At the entrance of the Yan Clan, there was a path leading the way. Even if Di Tian came here to provoke them, as an aristocrat clan in the field of formations, the Yan Clan naturally had to maintain the demeanor of an aristocrat clan. If not, wouldn't they be a joke to others?
In addition, even if a guest elder of their Yan Clan was humiliated outside, it wouldn't affect anything. The status of their Yan Clan wasn't built in a single day, it was built after many years. Since Di Tian wanted to challenge them, let's see how high the attainments of this Grandmaster Qin Wentian was.
A serving girl came to the entrance of the Yan Clan, inviting those spectators in as well. This caused many people to silently sigh in admiration. As expected of a major aristocrat clan, they were truly imposing, not caring about the spectators.
Although Grandmaster Di Tian's attainments in formations were very high, it was impossible for him to be comparable to the Yan Clan. Now, they wanted to see how strong he was exactly.
As an aristocrat clan in the field of formations, the Yan Clan had their own public square. It was extremely vast and there were spectator stands in all four directions. In the center, there was a formation platform. The internal conflicts of the Yan Clan would also be conducted here. Right now, they had invited Di Tian and the spectators here.
The one who received Di Tian and the others was an elder of the Yan Clan. His name was Yan Zhong and he was very powerful. His cultivation base was at the peak-stage of the mid-stage, only a step away from the peak-stage. In addition, his attainments in formations were also very high. This was why he was able to become an elder. At this moment, he sat in the main seat. Beside him, there were several immortal emperors as well as some guest elders and juniors. All of them were staring at the masked figure sitting opposite them.
"This person came to challenge our Yan Clan and an elder actually personally came to receive him. If it was me, I would have directly sent someone to kick him out." An extremely young female junior spoke with some unhappiness. What status did their Yan Clan have? When had they ever been provoked by an unaffiliated formation grandmaster before? She felt that by doing so, wouldn't it weaken the prestige of their Yan Clan?
"What do you know? This is called magnanimity. Since he wants to provoke us, let's show him the capabilities of our Yan Clan. We will also let the spectators know that our Yan Clan's proficiency in formations isn't something that can be shaken by just anyone." A handsome young man who was slightly older spoke.
These juniors sat together and whispered. The elders did not pay attention to them and let them be.
"Grandmaster Di, I wonder why you came to my Yan Clan?" Yan Zhong stared at Di Tian, asking despite knowing the answer.
"I've heard that the Yan Clan is an aristocratic clan that specializes in formations. I've heard of its fame and came here to seek guidance. I wish to see the Yan Clan's formations." Di Tian calmly spoke. Although his tone sounded polite, there was a hint of coldness in it. Everyone knew that he came here to challenge Yan Zhong, there was no need for him to be too polite. Yan Zhong was merely feigning civility. If not, there wouldn't be such a grand formation platform outside the Yan Clan.
Naturally, there was nothing wrong with this. If Di Tian couldn't even pass that test, it meant that he didn't even have the qualifications to make the Yan Clan feign civility towards him. Wanting an aristocrat clan that specialized in formations to accompany you, that would depend on how much weight you have.
"Grandmaster Di, what do you intend to do?" Yan Zhong asked again.
"Breaking Formation, Martial Formation, Fighting Formation." Di Tian faintly spoke, his words causing the eyes of everyone to gleam with sharpness. There were three methods for a battle between formations. Breaking Formation, Martial Formation, Fighting Formation.
Breaking Formation was similar to the battle outside the Yan Clan. Two formation grandmasters would each set up their own formations and break each other's formations, sparring with each other.
Martial Formation was also known as Formation Battle. It was a direct battle but in the process of battle, only the power of formations could be borrowed and not innate techniques could be used.
Fighting Formation was also a type of Formation Battle. It was similar to Martial Formation but there was a difference. Two formation grandmasters would first set up their own formations and use the power of their own formations to battle. What they were competing on was the strength of their formations.
Among the three combat methods, the requirement for Martial Formation was the highest. Ordinary formation grandmasters wouldn't be able to easily inscribe a formation and use it in battle. They would need to form a formation with a single thought. Even ordinary formation grandmasters wouldn't be able to do this.
When Di Tian came here to provoke the Yan Clan, he directly used all three methods of sparring. From this, one could see how deep his attainments in formations were. He was definitely an all-rounded character. Just a single sentence from him caused the expressions of many to turn solemn. Seems like Grandmaster Di came here prepared.
Yan Zhong's gaze grew heavy as he cast a deep glance at Di Tian. Seems like this mysterious grandmaster wasn't simple at all. He had to treat him seriously. If not, if his Yan Clan was defeated, although their status would still be there, their reputation would be greatly damaged, causing others to feel that their Yan Clan was already at the end of their rope.
"Since Grandmaster Di is so interested, I will naturally treat myself as Grandmaster Di." Yan Zhong replied. Since Di Tian had already suggested a way to challenge them, how could he still reject? Wouldn't that be considered cowardice?
"It's just that the people of my Yan Clan are proficient in different fields. Hence, I'm afraid we have to send out different people for the three sparring rounds. If not, if we want to find such an all-rounded person, we would have to send out a peak-level formation grandmaster of our Yan Clan. Wouldn't that be unfair to Grandmaster Di? What does Grandmaster Di think?" Yan Zhong asked. His words were actually somewhat shameless. After all, Di Tian was just one person while their Yan Clan was an aristocratic clan. Yet, they were prepared to send out three people to deal with the three sparring rounds.
However, Yan Zhong calmly replied. It wasn't that their Yan Clan didn't have such all-rounded formation grandmasters. It's just that if they were too strong, they would be bullying Di Tian.
"You guys can do as you wish." Di Tian calmly replied. A simple sentence, as though he didn't care about it at all. However, it caused the Yan Clan to appear petty.
"Fine, Grandmaster Di is at the initial-stage of the immortal emperor realm. However, formations and cultivation are two different daos. Hence, the cultivation base of our Yan Clan's formation grandmaster might be higher than Grandmaster Di. I hope Grandmaster Di won't blame us." Yan Zhong spoke again. Many people were silently cursing the Yan Clan for not having any guts. Although formations and cultivation were different, the great daos were interlinked. The stronger one was, the more chances they would have to create a stronger formation.
Di Tian was just one person. It was fine if the Yan Clan sent out three, but their cultivation bases were all higher than Di Tian's. From this point, it could be seen that this sparring wasn't that fair.
However, the three sparring rounds were suggested by Di Tian. Clearly, the Yan Clan didn't want to lose. Hence, Yan Zhong knew that by doing this, he would become a laughing stock for others. Hence, he still chose to do this, all for the sake of victory. As long as the Yan Clan could suppress Di Tian, no one would remember anything else. They would only know that the Yan Clan's proficiency in formations wasn't to be challenged.
"As you wish." Di Tian calmly replied, as though he had a card up his sleeve. There was no way to mask his arrogance.
"Fine. Since this is the case, Grandmaster Di will be the one to decide the sequence of the three sparring rounds." Yan Zhong politely spoke, causing everyone to snort in disdain.
"For the first round, let's break the formations." Di Tian spoke. Yan Zhong nodded, turning his gaze to an old man beside him. This old man exuded a sharp aura, akin to a sharp sword. Stepping out, he directly soared through the air and landed on a formation platform.
"Please." The old man stared at Di Tian.
Di Tian stood up and stepped out, coming to a platform opposite of the old man.
"Let's begin." Di Tian calmly spoke. In an instant, resplendent astral light descended from the sky. He stomped on the ground and instantly, numerous divine inscriptions flashed. The astral light cascaded down from the sky, transforming into a picture scroll that directly sealed the entire platform within. Within it, rumbling sounds rang out unceasingly but no one could see how Di Tian was inscribing the formation. Even immortal senses had no way to penetrate it.
The old man opposite Di Tian was also inscribing a formation. His formation was a killing formation. Since this was a test of breaking formations, it meant that Di Tian had to break the formation he inscribed. From this, one could very well imagine his purpose. If Di Tian was directly killed by the killing formation, even the governor's manor wouldn't be able to say anything. After all, this was a challenge and both parties agreed on it.
As for the battle after that, there was no longer a need for that.
Everyone quietly waited. After a long time, the picture scroll vanished as Di Tian's figure appeared, quietly standing on the platform. Opposite him, the old man had also finished inscribing a formation. A terrifying sharpness gushed forth, exuding an incomparably fearsome killing intent.
"Please." The old man spoke to Di Tian.
"Please." Di Tian replied. After that, the two of them stepped out, moving towards the opponent's formation. Since they were breaking formations, they naturally had to do it at the same time. If both of them had the ability to break the opponent's formation, it would depend on whose speed was faster.
However, for this battle, the old man from the Yan Clan had the advantage. His cultivation base was at the mid-stage of the immortal emperor realm, higher compared to Di Tian.
But would Di Tian care about such an advantage?
He came to the side of his opponent's platform and stared at the destructive might within it. A cold light flashed in his eyes as he stretched out his hand. The heavenly hammer appeared once more, expanding unceasingly, transforming into a giant hammer that could shake the heavens. With no hesitation, Di Tian directly stepped into the air space above the formation as his heavenly hammer abruptly smashed down.
Emperor light flashed as the might of the killing formation soared up, enveloping this entire space. Boundless killing intent transformed into a destructive sword formation, wanting to trap Di Tian within.
Everyone only saw a terrifying diagram appearing on the heavenly hammer, clashing against the destructive sword formation formed from the boundless sword intent, forcefully forcing it back into the formation as an intense rumbling sound rang out.
Di Tian's movements didn't stop. He continued to lift his heavenly hammer and smashed it down once more.
When he saw this scene, the expression of the old man from the Yan Clan changed slightly. He knew that this formation probably wouldn't be able to stop Di Tian. Hence, he directly stepped into Di Tian's formation. In the sky, numerous vertical strands of sword might descended. 10,000 swords descended together, and an austere killing intent enveloped this entire world.
"Swish, swish, swish …" As the swords descended, the formation seemed to be enraged. Countless scrolls of sword might gushed forth, blotting out the sky and directly engulfing the entire space. The old man who was trapped within the formation inclined his head but he actually couldn't sense the laws of the sky. His expression couldn't help but turn heavy, he had been sealed.
"BOOM!" On the other platform, Di Tian's heavenly hammer continued smashing down, time after time. The killing might of the formation below gradually calmed down, as though it was being suppressed.
The situation on both sides was completely different!
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