After Xia Ruofei finished speaking, he immediately took out the Time Formation Flag and quickly finished setting up the Time Formation. Then, he set up the Alert Formation and the Protective Formation around it.
Ling Qingxue stood outside the Time Formation and helped Xia Ruofei to protect him.
After Xia Ruofei entered the Time Formation, he sat on the ground and began to think and choose the most suitable formation.
In fact, Xia Ruofei had mastered quite a few small-scale attack formations. He also had several small-scale attack formations that used fire. However, it was not easy to use them all. First of all, there were many kinds of flames. What Xia Ruofei wanted the most was to use the flames of the previous large-scale attack formation. In fact, it was the flames of the Trap and Kill Formation.
It would take a lot of effort to transplant the flames to other formations.
Therefore, after Xia Ruofei selected a few small-scale attack formations, he began to analyze and practice them in his mind. He also took out a pen and paper and deduced some parts that he was not sure about on paper.
Originally, this was going to take a lot of effort. However, Xia Ruofei had an advantage. All the arrays he knew came from the Jade Talisman of Inheritance. In addition, he knew a lot of array theory. Therefore, he had a better understanding of the principles of these arrays. Naturally, it was easier for him to modify them based on this foundation.
Even so, it took him more than three hours to finalize the modification plan of a small-scale attack formation.
Next, it was time to put it into practice.
Xia Ruofei did not hesitate. He directly took out the materials for setting up the formation from the Ring-Tu space. He began to carve the formation patterns according to the formation diagram that he had deduced several times. After a while, the materials needed for a set of formation were ready.
Xia Ruofei put away the formation materials, then stood up and stepped out of the formation.
Because of the Time Formation, only three or four minutes had passed in the outside world. When Ling Qingxue saw Xia Ruofei come out, she immediately asked, "Ruofei, you've figured it out so quickly?"
Xia Ruofei smiled and said, "It's not that fast. If it weren't for the Time Formation, we would have used up half of the mission's time! Qingxue, I've finalized a formation. Let's try it out! "
"Okay!" Ling Qingxue nodded expectantly.
She had always had a kind of blind trust in Xia Ruofei. In her opinion, nothing could stump Xia Ruofei.
Although this mission was very difficult, as long as Xia Ruofei was serious, she felt that there would be no problems.
Xia Ruofei brought Ling Qingxue with him. and Ling Qingxue, together, they flew to a nearby Star Fern thorn.
All the Star Fern thorns within a one-kilometer radius had been burned to ashes. Further out, the Star Fern thorns were even more scattered. The area around this particular Star Fern thorn was barren. There was no vegetation at all.
If they used a large-scale formation like before, not only would they waste Origin Crystals, but more importantly, they would also waste a lot of time. Such a large-scale formation was rather complicated to set up. If they had to set up a large-scale fire formation every time they dealt with a Star Fern Thorn, the probability of the Star Fern Thorn's Soul Essence dropping from the Star Fern Thorn was shockingly low. It would be impossible to complete the mission within ten hours.
Unless their luck was heaven-defying.
Xia Ruofei stopped the Qu Shuang Flying Sword a safe distance away. He jumped down with Ling Qingxue and stood on the wasteland.
He didn't continue forward. Instead, he waved his hand and all the formation materials flew out, accurately landing where they should be.
The attack range of this kind of formation was only a few meters. Therefore, the scale of the formation was very small, and the corresponding complexity was also much lower.
In addition, this formation was personally designed and created by Xia Ruofei. Therefore, he didn't need much practice when setting up the formation. He could complete it very skillfully.
In just a few seconds, a miniature version of the fire formation had been set up, and it just so happened to surround the Star Fern Thorn.
Perhaps because the formation materials didn't have any aura of life, the Star Fern Thorn didn't react to the formation materials that appeared around it. It was still lying on the ground listlessly.
However, Xia Ruofei knew that once someone stepped into its attack range, it would immediately change its appearance.
Xia Ruofei inserted an origin crystal into the core of the formation from a distance of ten to twenty meters. The energy source of this formation could still be chosen. If he used an origin crystal, its power would naturally be the greatest. Of course, because the attack range was small, the energy required was much less. This origin crystal was enough for the formation to launch hundreds of attacks. Compared to the previous large-scale formation, the energy consumption was so low that it was negligible.
Xia Ruofei looked at the Star Fern Thorn and firmly memorized some of its characteristics in his mind. This was also to prepare for the follow-up mission. He felt that the Star Fern Thorn that could produce a Soul Essence was definitely different from ordinary Star Fern Thorns. When he was dealing with the Star Fern Thorn Band, Xia Ruofei didn't know about the existence of the Star Fern Thorn Soul Essence. Therefore, he didn't deliberately observe the characteristics of each Star Fern Thorn.
In fact, there were thousands of Star Fern Thorns in the Star Fern Thorn Band. Even though his mental strength had improved a lot, it was impossible for him to remember the details of each Star Fern Thorn clearly without deliberately memorizing them.
Therefore, even though he obtained two Star Fern Thorn Soul Essences from the Star Fern Thorn Band, he didn't gain anything else apart from that, nor did he have any information that could be used for reference.
Now that Xia Ruofei wanted to continue with the mission, he naturally had to memorize the situation of each Star Fern Thorn. When the amount of data was large enough, he could make some comparisons. That way, he would have a better target when he completed the mission.
After Xia Ruofei memorized the characteristics of the Star Fern Thorn, he made a hand seal and activated the formation without hesitation.
The Star Fern Thorn sensed danger the moment the formation was activated. Its entire body curled up like a hedgehog that had encountered danger. Then, dense thorns began to shoot out.
Fortunately, Xia Ruofei and Ling Qingxue were standing outside the Star Fern Thorn's attack range. The formation materials were also very small targets. Even if a few thorns hit them, the damage wasn't too great. Moreover, once the formation was activated, it couldn't be stopped. Even if the formation materials were destroyed, the flames that had already been born wouldn't disappear.
The formation didn't cover a large area. It was only a few meters away from the Star Fern Thorn. Once the formation was activated, the raging flames engulfed the Star Fern Thorn in the blink of an eye.
The Star Fern Thorn frantically shot out thorns. Unfortunately, it was all in vain.
The flames from the Trap and Kill Formation were very powerful. In about one or two minutes, the Star Fern Thorn had completely lost its vitality and was burned into a pile of powder.
Xia Ruofei waved his hand lightly. The powder immediately filled the air. Under the powder, the Star Fern Thorn's soul essence didn't appear.
Considering the despairingly low drop rate of soul essences, Xia Ruofei wasn't surprised. He immediately took back the formation materials and checked them. When he found that there was almost no damage, he relaxed.
Xia Ruofei pondered for a moment. Then, he said to Ling Qingxue, "Qingxue, it seems like this formation is quite useful. In that case, I'll make a few more. This should increase our efficiency!"
Ling Qingxue nodded and said, "Okay! I agree! You go and prepare the formation materials! I'll stand guard for you! "
Xia Ruofei nodded. He took out the time formation flags and the materials for the alarm formation and defense formation from the Ring-Tu space and set up the formation as quickly as possible.
Then, he went into the time formation and took out a large amount of formation materials from the Ring-Tu space. He began to prepare the formation materials according to the improved small-scale flame formation diagram.
This process was very boring, but Xia Ruofei had always been patient. He maintained an extremely high accuracy from beginning to end when carving the formation patterns.
He spent an hour or so to prepare another four sets of the same array formation.
In this way, Xia Ruofei had five sets of small-scale flame formations at his disposal.
He put the formation materials into the Ring-Tu space and stepped out of the time formation. He casually put away the formation flags and the other formation materials.
"I'm ready!" Xia Ruofei said to Ling Qingxue with a smile. "Let's go! Let's compete with our luck! "
"Haha! My luck has always been good! "Ling Qingxue said with a smile.
"My dear lady, please don't set up a flag!" Xia Ruofei hurriedly said, "I don't want to be in a state of no harvest for the next ten hours!"
Ling Qingxue said with a smile, "Don't worry! I believe in your luck! "
Xia Ruofei shrugged and pulled Ling Qingxue onto the Curved Frost Flying Sword. Then, they flew toward another nearby star fern.
Xia Ruofei skillfully scattered the formation materials and habitually memorized the characteristics of the star fern. Then, he made a hand seal to activate the formation.
After activating the formation, Xia Ruofei didn't stop. He immediately rushed toward another star fern with Ling Qingxue. Then, he did the same thing again. He didn't set up the formation, recorded the characteristics, activated the formation, and turned around to leave.
Xia Ruofei had five sets of formation arrays at his disposal. In this situation where the star fern was scattered, he could maximize his speed and increase his efficiency.
When Xia Ruofei finished setting up the fifth set of formation arrays and activated them, the star fern in the first set of formation arrays had already been burned to ashes.
Xia Ruofei stepped onto the Curved Frost Flying Sword and arrived beside the formation array. He waved his hand and pushed away the ashes. There was still nothing inside.
Xia Ruofei didn't think too much about it. He immediately put away the formation materials and rushed toward a nearby star fern.
Just like that, Xia Ruofei cycled through the five sets of formation arrays and greatly increased his efficiency. In the next hour or so, he burned a total of more than three hundred star fern.
However, he still didn't find a single Star Fern Soul Essence.
Compared to the probability of the Star Fern Girdle dropping Soul Essences, it was very normal for there to be no harvest at all.
However, Xia Ruofei was a little depressed. It seemed like his luck wasn't very good!
However, Xia Ruofei didn't stop. Instead, he continuously cycled through the five sets of formation arrays and continued to advance into the distance.
Even though Xia Ruofei knew that at his current speed, it would be impossible for him to collect all ten Star Fern Soul Essences before the time limit was up, Xia Ruofei wouldn't give up so easily as long as there was still a second left.
Just like that, another two hours passed in a tense rhythm. Xia Ruofei only had six hours left to complete the mission.
Xia Ruofei was already extremely proficient at setting up that small fire formation array countless times. He could set it up with his eyes closed. He just needed to throw out the materials and form the formation array in a breath's time.
However, the few seconds saved by increasing his proficiency was nothing compared to the extremely low drop rate of the Star Fern Soul Essences.
Xia Ruofei had been setting up the formation array, recording its characteristics, and putting it away for three hours. It was a great test of his mental and physical strength.
Ling Qingxue's heart ached when she saw this. She couldn't help but say, "Ruofei, let's rest for a while first!"
Xia Ruofei grinned and said, "Alright! I'll rest for a few minutes after the Star Fern Thorns in these formations are burned to death! "
He had just put away one formation array. There were still four more in operation. Xia Ruofei was originally going to fly to another Star Fern Thorn and set up the formation array he had just put away. However, since he was going to rest for a while, he naturally wouldn't set up another formation array.
Xia Ruofei brought Ling Qingxue to one of the formations. After waiting for a while, the Star Fern Thorn in the formation array was burned to death.
Xia Ruofei put away the formation array as usual. Then, he waved his hand and swept away the ashes with a gust of wind.
It was empty.
There was still no sign of the Star Fern Thorn's Soul Essences.
Xia Ruofei was already used to not getting anything. He smiled bitterly and flew to the next formation array on his sword.
Just like that, Xia Ruofei put away three formations in a row and arrived near the last formation array.
Similarly, Xia Ruofei skillfully put the formation array's materials into the Ring-Tu space. Then, he swept away the ashes left behind by the Star Fern Thorn with a wave of his hand.
Then, Xia Ruofei glanced at it as if it was a routine routine. Then, his gaze immediately froze.
A Star Fern Thorn's soul essence was lying quietly on the ground.
Happiness came so suddenly that Xia Ruofei was caught off guard. He rubbed his eyes and confirmed that he had obtained another Star Fern Thorn's soul essence. Then, he excitedly shouted behind him, "Qingxue, I found the third Star Fern Thorn's soul essence!"
The first formation array wasn't far from the one Xia Ruofei had just put away. Therefore, Xia Ruofei didn't bring Ling Qingxue with him.
Ling Qingxue hurriedly jogged over when she heard that.
Xia Ruofei had already retrieved the Star Fern Thorn's soul essence. He grinned and showed it to Ling Qingxue. In his Perceptive Mirror, the mission's progress had finally been updated to 3/10.
Xia Ruofei put the Star Fern Thorn's soul essence into his pocket. Then, his expression became serious. He began to recall the characteristics of this Star Fern Thorn. This would be very important to his search for the Star Fern Thorn's soul essence!
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