Chapter 148: Setting Up the Formation, the Formation Eye!
“The first trial is over, and only ten remain? The quality of cultivators this time is somewhat lacking.”
Ancestor Xuanming’s direct disciple, Nangong Li, came before you, shaking his head and speaking to himself.
“First, congratulations on successfully passing the first trial. You are one step closer to becoming a recorded disciple!” Nangong Li said seriously, beginning to explain the second trial.
“As for this second trial, I will give you one month to set up a formation. When the time comes, I will personally enter the formation and experience it.”
“The longer you can trap me within the formation, the better your performance!”
“The top three will advance to the third trial and meet my Master!”
“Do any of you have questions?”
A Spirit Transformation Consummation cultivator asked respectfully, “Senior, may I ask what your cultivation level is?”
“Mid-stage Void Return cultivator!” Nangong Li said rather proudly.
“Furthermore, I am also a Sixth-Rank Formation Master!”
“If there are no objections, then each of you may choose a room and begin setting up your formations!”
Zhao Wuji came to your side and threatened in a low voice, “Give up while you can. This recorded disciple spot is definitely mine!”
“Even the position of Sect Master will surely belong to the Vice Sect Master!!!”
You glanced at Zhao Wuji as if looking at an idiot, then strode away.
You entered a secret chamber. Inside were all sorts of materials for setting up formations.
“With the Fifth-Rank Formations I have mastered, trapping a Sixth-Rank Formation Master will be somewhat difficult!” You silently pondered.
Three days later, an idea came to you, and you formally began setting up the formation.
First, you set up a Fifth-Rank Formation capable of trapping Spirit Transformation cultivators. Then you began arranging various low-rank formations.
You layered and stacked all kinds of small formations, including the thousand Maze Formations you had comprehended during the first trial!
Then, using the power of the Five Elements, you made these formations cycle endlessly, generating life without end.
“Given this person’s identity as a Sixth-Rank Formation Master, he will likely see through these small formations with ease. It seems I still have to take action myself.”
Finally, you even made yourself a part of the formation.
The one-month deadline passed in the blink of an eye. Holding the formation plate inscribed with a thousand small formations, you emerged from seclusion and rushed to the arena!
“Why is it always you who’s the slowest?” Zhao Wuji looked at your late arrival and could not help but mock you.
“Watch your mouth, or you may not live to regret it!” Having been mocked repeatedly, even you, who did not wish to cause trouble, had no choice but to retort.
“You’re threatening me? Heh heh!” Zhao Wuji let out a cold laugh. “Just you wait. When we return to the sect, you’ll get what’s coming to you!”
“Since everyone is here, let us begin!” Nangong Li said.
“You are first place, so you may go first.”
A formation lit up, trapping Nangong Li within.
“The God-Sealing Immortal-Locking Formation! This is the strongest trapping formation among Fifth-Rank Formations!”
“Indeed. Once this formation takes shape, even a Void Return cultivator would not be able to escape for quite some time!”
“Congratulations, Fellow Daoist. This trial is secure for you!”
“Is that so?” A voice came from within the formation. Nangong Li’s figure emerged, stepping out of the formation one step at a time.
“Qian Shan, two breaths. Next.”
“This……”
“It’s over. Even a formation like this can only trap him for two breaths. We have no hope!”
“Fortunately, I came prepared.” Zhao Wuji stood beside you, looking smug.
You closed your eyes and rested in place, completely uninterested in everything that happened outside.
“Wang Si, one and a half breaths. Next.”
Soon, Nangong Li arrived beside Zhao Wuji. Next up was you!
“Senior Brother, please.” Zhao Wuji revealed his formation and invited Nangong Li to enter.
“Oh? A Sixth-Rank Formation.” Nangong Li gave Zhao Wuji a half-smiling glance, then strode into the formation.
A moment later, Zhao Wuji’s formation began to tremble, then started to break apart. Nangong Li’s figure appeared.
“What a pity. It’s only an incomplete Sixth-Rank Formation.” Nangong Li shook his head and sighed, then announced, “Zhao Wuji, three and a half breaths!”
“Hahahaha, you’re finished!” Zhao Wuji was overjoyed, and at the same time did not forget to send you a threatening transmission.
“After I become Ancestor Xuanming’s recorded disciple, you just wait obediently to die!”
You did not even glance at Zhao Wuji. You said to Nangong Li before you, “Senior Brother, my formation is somewhat special. If there is any offense, I hope Senior Brother will forgive me.”
“No matter. Come, let me see exactly how special your formation is.” Nangong Li said with a confident smile.
The formation in your hand instantly unfurled. You invited Nangong Li, “Senior Brother, please enter the formation!”
“I thought there was something special. So it’s an imitation of Master’s handiwork.”
“Unfortunately, I am even more familiar with this kind of formation than you are!” Nangong Li shook his head and sighed, clearly having already seen through the thousand Maze Formations you had set up.
Nangong Li’s movements to break the formation paused. In the next instant, the only Fifth-Rank Formation you had set up manifested: the Five Elements God-Binding Formation!
Nangong Li was trapped for only an instant before he directly broke it in the next second!
Outside the formation, you secretly exerted power. All the Illusion Formations and Maze Formations activated. The scenery around Nangong Li shifted constantly, impossible to distinguish true from false.
“Is that all? Then let it end here!” Nangong Li waved his large hand, and the Illusion Formations and Maze Formations before him vanished instantly.
The next second, your Five Elements God-Binding Formation appeared once more, trapping Nangong Li for another instant!
The God-Binding Formation was broken, and the Illusion Formations and Maze Formations appeared again. Within the formation, the cycle began anew.
“It’s already been three breaths. Why hasn’t he come out?”
“Three and a half breaths!”
“Four breaths. How could that possibly be!”
“Just who is this person? Why have I never heard of him?”
“That can’t be right. You’ve only been studying under Ancestor Kongling for a year. How could you possibly be stronger than me!” Zhao Wuji said, his composure breaking. He clearly found it hard to believe the truth before his eyes.
At this moment, you had no attention to spare for Zhao Wuji. You could only fully maintain the formation’s operation, because Nangong Li’s formation-breaking speed was far too fast. So fast that your cycling formations could barely react in time!
After ten breaths, Nangong Li’s patience was exhausted by you. He no longer played these little tricks with you, instead directly searching for the formation’s core.
As long as he found the core of the formation you had set up, the formation would collapse on its own.
You sensed a spiritual will appear within your formation, spreading through it at an extremely rapid speed.
You naturally saw through Nangong Li’s intent, but you did not mind, because the formation’s core was yourself!