Seeing the robe of swirling air gathered around Xiaomeng, an elder exclaimed in admiration, "Truly an outstanding prodigy of the Heavenly Sect."
Projecting inner energy outward and giving it a tangible form required profound, abundant reserves of true essence, along with a certain degree of mental strength to shape it. Although he could achieve this himself, at Xiaomeng's age, he had probably only just learned to project his energy. To possess such exquisite control at only eight years old-she truly was a prodigy who had amazed even the sect leader.
Unfortunately, she was still too young. The tallest tree caught the strongest winds. The world had never lacked geniuses, but very few made it all the way to the end. She still needed plenty of tempering.
"Form up! Heavenly Dipper Sword Formation!"
After Xiaomeng drove back the two elders engaging her, the other four seized the opportunity to take up positions around her with their swords. Their wooden swords left their hands and rose into the air. A Bagua Formation barrier appeared on the ground, golden talismanic symbols flickering across its translucent walls. At its center, Xiaomeng pressed her lips together without a word, watching the changes around her impassively.
The Heavenly Dipper Sword Formation required four people to activate it and was one of the Daoist school's advanced formation-based martial arts. Ordinary disciples struggled to master it. It could combine the inner energy of all four participants and concentrate it in one person, briefly unleashing power an entire tier above their own. It could even allow them to kill an opponent a whole major realm above them.
Though this formation was powerful, it required seamless coordination between all four participants. Otherwise, even with the Heavenly Dipper Sword Formation's enhancement, it could only increase their strength to a limited extent.