Top-tier Unruly Master-Chapter 1515 - 1552: Standing By
Ding Fan heard Wang Hu’s words and nodded, saying,
"Alright, let’s do as you suggest, brother!"
After saying this, Ding Fan infused Divine Vigor into his legs and fiercely kicked the Spirit Severing Elder. The elder, maintaining a seated posture in the air, instantly flew out from the doorway. The Dayang Sect’s base was on a mountain peak, and the elder embarrassingly rolled down. Then, Ding Fan used the same move to savagely kick the middle-aged man out as well.
Wang Hu was shocked by this scene, not expecting his big brother to actually kick the Spirit Severing Elder and the middle-aged man out in one go. Wang Hu deeply admired Ding Fan, and his previous frustrations disappeared.
The disciples outside the Dayang Sect were stunned by the scene of the Spirit Severing Elder and the middle-aged man being kicked out, utterly surprised that the Mountain Splitting Sect’s sect master would leave in such a manner. The crowd could not help but admire Sect Master Ding Fan, with him overseeing, everything felt different. The Mountain Splitting Sect trying to bully them again was naturally impossible.
"Big brother, I’ve heard that the Mountain Splitting Sect has submitted to the Wild Wolf Gang, and if the Wild Wolf Gang arrives, they might join forces against us."
Wang Hu spoke with a serious expression.
Ding Fan replied calmly,
"They are merely a small Sect. Even if they join forces with the Wild Wolf Gang, we need not fear."
Ding Fan had already gathered some knowledge about the Mountain Splitting Sect. They were just a small Sect, and although their numbers might surpass their own, the cultivation level of their disciples was not very high. This could be seen from the Spirit Severing Elder; it would be easy for Ding Fan to kill him. However, he did not wish to provoke their Sect first. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎
Ding Fan knew that if he had killed the Spirit Severing Elder right away, the Mountain Splitting Sect might have attacked immediately. Although he wouldn’t fear such a small Sect, engaging them now would alert the Wild Wolf Gang cultivators, possibly leading them to return with more disciples to attack.
This was something Ding Fan wanted to avoid. He hoped that after the Mountain Splitting Sect’s sect master returned, they would attack together with the Wild Wolf Gang. This way, Ding Fan would have time to set up more formations and surprise the Wild Wolf Gang with a complete wipeout, which was the outcome he wished for.
If, by then, the Wild Wolf Gang cultivators still refused to give up, they could simply relocate their base.
Then, Ding Fan told Wang Hu,
"Quickly enhance our disciples’ strength, strive for our cultivators to reach the Nascent Soul Stage or higher. I’ll teach our disciples some cultivation techniques soon to accelerate their power growth."
"Yes, Sect Master."
Wang Hu answered with a face full of joy. If Ding Fan personally taught the cultivation techniques and martial arts, the disciples would surely progress rapidly. He himself had reached his current strength because of Ding Fan’s guidance; without it, he’d probably still be an ordinary disciple, long perished in the old Dayang Sect.
Afterward, Wang Hu retreated, and Ding Fan began his own cultivation. The spiritual energy in the Wolong Mountain Range was abundant. With Ding Fan’s Spirit Gathering Array, the spiritual energy was even more plentiful, making cultivation significantly more effective. Ding Fan found it difficult to leave this place; if the Wild Wolf Gang refused to give up, they might have to relocate.
Currently, Dayang Sect could not confront the Wild Wolf Gang head-on and needed to avoid direct conflict. Ding Fan knew that if they wanted to fight the Wild Wolf Gang, their Sect must have several Spirit Severing Elders, hundreds of Emergence Stage Inner Sect Disciples, and several thousand Outer Sect Disciples to barely contend with them.
Importantly, his own situation mattered most. Ding Fan knew the Wild Wolf Gang had a Transcendance Tribulation Stage elder, who even Sect Master He of the old Dayang Sect couldn’t defeat. To restore Dayang Sect and avenge against the Wild Wolf Gang, Ding Fan needed to elevate his power to confront that Transcendance Tribulation Stage cultivator.
Thinking about this, Ding Fan sighed lightly. Reaching that level would require much time, and his journey was long. His current cultivation level was only at Nascent Soul Mid Stage, and although he could handle Spirit Severing cultivators, even those at Late Stage, thanks to the Frost Toad, facing a Transcendance Tribulation Stage cultivator would be impossible.
If he encountered a Transcendance Tribulation Stage cultivator, relying on the Frost Toad was not feasible. Even though the Frost Toad was formidable, Transcendance Tribulation Stage cultivators had unimaginable means that he couldn’t anticipate. Rashly using the Frost Toad could be disadvantageous.
For the following days, besides cultivating, Ding Fan laid down several arrays around the Jungle Sect. These arrays were low-level killing formations but were sufficient for low-cultivation-level disciples. At this point, Ding Fan had almost ten Mysterious Thunder Array Talismans, enough to deal with the Wild Wolf Gang cultivators. The formations were just to catch any stragglers.
Setting up these formations wasn’t difficult for Ding Fan; within a day, he had installed many such formations in the Dayang Sect base. Ding Fan then gathered Nascent Soul Stage cultivators and above from the Dayang Sect, tallying about one hundred and fifty individuals.
Of these, fewer than fifteen were Emergence Stage cultivators. Ding Fan could only barely be satisfied with such a scale. After all, it had been a short time since Dayang Sect’s resurgence. Gathering the disciples, Ding Fan began personally addressing their cultivation shortcomings. After only a morning, they had made significant progress.
This continued for less than two days before the inevitable occurred. An on-duty disciple ran in frantically, urgently reporting,
"There are a large number of Wild Wolf Gang disciples slowly approaching the mountainside!"
"Alright, hold your positions for now; you may stand down!"
In the conference hall, Ding Fan responded indifferently to the disciple standing guard. The faces of everyone else in the hall were grave, especially Wang Hu, whose heart was filled with tension; clearly, the arrival of the Wild Wolf Gang was inevitable.
Only Ding Fan seemed calm and confident. At this moment, Wang Hu couldn’t help but ask Ding Fan:
"Sect Master, shouldn’t we have the disciples prepare now? After all, they have strength in numbers, and I’m afraid we won’t be able to handle them easily."
"No need for that yet, let them come a bit closer. Once they enter the formation, we can take action."
Ding Fan said with a calm expression.
The others in the conference hall were the core strength of the Dayang Sect and its top management team. Upon hearing Ding Fan’s words, their hearts grew tense, as evidently, if the opponents got too close to the Dayang Sect’s station, it might already be too late for them to take action by then. After all, the opponents were not just ordinary people but cultivators, whose speed of movement was extremely swift.
If the opponents reached the vicinity of the station, they might just speed up slightly and charge inside. The crowd knew that Sect Master Ding Fan had set up a formation at the station’s location, but could the formation withstand the attack of so many cultivators? Currently, the strength of the Dayang Sect was still weak; could it really withstand this attack from the opponents? For a moment, doubts filled everyone’s mind.
A little while later, a disciple rushed in, reporting:
"The Wild Wolf Gang has reached a position less than five hundred meters away from our gate; they are surrounding us from all directions, with most of their cultivators at the entrance. Among them are disciples from the Mountain Splitting Sect!"
"Wait a bit longer."
Ding Fan said calmly.
By now, everyone was as anxious as ants on a hot pan; the opponents were less than five hundred meters from their gate, almost within reach. With one fierce charge, they could invade the sect, and at that moment, if the disciples weren’t fully prepared, everything would turn very bad.
"Have the disciples ready for defense."
Without further ado, Ding Fan continued.
"Yes!"
Among those present, a middle-aged man stood up promptly after hearing Ding Fan’s command and quickly exited to carry out the instructions.
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The cultivators in the Wild Wolf Gang were fully armored and battle-ready, but what puzzled them was that even though they were very close to the Dayang Sect’s station, there hadn’t been any movement from the other side—this felt very unusual.
The leading middle-aged man pondered this, furrowing his brow, and waved his arm, causing all the Wild Wolf Gang’s cultivators and Mountain Splitting Sect’s cultivators to stop in their tracks, casting questioning looks at the middle-aged man, wondering why he wanted to suddenly halt when everything was going so smoothly.
Beside the leading man was an elder leaning on a cane, watching the scene unfold with a puzzled expression, asking:
"Lord Fang, what’s going on?"
"Something’s not right. According to what you said, the leader of the Dayang Sect is a formidable guy, but now we’ve reached within five hundred meters of them, and there’s no movement from their side. This is highly unusual!"
Upon hearing this, the elder’s face turned serious. After pondering for a moment, he agreed that the man’s words made a lot of sense. Thinking of Ding Fan who broke his leg, a wave of resentment surged in the elder’s heart, making him very uncomfortable, eager to vent it out. Originally, he aimed to recruit the Wild Wolf Gang before they arrived with his skills.
After all, doing so would establish merit for his Mountain Splitting Sect in front of the Wild Wolf Gang, and in the future, he would hold some status within them, which is much better. But what he didn’t expect was that when he went to the Dayang Sect, unlike previous times when he freely humiliated the other side and left comfortably, he sacrificed a leg instead.
The elder felt disgruntled; despite being a Spirit Severing Stage cultivator, he not only got insulted by a young brat but also ended up losing a leg—it was an absolute disgrace!
