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Chapter 552: Chapter 552 Magical Formation

Song Jian took a large detour through the Shadow Forest, arriving at a small valley less than ten miles away from the Dark Castle;

Standing at the entrance of the valley, Song Jian’s brow furrowed slightly as he sensed a hint of death energy emanating from the valley, identical to the energy waves emitted by those who possessed Death’s Scythe.

Shadow and Death energy waves were similar, and many people often confused the two, but in reality, they were completely different energy systems;

However, in some places, the two could be combined, such as the Shadow Arrow in Shadow Magic. Tang Ming had previously used it, but the Shadow Magic’s Arrow focused on corrosion, while the Shadow Arrow of Death energy emphasized damage;

“What’s the matter, reached the destination but didn’t dare to enter?” A mocking voice suddenly came from the mouth of the valley, as Qi Yun’s voice rang in Song Jian’s ears.

Song Jian’s brow furrowed slightly, as Qi Yun’s voice now sounded even more hoarse than before, to the point that it no longer sounded like a human voice, but rather like the voice of an undead creature.

“It seems you arrived quite early?” Song Jian entered the valley and found that Qi Yun, wrapped in a long black robe, was sitting at the center of a Magic Array.

It was a Hexagram Star Magic Array, with each corner possessing a crystal emitting a grayish light. One of the crystals had developed a crack within it, with the surface shimmering light inconsistently.

“Is that the Shadow Crystal from the Shadow Circus Troupe?” Song Jian asked in surprise, looking at the cracked Shadow Crystal.

He didn’t expect that with Qi Yun’s strength, he really managed to steal this crystal from the Shadow Circus Troupe;

“I just borrowed some external power…” Qi Yun’s eyes gleamed with a smug expression, as obtaining this Shadow Crystal from the Shadow Circus Troupe was a very difficult task.

There were at least ten people in the circus whose strengths were stronger than Qi Yun’s. There were more than five people who possessed Tier 1 Combat Power alone, so under normal circumstances, it was impossible for Qi Yun to obtain this crystal from the troupe.

Actually, Qi Yun had contacted a thief group, disguised as bandits, to ambush the Shadow Circus Troupe halfway. Originally, he planned to kill Song Jian as well, but Song Jian did not choose to stay with him.

“You should rest for now. We’ll enter the Dark Castle in three days!” Qi Yun glanced at Song Jian and said, then closed his eyes, ignoring him.

Song Jian noticed that Qi Yun’s level had suddenly risen to level 27. The Magic Array he was in was continuously drawing energy from the six Shadow Crystals to be infused into him. The shadow aura around him seemed to grow denser.

However, what puzzled Song Jian was that he sensed a faint trace of death energy from Qi Yun. If his perception had not been so sharp, he might not have noticed it at all.

“What’s going on? Although Death energy is similar to Shadow energy, the two energies cannot be absorbed together, and cannot be merged. Once the two energies clash, there can only be one outcome—being blown to pieces.” Song Jian frowned, thinking to himself.

Whether it was a player or an NPC, once they chose a profession, they also chose the path they would follow in the future. Qi Yun’s Shadow Priest profession could not fuse with the Force of Death. It could be used, but absorbing this energy into the body was simply playing with fire;

It was the same with Song Jian. His foundation was the Invisible Sword Qi, and although he often used Abyssal Power, he never dared to introduce Abyssal Power into his body alongside Invisible Sword Qi.

From the moment Song Jian entered the valley, he felt a thick force of death. At first, he didn’t pay much attention to it, but now it seemed that this was also due to Qi Yun.

Just then, a white light suddenly flashed on Qi Yun, and his level unexpectedly rose from 27 to 28. This caused a surprised expression to appear on Song Jian’s face.

“This Magic Array can actually increase levels!” Song Jian thought to himself, his focus involuntarily gathered on the faintly glowing Magic Array on the ground.

Just staring for a few seconds, Song Jian felt dizzy. The Magic Array was too complicated, composed of thousands of Magic Runes. Each Magic Rune appeared to Song Jian like ever-moving tadpoles, staring at them for a while made his chest feel stifled and nauseous;

“This is really difficult. It’s much harder than comprehending ordinary skills…” Song Jian thought to himself.

Both Chopping Skill and Mining Skill, which Song Jian currently possessed, were the simplest and most basic skills. Ordinary people could even comprehend them just by watching for a while;

But compared to the Magic Array before him, these skills were like a small mound compared to the Himalaya Mountain.

Boom~

Song Jian felt a sudden tremor in his mind and let out a muffled hum, as blood flowed from his nostrils;

System: You forcibly tried to comprehend the knowledge about Magic Array and suffered backlash, losing 30 Vitality Points;

Song Jian fell to the ground, closed his eyes and rested for a while, then stood up again;

“The system only said that I would suffer backlash when trying to comprehend but didn’t say that I couldn’t comprehend!” Song Jian’s eyes sparkled, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth;

It was impossible for Song Jian to fully understand the entire Magic Array that could directly level up in one go.

Therefore, Song Jian began to focus his gaze on a small corner at the edge of the Magic Array, where three Magic Runes formed a simple loop circuit.

Song Jian had no foundation in the knowledge of Magic Arrays so he could only note one Magic Rune at a time. As he stared at the three Magic Runes, Song Jian’s right hand involuntarily began to trace the three Magic Runes;

This time, Song Jian stared at the three Magic Runes for ten minutes before he suffered another backlash;

System: You forcibly tried to comprehend the knowledge about Magic Array and suffered backlash, losing 60 Vitality Points;

This time, Song Jian’s knees weakened, and his entire body knelt on the ground. Blood seeped from his nostrils, ears, eyes, and mouth, making him look very miserable;

It took more than half an hour lying on the ground before Song Jian could barely control his body to crawl up slowly;

For him, as long as the system did not explicitly say he could not comprehend, he would persist on. He believed that even if he couldn’t fully comprehend the complete Magic Array that could level up directly, he should be able to comprehend the basics of Magic Array knowledge.

“If I can’t comprehend a serial loop circuit, then I’ll start from the most basic Magic Rune. I don’t believe that I can’t remember a single tiny Magic Rune!” Song Jian wiped the dried blood from his nostril, his eyes revealing a fierce expression;

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