While Yasenia was pampering Kali, Angel decided to approach the Monolith. She thought about how to take on the trial and decided to begin with her physical strength. The little girl was curious about how much physical power she had. She punched the Monolith softly first and then increased her strength little by little. The cute and sweet girl with disproportionate breasts managed to score an impressive 264.
Even though she was far from Kali's 289 or Lui Yi's 299, she showed high strength for someone at the eighth level of the Mental Nourishing realm.
Angel had a high-level bloodline called [Light Molding Glass Sallow], but it was not comparable to Kali's [Life's Origin Nine-Tailed Fox]. Still, once she reached the half-step, she would absolutely be able to crush Liu Yi strength-wise.
Next, Angel hit the Monolith with different combinations of formations, golems, and exploding golems. Her score constantly increased, showing extreme control over her abilities. Her current score was 813! However, Angel wanted to try and reach the 1 000. She thought a bit and concluded that using her typical formations would be hard.
Angel's formations didn't just have to be strong, but also not too complex, or they would be completely useless in battle. This time, however, Angel could take all the time she wanted.
The people around were a little disgruntled at her pause since they wanted to hit the Monolith. However, whenever someone was about to speak and complain, they could feel a pair of Golden Dragon eyes locking onto them. Therefore, under Yasenia's care, Angel could calculate all she wanted.
Tatyana and Yasenia had similar likes and dislikes, so the Death Empress had taken a liking toward the sweet and cute Angel since the beginning. Tatyana could see that Angel's soul was extremely pure, devoid of the malice people normally had, making Tatyana fond of her. Moreover, she was very talented in the formation aspect, which Tatyana was a master for.
Therefore, Tatyana had been teaching Angel personally. The first thing she did was help her learn how to do calculations without the use of tools. This would be extremely helpful for Angel, whether with her formation mastery or battle strength.
Angel's trained and extremely intelligent mind spun and formulated countless formations in her head. She calculated different energy patterns, observed the plaza's geological condition, and measured the air's energy amount, purity, and how many layers of her formations she could superimpose. The little girls did all measurements like a precise machine, with negligible margin of error. After one minute, Angel's eyes flashed and a happy and sweet smile formed on her face. She moved around the Monolith, planting [Glass Nodes] and using some other formation components.
Formation components were composed of flags, rocks, pillars, lines painted by the formation pen, and the "ink" used for this pen. This ink could be made with the combination of countless different materials, and depending on the ingredients, it would add different effects to the formation. Formation masters had to be careful not to mix elements that could react with each other wrongly, or it could even lead to a backlash.
The materials Angel was using were mostly energy-gathering materials, with some light channeling and absorption rocks. There was a flag in each of the four directions and another four pillars in the middle of the diagonal connecting these flags. The [Glass nodes] created three concentric circles, connected by the Angel-painted yellow colored "ink." There were some more intricate shapes inside these three circles.
The formation masters around almost had their eyes popping out of their skulls. The precision, speed, material knowledge, and movements that Angel was showing were well above the level of a Mental Nourishing formation master.
"She is a genius!"
"Impressive. I think I would need at least 20 years more of training to reach her level."
"20 years? I think you missed a zero there!"
"However, why is she building an energy-gathering formation?"
"Hmm, there are places I can't understand, but it is true that the general form is similar to a [Energy Gathering array]."
"She isn't planning on sitting here and cultivating, right? I want to hit the Monolith!"
"If she does that, I will fight her!"
"Are you sure? That dragoness is looking at you quite intensely right now."
The man who declared that didn't speak again because he was petrified after Yasenia glared at him. They couldn't do anything but wait until Angel finished the formation. Fifteen minutes later, Angel cheered, "Nice~. It is done! Now, I have to change all the 'External' Objects with glass that has similar qualities."
Angel had purposely chosen materials that her glass could replicate, so she had no problem. Little Angel needed to see how the materials reacted with each other first. If she had done everything with her glass from the beginning, she wouldn't be able to modify it with enough precision.
Angel took another thirty minutes rearranging everything with her glass element. Angel had molded the glass to her will very easily. It was mesmerizing to look at as Angel basically danced around with colorful glass surrounding her, substituting the things that formed the formation.
The cultivators weren't even mad because it was very pleasant to look at, so they just shut up and continued looking. Those that wanted to protest were a minority, and seeing that the restless people had calmed down and were looking at Angel with interest, they didn't dare interrupt. Moreover, there was still a very dangerous and powerful dragoness looking at everyone like a predator looking at its prey.
After those thirty minutes went by, the formation Angel created was done. It was quite beautiful to look at since the glass didn't only have its natural transparent color. Different forms, colors, and grades of transparency naturally appeared as Angel changed the properties of her glass, resulting in a beautiful concentric circular formation.
Yasenia also knew a lot about formations since Tatyana had taught her since she was little. Yasenia just wasn't able to use them yet because the formation pens she used didn't function correctly. The lines she painted randomly crooked themselves because of things Yasenia didn't understand. But her knowledge was as vast if not deeper than Angel's herself. Having a Formation Master Demigoddess as a mother was a big plus, after all.
Therefore, the dragoness completely understood the formation, and her smile widened with pure and unadulterated delight and pride; even her tail was wagging. 'My baby is so clever! She might be able to reach and overcome my record!'
Angel looked at Yasenia and saw her current expression, making her also smile sweetly. She loved when Yasenia showed that joyous expression for them. Every time they did something impressive, their dragoness was the first to praise and pamper them to the heavens as a reward. She always was happier about their achievements than hers.
Angel refocused and began gathering light energy in front of her. The beautiful glass formation began lighting up, giving the surroundings a rainbow-like hue. Then, Angel spoke the name of her recently created formation, "Activate, [Magnifying Laser Wheel Formation]!"
The clump of light energy in front of Angel shot toward one of the two-meter-tall sapphire blue Glass Pillars, the one in the northeast location. Then, the whole formation lit up, and the energy in the surroundings rushed toward it.
The pillar absorbed the light bolt and concentrated it for a moment. In that instant, the circles on the ground channeled energy toward the pillar, fusing that energy with the light-beam Angel shot. The empowered shot burst out from the side of the pillar toward the flag at the north. Then, the ruby-like flag deflected a tiny portion of the laser toward the Monolith, letting the rest rebound toward the next pillar.
The laser that hit the Monolith lit it up and created a 318.
"Forty-five minutes for this?"
"Was it all for nothing?"
"What a waste of my time."
However, before they could comment further, the second pillar shot the laser toward the flag in the west, creating the same diverging effect. The next laser slammed onto the pillar and was absorbed, lighting it up. The number that appeared this time was 334.
The people sneered again, "Indeed, just a waste of time."
However, the third pillar had been gathering energy that the light beam absorbed when it reached it. Then, it shot toward the south flag. The flag created the same effect again, and the laser that slammed the Monolith formed the number 355.
The cultivators started frowning, "What is happening? Why is the number going up?"
Yasenia smirked disdainfully and thought, 'Ignorant people truly like to speak nonsense.'
Angel didn't mind the comments and surveyed everything. Seeing it work as intended, she smiled, satisfied, and turned, jogging toward Yasenia. Like a little bird returning to her nest, she slammed head first between those heavenly mounds. Yasenia chuckled gently and asked, "How much time can you keep up this formation, baby?"
That question made a lot of people realize the potential. 'Wait, this is going to continue indefinitely?'
The people's eyes opened wide and looked toward the Monolith again.
*BAM!*
The laser slammed powerfully and created a 380, higher than the previous number. Now, they knew where this was going. The question was, as Yasenia asked, how much time Angel could maintain it. But her answer made a lot of them almost collapse. Angel looked up at Yasenia, genuinely confused, and asked, "Huh? Didn't you see the Eight Elemental gathering sub-formation?"
Yasenia tilted her head and looked at the formation again. There was an eight-pointed star that was only visible after looking at the formation as a whole. Each end of the star touched a flag or a pillar. 'Indeed, there it is. My little girl managed to create the sub-formation naturally utilizing the shape of the main formation... What can I say? My baby is a super genius that even fooled me!'
As Yasenia deduced, the sub-formation was naturally formed when Angel combined the other formations, so Yasenia didn't realize it at first. Yasenia laughed out loud, knowing the function of this sub-formation. "So it can run forever as long as there is energy around."
That's right. This sub-formation was used to feed the formation's main core. It needed abundant energy in the surroundings, but it could work perfectly in this town where energy was extremely rich in the air. Moreover, it didn't disrupt the balance since the whole formation was based on absorbing and releasing energy.
The people that had managed to get up after collapsing fell again. This time, they were almost kneeling to Angel's might! They almost shouted aloud, "Miss, we are sorry for doubting your capabilities!"
And so, the cultivators could only look as the numbers increased. 400...600... 800... The lasers right now were very terrifying, even more so when the laser that attacked the Monolith was only the small portion the flags deviated from the main laser that was making rounds.
Angel began gaining points crazily as the numbers overcame the 1 000! However, a single detail went over Angel's mind. The durability of her own glass. Sadly, Angel wasn't looking at the formation since she was too occupied hugging Yasenia. Yasenia, however, was keeping an eye. She didn't want something going wrong. If that laser killed one of the mortals running around, Angel would die for it.
Yasenia's gaze turned serious as she saw the formation began to tremble, "Angel dear, did you put a mechanism to stop the formation?"
Angel looked at Yasenia's serious face and nodded, "Yes. This formation can grow infinitely, so it needs a release valve."
Yasenia laughed and caressed her long blonde hair, "You always focus too much on the theory. Look at your formation, my love."
Angel looked at it and instantly frowned. "It is going to break."
Another enormous laser slammed the Monolith.
*BAAANG!*
Yasenia looked at the massive red 1 340 that just appeared and advised, "At this pace, it won't be able to endure the 1500s. Stop it before it is too late."
Angel sighed sadly and approached the dangerously overloading formation, "I thought I could win a ton of points."
The laser was currently gaining strength in the northwest pillar.
Angel shot a thin laser beam toward one of the biggest [Glass Nodes] near the middle. That node was placed in the southwest position. When the overcharged laser shot toward the west flag, it rebounded on the flag, with the standard diverting effect, toward the Monolith and the southwest pillar.
However, that pillar had changed forms when the laser reached it. The pillar was now similar to a cannon, pointing at the Monolith in the middle. All the energy inside the formation rushed toward the cannon, lighting it up brightly. The oceanic color painted the surroundings beautifully because of its sapphire-like composition. Then, the blue cannon shot the overcharged ten-meter-wide laser beam toward the fourth meter tall Monolith.
Yasenia's eyes suddenly thinned, and her heart sank. 'It is too powerful!'