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Chapter 1553: Chapter 1554: Sneaking In Chapter 1553: Chapter 1554: Sneaking In “This is…” Basford’s heart tightened as he stared at the pale golden energy in Song Jian’s hands. Momentarily, a look of relief appeared on his face.

“Divine power, this is divine power, although it’s too wild and not suitable for consumption!” Basford shook his head and said, “This must be the core of the formation, providing power for the entire array to operate. Unfortunately, it’s almost depleted, with only so little left!”

For every deity-level powerhouse, divine power is extremely precious; it can increase one’s own divine power storage limit and enhance cultivation and strength. However, wild divine power does not work that way. Although it is also untamed divine power, the energy is too chaotic, and just organizing this mass of divine power would consume a great deal of time and effort. For demi-god level and deity-level powerhouses, it’s simply not worth it. It would be more efficient to condense their own divine power–in the same amount of time, condensing is much more efficient than organizing.

“For you, though, this is a good thing; you can try to organize and absorb this mass of divine power, it will definitely benefit your advancement to demi-god level!” Basford glanced at Song Jian and said.

Organizing this wild and chaotic divine power might be a loss for demi-god level and deity-level powerhouses, but for a pinnacle powerhouse of the Legendary Realm, it represents a shortcut to quickly comprehending divine power. As Song Jian organizes this mass of divine power, his understanding of it will deepen; this is an improvement from nothing to something. Moreover, after organizing the divine power, Song Jian can also absorb it to increase his strength, which can be described as killing several birds with one stone.

Basford spoke, and naturally, Song Jian understood. He smiled faintly and collected the pale golden energy into his inventory. The formation had been broken by him, so naturally, the spoils of war belonged to him.

“What a lucky guy!” Basford thought to himself.

This mass of divine power could reduce Song Jian’s time to advance to demi-god level by one-third. As long as he organized this divine power, his comprehension of the Power of Law would deepen, and perhaps after absorbing it, he could directly grasp the Power of Law and become a demi-god level powerhouse.

In fact, what Basford didn’t know was that Song Jian already possessed the “Law of Power”. If he wanted to advance to demi-god level, he could instantly become a demi-god level powerhouse, but Song Jian still wanted to advance his Time Domain into the Time Law, which is why he continually suppressed his cultivation level.

If he used the “Law of Power” to advance to demi-god level, then the difficulty of upgrading Song Jian’s Time Domain to the Time Law would increase more than tenfold.

“Continue forward, and see if there is anything peculiar about that altar!” Song Jian said. The person who could set up a deity-level formation here was certainly no ordinary individual; it is highly possible that it was arranged by a deity-level powerhouse, and this altar might well have been established for him.

“If this is the Goddess of Harvest’s altar, perhaps this really is the place Basford is looking for…” Song Jian thought to himself.

Everyone moved forward, and now that the formation had been broken, nothing could stop them. Before long, the group arrived at the front of the altar.

The altar before them was quite dilapidated, as if it had been deserted for a thousand years. Had the building materials not been extraordinary, it likely would have crumbled to dust long ago.

“Can you tell which deity was worshipped here?” Song Jian asked.

Their knowledge as players obviously couldn’t compare to that of demi-god level powerhouses in the game world.

After closely examining the altar for a while, Basford shook his head and said, “For some reason, the object of worship has disappeared without a trace. Just based on the architectural style, it’s impossible to tell which deity was worshipped here. But seeing how forsaken this altar is, it seems that the object of worship has fallen, and now it likely no longer receives any Power of Faith from believers…”

When a deity falls, if believers continue to provide the Power of Faith through worship, there’s a chance for the deity to be resurrected after hundreds of years. Unfortunately, the master of this altar probably no longer has any chance of coming back to life.

“Could it be that this is just an ordinary altar with nothing unusual?” Song Jian frowned. To know that if it were simply an ordinary altar of a fallen deity, there would be no value here. Such altars, there are thousands, if not tens of thousands, scattered across the game continent.

“I’ll try connecting with divine power to test it…” Basford took a step forward and placed his hand on the steps of the altar. Soon, a dazzling flash of golden light passed fleetingly from his hand.

For a full quarter of an hour, silence reigned and nothing happened. Basford stood up, shook his head, and said, “This is just an abandoned altar with nothing special about it. If there’s anything unusual, it’s probably only the formation you decrypted just now, unfortunately…”

Basford shook his head, his face filled with heavy disappointment.

Song Jian stared at him for a while, then suddenly smiled and nodded, “If that’s the case, let’s continue to explore other places.”

The group slowly dispersed, and Song Jian looked back at the altar with a hint of a smile on his lips.

“It’s not just you who possesses divine power…” Song Jian thought to himself.

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At night, a figure moved swiftly through the valley and soon arrived at the desolate altar.

“Heh heh, I never expected that the true entrance to the ruins would be in such a small valley. If I had known this, I would never have gone to the City of Hope and alerted so many people…”

“However, if I hadn’t gone to the City of Hope, I wouldn’t have been able to decrypt the previous formation. Oh well, I’ll just consider the benefits of that formation as a service fee paid to Song Jian. After all, without him decrypting the formation, I would never have discovered that the real entrance to the ruins was right here!”

Dressed in black, Basford stood in front of the altar they had visited during the day, his face brimming with excited smiles.

He walked step by step up the altar’s staircase and stood at the very top, the place where the faithful offered sacrifices, which looked like a platform.

Basford placed his hands on the surface of the altar and began to chant softly.

This was a special language, sounding similar to the language of the Abyss. It was comforting and enticing to listen to, naturally inducing feelings of friendliness and veneration toward the person chanting it.

“The language of the gods, does that mean to advance to the Demi-God Level, one must understand the sacred language?” Hidden within a large tree in the valley, Song Jian silently watched Basford perform all these actions.

You see, even though Song Jian was only a peak Legendary Realm fighter, with the existence of the Shattered Divine Realm, he could not create divine power himself, but he was able to absorb and store it.

Leveraging this connection, he had sensed something unusual at the altar during the day; when Basford claimed there was nothing odd here, Song Jian already knew what he was up to. He had not contradicted him at the time, simply arriving early in the valley to hide using the Five Elements Escape Skill, patiently waiting.

And sure enough, it wasn’t long before he saw Basford’s figure.

“The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. Basford, I bet you didn’t expect me to be waiting for you here,” Song Jian thought with a smile as he watched Basford continue to chant.

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PS: Thank you “kabin” for the reward of 100 Qidian coins~