Runes are strange symbols discovered by ancient ancestors from heaven and earth, containing mysterious and unpredictable powers.

The evolution from runes to magic circles, after thousands of years of time before and after, after generations of exploration and research, from the initial formation to the later magic circles, human beings' understanding of runes has become more and more thorough.

So far, there are 128 kinds of runes that have been discovered by the world, and the formations composed of different numbers and types of runes have different functions and powers.

The magic circle is a formation diagram composed of multiple formations, which is far more powerful than a single formation, and can also maximize the functions of each formation, and even the well-known enchantment is also a kind of magic circle.

It can be said that in order to achieve something in the rune array, you must be able to depict the magic circle alone, and if you want to depict the magic circle, you must first skillfully depict the formation, but the formation is composed of runes.

Therefore, the depiction of runes has become the basis for learning rune arrays, and the more perfect the runes are depicted, the slower the spiritual power in them will dissipate, and the more stable the form will be, and the longer it can be maintained.

To check the foundation of a person's rune array, it is only necessary to see how long the runes he carved in the air can last without dissipating.

Generally, a carved rune lasts in the air for a quarter of an hour to be perfect, but for beginners, it lasts for a minute.

But even for beginners, there are one hundred and twenty-eight runes, and it will take months for most people to practice.

It's a pity that Ye Chen doesn't have the talent in this area, and after practicing for nearly half a year, he hasn't been able to depict the most basic one hundred and twenty-eight runes.

Now seeing someone who can depict the formation so skillfully, Ye Chen inevitably felt a little frustrated in his heart, and after sighing, he punched the wooden stake on the side.

"Bell. ”

A loud voice spread, and almost at the same time, Ye Chen heard a girl's exclamation from not far away, and hurriedly turned his head to look, only to see that the formation she had carved had not yet been hit, and it turned into a ball of light and exploded in front of her.

"Smack. ”

With a crisp pop, the girl screamed and fell to the ground from the impact of the explosion.

"Oops. Ye Chen said darkly, and hurriedly ran over.

"Bastard, did you do it on purpose?" the girl quickly got up from the ground and said angrily to Ye Chen.

"No, it was really an accident. Seeing that the girl was not injured, Yechen also breathed a sigh of relief and said hurriedly.

"It's you, you're specifically against me, right?" the girl looked at Yechen's appearance seriously, and shouted through gritted teeth.

"Ahh Ye Chen was still thinking about how to apologize, and when he heard this inexplicable sentence, he couldn't help but ask, "...... Acquaintance?"

"You don't know me, I remember you. At that time, it was because you were scurrying around that I was startled, and I almost fell off the Sky Cloud Ladder. The girl said angrily.

"This ...... I'm really sorry, but I did my best to avoid the crowd at the time. Yechen explained awkwardly.

"Okay, let's not talk about this yet, but what about just now? Don't tell me you didn't see me practicing the formation. The girl said angrily.

"I saw it, but I wasn't in a very good mood just now, so I didn't think too much about it, and I really didn't mean to disturb your practice. Ye Chen said sincerely.

"But now that it's happened, do you think a few words of apology will be done?" said the girl, angrily.

"Then how do you want to solve it?" Ye Chen asked helplessly.

"You just said that you are in a bad mood, coincidentally, I am also in a bad mood now, why don't we go to the martial arts competition to vent the unhappiness in our hearts, what do you think?" the girl rolled her eyes and said slyly.

"Ahh

"Ahh ”

"You've said it, can I still refuse?" Ye Chen smiled weakly.

"Alright, let's go. The girl was not ambiguous at all, and walked directly towards the competition platform of the academy, Ye Chen followed behind, looking at the girl's confident back, her face was a little strange, and he had a bad premonition.

Except for the competition platform, fights and brawls are strictly prohibited in other places in the academy, and no matter what the reason is, they will be severely punished. This is the school rule of the Mengling Martial Arts Academy.

Although the academy does not advocate the use of violence to resolve conflicts, in consideration of the actual situation, a competition platform has been set up in the academy and specially guarded by special personnel.

The two of them went to the tournament platform of the academy and proposed to the teacher in charge of the tournament to use it. The teacher in charge didn't say anything, checked their student ID cards according to the process, registered their names, and let them board the competition platform.

glanced at the registered name, and then Ye Chen knew that the girl's name was Hao Zixuan.

On the competition platform, the two were separated by more than ten meters, and Ye Chen stretched out his hand to make a "please" gesture.

Hao Zixuan was not polite, his hands quickly carved the formation in the air, and almost in the blink of an eye, four or five streamers flew towards the night and morning.

"So fast. Ye Chen couldn't help but praise in his heart, his figure flashed, dodging these streamers, and trying to close the distance with Hao Zixuan, long-range attacks were not his strong point.

But Hao Zixuan had no intention of letting Ye Chen get closer, and the formations quickly formed in front of her, turning into streamers and shooting towards Ye Chen.

In the face of these streamers that were equivalent to his full blow, Ye Chen did not go to the hard connection, but followed the gap between these streamers and came to Hao Zixuan.

Hao Zixuan's face changed, a little under his feet, his body floated straight back, how could Ye Chen let go of this opportunity, and rushed straight up, but his body suddenly sank on the way, and he stumbled, and fell directly to the ground.

At this time, Ye Chen noticed that the ground where Hao Zixuan was standing before was full of glowing runes, and a trap had already been laid here, just waiting for him to come, and the previous panic was just to lure the enemy deeper.

Ye Chen was shocked, when was this formation, hasn't she been attacking? Ye Chen couldn't understand how this trap came from, he struggled hard, trying to escape from the formation.

But Hao Zixuan would not give Ye Chen this time, seeing that Ye Chen fell into the trap, Hao Zixuan waved his hands, and hit Ye Chen in a formation.

And at this moment, Yechen was still imprisoned on the ground by the formation, and there was no way to avoid it, so he could only watch the streamer fall on him.

Under the indiscriminate bombardment, Ye Chen directly lost the strength to fight again, and felt that the bones in his body were about to fall apart. This was because the teacher who was watching from the side coughed a few times before Hao Zixuan stopped attacking, otherwise Ye Chen's injury would be a few more serious.

"I throw in the towel. The formation on the ground had dissipated, and Yechen struggled to get up, and said weakly.

The whole duel lasted no more than a minute from start to end, and there was no room to fight back, ending in his own fiasco, and Ye Chen's mood became heavier and heavier.

"It didn't hurt the muscles and bones, just skin trauma, just rest for a few days. The teacher came to Ye Chen's side and used Yuan Spiritual Power to check his whole body.

"Now that the contest is over, you should leave immediately. Young people should not be too angry, communicate more when encountering conflicts, and don't come here to solve them by force at every turn. The teacher said lightly.

"Yes. ”

"Yes. ”

The two immediately left the martial arts platform, and on the way back to the martial arts training ground, Ye Chen glanced at Hao Zixuan, who was silent, and said, "Beat me up, now you are in a good mood." ”

"No, I'm in a bit of a mixed mood right now. Hao Zixuan sighed, "Alas, I knew that your strength was so weak, so I wouldn't have invited you to compete in Wutai." ”

"Is this what you mean by the truth?" Isn't all this expected by you?" Ye Chen said angrily, recalling the process of the fight, Ye Chen felt that he had been following Hao Zixuan's pace,

"Hey, can you please stop thinking so badly of me. Hao Zixuanjiao shouted: "I admit it, I thought about beating you up, but I really didn't expect you to be so weak, you can't even break free from my first captive formation, and I haven't had time to use the formation I prepared later." ”

"I'm sorry, I'm just so weak that I let you down. Ye Chen held back the anger in his heart and said word by word.