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nMr Kriel just smirked as he saw the looks of disbelief on his students.

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"don't get me wrong. What you guys performed could be classified as battle formation. And it could even be considered a decent result.

nbut that's only judging you by the standards of regular soldiers!

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"You have to remember, battle formations are designed for regular foot soldiers of the kingdom where even low ranking Martial Novice realm cultivators are hard to find.

nMaybe it's because of excitement or maybe it's nervousness, but some of you had lost concentration causing a weakening in the spirit array.

nWhile it may be a good display for regular soldiers, you people are not regular soldiers,

nYou are students of the Hidden Dragon Academy. You are students of the Department of War! I am expecting you to do better!

nAs Mr Kriel was speaking, a fierce aura spread out of his body, causing some of the more frightened students to even take a step back.

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"Now, we will try again,

" Said Mr Kriel

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"only this time you will do a much better job. And if you manage to pull yourself together, only then will you see the true might of the legendary Gaping Maw formation. One of the most feared formations of Vaenam Kingdom!

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"Gather in formation!

" roared Mr Kriel

nIn just a few seconds, the students arranged themselves back into two defensive rows again, with the array of spears being pointed forward.

nAs soon as the students had gotten in formation, Mr Kriel didn't waste any more time as he quickly reformed the spirit array, connecting to each and every student in the battle formation.

nAlmost instantly, all the students felt the connection of the spirit array and quickly entered a state of complete concentration.

nThe students had failed to keep their concentration once, and this led to them only being able to perform a weaker version of the Battle formation

nBut now that they have heard Mr Kriel's impressive description, a burning curiosity was starting to grow inside each of the student

nA burning curiosity at the true might of the Gaping Maw formation!

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"Ready!

" Cried Mr Kriel

nI'm about to activate the formation so don't ** it up this time!

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nas soon as Mr Kriel said this, Dante and other students could feel slithers of their own energy start to leave them.

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"Ready?

" asked Mr Kriel

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"3

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"2

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"1

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"Attack!

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nThe crowd students roared once more as they thrust out their spears once more, it's just that this time the effects were greatly different!

ninstead of a slow trickle of purple energy that everyone was expecting, if we compare it to last time, the amount of purple energy shown now could only be described as a flood!

nwaves of purple energy poured out of spear formation, spreading out to form some strange type of phantom around the group of students.

nThe phantom seemed to be that of a strange beast and in place of its mouth and teeth was the gigantic spear formation of the students

nglaring yellow eyes, eerie purple skin, but most important of all, a giant mouth with jagged teeth that seemed to lead straight into a hellish abyss.

nThe Gaping Maw!

nThis was the true form of the mystical formation; a spear move that allows your spears to become the horrific teeth of some demonic horror

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"Roar!

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nInstead of a normal swoosh you would expect to hear as the students thrust their spears, a low monstrous roar could be heard coming from deep within the formation.

nit was only after such a monstrous formation did the students realise what they had done.

nsome were overwhelmed with awe, some overwhelmed with pride, and some even started panicking as all of a sudden, they looked up to find themselves in the jaws of a terrifying beast.

nBut the reactions of the students didn't come without a cost.

nDue to the erratic nature of the students' emotions at seeing such a strange phantom, the concentration of the students quickly broke, causing the spirit array Mr Kriel was forming to quickly collapse and the phantom of that purple horror to slowly fizzle out of existence.

nSeeing this sight, Mr Kriel just smirked as he asked the rest of his class.

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"So now you guys have seen the true power of a battle formation. Are you kids impressed now?

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nFacing Mr Kriel's question, the class just didn't know how to respond.

nforget impressed, the students were left baffled!

nthe battle formation was truly impressive.

nthe pure boost in strength was already shocking as it is, but when you combine it with the strange effects and phantoms a true battle formation could produce, it was just easy to see how this strange a mystical formation could cause havoc on a battlefield!

nSeeing his that his students were still too stunned to even respond, Mr Kriel just laughed heartily as he continued speaking

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"now you guys have experienced a true battle formation. We can finally move on to the next stage of formation training.

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"Recreate the previous battle formation, but this time you have to without my help.

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nAs soon as the other students heard this, there was an outcry!

nWhat did Mr Kriel even mean?! He was the core of the formation, the most important aspect of the formation, the heart of the of the formation. Speaking in terms of traditional formations and arrays, Mr Kriel was the formation core! Without a formation core, how on earth was a formation meant to work? How were they even meant to even recreate the battle formation?

nsoon a student spoke up, brave enough to ask the question that had been playing on everyone's mind

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"But Mr Kriel I have a problem. How are we meant to recreate the formation of you are the one who acts the heart of the formation? How are we supposed to create this battle formation if you are not even going to act as the heart of the formation.

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nhearing this question Mr Kriel smiled as he replied.

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"Why are you guys worried about? We have the perfect person to take over the role over the new role of heart of the battle formation.

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nhearing me Kriel's words the whole crowd of students was puzzled and gave him a strange look.

nMr Kriel didn't take notice of these looks as he continued speaking.

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"The most talented prospect in the history Hidden Dragon Academy, a legendary gold rank dual spirit awakener, The legendary Dragon Son of war!

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n'Oh **.'

nhearing Mr Kriel's descriptions Dante already knew he was in for a hard time. Dante was a proud man, but he wasn't foolish.

nhe wouldn't pretend he knew something when he didn't. Being able to admit when you are wrong and knowing your limits is just as important is a vital thing everyone needs to know. And a rule like this is even more important in a place like the Martial Spirit World.

nso Dante didn't hesitate before he quickly asked Mr Kriel .

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"Mr Kriel it's not that I'm not up for the challenge but there's a big problem with me becoming the heart of the formation.

nthat is I don't know how to form the spirit array.

nThe spirit array is the secret behind the power of the formation and if I don't know how to form that then there's no hope for their formation to ever go through!

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nbut unfortunately for Dante, Mr Kriel just made a light laugh as he heard Dante's statement.

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"hahaha! There's no need to worry Dante. When it comes to the secrets of the battle formation I'll be there to teach you.

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"Trust me. While it may seem hard at first, considering your talent and capabilities, I have no doubt that you will be able to handle this.

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nwhile Me Kriel's words sounded very encouraging and convincing, Dante just couldn't end up believing his words.

nJust by looking at that sly smile on his face, Dante could tell that there was definitely a catch to this. his instincts were screaming, telling him this wasn't going to be a very fun experience, but in the end, what could he do?

nSure, his position as dragon son made him powerful in the academy, but at the end of the day, Dante was still a student, A very powerful and influential student, but a student none the less.

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