Watching this, Qin He's eyes couldn't help but burn as he watched the ongoing situation with fury, and he willed the formation to start working faster. Although Qin He was confident in clenching a victory, and if nothing else escaping if everything went wrong, the losses he had expended today were no small amount. An evil practitioner's path was often considered a 'shortcut' seeing as they were often able to exert strength above their stage using strange and wicked methods.
But the truth was that evil practitioners needed far more preparation and setup compared to orthodox cultivators. Generally speaking, for ordinary cultivators, the most set up they would ever do was buy a few special formations and place them around their own sect in order to obtain protection.