txolops Chapter 10 The Great Flame Array
Chapter 10 The Great Flame Array
Thirty thousand merits!
There are also new feature modules!
Huang Chen took a deep breath of the earthy air in the cave, his excitement palpable.
"Sir, are you...are you alright?"
Ashi's voice was filled with concern as he looked at him cautiously.
Huang Chen's face had just regained a sliver of color, but now it was flushed red again due to excitement, making him look somewhat frightening.
"fine."
Huang Chen waved his hand, looking at the busy figures outside the cave and the wisp of smoke rising from the chimney. An unprecedented sense of responsibility and urgency weighed on his heart.
"Ah Shi, go out first and tell everyone not to disturb me."
"Yes, sir!"
Ashi bowed respectfully, turned and left the cave, carefully guarding the entrance.
Inside the cave, the light dimmed again.
With a thought, Huang Chen summoned the system shop, and his consciousness sank into a void of light.
Karma Value: 0
Looking at the zeroed-out value, Huang Chen smiled bitterly to himself.
I glanced at the donation board next to me again.
Merit Points: 30000
A whopping 3! This huge sum is just enough to trigger the highest level of "Golden Lottery".
But the injury must be treated immediately.
"We can only hope to find something good among the loot."
Huang Chen's mind raced, and he quickly focused his attention on a corner of the system space. There, he found storage bags he had just seized from the Xuan Tian Sect cultivators, as well as supplies looted from the Black Tiger Demon General's cave.
He quickly scanned through a pile of cluttered items, his gaze soon settling on a jade elixir bottle with talismans affixed to it.
This was found on the body of the leading cultivator of the Xuantian Sect; just by looking at the bottle, you can tell it's no ordinary item.
Lesser Rejuvenation Pill
Although it wasn't produced by the system, it's a life-saving trump card from a major immortal sect, and its efficacy is definitely not bad!
"That's it!"
With a thought, Huang Chen conjured a pill the size of a longan, entirely green, and exuding a rich, herbal fragrance in his palm.
Without hesitation, he opened his mouth and swallowed it.
The pill melted instantly upon entering the mouth, transforming into a gentle yet powerful torrent of life force that rushed into every part of the body!
"Well!"
Huang Chen groaned, feeling as if he had been thrown into a scalding hot medicinal bath.
The wounds on his back and shoulders, torn open by the Blackwater Crocodile Demon, were bloody and mangled, so deep that bone was visible.
At this moment, an unbearable numbness, itching, and burning pain came from the wound. Countless new granulation tissues were growing wildly. The broken tendons and bones were quickly reconnected under the pull of the powerful medicine. The charred flesh fell off, revealing pink new skin.
In just a dozen breaths, the excruciating pain completely disappeared.
Huang Chen moved his right arm. The arm, which he had previously struggled to even lift, was now moving freely and full of power.
Reaching down to touch his back, he found that the gruesome wound had disappeared, and his skin was as smooth as ever, without even a trace of a scar.
The Xuan Tian Sect's Lesser Rejuvenation Pill has such terrifying medicinal power!
"System, open the Merit Lottery Wheel!"
[Ding! The Merit Lottery Wheel has been activated!]
An ancient and weathered giant roulette wheel appeared in his mind.
The roulette wheel is divided into four areas.
[Bronze Lottery Draw (Consumes 10 Merit Points)]
[Silver Lottery (Consumes 3000 Merit Points)]
[Golden Lottery (Consumes 30000 Merit Points)]
A gold-level lottery! This is currently the highest level of reward available.
"We're holding a Gold-level prize draw!"
Huang Chen's voice carried a hint of excitement as he issued the order.
[Ding! Do you wish to spend 30,000 merit points for a Gold-level lottery draw?]
"yes!"
boom!
The entire roulette wheel spun violently, with countless runes flashing across it, so fast that it was impossible to see what was on it.
The pointer spun rapidly, and Huang Chen's heart leaped into his throat.
It has to be something good!
Ideally, you'd have powerful equipment or a mountain-protecting formation!
Finally, the roulette wheel gradually slowed down.
The pointer swept across a series of blurry shadows, finally stopping in a chaotic area.
[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have obtained an incomplete array diagram—"Zhou Tian Xin Huo Array (Humanity Chapter)"!]
hum!
A beam of golden light shot out from the roulette wheel and pierced directly into Huang Chen's brow.
Countless profound and complex array information flooded into his mind like a tidal wave.
"The Zhou Tian Fire Formation (Humanity Chapter)"
This formation does not draw upon the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, nor does it borrow the radiance of the sun, moon, and stars.
Instead, it is based on the destiny of the human race and fueled by the beliefs of the human race!
As long as the flame of humanity within the formation burns on and their faith remains undiminished, the formation will never perish!
Once the grand formation is set up, it can gather the fortune and beliefs of all humans within the shelter, forming a protective barrier.
This barrier is not only incredibly strong defensively, but it can also isolate all internal and external auras and distort light. From the outside, it only appears to be a place with even denser miasma, an inaccessible wasteland.
More importantly, the great formation can use the energy of humanity to nourish the people within it, subtly improving their physical condition, eliminating illnesses, and even enhancing the talents of newborns!
This...this is simply a treasure tailor-made for the human sanctuary!
Huang Chen was overjoyed! With this formation, he finally had a place to settle down and make a living in these Hundred Thousand Mountains!
So he immediately began to study the array diagram in his mind.
Although the formation is profound, fortunately it is only a fragment, and it is the chapter on humanity, so it is not too complicated to set up.
The most crucial element is the array base.
It requires a large number of spirit stones and some materials containing the power of the five elements.
Huang Chen immediately took stock of his belongings.
More than fifty low-grade spirit stones and several magic artifacts were seized from those two unlucky guys from the Xuantian Sect.
They also looted a lot of demon cores and ores from the Black Tiger Demon General's cave.
These things are barely enough!
Huang Chen suppressed his excitement and walked out of the cave.
Ashi immediately came to greet him.
"grown ups!"
"Ashi, go and call all the able-bodied young men in the clan over. I have something important to announce!"
"yes!"
Soon, a dozen or so young people, led by A-Shi, gathered in the open space in the center of the valley.
Most of them were only fifteen or sixteen years old, their faces still showing childishness, but their eyes revealed a determination that did not match their age.
They looked at Huang Chen in awe, waiting for this divine being who had saved them to give instructions.
Huang Chen didn't explain much about the formation, but simply told them that they needed to build a "Guardian Wall" that could protect everyone.
They took out the captured spirit stones, demon cores, and ores one by one and began to assign tasks according to the requirements of the array diagram.
"Ashi, take five people to the east side of the valley and bury these ten fire-attribute demon cores three feet underground."
"Ah Shan, take five men to the west and bury these metallic ores."
"..."
Huang Chen directed the operation methodically.
No one questioned it; everyone gave it their all, their eyes shining with hope for the future.
The next seven days and seven nights.
The entire valley has become a huge construction site.
Huang Chen barely closed his eyes. He personally oversaw the operation from the center, constantly deducing the formation diagram and calibrating the position of each formation base.
Under his command, the young tribesmen dug ditches, laid foundations, and moved rocks.
Their hands were blistered and their shoulders were red and swollen from being pressed by stones, but not one of them complained.
Because they know that they are building their own homes.
The seventh day, at dusk.
When the last spirit stone was embedded into the array eye in the center of the valley, countless inscribed runes on the ground of the entire valley lit up slightly.
Three hundred and sixty-five array bases, echoing each other from afar.
Huang Chen stood in the center of the array. He was not a cultivator and had no spiritual power in his body. He could not perform hand seals and incantations or control the energy of heaven and earth like the people of Xuantian Sect.
However, it possesses a rudimentary witch race battle body.
That is the wild power originating from the ancient wilderness, the pure physical strength, and the boundless blood and qi as hot as magma!
"call--"
Huang Chen exhaled a long breath of turbid air. In an instant, his heart pounded violently like a war drum, and his blood surged and roared in his blood vessels, making a thunderous sound like a rushing river. A hot, domineering dark red energy burst out of his body, and dark red totems began to appear all over his body.
He suddenly knelt on one knee, his left fingertips like knives, and slashed his right wrist, drawing blood. He pressed the knife heavily onto the cold array core beneath his feet.
boom!
The surging energy within his body poured into the earth through his palms without reservation.
At that moment, Huang Chen felt as if he were connected with the heartbeat of this valley and the hundreds of people around him.
He tilted his head back, his voice hoarse yet booming like thunder, echoing between every inch of the mountain rocks:
"In the name of humanity!"
"Unite our shared beliefs and ignite the flame of civilization!"
With a final roar, the lines on his palm were instantly illuminated by crimson blood.
"The Great Array of Heavenly Flames—Activate!!"
A roar that seemed to come from the ancient past resounded throughout the entire valley.
Visible streams of milky-white energy rose from above the heads of each tribesman and converged into the sky.
These currents of air represent their beliefs, their hopes, and their longing for "home"!
Milky white air currents intertwined above the valley, quickly forming a huge, inverted bowl-shaped light shield.
The light shield flashed and disappeared completely.
Immediately afterwards, the miasma that was already swirling outside the valley thickened at an alarming rate, turning black like ink, and completely engulfed the entire valley.
From the outside, this place has become a deadly wasteland, and no living being would want to approach it.
Inside the valley, however, the air became fresher than ever before, and the sunlight seemed much softer.
A warm and safe feeling enveloped everyone's heart.
"It's a success!"
"We have a home now!"
The surviving members of the tribe erupted in thunderous cheers, and many embraced each other and wept.
Huang Chen let out a long breath and a long-lost smile appeared on his face.