The days that followed were as calm as water. With tireless effort day and night, Mo Hua’s divine sense calculation ability also grew by the day.
Until one day, he suddenly thought of a question:
"Can I try to make the formation collapse?"
Although Mr. Zhuang taught him divine sense calculation, it wasn’t for him to collapse formations, but since he had learned calculation, he had to try it out.
Mo Hua wanted to see what formation collapse was really like.
Even Mr. Zhuang found the power of annihilation, which occurred during formation collapse, unthinkable. Just how strong could it truly be?
The principle of formation collapse wasn’t difficult; the challenging part was learning the Reversed Spirit Formation and Divine Sense Calculation.
Mo Hua had now learned the Reversed Spirit Formation and, though not yet a master of divine sense calculation, he had become much more proficient after so many days of practice, and he had basically acquired the foundation needed to collapse a formation.
Still not completely confident, Mo Hua went back to Mr. Zhuang and cautiously inquired about the precautions of formation collapse.
Mr. Zhuang saw through the motive behind Mo Hua’s questioning at a glance, but he didn’t mind.
Having curiosity is a good thing.
If one had no curiosity about formations, no thirst for knowledge, it would be easy to become numb from the tedium of formations on the long road of Tao cultivation, losing the initial drive to explore the Dao of Formation.
Besides, learning formation collapse wasn’t that easy.
With Mo Hua’s current divine sense, being able to calculate and collapse a first-grade single formation would be impressive.
The power of a first-grade single formation collapse, though not weak, was not overwhelmingly strong either. Even if he made a mistake while experimenting on his own, it was unlikely to pose a threat to his life.
Mr. Zhuang then offered his guidance:
"Formation collapse is built upon the foundation of divine sense calculation."
"First calculate the spiritual power trajectory of the formation, and then base on that trajectory, lay down the Reversed Spirit Formation on the formation pivot."
"When you activate the formation afterward, the spiritual power will circulate through the formation pivot and be successively unraveled by the Reversed Spirit Formation, thereby inducing the great formation dissolution and generating a force close to the origin of the Great Dao, the power of annihilation..."
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Mr. Zhuang explained everything in great detail.
Mo Hua memorized Mr. Zhuang’s words carefully, then found an opportunity to run into Big Black Mountain to begin experimenting with formation collapse.
The formation he was collapsing was still the Earth Fire Formation of the first-grade.
Although Mo Hua’s divine sense was at Foundation Establishment, he couldn’t calculate too complex of a formation; he had to start with a common first-grade formation method.
Mo Hua set up the Earth Fire Formation, spending some time calculating the spiritual power trajectory. Following the trajectory, he then drew the Reversed Spirit Formation on the formation pivot in sequence.
After a lot of effort, Mo Hua finally got everything prepared.
Everything was ready, except for activating the formation.
Mo Hua placed the spirit stones on the formation and then ran far away.
He didn’t know how powerful the formation collapse would be, so to be safe, it was better to stay far away.
Mo Hua cast a Fireball Technique, precisely shattering the spirit stones, causing spiritual energy to overflow and enter the Earth Fire Formation.
There was a flash of light on the formation, which then disappeared in an instant.
From a distance, Mo Hua only noticed the formation light up briefly before everything went silent.
There was no explosion, no sound, no sign of spiritual power fluctuations; it was as though he had lit a firecracker that failed to go off...
Mo Hua was stunned.
Had the collapse failed?
Or was there an error in the calculation?
Mo Hua couldn’t understand and didn’t dare to rashly approach. After waiting a while longer and seeing no changes, he released his divine sense but could not perceive even a hint of spiritual power circulation. Only then did he approach to check.
With just one glance, Mo Hua furrowed his brows, his confusion deepening.
The formation was gone!
Nothing was left in its place.
Only the stones that had carried the formation had turned into a pile of fine dust, which dispersed with a gust of wind.
"So this is... a success?"
The formation had collapsed, quite completely at that; everything was gone, including the formation media, which had turned to dust.
But is collapse... supposed to be like this?
Uncertain, Mo Hua tried again.
Once more, after setting up the formation and following divine sense calculation, he drew the Reversed Spirit Formation on the formation pivot before activating the formation.
This time, Mo Hua didn’t run far. He observed while releasing his divine sense, focusing intently on the changes occurring during the formation’s collapse.
This time, he finally saw clearly what happened.
The moment the formation was activated, the spiritual power began to flow, starting from the formation pivot, connecting to the formation patterns. But when the spiritual power reached the Reversed Spirit Formation, it was disassembled.
The pale blue spiritual power didn’t become more subtle after disassembly. Instead, it turned into a completely different form of spiritual power, faintly edged with fine streaks of black, emitting an aura of oblivion, dissolving and subsequently annihilating everything it touched.