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Chapter 1673 - Chapter 1673 Chapter 1674 Formation

Chapter 1673: Chapter 1674: Formation Chapter 1673: Chapter 1674: Formation This was the alchemy furnace that Song Jian had acquired in the Heavenly Palace instance previously; at that time, it had been used by an abyssal fire demon from the Legendary Realm to refine the Ascension Pill.

The quality of the alchemy furnace was god-level, unfortunately, Song Jian had not yet encountered a god-level pill refiner. Such an alchemy furnace, if not operated by a god-level pill refiner, simply could not unleash its full potential and could only serve as a pearl covered in dust, left tossed into a small corner of Song Jian’s inventory.

The problem now with the fusion and purification of the Divine Flame was that the Blazing Fire Furnace, constructed using spirit swords as materials for the formation, couldn’t withstand the erosion of the Divine Flame. At this point, they could only resort to desperate measures; Song Jian wanted to test if this god-level alchemy furnace could contain the Divine Flame.

After taking out the alchemy furnace, with a single thought from Song Jian, the entire Blazing Fire Furnace was stuffed into the alchemy furnace. Then, with a point of his right hand, a raging flame instantly ignited beneath the alchemy furnace.

The pure Red Lotus Karma Fire rose once more, continuously roasting the alchemy furnace!

Boom, boom, boom~

Song Jian could feel that the Divine Flame inside the Blazing Fire Furnace seemed to sense something and began to strike even more violently.

“Hmph, since you want to come out, then come out!” Song Jian snorted coldly, directly disbanding the Blazing Fire Furnace; in an instant, the furnace collapsed, transforming into countless chaos spirit swords.

No sooner had they turned into chaos spirit swords than the Divine Flame, like a giant beast, opened its maw and swept away all the chaos spirit swords, leaving none behind. In just a few short seconds, Song Jian snorted coldly, blood trickling from his nostrils, yet his expression was one of relief!

“Hahaha, if you can’t destroy my Blazing Fire Furnace, you can only destroy the spirit swords, huh? But even if you destroy all the spirit swords, as long as the Thousand Swords Art skill is still with me, no matter how many spirit swords are destroyed, I can condense them all over again!” Song Jian laughed heartily.

If the Blazing Fire Furnace Sword Formation were completely eroded and destroyed, Song Jian’s Thousand Swords Art might be ruined, but since the spirit swords are merely condensed sword qi, akin to turning qi into swords, their destruction would only mean the destruction of some chaos sword qi; for Song Jian, it couldn’t harm him fundamentally!

Song Jian swung the Sky-breaking Sword once again; in an instant, a dense mass of spirit swords reappeared, flying towards the alchemy furnace.

“Today, you shall taste what it feels like to be refined!” A fierce look flashed in Song Jian’s eyes.

After an unknown amount of time, although the Divine Flame kept colliding and corroding within the alchemy furnace, it was to no avail–the alchemy furnace, after all, was not the Blazing Fire Furnace and could only seal, not melt and purify.

To purify this mass of Divine Flame, the Red Lotus Karma Fire must be used, as it inherently possesses purifying properties!

Song Jian continuously directed the spirit swords towards the bottom of the alchemy furnace; moments later, the Red Lotus Karma Fire at the furnace’s base suddenly surged up several zhang high, almost completely enveloping the alchemy furnace.

But soon, Song Jian realized that no matter how vigorous the furnace’s flame was, it seemed to have little effect on the Divine Flame inside the alchemy furnace, since it couldn’t come into direct contact!

“It can’t be good to continuously have the spirit swords fly into the alchemy furnace, but once it’s opened, that mass of Divine Flame might escape. What should I do now?” Song Jian frowned slightly, finding himself in a tricky situation.

Hum~

Just then, complex dark gold patterns suddenly appeared on the surface of the alchemy furnace; Song Jian narrowed his eyes, as these patterns seemed to resemble a magic array.

Without concern for the Divine Flame inside the alchemy furnace, Song Jian sat down cross-legged and began to carefully observe the dark gold patterns on the surface of the alchemy furnace.

Time flowed on, and without knowing how much had passed, a trace of a smile finally emerged on Song Jian’s face.

The dark gold patterns on this alchemy furnace were indeed formation diagrams, yet contrary to what he had previously thought, they were not just a single formation. Unexpectedly, these dark gold lines contained at least nine different formations.

“To integrate nine formations into one, the creator of this alchemy furnace has truly unfathomable formation accomplishments!” Song Jian couldn’t help but exclaim in amazement.

With his current proficiency in formations, he could at most recognize these formations, simply following the diagrams. However, to meld nine formations into one and form a grand array, that was something Song Jian simply couldn’t achieve.

Not to mention nine formations; even combining two or three into one, shifting from simplicity to complexity, was currently impossible for Song Jian.

But now that there was an existing template, plainly revealed before Song Jian, all he needed to do was to understand it; there was no need for innovation.

This was like learning a formula from a textbook, as opposed to researching and creating a new formula.

Quickly, Song Jian only spent a few days and had learned all nine formations on the surface of the alchemy furnace, and at the same time, he had also mastered how to integrate these nine formations into one.

“It’s just simple imitation, but if one was to replace several formations and use this as a foundation for me to reconstruct a new formation, I simply don’t have the ability!” A wry smile appeared on Song Jian’s face, and in his heart, he clearly recognized the gap between himself and the master who forged this alchemy furnace!

If Song Jian could find a way to use Red Lotus Karma Fire and Spirit Sword as construction materials to replicate these nine formations, then he would be able to resolve the issue of using the alchemy furnace to melt and purify Divine Flame.

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In the game world, the operation to hunt down divine beings who had fallen to the mortal realm, was still ongoing with great intensity. These fallen divinities, referred to as Saints by the people, varied in strength.

Beings like the Bright God, who had reached the level of a divine lord, even if they fell to the mortal world and became peak figures of the Legendary Realm, people wouldn’t necessarily dare to target them. But weaker divinities with small amounts of divine power, like Kardis, were like pieces of fat meat eyed greedily by hungry wolves.

Despite constant news of hunts and ambushes, the only real success belonged to Song Jian alone. Moreover, he had slain two Saints.

In no time, Song Jian’s name from the City of Hope began to spread throughout the game world. Simultaneously, cities that had previously severed ties with the City of Hope due to the City Alliance began to secretly reach out to Wang Qi, looking to restore their former trade relations.

Wang Qi was initially excited, but he quickly realized something and began to make excuses.

“Hmph, with two gods already slain, those Legendary Realm city guardians in our City Lord’s eyes, are no different from ants!” Wang Qi said, with his feet propped up, leaning back in his office chair, staring at a huge map on the wall opposite him.

This was a map centring on the City of Hope, encompassing thousands of kilometers, full of information such as different levels of monster zones, Boss spawn locations, fixed dungeon positions, and many cities created by NPCs and players.

In these cities, various markers indicated different statuses. Just the cities marked as hostile accounted for over two-thirds of the total, and Wang Qi stared at these two-thirds of the cities, a cold chill visible in his eyes.

“Sooner or later, I am going to wipe out all of these cities!” Wang Qi said bitterly, slamming his hand on the table.

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