690 Demonic Eye Art! (1/2)
Not far from Mercury, tens of thousands of battleships gathered. The region was awash in a red sea. Tens of thousands of cultivators channeled their cultivation into the sea of red and began the refinement process!
One could call it refinement. That, or a unique form of array formation being guided by Chi Lin and the other Soul Conduit realm cultivators!
The array formation was an extremely malicious form of Never-Ending Clan mystic art. Its name was Soul Infusion Destruction!
The entire process could be explained as a special refinement method being employed to channel hordes of souls forcibly into human vessels. The continual refinement of the human vessels would transform them into something akin to human bombs. The array formation helped to modify and augment the effects. The explosive force that resulted from blowing up a human bomb wouldn't be the cumulative strength of all cultivation and souls fed into the array formation—it would be exponential.
It was monstrous. The more souls it consumed, the higher the cultivation that was channeled into it, and the more powerful the eventual explosion. The vast hordes of Dao Palace cultivators aboard their battleships were clearly unaware that they were mere instruments, which were serving their souls for consumption!
As their cultivation continued to flow into the array formation, their souls would also slowly fuse with the array formation. They would gradually become a part of the array formation without even knowing it.
This… was part of Daoist You Ran's plan all along!
Beyond the red sea, scattered across the vast space, countless Dao Palace battleships lay concealed within spatial distortions. Aboard those battleships were many Dao Palace cultivators, who had been summoned to the red sea to await instructions without knowing what was going to happen to them.
They were also part of Daoist You Ran's plan!
One had to admit that Daoist You Ran was indeed a genius. Despite him being unable to leave the Never-Ending Clan battleship while it was still undergoing repairs, he had drawn up a plan for the destruction of the Federation's second line of defense on Venus. He had done so within a short period of time, amidst a flurry of unexpected events, and had based it all on Wang Baole and Feng Qiuran's reappearance.
It was a simple plan that involved attacking the weakest link and drawing out the rest of his enemy's forces. Wang Baole and Feng Qiuran were bait meant to lure the Federation to their rescue. It didn't matter how many came, they would all be destroyed. Based on Daoist You Ran's assessment, he believed that there was a great chance that the Federation would pretend to mount a fierce attack just so they could carry out the rescue. Then, they would retreat when given the opportunity.
\”When that happens… and they arrive, it'll be the perfect time to unleash the explosive power of the Soul Infusion Destruction. We will destroy the Federation's main forces. Venus, the key to the Solar System Array Formation, will fall with ease!
\”My only fear is that too few people will turn up!
\”But even if that happens, we still have two Soul Conduit realm vessels that will prove effective weapons when attacking Venus!\” Daoist You Ran sat inside the Never-Ending Clan battleship stationed on Mercury. His eyes were mere slits, concealing the anticipatory light within as he smiled faintly and murmured to himself.
The Federation was at a disadvantage when it came to their level of cultivation as well as their knowledge in such mystic arts. Even if they had the Solar System Array Formation, it would be difficult for them to detect Daoist You Ran's Soul Infusion Destruction. That was why he hadn't made any changes to his plan.
The Federation army had made a show of its deployment, leaving Venus and approaching Mercury. Li Xingwen, who had led a sizable team with him, had left in advance. He hurried to the meeting place he had set up with Feng Qiuran.
Every action that the Federation took had been deliberated and run through by its immensely resourceful think tank. They had simulated how the war was going to turn out based on every piece of information they had got their hands on. Despite them being unaware of the malicious trap that had been set for them, they had considered the possibility of an ambush. Their plans had provided for ways to circumvent it.
Of course, no one knew how effective these contingency plans would be.
Daoist You Ran's plans and the Federation's rescue efforts began to unfold concurrently. In the center of the storm, where the red sea lay, were two clouds of red mist. They were being refined into human vessels. Wang Baole was inside one of them. He was facing a difficult decision, an occasion that had rarely happened to him!