Almighty Genius

Chapter 2358 - 1852: Slaughter Shockwave!

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"These bastards..."

With Jian Qingfeng's temperament, he couldn't help but curse angrily at this time.

He saw those mercenaries on the altar seemingly examining and scrutinizing this rather grand altar, and fiddling around on it. Qin Fang and the others could vaguely feel that this altar seemed to have come back to life and was now different from the lifeless object it was earlier.

Perhaps because Qin Fang and the others were outside of the situation, they could see more clearly, while those mercenaries seemed completely unaware of this and were still fiddling with that altar... This made Jian Qingfeng's face turn extremely grim.

"Senior Brother Qin, hurry, hurry up there... We must kill these bastards completely! We absolutely can't let them continue..."

Jian Qingfeng became thoroughly enraged, drew his treasured sword, and roared loudly with the intent to kill, losing all his previous calmness and composure, as if he had become a completely different person.

"Senior Brother Jian, what's going on?"

Qin Fang felt somewhat clueless, seeing Jian Qingfeng's excited appearance while he himself couldn't fully grasp the situation.

"Junior Martial Brother Qin, there's not much time to explain. We must stop these bastards... Once they activate this altar, we're all finished!"

While rushing out quickly, Jian Qingfeng gave Qin Fang this simple explanation, as if time was of the essence and he didn't dare to linger any longer... But just from his words and the expression on his face, it was clear that he wasn't joking.

Qin Fang even vaguely felt that Jian Qingfeng's worry was likely greatly related to why this altar had transformed from a Blessing Altar to a Curse Altar...

Even if Jian Qingfeng, a Great Grandmaster-level expert, spoke like this, it proved that this Curse Altar was far more dangerous than Qin Fang imagined, possibly significantly tied to the decline of this Minor Kunlun Realm.

Both Qin Fang and Jian Qingfeng dared not delay any longer, immediately leaping down from the mountain, fully deploying their movement techniques, rapidly running towards the altar. Their speed reached an extreme, indicating their heavy hearts at the moment.

Buzzzz~~~

However, just as they dashed down the mountain, the seemingly lifeless Curse Altar was suddenly activated, trembling slightly as if someone had set it off, and the surrounding world seemed to be shaken.

Even more terrifying, an endless and horrifying force erupted from this altar, forming a terrifying shockwave... Rapidly expanding outwards towards the surroundings, naturally including Qin Fang and his companions.

"Junior Martial Brother Qin, you must withstand this..."

Noticing the approach of this shockwave, Jian Qingfeng's face changed completely, becoming extremely unsightly, and he cried out, immediately halting his steps and striking a defensive pose, raising his protective gang qi.

Qin Fang felt somewhat confused about what was happening, but seeing Jian Qingfeng, a Great Grandmaster-level expert, acting so vigilant, he too stopped immediately, and a bloody energy surged from his body, enhancing his physique.

Without any visible movement, Qin Fang's skin surface formed strange demon patterns... This was undoubtedly the power of the Blood Martial Secret Tome enhancing him, elevating his defense to a considerably high level, not necessarily inferior to the protective gang qi of a Great Grandmaster-level expert.

"Hiss~~~ Such powerful force!"

Even Jian Qingfeng noticed the bloody energy on Qin Fang and couldn't help but exclaim lightly.

Although the Kunlun Sect, as the leader of the Righteous Alliance, seemed opposed to the Demon Sect, the reality was otherwise... During the great battle between righteousness and demon, the Demon Sect suffered a complete defeat and fled overseas, but they left behind quite a few things, not lacking some absolute secret techniques of the Demon Sect.

Some of these things were taken by the Righteous Alliance, like the Kunlun Sect collected some, while others were scattered outside...

Jian Qingfeng knew Qin Fang was self-taught and had encountered many adventures, so acquiring some of the Demon Sect's secret techniques wasn't a big deal. The primary concern now was to withstand this terrifying shockwave...

Pop pop pop~~~

This shockwave was indeed very formidable, causing everything it passed to make sharp cracking sounds as if suffering a terrifying attack, immediately exploding apart...

Not just ordinary trees and flowers, but even the ruins of buildings were no exception.

At this moment, Qin Fang finally understood why these buildings had become like this; they were undoubtedly destroyed by the shockwaves from the altar...

In just a blink of an eye, the shockwave had already reached Qin Fang and his companions.

Bam bam bam~~~

Qin Fang channeled all his power through his body, bracing himself against the shockwave's baptism... It felt like his body was experiencing countless small explosions in an instant. Although each explosion was not very powerful individually, their cumulative impact was quite terrifying.

Even with Qin Fang's fully prepared body, the force of these explosions pushed him back at least five or six meters continuously before he managed to hold his ground... However, the blood-colored energy shielding his body was depleted by as much as 50 to 60%.

"Huff... Huff... Huff..."

Not only that, now that Qin Fang relaxed his concentration after resisting the shock, he was taking big gulps of fresh air, feeling somewhat relieved to have survived... Despite the lingering pain throughout his body.

Having survived the shockwave, Qin Fang glanced over at Jian Qingfeng's direction...

"Jian Qingfeng, are you okay?"

Jian Qingfeng's condition seemed slightly better than Qin Fang's... The protective Gang Qi mainly defended against external forces, offering defense not inferior to Qin Fang's physical body. If Qin Fang could withstand it, naturally Jian Qingfeng could too.

However, the force was immense, and while the protective Gang Qi shielded against the shockwave's blast, the massive power still sent Jian Qingfeng flying, causing him to roll a considerable distance on the ground, looking rather disheveled.

"I'm fine! Not dead yet..."

Jian Qingfeng spat out the dirt from his mouth and snorted sullenly.

"Senior Brother Jian, this shockwave is powerful, but shouldn't be causing such a fuss..."

Having experienced the shockwave's attack power, it was indeed formidable, with devastating group damage. However, for Qin Fang and his companions individually, its destructive power was equivalent to the full-force attack of a peak grandmaster-level expert.

"Pah~~ This is just the beginning!"

Jian Qingfeng couldn't help but curse, "Activating this altar triggers nine waves of such shockwaves, each one stronger than the last, almost doubling in power based on the previous one..."

"With my current strength, I can withstand at most three to four times... any more and it's over! As for you... even if you can manage one or two more times than me, eventually you still won't hold up! When the ninth shockwave hits, even a Supreme Realm Pinnacle expert can't survive!"

Speaking of this, even with Jian Qingfeng's cultivation and temperament, he couldn't remain calm.

"Hiss~~"

Upon hearing Jian Qingfeng's words, Qin Fang's face changed completely!

He had already experienced how terrifying the shockwave was; the first wave was already so dreadful, there were actually nine waves in total... getting more than twice as strong each time. Even if Qin Fang used all his trump cards, he probably couldn't survive past the fourth or fifth wave!

As for the ninth wave... if not even the Supreme Realm Pinnacle experts can endure it, Qin Fang doesn't stand a chance!

"Senior Brother Jian, what should we do now? How can we stop them..."

Obviously, all of this trouble was caused by those mercenaries on the altar, who'd terribly screwed them over, which explained Jian Qingfeng's previous expressions, as the situation was truly infuriating.

It is a scenario where the innocent suffer during a catastrophe, the mercenaries could die but strangely, the two of them were innocently dragged into it...

"The time interval between the shockwaves is about the duration of an incense stick, we must kill all these people before we can't hold on anymore, offering their blood in sacrifice to the altar... Only then can the altar be stopped!"

As Qin Fang guessed, Jian Qingfeng seemed much more familiar with this place than Qin Fang, even knowing such secretive details.

"Alright, let's hurry!"

However, this was no time to discuss matters; they must save themselves by killing all the mercenaries on the altar... that's the only glimmer of survival!

Otherwise, they would end up like the buildings around them, collapsing under one wave after another of shockwave bombardments, eventually reduced to a mist of blood and fragments... leaving barely any possibility of having a complete corpse!

The first shockwave had passed, granting Qin Fang and Jian Qingfeng the freedom of movement for about the duration of an incense stick... On the altar, there were about a dozen mercenary experts, including three Great Grandmaster level experts.

Trying to kill so many experts in such a short period seemed nearly impossible...

Qin Fang certainly didn't expect to accomplish such a goal in one go!

With their strength and physical condition, they could withstand about three to four shockwaves... using three as a baseline, they effectively only had the duration of two incense sticks to act, offering very tight time constraints.

If they couldn't complete such a task, killing all those men and offering their blood in sacrifice to the altar within such a short period, the possibility of their survival would indeed be incredibly slim… (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast recommendation votes and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation.)