Barriers and Arrays

Xuan went outside his house and walked towards the three areas where the edges of the village were. He watched and observed while picturing out the imaginary pillars that he would construct.

As for the pillars, they were the Demon-killing arrays of the Spiritualist, Martial Artist, Elemental, and Integrator arrays. The next ones were the Demon-stopping barriers or the Demon weakening barrier, Monster repelling barrier, and Shield barrier.

"This is a good place to put them," he made a square out of his fingers while watching its hole as he looked from afar.

He needed to put a contingency plan when it came to protecting the village. He doesn't know how strong the enemies were. As for these barriers and arrays, it could only protect them from Legend rank enemies and below. As for mythical to god-rank demons, it would not be as effective. They needed to at least on themselves or from the Gods that ascended.

Well, they were all his past comrades and maybe could help in direst times. As for his prowess, it was still not worth mentioning. All his martial paths were still elite and his stats had slow growth without the pills. Luckily, Xuan was taking pills and he was not stopping from cultivating. However, his growth was the slowest as he has a white realm of soul attributes.

After he surveyed the areas, he immediately went back to his room and entered his room. He went to fetch a parchment of paper and draw the said pillars.

First was the monster-repelling barrier that he would put in guarded premises. As well as the Demon weakening barrier and the Shield barrier. Those three needed runes and energy to activate. Thus he needed to resupply its energy every once in a while.

He immediately grabbed another set of parchments. He then drew the Spiritualist array, Martial Artist array, Elemental array, and Integration array.

First the Martial artist array. It had several pillars that the Martial artist would control. It had three attacks; one was the giant fist and palm, next was the cloud severing slash, and last was the thousand fists and palms statue.

The strength of this array could stop Legends and below. Making it a strength to be wary of. However, it only has a small attack range and you need to lure the enemies within its attack range.

Second was the Elemental array. It would be controlled by Elemental integrators and would use their elements with a greater amount of firepower. They could blast mountains with the strength of their attack.

Next was the Spiritualist array, it could make the spiritualist techniques become bigger and have more power. It could boost their attacks a hundred times.

Last was the Integrator array. It would be controlled by the Integrators and could summon all the monsters that they possess with the effects of the array. They could battle several Legends at the same time and hold them off. The monsters were normally weak but the array could regenerate their health at rapid speed. That was why it could hold them off for several hours.

With it, he prepared to construct them. He immediately summoned the builders and let them see the drawings.

"Hmm, this is pretty simple but has great capabilities," said the master builder.

His assistant was also looking at it and couldn't hide his amazement. He was impressed by its very idea!

Xuan snapped his fingers and then spoke, "So is it within your capabilities or not? We should not waste time,"

"Yes my Lord, we can construct it. We will prepare the materials immediately," he said then left.

Xuan can only sigh at how many things were needed to be prepared. Also, the possibility of a war was not out of his premonition. All were in the realm of possibility.

He massaged his temples and combed his hair upwards. He needed to relax but he didn't have the time.

He went outside and saw that the builders and laborers had started to prepare for his project. He carefully observed them and they were fast in their construct.

Several days passed and it was already standing. However, Xuan still has to forge the runes on the pillars and give them the energy to function.

"Good job everyone! I will take it here from now on," Xuan said to them.

He immediately summoned his soul willpower and soul essence on his fingertips then forged the inscriptions on the runes. His energy was expelled in the process as he forged it to the pillars. After a tiring process, he supplied it with his energy to make the pillar have energy.

The runes soon glowed and Xuan then booted the pillar. With him touching the runes, he soon felt a burst of energy that shot upwards and then covered the realm in a circular radius.

"The monster-repelling barrier is now done!" Xuan muttered.

The villagers soon cheered and clapped their hands in amazement. Soon after Xuan went towards the next pillar which was the Demon weakening barrier. He made the same process but the difference was the rune pattern which was intended to weaken the enemy demons.

Xuan then carved the runes and then supplied them with energy afterward. Making the pillar activated and then covering the realm with its aura. The lesser demons would crawl and the strongest ones would feel weakened. Their stats would diminish and their movements would be delayed.

The next one was the shield barrier. Its effects were to shield the realm from heavy attacks and also hinder demonic creatures from entering. Though it would need great amounts of energy for maintenance.

Xuan finished forging the runes and then supplied them with energy. This time, he was drinking energy potions. He then finished the pillar and then it made the third barrier that protected them.

Next were the 4 Demon-killing arrays or what Xuan had called them. The other 3 he just finished were the 3 Demon-stopping barriers. The next ones were the arrays and he first made the Martial artist arrays inside the village. Particularly the inner village. It could protect the village as it has great firepower and with its low range, it can only protect a small area.

Next was the Integrator array that encompassed and protected the outer village. With its stopping prowess, it can hold off enemies and can kill too if the enemies were unlucky. If the Integrators have strong monsters then it could be a nightmare even for Legends.

Next was the Spiritualist array, it could be a great trump card to kill several enemies. Its prowess would be heightened when a great spiritualist would be put in place.

Last was the Elemental array. With its range, it could be a huge decimating prowess towards the enemies. Only if the Elemental cultivators would not lose energy fast in their attacks.

With it all installed, Xuan was happy that he had an achievement.

Xuan then watched his efforts come to fruition. He indeed felt satisfied with all his struggles. His hands were on his waist.