From the poison transformed by the 72nd level spirit saint Shi Nian, Tang San saw a spirit bone shining with colorful rays of light.
The appearance of this spirit bone made Tang San feel terrified. How could he not be afraid
If he had used the power of this spirit bone years ago, even if he didn't use the spirit, he would definitely not be able to resist it. The strength gap between the two sides was already huge, and with the existence of such a soul bone.
Tang San knew that he was lucky, if it wasn't for the blessing of the goddess of luck, maybe he would have turned into a corpse now.
Shi Nian really underestimated Tang San, and with his level seventy-two strength, it was impossible to think of using a spirit bone on Tang San. He was quite cautious about Tang San's direct use of his seventh spirit ability, Nightmare.
If it wasn't for Tang San's purple-level magic eyes that could see through all the psychedelic soul skills, if he didn't have the overbearing lore of Hell's Tie, if it wasn't for his failure to go all out.
If only one of these was realized, then Tang San would be the one who died.
Tang San's clothes were soaked in cold sweat. He broke off a branch from the side and carefully picked out the spirit bone. When the spirit bone was successfully picked out, the branch in his hand was already corroded. do.
Take out the clean water that is always reserved from the twenty-four bridges in the bright moonlight night and wash the piece of spirit bone repeatedly.
To Tang San's surprise, this very dazzling-looking spirit bone wasn't stained with any venom. Even if clear water came into contact with it, it would slide off in an instant, leaving no water droplets on it.
It is worthy of being a treasure that does not exist among the soul beasts. After a short rest. Tang San's Xuan Tian Gong recovered a few points, and with his right hand, he picked up the spirit bone with Xuan Yu's hand.
As soon as the spirit bone started, there was an extremely strange feeling, as if it was a part of himself, especially when Tang San touched this spirit bone with his left hand, there was something special in it. The energy seems to be digging into his left arm.
Tang San believes it. As long as he uses Xuan Tian Gong to guide him a little, he will immediately merge with this soul bone.
For soul masters. What could be more attractive than a spirit bone? Even if Tang San was a human being, he couldn't help but his heartbeat quickened with excitement. Even the hand holding the soul bone was trembling slightly.
In his heart, a voice kept urging him to quickly merge with this soul bone, so as not to have too many dreams at night.
Once the fusion is completed, Tang San will become a spirit master with two spirit bones. One more spirit bone is equivalent to one more powerful skill to save life or destroy the enemy. Although Tang San couldn't see what kind of abilities this spirit bone would give him. But he can be sure that this soul bone must be of extraordinary quality. In other words, any soul bone cannot be ordinary.
Soul bones are special items that may be dropped by soul beasts after death. Tang San contacted his previous life's cognition after listening to the master carefully describe its use and the difficulty of obtaining it.
He vaguely guessed that the existence of this spirit bone was equivalent to the relic in his previous life. It's just that the soul bone is the relic of the soul beast.
The higher the cultivation level of the soul beast, the greater the chance of producing soul bones. But only one hundred thousand year spirit beasts have a 100% chance of producing spirit bones. This was also an important reason why the spirit ring of the hundred thousand year spirit beast was always at the top of the Continent's Rare List.
If you can kill a hundred thousand year soul beast when you have enough endurance. Not only can you get an extremely powerful one hundred thousand year spirit ring.
At the same time, he could immediately obtain a spirit bone dropped by a hundred thousand year spirit beast.
Unfortunately, the existence of one hundred thousand year soul beasts is far too few. It has not appeared a few times in the history of the entire soul master world.
Tang San took two deep breaths in succession, reluctantly suppressed his thoughts of fusing this spirit bone, gritted his teeth, and then put it into his own treasure bag of wishful thinking.
Of course he didn't reluctantly absorb this soul bone, the reason why he didn't absorb it rashly. Or because the master taught him.
Soul bones are of course treasures of the highest quality.
But like spirit rings, different spirit bones have absolutely different effects on different spirit masters. Although the spirit bone will drop after the death of the spirit master, it cannot be replaced as long as the life of the spirit master still exists.
That is to say, once a spirit master fuses a certain spirit bone, then this spirit bone will follow him for life like a spirit ring.
In this respect, spirit bones are even more domineering than spirit rings. There is also a way to remove the spirit ring from the body, and that requires the price of never being able to obtain the spirit ring again.
For example, a titled Douluo with nine rings. If you give up one of your spirit rings. Then, he will never be able to obtain the ninth spirit ring again. It can only be the eight-ring Soul Douluo.
Therefore, giving up the spirit ring only exists in theory. However, there is only one case for the drop of the soul bone, that is, the death of the soul master. Otherwise, absolutely cannot give up.
When Grandmaster was teaching Tang San, he told him that although spirit bones are good, they should choose a suitable one. The location of one of the soul bones.
Of course, the master's knowledge in this area is not wrong, but the attraction of spirit bones to spirit masters is simply too great. If it wasn't for Tang San's steadfast determination, he would probably have fused with it when he recognized the spirit bone.
No matter how bad the spirit bones are, they still have a certain effect. Something is better than nothing.
Not to mention ordinary spirit masters, even Title Douluo may not necessarily possess spirit bones.
Not to mention collecting all six soul bones.
Although the toxin of Yan Wangtie is domineering, after the toxin is released, it will lose its original effect when it leaves the blood, so Tang San doesn't need to worry that the black water that he transformed into will have an excessive impact on the surrounding environment.
After a short rest, Tang San didn't dare to stay here for a long time, who could say that apart from Shi Nian, other people from Canghui Academy would not come against him? After recovering a few points, Tang San immediately left the woods. For the sake of his own safety, he had to mobilize the Ziji Demon Eyes. After leaving the woods, he carefully observed the surroundings while carefully returning to Heaven Dou City.
Fortunately, the distance from the woods to Heaven Dou City was not far. After entering the city, Tang San quickly returned to Shrek Academy despite the emptiness of his soul power.
Before reaching the gate of the academy, Tang San saw Xiao Wu standing there, waiting anxiously.
"Brother—" Seeing Tang San, tears welled up in Xiao Wu's eyes, and Fei also rushed over.
After the ominous premonition appeared, the Shrek Academy people quickly returned to the academy. When they found out that Tang San was not there, Xiao Wu immediately fell into a panic. Everyone went out to look for it, only Xiao Wu stayed here and waited.
Finally, when Tang San came back, Xiao Wu rushed very fast in a state of extreme excitement. If it was normal, Tang San would naturally be able to catch her, but now Tang San is in a weak state, and Xiao Wu's rush is for a while. Unable to hold back, when she crashed into Tang San's arms, they both fell to the ground at the same time.
Fortunately, Xiao Wu's flexibility and reactions were fast. Just when the two were about to fall to the ground, she propped up with one hand on the ground. Although she couldn't stop the two from falling to the ground, she also greatly slowed down the momentum. .
The delicate body full of fragrance rushed into his arms, Tang San felt the world spinning for a while, but the same peace of mind also hit his heart, subconsciously, he hugged Xiao Wu, who had fallen on his body, tightly in his arms . At this moment, his heart was also full of fiery and fear.
Although he used Yan Wang's post to successfully kill Shi Nian, in order not to be found abnormal by Shi Nian, he also completely endured the illusion brought by Shi Nian's seventh soul skill Nightmare, even though the Purple Demon Eye became the Eye of Reality, But the fear generated in the illusion didn't completely go away, hugging Xiao Wu, Tang San's mind couldn't help but the image of Xiao Wu being molested by that lewd uncle appeared in Tang San's mind. For him, there was nothing more than this fear.
Holding Xiao Wu tightly, he even wanted to integrate her into his body and take good care of her.
Xiao Wu also clearly felt the change in Tang San's emotions. Just because his fiery aura was already burning Xiao Wu's heart beat faster, but her inner fear was stronger than Tang San's. The waiting time wasn't long, but every second was such a torment, she didn't know what would happen to her if something happened to Tang San.
This brief separation made them both deeply feel the importance of each other in their hearts.
Tang San's consciousness gradually blurred, but his hands always hugged Xiao Wu tightly, and it didn't change until the moment he lost all consciousness.
The internal strength that Yan Wangtie needs to consume is greater than he imagined, whether it is mental or internal strength, Tang San's consumption has reached an extremely dangerous edge.
Goodbye Xiao Wu at this time, and when he returned to the front of the academy, the tense strings in his heart finally loosened, his body could no longer bear the blow of double fatigue, and he immediately entered a self-protective coma.
I don't know how long it took, when Tang San slowly woke up from the coma, he found himself lying on the bed in the dormitory.
Consciousness gradually returned to the soul, the feeling of weakness in the body has been much better, and the internal force has recovered a little under the self-adjustment of the body's functions, the nose slowly inhales, urging the internal force to circle around the meridians for a week, Tang San only opens it eyes.
He was not injured, but the mental and internal energy consumption was too great, which led to a coma. At this time, after a period of deep sleep, he had recovered.
Only at this moment did Tang San realize that in his left hand was holding a small soft hand, which belonged to Xiao Wu. At this moment, she was sitting on the edge of the bed, her upper body lying beside him, falling asleep. It can be vaguely seen that her eyes are still red, her delicate little face is pale, her slender scorpion braids are hanging on the edge of the bed, her long eyelashes are on her eyelids, shaking slightly from time to time. Obviously, she is not sleeping peacefully. .
Looking at her soft little face, long jet-black hair, and frowning brows that still hadn't fully recovered from fear, Tang San couldn't help but feel infinite pity in his heart.
He gently got out of bed, and then gently picked her up, just like picking up a piece of gauze and placing her on his bed, just to make her sleep more comfortable.
I don't know if Tang San's movements were too gentle, or if Xiao Wu was just too tired, she didn't wake up, but subconsciously in her sleep, her hands wrapped around his neck, and she wouldn't let go of anything.
Everything was natural. He gently hugged her into his arms, covered the quilt, and did not use cultivation to restore his inner strength. In the softness of his heart, he accompanies her to sleep again. There is no trace of obscenity, just endless tenderness.
Her brows stretched unconsciously, his heart was warmed by the tenderness in his arms, and an unprecedented peace and warmth bloomed quietly on this simplest bed.
Early in the morning, when the first rays of sunlight enter the room from the window. Xiao Wu wriggled in Tang San's arms, perhaps because of a tacit understanding, the two of them opened their eyes almost at the same time and quickly closed at the same time.
A touch of thick red spread on her face, he wanted to let go of his hand quietly in embarrassment, but was hugged back by her.
Neither of the two spoke, and neither of them said anything more. Only each other's heartbeats accelerated in this strangeness.
Footsteps sounded as they approached. The two quickly separated like frightened birds, ignoring the embarrassment, Tang San quickly jumped off the bed and put on his own coat.
"Xiao Wu, is Xiao San any better?" There was a knock on the door, and it was Oscar.
Tang San looked at Xiao Wu, at this time Xiao Wu had already got up from the bed, the blush on her face couldn't be concealed by anything. The two looked at each other, Xiao Wu pointed at herself, then at the door, at Tang San, and finally at the bed.
Silently made Tang San lie back on the bed, Xiao Wu took a deep breath and calmed her heartbeat before opening the door.
Looking at Xiao Wu's blush on her pretty face. Oscar asked suspiciously, "How's the little three?"
Xiao Wu said: "He hasn't woken up yet, but his breath has been well-distributed, so he should be fine."
Oscar glanced at her with deep eyes, and said with a smile: "That's good, that's good. Let him rest for a while. I'm going to have breakfast first. Do you want to come together? By the way, the master said. Xiaosan wakes up. After that, go to him directly."
Xiao Wu hurriedly nodded her head. At this time, she wished that Oscar would leave as soon as possible so that her mood could be stabilized.
After Xiao Wu closed the door, Tang San sat up again from the bed, the two looked at each other, Xiao Wu lowered her head in panic, Tang San walked to her side and rubbed her head. "I'm all right. I'll go to the teacher."
It wasn't until Tang San walked out of the room that Xiao Wu's mood gradually calmed down. Holding her face in both hands, she found that what she had not been able to see clearly has become more and more clear in her mind, and her beautiful eyes showed a special light and firmness, and she also had that slight smile.
I took a last look at the bed I slept on last night, and then walked out quickly.
"Teacher, I'm here." When Tang San came to Grandmaster's room, the door was open.
On the master table, there is also a hearty breakfast.
The master smiled slightly and said, "Let's eat first. Let's talk after eating."
Tang San was not polite, he didn't eat last night, and his appetite was always not small, so he immediately sat down and ate. During this period of time, the master did not ask any questions, but just quietly thought about something.
It wasn't until Tang San swept away the breakfast on the table that Grandmaster looked at him with deep eyes and said, "Did someone sneak up on you yesterday? Tell me in detail what happened."
Tang San wouldn't hide anything from Grandmaster, he nodded immediately, and said, "It's the years of Canghui Academy."
Grandmaster's face changed suddenly, his pupils shrank, "You mean Canmeng Shi Nian?"
Tang San nodded, "Yes." As he spoke, he walked to the door and closed the door, there are some things that cannot be seen by outsiders.
The master's face was ugly, and his brows were furrowed, "He was so kind, how could he let you back? This man has always been known for his ruthlessness, plus his special martial spirit, whether he is attacking the enemy or escaping. Quite difficult. Being classified as an alien control type soul master, it is difficult to deal with.”
"He died. I killed him." Tang San directly stated the result.
Grandmaster looked up at Tang San in amazement, "You killed him?"
Tang San nodded, "It's like this..." Right now, he explained in detail what he encountered after he left the Heaven Dou Battle Arena yesterday.
He didn't even hide the secret of Hades' post. If anyone in this world is the person he trusts the most, it may not be his father Tang Hao, but he must be the master.
For Tang San, the Grandmaster gave him far more than Tang Hao. The father is affectionate, and the master is affection and respect.
Hearing Tang San's narration, Grandmaster's expression couldn't help becoming strange. When he heard Tang San talk about the colorful spirit bone he got from Shi Nian, he almost exclaimed and stood abruptly from his seat. up.
Looking at Tang San with extreme excitement, even his body trembled.
"Take it out and show it to me. Quick." The master said eagerly.
Tang San took out the seven-colored spirit bone from the wishful treasure bag and put it into Grandmaster's hands.
The master held the spirit bone, and his heartbeat continued to accelerate. Although he has been studying martial arts all his life, this is the first time he has seen a soul bone so clearly.
Even when he was in the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex Clan, he had never come into contact with any soul bone at such a close distance.
For spirit masters, spirit bones are like a second life, and no one will easily expose their spirit bones. It is extremely secretive about owning a soul bone. Even Title Douluo is like this.
No one would carry their spirit bones with them, as long as they obtained such rare treasures, they would immediately integrate into the body and enhance their own strength.
Grandmaster stared intently at the soul bone, unable to control himself for a long time.
"Little San, you've really grown up." With a soft sigh, Grandmaster carefully returned the spirit bone to Tang San's hands, motioning him to quickly take back the wishful treasure bag.
Putting away the spirit bones, Tang San looked at Grandmaster with some puzzlement, he didn't understand why Teacher said that.
The master sighed softly, "When you see the spirit bone, you still can't forget my advice and didn't directly absorb it. This has proved that your xinxing is far beyond ordinary people. Now I can finally rest assured after this competition. let you graduate."
Tang San's eyes filled with a bit of nostalgia, "No, teacher, I'll continue to study with you."
The master smiled casually and said: "I can teach you, you have already learned almost. What you are doing now is to constantly turn my theoretical knowledge into reality. This is also the situation I most hope to see. Little San, You have to remember that actual combat is the most important thing at any time. If you hadn't had a wealth of actual combat experience, you might already be a corpse now. I didn't expect that your miraculous eye skills would be able to break through the years The Martial Soul Remnant Dream, and the poisonous hidden weapon. I think you should have thought about how lucky you were in yesterday's battle, and you were just a little bit short, and you had already become a corpse."
Of course Tang San knew, not to mention the spirit bones, if Nian hadn't been so insidious and insisted on using his perverted spirit abilities, if he just used his spirit power to get stronger, I'm afraid Tang San would already be dead. What's more, there was still a soul bone at that time.
The master's face suddenly became solemn, "Don't tell anyone about this matter. Even the Shrek Seven Devils and Flanders don't tell them. Canmeng Shi Nian has disappeared, but that has nothing to do with you. No matter what. This soul bone is even more so, don’t let anyone know about it. I don’t want you to get killed because of it. Do you understand?”
Tang San nodded, but he couldn't help but ask: "Teacher, what exactly is the function of this spirit bone?"
The master pondered: "Judging from the superficial observation and the aura emanating from the spirit bone, it is quite correct that you did not absorb this spirit bone. Because it is not suitable for you. This spirit bone should belong to the gem type and is the most suitable. For auxiliary spirit masters and illusion-type spirit masters, it is a good match for Shi Nian. But you are different, you do not belong to this type of spirit master. Even if you use this spirit bone, you will only add one more soul to yourself. It's just a tasteless skill. The additional attributes won't be too good. Of course, it's better than nothing."
"Back then, the reason why I kept reminding you not to rush to absorb the spirit bone after getting it was for this reason. Although this spirit bone is not suitable for you, it will be suitable for others. The ideal is to exchange it for a suitable piece of spirit bone. Your soul bone. Therefore, although the obtained soul bone is not suitable for you to use directly, for you, it is quite a piece of capital that you can use to exchange for your own needs. As long as you grasp the opportunity properly, The benefits to you are beyond doubt."
Tang San couldn't help asking: "Then what kind of spirit bone is suitable for me?"
Grandmaster said without hesitation, "Power-type spirit bones and plant-type spirit bones."
Tang San was stunned, he could still understand the plant type spirit bone, but why is this power type spirit bone
Grandmaster has been mentoring and apprentice Tang San for many years, so naturally he could see the doubts in his heart, "The benefits of plant-type spirit bones to you are self-evident. As for power-type spirit bones, the greatest benefit is to strengthen yourself. At the same time, it is also In order to prepare for your second martial spirit in the future. The Clear Sky Hammer of your Clear Sky Sect is taking the power route, and it is the most domineering power route. Remember what I told you about the biggest difficulty for twin spirits? That is, the body cannot withstand the addition of too many spirit ring attributes. And the strength-type spirit bone will further transform you, allowing you to withstand greater pressure."
"So it is." Only then did Tang San understand the painstaking efforts of the master. "Then when should I replace this soul bone?"
The master thought for a while, and said, "Don't worry, this is not something you can accomplish alone. Spirit bones are too sensitive in the spirit master world, if you don't have enough strength behind your back to deter you, you will not be able to exchange for your own suitable soul. If you can meet your father, you can bring it forward. With him, no one can move you. Or you can return Go to the Clear Sky Sect and get the support of the Clear Sky Sect."
"You don't want to participate in the game later, such a large consumption makes you unsuitable to participate in today's game. Your opponents are not strong today, and a few of them are enough to deal with. To your partners. You just tell them Yesterday, I suddenly had an epiphany, and I went to practice outside the city for a while. I almost lost my mind, so I exhausted the soul power in my body. I will help you cover it up."
Although Tang San disapproved of Grandmaster's cautiousness, he still wouldn't go against Grandmaster's wishes, and Teacher was for his own good. Not to mention it doesn't hurt to be a little careful.
The qualifiers continued, and when the tenth round ended, the teams participating in the Tiandou City qualifiers had already drawn a distance.
Shrek Academy ranked first with an impressive record of ten victories.
There are several other teams with the same record as them. That is to say, in the Five Elements Academy, except for the Elephant Armor Land, the other four.
Strangely enough, Shrek Academy did not encounter any team from the Five Element Academy except for the Elephant Sect at the beginning.
However, the Elephant Jiazong faced four other academies in a row, and lost without exception. Their defenses seemed to be of little use.
So far, Shrek Academy and the other four Element Academy ranked in the top five of the preliminaries, and all of them had a complete victory record.
Elephant Jia Academy was extremely miserable, with five wins and five losses in ten battles, and its ranking was only hovering in the middle. Don't say that the elephant academy didn't think of it. Even the organizers of the competition could not have imagined such a result.
This also completely separated the teams in the qualifiers, and the five teams in the first group were far ahead.
However, the next game will no longer be easy. Shrek Academy's opponent in the eleventh round is the Blazing Academy of the Five Elements Academy. A powerful team composed of all fire attribute soul masters.
In this round of competition, the battle between the top five Shrek Academy and Blazing Academy undoubtedly became the biggest attraction. Unsurprisingly, they were also placed in the center ring.
The game has not yet started, and the stands are already lively. At least more than one-third of the audience wore green uniforms that symbolized Shrek Academy.
Although the strength of the Five Elements Academy is also very strong, the grass-roots background of Shrek Academy is more likely to resonate with the audience. In particular, their bizarre shapes have already set off a wave of greenery in Heaven Dou City.
At this time, it is far from the time to apply for admission, but Shrek Academy has already received an application form like a snowflake. This shows how much fame the Shrek team has brought to the academy.
Flender even made a lot of money and was unspeakably happy.
The master held the detailed introduction about the Blazing Academy in his hand, and the expression on his face was obviously a little dignified. He has been studying the strength of the five element academies these days, and now he has just got some clues.
"Teacher, let's play normally this time." Tang San said to Grandmaster. The so-called normal play. It was led by him, Dai Mubai, and Xiao Wu. Play with four reserve players.
The master shook his head and said, "No. The opponents you encountered in this game are quite powerful. Little San, you have been competing these days. Do you know why the Xiangjia Academy has lost to the other Four Elements Academy one after another?"
Tang San shook his head. He has to lead the players to participate in the game every day, to analyze the situation of the game, and he is the absolute main force on the court, so he has no time to pay attention to these.
The master said: "Originally, I wasn't sure, but in the past few days, I have deliberately observed the battle between the other four Elemental Schools and the Xiangjiazong, and I have vaguely figured out their details. They are also hiding their strength. It seems that , the limit current has begun to learn from each other's strengths."
Looking at Tang San's somewhat surprised gaze, the master said quickly: "There's not much time, I'll make a long story short, the disciples of the Elephant Armor Sect, you have already faced them, they are the standard limiters. In the past, their strength was also comparable to that of other Four Elements Academy. It’s almost the same. The reason for the complete defeat this time is that the other four element academies have changed their combat methods. Although they still play with the same attribute of spirit masters, they have already divided their labor. That is to say, the four element academies are balanced. The flow method to cast the limit flow. Do you understand?"
Tang San has studied with Grandmaster for so many years, and his words are naturally the easiest to understand. His expression changed, and he said in surprise: "Teacher, do you mean to say that the other four element academies have also begun to be classified?"
"That's right. The Blazing Academy that you are about to face will have fire-type strong attack, fire-type control field, fire-type agile attack, and fire-type support. It's just that they didn't show these when facing weak opponents. Only when they faced Xiangjiazong did they show their strength. Therefore, even if the chief disciple of Xiangjia Academy had a soul bone, they could not withstand their insane bombardment. Blazing Academy and Thunder Academy The same, they are known for their attacks. Their attacks must be thunderous. Therefore, you must be more careful. If nothing can be done, it is better to give up this game than to be too persistent. After all, this is only a qualifier, and it is enough to qualify. Don't worry about Flender."
Hearing Grandmaster's words, Tang San couldn't help falling into a brief thought.
He had never encountered such a team before.
Amplification and support of the same attribute, although still a little single, but the intensity of the explosion when attacking is absolutely terrifying. This Blazing Academy doesn't seem to be easy to deal with.
"Teacher, I've decided to play according to normal circumstances." Tang San's words were firm. There was no hesitation.
The master was stunned for a moment, nodded, and smiled: "Okay, just as you want. I believe you will do well. Sometimes, it is a good strategy to give up when necessary."
Tang San knew that the master had misunderstood him, but he didn't explain much, just smiled and nodded to his teacher.
"The first round, the center arena, Shrek Academy against Blazing Academy." The host announced loudly the list of players. Players from both sides swaggered into the arena.
In an instant, a sea of turbulent waves erupted in the entire stand, cheering one after another, some supporting Blazing Academy, but more of them supporting Shrek Academy.
Shrek Academy has already defeated one of the Five Elements Academy. If they can defeat Blazing Academy again, then their status will definitely be raised to a higher level. All viewers are looking forward to this moment.
Dai Mubai was still walking at the front, Tai Long and Huang Yuan beside him, Tang San behind them, Xiao Wu and Jing Ling standing beside Tang San.
Jiang Zhu was still standing in the last position she was familiar with. The green jersey is not only the original advertisement that is healthier, but also more icons.
Perhaps because of the extraordinary advertising effect, Flanders has found more than a dozen advertising sponsors for the uniform. The team uniforms looked more fancy and funny, but Shrek Academy's income also became bigger.
A faint light flickered, and Tang San's eyes flashed a icy cold light. He folded his hands in front of his chest, quietly observing the opponent who walked slowly into the ring just like them.
The seven academies of the Blazing Academy looked about the same age, in their early twenties.
Seven people formed a triangular formation.