The formation beast fell at John's feet, shaking the ground lightly. Wounds covered most of its body, which was obviously broken in many places. Unlike a creature felled by a sharp blade, with cuts and blood everywhere, this creature was bashed to death instead.
A second later, the formation beast faded away. John nodded, satisfied, then continued onwards. More tests and trials appeared on his journey through the arena. Illusory trials, combat trials, speed trials, power trials and more.
None of them came close to giving John a hard time, let alone stopping his progress forward. Almost all the way through the trial, he stopped as another formation-based opponent fell, downed by his barrage of attacks from his human shaped weapons.