Once I enter the pass, great Confucian scholars will surely debate the classics for me.

In a secluded mountain cave on Golden Fire Island in the Five Flavors Islands, three hundred prodigies gathered, quietly watching Qin Xinsu, eager to hear her crazy yet brilliant plan.

Because Duanmu is right, everyone's life and death are hanging by a thread. The situation has deteriorated to this point, and it can't get any worse. We might as well listen to Qin Xinsu's plan.

Qin Xinsu glanced around, a wicked and maniacal smile appearing on her pure and flawless face. She leaped to a high place, stretched out her arms, and said loudly, "Gentlemen, the tide of power is about to turn. Tonight, I intend to lead you in a night raid on the Demon-Slaying Alliance to kill the Undying Celestial Venerable, the Compassionate Celestial Venerable, and the Myriad Manifestations Celestial Venerable. Who is willing to join me?"

The entire room fell silent. Qin Xinsu's plan was simple, direct, and brutal: a night raid and decapitation strike. There were no complicated operational details or unnecessary explanations.

However, those who can step into the world arena are all geniuses, and those who have survived to this day are the geniuses among geniuses. Qin Xinsu doesn't need to say much; they are already able to deduce the overall situation.

If Qin Xinsu's statement is true, and the night raid and decapitation strike are successful, it would undoubtedly break the deadlock.

Once the three Celestial Venerables are killed, the Demon Extermination Alliance will immediately fall apart and descend into chaos without its leader. In their panic, they may even suffer a major rout due to the loss of their leader.

Even if the Thirteen Immortal Lands were to make a comeback, it would take a considerable amount of time. After all, without the Thirteen Heavenly Venerables to oversee things, the Thirteen Immortal Lands would inevitably descend into chaos, and whoever were to become the Heavenly Venerable would likely fight tooth and nail for it.

At that time, everyone will be trapped in the Five Flavors Islands. They will not have to worry about being hunted down by the Demon Extermination Alliance for a short period of time. If they want to survive until the end of the competition and leave the world arena alive, there will be basically no problem.

The question is, is it even possible? They asked themselves this question, and the answer was that the chances were slim.

A night raid and decapitation strike was an extremely risky move; a single misstep could lead to utter ruin.

In practice, there are too many difficulties.

Three hundred men took the head of the Celestial Venerable from among ten thousand soldiers. Did they really think all those high-level Celestial Immortals were dead?

They are confident in their abilities, but not to the point of being arrogant to this extent.

Moreover, there are countless hidden squads within the Demon Extermination Alliance. If our group could think of a night raid to decapitate him, why couldn't they? Why wouldn't they take corresponding precautions? Would they just let our group behead the Celestial Venerable?

This is the world stage, where everyone is a genius with both wisdom and courage, and a knack for strategy.

In a world competition where everyone is a genius, it's better to think of your enemy as smarter and more cunning than to think of others as fools, otherwise you'll become the real fool.

Ultimately, this operation was extremely dangerous; it was practically a gamble with one's life.

First Duanmu's expression turned serious as he stared at Qin Xinsu, uttering each word slowly and deliberately: "This is suicide."

"Yes, this is no different from sending someone to their death."

"No, this plan is too crazy." The group of geniuses shook their heads one after another, their voices of disapproval rising and falling.

Upon hearing this, Qin Xinsu looked down at them, her pure and innocent face suddenly turning into a ferocious expression. She roared, "Shut up! Failure is suicide, success is legend!"

The entire room fell silent; the controversy was silenced by her roar.

Qin Xinsu's tone was ruthless: "We have no way out, we can only fight with all our might."

"You are all the most outstanding talents in this corrupt world. Are you going to sit here and wait to die? Or are you going to hide like rats in the sewers, barely clinging to life and waiting to be hunted down by others?"

After she finished speaking, the cave fell silent, and everyone fell into deep thought.

Qin Xinsu's words were like a sharp sword, piercing through their fear and hesitation, and stirring up their pride and resentment as prodigies.

"I admit that this plan is fraught with unknowns and dangers,"

At this moment, a voice broke the silence. Ke Lan, carrying the Demon Sword and the Box of Life and Death, stepped out: "But as Qin Xinsu said, we have nowhere to retreat. If there is even the slightest possibility that can turn this desperate situation around, even if there is only a one in ten thousand chance, I am willing to try."

Tan Ningxiang stepped out holding an umbrella and said firmly, "I'm willing too."

First, Duanmu You Ran sighed and stepped forward: "I'm willing too."

More and more outstanding talents stepped forward, and the atmosphere gradually became more enthusiastic.

Although everyone had concerns, in the face of dire circumstances, the instinct for survival and the pride of being a prodigy made them inclined to take the risk. As Qin Xinsu said, success is legendary!

As night falls, an unprecedented surprise attack is about to unfold over the Five Flavors Islands. This plan is not only a challenge to the Demon Extermination Alliance, but also a test of the limits of these prodigies themselves.

no matter what the result is.

This night will become an indelible and brilliant chapter in the history of the Heavenly Pride Tournament.

Let's consider both sides of the story, focusing on one side only.

The remaining ten immortal ships of the Demon Extermination Alliance hovered above the Five Flavors Islands.

On a celestial ship, Zhou Qingfeng made a special trip to visit the Undying Celestial Venerable.

The Undying Celestial Venerable had now returned to his normal human form. The intense and frequent battles had also caused him internal injuries, and his condition was not good. He needed to rest and recuperate: "Ye Tingxiu, what brings you to my court?"

Zhou Qingfeng clasped his hands in a salute: "Heavenly Venerable, the demon gods have now been driven to the brink of destruction by us. We will soon wipe them out. But I am afraid that they will be desperate and fight to the death, endangering the safety of the Heavenly Venerable."

The Undying Celestial Venerable remained calm and indifferent: "Are you worried that the demon gods will launch a night attack on the allied forces and kill me?"

Zhou Qingfeng nodded slightly: "Yes, not only you, but I am also worried that Cihang Tianzun and Wanxiang Tianzun will also encounter fatal danger. Although the possibility is very low, we must take precautions."

The Immortal Celestial Venerable said indifferently, "Hmm, continue."

Zhou Qingfeng clasped his hands in a salute: "Currently, the situation is very good, and we should prioritize stability in everything we do."

"I suggest we strengthen our defenses, gather our elite forces on one ship, and ideally have the three Celestial Venerables stay together for better protection. As long as we remain vigilant and do not give the Demon God any chance, we can be assured of victory."

Zhou Qingfeng actually had a better plan, but he didn't say it aloud; he just hinted at it.

Because his persona in front of the Celestial Venerable is that of a righteous person with high combat power who only knows how to cultivate. In short, he is an honest person who is easy to deceive and control.

If I were to display excessive intelligence and unparalleled wisdom at this moment, it would be too incongruous, and the Immortal Celestial Venerable would surely become suspicious, inevitably bringing trouble upon myself. However, it is different to stop at the right point and offer a conventional plan.

Given the wisdom of the Undying Celestial Venerable, if he felt that the Demon God might launch a night attack to behead him, he would definitely not adopt this plan, because it would be too passive and defensive, and there will always be loopholes in one's defense.

He will inevitably make more meticulous arrangements, such as having the three Celestial Venerables gather in one place on the surface, while secretly laying ambushes throughout the celestial ship, making it appear relaxed on the outside but tight on the inside, letting the demon god in, and then surrounding and killing him.

The Immortal Celestial Venerable hummed in agreement: "Understood. You seven siblings, return to the main ship and await orders starting today."

"Yes, Heavenly Venerable, Tingxiu takes his leave." Zhou Qingfeng bowed his head, clasped his hands in a salute, and left the room. He closed the gold-lacquered mahogany door behind him and looked around. Heavenly generals were standing guard in the corridor.

A moment later, Zhou Qingfeng and his group gathered in the main immortal ship's room.

Ye Tingxiu picked up the apple, took a bite, and asked, "How is it?"

Zhou Qingfeng held a cup of lychee black tea and took a slow sip: "It should be fine. As long as the Undying Celestial Venerable's brain isn't injured, he'll know what to do."

Ye Tingxiu chewed on an apple: "Tsk, fine."

Xiao Hongyun frowned and said, "Captain, I'm still a little worried."

Zhou Qingfeng glanced at him sideways: "Hmm, if you have any concerns, just say so."

Xiao Hongyun rubbed a strand of hair on his forehead, his face thoughtful, and slowly asked, "Captain, do you think there might be other squads that have infiltrated the Allied Forces like we have?"

Zhou Qingfeng said calmly, "That's inevitable."

Previously, the 130 immortal ships of the Demon Extermination Alliance were scattered in various places to search for and kill demon gods. Even if the teams regularly exposed their positions, they could not know whether other immortal ships existed in the participating teams.

Now that they're all gathered in one place, if they expose their location again tonight, they'll know if there are any other disguised squads within the coalition forces, and how many disguised squads there are.

Xiao Hongyun was silent for a moment, then said, "If we discover the disguised squad, what should we do? Cooperate? Or fight? If we cooperate, how do we cooperate? If we fight, how do we fight?"

Zhou Qingfeng shook his head and said, "There is no peace, only fighting."

"Although we are on the same side as the other disguise teams, we do not have the conditions to negotiate peace."

"Firstly, because the surviving squads are too weak, so weak that they no longer pose a threat, there is no need for us to negotiate with the other disguised squads."

"Moreover, the surviving teams banded together simply to survive and leave the world stage."

"Their points are far fewer than ours, so they won't affect our ranking on the Heavenly Ranking. Whether we kill them or not is not very meaningful to us. We'll kill them if we have the chance, and if we don't, we'll just let it go."

"Secondly, there are the disguised teams who, like us, successfully leveraged the situation to rack up a huge number of points. They pose a huge threat to my chance to take the top spot on the leaderboard, and the enemy captain probably thinks the same way. This is an irreconcilable conflict. In order to take the top spot on the leaderboard, the enemy captain will not tolerate my survival, and I will not tolerate his survival either."

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent. They had been easily racking up points with Zhou Qingfeng for over ten days, and the spoils they had acquired had made them all billionaires. However, the other disguised teams were in the same boat.

I estimate that the scores are not much different, and it is not possible to quickly widen the score gap.

Then they can only fight each other until the other disappears, at which point the score is invalidated.

Xiao Hongyun rubbed his temples: "Since that's the case, then war is inevitable. Captain, tell me how to fight."

Zhou Qingfeng's face was icy, his eyes like a pool of dark spring: "The moment our location is exposed, find the captains of the other disguised squads and kill them immediately. Once the captain is dead, the others are no threat."

Du Yanran seemed to be deep in thought, then raised her hand and said, "I have a question."

Zhou Qingfeng looked at her, gesturing for her to speak.

Du Yanran said, "We are in the same camp as the other disguised teams. If we kill someone, it will definitely alert the Demon Extermination Alliance. At that time, we will be arrested and await trial at best, and at worst, we may be killed on the spot."

Zhou Qingfeng calmly said, "This sword of judgment hangs over our heads, and it also hangs over the enemy's heads, so the battle must be secretive and swift, and the key to victory is to take out the enemy captain first."

Du Yanran nodded slightly: "I understand."

Seeing this, Zhou Qingfeng stood up and said, "Let's go find a good spot to observe."

Everyone nodded, got up and followed Zhou Qingfeng out of the room, walking along the corridor and stairs from the bottom of the immortal ship to the main deck, where only the celestial immortals were on guard duty.

Cihang Tianzun and Wanxiang Tianzun each led a group of elite celestial beings onto the ship. Zhou Qingfeng and his group greeted them with clasped hands and watched them enter the cabin. At the same time, three battle flags quickly appeared on the celestial ship, namely the battle flags of Cihang, Busi, and Wanxiang Tianzun, as if to inform others that the celestial beings were all here.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Qingfeng narrowed his eyes, knowing that his words had not been in vain. The Undying Celestial Venerable had already become wary of the night raid and had even set a trap for the surviving team.

Xiao Hongyun said with a smile, "Captain, it seems that the Undying Celestial Venerable has taken your advice to heart."

Zhou Qingfeng said calmly, "He's not a pig."

As he spoke, Zhou Qingfeng walked to the edge of the deck, put his hands behind his back, and looked at the nine immortal ships scattered around. Each immortal ship was dozens of miles apart. Although the immortal ships seemed to be far apart from each other, in reality they were practically face to face.

Xiao Hongyun and Ye Tingxiu walked to stand on either side of him.

The others also found their own spots with a good view.

Zhou Qingfeng remained calm and composed, his black hair fluttering in the breeze, and asked in a steady tone, "Nervous?"

Ye Tingxiu grinned: "I'm definitely nervous, but I'm more excited. The assassination skills I learned from my master will probably come in very handy now."

Xiao Hongyun casually said, "Fate has its own arrangements, why are you so nervous, Captain? What are you thinking about?"

Zhou Qingfeng smiled slightly: "I'm wondering what the other disguise team leaders are thinking. Are they also standing on the deck at this moment, searching for the best view? And who are the other disguise team leaders? Huangfu Yunzheng? Qin Xinsu? The First Duanmu? Or some other prodigy I don't know yet?"

At this very moment, aboard a certain immortal ship, the Python Sparrow Squad was also standing on the deck.

Shui Zheqian stood beside Huangfu Yunzheng, asking with a gentle smile, "Captain Huangfu, what are you looking at?"

Huangfu Yunzheng said calmly, "Alone."

Shui Zheqian asked, "Zhou Qingfeng?"

Huangfu Yunzheng put his hands behind his back and gave a curt "hmm".

However, Shui Zheqian didn't care about Huangfu Yunzheng's cold attitude. She still acted gentle, generous and very feminine, trying to make a good impression on Huangfu Yunzheng and win his heart.

Because she liked Huangfu Yunzheng, she liked his handsomeness, wisdom, bravery, noble prince status and prominent power. In front of Huangfu Yunzheng, all her pride was insignificant.

Even though Huangfu Yunzheng was cold and sparing with his words, he still possessed a strong charm in Shui Zheqian's eyes, constantly stirring her heart and making her want to have him.

Shui Zheqian chuckled lightly: "Zhou Qingfeng is a opportunist, a petty person with no ability. What makes Captain Huangfu care about him? Besides, he might not even be in this demon-slaying coalition."

Huangfu Yunzheng glanced at him sideways: "Is that so? Then if you see Zhou Qingfeng later, you should kill him."

"Me?" Shui Zheqian leaned back sharply, staring wide-eyed in disbelief, pointing at herself as if she had misheard.

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