I have an Apocalypse City Chapter 1229

Chapter 1229: Chapter 1231: Wine Lake Chapter 1229: Chapter 1231: Wine Lake Having lost its target, the Stone Beast came to a sudden halt and, moments later, there was a loud “crash” as the entire Stone Beast collapsed into countless pieces of stone raining down, among them many materials flickering with various glows mixed in with the rubble.

Song Jian's figure flickered, continuously collecting these glowing materials. He had seen through the formation that constructed the Stone Beast, located the crucial point, and directly dismantled the entire formation.

While solving the formation, Song Jian also gathered all the materials that composed it, which was an unexpected bonus.

Crash~
With rocks scattered all around, Song Jian landed with a face full of surprise. The materials involved in constructing the entire Stone Beast amounted to five or six dozen types. If he were to collect them himself, it would take at least a few months. Most importantly, the formation used to construct the Stone Beast was very similar to the Golden Lion Demon-binding Seal, allowing Song Jian to directly construct the Golden Lion Demon-binding Seal with these materials.

System: You have comprehended the unknown stone statue's formation, the skill “Sword Array Atlas” has gained a significant amount of proficiency;
System: You have dismantled the unknown stone statue's formation, obtaining formation materials: Refined Gold Stone (3), Heavenly Tempered Steel (5), Fire Refining Silver (4), Emerald Glazed-Gilt (2)…

Song Jian glanced at the system prompt. Just from perceiving and dismantling the formation within an unknown stone statue, the proficiency of “Sword Array Atlas” almost increased by half. If he encountered one or two more similar formations, Sword Array Atlas could be leveled up to level 2.

“This time it was just good luck, coming across a formation that was similar to the Golden Lion Demon-binding Seal I've already mastered. If it were a different formation, it probably wouldn't have been so easy to comprehend and master!” Song Jian thought to himself.

Looking at the materials in his bag, Song Jian suddenly felt an urge to create the Golden Lion Demon-binding Seal Formation–and acting on that impulse, he sat cross-legged in front of a pile of rubble and began to produce it according to the Sacred Lion Seal's method.

After just over half an hour, a palm-sized golden lion statue appeared in Song Jian's hands. He looked at the statue in his hands, a smile spreading across his face.

This was his first attempt at creating a formation atlas, and the Sword Array Atlas skill was only at level one; he hadn't expected to succeed right away, which made Song Jian very happy.

“If it hadn't been for the earlier comprehension and dismantling of that Stone Beast's formation, I probably wouldn't have been able to create the Golden Lion Demon-binding Seal Formation, even with all the materials!” Song Jian thought to himself.

Just then, he received another system prompt;
System: You have created the Golden Lion Demon-binding Seal Formation, the formation's quality is excellent, and the skill “Sword Array Atlas” has gained a significant amount of proficiency; “Sword Array Atlas” proficiency has reached 100%, please upgrade the skill level as soon as possible!

Creating a formation atlas by hand had granted him even more proficiency than he had gained from dismantling the Stone Beast formation, which made Song Jian realize that to rapidly increase the Sword Array Atlas proficiency, he needed to create them himself.

After storing the Golden Lion Demon-binding Seal Formation in his inventory, Song Jian took out two Purple Crystals and began to absorb the energy contained within them, gaining combat experience.

In just a short while, Song Jian's level had risen from sixty-two to sixty-three. Advancing one level had cost Song Jian about fifty Purple Crystals.

As Song Jian's level went up, the amount of Purple Crystals he needed increased. However, this method of rapidly increasing his level was so addictive, it was just too swift.

He assigned the skill points obtained from the level-up directly to the Sword Array Atlas, which elevated its level to 2.

The effects of the Sword Array Atlas skill had slightly improved, and the number of arrays it could record increased from five to six.

Currently, Song Jian only had two types of arrays: one was the incomplete Demon Suppression Seal, and the other was the Golden Sacred Lion Demon-binding Seal.

After raising his skill level, Song Jian continued on his way, and after bypassing the Stone Beast mountain, a lake appeared in the distance. This lake was roughly three to four acres in size, surrounded by five or six disciples of the Imperial Sword Sect, seemingly sensing the formation within the lake.

“The difficulty of the formation in this lake should be similar to that of the Stone Beast mountain just now. It's the perfect opportunity to go forward and comprehend it, and perhaps even increase the level of my Sword Array Atlas,” Song Jian thought to himself.

Since entering this secret realm, Song Jian had discovered that the difficulty of a formation had a lot to do with the size of the object it was built upon. The insect poison formations, weed formations, stone shard formations – even without understanding or dismantling them, one could easily break them with brute force. However, the Stone Beast mountain formation would have been very difficult to dismantle violently if Song Jian hadn't comprehended the formation diagrams during combat.

As long as he comprehended the formation within an object and found the vital point, dispelling the formation became much simpler. Most importantly, he would acquire a large amount of material for constructing formations.

Song Jian had always wanted to use Spirit Swords as a substitute for formation materials, but this was only theoretical. So far, he had not found a way to use Spirit Swords instead of formation materials; he had to use formation materials to build formations he desired, for now.

On one hand, Song Jian couldn't delicately control too many Spirit Swords simultaneously; on the other hand, he had only just begun to scratch the surface of formations. If he could raise his “Formation Atlas” skill level even higher and deepen his understanding of formations, perhaps he could find a way to replace formation materials with Spirit Swords.

Song Jian approached the lake and immediately smelled a strong fragrance of wine coming from the lake.

“Is this, is this actually a Wine Lake?” Song Jian exclaimed in surprise.

The entire lake was full of ambrosia. Just by smelling it, Song Jian felt as if he were about to ascend to immortality, a sensation of lightness washing over his entire body.

Glancing at the other disciples who were sitting cross-legged around him, he noticed not a single one came over to acknowledge his arrival. They simply sat quietly, immersing themselves in the study of the formation contained within the lake.

Song Jian took two steps forward, intending to scoop up a ladle of the lake water, but he found that no matter what he did, he couldn't get close to the lake edge. Despite the mere three meters separating him from the lake, Song Jian walked more than ten steps, equivalent to five or six times three meters, yet when he looked up, the distance to the lake's edge hadn't shortened at all.

“It seems that to approach the lake, I must comprehend the formation inside!” Song Jian thought to himself.

With that thought, Song Jian followed suit and sat down cross-legged at the edge of the lake, extending a wisp of his spirit into the amber to carefully sense the formation within.

Chapter end

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