Military formations.
Whether in his previous life or this one,
they were formations capable of unleashing tremendous power when two armies clashed.
Taking the history Zeng Anmin knew as an example—
along the southeastern coast of the Ming Dynasty in his previous life, Japanese pirates ran rampant.
The famed general Qi Jiguang, taking into account the many hills and ravines along the southeastern coast, the crisscrossing rivers and canals, the narrow roads, and the pirates' methods of fighting, created a military formation.
What was even more coincidental was that the Japanese pirates were much like the Demon Race of today.
They excelled at fighting in cramped spaces, but their weakness was poverty—they lacked armor and weapons.
With all those traits combined,
Zeng Anmin desperately wanted to see just how powerful this formation would be if he assembled it himself!
By now,
passing the imperial examination was no longer Zeng Anmin's goal.
A light burst from his eyes so fierce that none dared meet his gaze.
Whether it was temperament or killing demons, he could accomplish both within the illusion formation.
Thus, passing the examination was far too easy for him.
Now, through the illusion formation, he wanted to test whether, if he arranged the Mandarin Duck Formation himself, he could truly sweep through enemies like dead leaves before the wind as Ming general Qi Jiguang had when slaughtering Japanese pirates!
"Whew~"
Zeng Anmin took a deep breath.
He suppressed the urgency in his heart.
First, he needed to think carefully. The most important thing in forming the Mandarin Duck Formation was...
Zeng Anmin slowly raised his head and looked toward a bamboo grove not far ahead.
Southern moso bamboo was exceptionally thick. Its upper portions branched like tree trunks, and those branches were incredibly tough. Once sharpened, every jutting branch