Taoist Master Leaves the Mountains: All My Senior Sisters Love Me

"Just by taking a glance, one can directly identify the flaws in Wang Ye's formation and then dismantle it. There is no need to mention Ye Tianjiao; during my observation period, I have already noticed several defects in Wang Ye's formation that can be cracked open."

The spectators in the stands were discussing.

On the competition stage.

Ye Chen listened to these discussions, his expression calm, though in his heart there was a mix of helplessness and surprise.

Wang Ye's formations, though appearing to be full of flaws, had none at all.

While it seemed that he had destroyed two points in Wang Ye's formation from the surface, in reality, the overall damage to the formation was zero percent.

Yes.

Zero percent!

If there was a negative progress percentage, that would describe Ye Chen's current situation as outright negative.

There is a distinction between effective deconstruction and ineffective deconstruction of a formation.

The way to effective deconstruction is that once you dismantle some part of the formation, that formation loses some of its function.

Ineffective deconstruction means that no matter how much you dismantle in the formation, it still retains its previous effects, rendering the deconstruction meaningless.

Currently, Ye Chen's attempt to crack Wang Ye's formation equates to negative deconstruction.

The reason for this negative deconstruction is simple.

Although it seems that Ye Chen has destroyed some of Wang Ye's formations, in fact, when Ye Chen dismantled these formations, some formations at Wang Ye's side edge started merging and pairing with other formation structures.

Not only can they still function, but as they function, they directly increase the difficulty of deconstructing the formation.

Moreover, Wang Ye's formation isn't one where you can find just one array's key point to solve all problems.

It's necessary to unravel everything in this formation bit by bit, drop by drop, solving it step by step.

"The formation Wang Ye has set up is far more challenging than any formation my mentors built for me during my study."

Ye Chen mused to himself.

Of course, this does not mean that Wang Ye's strength in the magicians' path is much stronger than that of the seniors in the Ye Family.

After all, Wang Ye is merely a second-rank sorcerer.

While the Ye Family has many first-grade sorcerers.

These sorcerers, when constructing formations for Ye Chen to crack, naturally catered to Ye Chen's level, providing challenges while encouraging independent thinking when solving formations, allowing him to contemplate when he couldn't solve the formation.

The Ye Family seniors, when instructing Ye Chen, could help him learn.

Ye Chen looked towards Wang Ye's direction.

In reality, even though to outsiders, it looked like Wang Ye and Ye Chen were on the same plane, they were actually not in the same place at all.

They were in two different spaces.

So no matter where Ye Chen looked, he couldn't see Wang Ye.

Yet Ye Chen seemed as if he could see Wang Ye, and a smile appeared on his calm face.

It was the smile one showed upon encountering a well-matched opponent during a series of competitive engagements.

The smile on Ye Chen's face was also caught by the spectators.

"Hey, why is Ye Chen smiling? Usually, in every tournament, his face is very calm, whether he wins or loses, smiles never appear on his face."

"Perhaps it's because Ye Chen is about to defeat Wang Ye, that's why he smiles now."

"That's impossible. Before, even when Ye Chen was about to finish off an opponent, in every final, Ye Chen's face has never shown such a smile."

The spectators above the stands did not have a strong understanding of formations, so their guesses lacked direction.

Zhou Ke stood up, glanced at the members watching beside him, and spoke to them:

"You people are just not well-versed in the path of formations, so you can't see the true reason."

Zhou Ke's words.

Immediately attracted the gaze of others.

"Then tell us about it, analyze for us from Wang Ye's formation's perspective, why does Ye Chen have that kind of smile on his face?"

"Right, aren't you the president of the Wei City Mage Guild? Your guild is about to be disbanded, and you still dare to say we don't understand formations?"

These spectators, while mocking Zhou Ke with dissatisfaction, also looked at him with a bit of anticipation, hoping Zhou Ke might really explain the phenomenon.

"It's quite simple; though it seems to you that Ye Chen has deconstructed two waves of Wang Ye's formation, in reality, what Ye Chen dismantled was merely ineffective deconstruction. Ye Chen has realized Wang Ye's strength in formations and views him as a formidable rival."

"Recognizing Wang Ye as a worthy opponent."

"The smile on his face appears because he acknowledges that he's encountered a formidable opponent."

Zhou Ke's explanation made some spectators who wanted to refute fall quiet upon further consideration; it seemed Zhou Ke's explanation made more sense.

Otherwise.

Why would Ye Chen, always calm after defeating someone, just moments ago show such a smile?

"Yes, I also noticed that although Ye Chen has already solved two steps in Wang Ye's formation, the power Wang Ye's formation can unleash hasn't diminished as Ye Chen destroyed parts of it."

A third-rank sorcerer spoke up.

Although a third-rank sorcerer, this contestant had performed impressively in the prior matches, especially in formation matters.

Additionally.

Several other sorcerers with a research focus on formations began to speak out as well.

Suddenly.

The members observing the match looked at Zhou Ke differently, with a hint of admiration.

"Unexpectedly, despite being president of a guild about to disband, you have quite the insight in formations," a sorcerer remarked.