Eternal Swordmaster
Chapter 681 - 676: Worship the Gods IV

Chapter 681: Chapter 676: Worship the Gods IV

’Should the formation be permanently fixed here? Once fixed, the formation will be immovable.’

A sweet female voice asked in mid-air.

Is this the inquiry system developed by the research institute?

Lin Xin complained inwardly, feeling it somewhat similar to the intelligent systems on Earth.

"Yes."

He confirmed.

As his words fell, the entire wasteland trembled slightly.

Streams of green light slowly descended from above, continuously falling into the blood-soaked soil and merging within.

The green light continued for about ten minutes before it slowly faded away.

The array plate completely disappeared, and a highly complex, mystical symbol emerged, floating above the wasteland. It seemed to be composed of many overlapping symbols, forming a three-dimensional figure.

’The formation is now built. For inquiries, please proceed to the 13th Division of the Green Lake Mountain Research Institute.’

The female voice declared one last sentence and then fell silent.

Lin Xin felt the state of the wasteland at that moment.

The complex symbol floating a kilometer above his head continuously emitted faint green fluorescent light, enveloping the entire plane with a semi-translucent dome-shaped cover, blocking everything from entering or exiting.

"Truly a comprehensive large formation. Although it’s not primarily a defensive formation, the defensive strength is still that of a third rank formation," he assessed.

He sensed it and immediately nodded in satisfaction.

A third-rank formation, capable of withstanding the attacks of a third rank Golden Core Cultivator.

Additionally, the entire formation also had abilities related to concealment, creating illusions to hide the presence of the wasteland, and a certain offensive capability—the Light of Yu Cui. All these were of third-rank level.

"This is sufficient. After all, these are just auxiliary abilities, the main effect is still the Jade Gathering Armor."

When he initially purchased this formation, it was the effect of the Jade Gathering Armor that he valued.

It allowed all allied Taoist Soldiers within to be outfitted with a set of Jade Gathering Armor, capable of resisting three attacks from below the fourth rank, covering individual effects regardless of quantity. If this were in the midst of chaotic battle, it would be like having three extra chances to save their lives.

That alone was not everything, the most important point was that this formation was a growth type.

It could devour the flesh and soul force of the beings killed within it, elevating its rank.

Currently, this formation was only fifth rank, but it was said to be able to reach up to the sixth rank.

And it consumed the energy of the Burning Furnace. One could also choose multiple energy sources, using Spirit Jade, Spiritual Marrow, etc., to replenish it.

You could say, this set of formations was akin to purchasing many different formations; all aspects were extremely well-developed.

The only downside was the price was a bit expensive, making the cost-performance ratio not high, and the difficulty of advancement was also significant.

However, for Lin Xin, this was hardly an issue.

As the formation unfolded, Lin Xin quickly felt the air in the wasteland becoming purer, a clear indication that the Jade Gathering Formation also had an air purification effect.

This place was the Void, and originally the wasteland had no air, but now that the Jade Gathering Formation was activated, there actually was a trace of air, clearly indicating that this formation also integrated the function of converting and producing air.

"Not bad at all,"

Lin Xin was exceptionally pleased.

"Next, it’s time to plant the Taoist Soldier seeds."

The first one he took out was the Mountain Spirit dwarf.

He tossed the seed forward.

Rumbling...

The seed hit the ground and burrowed in, and soon a faint rumbling sound was heard.

A small mountain, five or six meters high, slowly rose from the ground, entirely green in color. It took a while before it finally settled down and stood firmly on the wasteland.

This wasn’t an ordinary mountain; round window-like openings peppered its surface, behind which pairs of red eyes twinkled.

This was a Taoist Soldier building that produced Mountain Spirit dwarfs.

Mountain Spirit dwarfs were the lowest level and most commonly used Taoist Soldiers of Green Lake Mountain. They were extremely numerous and possessed the innate divine ability to condense stone projectiles, making them one of the main soldiers for city defense. Their combat capability was approximately at the first-rank level, equivalent to the Qi Cultivation Stage. More crucially, they were the main construction workers, essential for building both architectural structures and war city facilities.

This was why Lin Xin summoned them first.

He tossed the prepared resources directly from another spatial pouch into the Taoist Soldier building. Immediately, the entire small mountain began to tremble slowly, and all the red eyes in the windows disappeared. The construction of Taoist Soldiers began.

"The second one."

Lin Xin took out the second seed and threw it outward.

Quickly, gray-white tombstones sprouted from the ground, each engraved with silver-glowing inscriptions, located right next to the Mountain Spirit dwarf building.

This was the Taoist Soldier building that produced Earth-bound Spirits.

Earth-bound Spirits were another type of Taoist Soldier from Green Lake Mountain, equivalent to the Second Rank, similar to the Foundation Establishment Stage. They would release invisible disruptive waves, affecting the enemy’s mind, leading to erroneous decisions. However, as they lacked physical bodies, their combat mainly relied on soul impacts.

Most importantly, Earth-bound Spirits were a prerequisite condition for subsequent Taoist Soldiers, the Star Demons. Without building Earth-bound Spirits, one couldn’t produce Star Demons.

Supplying the same prepared resources, unlike before when he was empty-handed, Lin Xin now had a significant accumulation of resources from Xing Lin Hall each year. Even after contributing many, he still had plenty left, sufficient for him to buy these necessary resources without hesitation.

The production of Earth-bound Spirits also began slowly.

Lin Xin continued with the third Taoist Soldier seed.

The seed gently landed, glowing with a green light.

No sooner had it touched the ground than it dissolved, sprouting abruptly and forming a huge red crystal sphere with a diameter of seven to eight meters.

Looking through the sphere, one could see a withered black old tree inside, clawing out with its branches, leafless. This was a building for summoning demon spirits from trees.

The tree demons from Green Lake Mountain were one of the most popular types of Taoist soldiers because they were cost-effective, resilient, and could later evolve into large tree demons capable of using entangling divine skills, equivalent to the combat strength of a third-rank Golden Core Stage.

Lin Xin had only temporarily placed these three buildings, as the resources he prepared could only summon these three types for now. The further Taoist soldiers could not be accommodated here as the territory was too small.

He would have to wait until he could expand the wasteland area to continue.

Standing on the ground, he watched the newly risen three Taoist soldier buildings, which now occupied half of the entire wasteland.

The three buildings had to be spaced apart due to the interference of spiritual light; additional space was also needed for placing the Doors of Illusion and a small garden.

"Let’s leave it at this for now."

Lin Xin ceased his actions, packed away the Taoist seed sack, and walked towards the small hill where the Mountain Spirit dwarf resided.

He had already blood-sacrificed these Taoist soldier seeds on his way here, and they were all connected to his mind.

Standing in front of the small hill, he distinctly felt subtle vibrations emanating from within it.

It was manufacturing the Mountain Spirit dwarves.

He silently waited, occasionally glancing at the timer on his watch.

Clack.

A dwarf, only half as tall as a normal person, slowly crawled out of a window in the small hill.

His skin was dark, muscles well-defined, dressed in green vine armor, wearing a vine armor helmet, and carrying a hammer and a curved blade on his back.

"Respected master,"

the dwarf said, with green short hair and a messy beard, his voice gruff yet standing straight in front of Lin Xin.

"What can you do?"

Lin Xin could clearly feel that the intelligence of the dwarf before him was far superior to any others he had possessed before.

This fellow was clearly of a much higher class.

"Master, we Mountain Spirit dwarves can build and maintain any building we’ve seen," the dwarf answered.

"Good," Lin Xin thought for a moment, closed his eyes, and through a mental link, directly transferred a model of a castle he had seen on Earth.

The dwarf closed his eyes to receive it, and after about half a minute, he opened his eyes and furrowed his brows.

"Master, if you plan to expand the territory, there’s no need to build such walls so early."

"Right, I’ll plan on building the walls later, just complete these for now."

While Lin Xin spoke, two more Mountain Spirit dwarves appeared.

The speed of the fifth-rank Burning Furnace was many times faster than his previous first-rank Burning Furnace.

As long as there were enough resources, Human Race cultivators could also produce countless Taoist soldiers, which was the foundation they relied on to combat the endless demons of the Void.

After creating twenty Mountain Spirit dwarves, Lin Xin stopped and began to study the newly created Ground-bound Spirits and Tree Demons closely.

The Ground-bound Spirits appeared as indistinct grey misty figures. After creating a few, except for one that Lin Xin accidentally squashed with a careless squeeze, the rest floated aimlessly around the wasteland.

Lin Xin found upon closer study, that these Ground-bound Spirits had a decent spiritual attack. Against certain Void demons, they would likely be very effective.

And their most significant use, he discovered, was that they could interfere with cultivators’ spell methods by swaying them off course, weakening their power, or causing premature detonation.

Naturally, the power of a single Ground-bound Spirit was very weak, but if in sufficient quantity, Lin Xin even suspected they could disrupt the spell methods of a fifth-rank cultivator. And the cost of creating one was equivalent to the resource consumption of two contribution points, which matched exactly the cost of one contribution point for a Mountain Spirit dwarf.

One first-rank warrior, one second-rank warrior, clearly these prices were well-calculated by the Golden Crown Winter and the Research Institute.

"The cost-effectiveness is a bit expensive, higher than those unranked Taoist soldier seeds before," but overall, not bad.

Lin Xin then observed a newly produced Tree Demon.

Upon the ground, the Tree Demon looked no different from a withered tree, but as soon as it moved, it immediately exuded an aura of heavy resilience.

Although the six-meter tall Tree Demon was just a third-rank Golden Core level Taoist soldier, in terms of strength and defensive endurance, it could compete against a fourth-rank Yuan Jing cultivator.

And its life force was extremely strong.

Lin Xin directly tried to tear off a branch of the Tree Demon, but even when it fell to the ground, that branch could continue to attack, clinging onto anything with incredible strength.

And after the tree demon appeared, the fetid air over the wasteland also began to dissipate slowly.

Clearly, it also had the effect of purifying the air.

After testing the three types of Taoist soldiers one by one, Lin Xin also gained clear knowledge of the current Green Lake Mountain standard Taoist soldier system.

He then planted the small garden and placed the Doors of Illusion in the very center.

Together with the palatial buildings already being constructed by the Mountain Spirit dwarves, the entire wasteland was now filled with Taoist soldier buildings.

Except for a few places where the Taoist soldiers stood, there was hardly any spare space.

Lin Xin hovered in mid-air, closed his eyes to switch consciousness, and entered his plane’s body.

Suddenly, his surroundings transformed into countless swirling, dancing heads of black qi.

Lin Xin opened his eyes to find himself already at the core of the wasteland’s deepest part.