Elven cultivators

The most crucial point is that a formation is not necessarily better the more powerful it is; it also depends on its compatibility with the formation base—that is, the earth vein node.

With a high degree of compatibility, the formation and the earth's veins can complement each other, achieving a synergistic effect greater than the sum of its parts.

The compatibility is low, and even half of the original power of the formation cannot be utilized, resulting in a waste of resources.

Silvermoon Forest has no ley lines, but it does have the Fountain of Life and the Tree of Eternity.

If you want to set up a mountain-protecting formation, you can only choose one of these two, or both at the same time, for the core formation eye.

Taking this premise into account, and further eliminating those formations with demanding conditions and difficult-to-collect materials, Anton's options for formations suddenly dwindled considerably.

After careful consideration of the existing conditions in Silvermoon Forest, Anton finally chose a formation called "Great Evolution Azure Profound Formation".

The Great Evolution manifests all things, and the Azure Mystery governs all directions.

This formation is one of the top formations best suited for forest terrain and wood-attribute spiritual veins.

Its essence is the way of life and growth of heaven and earth, with wood as its root.

The principle behind it lies in "leveraging existing trends".

Instead of forcibly altering the landscape, it awakens the inherent wood-based spirituality of the forest, making each tree part of the formation. It transforms the forest's wood energy into protective and repelling forces, seamlessly integrating with the terrain and landscape, without violating nature or the laws of heaven.

The two complement each other; the formation arises from the forest, and the forest flourishes because of the formation.

It could be said that it is the perfect place for Silvermoon Forest.

However, Anton did not directly apply the existing array diagram. Instead, he delved into and understood every key point of the array, and made appropriate modifications based on the actual environment and existing conditions of the Silver Moon Forest, making the array more perfectly integrated with the Silver Moon Forest.

At the same time, he also incorporated some of his own understanding and insights into the magic arrays of the Dawn Continent.

This process sounds simple, but it is extremely difficult to implement.

It took Anton three years to finally perfect and finalize the battle formation diagram.

At this point, he had already broken through to the seventh level of Foundation Establishment.

The perfected Great Evolution Azure Profound Array encompasses over a hundred arrays, but mainly consists of three major arrays, thus it can be regarded as a three-layered nested array cluster.

The main formation's core is the Tree of Eternity, and the secondary core is the Fountain of Life.

Unfortunately, Silvermoon Forest has no leyline nodes, so it can only rely on these two treasures of the Elven race to support the operation of the formation.

In the process of perfecting the array, Anton discovered that neither the Tree of Eternity nor the Fountain of Life was sufficient to support the array on its own.

Only when both serve as the core elements of the formation can the formation maintain stable operation.

These two factors are also the power source of the formation.

The entire formation can be divided into three main parts: the outer formation, the middle formation, and the inner formation.

The outer formation is named the Green Wood Transformation Formation.

Those who create can transform the mundane into the spiritual, and the barren into the fertile.

The Azure Wood Transformation Array takes its name from the concept of "transformation," turning barren soil into spiritual land, ordinary trees into spiritual plants, and the turbid air of heaven and earth into pure spiritual air.

This formation has three main functions.

First, it expanded territory.

The entire formation is centered on the Eternal Tree, with formation patterns spreading in all directions along the tree roots, the ground, and vines, covering the entire Silver Moon Forest.

For every inch the roots of the Eternal Tree extend outward, the array pattern expands by an inch as well.

The land in newly developed areas will be "activated" by array patterns, and the minerals and elemental energy in the soil will be activated, making it suitable for the growth of spiritual plants.

What was originally barren wasteland can be transformed into fertile soil within three to five years.

What were originally sparse shrubs can grow into towering ancient trees within ten years.

The area of ​​the entire forest will gradually expand over time.

Secondly, it gathers spiritual energy.

The formation automatically gathers the energy of the surrounding heaven and earth, flowing into the Silver Moon Forest like rivers flowing into the sea, increasing the concentration of elemental energy and turning the entire forest into a super-wide-area version of the spirit-gathering formation.

The higher the energy concentration, the faster the trees grow.

The more trees there are, the more efficient the energy gathering becomes.

This creates a positive feedback loop: the forest nourishes the formation, the formation nurtures the forest, and the stronger the forest, the stronger the formation.

Thirdly, nurturing the spirit.

The formation will automatically "select" the most promising trees in the forest and subtly infuse them with spirituality.

The selected trees have a very high probability of transforming into new oak guardians within decades.

In the long run, the Silvermoon Clan's living plant army will experience explosive growth.

Of course, the one that absorbs the most spiritual energy is the Eternal Tree, which serves as the main eye of the array.

Under the nurturing of the array, the Eternal Tree will continue to grow in size, its roots will gradually become denser, and its spirituality will accumulate day by day. Eventually, like a spiritual artifact, it will awaken its true self and be born with intelligence.

However, given the scale of the Tree of Eternity, without further external assistance, relying solely on formations, this process would undoubtedly be extremely lengthy.

In summary, although the Azure Wood Transformation Formation does not kill or trap the enemy, it is the foundation of the Great Evolution Azure Profound Formation.

Without this formation, the forest will not expand, and the spiritual energy will not increase; the latter two formations would be like water without a source or a tree without roots.

The central formation is called the Azure Lock Dragon Trapping Formation.

As the name suggests, this is a trap.

The formation is designed to "lock and trap".

When an enemy invades, the formation will transform the wood energy in the forest into countless green vines, like chains or pythons, to entangle and strangle all invading enemies.

Those vines are not ordinary plants.

They are formed from pure psionic energy and are incredibly tough.

Ordinary swords and knives can cut through it like water, and the blade can be withdrawn and the blade can be used again.

The flames burned like burning bluestone, and even after the fire was extinguished, the flames remained.

The more the trapped enemy struggled, the tighter the vines tightened, until their bones broke and they could no longer move.

The larger the forest area, the stronger the wood energy, and the more powerful the formation.

The last one is the inner formation, called the "Azure Emperor's Demon-Subduing Formation".

The Azure Emperor is the god of the East, in charge of wood and life.

Those who subdue demons suppress evil spirits and kill those who invade.

The Azure Emperor Subduing Demon Formation is the core killing move of the Great Evolution Azure Profound Formation.

The formation operates year-round, gradually storing the wood-elemental spiritual energy that overflows from the Silver Moon Forest.

Like dripping water into a vat, little by little, it accumulates into a sea over time.

When a powerful enemy attacks, all the stored energy can be drawn out at once and condensed into a towering Azure Emperor avatar above the forest, delivering a heavy blow to the enemy.

Simply put, it's the ultimate move.

Its power depends on two factors: the duration of energy storage and the size of the forest.

The longer the energy is stored, the more lush the forest becomes, and the stronger the power.

However, the most mysterious aspect of the Azure Emperor's Demon-Subduing Formation lies not in its current power, but in its potential.

The initial avatar of the Azure Emperor was merely a phantom formed by the energy drawn from the array.

It has form but no spirit, power but no soul.

But as the Silvermoon Forest grows over thousands of years, and as the Tree of Eternity continues to grow stronger, this incarnation may one day truly come to life with the help of the Tree of Eternity.

By then, it will no longer be an energy aggregate that dissipates with a single blow.

It will open its eyes, possess will, and become the true deity guarding the Silvermoon Forest.

In addition to the three formations mentioned above, formations also have the most basic defensive function.

When attacked, it will condense into a semi-transparent blue curtain around the forest to resist external attacks.

For attackers to break through the array's defenses, they must either completely deplete the energy of the Tree of Eternity and the Fountain of Life, at which point the array will naturally collapse.

Either the power of a single attack is so strong that it exceeds the instantaneous defensive limit of the formation, breaking the entire formation in one move.

However, to achieve the latter level, the attacker would need to possess the power to turn the entire Silvermoon Forest to ashes in a single blow.

Even legendary powerhouses couldn't do something like that.

To some extent, the Great Evolution Azure Profound Array actually has a certain potential for growth.

When the formation is in place, the forest grows tall; when the forest grows tall, the formation becomes strong.

Millennia later, the Silvermoon Forest will breathe and grow like a living thing, perhaps becoming a blessed land.

Overall, Anton is fairly satisfied with the matchup.

At this stage, this is the best he can do.

Later, once his cultivation and array formation skills improve, he can continue to strengthen and perfect the Great Evolution Azure Profound Array.

In fact, many sects' protective formations were not powerful from the beginning.

It was only through the continuous refinement of countless sects over millions of years that it gradually transformed into the impregnable and invincible behemoth it is today.

No mountain-protecting formation is built overnight.

The Great Evolution Azure Mystery Array will definitely have to go through this process as well.

After finalizing the array diagram, the next step is to begin preliminary preparations.

This includes crafting various array flags and array plates, as well as preparing various materials.

Anton took the array diagram directly to the council of elders and explained his intentions.

The three elders were taken aback when they heard that Anton planned to set up a magic array covering the entire Silvermoon Forest.

"You mean... to build a protective formation for the city?" the elder asked hesitantly.

On the continent of Dawn, some of the core cities where top powers reside will build a large number of mage towers near the interior of the city walls. These mage towers will be connected to each other as nodes to create a large magic array that covers the entire city.

When faced with an invasion by foreign enemies, a magic array will be activated to block the enemy from entering the city and to resist enemy attacks.

This magic array has a very strong defensive effect, but it also has many drawbacks.

First of all, the construction cost is astronomical, and only top-tier forces can build it.

Secondly, it requires multiple casters to operate during startup, and each startup consumes a large number of magic stones.

Unless in a critical moment, the magic array should not be activated lightly.

Even when it's closed, the annual maintenance cost of the magic array is astonishingly high; it's no exaggeration to call it a money-devouring beast.

Apart from a handful of top-tier powers, virtually no other force on the Dawn Continent can support such a large-scale magic array.

"Not quite the same."

Anton shook his head and explained the function of the Great Evolution Azure Profound Array to the three elders in concise language.

After hearing this, the three elders were stunned and stood there dumbfounded.

Are there really such magic arrays in the world?

Not only is it so powerful, but it can also gradually grow and expand?

The key is that the magic circle can absorb energy on its own to maintain operation on a daily basis, and when it is activated, it draws energy from the Tree of Eternity and the Fountain of Life, without the need for huge startup and maintenance costs.

Although this will reduce the production of Life Spring.

But compared to the benefits brought by the magic array, this cost is simply negligible.

The three elders immediately realized the immense benefits this magic array would bring to the Silver Moon Clan.

With this magic array, the Silver Moon Clan has essentially secured an unshakeable foundation for all ages.

If this magic circle had been there when they discovered the rift leading to the Underdark, they wouldn't have had to worry about the invasion of the subterranean races.

After regaining their senses, the three elders immediately pledged their full support to Anton, both in terms of supplies and manpower.