Chapter 6: The Opportunity to Strike Has Come

"What’s going on?"

Shen Bai found the scene particularly strange.

Qin Shuang was gradually disappearing, but Shen Bai knew this wasn’t an illusion. He had the Mystic Heart Spell, which allowed him to resist its effects.

The Qin Shuang before him was truly, physically vanishing.

Qin Shuang seemed to sense something was wrong too. She reached out to grab Shen Bai, but her hand passed right through his body.

"Shen Bai, be careful! This is an Array! The Array has separated all of us. You have to be careful. This is a great tomb of the Wild Daoist Technique, and those people are inhuman."

Qin Shuang tried to say more, but she couldn’t get the rest of the words out before she vanished completely.

’An Array?’

Shen Bai stroked his chin. ’This is the first time I’ve encountered one of these.’

In other words, he was now separated from everyone else.

It wasn’t just him; the others were likely in the same situation.

’A little interesting. Looks like I’ll have to go it alone.’

As Shen Bai thought this, the scenery around him finally changed completely.

The dark passageway blurred, as if someone had splashed a bucket of ink over it.

The once-clear image vanished entirely.

After a few breaths, the blurry image sharpened and returned to normal.

Shen Bai found he was no longer in the dark passageway but had arrived in a spacious room.

The room was stark white—not just the floor, but the walls as well.

After scanning his surroundings, Shen Bai saw no exit. He seemed to be trapped inside this cube-shaped room.

’This is a bit interesting. No immediate danger, they just plan to lock me up.’

Shen Bai paced back and forth for a moment before walking up to the nearest wall, his hands glowing with a golden Buddha’s Light.

After the glow of the Vajra Demon Subduing Fist covered his hands, the light of the Bright Jade Evil Body simultaneously flared up around him.

As the white and gold light intertwined, Shen Bai tentatively placed his hand on the wall.

Nothing unusual happened. It felt just like an ordinary wall.

’There’s no exit. If I can’t figure a way out, does that mean I’m stuck here forever?’

Shen Bai pondered for a moment, then raised his fist and slammed it against the wall.

A massive sound echoed throughout the cubic space. Shen Bai discovered the wall before him was incredibly hard; his Vajra Demon Subduing Fist had only left a small dent.

If it had been anyone else, they would have started looking for another way out, seeing how hard the wall was.

But Shen Bai was no ordinary person.

Looking at the dent he had made, Shen Bai’s eyes gradually lit up.

’If I can dent it, that means I can break it. The only difference is whether it takes one punch or a few more.’

He didn’t have any other skills; he was just good at hitting things.

Trapped here now, he really couldn’t brainstorm his way out.

After all, he lacked even a lot of basic knowledge.

But since brute force was an option, Shen Bai was more than willing to take it.

At this thought, Shen Bai circulated the Qi in his body. His fists became a blur, like the wind, leaving afterimages in the air.

The inherent Power Attribute of the Vajra Demon Subduing Fist allowed Shen Bai’s punches to shatter mountains and split stone.

The dent in front of him steadily deepened as countless fragments flew in all directions.

Shen Bai’s figure gradually disappeared into the deepening hole.

At that moment, it wasn’t just Shen Bai; the others were also trapped in similar predicaments.

Qin Shuang found herself in a massive cavern where plumes of fire were erupting from the ground, gradually filling the space.

The scorching air currents, along with the flames, generated intense heat.

Seeing this, Qin Shuang’s willow-like brows furrowed slightly, and she raised her index finger.

The fine needles appeared once more, multiplying into a countless number. They interwove to form a large net, blocking the flames in front of her.

But the fire slipped through the gaps in the needle net and continued to surge toward Qin Shuang.

’The Wild Daoist Technique is truly powerful.’

’This separation Array alone is already quite impressive.’

Qin Shuang retreated rapidly. Despite feeling the blast of heat on her face, she remained calm and unhurried as she pulled another item from her sleeve.

It was a small fan. The moment it appeared, it rapidly grew from the size of her palm to the length of her arm.

Qin Shuang waved the fan in her hand, stirring up a tremendous gust of wind.

As the hurricane-force wind appeared, the surrounding temperature dropped abruptly, and the flames were swiftly extinguished beneath its force.

Not only that, but the cavern’s rock, scoured by the hurricane, turned to dust.

Qin Shuang beckoned with her hand, and the Silver Needles, as if obeying her command, returned to her sleeve.

On a distant wall, a pitch-black door appeared.

’I’ve passed the Array on my side. I wonder how Shen Bai is doing. He doesn’t seem to have any fancy abilities, so I don’t know if he can break the Array,’ Qin Shuang thought. ’I need to find him quickly. I hope nothing bad has happened to him.’

Worried about Shen Bai, she hurried toward the door.

But before she could get close to it, she suddenly felt a powerful tremor.

Qin Shuang instinctively turned her head and looked at the wall beside her.

Immediately after, a crack appeared on the wall.

The cracks multiplied, gradually spreading across the entire surface.

A hint of vigilance appeared in Qin Shuang’s eyes as the fine needles once again encircled her body.

The next moment, a golden-glowing fist punched through the cracks, sending shattered rock tumbling to the ground.

Shen Bai, cloaked in white light, stepped out of the fissure.

Qin Shuang froze on the spot, stunned. She shook her head and instinctively said, "You..."

"It only took a few hundred punches to break through. No big deal."

Shen Bai saw Qin Shuang holding the fan, surrounded by her needles, and chuckled. "Yo, ran into you. Look at that combat power. Are you sure you’re just a Thief Sect Disciple?"

The corner of Qin Shuang’s mouth twitched. Though she knew such an expression was unbecoming of a young lady, she couldn’t help it.

"Shen Bai, don’t tell me you got here through brute force."

Shen Bai nodded. "Yep. I just punched my way through the wall. No idea how many I went through. They’re really tough. Took a lot of time. See? My hands are even a little numb."

After hearing that, Qin Shuang nearly spat out a mouthful of blood.

’So while everyone else relies on technique, you just bulldoze your way through with raw power, is that it?’

Qin Shuang felt she was completely at a loss for words.

Shen Bai patted Qin Shuang’s shoulder. "Calm down, it’s just standard procedure. By the way, have you found an exit? If not, we can just keep punching in one direction."

Qin Shuang quickly raised a hand to stop him. "Don’t! That’s not how you break an Array. There’s a door over there. Let’s go through that."

A look of excitement appeared in Shen Bai’s eyes.

Qin Shuang didn’t understand what he was excited about, but she saw something else in his eyes besides excitement—a hint of killing intent.

HISS...

Qin Shuang suddenly thought of Master Xuanqing.

’The Array separating everyone... seems like the perfect opportunity for Shen Bai to make his move.’