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Chapter 164

The Separating Fire Array

When they spoke, the stone tiles on the ground moved. After a while, five animated puppets appeared once again and Chengfeng laughed. “Only five? Stay where you are, leave this to me!”

When Su Yuehan saw the positions where these puppets appeared- which was two in front, one in the middle and two at the back, the centre looked like the weakest region. She muttered to herself: is this the Spinning Sword Array or Separating Fire Array? Or the Setting Sun Array, or the Heavenly Nine Dawns Array? Or…

There were almost twenty possibilities given this standing position. Only time would tell what it actually was.

That was why very few people would rush into battle before the array was completely revealed unless the attacker had full confidence in identifying it, and was not afraid of subsequent changes in the array.

Su Yuehan said, “Slow down, Young Master, Let's wait till the array is complete, we should…”

Before she finished, Chengfeng had already rushed forward. He could not wait to test out the concepts he had learned from the book. This was what the training at Yanjian Hall was for.

Although the training was dangerous, once they were familiar with arrays and battle strategies, it was the most effective method to improve one's battle knowledge and skills. Other than improving teamwork and chemistry between cultivators, one's individual skills would progress too.

Ever since he stopped one stone statue with his plant powers, he constantly kept a pack of gra.s.s seeds in his pocket. He rushed towards the statues and flicked his fingers, tossing about twenty seeds at it. He did not stay close to the animated puppets, instead, sprinting past them while using his mind to coax seed germination.

Before the puppets could move, their joints and cog wheels were filled with gra.s.s, clicking and creaking incessantly.

He chuckled. “Puppets like that are useless against me…”

Before he could finish, there was a 'click' from all five stone statues. The stone tiles had stopped moving and the array was complete. The stone swords in their hands trembled slightly as their eyes gradually brightened into glowing red orbs.

Soon after, white smoke rose from their bodies and with a deep rumble, a pillar of fire shot into the sky from their bodies. Chengfeng watched in dismay as they stood ablaze, all the gra.s.s growing between their joints burnt to crisp.

His jaw dropped!

What the heck?!

Very soon, Chengfeng discovered his current biggest weakness: if he met a fire-attributed cultivator, he would be done for!

Su Yuehan shouted, “It's a Separating Fire Array! HIDE! The scariest part of this array is the first fifteen minutes! After hiding for fifteen minutes, we'll take advantage of its weakest moment as it recharges itself!”

'Book of Arrays' recorded the advantages and disadvantages of this Separating Fire Array: upon activation, blazing flames would improve fire spells by fifty to seventy percent as well as attack enemies with flames. It would cleanse itself of any hostile wood spells, as well as some water spells, transforming all attacks into spells of the fire attribute. Wood attribute cultivators would suffer triple damage under its influence while water attribute cultivators will find their powers cut by half.

If a cultivator was naturally of the wood attribute, the array would automatically attack them. If the array was under attack by a powerful water attribute spell, it would grow five times more powerful. Fifteen minutes after activation, the array will enter a recharging stage, lasting between one second to fifteen minutes depending on its scale.

The Separating Fire Array was a common array during the Era of Arrays. It still made frequent appearances during the current modern era where individual spell duels were uncommon.