The Quest for Immortality Chapter 2386: Eerie Smiling Face (2)

"The puzzle formation’s riddle is ’false’, the answer is ’true’. Only by seeing through appearances can one grasp the essence of the Formation."

In that instant, it was as if a sudden thunderclap erupted by his ear, Mr. Tu’s pupils contracted sharply, and his heart chilled.

"This brat... he used the Formation I taught him to deceive me?!"

No... not merely that...

Mr. Tu frowned again, he examined Mo Hua’s Formation carefully, and only then did he suddenly realize that what Mo Hua executed was far more intricate than he had imagined.

What is termed a Mystery Formation, where the riddle is false, and the answer is true.

Yet, between truth and falsehood, distinguishing reality proves difficult.

What Mo Hua had done was to preserve the riddle’s facade as ’false’, but according to his own intentions, he altered the ’true’ answer, thereby painting other Formations on the surface while the puzzle formation’s Pattern remained unmodified.

He manipulated the puzzle; the riddle stayed the same, but the answer became vastly different.

Mr. Tu’s cheeks twitched, finding this difficult to accept.

Mo Hua’s capability to achieve this indicated that his mastery of these ancient "Mystery Formations" far exceeded his own standing as a Fourth-grade Formation Master.

Not only could he perceive through reality and falsehood, but he could also independently manipulate reality and define falsehood.

This brat... he was playing the pig to eat the tiger!

Right from the very beginning, he had been deceiving me!

Mr. Tu’s vision turned red with anger, his heart aching profoundly.

But it still wasn’t over...

At this juncture, all he comprehended was the method Mo Hua employed to arrange the "Mystery Formation" and the location where Mo Hua had concealed the exam questions.

The subsequent query was, what precisely were the concealed exam questions?

Mr. Tu dipped a finger in his own blood, traced a blood Pattern, isolating one of Mo Hua’s Mystery Formations, and then, utilizing his Evil Power, he urged the Formations’ Patterns.

An obscure light began to emanate.

The Mystery Formation Patterns underwent a mysterious transformation, much like a blooming epiphyllum, the riddle was unveiled, revealing a Pattern that Mo Hua had hidden.

The Pattern was enigmatic and archaic, possessing a subtle yet destructive allure.

Mr. Tu cast a glance at it and felt his heart still.

Reversed Spirit!

Reversed Spirit Ultimate Formation!

In that very moment, he experienced an overwhelming urge to tear Mo Hua, the "Instructor" behind this exam question, into a thousand pieces.

Who, in their right mind, which Formation Master, would conceive of such an absurd construct as a Reversed Spirit Ultimate Formation?

And to position it at the very core of a Large Formation, no less?!

Mr. Tu’s hand began to tremble uncontrollably.

Concurrently, he instantly grasped a shocking truth:

Reversed Spirit Ultimate Formation, a Second Grade artifact with Twenty Patterns!

Mo Hua, this brat, possessing the ability to lay a Reversed Spirit Formation signified that his Divine Sense had already attained the level of Twenty Patterns.

Existing at the Foundation Building Cultivation stage, possessing a Divine Thought of Twenty Patterns for Core Formation, this action defied the Great Dao's taboos, bridging an entire Realm.

Mo Hua’s mind, the person himself, was truly an extraordinary phenomenon!

However, Mr. Tu now possessed no time for further shock.

Precious time was rapidly escaping; Mo Hua, this exceptional "Instructor", had presented him with an extraordinary exam question and had imprinted this question onto the core of the Desolate Heaven Blood Sacrifice Formation.

If he failed to resolve this problem, all his painstaking efforts thus far would amount to nothing.

A thousand years of diligent endeavor, eradicated in a single day.

Mr. Tu suppressed the murderous intent surging within his heart, commencing his contemplation on how to solve the problem Mo Hua had posed.

Firstly, the Reversed Spirit Formation remained intact, confirming it had not yet been activated.

Surely, Mo Hua did not desire his own annihilation, implying all the Reversed Spirit Formations were utilized by him as "answers", concealed beneath the "riddle".

As long as the Reversed Spirit Formation was not triggered, no catastrophic collapse would transpire.

But Mr. Tu was aware that Mo Hua’s decision to inscribe these Reversed Spirit Formations was certainly not for mere amusement.

He must have devised some method for "ignition", intending to employ the Reversed Spirit Formation to dismantle the Blood Sacrifice Formation.

For a Second Grade Reversed Spirit Formation, logically speaking, it should not be capable of dismantling a Quasi-Third Grade Blood Sacrifice Formation.

However, its ability to dismantle the core of the Blood Sacrifice Formation would be more than sufficient.

And once the core was compromised, the Formation eye's energy source would be severed, rendering the entire Blood Sacrifice Formation temporarily inoperable.

At that precise moment, Qianxue's forces would surge forward, and with the Blood Sacrifice Formation's cover removed, all the Demon Cultivators would find evasion of death exceedingly difficult.

This was likely Mo Hua’s cunning stratagem.

His objective was to "destroy the formation and silence the witnesses."

The critical question remained: what method had Mo Hua implemented to trigger the Reversed Spirit Formation?

Mr. Tu considered attempting to directly obliterate the Reversed Spirit Formation Pattern, but he was once again taken aback, refraining from any rash action.

To do so would be equivalent to "ripping up the exam paper".

Activating these Reversed Spirit Formations with a 'destructive' ignition method meant immediate reverse explosion upon destruction, leaving no room for regret.

So, should he simply do nothing and walk away?

After all, the Blood Sacrifice Formation was currently functioning without issue. As long as it remained undisturbed, the Reversed Spirit Formation would not be triggered, correct?

Mr. Tu frowned, recognizing the naivete of such a thought.

This was a Reversed Spirit Ultimate Formation, intricately carved into the core of the Large Formation. How could he possibly dare to leave it unattended?

Furthermore, Mo Hua's schemes were undoubtedly far more intricate than they appeared.

This 'examination question' must surely hold additional conditions...

Suddenly, Mr. Tu recalled the 'tick-tock' sensation within his intuition. He immediately unleashed his Divine Sense, striving to decipher the 'riddle' Mo Hua had laid out. His search led him to a Puzzle Pattern, distinct from all others within the Mystery Formation node.

Mr. Tu severed this Puzzle Pattern, effectively breaking the riddle. What materialized before him was, unexpectedly, a Formation resembling a 'Sun Dial', inscribed with the twelve heavenly stem hours.

Mr. Tu was astonished.

"A Sun Dial Formation!"

This was an exceptionally rare timing Formation.

Typically, Formation Masters seldom studied such formations.

However, Mo Hua was an anomaly. As the Qianxue Array Dao Leader, he was a formation genius who explored the foundational principles of formations at Taixu Gate.

Regardless of what formation he learned, Mr. Tu found himself unsurprised.

If he could master a Second Grade Twenty Patterns Reversed Spirit Ultimate Formation, it went without saying that an uncommon, timing-dependent Sun Dial Formation would be well within his capabilities.