ATG: Formation Master c2

“So that’s the Formation Prince.” A cold voice said from the side.

A group of females were looking at the distance.

“Spirit Profound at that age? He could become the first Throne in the Blue Wind Royal Family.” Another cold voice said.

A pair of women dressed in blue and white robes, surrounded by ice spirits, commented as they looked where the Royals were sitting. 

Behind them were three younger-looking girls.

They were surprised by how strong this year's representatives of the Blue Wind Royal Family were. 

It seems they will soon have a new competition for the top four.

“Maybe. Formations are a rarity. We have no idea what they can do.” 

“It would seem he won’t participate this year.” A younger fairy said in relief. 

“Don’t let it fool you, Xuan’er. He is here to see how everything works.” The more mature fairy said in a cold voice.

“Yes, Master.”

“Next tournament, he will be participating.” 

The fairies were eyeing the royals, like the rest of them.

~~~

“Your Excellency, my Prince, it’s an honour.” 

Other Sects were already buttering up, like Xiao Sect, as the newly minted Sect Master Xiao Juetian walked over with his group.

“Honour is mine, it would seem you are Sect Master Juetian.” The Emperor nodded at the Xiao Sect delegation.

He noticed that he was leading the group; he heard rumours that Xiao Juetian had become the Sect Master.

“Yes. It’s my first tournament as Sect Master. My father has retired and is now cultivating behind closed doors.” 

“Oh, Xiao Wuqing retired?” Cang Wanhe sighed internally. That prick is finally gone from public view; thank Heaven!

That man was an ass to deal with, extremely arrogant when became a Throne, one of yougest as well.

“Indeed, he left everything to me now.” The young-looking leader nodded proudly to be the Sect Master.

“Good, we don’t doubt you will lead Xiao Sect to greatness.”

“I could say the same, the Young Prince is already Spirit Profound!”

The group looked at Cang Long with awe. They were shocked that royals could produce such a talent!

“Indeed! My Long’er is one of a kind!” Cang Wanhe bragged.

Though the Prince was more interested in others, he looked towards a particular group.

“Those are the Frozen Cloud Fairies.” The Xiao Sect Master didn’t mind that the Prince didn’t care about him. He instead informed him about the aloft women in the distance.

“Is it?”

“The one with a ponytail is Jun Lianqie, ranked fourth, and next to her is Mu Lanyi, ranked fifth.”

‘Their rankings are a bit different…’ Cang Long slowly nodded.

“Maybe with your talents, you could get one.” The man smirked at the Prince.

“Hahaha, did you hear that, Long’er? The Sect Master thinks you could do the impossible.” The Emperor joked.

“Maybe? It’s not like their strength is that impressive.” The Prince shrugged. He didn’t particularly care about these poor and very cold women.

“...”

“...”

“...”

The response was a bit awkward, as after a bit of time, other Sects approached the royals as powerhouses were gathering for the power stone ranking.

It was at this moment that sects showed off their cultivation levels.

It was not that interesting, as most of the representatives were in Spirit Profound.

Spirit Profound six, seven and so on…

All that Cang Long cared about was his Family’s ranking.

“Next is Blue Wind Imperial Family.” A Sky Profound elder overseeing the rankings declared. 

Three practitioners dressed in blue robes with a wind symbol walked. The first one placed and revealed his Spirit Profound Eight cultivation.

The sects watching this gasped. They couldn’t believe how strong the Imperial Family was in this year’s tournament!

Sure, it’s not the strongest, but it was a massive boost from last time when the strongest was Spirit Profound Three!

Emperor Cang Wanhe grinned. He was enjoying their reactions. His family was finally getting the respect they deserved!

The second one revealed similar cultivation, and the last revealed Spirit Profound Nine!

“Impressive, this is at the level of top sects!” Burning Heaven Clan Master exclaimed. He didn’t expect to see this before his retirement!

‘That prince has to go.’ The Clan Master declared with a heavy heart.

Heaven Burning Clan is always rated among the top four. If the Blue Wind Imperial family rises, they will be the first to leave the ranking.

Fen Yiyue was close to a hundred years old and had been training his son to take over for many years now. 

He doesn’t want to leave such a situation to his son.

“Unbelievable!” Fen Duanhun, the next clan Master, exclaimed. These youngsters are almost as strong as the representatives they brought!

“They might have cultivation now, but they don’t have techniques.” The old Clan Master said.

“That is true. Formation Prince only has his formations.” 

‘I do hope they don’t have that Dharma body thing.’

Everyone gathered hoped that it was the case!

~~~

After the cultivation ranking showdown, the preliminary rounds started, and the low-ranking ones started to drop off like flies.

The Emperor loved watching this, he saw all three of his family representatives perform exceptionally!

But they were closely watched, and other powers confirmed what they were thinking. The Imperial family doesn’t have good techniques or weapons.

Now, the only thing they need to see is if they have that Dharma Body technique that the prince knows.

Sadly, they won’t learn on the first day, as the Royal Family, for the first time since its creation, survived the first round and went to the main tournament!

The next day, the Emperor was sitting there grinning while drinking his wine.

“Long’er, this is the first time I am watching this as not an observer but as part of it,” Cang Wanhe said to his son. His son was standing there with crossed arms, watching the main competitors gather. 

There is a much smaller crowd than the previous day, as more than 95% of people have already left.

Leaving behind around the top 20 sects with their contestants.

“Well, well, first fight belongs to us.” The Emperor frowned a bit as he saw that they were fighting a fairy from Frozen Cloud.

“Spirit Profound Eight against Nine is disadvantageous to us," his bodyguard, standing behind, said with a similar frown.

“Hn.” The Emperor nodded.

“Dunyun, you can use the formations I have prepared.” Cang Long said to the fighter.

“Yes, my Prince.” 

The fighter nodded as he walked to the arena. Before him was a fairy with a cold face. She was dressed in classic robes. There was no weapon, but everyone knew that she would use cold air and ice to fight.

That is why he prepared formations for his fighters.

“Imperial Family’s Dunyun against Frozen Cloud’s Shi Yuan may begin!” The Sky Profound Elder raised his hand as he rose into the air.

The fairy shot cold air from her sleeve, which the Imperial Family’s fighter dodged as he slapped his hand on the ring.

Then, rushed to the next corner and did the same thing.

“Yuan! Don’t let him finish the set-up!” One of the Fairies exclaimed loudly as they realised what was going on.

“Sorry, Miss Fairy, but it’s already too late.” Cang Long said with a smirk.

“This is four formations in one.” 

His reply confused the fairies, who looked at the arena with some worry. To their surprise, the fairy slowed down severely as the Dunyun slapped the ring two more times, forming a translucent barrier. 

“That Dunyun’s cultivation is rising?” Ling Yuefeng frowned as he sensed something bizarre!

“He is now at the same cultivation as the Frozen Cloud’s fairy!” The overseeing elders exclaimed with disbelief as they sensed how cultivation surged around the warrior.

The fighting fairy panicked as she used more advanced arts, but cold air simply rushed around him.

“This is something His Highness himself prepared! We might not have weapons like you four great sects, but we have something greater! And that is formations!” Dunyun exclaimed proudly as he made a motion, and a powerful blast erupted from him. All that extra cultivation left him and became a powerful attack that sent the fairy flying out of the arena!

“!!!”

“!!!”

“...”

The pair of Frozen Fairies looked at this with indifferent expressions, but if people looked closer, they could see their eyes trembling from disbelief.

“The winner is Dunyun!”

The blue-clad fighter nodded as he slowly walked out of the arena and to his side in the stands.

“Well done, Dunyun!” The Emperor nodded. “ We are pleased.”

“I'm here to serve, Your Excellency.” 

The Prince and the Emperor nodded as they returned to watch the next matches.

The other fights were not as interesting as many of the ones the elders and the Emperor had seen before. The same sects have been fighting the same battles all the time—ice vs. wind, fire vs. thunder, thunder vs. swords, and so on.

They were less entertaining, that is, until the second match for the Blue Wind Imperial Family came up.

“They are already in the top 10, as absurd as it sounds.” A man said with a frown. He was the Leader of Heavenly Spear Thunderfire Fortress.

They use explosives and spears, and they are a faction ranked fifth, just below Heaven Burning Clan.

Though the difference is absurd, as the Fortress has no Thrones.

That makes it a second-rate power immediately compared to the other four powers.

“Next Match! Blue Wind Imperial family’s Xicheng against Thunderfire Fortress’ Mu Xiongyu!”

A boy with a spear walked into the arena. On the opposite side was a blue-clad youth with a smirk. The pair of them were at Spirit Profound Eight.

“We already saw your tricks, I won’t fall!” The spear-wielding youth said.

“You already lost. It’s that you don’t know it yet.” The youth from the Imperial Family said with a small smirk.

“Hmph! We shall see!” 

“Match Start!”

The elder raised his hand as he flew away to watch the fight on the ground.

The spear youth dashed as his spear crackled with lightning. But at that moment, everyone watched as the youth placed his right leg forward and brushed it to the side.

A translucent wall appeared before him.

“A wall? You think it will work?” With an angry voice, Mu Xiongyu stabbed his spear at the wall. But the wall reflected his face and spear.

“W-What—”

That moment, the wall formation glowed and shattered, sending the damage back at the spear user!

“Agh!!!”

“Not bad, he is quite decent with reflection formation, I taught him. He clearly practised a lot if he can use it with his feet.” Cang Long rubbed his chin. He liked what he saw.

“Indeed. I have no idea how it works, but it does work.” The Emperor agreed.

The Formation Prince rolled his eyes, but he smiled nonetheless.

After the reflection, Xicheng slapped one hand on the ground before dashing to one of the corners.

“Xiongyu! Don’t just stand there! Don’t let him finish the formation!” The Fortress Master loudly exclaimed as he was worried after seeing that self-attack.

“Yes, Master!” The Youth dashed angrily as he ignored the burns. 

“Too late~.” The two-point formation glowed as it rose from the ground. It looked like glowing spheres.

“What in heaven is this?” The spear user exclaimed as he got defensive. 

“Attack!”

Two orbs rushed towards the spear user. The youth tried to attack the incoming orbs, but it was a two-pronged attack.

The first orb was deflected.

‘Heavy!!!’ Mu Xiongyu worriedly deflected the attack, but the second blow smashed into his gut.

Wheeze!!!

He gasped as he flew out of the arena with the force of a sledgehammer.

“Hahaha, this formation is based on the concept of two directions. In other words, you can’t look at two places at once. This causes friction, which generates energy that is used to power these orbs.

I might not be able to give enough power, but there are other ways to power them.’ The blue-clad youth bragged.

“Blue Wind Imperial Family’s Xicheng won!” The winner nodded as he walked off the arena towards his seat.

Cang Long bit grimaced that this guy brags this much. But it was fine to extend. After all, he might tell the tricks, but they have no idea behind the mechanics of these formations.