Almighty Genius

Chapter 2266 - 1760: Toying with Vincent!

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"Go... hold on!"

Qin Fang was quite leisurely there, but Vincent and the others clearly wouldn't be so relaxed. Almost immediately, they had to face the siege of countless puppet people, unable to choose to retreat, and could only charge onward with gritted teeth.

At the entrance to the Fourth Layer of the Underground Palace, the mercenaries of the Hand of the Demon and the experts of the Six Major Families also fully united to resist the gigantic puppet army.

The battle was exceedingly fierce, and the losses on both sides continued to expand...

Those puppet people from the puppet army turned into scattered fragments of wood under the attacks of these fierce mercenaries, piling up layer upon layer on the ground.

And the number of mercenaries also rapidly decreased; puppet people weren't living entities, so naturally, they weren't afraid of death. No matter how many were destroyed, they would still rush forward one after another, consuming the mercenaries' living forces.

Snap~~~

Vincent's expression was quite grim, angrily smashing a sturdy puppet person into bits, but the anger in his eyes grew increasingly strong... especially since he also had to fend off the occasional Bronze Warrior mixed in with the puppet people.

With his Great Grandmaster Level strength, he could fully suppress the Bronze Warriors, though he couldn't explode a Bronze Warrior with a punch like Qin Fang's puppets, he could generally repel them easily.

"Song, we must quickly find a way, or... none of us will make it through!"

Looking at the old Chinese man not far away, his situation wasn't much better, also helplessly resisting the puppet army's attack, Vincent couldn't help but say.

"What can be done? If you could set all these puppet people on fire, then we could pass through..."

The old Chinese man was a member of the Song Family, one of the Six Major Families, and a trump card for this time. Yet facing the enormous puppet army, he truly had no better solution.

Fire attack?

This was a rather good idea...

These puppet people were almost entirely made of wood, so if set on fire, they could be completely wiped out at once... It's not a bad solution.

But the problem is... this tactic is simply not feasible.

Whether this Underground Palace is closed, they're not very sure about...

Judging from the lingering smell of decay in this Underground Palace, the ventilation probably isn't very good. Once the fire spreads, it can indeed burn down these puppet people, but without smoke and poison protection masks, it's feared they can't make it through the Fourth Layer of the Underground Palace.

Puppet people can be burned to death, but Bronze Warriors aren't affected by fire and smoke. In that environment, even a Great Grandmaster-level expert like Vincent can't sense the presence of Bronze Warriors and is easily critically injured or even killed.

"Can't burn! Then what else is there?"

Vincent and the old man surnamed Song were both well aware that a fire attack wouldn't work, so they had to think of other solutions. The old man couldn't help but complain a bit, "We can't just grow wings and fly over, can we...?"

While speaking, the old man couldn't resist gesturing with his fingers.

"Huh, who is that person?"

But as the old man's fingers were gesturing, they suddenly stopped, pointing in a certain direction, and he subconsciously exclaimed.

At this moment, Vincent also noticed that on the ceiling of the Underground Palace, there was actually a silhouette slowly crawling, and although the speed wasn't very fast, they were indeed bypassing the puppet army below, heading towards the depths of the Fourth Layer of the Underground Palace.

"Oh, discovered so quickly..."

The person crawling on the ceiling of the Underground Palace was naturally Qin Fang. While others were busy dealing with those puppet people, he secretly jumped onto the ceiling and was carefully making his way towards the depths of the Fourth Layer of the Underground Palace.

Having feared attracting the attention of those below, he'd deliberately slowed his pace...

Unexpectedly, that old man surnamed Song stumbled upon him by accident; truly, it was fate...

"Since I've been discovered, there's no need to hide anymore..."

Having been spotted, Qin Fang didn't need to be cautious anymore and immediately began accelerating!

He was compelled to do so; if someone below took a dislike to him and decided to shoot at him directly, that would be quite perilous... falling from such a height wouldn't be a big deal.

But the problem is, below there lay a massive puppet army, and even if Qin Fang could handle a hundred single-handedly, he couldn't hold off the dense puppet army waiting below... he'd likely be torn apart by countless puppet people in no time.

"Up! Everyone, climb up..."

Qin Fang's discovery made those below envious and resentful.

But clearly, they had no time to take Qin Fang down... instead, they decided to mimic him, starting to climb to the ceiling to directly avoid the dense puppet army below.

At Vincent's command, a mercenary equipped with the necessary gear immediately shot a rope out, hooking it onto the enormous oil lamp hanging at the top of the underground palace. Then he swiftly climbed to a statue above the palace entrance, secured both ends of the rope, and instantly formed a passageway that connected two directions.

This was merely a passage, but it became a lifeline...

Vincent led a few people swiftly up the rope, and in just a few moves, they reached the enormous oil lamp... Barely short of reaching the center of the Fourth Layer of the Underground Palace.

"Indeed, they're all gathered at the entrance!"

But as Vincent looked down, he frustratingly discovered that the middle and back sections of the Fourth Layer were empty, with no sign of puppet soldiers. They had clearly all gathered in the first part.

"At least thousands of puppet soldiers... Just us isn't enough!"

The latter part was quieter, but the number of puppet soldiers in the first part was terrifying. Even though there weren't too few of them who entered, it still wasn't enough to clear them out.

A mercenary could indeed destroy several puppet soldiers, but a concealed Bronze Warrior could easily kill several mercenaries... The sheer number of puppet soldiers overwhelmed the mercenaries' performance.

"No matter, as many of us that can get through will get through..."

But Vincent, true to his role as deputy captain of the Hand of the Demon, was ruthless at this critical moment. Ignoring the desperate fight of those below, he was ready to abandon them and lead a group of elite into the deeper parts of the underground palace.

"Truly ruthless..."

Vincent's decisiveness did not escape Qin Fang's notice, causing even Qin Fang to admire it.

The result...

"Let me give you a hand!"

Qin Fang took a crossbow from the Props Box, loaded an arrow smeared with gasoline, and ignited it... Then, aiming at the rope hanging in the middle, he fired it with a swoosh!

"Fuck..."

Vincent had just set off to continue when he immediately saw a cluster of flame appearing not far off, and then... the flame unerringly shot towards them.

Vincent knew Qin Fang's intention all too well.

Even for a Great Grandmaster-level expert like him, falling into the puppet army meant impossible to escape unscathed... Even escaping alive would come at a significant cost.

Whoosh~~~

But cursing was futile; Vincent could only release a violent energy aura to blow away the incoming arrow from Qin Fang... at the very least, to deflect it, as long as the rope remained intact.

Buzz~~~ Boom!!!

Unfortunately, this hope was somewhat unrealistic.

Qin Fang seemed to anticipate his move; the arrow was swift and precise, hitting the rope before Vincent's energy aura even reached it~~~ Instantly, a flame ignited the rope.

"Fuck!"

Faced with this situation, Vincent had no choice but to retreat towards the oil lamp, pushing off several subordinates behind him. They fell, hacked to a bloody pulp by the puppet soldiers below.

"Goodbye, everyone!"

After doing this, Qin Fang flashed a wicked grin and moved forward swiftly.

This trick was merely to slow Vincent down; Qin Fang never intended to hold them off for long... Now that the goal was achieved, he naturally wouldn't linger.

"Is there really no treasure on the Fourth Layer?"

Moving forward, Qin Fang kept a close watch on the movements below, frowning and muttering in frustration.

"Seems like that's the case..."

After a careful observation for a while, confirming no treasures were hidden there, Qin Fang didn't delay further and rushed towards the entrance to the Fifth Layer of the Underground Palace.

"Looks like single layers for treasure, double layers for challenges..."

From the four layers encountered so far, this seemed to be the pattern...

"Should I leave them a farewell gift before leaving?"

Gazing at the exasperated Vincent and the struggling mercenaries against the puppet army, Qin Fang grinned mischievously, then... a Gatling Fire God Cannon appeared in his hands.

"Now it's up to your luck..."

Before Vincent could react, the Gatling Fire God Cannon started spewing flames madly... An intense barrage of bullets rained down towards Vincent hanging in mid-air! (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation.)