Chapter 647 - 262: Attracting the True Sun Flame
Shen Can did not anticipate that the Dao of the Stars would bring such a mysterious power. If he had known earlier, he too would have gone to the Star Attraction Array below to contemplate.
In his view, the improvement in perception and divine sense of low-tier wizards is indeed insignificant; what he values is long-term change.
Yes, the newly constructed Star Attraction Array needs some modifications. He should also establish a cultivation cave mansion under the starlight, to broaden his mind.
After Huo Yunn stepped down, Shen Can once again looked at the clan land refurbishment plan. Since the power of stars is so mystical, it should naturally be maximized.
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To the north of the clan land, on the vast wilderness, golden light shimmered, forming a witch array about a hundred feet in diameter.
Inside and outside the witch array, more than ten Tier Three Wizards and over a thousand wizards, witches, and witch artisans of other ranks were busy.
Witch artisans are those who are not wizards but can assist wizards in engraving witch runes, planting witch medicines, and configuring them.
In terms of naming, prefixes like witch rune artisan or witch medicine artisan can be added to distinguish.
"Be careful."
Yan Chong, piloting the small boat, loudly cautioned the busy crowd.
"Be careful, ensure the distance between the two array bases is precise, be cautious of heat touching, triggering a chain reaction with other Red Fire Crystal Stones."
As everyone embedded the last crafted array base into the hundred-foot diameter Grand Array, Yan Chong breathed a sigh of relief.
"Alright, now everyone evacuate the array, watch your step, avoid getting burned."
"Don’t disturb the witch runes, restrain your witch power, everyone retreat, retreat."
Yan Chong saw the clansmen gradually withdraw from the array, and only then did he relax.
This relatively flat area, long since black and yellow, had no fist-sized stones visible at first glance.
It was not pre-arranged, but the experimental array failed, and the resulting explosive energy blasted the area like this.
Then, the clansmen re-leveled the crater blasted open, burying part of the charred area in soil, creating this black-and-yellow scene.
The Star Attraction Array can guide stars and moonlight, but invoking the sun power is challenging.
The sun sits atop the Great Wilderness, seemingly the size of a pottery basin, but the drawn-down flaming flow is lavish, the array struggles to bear it.
The clan has tried dozens of times, all ending in failure.
The previous Star Attraction Array also repeatedly failed, and even now it remains in useable range, constantly maintained and improved.
There’s no comparison with the Star Attraction Array scale; currently, only their thousand are working on the Sun-Invoking Power.
Yan Chong maneuvered the small flying ship to retreat, ten more feet outside the array, with Huo Fu also there.
"Master, it’s ready. You should step back some; I’m preparing to activate the witch array."
Yan Chong said, glancing up at the sky, as the sun neared its zenith.
He is Huo Fu’s second disciple.
Huo Fu has six disciples in total; the first and third disciples follow him in cultivating the Witch Talisman way, while the others have broader pursuits.
For example, this second disciple came to work on witch arrays.
Among these disciples, only the newly collected sixth disciple has a somewhat low realm, while the other five have advanced to the Tier Three Wizard Realm.
"Sizzle!"
When the sun had not yet reached the zenith of the sky, red-gold light suddenly lit up within the hundred-foot-sized array.
Witch runes, like lightning, outlined a hundred-foot circle of firelight.
At the instant the firelight appeared, the array base crackled and popped, followed by a burst of red fire gushing from the ground.
In that fleeting moment, the sunlight above the witch array suddenly twisted, the sun’s supreme yang power surged into flames, forming hundreds of firelights plummeting downward.
"Be careful!"
In a split second, Huo Fu grabbed Yan Chong, fleeing swiftly to the distance.
Boom!
The shattered array collided with the falling fire rain, energy rippling outward like waves, a surge of red fire energy struck Huo Fu.
Even though he promptly pulled out a witch talisman and placed it on himself, forming a bear-shaped defensive shield, the blasting energy dispersed the defensive bear talisman in an instant, pouring onto him.
In a blink, Huo Fu transformed into a stream of light, crashing two hundred feet away.
"Master!"
Yan Chong, after rising from a tumble, was yet again knocked to the ground by residual shockwaves.
The retreating clansmen were knocked about in all directions.
Yan Chong rushed to Huo Fu’s crash site, seeing only a bloodied figure emanating heat, urgently shouted for the witch doctor to save him.
Considering the experimental array was very risky, arrangements for a witch doctor stationed here were made from the start.
The witch doctor on guard took one glance, knowing instantly it was beyond his treatment capabilities.
"The injuries are too severe, a healing treasure pill mashed by the Medicine-Mashing Rabbit is needed."
Yan Chong carefully lifted Huo Fu, jumped onto the flying ship brought by the clansmen, and with the witch doctor, rushed toward the spiritual forest deep within the clan land.
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Ancestral Temple, side hall.
Ayu stood at the doorway, glanced inside, seeing Shen Can still busy over the desk, thought for a moment, but retracted her head, which soon emerged again.
"Ayu, what’s the matter?"
Shen Can’s main seat faced the hall door, usually Ayu would come directly in to inquire if something’s up.
"Ancestral Temple Keeper, Huo Fu was severely injured and is currently undergoing treatment."
Shen Can placed down the beast-skin paper in his hand, "What happened?"
Though among his several disciples only one has ascended to Tier Four, the remaining six under him, a Tier Five Martial Artist, seemed indeed unimpressive.
Yet, the seven disciples were taken in while Blazing Flame was still in its infancy, their innate gifts were not very promising from the start.