After the "shuala la" teleportation was complete, Lin Ran could clearly see the scene underground.
If nothing else, compared to the extremely crude earth pit of the previously encountered Yaofeng, the environment here was much better.
At least there was light, equipment, food, energy crystals...
In the center, there was even a formation composed of eighty-one magnetic energy pillars.
All the facilities on the formation were almost ready, only lacking a formation core.
"Strange, this doesn't look like a teleportation array..."
Lin Ran walked up to the magnetic energy pillars and tapped them a few times, looking puzzled.
Based on the records from Yan University and his own experiences, Lin Ran had seen countless magical formations of various kinds.
But this peculiar and illogical thing was indeed the first time he had encountered.
Luo Qingyan and Yaofeng, who arrived later, understood nothing about it and could not offer any help.
The two of them then roamed around other areas of the cave, using their spatial storage devices to plunder everything that could be taken away from the cave.
With these enemies of humanity, there was no need for reason; they just took what they could!
Lin Ran in the center, after studying the formation for about ten minutes, finally let out a long sigh.
No, he couldn't crack this damn formation.
The main reason was that he had never seen such a thing before, and it was too difficult for him to discover anything in a short period.
However...
Although he didn't know what this thing was used for, Lin Ran could modify it to some extent by understanding the basic principles of formations.
Modifying formations was an extremely difficult and cutting-edge technical task, especially without any understanding of the formation.
But Lin Ran was Lin Ran after all.
With the Eternal Kaleidoscope and the Ope Ope no Mi, his control over energy was exceptionally precise.
If it was five units of magic power, it would absolutely not be any more, not even a fraction of a unit, and there would be no deviation in the flow or fluctuation.
He was like a great and steady artist!
And the formation was his artwork.
First, alter the way the formation exerts its power;
Second, correct the primary beneficiary of the formation;
Finally, change the energy source of the formation core...
After a lot of work, Lin Ran suddenly discovered a very frustrating thing.
That was, this formation was set up with eight sub-formations!
These eight other sub-formations were located underground in the other eight directions of the Changyuan Restricted Area.
Even more outrageous was that this grand formation, composed of nine sub-formations, was powered and circulated by nine different types of energy...
Fire, Frost, Wood, Gale, Earth, Metal, Holy Light, Darkness, and Lightning here.
Each of the nine major sub-formations was dominated by one type of energy, with the remaining eight energies as auxiliary, forming nine strange small loops, which ultimately formed a larger, even stranger loop.
Within the vortex of the grand loop, there was a powerful life force flowing, and its complexity was far beyond imagination.
Even Lin Ran, who had the [Heart of Nature (Seven Attributes · Spacetime Power)] and had gathered the seven great elements of ice, lightning, fire, wood, earth, wind, and metal, along with a more powerful life force, was still missing the last two: light and darkness.
"Qingyan, come! Lend me your power of holy light and darkness..."
"I refuse to believe I can't conquer this damn formation today!"
"I must conquer this formation!"
Lin Ran's eyes were filled with fighting spirit as he extended his left hand to Luo Qingyan.
Luo Qingyan had no reason to hesitate and placed her hand on Lin Ran's.
Then, Lin Ran's Rinnegan's magic absorption ability and the replenishment ability of his Eternal Body's life force sacrifice were activated simultaneously.
While continuously absorbing the power of holy light and darkness from Luo Qingyan's body for his own use, he also used his own life force combustion to replenish Luo Qingyan's magic power with a "shuala la."
It could be said that Lin Ran treated Luo Qingyan as an energy converter, converting generic magic power into light and darkness.
Get to work!
At this moment, Lin Ran had gathered ten completely different types of magic power: fire, frost, wood, gale, earth, metal, lightning, holy light, darkness, and life at the core. He began to modify the entire nine-in-one super formation from an overall perspective.
The larger and more complex the formation, the higher the requirement for the fineness of the energy pathways.
Under Lin Ran's unauthorized forceful modification, any slight carelessness could directly cause the entire formation to collapse completely, from parts to the whole.
If that happened, such a commotion from the formation would alert them, and their small actions would be discovered, thus their efforts would be in vain.
Therefore, Lin Ran was extremely cautious and not greedy at all.
For such a large-scale formation, even a slight modification would consume a huge amount of energy.
It could be seen that Lin Ran's magic power and life force were being consumed constantly every moment.
The recovery speed of his life force was extremely fast. If his life force couldn't keep up with the consumption, Lin Ran would slow down, and he could quickly replenish his life force again.
As for his magic power, it was even more exaggerated. Without consuming any medicine, Lin Ran was like he had cheated, directly recovering 25% with a surge...
"Too... too... too perverted..."
"You... are you... are you a water pump from an infinite water source?"
Yaofeng was completely stunned by Lin Ran and stuttered involuntarily.
Luo Qingyan, due to her higher realm and being in close contact with Lin Ran, observed the energy flow in more detail.
She discovered that Lin Ran's 25% magic power wasn't generated out of thin air; it seemed to come at the cost of a small amount of life force.
After all, within Lin Ran's body, his magic power would recover by 25% of his maximum every 25 seconds.
At the same time, a portion of his life force would evaporate into nothingness.
This portion should be one of the prices Lin Ran paid to recover his magic power.
However...
The life force that Lin Ran's body automatically recovered every second was already many times more than the life force consumed!
Not to mention the total recovery within 25 seconds, it wasn't even a drop in the bucket.
It could be said that as long as Lin Ran was not completely killed, he could quickly return to his peak with such a perverted recovery speed—both life force and magic power...
It was truly despairingly strong.
Moreover, with the Divine Might Space as cover, he could even engrave passive trigger effects on himself and others in advance, so how could he be completely killed?
It was too unsolvable!
This must be Lin Ran's greatest reliance in daring to threaten the Wei Yang Lu family and even fall out with the entire prominent family system of Wei Yang...
After all, from the very beginning, Lin Ran stood in a perfect position where he could not lose!