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Chapter 679: Chapter 679: “Formation” Upgrade

The power of the Book of Fusion lies in empowering the primary skill set without any dependency on the compatibility of fuelling secondary skills. It could even promote skills with properties totally against each other.

Theoretically, Song Jian could merge all his skills to generate a full-level skill. But doing so without identifying the quality of the primary skill would only weaken him.

“Set ‘Array Formation’ as the primary skill!” Song Jian decisively dragged the skill into the primary skill slot. He then scanned through other skills and finally selected “Magic Rune Inscription” and “Magic Rune Array” to be consumed.

“Magic Rune Inscription” was only a third-level skill, but Song Jian had already promoted “Magic Rune Array” to seventh level. Both skills could supply a lot of proficiency for the promotion of “Array Formation”.

Song Jian was immediately greeted by a system notification after dragging the two skills into the secondary skill slots:

System: Would you like to merge skills “Magic Rune Array” and “Magic Rune Inscription” with skill “Array Formation”? [Yes/No] Nôv(el)B\\jnn

System: Confirmation of the fusion will erase skills “Magic Rune Array” and “Magic Rune Inscription”. You have a chance to develop a new skill or a chance to enhance the “Array Formation” skill. If fusion fails, proficiency will accumulate towards “Array Formation” to boost the skill level.

Fuse!

Song Jian instantly clicked the “Fuse” button.

The Book of Fusion radiated a white light, and the two skills in the secondary skill slot gradually vanished, yet the “Array Formation” skill in the primary skill slot sparkled with glorious radiance.

System: Your skill “Array Formation” has been promoted from intermediate to advanced.

System: Your skill “Array Formation” gains enhancement; formation time reduced by 50%, power of formation increased by 30%, formation analysis+2, key point detection+3, formation comprehension+5.

A smile crept up to Song Jian’s face. He was considering filling in several more skills. But now, it seemed unnecessary.

“Indeed, enhancing fusion success rate is more likely if the skills being fused are of close attributes,” Song Jian mused.

A significant reduction in formation time and power boost wouldn’t mean much to him right now. But formation analysis and the two features – key point detection and comprehension – were of paramount importance.

In practice, these features needed to be combined with “formation comprehension”. When faced with a formation never encountered before, there was a chance to learn it.

But for Song Jian now, he didn’t need to learn the Qingyun Sword Array, he just needed to break it.

Demolition was always easier than construction. The more intricate the formation, the more easily it could be influenced by some key nodes, thus making it unstable.

It was just like setting up dominoes. With just a light touch at the right place, the entire array could be affected.

Once the “Array Formation” skill was fused, a massive flow of information instantly flooded Song Jian’s mind. But with Song Jian’s strong psychological attribute, all he felt was a slight dizziness. In no time, he had fully comprehended all the information.

Now when Song Jian looked up at the Qingyun Sword Array above, he found the array much clearer.

“To invoke the power of the entire mountain range, Qingyun Sword Array is indeed extraordinary,” Song Jian couldn’t help but exclaim.

The higher the level of the formation, the more clearly Song Jian could see the extraordinariness of the Qingyun Sword Array, and his respect for Liu Qingyun arose from the bottom of his heart.

Liu Qingyun was indeed worthy of the character who founded a sect based on his extraordinary talents.

But the brighter Liu Qingyun shined, the more Song Jian wanted him eliminated. Not only because of the mission requirement, but most importantly, being the enemy of such a person, Song Jian would never be able to sleep soundly at night.

“Although the sword array is profound, I don’t need to break the whole formation. I just need to sever the link between the sword array and Qingyun Peak so it can no longer draw strength from the mountain!” Song Jian thought to himself.

At this moment, the Abyssal Demon Lord was struggling mightily. The aura of the abyss that once filled the sky was now shattered by the Qingyun Sword Qi and barely covered half of its previous area. If this continued, defeat was inevitable.

“Damn it, just give me a few more days, and I’ll recover to my peak strength. Then you, a mere human, wouldn’t stand a chance against me!” roared the Abyssal Demon Lord.

If it could recover its third-tier strength, no matter how strong the Qingyun Sword Array was, the Abyssal Demon Lord could break it with mere brute force. At that point, it could crush the entire Qingyun Peak with a simple flick of its hand, and the Qingyun Sword Array powered by Qingyun Peak wouldn’t stand a chance.

“Your existence has already been communicated to the neighbouring sects of the Qingyun Sword Sect by my flying sword messenger. Before long, your existence as a Abyssal Demon Lord will be known all over the continent. You will never have the time to recover to your peak strength!” Liu Qingyun shouted with a deathly pale face. Controlling the Qingyun Sword Array had drained much of his energy. All he could do now was to hope that the Abyssal Demon Lord would retreat, give him and the Qingyun Sword Sect a breather for a day or two. Help from neighbouring sects would arrive soon, and in due time, a small Abyssal Demon Lord like it would soon be suppressed.

At this point, the Abyssal Demon Lord was wavering. Qingyun Sword Sect was a tough bone to chew, he thought he could find a couple of human towns and offer their flesh and blood as a sacrifice to recover his third-tier combat power quickly.

“Human, how about we temporarily withdraw? In just two to three days, I could…” The voice of the Abyssal Demon Lord echoed in Song Jian’s ears.

“Hold on, I can break this formation soon!” Song Jian cut off the Abyssal Demon Lord.

“The Blade of Abyss hesitated, disbelief in its voice: “How could that be possible? This is…”

“I know what I’m doing, just remember, you must keep on fighting until I say we can retreat!” Song Jian declared firmly.

“But…”

“Or would you prefer to experience your soul being torn apart again?”

“…, alright, I obey your command!”

Under Song Jian’s stubborn persistence, the Abyssal Demon Lord had no choice but to continue fighting. However, roars and howls echoed in his heart.

“Damn humans, wait for your day. One day, I will tear your body to pieces and cast your soul into the misery of the Magic Flame in the Abyss for ten thousand years!”

While the Abyssal Demon Lord was desperately fighting against the Qingyun Sword Array, Song Jian, who had been observing for a long time, finally brightened his eyes and a smile spread across his face.

“I found it!” Song Jian muttered to himself.

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