Chapter 284: The Play

"There shouldn't be nothing wrong." Tian Jiuyi checked the formation he and Yun Lintian had finished.

Yun Lintian nodded in agreement. He had personally rechecked and saw nothing wrong with the formation. He then turned to everyone. "We have finished setting the formation now. What we need to do next is wait."

Everyone was immediately relieved upon hearing this. Although they didn't know if the formation could deal with Abyssal Devourer and his group, it was definitely better than their own strength.

"But…" Yun Lintian suddenly said.

Before everyone could completely relax, they were instantly startled by Yun Lintian's word and looked at him in confusion.

"I want to go to the south area to check the formation over there again." Yun Lintian paused for a moment and continued. "As everyone knows, there were a lot of profound beasts over there. I fear that something might happen to the formation there. We don't have anything to do, anyway."

Qin Yuyan and Qin Yiran's eyes flashed with realization. They seemed to understand Yun Lintian's thoughts.

Meanwhile, Tian Jiuyi looked at Yun Lintian with a thoughtful expression. He was smart enough to notice there was something unspeakable on Yun Lintian's mind. He began to ponder over the whole incident carefully… Why did Brother Yun ask me that question earlier? And now he wants to check the formation in the south area. What made him think there was something wrong with the formation? This is definitely not simply trying to be cautious.

"But I'm afraid a lot of profound beasts are waiting for us there. It's too risky, right?" Chu Heng raised the question. He was purely concerned about everyone's safety.

Yun Lintian took a deep look at Chu Heng and said. "Now we have completed the formation. I can mobilize the formation's power to deal with them. It can be said, our safety is guaranteed… Of course, unless we have encountered a Saint Profound Beast."

Tian Jiuyi expressed his opinion. "I agreed with Brother Yun's idea. This matter is related to the safety of the entire continent. There's nothing wrong with being more cautious."

"Brother Yun and Young Master Tian are right, Brother. We should check it out. We are idle here, anyway." Chu Mi grabbed her brother's hand and said with a serious expression.

Chu Heng took a deep breath and nodded his head.

"Since there's no objection. We should set off now." Yun Lintian swept his gaze on everyone and stepped out of the defensive formation while the rest immediately followed.

***

"What a cautious guy. He has probably guessed something by now." In the far distant place, Abyssal Devourer received the message and said to himself with a smile. 

Even though he was angry with what Yun Lintian did to him back then, he had to admit Yun Lintian's intelligence was beyond his peers, and it didn't suit his age at all. Sometimes, he even gave off the illusion of an old man in a young man's skin, which made someone who lived more than thousands of years like Abyssal Devourer feel weird.

"Since you have already found a clue, let's see how you are going to solve this problem." Abyssal Devourer curled his lips and sent a message back to someone.

***

Puff!

Yun Lintian fiercely stabbed on a giant python's head, ending its life. As he had speculated, the enemy would send the profound beasts to after him after showing that he had a doubt toward his own people. This action of the enemy had basically confirmed there was a traitor among his people.

At the same time, Yun Lintian was puzzled. If he was the enemy, he would never expose himself by sending the profound beasts out like this. It was as though the enemy wanted to tell him that even if he knew the truth and found the traitor, nothing would change.

Thinking of this, his heart immediately turned cold. His enemy was so confident in themselves, he, too, was confident in his own means. Whether who came out on top at the end was about to be decided on the next play.

"Strange. There aren't many high-level profound beasts here." Yang Chen said while wiping blood out of his sword. The profound beasts he had seen along the way so far weren't exceeding the peak Origin Profound Beast. It was entirely different from the previous lineup he encountered.

"Let's increase our pace." Yun Lintian said calmly and rushed in the south direction. Seeing this, everyone quickly followed.

It was an hour later did they reach their destination. Yun Lintian didn't go to the formation node right away but opened Eyes of Heaven, observing the surroundings with extreme caution. 

Through his vision, there wasn't any trace of Abyssal Energy in this place. Yun Lintian felt this place was too clean, contrasting to the situation he had imagined. 

After confirming there wasn't any trap around here. Yun Lintian made up his mind and turned to everyone. "Actually, there's one thing I never tell anyone before."

His words immediately aroused everyone's curiosity. They looked at Yun Lintian attentively, waiting for his following sentence.

Yun Lintian smiled and continued. "I have a way to open the formation in this place. We can return to the outside right now."

Except for Tian Jiuyi, everyone had a shocked expression upon hearing this. 

"R-really? Won't it mean we can also let anyone come in?" Bai Qingyi asked with excitement. 

Yun Lintian didn't deny or confirm. He glanced at everyone's face, trying to find anything unusual on them. Sadly, everyone acted as they were supposed to be. This traitor didn't show his tail at all.

"Let's go. I'll open the formation right now." Yun Lintian turned around and walked toward the formation node.

As he was about to reach the formation node, a sense of danger rapidly rose in his heart, and Yun Lintian instinctively executed Shadow Step, retreating from the place.

Boom!

In a split second after Yun Lintian retreating, the formation node suddenly exploded, and the impact violently sent everyone flying into the distance.