Douluo: A Century-old Legend I Am the Second Uncle Chenxin

Chapter 1840 Absorbing Evil Formation, Seven Killings Concealing Qi
Chen Xiaojun's words stirred up ripples in everyone's hearts, allowing them to digest them properly.

"The prodigy of the Chen family truly lives up to his reputation..." Someone sighed inwardly, echoing the sentiments of many present.

His insight, courage, and skill in applying various things far beyond his age are truly admirable.

Ma Zhibin took a big gulp of wine, the spicy liquid sliding down his throat and dispelling the shock in his heart. He chuckled, breaking the brief silence: "As expected, following you, Xiaojun, we can eat our fill."

Chen Xiaojun raised the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a gentle smile: "Uncle Zhibin, I'm relieved that you can eat your fill. This proves that you have good teeth and a good appetite, which is a good thing."

This caused everyone to smile.

However, Chen Xiaojun's smile quickly faded, and he said seriously, "Elders, there is one last thing, which may also be the most important one."

besides? !
Everyone felt a chill run down their spines, and their relaxed nerves instantly tightened again.

Is it more important than the previous plans, resource allocation, and future layout of Ironjaw Fortress? What could it be?
All eyes were focused on Chen Xiaojun. With a flick of his wrist, a barely perceptible ray of soul power flashed, and a thick, neatly folded roll of oil paper appeared in his hand.

He unfolded it and laid it flat on the table.

It was a giant drawing that was two meters long and two meters wide!
The drawing depicts an extremely complex circular magic circle.

Countless mysterious curves, runes, and nodes are densely interwoven to form a dazzling pattern.

The direction of the lines seems to contain some kind of profound truth, yet it is profound and difficult to understand.

What's even more striking is that the drawings also contain numerous notes written in tiny characters, densely distributed across various key locations of the magic array, clearly providing a detailed explanation of its structure and principles.

Zhu Yanfeng leaned closer to examine it, his brows furrowed, and couldn't help but ask, "Young Master, is this... a blueprint for a magic array?"

Chen Xiaojun nodded, his tone carrying a hint of seriousness that was barely perceptible: "That's right. However, this is just a schematic diagram."

A schematic diagram?!
Everyone gasped.

The complex diagram that covers the entire tabletop is just a simplified illustration? How vast and intricate must the true core array be?
Just imagining it is enough to make one feel a heavy pressure.

The atmosphere in the entire council hall instantly became heavy. Everyone realized that what Chen Xiaojun was about to say was probably a major event that could affect the very foundation of Ironjaw Fortress.

Ma Zhibin, the most impatient of them all, scratched his head and urged, "Xiaojun, stop playing games with us! What kind of magic array is this? Tell us quickly!"

Chen Xiaojun's gaze swept over everyone, finally landing on the intricate patterns on the blueprint, and he slowly said, "This formation is called the 'Draining Evil Formation.' It is the result of my second uncle's years of painstaking research."

“Ji Sha?” Ximen Wenye repeated the name, a glint of light flashing in his eyes, as if he had grasped the key.

“Indeed, a formation to draw in malevolent energy.” Chen Xiaojun affirmed, then pointed to the gloomy outline of Ironjaw Fortress outside the window. “The elders must have already noticed that Ironjaw Fortress is filled with an intense, impenetrable negative energy. The Bone-Digging Gang has been entrenched there for many years, killing countless people and accumulating immeasurable sins.”

"The murderous aura of the battlefield, the resentment of the dead, and the despairing power accumulated over the years... are no longer just something that lingers in the air."

He paused for a moment: “I dare say that these filthy negative energies have long since seeped into every brick of the castle, and have even become one with the entire Ironjaw Fortress.”

"Don't you all feel that this place is colder and more chilling than ordinary underground buildings? This is not just due to the dampness and cold underground."

Zhu Yanfeng nodded in deep agreement, his tone filled with disgust: "That's right! That eerie atmosphere is practically no different from a mass grave. If those guys from the Ghost King Sect who specialize in cultivating necromancy saw this place, they'd be overjoyed."

Chen Xiaojun nodded slightly, and then he extended one finger.

A dark red halo quietly appeared on the fingertip, like a miniature vortex, emitting a restrained yet heart-stopping suction.

"These negative energies are deadly poison to ordinary people and even ordinary Soul Masters; they are a curse that corrodes the mind." The dark red vortex at Chen Xiaojun's fingertip seemed to glow slightly. "They are also unclaimed 'sharpness,' the source of power. As you all saw on the battlefield that day, one of the characteristics of my Seven Kill Sword is that it can absorb and utilize these energies."

His gaze returned to the blueprints: "And this 'Soul-Absorbing Array' works on the same principle. It can use the power of the array to absorb and gather the negative energy accumulated here on a large scale and with high efficiency!"

The growth and power of the Chen family's Seven Kill Sword cannot be separated from the nourishment of killing intent and malevolent energy.

However, this process is not entirely under control.

The Seven Kill Sword will instinctively absorb the killing intent and malevolent energy in the environment, which will then spread and affect the Soul Master himself.

The soul masters of the Chen family must use the secret technique "Seven Killings Concealing Qi Technique" to gather and suppress these violent energies, eventually partially solidifying them within the Seven Killings Sword.

This cycle runs through the entire life of every Chen family Soul Master.

Their murderous aura is both the foundation of their power and a constant source of pain and shackles.

What's more challenging is that the needs are not balanced at different stages of cultivation.

Sometimes, an overwhelming amount of murderous intent can backfire, while at other times it can be insufficient, hindering a breakthrough.

The soul masters of the Chen family can't just slaughter indiscriminately to "recharge" their souls.

Therefore, going to the battlefield, whether it's the Fighting Soul Legion or the Foreign Legion, became an important way for the Chen family members to seek "nourishment" and tempering.

Back then, Chen Qianhua, the ancestor of the Chen family, once proposed a brilliant idea: if a special "container" could be created to absorb and store the killing intent and evil energy when it was excessive, and release it to supply when it was insufficient, wouldn't that perfectly solve the problem that had plagued the Chen family for thousands of years?
It's like a power bank for Earth.

However, turning an idea into reality is as difficult as climbing to the sky.

How to efficiently absorb and safely transmit violent negative energy?

What's even more difficult is how to use a magic array to firmly lock down the intangible and intangible killing intent and evil energy, so that it does not dissipate or get out of control.

In any case, transmit it out.

These problems have troubled countless generations of talented individuals in the Chen family.

Until now, it has been conquered by Chen Cong!

Over the past seven or eight years, Chen Cong has devoted a great deal of energy to this.

He conducted in-depth research on the naturally formed secret realm protective barrier of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye—the barrier could lock in the enormous ice and fire energy for ten thousand years without dissipating, and its principle gave him key inspiration.

He combined the "Nine Yin Returning to Origin" model from the "Big Dipper Method" and found a way to absorb energy on a large scale.

Drawing on the mature technology of constructing simulated cultivation environments by Soul Masters in Douluo Continent, the basic structure of the magic array was constructed.

The key reference is the special absorption characteristics of Chen Xiaojun's Seven Kill Sword Martial Soul of the Underworld Sea for various negative energies;

Drawing inspiration from the energy compression principle of the ancient Death Spiral magic array, the energy circuit design was optimized.

Finally, by applying the concept of Yin-Yang transformation in Yin-Yang theory, the core problem of energy storage and release was solved—the absorbed negative energy (belonging to Yin Sha) is transformed and stored through a magic array, and when needed, it is released by reversing the magic array to transform it into "sharpness" (belonging to Yang Sha or a controllable form) that can be absorbed by the Seven Kill Sword.

The Soul-Absorbing Formation is Chen Cong's masterpiece, a fusion of the mysteries of nature, family secrets, continental technology, and the ultimate principles of Yin and Yang!
Its appearance was of immeasurable significance to the Chen family.

(End of this chapter)