Eternal Swordmaster
Chapter 636 - 631 Preparation 1

Chapter 636: Chapter 631 Preparation 1

After setting up the small garden, the First Rank Burning Furnace clearly wasn’t sufficient anymore.

The production speed of the Steel Men became slower and slower, reaching one every five days.

Lin Xin considered going back later to exchange for a higher rank Burning Furnace.

As a support for the entire battle city’s operation, the Burning Furnace was related to the growth and output of all buildings. The cultivation from Green Yuan Decision could only serve as a short-term supplementary energy source.

Time flew by unnoticed, and more than two months had passed. The door to oblivion was severed, and Lin Xin couldn’t be bothered to respond.

After secluding himself for cultivation and noticing almost no change in his cultivation, he knew it wasn’t due to a lack of accumulation, but rather a problem with realm comprehension.

Breaking through from the Third Level Void to the Fourth Level Spirit was the last checkpoint among the Fifth Rank Human Immortals; once passed, it was just a period of accumulation, and it wouldn’t be difficult to reach Great Perfection.

But what puzzled him was that neither the descriptions of Spirit in the Green Yuan Decision nor any other corresponding materials and Cultivation Techniques mentioned a specific depiction.

If entering and controlling the Polar Region was the key essence of the Fifth Rank.

Then the key to the Fourth Level should also lie in the Polar Region.

After getting nowhere, Lin Xin had no choice but to send his sister Lin Yaoyang away first.

It just so happened that Feng Huai was sending someone back, and it was time for his return to the Sect. It was a good opportunity to let Lin Yaoyang go with him.

Compared to the sect’s rule of only being able to return once a year, Feng Huai’s background was obviously much deeper.

Lin Xin then entrusted him to bring back some items for him. He would have to select the magic weapons himself upon his return, but he could have Feng Huai bring back a high-rank Burning Furnace in advance to exchange.

He directly requested a Third Rank one, which cost him a full one thousand five hundred Contribution Points. His assets shrank by more than half in an instant, leaving only one thousand points available.

Fortunately, there was nothing special he needed to buy right now.

Lin Xin then started to carefully sense the relationship between the magic weapons and cultivation.

The materials given to him by Feng Huai mentioned that magic weapons were extensions of a cultivator’s body and consciousness.

The stronger the magic weapon, the more it would influence one’s cultivation.

By sending out Steel Men to exterminate the Void Spirits constantly invading the territory, Lin Xin discreetly discovered that the Steel Men would provide feedback and accumulation for the building’s evolution, and the buildings would refine the power from the feedback. Part of it was used for evolution, and part was quietly flowing into the Green Yuan Cauldron within his cultivation.

This essence that flowed into the cauldron was very scant and hidden, which was why he hadn’t noticed it before, but now, upon careful sensing and calming his mind, he could feel this trickle of feedback essence that was incredibly pure.

He suddenly understood that this essence from the Void Demon Spirits, filtered twice, was the real secret of the magic weapons. They could convert large-scale warfare into war machines that enhanced cultivators’ realms.

Although the efficiency was low compared to his direct conversion of attribute points, it was much safer and did not bring about the troubles of soul memory fragments.

After realizing this, Lin Xin took action directly, sweeping through all the Demon Spirits in the vicinity.

He was just waiting for the Life Tower he had applied for to arrive, and then he could buy various magic weapons through the Life Tower, as well as the materials needed to make them.

The Life Tower could trade and convert different resources, selling the carcasses of Void Demon Spirits, trading with the Sect, and then exchanging for Contribution Points, which were then used to purchase various materials, such as stones, clean water, gold, silver, and so forth.

He could also buy a few basic magic weapons. This was an indispensable part for Lin Xin.

However, although he had applied for the Life Tower some time ago, there still hadn’t been any response.

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In the dark expanse of the Void.

Numerous ancient starlights twinkled faintly with a pale purple hue.

A massive, silver-white twisted Rune floated in the depths of darkness.

The Rune seemed to be made entirely of metal, enormous enough to rival planets.

It was surrounded by satellite-like streams of white light.

Whoosh!

A red orb suddenly shot out from the depths of the Void and sped toward the colossal Rune.

Enveloped within the orb was a shuttle-shaped black spacecraft, its material resembling some kind of volcanic-melted black rock.

Above the spacecraft, a figure in a black robe with a crescent moon-shaped head was sitting cross-legged.

He flew toward the giant Rune with increasing speed and urgency.

As he neared, he opened his tightly shut eyes, revealing a pair of rotating hexagonal purple gems, exuding a faintly cold and cruel intent.

The distance was closing in, and on the Rune, it was possible to see innumerable Void Spirits crawling over every inch of the Rune.

Just on one corner of the Rune, there were at least millions of terrifying Void Spirits squeezed together, as if none of them wanted to leave the overcrowded Rune.

The entire Rune’s surface was indeterminable with the number of Void Spirits on it.

The red meteor crashed down fiercely, smashing into the center of the Rune without causing any ripples.

To the vast Rune, its size was not even comparable to an ant.

But subtle invisible vibrations spread from the center to every part of the Rune, reaching each corner.

Facing the gigantic Rune from tens of thousands of Spirit Miles away.

Spiky towers with spiral patterns surfaced in black stood enveloped in a white Spiritual Light, evenly spaced and forming an arc.

A long corridor built of steel ran through the center of the towers, with cultivators constantly moving back and forth within them.

Bang!!

Suddenly, one of the spiky towers exploded with red flames, and half of the tower body was blown apart from the middle, tilting and breaking apart.

In the gravity-less Void, the tower’s body was violently pulled by two forces, like a snapped pencil, hanging limply and then colliding with the lower half of the tower once again.

Hundreds of white-cloaked monks, dense as a swarm of insects, were hurled through the air by an immense force, wailing miserably as they fell through the sky.

Blood and shattered magic artifacts mixed together, forming bursts of red and colored fireworks against the void.

"The Third Level Demon Star has undergone a violent upheaval. The Observation Tower has been pulled into an explosion... The Observation Tower has been pulled into an explosion."

A cold female voice resonated loudly through the void, transmitting to every tower via a mysterious vibration.

Just then, a large number of red ripples suddenly emerged in the void less than ten Spirit Miles away from the tall tower.

The red ripples swayed, each spanning several Spirit Miles, and as they spread, countless Void Spirits furiously sprang forth.

Like black fog, they flew towards the tower’s defenses.

Behind the Void Spirits trailed behemoth monsters the size of enlarged walruses, equipped with ivory tusks far longer than those of any walrus, the two tusks nearly as long as their bodies. Pink mushroom-shaped tumors squirmed atop their heads, occasionally spritzing out chunks of foul-smelling mucus.

In an instant, a similarly vast number of Soldier Monks surged out from within the towers.

The tower bodies gleamed with numerous pale Spiritual Light Runes, each rune floating behind the newly emerged Soldier Monks to amplify their physical and mental endurance.

The black Demon Spirits and the white Soldier Monks clashed violently.

Countless tiny, bubble-like bursts of white and black exploded in the air, signifying the fall of both Demon Spirits and Soldier Monks.

At the top of the towers, beings surrounded by terrifying auras watched from a distance toward the direction of the Demon Star.

There, a black-robed creature with six-sided purple gemstone eyes focused its gaze likewise.

An invisible collision of wills thundered through the void. The fierce contest of consciousness formed transparent waves akin to ripples on water, spreading outwards in concentric circles.

In some places, distorted black holes appeared, along with inexplicable bursts of white light.

Hiss!

At the core of the confrontation, space shattered open, revealing an even deeper darkness within, like fabric torn to show the void beneath.

Before the universe could heal, this deeper void was torn further asunder, revealing a pristine, blank expanse of immaculate space behind it.

Boom!!!

The entire void trembled violently. Within a radius of hundreds of thousands of Spirit Miles, the area convulsed chaotically due to the second tear.

Elemental Energy instantly descended into chaos.

But this did not affect the terrifying pace of the clash between the two forces.

Blood poured like rain from the sky.

In this place devoid of gravity, blood seemed to fall from the heavens.

A dreadful war raged on, resulting in a stalemate. With every moment, countless Soldier Monks and Demon Spirits fell.

However, one of the recently exploded towers could no longer withstand this intense pressure.

It began to falter, allowing small bands of Demon Spirits to break through its defenses.

And each of these small bands consisted of at least hundreds of thousands of Demon Spirits.

They fanned out toward the war domains behind the tower defense line, each converging on a fortress.

Each fortress acted like a node in a Formation, forming a massive Barrier Web that encompassed everything behind the tower line.

Countless legions of Void Spirits surged forth, charging toward each Barrier node fortress.

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Shen Tang’s face was somber as he listened to the reports coming back from the Void Spirit Tower.

"...Lord, two legions of Void Demon Spirits, each at least three hundred thousand strong, are heading toward your war domain."

"Three hundred thousand..."

He sat in the central palace of the luminescent war domain, his expression grim.

"When did the Void Spirit Tower fall?"

A voice emerged from a delicate miniature tower in the center of his palace.

"About three days ago. Given the speed of the Demon Spirit Army, it will take another five days to reach here.

There are three fortresses near Xian Yuan Mountain, and yours is the most robust and powerful. It seems you’re going to bear the brunt this time."

Bang!

Shen Tang slammed his hand down on the armrest of his chair, shattering it in anger as he stood up.

"This is an unprovoked disaster!"

"Please calm yourself, my lord. I suggest we collaborate with the other fortresses and invite them to concentrate their Soldier Monks here for a consolidated defense. Although we will lose control of the Formations, the survival rate will be much higher.

Later, we can send troops to help them recover their territories," suggested the voice inside the tower.

"That’s the only option left."

Shen Tang felt frustrated. He had just become one of the two True Disciples among Qing Shan Sect’s latest recruits, just broken through to the Fifth Rank and become a Human Immortal, and just rapidly built his own war domain with the support of his family.

Now, he was immediately facing such a large-scale war.

Although Demon Spirits often emerged in the Void, such large incursions occurred only a few times over several years.

And he had just so happened to encounter one.