Return of the Ancient Gods

In today's competition, the finale is undoubtedly the medicine contest.

Compared to the common people who were just watching the fun, those who were in the know were more concerned about the performance of Chu Nan and King Kang, so as not to stand on the wrong side.

After Chu Nan won the first battle, King Kang was so angry that he sent out a hunchbacked old man to compete in the second battle.

"It's actually him, Hong Qi, the chief formation master of Prince Kang's Mansion!" In the stands, Chu Zhesheng, the president of the National Academy of Education, was slightly surprised.

This competition was more like a temple fair than a college competition, with no restrictions on participants, but no one would have thought that the old monster would take the stage so soon.

Hong Qi, a master of formations, was a great contributor who trapped dozens of enemies in the Tianxuan realm with a large formation and saved King Kang.

"National Master, are you talking about the person who set up the protective formation for Prince Kang's Palace?" Emperor Chu also had some impression, and his face instantly turned ugly. Although the formation was not the highlight, he did not want to lose momentum.

"Yes, it's him. His attainments in formations are not much inferior to mine, but his realm is much lower than mine, and he is also a loner, so his reputation is not as good as mine," Dean Chu Zhesheng nodded. He knew Chu Nan's attainments in formations very well, so he didn't hold out any hope.

"I didn't expect that he has already broken through to the peak of the Tianxuan Realm. It looks like the prince will lose this battle."

"..."

Hong Qiyi is old and moves slowly. It is also a question whether he can still set up the battle formation. As soon as he came on stage, he was laughed at.

"Prince Kang is so sure that he is not deliberately trying to make Prince Chu Nan admit defeat? Haha!"

It was only when Hong Qi formed a formation with just one thought that everyone realized that the other party's realm and strength were far beyond their imagination.

The formation was crude, just a circle formed by a light curtain with a bunch of seemingly disorganized formation flags inserted in it, looking quite shabby.

Someone tried it out, and it was thrown out in the blink of an eye, shocking everyone:

"Today is the college competition, there will be no killing. The formation I set up is not a killing formation. You just go back and rest for a few days." Hong Qi said calmly while standing on the stage. He was not bothered to test his sword on a few ignorant juniors. His words were not loud, but they revealed a kind of pride.

"This is the Five Elements and Eight Diagrams Formation. It is strange and changeable. If you try to force your way through it, even if you are at the Void God level, it will be useless." Zong Zhen, a master of formations at the Princess's Mansion, explained briefly. He originally wanted to represent the Princess's Mansion, but now he has begun to waver in his heart.

"Force your way in? This is a formation competition, and what's being competed is the ability to set up and break the formation. Why do you need to use such brutal means? Leave this competition to me." Chu Nan patted Zong Zhen's shoulder and consoled him with a smile.

"Prince, can you really do it? That's Hong Qi, arguably the top formation master in our Great Chu Dynasty. Only Dean Chu of the National Academy of Religion can beat him..." Zong Zhen asked doubtfully. He had watched Chu Nan grow up and knew his background well, so he was even more skeptical, especially since this battle was of such great importance.

"Of course!" Chu Nan said confidently.

"Who else wants to try?" Hong Qi shouted at the top of his voice and looked around, but his eyes were mainly fixed on Chu Nan, and his intention to invite him to fight was not very obvious.

"..."

The whole place was silent, and then Chu Nan walked out and walked around the formation.

"Sir, you are so confident and calm, but do you have a way to crack it?" Hong Qi watched Chu Nan's every move impatiently. He was very displeased with his frivolous nature, but he still asked politely, secretly angry in his heart.

"Everything is different. Although you have great talent in martial arts, the formation is not as simple as you think. Let me teach you what it means to always have a sense of awe."

"Nine out of ten!" Chu Nan said casually, smiled at Hong Qi, turned to look at King Kang outside the field, and jumped into the formation without thinking.

As soon as he entered, the entire formation changed immediately, as if it had come alive. The formation flags with the five elements symbols were flying, and the world in Chu Nan's eyes was different:

Volcanoes, landslides, iron beds, hail and lightning strikes, to name a few, alternately changing.

Chu Nan was walking in it and accidentally triggered the attack of the formation, so he was struggling to deal with it and dodge.

"You are a kid who knows nothing about formations. Do you think you can break my formation with brute force? You are just asking for trouble!" Seeing Chu Nan's poor performance, Hong Qi sneered, and became more convinced that he was just despising the formation and manipulating and changing the formation to increase the difficulty.

"Hey, this is... Although Chu Nan is in a bad situation, his movements are flexible and skillful, and he accurately avoids all attacks, but he still can't break the formation." Dean Chu saw that something was wrong with Chu Nan, frowned, and his eyes became deep, but he still didn't understand his intention.

"What exactly do you want to do?"

In the formation, as Chu Nan "rushed around", more and more formation flags surrounded him, and half of the incense stick of time had passed.

"Okay, now is the time!" Seeing the right opportunity, Chu Nan "grabbed" all the formation flags with ghostly speed, and then let go, and the formation flags fell down with a clatter.

The light curtain surrounding the formation was shattered, and the formation was broken!

"How, how could this happen?" Hong Qi was shocked. He stepped back repeatedly in fear as if he had seen a ghost.

How did Chu Nan break the formation?

Not to mention how he had the ability to break through the formation that was beyond his realm level, even those few simple moves would be impossible to do by blind guessing.

Could it be that Chu Nan is a formation master who is on par with Hong Qi?

No, it's stronger than that and can challenge higher levels.

Everyone present looked at each other in bewilderment, and few could figure out what was going on.

"What a powerful method of breaking the formation. But if he clearly has such a method, why did he have to use it at the very end?" Dean Chu murmured. He clearly understood Chu Nan's movements to break the formation, but he couldn't understand his operation. He thought of something and stretched out a finger to gesture.

"I admit it!" Chu Nan smiled slightly and bowed.

"..." Hong Qi was speechless and was about to leave in embarrassment, but was stopped by Chu Nan:

"Master Hong Qi, this doesn't seem to be in accordance with the rules. I am the only one who broke your formation, so it should be your turn to break it. Master, do you want to lose without fighting?"

"...Okay, please give me some advice, Your Highness!" After hearing what Nan said clearly, Hong Qi almost stumbled and fell to the ground. He squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth, feeling both ashamed and angry.

Chu Nan said nothing more. He stretched out his hand and used Hong Qi's formation flags to instantly set up a similar large formation using local materials.

"You, you want to humiliate me in this way? Copy my formation and let me break it myself, and then give it to you?" Hong Qi was angry. Although Chu Nan's move was amazing, this method was hard to accept.

"This is the Four Symbols and Eight Trigrams formation I set up. There is a lot of mystery in it. Please, Master, break the formation!" Chu Nan restrained his smile and stretched out his hand to invite Hong Qi to break the formation.

With a cold snort, Hong Qi entered the formation and broke it without even looking at it.

He understood what was going on, but Hong Qi had already entered the formation. Dean Chu shook his head helplessly and sighed:

"The winner has been decided. Hong Qi himself gave up the possibility of winning in the end."

Sure enough, after one stick of incense was up, Hong Qi failed to break the formation.

When Chu Nan took the initiative to remove the formation, Hong Qi felt ashamed and guilty. He was so angry that he spat out blood, staggered and finally fell off the stage.

"Chu Nan's ability to break formations is amazing, but he doesn't need to be proficient in setting up formations, so he copied Hong Qi's formation in the competition. He was able to see the weaknesses of the formation that Hong Qi couldn't detect, and made improvements on this basis. Chu Nan's formation can be said to be more advanced than Hong Qi's, but," Dean Chu was calm, his eyes were deep and indescribable,

"If it was Hong Qi in a normal state, there might be a chance of success, but unfortunately at the beginning... it's just what Chu Nan did..."

"Master, you have to take care of yourself. That little wolf cub has been taught by Jinyang and the Demon King, and is good at breaking formations..." King Kang rushed to the stage immediately to help Hong Qi up and comfort him with kind words.

"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. I am ashamed of your trust." Hong Qi took a breath and said with difficulty:

"I am not angry at Chu Nan, but at myself. I did not lose to Chu Nan today, but to myself, my arrogance..."

"..." Chu Nan smiled bitterly. He never thought that things would turn out like this and make him unpopular among people.

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