Almighty Genius

Chapter 2464 - 1958: Night Raid on the Enemy Camp!

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The competition between the five sects is held in the Wu Xin Sea Minor Secret Realm, while the members of the five great sects reside in Shangri-La Town...

However, the Evil Sect, which harbors ambitions for the Barbaric Wilderness Mini Secret Realm, although unable to appear openly, have long been lurking near Shangri-La... As for their exact hiding spot, the people of the five great sects seem to have no clue, but Qin Fang knows.

Surrounding Shangri-La Town is a desolate, uninhabited wilderness, an area not suitable for human habitation.

However, for the well-prepared experts from the Evil Sect, this poses little challenge.

Generally, experts above the Grandmaster-level can already control their bodies... They can effectively regulate their intake of food and water.

If ordinary people can survive only seven to ten days without food or water, then these Grandmaster-level experts can last half a month to a month... Some experts who have practiced the Turtle Breathing Technique can survive for half a year without issue.

Of course, since the Evil Sect is destined to clash with the five great sects, it's certain they wouldn't merely exhaust their bodies without eating or drinking... Hence, they have prepared early on.

In fact... they arrived even earlier than the five great sects.

As for their hiding spot, Qin Fang knew long ago... right in the Sea of Heartlessness!

Initially, Qin Fang didn't want to meddle in the affairs between the Evil Sect and the five great sects. Firstly, although he had joined the Kunlun Sect, his heart wasn't fully immersed, there was considerable estrangement. Secondly, his strength was low, and getting involved in these matters wouldn't be wise for survival.

But... despite his efforts to avoid these issues, the Evil Sect never intended to leave him alone.

First, there was Chu Yuan from the Yin Yang Devil Sect who dared to act against Ning Yumo and Cai Qing... This touched Qin Fang's raw nerve, so he eliminated Chu Yuan.

Then, while accompanying Jian Qingfeng and the other five back to Shangri-La, the Evil Sect dispatched five top experts to intercept and pursue... among them included the direct disciple of Emperor Xie, which evoked considerable anger in Qin Fang. Subsequently, the five brothers teamed up to slay all five of these Evil Sect experts whose strengths noticeably exceeded theirs!

And then this time... Shi Songyang, the third disciple of Emperor Xie, Elder of the Tianxie Sect, and Quasi-Supreme Realm expert, had dispatched Blue-wing Bat King Wei Chunqiu, a half-step supreme realm expert, to capture him. Had Qin Fang not had a way to cope, he might have truly fallen into the Evil Sect's hands.

If that happened, it's obvious what Qin Fang's response would have been...

Qin Fang has always intended to keep a low profile within the great sects until his strength reached a level where he could protect himself. However, the repeated actions of the Evil Sect deeply angered Qin Fang!

Revenge!

Kill all Evil Sect experts!

Clearly, with Qin Fang's current strength, accomplishing it is out of reach...

He certainly can't do it alone, but behind him are the experts of the five great sects supporting him... He has learned about the current standing of the five great sects from Qing Xu Lao Dao, the experts are nearly ready, but they still cannot trace the whereabouts of the Evil Sect experts.

Unable to find them means no chance for a proactive strike, so they can only passively wait for the Evil Sect members to reveal themselves...

This approach is highly passive, and the losses faced in the future may be considerable, yet the five great sects, even if unwilling, are helpless... Unless they grasp the Evil Sect's foothold.

It's said that Ye Xiang has already uncovered the traitor lurking within Tianwai Tower, yet currently, no substantial intel has been acquired, and it's temporarily of little use.

Since the people of the five great sects aren't able to locate the Evil Sect members to launch a proactive strike, Qin Fang... will lend them a hand!

Qin Fang's journey this time is headed towards the Sea of Heartlessness to first investigate the situation of the Evil Sect experts...

The reason why the five great sects can't track down the Evil Sect members is primarily because they focus solely on martial arts, and their proficiency in the Array Formation Path is considerably lacking... Anyone slightly versed in formations can see that the protective formation at Wu Xin Sea Minor Secret Realm has been tampered with, and it alters almost daily.

That's clearly the Evil Sect causing trouble...

Qin Fang has reason to believe that the majority of Evil Sect experts are hidden within that protective formation, which is why the five great sects can't find even a shadow of their presence... yet the Evil Sect members are completely aware of the movements of the five great sects.

When Qin Fang and the other five departed from the main group out of the Sea of Heartlessness, the Evil Sect members noticed, immediately dispatching five experts to pursue...

Later, Qin Fang and Leng Bingbing left the main group, departing from the Sea of Heartlessness. The Evil Sect sent the Blue-wing Bat King Wei Chunqiu to capture people... this indirectly confirmed the hiding places of the Evil Sect's members.

The reason for bringing the Blue-wing Bat King Wei Chunqiu was not for Qin Fang to genuinely seek his protection... at the very least, before Wei Chunqiu truly stepped into the Supreme Realm, he was still lacking a bit, and the Evil Sect had plenty of Supreme Realm experts.

Qin Fang specifically brought him along actually intending to use him as bait to lure the enemy...

As long as this Old Bat attracted the attention of the Evil Sect's experts, Qin Fang wouldn't be so conspicuous... At that time, he would be able to move quite easily!

Though the Old Bat's skills were not enough to protect Qin Fang, with his qinggong, even if a crowd of paramount experts pursued him, he could easily escape... Even if Emperor Shi Wanxie himself acted, he could survive!

After all, the title of the world's number one qinggong master isn't just for show!

Since the Old Bat couldn't die and could help draw fire, why wouldn't Qin Fang use such an excellent decoy?

Didn't you see that to have the Old Bat buy his life for him, Qin Fang had already given a Lingjiu Pill and plenty of Spiritual Wine he got in exchange for spirit stones?

Having gouged Qin Fang for such a big price, he couldn't just not put in any effort at all...

Thus, the Old Bat Wei Chunqiu reluctantly followed Qin Fang in the direction of the Sea of Heartlessness... However, compared to the openness during the daytime, this time the two of them were sneaky and furtive.

The Old Bat's qinggong was too extraordinary; if he was used as a scout, he would definitely be world-class... Even if Qin Fang had a small map with a hundred-meter radius, it couldn't match the speed of this Old Bat!

So, Qin Fang and the Old Bat Wei Chunqiu reached the Sea of Heartlessness at an extremely fast speed...

Compared to the daytime Sea of Heartlessness, it is even more eerie and dangerous at night... During the day, the Evil Sect's people are all lurking without revealing any flaws or weaknesses, but at night, the Evil Sect has sent experts to serve as hidden posts, lurking around the Sea of Heartlessness.

Moreover, Qin Fang tragically discovered that these hidden posts were no mere cannon fodder; they were all great grandmaster level experts, with quite a few even at the peak of that level... Dealing with even one of such experts was difficult for Qin Fang, let alone a whole group.

However, with the assistance of the Old Bat Wei Chunqiu, Qin Fang easily bypassed the opponent's hidden posts, silently reaching the protective mountain formation of the Sea of Heartlessness... showing that having this Old Bat along was really quite beneficial.

"It's indeed been altered quite a bit..."

Under the protective mountain formation, the Old Bat Wei Chunqiu began to stand guard, while Qin Fang immediately started to study this formation, unable to resist muttering a sentence.

Qin Fang is a Grandmaster of Thousand Techniques and also a Grandmaster of Formations... Nowadays, simply in terms of thousand techniques and formation skills, there are really not many who can surpass Qin Fang, even among the five great families of the Thousand Gate, there probably aren't many.

At least, the once grandmaster level expert in Qimen Dunjia, "Thousand Gate Chess Elder" Song Qianqiu, now in terms of formation knowledge, can no longer compare to Qin Fang...

Even this quirky figure of the Thousand Gate has been surpassed, then how many formation experts can still reach the great grandmaster level were there in the world...

Undeniably, the Evil Sect invited an extremely formidable formation expert, who actually managed to alter the protective mountain formation of the Sea of Heartlessness. Although their skills haven't yet caught up with Qin Fang, they are at least at a grandmaster level, likely not much weaker than Song Qianqiu.

This person must either be from the Thousand Gate's five great families, or a top figure from one of the Thousand Gate's branches...

In terms of this protective mountain formation at the Sea of Heartlessness, it doesn't count as an exceptionally top-tier formation, but it also isn't too weak... To alter such a formation, first one must be able to decipher a formation of this level.

The formation master invited by the Evil Sect evidently achieved this, which indicates his accomplishments in the field of formations!

Unfortunately, Qin Fang's skill level is higher than his...

Although this formation has been altered and is vastly different from before, Qin Fang still easily found the key point within, silently blending into the formation without the other party detecting him.

Even the Blue-wing Bat King Wei Chunqiu, upon seeing Qin Fang effortlessly enter the protective mountain formation of the Sea of Heartlessness, shot an intense glint in his eyes, clearly never having anticipated such beforehand.

After all, the path of formations is considered an extremely niche field of study...

In the martial world, people primarily focus on martial practice, devoting most of their time and energy to it...

What surprised the Blue-wing Bat King Wei Chunqiu was that Qin Fang, at only twenty years of age, had already achieved astonishing martial accomplishments... At such a young age, he had reached the master level peak, and his entire combat power was comparable to a late great grandmaster level expert.

This was already incredibly extraordinary, and now Qin Fang was even dabbling in formations... (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast recommendation votes and monthly votes, your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users please go to m.qidian.com to read.)