Chapter 243: Bad Situation

With this, all three major Rank Six Immortal Gu Formations within Flame Sovereign Blessed Land were complete.

Their influence extended far beyond Lin Yan’s battle strength. Raging Fire strengthened the population and nourished the Thousand Wishes Tree. Sunflame Valley Formation managed the Flame Path resources in the west, while Divine Firmament Thunder Pool Formation developed the Thunder Path resources in the east.

Meanwhile, the twenty Hairy Man Gu Refinement Formations continuously processed materials and refined mortal Gu. Once every formation began operating steadily, the blessed land’s annual transactions could reach tens of thousands of immortal essence stones, while its yearly production of green grape immortal essence would gradually approach six hundred beads.

However, Lin Yan had kept one final method hidden.

Sunflame Valley Formation and Divine Firmament Thunder Pool Formation had been created with compatible structures. Through Formation Flag Immortal Gu, Lin Yan could temporarily connect them, allowing Flame Path and Thunder Path to strengthen one another and form a Rank Seven Immortal Gu Formation.

Its normal attacks were already terrifying, but Lin Yan had prepared an even stronger method. By draining most of the power accumulated within Sunflame Valley and Divine Firmament Thunder Pool, the combined formation could unleash a single attack that barely reached Rank Eight.

Of course, one Rank Eight attack did not give Lin Yan Rank Eight battle strength. There was still a vast difference between unleashing such an attack and fighting a Rank Eight Gu Immortal.

However, Lin Yan also controlled the Green Claw Ghost Winged Lion through the Soul Devouring Demon Subduing Formation. If he deployed the two combined formations and activated Invading Like Fire through Raging Fire at the same time, he could at least resist an ordinary Rank Eight Gu Immortal.

Victory remained beyond him, but exchanging several moves before retreating safely was now possible.

Lin Yan slowly exhaled as he gazed across Flame Sovereign Blessed Land. Before entering Zhen Yuanzi’s Dream Realm, none of these formations had existed. Yet after his Formation Path attainment reached Grandmaster, nearly every region of the blessed land had undergone a complete transformation.

"A single Grandmaster’s attainment has already brought me this far. If I can find a few more Gu Immortal Dream Realms and raise several other paths to Grandmaster, gaining the strength to fight a Rank Eight may truly be possible."

Lin Yan could not help feeling emotional. Less than two months had passed since the Rebirth, yet his strength had already risen tremendously. He had also digested nearly every opportunity he had seized during that period, and this was only the beginning.

Such rapid development had brought serious consequences. Nearly twenty new Desolate Beasts and Desolate Plants now consumed enormous quantities of earth qi, while relocating more than ten million people into Flame Sovereign Blessed Land had created numerous problems. The blessed land could barely support them because of its vast reserves and continued growth following Lin Yan’s Immortal Ascension. If he failed to expand its territory and increase its earth qi, the entire blessed land would begin collapsing within two months of outside time.

"Fortunately, I have Autumn Before Winter. I can control the blessed land’s flow of time and bring forward its calamities and tribulations. It would be best to undergo twenty Earth Calamities and two Heavenly Tribulations in one stretch, then advance directly to Rank Seven."

Lin Yan quickly made his decision. He did not fear the coming tribulations. Self Dream concealed Flame Sovereign Blessed Land, preventing Heaven’s Will from learning how drastically his strength had increased during this period. Its understanding of him remained outdated, so the calamities and tribulations it arranged would pose little threat to his current strength.

Furthermore, Rank Six Gu Immortals faced only Earth Calamities and Heavenly Tribulations. Even if their power reached the upper limit, they could not surpass peak Rank Seven. With Lin Yan’s current methods, he could even forcibly suppress the Grand Tribulations faced by Rank Seven Gu Immortals.

There was another reason he needed to accelerate time. Refining five Immortal Gu and making three Immortal Gu Formations had consumed nearly everything he had accumulated over the years. He had drawn vast quantities of immortal materials from more than sixty resource points, leaving several severely depleted and their production greatly reduced.

If Autumn Before Winter allowed Flame Sovereign Blessed Land to develop for another two hundred years, those losses would be completely restored. With its current scale, two centuries of uninterrupted development could produce immortal materials and Gu materials worth millions of immortal essence stones. His accumulated green grape immortal essence could also approach one hundred thousand beads.

Just as Lin Yan prepared to activate Autumn Before Winter, his expression turned ugly. A pulsating deep-blue crystalline brain appeared above his head. Strands of electricity poured downward, rapidly weaving themselves around his body before condensing into the majestic blue-gold armor of Thunderous Battle King.

Someone was deducing him again. Lin Yan had faced several such attempts during the past two months. The Mo Family had repeatedly hired Wisdom Path loose immortals to locate him, but none had possessed enough strength to break through his defenses. He initially assumed this attempt would end the same way.

However, the moment Thunderous Battle King confronted the deduction, its blue-gold armor began trembling violently.

Beep! Beep! Beep!

Crimson warnings flooded Lin Yan’s vision as cracks rapidly spread across the armor. Less than a breath had passed, yet Thunderous Battle King was already approaching collapse.

This deduction was on a completely different level from every previous attempt. The invisible Wisdom Path assault tore through layer after layer of calculations produced by Calculation Immortal Gu, crushing his defenses with terrifying speed.

Lin Yan’s expression immediately darkened. "This is bad."