Chapter 2466 Exposed!

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This secret location is probably a "hidden chamber" within the Sea of Heartlessness.

Although it's connected to the Mystic Realm of the Sea of Heartlessness, it's far more concealed. If you're not an expert in formations, you might truly miss it...

Of course, perhaps due to this, the Sea of Heartlessness has utterly declined, yet still retains quite some benefits here.

At least there's still a considerable amount of spiritual energy here, and even some rare flowers, herbs, and medicines are growing… However, these good things have clearly ended up in the pockets of the Evil Sect experts now.

Even though the Evil Sect experts achieve their cultivation by taking the evil path, the normal elixir and medicine are also useful to them. In fact, you could say… they are even more useful.

The advancement of righteous martial artists may be much slower, but it's upright and extremely safe… while there are occasional cases of people losing control, these are relatively just rare exceptions.

But Evil Sect experts are different. The cultivation techniques they practice inherently have problems, with significant flaws. The stronger they get and deeper they cultivate, these shortcomings become more formidable, sometimes pushing them to a very dangerous situation.

At this point, they need some tools to neutralize these drawbacks and defects. Generally, these are medicines or elixirs, like when Qin Fang once helped Lin Zhengnan and Shadow on Devil's Island to find ghost-faced mushrooms, aiming to clear the massive hidden dangers within Shadow.

Other Evil Sect experts are the same…

But they can't occupy the best secret grounds or sect lands like the Five Great Sects, so they can only wander around opportunistically. With such a prized opportunity in front of them, they naturally won't let it slip… otherwise, why would they invade the Barbaric Wilderness Mini Secret Realm so aggressively?

This secret location isn't very large, perhaps only one tenth the size of the Sea of Heartlessness, roughly totaling just one thousand square meters, which is pitifully small.

Yet at this moment, quite a large number of Evil Sect experts are gathered here.

"Damn it, they're all experts above Grandmaster Level…"

Qin Fang only slightly exposed himself before quickly retreating into the formation, while simultaneously gasping.

In such a small secret area, over two hundred Evil Sect experts are gathered here… This is almost equivalent to the total number of people coming from the Five Great Sects, possibly even more.

And among so many Evil Sect experts, hardly any of them are below Grandmaster Level, all surpassing it…

Of course, the Evil Sect advances faster and more easily, so a larger number of such experts can be understood… After all, righteous path experts might need at least thirty to forty years to cultivate a Grandmaster-level expert, but Evil Sect might only need five to ten years.

The time is reduced by two-thirds, so understanding the current situation is easier.

However, the drawbacks of Evil Sect experts are also most evident…

Starting from zero to achieving Grandmaster Level akin to riding a rocket, this might be accomplished in just ten days or half a month.

And from Grandmaster Level to Grandmaster Mid-Stage, it requires about half a year to a year, requiring tremendous effort to endure through it…

Crossing from Grandmaster Level to Great Grandmaster Level requires several times that time, and the difficulty is increased by several times — comparable to the difficulty of normal Martial Artists progressing from Level 5 to Grandmaster Level… It can be said to be very challenging, yet relatively easy too.

Like Chu Yuan who Qin Fang previously dealt with… If Qin Fang hadn't appeared, he would have taken Ning Yumo's and Cai Qing's primordial yin energy, breaking through that barrier and stepping into Great Grandmaster Level soon.

But after truly advancing to Great Grandmaster Level, their advancement speed drastically reduces… Because their previous fast advancement methods are no longer applicable, they can only rely on their own hard practice.

Yet these people have always achieved their cultivation easily, and have they ever diligently practiced? Naturally, it's very challenging... Ultimately, the number of supreme experts capable of reaching the top gradually reduces.

Leading to the current situation…

"Among the over two hundred people, at least half are Early Stage of Grandmaster Level experts, and there are considerably fewer Great Grandmaster Mid Stage experts… In this aspect, it seems the Five Great Sects are indeed somewhat superior!"

Qin Fang ran back and forth a few times, finally having gathered quite a lot of enemy information.

Within an area of just over a thousand square meters, everything's within the coverage of Qin Fang's small map. He just needs to step out of the formation, and the small map clearly covers all Evil Sect experts in the secret location.

Once or twice may not be enough for a clear picture.

But trying several times eliminates issues.

Through several attempts, Qin Fang has acquired a rough understanding of the Evil Sect's strength.

"Who's there?"

Yet, just as Qin Fang was preparing to further explore how many Paramount Experts the Evil Sect had deployed, a sudden roar resonated from the secret location… The sound wasn't particularly loud, yet carried a strong invisible pressure, nearly causing Qin Fang a loss.

Regardless of whether he had exposed himself or not, Qin Fang swiftly flashed into the formation again…

At this moment, it's still safer inside the formation...

After his modifications, the formation can both attack and defend, and under Qin Fang's control, it can protect Qin Fang while also effectively curtailing the opponent's offensives.

However, just as Qin Fang had just ducked back into the formation, he saw the Blue-wing Bat King Wei Chunqiu rushing towards him at great speed...

"Hurry, hurry... The Tianxie Sect people are after us!"

The face of Blue-wing Bat King Wei Chunqiu didn't look good at all, and there was even a hint of fear.

"Did you spot Emperor Shi Wanxie?"

Qin Fang was taken aback for a moment, then immediately asked.

Blue-wing Bat King Wei Chunqiu, whose qinggong is unmatched in the world, rarely feels fear from anyone... This clearly indicates the threat has reached a level that endangers his life, so it's no surprise that Blue-wing Bat King Wei Chunqiu would react this way.

This time, many experts from the Evil Sect came, but truly top experts are rare...

Among these top experts, for even a Half-Step Supreme Realm expert like Blue-wing Bat King Wei Chunqiu to be afraid and petrified of, there seems to be only one—Emperor Shi Wanxie, one of the strongest of the "Four Emperors" in the Underground World.

Qin Fang had already speculated that Emperor Shi Wanxie might have arrived here and was now seeking confirmation from Blue-wing Bat King Wei Chunqiu...

"I don't know..."

However, Blue-wing Bat King Wei Chunqiu was taken aback, after thinking back on the recent events with some frustration, he shook his head and said, "I don't know if that person is Emperor Shi Wanxie... but that person is indeed terrifying, much more so than Shi Songyang!"

"Then it's most likely Emperor Shi Wanxie himself..."

Qin Fang knitted his brows, briefly contemplating the experts of the Evil Sect; it seems only one person, one of the top experts, can achieve this, while the others fall significantly short.

"What should we do now?"

Although Blue-wing Bat King Wei Chunqiu wasn't sure if that person was indeed the Emperor, he was genuinely scared... Qin Fang wasn't directly involved, so of course, he wouldn't know how critical the situation just was, and it was only by a hair's breadth that Blue-wing Bat King Wei Chunqiu managed to survive.

He took a careful glance at his back, where a large tear had appeared on his black night suit... This was caused by an extremely powerful palm technique touching it.

"Thousand Poison Evil Palm?"

Qin Fang mumbled uncertainly but then looked at Blue-wing Bat King Wei Chunqiu with a smile and said, "Fortunately, I had you swallow the Lingjiu Pill; although most of its effect was used against the poison of the Three Corpse Brain God Pill, its remnant potency saved your life!"

"Enough with the nonsense, let's hurry and leave... If we truly provoke Emperor Shi Wanxie, none of us will escape!"

Blue-wing Bat King Wei Chunqiu couldn't help but say.

It wasn't that he was undermining himself while aggrandizing others... It's just that he was truly frightened this time.

"Don't panic! We still have another line of defense here..."

But Qin Fang remained quite calm, pointing at the white stones on the ground.

BOOM~~~

And at this moment, Qin Fang clearly felt a violent tremor from the formation.

"Huh..."

This change also made Qin Fang slightly startled, indicating someone was forcibly breaking the formation... In other words, the experts of the Evil Sect had been completely provoked, and they might have already discovered changes in this formation and were finding ways to breach it!

The reason the Evil Sect people were hiding here was, of course, to catch others off guard...

However, the recent infiltration effectively exposed them all. Once this information is passed on to the Five Great Sects, avoiding a battle would be impossible, absolutely leading to the Five Great Sects joining forces to besiege.

Why conceal it?

Isn't it because, although they are strong, their overall strength is still weaker than the Five Great Sects...

If both sides went head-on like this, the Evil Sect people would definitely suffer heavy losses... Just as the intelligence Qin Fang gathered indicated, although the Evil Sect brought over quite a luxurious lineup of experts this time, they do not hold an absolute advantage.

"Absolutely cannot let him escape..."

Perhaps it is for this reason that the Evil Sect people were completely startled, entering the formation together with the intention of hunting down Blue-wing Bat King Wei Chunqiu... They must keep the secret and can't let the news of their infiltration of the Sea of Heartlessness leak out! (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, feel free to visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please go to m.qidian.com to read.)