Chapter 1554 Broken Rules

Chapter 1554 Broken Rules

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The most basic ability of the [Unbalance Art Mantra] was increasing the strength of formations. According to Ryu's previous calculations, the application of this method could make even Heaven Grade formations as strong as Fragmented Sky God formations, a huge leap.

Of course, these were calculations he had made off the standard of the Third Heaven. While the gap between Sky God Realms was justifiably huge, there was still a gap between the standards of Heavens, especially when it was a comparison between the Third and Fourth Heaven, or the Sixth and Seventh Heaven, and especially so between the Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Heavens, which arguably had the largest gaps between them all.

For the Formation Core Visualization, which allowed Ryu to create formations on the fly without the use of Formation Flags, this was huge.

The Formation Core Visualization was ultimately one created by a Sky God of Sacrum. Due to that, it was weak, and the level of formations that it could withstand the creation of was likewise weak.

Ryu had barely managed to allow it to form formations up to a World Sea Realm standard, but even that success was a bit skewed.

For one, he had been using the Unbalanced Formations when he did this. The nine unique formations of the Unbalance Art Sect were much stronger than they should be given their level; this was their greatest strength to begin with.

Simply put, if Ryu tried to use the Formation Core Visualization the normal way, he could, at best, create Mystical Grade formations with their help, a step beyond the Heaven Grade.

However, this wasn't the worst sort of outcome. In fact, it was perfect. The reason being, this should allow him to use these Mystical Grade formations to create support structures for formations about as powerful as a weak False Sky God.

It also had to be mentioned that formations, especially large-scale ones, tended to be much stronger than Sky Gods of their equivalent grade.

For example, the Raging Inferno Sect's formations could even deal with Aika to some extent, but it certainly wasn't a Sovereign Grade formation. They didn't have anyone with the prerequisite skill to craft such a formation.

'No, I can't base this off of calculations I did so long ago; I'll need to redo them myself with all the knowledge I have now.'

Ryu trusted himself, but not that much.

After partially succeeding in reforming the [Unbalance Art Mantra], he began to do some tests.

'I see.'

The result was a little bit worse than what he had expected, but when he thought about it, it made sense.

With the [Unbalance Art Mantra], he could now display the strength of a Soul Quintessence a tier above him, allowing his spirit to firmly match his body in displaying False Sky God level might.

This would be helpful because of another plan he had in mind, one related to the Magus Sky God.

He didn't need to put a great deal of effort into it as he didn't plan to follow the path of the Magus. He had just become a Close Combat Expert, diverting his attention toward a long-ranged attack system would just weaken him and waste his own potential.

However, if he could blast out with a ton of attacks on the level of False Sky Gods and add some more variability to his attack style, he could benefit greatly. Matching this with the increased strength of his assemblies and he could do some great things.

Ryu didn't expend his time on any external matters to hide his combat strength. Meaning, for example, he didn't try to unearth any new qi types like the Resonance Qi that he had used in the past.

He was under no illusions. He couldn't hide his force and survive this. He had to go all out and use his Chaos Qi. He would just have to hope that he could truly trust Aika.

All he was focused on right now was consolidating his strength, and he felt that he had mostly succeeded. There was just one more matter that he needed to parse properly...

His Living Spiritual Foundation.

He didn't really know what to think of it. Sometimes it felt like a ticking time bomb, at other times it felt that it held a wealth of mystery. Sometimes it would listen to him just fine, but at other times it would take advantage of his weakness and ignore him entirely. It was nothing short of frustrating having something in your body that didn't listen to you the way that it should.

As much as he wanted to ignore it, though, he couldn't. Right now, it was the foundation of his Chaotic Silk Meridians. If it went down, he would lose access to his Chaos Qi, something he had learned the hard way back when his Dao Heart shattered.

With a thought, a large white phoenix appeared around Ryu, enveloping him in its wings and standing tall and proud. It was a beautiful creature, but Ryu saw it as little more than an annoyance as he carefully observed its changes. Quite frankly, this was the first time since he entered the Fragmented Sky God Realm that he gave it little more than a cursory glance. He knew, though, that he couldn't continue to be stubborn.

The White Phoenix was much larger now, and every breath it took drew in a large amount of qi. Ryu never cared much for this ability, though. He had access to an entire Plane of qi, so he never really needed to replenish himself.

'Hm?'

Ryu's eyes narrowed.

His heart shuddered and then he put his thoughts into action immediately. He passed a single drop of Embryonic Qi to Phoenix, and its White Runes activated.

In an instant, Ryu was back to a flawless bill of health.

'This phoenix... It broke the rules of my Embryonic Qi.'