Beastmaster of the Ages - Chapter 6838

Chapter 6747: The Phantom Meteorite

“It seems they’re quite cautious; they didn’t bring anything like the Star Ancestor’s Great Dao with them.” Li Tianming checked the two Sumeru Rings he had left behind.

In fact, even without taking other people’s Sumeru Rings, his cultivation resources were already more than enough.

However…

traditional skills couldn’t be abandoned!

The most useful items were still the two ‘Emperor Puppet Army Tokens,’ which allowed him to command more Burning Spirit Guards—the key to passing this level.

Li Tianming picked up the two tokens together, placing them side-by-side with his own.

*Buzz!

* A force of attraction appeared, and the three tokens automatically merged into one.

The words on it slowly changed, revealing the number ‘thirty.’

Correspondingly, the numbers above the heads of Li Tianming’s ten Burning Spirit Guards and Mu Shang’s twenty Burning Spirit Guards also changed, rearranging themselves from one to thirty.

Now, he had thirty Burning Spirit Guards!

At this moment, Aurora spoke up, “Yin Chen just told me that the Burning Spirit Guards don’t block cosmic rays indefinitely. After absorbing for a certain period, they need to ‘change shifts’ to rest, otherwise the absorption array will be damaged. The cosmic rays don’t impact all the Burning Spirit Guards completely evenly, so what we need to do is pay attention to replacing those Burning Spirit Guards who are about to reach their limit.”

“After they enter the rest period, how do we restore their ability to absorb Burning Spirit cosmic rays?” Li Tianming asked.

“This is what I’m going to talk about next. There are two points to be careful of when traversing the Burning Spirit Cosmic Rays. One is the ‘Virtual Meteorite,’ a type of stone that can absorb cosmic rays. Unlike the Dao array inscribed on the Burning Spirit Guardian, it can absorb almost infinitely, so it can persist in the torrent of cosmic rays. As a transit point, it can absorb the Burning Spirit Cosmic Rays on the Burning Spirit Guardian when it reaches its limit. The other point is to be careful of a special existence called ‘Star Fiend.’ They will seek out and destroy the core of the Burning Spirit Guardian, absorbing the cosmic energy inside and rendering it useless. This kind of damage cannot be repaired by the Virtual Meteorite. The ‘Star Fiend’ is merely an energy entity, not a living being, but it seems that the Burning Spirit Guardian has a property that attracts it, so the Star Fiend will actively attack after seeing the Burning Spirit Guardian.”

“I see… So, in general, in the process of traversing the torrent of cosmic rays, the first thing is to change the formation to prevent the Burning Spirit Guardian from being damaged by too many cosmic rays, and the second is to avoid the Star Fiend to avoid being damaged by it.” Li Tianming understood.

Having gathered the general information and recognizing a considerable number of Burning Spirit Guards, it was time to depart!

Holding the ‘Imperial Puppet Army Order,’ Li Tianming commanded, “All Burning Spirit Guards, listen to my order! Form units of twenty-four complete shields, surround us, and protect us as we pass through the cosmic ray torrent! The remaining six, stay with me inside the formation and await rotation!”

Boom!

Crack!

Upon receiving the command, each Burning Spirit Guard raised their shields and moved in an orderly fashion, protecting Li Tianming and the reserve Burning Spirit Guards in the center, forming a near-circular shape.

Aurora, An Ning, and Sui Shenyao temporarily returned to Li Tianming’s body.

With the increase in reserve Burning Spirit Guards, more space was needed to accommodate them, so after calculation, Li Tianming decided to form this twenty-four-person circular formation!

…

Inside the Burning Spirit Guard circular formation,

it wasn’t completely dark as Li Tianming had imagined.

Instead, there was a special viewing array, allowing those inside the formation to see the outside world.

“Depart!”

Li Tianming carefully directed the Burning Spirit Guards into the cosmic ray torrent.

Entering this desolate landscape of the Guanyin Realm, countless sandstorms, boulders, and raging winds swept through.

The circular formation of twenty-four Burning Spirit Guards, already large compared to the size of a single person, appeared so small in this vast world, as if it could vanish in a calamity at any moment.

Whoosh!

The desert winds crashed against the Burning Spirit Guards’ circular formation.

Upon entering, the formation trembled slightly under the impact of the cosmic ray torrent.

“Oh no, it’s going to break!” Sui Shenyao exclaimed.

“What’s the panic?” Li Tianming said calmly, then focused on observing the changes in the Burning Spirit Guards.

The Burning Spirit Guards’ circular formation didn’t move fast, but the potential dangers were very fast.

First were some boulders ranging from two to five meters in diameter, which would probably be hundreds of billions of meters in diameter in the real world.

These boulders hurtled towards Li Tianming like meteors, but fortunately, their trajectories were fixed, so even though the circular formation moved slowly, Li Tianming could dodge them by anticipating their movements.

“Burning Spirit Array, shift to the left.”

“Slow down slightly, let the boulders flying from the side pass.”

Whoosh!

Countless boulders grazed past the Burning Spirit Guardian Array.

Thanks to Li Tianming’s various adjustments, it was currently safe.

“We can’t see anything yet; we should reach a certain limit before we can see the extent of absorption of the Burning Spirit Cosmic Rays.” Li Tianming observed the Burning Spirit Guardians.

After some time, Li Tianming didn’t know how long he had walked or how far he was from the finish line.

Suddenly, the bright red color on one of the guards began to deepen, gradually turning black.

Li Tianming immediately gave the order, “Burning Spirit Guardian Number 30, go and replace Number 20.”

Click!

Burning Spirit Guardian Number 20 retreated from the array to the inside, like an eggshell missing a corner.

The brief gap wouldn’t allow the Burning Spirit Cosmic Rays to enter; the Burning Spirit Guardian Array around the gap would allocate some power to hold it open for a moment.

Of course, only for a moment!

Burning Spirit Guardian Number 30 stepped forward to hold the gap, and the array returned to perfect operation.

The color of the number 20 Burning Spirit Guardian’s body appeared somewhat dull, and the giant shield in its hands seemed to be on the verge of falling apart.

“Some of the Burning Spirit Guardians are already reaching their limits,” Li Tianming said in a low voice.

Although the circular formation’s resistance to the cosmic ray torrent was uneven, once one reached its limit, the others, whose conditions were slightly better, wouldn’t be able to hold on for long.

Not long after, two more Burning Spirit Guardians reached their limits, and Li Tianming quickly arranged for backup Burning Spirit Guardians to take their place.

“We need to find the Void Meteorite quickly, otherwise my Burning Spirit Guardian Circular Formation will soon collapse!” Li Tianming’s expression was grim.

After another period of drifting, Li Tianming no longer directed the Burning Spirit Guardian Circular Formation to advance in a straight line. He suspected that there was no Void Meteorite on the straight path!

If they continued to follow this path to the end, they would probably exhaust the Burning Spirit Guardians very quickly.

The situation for the Burning Spirit Guardian was already somewhat dangerous, so he began to move primarily in search of the Void Meteorite.

Suddenly!

A black, viscous mass, devoid of any life-like features such as facial features, skin, or limbs, appeared.

It was completely unaffected by the desert storm.

Although it lacked life-like characteristics, it moved among various boulders, seemingly searching for something.

Its movement was purposeful!

However, after traversing several boulders, it hadn’t found anything satisfactory.

Li Tianming saw it in his line of sight and instantly felt a chill run down his spine. Based on Yin Chen’s description, this should be an unavoidable danger within the cosmic ray torrent.

Star Fiend!