moreover, too many elemental energy stone have been consumed."
Immediately after, Xiao Zhi learnt many more things from the two of them. Knowing the drawbacks of array formations was very difficult to master and it would also take a lot of time. Thus, there were very few disciples of the younger generation that would seriously study array formations, unless they were talented geniuses.
As for the Xiao Zhi, if it wasn't for Uncle Long using the 'Divine Empowerment Law', he would only be at an ordinary level right now. What he currently lacked was time. The time he needed was mainly to further understand the profoundness of the formations and how to set them up.
However, no matter what, after the formation was completed, the three of them did have a place to live.
"Let's go out and take a look."
The Xiao Zhi said softly as he looked into the depths of the forest. They couldn't possibly hide here, and needed to look for opportunities within the blood forest to hone themselves while paying attention to their surroundings.
Furthermore, the blood forest was mysterious. As long as the defensive array formation was removed, no one would notice it. Because all the elemental energy stone had entered deep into the soil, only the Xiao Zhi knew how to activate them.
Immediately withdrawing their sky-curtain formation, the three of them quickly walked into the distance. They did not forget to leave behind a sword-shaped mark in their surroundings, and at the same time covered it with weeds.
Although he had already stayed in the blood forest for a day, he was still not used to the blood aura. It was as if the blood forest had already fused with the Blood Qi, becoming one with it.
This was a sea of blood energy.
Compared to the night, the day was a lot more relaxing.
The three of them did not dare venture into the blood forest, and only strolled along the outskirts. During this period of time, he also saw many Demon Beasts with strength around rank 4. However, he didn't attack them. Moreover, there were a few times when he met a few plant-type monsters surrounded by blood Qi, the image of a sapling would appear at the bottom of Xiao Zhi's heart. However, he suppressed it, not wanting the two people beside him to discover it.
"If we have the strength to kill a level five demon beast, this would be a treasure trove."
Wu Bupang clicked his tongue and spoke with confidence. The level five beasts all have very precious things on them, which are worth a lot of cities, in exchange for a large number of elemental energy stone. "
Xiao Zhi nodded, but was helpless.
A level five demon beast was definitely equivalent to a Dao Breaking Stage cultivator, surpassing the domineering state. A cultivator with Dao Breaking Stage could be said to be a pretty good expert in the entire Douluo Continent. If it was the elder who sent everyone to the blood forest, it would only be a Dao Breaking Stage. If one's strength reached a certain level, there was no lack of resources. Killing a few strong demon beasts would be able to exchange for a large amount of elemental energy stone and other things.
On the path of training, the later one reached, the more difficult it would be. For example, some of the most talented people, such as Dao Accomplishment Realm s, Dao Resisting Realm s, and domineering state s, would all go smoothly without a hitch, and would not feel any difficulty at all. But when one reaches the 'Dao Breaking Stage', they might even be stuck there for the rest of their life, unable to improve in the slightest.
Also, like the Xiao Zhi, he did not increase his realm in the early stages, but at a certain time, he directly rushed into the first stage of Dao Accomplishment Realm and directly rose to the first stage of Dao Resisting Realm. Otherwise, an expert on the level of a 'Dao Sovereign' wouldn't be worth much.
"Hah!"
In the dense forest in front of him, a burst of loud shouting came out, followed by the sound of a collision. It should be a battle going on, but no one knew who it was.
Xiao Zhi and the other two looked at each other. They all had the same thought.
Immediately, the three of them ran towards the source of the sound and passed through a forest. They saw a youth standing in the middle of a forest where a tree had been cut off. He had an arrogant expression on his face. The sharp sword in his hand continuously danced in the air as it flickered with light. It was actually a Dao Artifact. Moreover, it was not of a low rank. It should be a fifth rank.
A fifth grade Dao Artifact was extremely precious. Based on the estimate of a elemental energy stone, it would be worth at least ten thousand Superior Essence Stone.
The youth was battling an ugly lizard demon beast. Its skin was like metal and it was difficult to break through. In another place, a young man and a young girl were fighting a blood-red lizard demon beast.
"It's him!"
Xiao Zhi stood there and frowned. He was not unfamiliar with the people present.