Chapter 183: Swallowing the Heavens

Kemit, with a body like a bear, immediately carried two large boxes and set them beside Li Mochen.

Inside were a set of three hundred and sixty miniature flying swords, thin as leaves, that could gather or scatter, which the latter had purchased at the Red Sparrow Club four hours ago. Scattered, they formed a surging sword tide; gathered, they became three flying swords: one named Red Sun, one Bright Moon, and one Divine Star, collectively called the 'Sun-Moon-Star Celestial Star Sword Array.'

Rarely, these leaf-thin flying swords even contained spirit arrays for storing true essence and magical power, greatly reducing the user's burden.

The set of flying swords was rated as high as sixteen, but as individual swords, they were only level ten. So theoretically, even a level seven or eight magic-energy professional could meet the minimum requirements to use them.

Meeting the usage requirements was easy, but unleashing their full power was extremely difficult. It required exceptionally strong divine sense, unparalleled sword-controlling skills, the innate talent for multitasking, and mastery of the stellar arts to wield these three hundred and sixty miniature flying swords with ease and perfection.

Li Mochen paid only three million gold shields for them, far below the normal price for a level sixteen magical artifact.

The reason was that this set of flying swords was a custom-made sword artifact created nine hundred years ago by a Huaguo Daoist sword cultivator with special talents and powerful soul strength.

After his death and ascension, those who could use it became as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns. Though the swords were excellent, they rarely found a worthy owner, so few were interested, and the price was far below the market value of a 16S-level magical artifact.

But for Li Mochen, this was the most suitable item he had seen in those second-hand equipment shops.

Next, Li Mochen took out the swords from the boxes one by one and inserted them into corresponding positions according to the celestial star layout.

"But A-Mo, I still don't quite understand. What preparations do we need to make now?"

Eliza spread her hands, looking puzzled. "Do you need us to help with anything?"

"No help needed. Just sit at the periphery of this formation and practice your meditation techniques. I reminded you to bring potions, right? At exactly midnight, take the best cultivation drugs you have."

Li Mochen then pointed to the two boxes beside him. "If you don't have any, there are two boxes: one with sixteen bottles of high-quality intermediate Titan potions, and the other with sixteen bottles of high-quality intermediate Dragon Blood potions. You must note that this choice relates to your future enhancement direction. You should know the difference between Titan and Dragon Blood, right? Eliza, you're a Dragon-Blooded sorcerer, correct?"

Except for the thirteen soldiers from the Red Scorpion unit led by Sampson Brut, who each took a bottle from the two boxes, the rest did not move.

Li Mochen thought he might have guessed correctly—these guys had already spent everything on their equipment.

Intermediate Titan potions and intermediate Dragon Blood potions weren't too bad, but 'high-quality' potions still had many flaws, falling short of the 'best' cultivation drugs for their stage.

But Li Mochen himself could do nothing; he had little money left to use.

Once everything was ready, Li Mochen summoned the Dracolich 'Xuanhuo' and the 'Deep Cold Princess,' placed them along with the Dragon Blood at the formation's periphery, and then returned to the center of the formation.

At this moment, he first took out the 'Divine Thunder Fortune Purple Gold Pagoda' and examined it carefully.

He noticed that the pale gold color on the base had already spread to the second level of the pagoda.

In just one night, this pagoda had reached the level it had during his Nascent Soul stage.

Li Mochen let out a long breath, a hint of relief appearing in his eyes.

Fortune and power always complement each other; strong authority and influence can also suppress one's own luck.

The secret technique he was about to perform today was harmful to the heavens and could bring calamity upon himself, so he needed strong fortune to suppress it; otherwise, he might die from the disaster during the ritual.

Then Li Mochen formed hand seals and began to make a wish to the 'Divine Thunder Fortune Purple Gold Pagoda.' The wish was simple: he hoped that his 'Heaven-Swallowing, Vein-Devouring, Essence-Refining, Rebirth Great Technique' would be completed perfectly without any casualties.

The wish was very successful. Although only a tiny bit of merit energy remained on the pagoda, Li Mochen was still extremely happy.

He feared that after making the wish, the pagoda would show no reaction at all, which would mean that his next move would bring great danger—a peril that the pagoda and his own fortune could not suppress.

Then Li Mochen estimated the time. Seeing that it was exactly midnight and everyone outside the formation had taken their potions, he directly formed hand seals again and activated the Heaven-Swallowing, Vein-Devouring, Essence-Refining, Rebirth Formation.

In an instant, the magical energy within a three-mile radius around the chemical plant was completely devoured. It was as if an ancient ferocious beast had taken a huge bite, suddenly vanishing. The security personnel of the Nathan Sports Group outside the plant and Carl Holton on the armed bus looked in with stunned expressions.

The situation inside made them curious, but despite their curiosity, these former soldiers with excellent professionalism quickly averted their eyes and suppressed the desire to pry into what was happening.

In fact, there was no way to peek—the entire chemical plant's magical array had been activated thirty minutes ago, completely isolating the inside from the outside. Unless they forcibly smashed through the factory walls, they could not see any images.

Meanwhile, inside the chemical plant, a completely different scene had emerged. The vast magical energy gathered from the sky and the earth's vein energy forcibly extracted from underground had condensed to near substance above the 'Heaven-Swallowing, Vein-Devouring, Essence-Refining, Rebirth Formation.' They began to grind everything in the formation like millstones, especially the magical materials Li Mochen had placed inside, including a total of forty-nine high-quality level twelve beast cores of various types, and also forty-nine hearts of level eighteen magical creatures containing powerful life force.

Hearts of magical creatures—aside from being used for alchemy, they were almost useless, so they were exceptionally cheap. Even the hearts of level eighteen magical creatures cost only about ten thousand gold shields each.

But for Li Mochen and the 'Heaven-Swallowing, Vein-Devouring, Essence-Refining, Rebirth Formation,' these items were extremely valuable.

So Li Mochen bought forty-nine at once, plus three hearts of lord-level magical creatures guarding the lord-level beast core.

As time passed, the beast cores shattered one by one, and the magical creature hearts turned into pulp.

The people at the periphery of the formation looked solemn, sensing an unusually thick primordial energy slowly seeping into their bodies. It showed no signs of stagnation; under the grinding of the vast magical energy, it was perfectly absorbed by their blood cells.

However, ninety percent of that primordial energy remained at the center. Part of it poured into Li Mochen's body, while another part, guided by Li Mochen, mixed with the blood flowing from his severed veins and dispersed into the 'Sun-Moon-Star Celestial Star Sword Array.'