Elven cultivators

Chapter 71 Golden Light Locking Prison Array, Fire Cover (2nd Update, Please Subscribe)

Silver Moon Forest, Treehouse Quiet Room.

Anton sat cross-legged, his consciousness sinking into the depths of his soul as he examined the Great Dao Jade Slip.

More than half a month has passed since the battle that wiped out the Molten Thorn tribe.

The Molten Thorn tribe, once a powerful force in the Eldron Plains, is now a thing of the past.

All the lizardmen who survived the war were taken prisoner and imprisoned in batches in the Silvermoon Forest.

Instead of exterminating them, the Silvermoon Clan planned to incorporate them into a slave population, using them as low-level laborers in logging, mining, and transportation, as well as to supply materials for Dragon Essence Potions.

With this group of lizardman slaves, the Silvermoon Clan will no longer have to worry about the materials for Dragon Essence Potions.

The presence of those dragon-lizard people also provided Anton with ample blood samples for his research on the Guiyuan Pill.

He has already put this matter on his agenda, and he estimates that it won't be long before he can successfully refine the first batch of pills.

At that time, his speed in condensing true essence will be able to reach a new level.

The Guiyuan potion, "made" based on the Guiyuan Pill, can also be made more widely, allowing the few gold-rank warriors and spellcasters in the clan to enjoy the benefit of rapidly increasing magic power.

After all, the previous Dragon Essence Elixir had very limited effect on them.

With the Rejuvenation Elixir, in a few hundred years, the clan might produce a few more peak-level Gold Saints.

In conclusion, the destruction of the Molten Thorn tribe was undoubtedly a good thing for the Silvermoon Clan.

From now on, the Silvermoon Clan will no longer have to deal with the Lizardmen's invasions every winter, nor will they suffer continuous blood loss. They can devote all their energy to developing and expanding the clan.

With the Dragon Essence Elixir and the Returning Origin Elixir, given enough time, the Silver Moon Clan's strength will surely advance by leaps and bounds.

The only problem is the powerful backer of the Molten Thorn tribe.

Through interrogating the gold-ranked dragon lizardmen, the clan learned that the high-ranking dragonborn officer supporting the Molten Thorn tribe was named Marcus.

He is a peak Gold-level expert with considerable status and influence in Kreisor Dragon City.

Some of the elders were worried about Marcus's retaliation.

However, Anton wasn't too worried.

Marcus's support for the Molten Thorn tribe was always done in secret, with the aim of secretly manipulating the tribe to amass wealth. The upper echelons of Krethorung City were completely unaware of this.

Therefore, even if Marcus wanted to retaliate against the Silvermoon Clan, he could only do so in secret and could not openly dispatch the Dragon City army to attack the forest.

Although the Silvermoon Clan is a vassal race exploited by the City of Crestor, the City of Crestor will not easily take action against a vassal race without sufficient justification.

Appropriate exploitation and suppression can consolidate one's hegemonic position.

Unbridled oppression will only force all races to rise up in resistance, resulting in mutual destruction.

Even if Kreisor Dragon City has enough power to eliminate all the rebels, without its vassal races, where will it find enough manpower and channels to collect resources?

As long as Marcus is unable to mobilize his army, it is merely his personal revenge and poses little threat to the Silvermoon Clan.

Moreover, Marcus had just lost an army of Stoneskin troll vassals, and he was probably having a headache about how to explain it to his superiors.

Another, more important reason is the departure of the Shining Dragon.

With the loss of its guardian dragon, the city of Kresol Dragon is now at its weakest.

Of course, the so-called weakness is only relative.

Compared to other races on the Eldron Plains, the city of Krethor Dragon still possessed overwhelming power at this time.

Even so, they will still be more cautious than usual at this time and will not easily cause trouble.

Therefore, Anton is not too worried that Marcus will cause trouble for the Silvermoon Clan in the near future.

As for the future... perhaps it's Marcus who should be worried.

Anton is very vengeful.

He still remembered the attack on him by the Blazing Fire Merchant Guild and was waiting for the opportunity to take revenge after he mastered the flying sword technique.

Marcus will surely settle old scores with the Silvermoon Clan once he becomes stronger, as he has caused them so much harm.

However, the most important thing at this stage is to forge the sword pellet as soon as possible.

Previously tied up by the war, now that the war is over, it's time to figure out how to deal with the Rockhorn Dragon in the Thousand Rock Hills.

Like the Rogu, the Rockhorn Dragon is at its Gold Peak.

In theory, the same methods used to deal with Zogu can be used to deal with Rockhorn.

However, sub-dragon species like the Rockhorn Dragon rely more on and follow their intuition than the Lizardmen. Even if Anton successfully implants the Dark Thunder Seed into its body, the Rockhorn Dragon will most likely sense the threat and flee before the Dark Thunder Seed takes shape and erupts.

Unlike Zhuogu, this beast wouldn't be blinded by desire and murderous intent; it would probably run away without hesitation.

If a sub-dragon at its peak golden age is determined to escape, even if Anton and the Grand Elder join forces, it will be difficult to stop it.

With this in mind, Anton planned to make thorough preparations before hunting the Rockhorn Dragon.

He had previously considered using formations to deal with the Rockhorn Dragon, and after searching through the Great Dao Jade Slip, he finally found something.

Golden Light Prison Locking Formation!

One type of sealing array,

Once the formation is complete, the golden light barrier acts like a cage, sealing off all directions. Enemies entering the formation are like prisoners, unable to escape.

The most distinctive feature of this formation is that it sustains itself through battle.

All attacks launched by the enemy against the formation will be absorbed by the light barrier and transformed into energy to strengthen and reinforce the formation.

The fiercer the enemy attacks, the stronger their formation, and the harder it is to break through.

Unless they can break through the enemy's defenses in one fell swoop, the longer they fight, the more desperate they will become.

The Golden Light Locking Prison Formation is only a Foundation Establishment stage formation, and its targets are only Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment stages. It is ineffective against Golden Core stage cultivators and above.

However, this perfectly suited Anton's needs.

The Rockhorn Dragon is only at the Gold Peak level, not Legendary, so the Golden Light Locking Prison Formation works just right for it.

Besides, the difficulty of setting up a Foundation Establishment stage formation would not exceed Anton's capabilities.

There are indeed trapping and killing formations of a higher level than the Golden Light Locking Prison Formation, but they are far beyond what Anton's current cultivation level and mediocre formation skills can master.

The Golden Light Locking Prison Formation is sufficient to deal with the Rockhorn Dragon.

"Setting up the Golden Light Locking Prison Array requires an array plate, eight array flags, nine spirit stones, as well as golden light sand, jade marrow liquid... We need to find alternative materials for the latter."

Anton then assigned himself the task of researching alternative materials for array formations.

After finishing that, he immediately began browsing documents related to ritual implements.

After condensing his true essence, Anton was qualified to refine magical artifacts.

Previously, I was busy setting up the spirit-gathering array and preparing for war. Now that I have a little more free time, it is natural to start this matter.

"Once the sword pellet is forged, I will have no shortage of offensive methods."

"Even when advancing or retreating, one can rely on flying sword techniques to accelerate; the speed of the sword pellet is no less than that of speed-type magical artifacts."

"The key is still defense."

The battle against Dragoon proved the importance of defensive equipment.

If it weren't for the multiple Frost Shields that withstood Zhuogu's attacks, Anton definitely wouldn't have been able to hold out until the Yin Thunder Seed fully formed and unleashed its power.

However, as his strength increased, his magical artifacts gradually became unable to keep up with his power level.

It's already a bit of a stretch to deal with enemies of lower-tier gold rank.

Against opponents at the peak of the Gold rank, it would be destroyed after withstanding only a few attacks at most.

Crafting higher-level magical artifacts has become imperative.

The protective magical artifacts in the Great Dao Jade Slip were as numerous as the stars in the sky, and Anton was somewhat dazzled after looking at them for a while.

He thought about it for a moment and quickly changed his approach.

For him, the choice of which magical artifact to forge does not depend on how powerful the artifact is, but on whether it is even possible to forge it.

The Great Dao Jade Slip contains many top-tier protective magical artifacts, whose power is even comparable to some weaker profound artifacts.

However, these kinds of magical artifacts not only require extremely high skills from the craftsmen, but also require very rare and hard-to-find materials.

Just collecting materials would probably take a very long time, and there's no guarantee of success.

So the key is to have the right materials.

Thinking of this, Anton flipped his wrist, and a palm-sized sun emblem appeared out of thin air in his palm.

The coat of arms is entirely made of pure gold and is shaped like a sun wheel. The front is engraved with a burning sun totem, and holding it in your hand feels like holding a piece of scorching hot coals.

An ordinary person would probably be burned and their skin torn open the moment they touched it.

This is the Sun Emblem seized from Zogu.

In recognition of Anton's contributions, the Elders bestowed upon him the Sun Crest after the war.

In the Eldron Plains, extraordinary magical items are already extremely rare treasures.

Each piece possesses extremely powerful energy, capable of significantly enhancing the strength of gold-tier warriors and spellcasters.

Zhuogu is the best example.

After acquiring the Sun Crest, Anton conducted a test.

When he wore the Sun Emblem, the power of his fire-attribute martial arts and spells was significantly enhanced, increasing by about 30% to 40%.

This level is lower than the normal level.

Anton estimated that the Sun Emblem could not exert its full effect in his hands because of the different energy systems.

But it didn't matter; he didn't care about the amplification effect of the Sun Emblem at all.

Its limitation of only enhancing the power of fire-attribute martial arts and spells is still too great.

In comparison, he valued the sun emblem itself more.

This magical item can be completely broken down into a high-density fire-attribute magic polymer.

In this way, we'll have the main material for crafting magical artifacts.

With the selection criterion of using fire-related materials as the main material, Anton quickly identified his target.

Fire shield!

A fire-attribute protective magic artifact that, when activated, transforms into a semi-transparent fire curtain shield, enveloping the cultivator and protecting them from attacks from all directions.

In addition, this magical artifact can use fire to control fire, absorbing external fire attacks and converting them into protective shield energy.

Any fire-type attack that hits the Fire Shield will be significantly weakened.

If the attack damage is weak, it may even be completely absorbed, making the shield even stronger.

Considering the possibility of facing the Glowing Dragon and its offspring in the future, Anton felt it was necessary to possess a fire-attribute protective artifact.

"This is the one we've decided on."

Anton made a decision quickly.

"We already have the main ingredients. Once we collect the other twenty-odd auxiliary ingredients, we can begin the refining process."