"The Jade Palace Formation Tournament begins now!"
As soon as the words left Qing Lanyue's lips, the absolute silence of the Celestial Plaza was broken by a sudden and precise movement.
From her spatial ring, five emerald-green jade plates emerged in the blink of an eye. They floated around her body like living satellites, spinning slowly, reflecting the diffuse light of the eternal clouds in hypnotic shades of emerald and silver.
Each plate had ancient runes engraved in spirals, pulsing with a subtle energy that made the surrounding air vibrate slightly.
Qing Lanyue opened her arms in an elegant and controlled gesture.
The five plates shot forward at high speed, forming a perfect circle around the main disk of the arena.
