Free Web NovelChapter 533: Chapter 458: The Poison of Incense Power
Now that he decided to upgrade the Profound Gang Red Dust Barrier, Jeming’s thoughts became immediately clear.
Simply increasing the reserve amount of Flower God Poison and Red Dust Qi is just a temporary fix, with limited improvement.
To truly match his current level of strength and become a reliable asset in the future Wizard War, it is essential to strengthen it from the material’s essence.
His gaze swept over the mountain-like piles of Storage Evil Jade Altars in the warehouse, then onto the nearby dense Incense Fire Divine Power and Red Dust Qi storage units, finally landing on the ever-changing Profound Gang Red Dust Barrier before him.
"Materials..." Jeming pondered for a moment, his eyes suddenly brightening as he thought of something.
With a wave of his hand, the Black Giant Priest waiting outside the warehouse quickly walked in.
"Where have those ’impurities’ accumulated from the filtering system during the operation of the Incense Fire Divine Dao been stored over the years?" Jeming asked directly.
The Black Giant Priest, upon hearing, slightly bowed his head and respectfully replied, "Master, please follow me."
Leading Jeming away from the main storage area, they traversed through several intertwined energy pipeline corridors to arrive at a more secluded and heavily fortified independent warehouse door.
The heavy alloy door was not only engraved with suppressing and sealing runes but also subtly covered with a pale golden Incense Fire Divine Power network, forming a dual lock.
The Black Giant Priest activated the permissions, and the door slid open with a deep hum.
The warehouse’s internal space was not particularly large, but the center was arranged with a highly complex multi-layered composite array.
The light of the array flowed, emitting strong binding force fields that firmly locked a peculiar entity in its center.
At first glance, it appeared golden like the Incense Fire Divine Power.
Under the strong compression of the array force fields, it had condensed into a near-solid, slowly creeping liquid state.
But its feel was completely opposite to the warm, sacred, orderly characteristic of Incense Fire Divine Power.
Inside that golden liquid, it seemed like all paints had been spilled, mixed with countless twisted and discordant iridescent spots.
These spots constantly changed and merged, exuding a highly chaotic, mad, resentful, yet alluring sinister aura.
Just looking from afar made one restless, as if numerous malicious whispers murmured in one’s ears.
"This is... ’impurities’." Jeming stood at the edge of the array, staring at the twisted golden liquid with a hint of excitement in his eyes.
According to the records in the Great Dao Book Pavilion, the so-called Incense Fire Divine Power is essentially the remnants of will, inspiration, and thought that spill out from the intelligent beings covered by the Incense Fire Divine Dao in daily life, combined into a ’afterglow’ aggregate.
Faith and ritual sacrifice can effectively increase the output and concentration of this ’afterglow’, but it is not absolutely necessary.
Since it is a product of intelligent beings’ thoughts, it naturally mixes positive and negative, order and chaos, goodwill and malice.
In the early development of the Incense Fire Divine Dao, technology was crude and lacked effective means for separation and purification.
All collected thought afterglows were eagerly made into ’Incense Fire Divine Power’ for use.
This manufactured Divine Power may not be inferior in energy intensity and functionality, but it harbors significant hidden dangers.
The most common one is prolonged use or contact with such unpurified Divine Power subtly corroding the user’s emotions, soul, or even fundamental will with chaotic impurities.
In minor cases, the personality drastically changes, and heart demons multiply; in serious cases, one completely loses oneself, becoming a puppet driven by mixed thoughts or a mindless ’response machine’.
Ancient Cultivators referred to this terrifying side effect as ’Incense Fire Poison’, dreaded at its mention.
With the development of eras and technological iterations, later generations of Cultivators continually improved the Incense Fire Divine Dao system.
One of the most crucial improvements was adding a powerful filtration and purification system before producing Incense Fire Divine Power.
This system could effectively strip overbearing personal will imprints, extreme emotional fragments, and various harmful and chaotic information impurities from thought afterglows.
And the filtered-out ’dregs’ are precisely this sinister golden liquid—pure high-concentration ’Incense Fire Poison’!
The Profound Gang Red Dust Barrier, as a special protective treasure capable of automatically defending and counterattacking aggressors, largely depends on the nature of its core materials for its defense and counterattack strength.
Since it is used against enemies... naturally, the more ’toxic’, the more ’vicious’, the harder to guard against and remove, the better the effect!
"How has the accumulation and storage situation of Incense Fire Poison been over the years?" Jeming turned to the Black Giant Priest beside him, with a touch of expectancy in his tone.
The priest immediately pulled up related data, projecting it on a light screen: "Master, since the main framework of Incense Fire Divine Dao has been stabilizing, the filtration system has been operating efficiently."
"Initial production was low, but as the Black Giant community expanded and social activities grew complex, impurity production increased yearly, currently averaging daily production of about 3700 strands in standard units. After compression and purification by the array, the total stored amount is shown..."
The light screen showed a clear curve chart and current storage numbers.
Seeing the already considerable stock and the steadily growing daily production data, Jeming couldn’t help but smile with satisfaction.
This was highly purified and compressed ’Incense Fire Poison’!
Although the current phase of Black Giants’ thinking is relatively simple, the massive base compensates.
What lies in this warehouse before him is the essence accumulated from tens of billions of Black Giants over the years’ mixed thoughts, negative emotions, and chaotic will!
Its toxic intensity and infective strength and high affinity with the soul certainly make it the top material for curse-type and spiritual pollution-type attacks!
Perfect for upgrading the Profound Gang Red Dust Barrier!
However, Jeming was not overwhelmed by excitement.
"Quality materials... But when used in the Profound Gang Red Dust Barrier, it requires extremely precise refining techniques and a stable carrier structure, otherwise it might harm us before harming the enemy." He calmly analyzed, "Moreover, the special nature of Incense Fire Poison necessitates perfect fusion with other materials to maximize effectiveness and ensure controllability."
He glanced again at the array holding the twisted creeping golden toxic liquid, forcefully suppressing the impulse to act immediately.
"Before that..." Jeming turned away, casting his gaze toward the laboratory’s direction, "I must first complete the modifications of [Cause and Effect Tracing Technique] and [Void Step]."
A meal has to be eaten one bite at a time, and a road walked one step at a time.
With successful experience in modifying [Ruins Armor] and a deeper understanding of Spiritual Qi Law, Jeming had confidence to successfully integrate these two uniquely mechanized magic techniques into his combat system in a shorter time.
Then, with the core of Flower God Poison, Red Dust Qi, and this Incense Fire Poison, he would proceed with a transformative upgrade of the Profound Gang Red Dust Barrier!
