Rest next day, everyone set out.
On the way, the sixty-six people who took the test exchanged ideas and talked with each other.
The relationships are also relatively harmonious.
In the assessment of formation masters, there is indeed no competition among them.
Other people's good grades will not affect your good grades.
Judging from the conversation, not many people choose to cooperate.
Most people fight alone.
Everyone has actually felt it over the years.
Sometimes, cooperating is more difficult than fighting alone.
It is also possible for a person to pass directly through luck.
There are two people, but they have to kill two earth monsters to pass the level.
The news of Su Chen and Qiu Xiyu's cooperation has not been spread outside.
She had some concerns, but she did not question Su Chen.
But she was worried that if her aunt knew about it, she would definitely scold her.
Qiu Xiyu was nervous and even a little uneasy.
On the one hand, she wanted to repay the favor, and she felt that it was right to cooperate with Su Chen.
On the other hand, I am very worried.
She knew that this assessment for the eighth-grade formation master was very important.
If she can pass, the entire Qiu family will invest more and more resources in her.
Progress will get faster and better.
Thinking of this, I felt a little regretful.
The abilities and skills displayed by Su Chen seemed elusive.
This time it is a real practical application, to deal with the vicious monsters in the wilderness.
She still had some doubts.
On the way, Senior You Mingshan from the Zhenmeng also walked up to Su Chen.
“For this second stage of the assessment, just do your best.
There are definitely difficulties, but don't be discouraged if you fail.
Your talent in technique is excellent, even better than when I was young.
It’s just that the awareness of many formations needs to be relearned, and deeper understanding is also needed.
After the eighth-grade assessment is over, it will be very beneficial for you to study with me for two months."
As You Mingshan finished speaking, everyone around him who heard his words showed a hint of envy.
I was actually invited by Senior You Mingshan to study under him.
Su Chen expressed his gratitude, feeling that some of his talent had been recognized.
But only part of it.
Many people are looking forward to being able to practice with the seniors of the Zhenmeng.
Su Chen was a little hesitant.
We'll tell you the details when the time comes.
You Mingshan's words made Qiu Xiyu even more anxious.
After all, what You Mingshan just said to Su Chen clearly indicated that it would be difficult for Su Chen to succeed this time.
When they arrived at the area where the formation was set up, everyone started to act.
Each go to his own position.
The predecessors of the Zhenmeng, as well as the elders of other people, moved forward together.
They are going to the front line to assist in garrisoning.
The formation masters who are taking the eighth-grade assessment will have to spend two days here to prepare.
Naturally, safety during this period must be fully guaranteed.
Many formation masters have average martial arts skills.
Even this Qiu Xiyu only has the strength of the middle seventh level.
With such strength, among the younger generation of the Qiu family, they are most likely at the bottom.
Since Su Chen and Qiu Xiyu have decided to cooperate, they naturally have to choose a location together first.
With the help of the power of [Monster Hunter], Su Chen quickly found a relatively perfect position.
Many traces of monsters coming and going can be seen here.
And judging from these traces, these monsters have not encountered any trouble here.
This path is a safe passage for these monsters.
The monsters will not give up this kind of safe passage easily.
And on this path, it is more likely that powerful monsters such as golden monsters and earth monsters will appear.
The golden demon usually does not rashly enter other unfamiliar paths.
In most cases, it is the small and big monsters who explore the way.
Only after confirming that there are no problems will the powerful monster continue to move forward.
This is why the assessment requires so many small and big monsters.
A total of one hundred.
There is no way, those golden monsters and earth monsters always send those lower-level monsters to explore the way.
There are just so many low-level monsters.
After Su Chen chose the location, Qiu Xiyu did not agree.
“Monsters are cautious and suspicious, and the routes they choose are usually those with complex terrain.
The terrain here is relatively flat and hiding places are scarce.
Apart from those small and big monsters with weak strength, there will be no golden monsters or earth monsters passing by.
Some indeed.”
Qiu Xiyu wanted to say that Su Chen was wasting his energy.
But thinking about the help Su Chen had given him, he held back the words even though they were on the tip of his tongue.
It's not that direct.
“About a mile to the north, the terrain there is much more complicated.
Those monsters and beasts like to launch sneak attacks on us from complex terrains.
Senior Brother Su, you don’t understand the habits of monsters.
When we study the knowledge of formations, we usually also learn about the habits of some monsters.
So, let’s go to that area to set up.”
In response to Qiu Xiyu's advice, Su Chen also expressed his own judgment.
More persistent.
Hearing this, Qiu Xiyu showed some helplessness on his face.
From the beginning, she felt that Su Chen lacked common knowledge of formations.
Now it seems that it is more than just common sense of formations.
There is also a huge lack of common sense in dealing with monsters.
If we set up a formation here, it is very likely that we will get nothing.
Seeing Qiu Xiyu remained silent, Su Chen did not force her.
Let her go to the location of her choice to set up the formation.
Arrange it yourself here.
Afraid that she would think he was overthinking, Su Chen patiently explained it.
Although the two chose to cooperate, they were already somewhat incompatible from the beginning.
Before leaving, Qiu Xiyu gave Su Chen some more reminders.
"Brother Su, why did the Alliance set up the first stage of the assessment? It was actually for now.
Let us practice our ability to deploy battle formations on rugged terrain.
That is to be used at this moment.
The Alliance has already reminded us that we can tell the monster's route from this."
Su Chen nodded without objection.
Just answering, I still want to try it.
The two separated and began to arrange the formation according to their own ideas.
Su Chen calmed down, observing his surroundings while thinking about the arrangement of the formation.
In fact, relying on the ability of [Good Monster Hunter], Su Chen discovered the breath of a celestial demon on the western front.
The distance is not too far.
But these celestial demons did not come closer and always kept that distance. It is possible that they were stopped outside by the warriors of Jin State.
It seemed that the celestial demon had not moved, so Su Chen did not care about it anymore.
Start arranging the corresponding formation according to the current terrain.
For the second stage of the assessment, the results will only be counted based on the monster's corpse.
Letting the monster get hurt or running away will both result in no results.
It is better to trap the monster in the formation than to let it escape.
Under this rule, formations such as the Binding Array would definitely be the first choice.
If a monster accidentally falls into this formation, it will not be able to escape. After thinking for a while, Su Chen had some ideas in his mind.
The effect of a single binding array is actually very limited.
The trapped monsters will roar and cry.
Once several monsters are trapped in the formation, these cries will immediately alert other monsters.
For this situation, many people's solution is to set up formations at other locations to block it.
After a monster is trapped and screams, the other monsters will flee in all directions.
The key point they grasped was the opportunity to escape in all directions.
The monsters at this moment were still a little panicked.
When escaping, the path will be messed up.
The formations arranged in other locations can also come in handy at this time.
To a certain extent, they used many formations to coordinate and form a large formation.
Su Chen was not prepared to do so.
Their method still depends a lot on luck.
If you are unlucky, the harvest will be very small.
The bigger disadvantage is that you can only target one wave of monsters every night.
As long as there is a monster trapped in the binding formation, its cry will drive away other monsters around it.
Su Chen’s choice was to use an isolation array plus a beast trap array, and then combine it with a soul-bewitching array.
The isolation array can isolate the aura within the array.
Inside the isolation array, no matter how loudly and screaming one could hear, the sound couldn't get out.
From this point of view, the formation will not be used only once a night.
Set up a beast trap formation inside the isolation formation.
Once they come in, these monsters will have no chance of escaping.
In addition, a maze is added to make the monsters in the beast trap unconscious.
This is mainly because there are concerns that there will be many variables.
If the monster is allowed to remain unconscious and quiet, it will be less likely for accidents to occur.
Moreover, the maze also has a corresponding restraining effect on those monsters with strong bodies.
After making the decision, Su Chen did not hesitate.
Get started right away.
The main body of the entire formation is the beast-trapping formation, which is the most important foundation of the formation.
The requirements for its strength are also the highest.
The beast trap formation is not strong enough, and the monsters can easily break through it and escape.
The intensity of the method Su Chen envisioned is not the biggest difficulty.
The greater difficulty lies in the superposition of three formations.
An ordinary formation master can't even understand one formation, let alone superimpose them.
The path of the array pattern and how to consolidate the array foundation.
These are the problems that need to be faced when superimposing formations.
In addition, some formations may conflict with each other.
If you fail to consider carefully, all your efforts will be wasted.
Su Chen was not too anxious in his heart, as he had some attainments in the art of formations.
And what he learned was the formation techniques left by the immortal Jingbo.
The superimposed array patterns are considered to be the characteristic of the array left by the immortals.
It can also be said to be a very important basic skill.
In this respect, it is very different from the formation techniques learned by others.
It was already past noon.
Everyone brought some dry food, so there was no problem solving their hunger.
Here, everyone has to wait until tomorrow's Xu time before the time is up.
For Su Chen, this is plenty of time.
If everything goes well, I will be able to complete the arrangement of the formation before nightfall tonight.
Su Chen quickened his hands and feet and worked hard with full concentration.
During this period, Qiu Xiyu came to visit once.
She wanted to give Su Chen some reminders, but she saw that Su Chen had already made a lot of arrangements.
He shook his head helplessly and went back.
The place where she set up the formation was not far from Su Chen.
A quarter of an hour is enough to go back and forth.
But Su Chen still believes in the concepts he has learned.
Judging from the evaluation criteria left by Immortal Jingbo, the strength of his formation can only be considered as a slight achievement.
But Su Chen felt that his strength, which was only a small success, was not bad.
After all, in the first stage of the assessment, many people couldn’t even set up a normal formation.
Immortal Jingbo's judgment on the strength of the formation was indeed too harsh.
What he mentioned in the book were all things like formation fusion and formation reduction.
Su Chen had never been involved in this kind of weird stuff.
But it is completely sufficient to set up the formation.
It was getting dark.
Su Chen has already set up the beast trapping formation and the isolation formation.
There is one maze left that is half completed.
Su Chen ate something and then continued to work on the maze.
Su Chen planned to complete the formation today, so he would not delay any further.
With so many powerful men stationed on the front line, Su Chen believed that not many monsters would be able to infiltrate.
There is really not much point in going earlier.
But it feels troublesome to have a little tail hanging around.
After Su Chen finished his preparations, he went to see Qiu Xiyu.
If I can help, I will help her.
She is actually a nice person, and also Qiu Ruoshuang's relative.
It's only right to help her.
At three quarters past the hour of Xu, Su Chen's formation had been completed.
The inner diameter of the entire formation is about thirty feet, which covers the entire path.
With the help of some bushes, the location of the entire formation is concealed.
After everything was completed, Su Chen relaxed a little and then activated the entire formation.
I am a little tired today, but I can have a good rest tomorrow.
I sat aside to rest and ate something.
While hesitating, he couldn't help but look forward.
On the front line, there is always a group of monsters waiting there.
Su Chen was a little confused. Were these monsters confronting the warriors from the State of Jin?
Among this group of monsters, there are also celestial monsters.
Have they been confronting each other since daytime until now?
Although there are so many masters on the front line, Su Chen is still a little worried.
This group of monsters remained in the same position, except that they seemed to be in a standoff.
It's like lurking somewhere.
If this group of monsters are really lurking somewhere, they will definitely launch a sneak attack after it gets completely dark.
This will be a big crisis for everyone.
Thinking of this, Su Chen prepared to go and talk to the seniors stationed on the front line.
Go and see why these monsters have been standing there motionless.
Just as he was thinking about it, Su Chen noticed that the group of monsters were quickly coming towards him.
Su Chen's guess was correct. This group of monsters were not confronting the strong men from the State of Jin.
They are located behind the stationed warriors!
They just waited quietly like this until it was completely dark before taking action!
Among this group of monsters, there are celestial monsters mixed in.
This method was most likely thought up by the celestial demon. Other earthly demons do not have this ability.
In recent years, the Formation Alliance has been conducting the second stage assessment for eighth-grade formation masters here.
And the time period is also around this time, the end of May.
A clever monster like the Heavenly Demon naturally sensed the pattern.
This ambush was specifically aimed at the formation masters.
The formation masters here are not considered to be at a high level of strength.
Letting them come would be like a tiger among a flock of sheep.
The celestial demon led this group of monsters and moved very quickly.
They even split into three teams and attacked this side separately. (End of this chapter)
