THE REBIRTH OF A GENIUS. CREATOR/DESTROYER

Chapters 30. Planning

After crossing the river, Sam and the other three part ways to lurk for a while to find a temporary safe spot. After finding a safe point, where they could evade both teams, Sam and the others sat in a circle while discussing the plan.

“There is an open field that must be crossed to get to the opposing team cave. I think that sometime after the first wave of the senior team's reconnaissance team returned to the base after they searched their territory, the main attack force and support force would move to take advantage in the darkness. There is a narrow path which is the only route to enter and exit the lane because the trees are more closely packed and the other two sides are the territory of the two groups of animals. One side was the nest of the Dark wind wolf and the other side was the territory of the Myriad Illusionary snake." Sam said as he started drawing the outline of the map on the ground. The other three had serious expressions as they tried to understand how to utilize the information. Well, at least two tried, though,

"Oh Sam, your drawing skills are good. Although they are not as good as mine, they are fine" Shawn said with a narcissistic smile. The three of them looked at him with silent expressions.

Sam looked at the calm and soothing Jack, then looked at Shawn, then said to Jack in a pity tone. "It must be hard for you to handle this person." Jack first had a change in expression as he looked at Shawn and then at Sam. His face was filled with helplessness as he nodded his head.

Sam then suddenly stood up and kicked Shawn who was sitting on his left side on his butt. Shawn fell to the ground first as a lot of sand went straight into his mouth through his arrogant grin.

"Sam, that's a bad act. What did my handsome ass ever do to you for punishing him? You must be jealous of my ass. Look at your skinny ass." Shawn stood up and roared towards Sam furiously. Sam says nothing and instantly disappears and kicks Shawn's ass again as soon as he appears behind him. This time Shawn slightly prepared and avoided the face of falling first as he propped himself up with his hands.

Just as he was about to sigh in relief, another kick landed on his butt and Shawn rolled on the ground.

"Gr." Melisa can't stand it anymore and laughs when Sam kicks Shawn's ass repeatedly. Meanwhile, Jack looked at Shawn who was actually feeling quite irritated and helpless. 'It seems I need to use the same method in the future.' He thinks.

"A truce, Armistice. I'll hear you and not speak for the rest of the plan." Shawn immediately tells once he understands why Sam really kicked his ass. Sam nodded and then moved towards the image he drew and continued.

“Actually, the Academy arranged the layout around the cave almost the same. For the cave of the new student team, we had to pass through a narrow path within the bamboo forest. Both sides of the forest were also occupied by two groups of beasts. One is a black mane gorilla and the second is a wind-tailed panther" Sam said.

Listening to this information all three felt shocked. Earlier, when Harry explained his plan, he also showed the lair of various beasts. But they did not notice the strange similarities between these layouts. Ignoring their thoughts, Sam continued.

“The problem, the academy wants to see how the participants will deal with the situation when we have to face the enemy directly from one direction. As the team members moved from the cave and crossed the narrow path, they would enter the open field I mentioned. Between the two open fields, there was a complex forest divided equally into two parts."

They all nodded as they understood the basic layout now.

"How will we continue the competition? Are we going to chase the ball or kill?" Jack asked a question. Melisa nodded as if she also wanted her answer and looked at Sam Handsome's face. Sam had a mischievous smile on his already very handsome face, which gave him a unique evil charm.

"Of course, we're going to commit murder. Even if we manage to get the ball from the senior team, we cannot reach the team ball and combine it ourselves. The whole team's up against us." Sam said as if it were obvious.

They have very different expressions. Jack nodded as if expecting his answer and Shawn put on an expression as if he was trying to listen to everything with incredible concentration. Melissa was surprised by the decision. Sam then looked at her and explained.

"Although you might think that stealing is a better method because our numbers are low. You forgot something. What matters to us right now is the point. The more points we get, the higher the ranking will be. The elders won't expect us to win the battle anyway." Sam said with a faint smile.

"At least in this way, our individual rankings will be slightly higher." Said Sam.

"OK, what's the plan?" ask Melisa.

"The problem is, the senior team has an edge at the cultivation level and they clearly know about the savage beast realm and will not take any action to survive there. The same goes for the new student team. But the Senior team doesn't know it. We are completely alone and they wouldn't expect to act against the norm.

What we are going to do is that we are going to set a very basic trap at the exit of the narrow path from this side and hide it with a concealment formation. As far as I know, some of the noble family candidates who saw the performance might be cautious of me using the attack formation. But we're not gonna do this." Sam paused for a moment and then turned towards Jack and spoke.

"You guys should guide Shawn to do something as per the instructions I'm going to give you, because I'm going to go with Melisa to get something. You guys have to be careful." Jack agreed and Shawn just nodded.

"We will move as soon as the Main Force and their support leave the ground. We'll set traps and flush the defense team as well as the defense support outside into the trap."

"How are we gonna do it?" Melissa asked Sam.

"You'll see. But first go and get as many bird-type beasts as you can. You have to kill him in a cleaner way because I need their blood. I'll collect some necessary plants." Sam said and moved; the other team-mates also moved.

After an hour Sam and the others met at the same point.

"Shawn made a hole two feet deep and one meter wide." Sam said and immediately took out some strange grass like red plants. Shawn makes a hole and Sam starts to destroy the plant and the rest follow and a red liquid comes and pours it into the hole. After crushing all the juice from the grass, Sam said again.

"Extract the blood of all the birds and fill the hole."

Everyone started to work and started filling the hole with blood. When the work was done, Sam signaled them to return from the hole and start heating the mixture of blood and plant juice with a golden flame. After some time, the pleasant aroma coming from the hole made all feel strange.

"Don't breathe, hold your breath" Sam's shout made their minds clear as they immediately held their breaths and tried to calm their minds. Soon Sam finished and collected this liquid in a large leather bag used to carry water. He stored everything in various bags and stored it quickly. Then only they all let out a sigh of relief.

"We're leaving, now the main attacking team is leaving. We need to move as quickly as possible, before they take precautions." Sam said and moved. The rest hurriedly followed even though they had many questions they wanted to ask.

On the watch platform,

"Ah, they finally met."

"What are they doing? Did they make potions or something?"

"What mixture? Judging from their appearance, it seemed like it had a strange effect on them."

Everyone is discussing the strange actions of Sam and his group. Only a few well-informed people had any thoughts on Sam's plan. But even they feel a bit confused.

In fact, Sam got the knowledge on how to use this grass from the beastuary since it was something that was only available near the territory of the Myriad Illusion snake. Not many people know how to use it more effectively. Sam and the others moved quickly but stealthily as they finally reached the area near the narrow exit of the road. They could vaguely see the traces left behind by the attacking team and the support team. Sam guessed that at least forty people were moving.

Sam and the others stopped and checked if there were any traps or ambushes left by the team. When they discover that there are no traps, Sam feels something is wrong. Then suddenly Melissa spoke. "Actually, it was not common to use basic traps in battle, as cultivators could sniff them easily.That's the reason, I'm also waiting for the kind of trap you'll set." Sam nodded and began his orders.

"Shawn, you'll have to dig a hole at least 12 feet across all points, I'll mark. The hole should be circular in shape, with a diameter of at least one meter. We need to get it done as soon as possible. If I'm not mistaken, the next group of scouts will come to search for traces of the main attack power of the new student team. I will lay down a concealment formation. Then you can continue.

Sam finished laying down the formation within a few minutes, this speed made the other three dumbfounded, especially Melisa. He saw this speed only when his father set up a very basic first rank formation. But his father was a rank 2 formation master. When Sam finished, he ignored their shock and said with a faint smile.

"You must continue. Jack's protecting them. Melisa, as soon as Shawn finishes the hole, you use your water element and make a swamp in it. Swamps should expose them to at least knee-highs when they fall from this height. Melisa, after you make the swamp, you have to drop all the liquid in the hole. Shawn after you are done with this you will cover the mouth of the hole with a very thin layer of soil. There should be no trace dug up." Sam finished saying and Melisa asked immediately.

"Sam, do you think this ordinary trap will work?" Sam smiled and did not answer him immediately, then he looked at the dark sky and said. “Lisa, when someone thinks he is becoming stronger, he starts to ignore the most basic threats. Now, the seniors will think that they are stronger than us and that is true. So, it's natural to be a little complacent. .We'll use it against them. They wouldn't expect us to use this basic trap. They might even think that we might be using an attack formation as they know about me. But they wouldn't expect me to do this. And his concealment formation was of the visual type. So, they can't see any difference and all they can see is the area before we set the trap. You'll understand when they come." He stopped and then spoke to the three. Of the 10 holes we dug,

"OK, Shawn and Melisa, please get this over with as soon as possible. Jack, do you have a long-range attack?" ask Sam. Jack nodded and said nothing more. Sam also did not catch up and started making preparations and taking other types of plants and started juicing from them. They didn't ask him anything and just let him go.

Shawn and Melisa are efficient and get this done in half an hour. Sam also finished his preparations and said. "You hide in the trees and stay away from the hole for some time. I'll lure people out as soon as possible." Sam said and left.

"Can you do this yourself? If you want, we can help you." Melisa asked and Jack also looked at her. Sam just shook his head and left with a smile. Melisa became dazed as she looked at Sam's handsome smile. Sam does not realize it and begins to move towards his next destination.

Meanwhile on the display platform. All the spectators were also quite confused to see the action of Sam and his group. One of the noble elders sneered. "These people are still too naive to think that this common trap will work. They really think they can win themselves. They were too arrogant to abandon the leadership of young master Harry. This person was one of the elders of the city lord's palace. The city lord also nodded and said.

"They're really naive. Especially the young man in black named Sam. He was strong, but if he could think that he was strong enough to face everyone in the senior team with his small group, he was really stupid. I don't really think he's fit enough to join the Starwood academy with the thought of not joining the team." The city lord spoke as he looked towards the Starwood Academy spectacle platform.

All the nobles immediately caught what he meant. The city lord wanted to deal with Sam and wanted him not to enroll in the Academy. If he were to enter the academy, he would be under the protection of the Academy and move against it provoking the entire academy. All the nobles immediately began to sing the same song as the city lord and said.

"The city lord is right. This person was ruthless and ambitious at the same time. He left the team to get all the praise himself. He really wasn't worthy to join the academy. The head of the red fire family said.

"I think the City Lord is right."

"The movement reveals secc*ual violence in order to eliminate it." All the heads of the noble families agreed. Only the four tower heads and the Evergreen family were just watching in silence.

"I wonder what the Headmaster is thinking." The city lord asked suddenly and everyone fell silent. All the nobles who spoke earlier were waiting excitedly. The Headmaster did not speak and only looked at the projections. Seeing this City Lord say in a much colder tone.

"I hope the Principal will make a wise decision." It's a hidden threat. Everyone understood that the city lord was quite serious.

"It is not your place to decide who should or should not join the Academy. Do you really think City Lord?" The Headmaster immediately spoke after the City Lord threatened him. Everyone who spoke earlier immediately shut their mouths. The city lord only snorted and did not speak either.

"Look, he entered wolf territory." Someone spoke from the crowd and everyone immediately turned their attention back to the projection and was quite surprised.

Sam had indeed entered the Dark wind wolf territory near the senior team's cave area. The Dark wind wolf had the dual element attribute. Darkness and Wind. Sam will use this wolf against the senior team.

Sam waited for a while and moved as soon as the sky cleared up a little. Dawn's coming. He moved deep into the territory and soon found the main lair of wolves. Sam hid his aura completely and observed the wolf from a hidden corner. He looked at the alpha from the group that was at the Late stage of level 2. All the wolves were close to him.

All the wolves had just woken up one by one slowly as dawn broke. Sam looked at them and immediately took out a few small glass bottles filled with green liquid. This is the plant juice Sam made while setting the trap. Sam smiled wickedly and began his preparations.

Meanwhile in the new student cave. Harry and only the others were left in the cave as he sent everyone out. He walked towards the platform and picked up the Silver ball and kept it inside a leather pouch and hung it on his belt. He then turned towards the other man and said.

"Build a thick wall of earth." The other person was quite nervous and just nodded his head. After that he used a spell and a wall of earth formed in front of the platform hid the platform. When he finished, Harry nodded and said. "You better shut the fuck up." Then he walked out with another man.

When they came out, all the other freshman candidates waited outside for a while. Mathew looked at Harry and asked. "What is the delay for?"

"Nothing, we're building a wall of earth as an extra defense" Harry said casually. No one doubted him and Harry along with thirty other members including Mathew started moving along. They were the attacking team of the team and the reconnaissance team and ambush team had already left. There were only twenty people left in the Cave. Although many object that twenty is very few and not enough, Harry did not listen and just kept it here and the other twenty people were left on the edge of the open field and the remaining people were scouts and ambush squads.

Harry did not mention the ball to the others. Because he has other motives. The point to combine the balls is fifty, which exceeds others in large numbers if he does. He didn't really trust his team members that they would let him do it, which is why he took the ball with him. If his team members knew, they would not agree because it was dangerous to take him out and it would help the senior team if they knew. But knowing the senior team is highly unlikely. Or so he thought.