Madmen don't keep diaries

Chapter 544 543 Composite Array
For cultivators, if two people are fighting shirtless, no matter how intense the fight is, it is difficult to tell what level the other person is at before they reveal their true abilities.

That's why Fang Youliu was so surprised when he saw Gu Yanzhi step into the spirit world.

This is the most prominent characteristic of cultivators in the Breakthrough Realm, and it is also the most shameless way to fight against cultivators in the Spirit Connection Realm and the Divine Travel Realm.

You want to fight someone hand-to-hand, but that person has the ability to appear and disappear without a trace—what do you do when someone is cheating?
If Gu Yanzhi hadn't been so determined to capture Fang Youliu alive and take him back to claim credit, he could have simply escaped into the spirit world and left. Fang Youliu and Shunzi wouldn't have been able to stop him at all.

However, Fang Youliu's grand formation did indeed pose a challenge for Gu Yanzhi. At this moment, he was only able to exert his full strength by relying on protective spells. Once the spells failed, he would immediately fall into the control of the formation, and his offensive and defensive positions would instantly change.

Gu Yanzhi was not stupid. After several exchanges, she had already realized that Fang Youliu, who was sitting in the totem position of the array base, was more powerful. If she could bypass Shunzi and defeat him in one fell swoop, the great array would undoubtedly break down on its own.

How could Fang Youliu not have thought of such a simple truth? Look at him sitting there calmly, knowing that Gu Yanzhi was a cultivator in the Breakthrough Realm, yet he did not take any precautions—in Gu Yanzhi's eyes, this seemed like a trap of feigned weakness.

Should we deal with this tough, thick-skinned man first?
Gu Yanzhi also found this troublesome.

He couldn't figure out Shunzi's methods at all, let alone the cultivation techniques she used. He was completely clueless as he was competing against Shunzi.

Not to mention his unreasonable brute strength, which even Gu Yanzhi, a cultivator at the Breakthrough Realm, found terrifying. If he had a choice, he really wouldn't want to target Shunzi, such a tough nut to crack.

The book was full of complicated thoughts, but in fact, these many thoughts only flashed through Gu Yanzhi's mind. After weighing the pros and cons, he gritted his teeth and made a decision.

Take a gamble!
"Fire between the eyebrows?"

Shunzi was wondering what this thing was when Gu Yanzhi reappeared behind him.

Suddenly, his ears twitched as he heard the sound of clothes rustling in the wind coming from behind him. He immediately twisted his waist and swung his arm, sweeping the large stick backward.

"Well done!"

Gu Yanzhi said in a low, deep voice.

when!
With her saber raised, Gu Yanzhi took the full force of the blow from the club head-on. With a loud bang, she flew backward like an arrow released from a bow.

Shunzi thought he had struck hard, but all he could hear was Gu Yanzhi's mocking laughter.

He looked back and was immediately horrified—Gu Yanzhi had actually used the momentum to her advantage and had already rushed to Fang Youliu's side!
"Sixth brother!"

Shunzi's eyes were bloodshot with rage, and in his panic, he screamed.

Fang Youliu sat firmly in the formation, while Gu Yanzhi's figure rapidly approached, her blade flashing with cold light, about to pierce his throat in the blink of an eye.

Fang Youliu seemed to react a beat too slow, and did not dodge at all. It was only when the cold light was about to hit him that he managed to turn to the side.

laugh!
The blade pierced through the shoulder and went right through the body.

Even Gu Yanzhi was surprised that it went so smoothly. He subconsciously looked up and met Fang Youliu's calm gaze.

A sudden sense of unease arose in Gu Yanzhi's mind; she sensed something was amiss.

Fang Youliu then asked, "Do you know what the superposition formula of non-traditional formations is?"

Gu Yanzhi certainly didn't know, but he was even less sure what Fang Youliu meant by saying this.

Despite his physical injuries, Fang Youliu spoke with pride: "This is a composite formation, far more ingenious and complex than you can imagine."

No sooner had she finished speaking than a flick of her fingers appeared. Gu Yanzhi instinctively raised her hand to block, only to find that there was no magical attack, but a few drops of blood were flicked onto her clothes.

Fang Youliu curled his lips into a smile: "Now, you're stained with my blood."

Gu Yanzhi was wondering what these words meant when she suddenly felt the ground beneath her feet begin to tremble slightly.

"Pretend to be a ghost!"

Without time to think, Gu Yanzhi drew her military knife and was about to chop down on Fang Youliu's head.

Boom! !
With a loud bang, thick vines burst forth from the ground!

One, two, three, countless vines surged out one after another in a frenzy—unlike before, these vines were not driven by Fang Youliu's runes, and they swept towards Gu Yanzhi as if they were insane.

Caught off guard, Gu Yanzhi was sent flying. The military knife reignited in flames, and each swing cut down large swaths of ashes.

But the vines seemed endless, surging forward like a tide, forcing Gu Yanzhi to retreat step by step.

Shunzi had no time to pay attention to him and quickly strode over to Fang Youliu, asking with concern, "Liu, are you alright?"

Fang Youliu covered his wound and shook his head, saying, "Quick, take this opportunity to break the fire between his eyebrows!"

Gu Yanzhi finally noticed something amiss, and surprise flashed in her eyes: "Using blood as a catalyst to ignite fighting spirit, this is clearly a spell of the power of revenge—you actually know how to use methods from the Church of War?"

He roughly understood what the so-called "composite formation" meant—this strange formation contained multiple spells from different authorities, and as far as he could see, it already combined the three types of spells: "pain," "jungle," and "revenge," which was simply unheard of.

What made Gu Yanzhi even more troubled was that he never expected that these three spells could work together and achieve an effect far exceeding the sum of its parts.

Take the vines right now, for example. The revenge spell used to ignite fighting spirit should have been applied to the caster, making them forget their pain and unleash their potential. However, under Fang Youliu's methods, it seemed as if thousands of troops had been conjured out of thin air.

Compared to what I've seen before, these vines have increased dramatically in both strength and speed, and because of their rapid growth, they seem endless no matter how fast Gu Yanzhi cuts them.

But can Fang Youliu's magical power withstand such an aggressive offensive?

Thinking of this, Gu Yanzhi subconsciously glanced at Fang Youliu in the distance.

This glance had no effect—Shunzi had somehow managed to sneak up to Gu Yanzhi's side, hidden by the vines!

All Gu Yanzhi could see was a huge spiked club hurtling towards him. In an instant, his scalp tingled, and his years of combat experience made him instinctively raise his saber to parry.

In her hasty attempt to block, Gu Yanzhi avoided the risk of having her forehead smashed, but she still couldn't stop Shunzi's immense strength. Gu Yanzhi only had time to let out a muffled groan before the military knife slipped from her hand, and she was sent flying sideways, crashing into the wall on the side of the street and plunging headfirst into the darkness.

The surging vines followed closely behind, crashing in with a loud bang.

boom!
A burst of intense flames erupted, and the tangled vines twisted and turned to ashes in the firelight. As the darkness dissipated, Gu Yanzhi's figure appeared amidst the ruins of the wall.

He looked quite disheveled at this moment, his left arm hanging limply at his side, broken and powerless.

His eyes blazed with fury: "What a secret academy..."

Before the words were even finished, a burly figure raised a stick high and leaped over fiercely!
"I told you not to set fires!"

(End of this chapter)