Chapter 609 10 1000 Swords Soaring Void Demon-Slaying Formation (Formation)

If it were merely a small quantity of spirit wood, this task would be quite manageable. However, when the number of spirit wood pieces requiring inscription reached several million, the workload became overwhelmingly immense.

Even if the Chen family managed to gather several 1000 second-tier refiners at or above the Foundation Establishment stage, it would still take them 13 years to process all of this spirit wood.

The subsequent tasks were beyond the capabilities of these low-tier Artificers.

Eldrin personally led over 300 third-tier or higher Artificers in a coordinated effort, beginning to assemble each piece of spiritwood while merging the Dao patterns within.

Thus, after 7 full years of ceaseless toil, he finally succeeded in forging the Crimson Flood Dragon Treasure Ship.

"Finally, it's done."

Gazing at the Crimson Flood Dragon Treasure Ship before them, Eldrin and Lyra let out a heavy sigh of relief, their faces lighting up with joy.

This Scarlet Dragon Treasure Ship was forged using the bones of a demon emperor realm dragon as its keel, 30-6 fourth-level spirit woods as its framework, 3 1000 6 100 third-level spirit woods as its support beams, and consumed 1 million second-level spirit woods in its refinement.

Once successfully forged, this vessel measured a full 10 1000 zhang in size, resembling a massive mobile fortress more than a mere treasure ship.

The treasure ship was engraved with 3 sets of fifth-tier formations: the Fifth-Tier Spirit Gathering Formation, the Abyssal Water Control Formation, and the Divine Fire-Thunder Formation.

That fifth-level Spirit Gathering Array served as the core mechanism for controlling the Crimson Flood Dragon Treasure Ship and its energy source, a fact that required no elaboration.

The Void-Returning Water Control Formation, meanwhile, was derived from the divine ability 'Abyssal Water Control Art' created by Eldrin (Person Name). This divine ability was further divided into 2 major techniques: 'Whale Devours the Vast Sea' and 'True Essence of Water'.

The former could draw upon the aqueous essence from rivers, lakes, and seas to replenish the Scarlet Flood Dragon's energy, while the latter served as the defensive formation of the treasured vessel.

The Water-Fire Divine Thunder was the trump card of the Dragon-Serpent Treasure Ship. This divine ability fused the Fire Dao Patterns of the Crimson Serpent Demon Emperor with the Water Dao Patterns engraved upon the treasure ship, unleashing an attack comparable to that of a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.

According to Eldrin's (Person Name) estimation, this treasure ship could carry over a million cultivators across a 100-million-mile territory (Time & Distance) for expeditionary campaigns.

With just 1 Nascent Soul cultivator channeling its power, its offensive and defensive capabilities rival those of a late-stage Nascent Soul True Lord. The sole limitation lies in its lack of the fluid adaptability inherent to a true Nascent Soul cultivator.

After sensing the power of the treasure ship, Eldrin couldn't contain his joy and exclaimed, "With this treasure ship in our hands, our clan will fare slightly better during the calamitous war in the Demonic Abyss."

"Yes."

With a fifth-tier war treasure vessel presiding over the clan, the safety of our family's cultivators would be greatly enhanced when the great war arrives in 2 100 years.

Moreover, the treasure ship not only possessed formidable offensive and defensive capabilities but could also transport over 1,000,000 cultivators and traverse 1,000,000 li in a single day for battle. This represented the most crucial foundation of the Chen Family's strength.

When the situation truly became untenable, Eldrin could even utilize the transport capacity of the treasure ship to relocate the family’s accumulated resources to the Central Ancestral Realm, thereby averting the clan’s complete collapse.

Lyra tested the treasure ship's controls before speaking. "Should we purchase some Demon-hunting Crossbows and Devil-slaying Cannons?"

Hearing this, Eldrin’s brow twitched almost imperceptibly. Both the Demon-Hunting Ballista and the Demon-Slaying Cannon were treasures capable of enhancing the combat power of a treasure ship.

In the past, within the Eastern Sea cultivation world, the Zhang Clan's Demon-Hunting Crossbows and Demon-Slaying Cannons had long been a source of dread for the 3 Bone Fiends.

However, the Demon-Hunting Crossbows and Demon-Slaying Cannons were exorbitantly priced and difficult to aim at Nascent Soul cultivators, making them suitable only for clearing out low-level demons and monsters or dealing with colossal beasts of immense size.

At this thought, Eldrin spoke up: "We may consider purchasing a Demon-Slaying Cannon in the future, but the Demon-Hunting Crossbow still falls somewhat short."

"How about we install a sword formation on the treasure ship?"

Sword Formation?

Lyra frowned slightly, a trace of astonishment flashing between her brows. Deploying a sword formation aboard a treasure ship was indeed rare.

Seeing her expression, Eldrin smiled faintly. "For instance, if we gather 40-9 Grade 4 flying swords and arrange them across the treasure ship."

Amplified and activated through the treasure ship’s formation, it could instantly unleash 40-9 immortal swords, each barely capable of threatening a Nascent Soul cultivator. Though their power fell slightly short of the Demon-hunting Crossbows, they excelled in flexibility and variability.

"That is indeed a brilliant idea."

Lyra nodded and said, "Lady Yan Zi possesses a fifth-order Golden Element Earth Vein, which produces 1 or 2 fourth-order precious metals every decade. By now, she has accumulated quite a number of them."

"We can directly approach her to purchase fourth-rank precious gold for forging the immortal swords required by the sword formation."

"Relying solely on the output from Violetmist Mountain may not suffice." Eldrin smiled faintly, then added, "The Ji Clan also possesses a Golden Element Earth Vein. We should discuss this business opportunity with them as well."

"Moreover, it’s not just fourth-tier immortal swords—even second- and third-tier ones are available for purchase. Once forged into a sword formation, tens of thousands of blades would soar together, proving immensely useful in critical moments to fend off demons and monsters."

After making his decision, Eldrin went to Violet Mist Mountain and purchased 17 fourth-grade precious metals in 1 go. He then traveled to the Ji Kingdom and acquired 20-some more fourth-grade precious metals from the Ji Clan.

After rummaging through the clan treasury once more, he managed to gather a total of 50-1 fourth-grade precious metals, 4 100 third-grade precious metals, and over 10,000 pieces of second-grade precious metals.

After gathering all the precious metals, Eldrin directly had the shipwrights work overtime for 3 months, finally succeeding in forging this sword formation.

After the successful refinement, the 2 selected 40-9 fourth-order immortal swords, 3 100 60-5 third-order immortal swords, and 14,800 second-order immortal swords to forge into a sword formation, which they then integrated into the Crimson Floodgem Treasure Ship. Once the sword formation was fused with the treasure ship, Eldrin attempted to activate it. In an instant, thousands of sword rays erupted from the vessel, crisscrossing the skies as sword energy blotted out the heavens and submerged everything in its path.

"What a magnificent sword formation!"

Watching the sword formation dominate the battlefield, Lyra couldn't help but exclaim in admiration. With a tone of astonishment, she remarked, "Enhanced by the treasure ship, the power of this sword formation is truly astonishing. Even a Nascent Soul, Early Stage True Lord would likely frown upon facing it."

"These are mere demons and monsters below the Nascent Soul realm. Even if tens of thousands of them swarm forth, they would only be marching to their doom."

Eldrin retracted his sword formation, smiling faintly as he remarked, "This sword formation poses almost no threat to opponents beyond the Nascent Soul, Mid Stage, but it is exceptionally effective against lower-level demons and monsters."

"Since its activation manifests the spectacle of 10 1000 swords soaring across the heavens, this formation shall be named the '10 1000 Swords Soaring Void Demon-Slaying Formation (Formation).'"

At this point, Eldrin had completely perfected this treasure ship.

It was only then that the 2 of them realized that forging this Crimson Flood Dragon Treasure Ship had taken a full dozen or so years.

For Eldrin, a True Lord of the Nascent Soul, these dozen or so years had little impact, yet for the participating Foundation Establishment Artificers, it was no short span of time.

For over a dozen years, those Foundation Establishment realm artificers had to refine artifacts for 6 hours daily, leaving them scarcely any time for cultivation—a significant impediment to their spiritual advancement.

Realizing that many cultivators had their training delayed, Eldrin summoned Chen Caleb and instructed, "The refinement of this treasure ship has demanded much from everyone. Grant them additional rewards."

"Each Foundation Establishment cultivator shall be rewarded with 1,000 spirit stones, every Purple Mansion cultivator shall receive a third-tier magic treasure, and each Golden Core cultivator shall be granted 300,000 spirit stones."