122: Balance Runes

Qi Gou paused, a sharp light bursting in his eyes. He stood with his hands behind his back, straightening his posture, a look of pride befitting a powerful Rune Master appearing on his face.

"I am Qi Gou, the most powerful Rune Master in all of Dragon County. I am confident that I can maintain this rune formation for a hundred years!"

After Qi Gou finished speaking, the surrounding disciples were visibly shaken, yet their faces immediately filled with arrogance as they voiced their agreement:

"That's right, Teacher Qi is not just the most powerful Rune Master in Dragon County, he could even be called the most powerful Rune Master on the entire continent!"

"As long as Teacher Qi is here, no one should even dream of breaking this rune formation!"

"Kid, even if you can see the flaws in this rune formation, what difference does it make?"

"Hurry up and scram, you trash who can only talk the talk!"

The voices of those people were as boring as buzzing flies to Consultant. He completely ignored them and simply watched Qi Gou.

He could tell that Qi Gou was not boasting.

Given Qi Gou's rune expertise, he could definitely achieve the extent he claimed.

But the problem was, this couldn't change the fact that the rune formation had a major flaw!

It wasn't that Consultant wanted to embarrass Qi Gou; the main reason was that this represented a huge hidden danger for Dragon County.

Therefore, Consultant chose to prove through action that this formation was not unbreakable!

"Mr. Qi, watch closely!"

Consultant said this, not even taking out his magic wand. He casually converted his magic power into rune energy, and with a wave of his hand, he condensed a ball of green light in his palm.

After noticing Consultant's actions, many people were stunned, not realizing what was happening.

But Qi Gou's expression instantly turned cold!

He recognized Consultant's move instantly.

Not using a magic wand, not relying on anything, simply using magic power condensed in the palm to construct rune abilities.

An ordinary Rune Master absolutely could not pull off this move; even Qi Gou spent countless years trying to achieve this level!

But what truly shocked Qi Gou...

was yet to come!

Consultant condensed the rune power in his palm, yet made no attempt to construct a rune. He seemed to simply grasp the ball of rune power and slapped it toward the ground!

The green rune power instantly entered the Earth's Veins, transforming into a green halo.

The halo was filled with various strange patterns, shimmering with dazzling light.

In an instant, the massive formation Qi Gou had just deployed in Dragon County was affected by this not-too-strong burst of rune power.

All the weak runes hidden deep within were instantly located and easily shattered the next moment!

The rune formation was like a large net; if one point was destroyed, the entire structure would cease to exist!

Suddenly, a ripple appeared across Dragon County. The enormous protective formation instantly shattered, dissolving into scattered magic power!

Consultant actually didn't expend much strength, because what he used was merely a very simple move from ancient rune knowledge.

"Formation Breaker!"

This type of rune power is specifically used to break the formations of other Rune Masters, and it can also be used to test the stability of a formation.

And with the shattering of Dragon County's formation, one thing was clearly proven—which was:

"Mr. Qi, your formation doesn't seem to be as reliable as you claimed."

Consultant dispersed the rune power in his hand, looked at Qi Gou, and smiled warmly and politely.

But!

Qi Gou was utterly shocked, his mouth slightly agape, unable to utter a single word.

Conversely, several of Qi Gou's apprentices nearby were terrified when they saw the formation destroyed, and they all directed hateful stares toward Consultant.

"Kid, how dare you destroy the formation we just constructed?!"

"Are you looking to die? This was an official Dragon County mission! How dare you interfere with us?!"

"Is this person sent by another city? Quick, arrest him!"

As they spoke, those people angrily surrounded Consultant.

"Enough! All of you, stop!"

Qi Gou raised his hand and roared.

Everyone stopped and looked at their master with confusion. Since they didn't understand Consultant, they naturally didn't understand the shock in Qi Gou's heart.

The old man frowned deeply, glaring at his apprentices. "Scram, all of you! A bunch of blind idiots!"

After he finished speaking, he quickly walked up to Consultant.

His eyes were full of shock.

Consultant's move just now had far exceeded his imagination.

Qi Gou asked himself: even if this formation was full of flaws, there was no way he could break the rune formation so easily in one move!

This young man before him definitely possessed rune knowledge far exceeding his own imagination; perhaps he even had a master specializing in rune knowledge backing him!

"Young man, what is your name?"

A hint of respect entered Qi Gou's tone. The surrounding apprentices were stunned when they saw Qi Gou's attitude.

They had never seen their Master show such respect to a stranger, especially when the other party was just a youth who didn't look very old!?

Master has gone mad.

Or have they gone mad?!

Consultant felt a bit awkward seeing Qi Gou being so respectful; he had only wanted to prove that the formation was not unbreakable.

He hadn't intended to shatter Qi Gou's worldview.

Consultant gave a light cough. "Mr. Qi, there's no need to be so polite. My name is Consultant, and I am an ordinary student at Longjun Awakening Academy."

"An ordinary student?"

Qi Gou frowned slightly, seemingly in disbelief.

Could a student possess such heaven-defying skill? Qi Gou was more inclined to believe that Consultant was the student of some Rune Grandmaster.

Qi Gou had no intention of probing further. Changing his previous coldness, he lowered his stance and inquired, "Do you have a way to fix the flaws in this rune formation?"

As soon as this sentence came out, the surrounding disciples were even more astonished!

You must know, Qi Gou was a renowned Rune Grandmaster in Dragon County!

For such a person to actively ask a youth about a rune formation—if this news got out, it would be enough to shock everyone!

However, they didn't think highly of Consultant because of this; after all, being able to spot the flaws in the formation was one thing, but fixing those flaws was another.

Since even Qi Gou had no solution, no one believed Consultant could do it.

Yet, unexpectedly—

"Yes, I just need to construct a Balance Rune. Then, relying on this rune, you can average out the power of all the runes, eliminating any obvious weak points."

Consultant spoke with calm composure.

Qi Gou's expression changed, and everyone else's expressions became even more shocked, even dumbfounded!

Balance Rune?!

This rune sounded simple, but drawing it was incredibly difficult!

Because this wasn't just a simple rune; it required the drawer to possess a vast amount of rune knowledge!

"You... can do it?"

Qi Gou looked at Consultant, unable to stop himself from voicing his doubt.

Consultant didn't intend to say anything more to him. After nodding, he casually waved his hand.

A faint light flashed from the ring on his hand, and immediately after, a magic wand appeared in his grip.

This was his Oracle magic wand, whose Wand Core he had just replaced!

"This, this is..."

When Qi Gou saw the magic wand Consultant took out, his eyelids immediately twitched, and he felt a layer of cold sweat break out on his back!