How should the grand formation be established?
Su Ming was still pondering.
Undoubtedly, he intended to use the methods of deities to set it up.
In his view, the elemental gods' Elemental God Descent Divine Punishment Formation was the strongest. Even if it couldn't summon the elemental gods to descend, its power would absolutely be sufficient.
But unfortunately, he hadn't obtained this formation yet. Su Ming from the Douluo 1 era hadn't reached the Sun Moon Continent, gathered the Divine Trials of the seven elemental gods, nor touched upon their core abilities.
Therefore, this elemental formation would have to use the two ultimate skills given by Rong Nianbing.
The Seven Taboos and Seven Severances Curse, and Extinction: Seven Luminaries Awakening. Both were ultimate skills developed by Rong Nianbing based on his own circumstances. Su Ming certainly couldn't use them directly.
He had already spent some time comprehending them and had gained a superficial understanding of these two ultimate skills.
"The Seven Taboos and Seven Severances Curse is essentially an ultimate skill that fuses seven forbidden curses, unleashing the power of seven divine artifacts with a single force, communicating the power of seven elements."
"Extinction: Seven Luminaries Awakening is a single-target spell that gathers the power of the seven elements and converges them upon oneself."
The two ultimate skills were essentially sequential, with the latter further developing the former, achieving the fusion and unification of the seven elemental magics.
"I cannot yet fully cast all these forbidden curses. But with the assistance of corresponding divine artifacts, I can modify them slightly, weakening them to limit-tier magic."
"Although the power decreases, the advantage is that with divine artifacts support , the endurance is greatly enhanced. During the formation's activation, it can carry out indiscriminate bombardment of Abyssal creatures, establishing the Blood God Legion's advantage."
Su Ming spent a full month in this contemplation.
By now, all the Limit Douluo who should have come to the Blood God Legion to fight had arrived. Compared to a month ago, four more had come. Leng Yaoju had arrived here. Additionally, the Clear Sky Clan, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family each sent one Limit Douluo.
Leng Yaoju's arrival was unexpected.
However, Su Ming, considering the current situation at the Spirit Transmission Pagoda, understood her reasons for this choice.
She intended to lay a foundation for Gu Yue Na in the Blood God Legion in advance.
She could be considered a good teacher.
The Western Corps' Dong Zi'an and the Southern Corps' Angel Family Head also wanted to come, but they commanded legions and couldn't easily leave.
The mainland was not entirely peaceful now; the Holy Spirit Cult was still rampant. Even though Su Ming's "Mirror of Evil Illumination" technology provided convenience for the Federation in finding Evil Spirit Masters, the Holy Spirit Cult in this era was truly strong.
One Emperor, Two Monarchs, Four Heavenly Kings. Among them, the One Emperor and Two Monarchs were all Limit Douluo, and all at the quasi-god level. The Four Heavenly Kings were a bit weaker, but only a bit. Of the four kings, three were at ninety-eighth rank, one at ninety-seventh rank. All were Three-Word Battle Armor Masters. Relying on the weird (eeerie, bizarre) abilities of Evil Spirit Masters, erupting with limit-tier combat power before death was normal for them.
Against such a group of powerhouses, unless at least two of the Federation's super factions attack with all their strength , it would be impossible to breach their stronghold.
Not to mention these Holy Spirit Cult powerhouses weren't even together; they were essentially a group of parasites. They couldn't be encircled and suppressed anyway, so for now, only prevention was possible.
The number of Limit Douluo gathered at the Blood God Legion was still low, primarily because all sides still needed to guard against Holy Spirit Cult attacks.
The addition of four Limit Douluo greatly boosted the Blood God Legion's strength.
Now, counting Zhang Huanyun, Su Ming, and Mu Ye—three who possessed limit-tier combat power despite their rank—the entire Blood God Legion had a total of twelve limit-tier combatants.
Such a scale of powerhouses could even influence the entire mainland's situation.
"The nine divine artifacts are already gathered. When can we begin constructing the formation?" Qian Gu Dieding asked.
He was relatively anxious .
Yun Ming and Chen Xinjie had their own directions and had walked far on the quasi-god path. He was different.
Qian Gu Dieding's achievement of quasi-god was a fluke. Now, knowing there was an opportunity here at the Abyss, he was already unbearably eager.
Only a few present were not in a hurry.
Most wanted to experience sooner how much effect abyssal energy could have on them.
Those with Four-Word Battle Armor are prepared to use abyssal energy to nurture their armor, enhance the armor to enhance their own strength and take a further step forward.
Those without Four-Word Battle Armor hoped the abyssal energy could help their Battle Armor upgrade.
After all, En Ci had truly achieved Battle Armor sublimation through means other than forging.
In short, each Limit Douluo present had their own thoughts .
Amidst the noise , Cao Dezhi stepped forward to appease the crowd .
"Su Ming is currently deducing the formation. Please remain patient."
"He confidently said he could establish the formation, even demanding divine artifacts, yet he hasn't even finished deducing the formation?" Qian Gu Dieding said discontentedly.
Cao Dezhi looked at Qian Gu Dieding, his expression was unfriendly.
"Are you suggesting the formation doesn't need to consider the nine divine artifacts' own material and function ?"
As early as half a month ago, he had gathered the divine artifacts and delivered them to Su Ming's dormitory for him to deduce.
At that time, he had a brief exchange with Su Ming and learned of his progress.
Calculating the time, it should be almost finished now.
In just half a month, adjusting the formation based on the divine artifacts, and doing it alone—this progress astonished even Cao Dezhi.
In fact, back when Su Ming first released the news, Cao Dezhi had been prepared for it to take a year to build the formation.
Qian Gu Dieding's face turned ugly , but he didn't say anything more.
He actually just wanted more .
How could the formation alone satisfy him?
He wanted to know more—how Su Ming obtained the Sea God faith, and how he directly used the Sea God faith personally to suppress the abyssal energy.
Only that way could one be unconstrained by external forces, able to come and go as one pleased.
Su Ming clearly wasn't a member of the Tang Sect. Although he had stayed at Shrek for a while, he hadn't left behind any fetters.
Yet he obtained Sea God faith.
To say he gained the Sea God's approval—Qian Gu Dieding wouldn't believe it even with a hundred reasons.
However, he started this topic , and no one else followed his lead. That was one thing, but Cao Dezhi, the Tang Sect Master who should care most about the Sea God faith, actually suppressed him.
"The formation will begin construction starting today."
Su Ming's voice rang out. He had appeared in the room unnoticed.
He wore a smile, as if he hadn't heard Qian Gu Dieding's earlier words.
"To not keep everyone waiting, some final details of the formation regarding the tax rate collected when devouring abyssal energy will be left unaddressed for now."
"I was originally thinking of ways to reduce everyone's losses. Now, it's just about raising a bit the energy utilization rate. Limited by the varying amounts devoured in a single session, this utilization efficiency also differs."
"I roughly calculated that for Spirit Masters below Limit Douluo rank devouring abyssal energy, the tax rate can be implemented at half a percent lower than previously stated. This can still maintain the formation's operation and ensure the nine divine artifacts are nurtured to the maximum extent (Maximum - maximum extent)."
"However, for Limit Douluo devouring abyssal energy, there's no way to reduce it. Quasi-gods will consequently lose an even greater proportion of energy."
"To put it bluntly, the quasi-gods present are the key to agonize the Abyss. Therefore, I think it's necessary to further perfect the tax system. It shouldn't solely tax based on personal strength anymore, but only based on the amount of abyssal energy an individual devours. How about that?"
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