Lin Hao's figure flashed, he disappeared from the lake and hid.
A moment later, two men and a woman appeared by the lake.
These three people were all around the age of twenty-five or twenty-six. The strongest cultivation of the women was at the eighth level of Elemental Core Stage, while the two men were at the sixth level of Elemental Core Stage.
They all had one thing in common, and that was to hold a knife in their hands!
"Senior apprentice-sister Meng, I didn't expect that a Blessed Paradise would actually appear in this water lake battlefield. It seems our luck isn't as good as we thought it would be." A man said as he looked at the most powerful woman.
The lady nodded her head, and her gaze landed on the clear lake before her, then looked at the two people beside her and said: "Junior brother Zhao, Junior brother Yuan, this Blessed Paradise is a very important matter, but just with the strength of the three of us, we are unable to refine it. Let us quickly return and report this, and let the Sect experts take this Blessed Paradise away!"
Soon after, the three of them left the area.
"Sect?" After the three left, Lin Hao who was hiding at the side had a pensive look.
It looked like those three fellows from before were without a doubt members of the Mad Knife Sect.
This lakeside battlefield was located at the boundary between the Freezing Sky Sect and water. Therefore, the appearance of the person who used the Mad Knife Sect here was not strange at all.
The corner of Lin Hao's mouth curled up into a sneer, and then he no longer hid himself as he headed towards the exit of the Blessed Paradise.
Soon, he arrived at the exit.
Just as Lin Hao was about to leave through the exit, a domineering blade beam suddenly slashed out towards Lin Hao.
After this blade beam was slashed, another two blade beams appeared from Lin Hao's left and right.
Lin Hao let out a light shout, and the Heavenly Marks Sword instantly unsheathed itself. Bright sword light poured out of the sharp sword, and laid a layer of Sword-Net around the body.
"Boom boom boom!"
The three rays of blade light struck the Sword-Net Lin Hao was using, causing a series of explosions.
Lin Hao's body shot out from within the burst of blade light Sword Qi s like a cannonball, landing on the ground. And in that instant, at the surroundings when he landed, Arrays appeared one after another, forming a Third Rank formation, enveloping him within.
At this time.
The three Mad Knife Sect disciples who had barged into the Blessed Paradise just now appeared outside the array that trapped Lin Hao with complacent expressions.
From the beginning.
They had no intention of leaving this Blessed Paradise.
This was because they had also sensed that someone had entered this place.
In order to guard this secret, he decided to leave and set up an ambush at the exit of this Blessed Paradise.
"Senior sister Meng is indeed clever. She lured this fool out all of a sudden. I will go and kill him now so that he won't ruin our plans." One of the men said to the woman with a fawning expression.
The other man, on the other hand, had a depressed expression on his face because he didn't try to curry favor with this senior sister Meng.
The woman who was addressed as Senior Sister Meng shook her head and said: "Junior Brothers, our Mad Knife Sect is a righteous clan, how can we call for a fight? Remember, don't be like this anymore."
With that, the woman walked into the array with a smile, looked at Lin Hao and said: "This young hero's skills are extraordinary, I apologize for offending you earlier, but I have no other choice. Please forgive me."
Lin Hao had long seen through their plans and had discovered their ambush. If he had erupted his full power earlier, those three blade beams would not have been able to stop him, and furthermore, right now in the midst of the Third Rank array, if Lin Hao wanted to break through it, it would have been as effortless as blowing dust.
However, the reason he was deliberately forced back by the blades of the three people, and then falling into the formation, was because of his own thoughts. Now that he saw how this woman was acting, Lin Hao did not expose her, and with a hidden rage on his face, he said: "People of the Mad Knife Sect are only this strong, they only know how to scheme."
The other two men also followed the lady into the array. Hearing Lin Hao's words, one of them shouted angrily: "Kid, our senior sister Meng is so courteous to you, but you still don't know what's good for you. Do you believe that I won't immediately cut you into pieces?"
The girl surnamed Meng glared at the person who spoke, and then, she spoke to Lin Hao with an apologetic tone: "Young Hero, since you have also heard of our Mad Knife Sect, then please believe us, the reason why we are trapping you is because this Blessed Paradise is too important. I am, as long as Young Hero is willing to cooperate, I, Meng Shiyao, guarantee that after we take this Blessed Paradise, we will let you go.
Hearing that, Lin Hao thought for a moment, then nodded: "Alright!"
Meng Shiyao's eyes flashed with a bright light, she waved her hand and removed the formation, then said: "Young Hero, please follow me."
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The four of them returned to the clear blue lake.
On the way, Lin Hao found out that Meng Shiyao was a true legacy disciple of the Mad Knife Sect, and the other two people were called Zhao Yu and Yuan Hu. They were both well-known amongst the core disciples of the Mad Knife Sect.
As for Lin Hao, he did not hide his name, but did not mention anything about him coming from the Freezing Sky Sect.
Meng Shiyao told them what she needed Lin Hao's help with on the way.
She wanted to take the Blessed Paradise.
However, they were also worried about the danger. After all, this kind of land with good fortune in heaven and earth, no one would believe it if there were no powerful Strange Beast guarding it.
Therefore, she would set up several Third Rank formations by the lake side and teach Lin Hao the methods to control the formations, allowing him to stand guard inside the formations.
She would personally lead her two junior brothers with her Mad Knife Sect to the bottom of the lake to search for the core of this Blessed Paradise. If they met any Strange Beast, they would immediately lure them out and at that time, allow Lin Hao to immediately activate the array and trap the Strange Beast inside!
Lin Hao readily agreed to this.
As Meng Shiyao prepared everything, preparing to bring Zhao to taste Yuan Hu's water, she said to Lin Hao: "Young Hero Lin, if I, Meng Shiyao, am able to succeed this time, then I will definitely repay you greatly."
Lin Hao nodded, and said: "Don't worry, I will naturally take care of the things I promised you!"
After that, Meng Shiyao brought Yuan Hu and Zhao Chu into the lake.
"Senior sister Meng, I don't understand why we should hand over the formation to this Lin Hao to guard. If this Lin Hao had any evil intentions, or if he escaped directly, then if we really meet a Strange Beast underwater, even if we rush out of the lake, we won't be able to get any help."
"In my opinion, the best course of action would be to let Lin Hao explore the path at the bottom of the lake. It would be the safest."
The three of them were conversing using their Spiritual Force. Zhao Mu and Yuan Hu didn't really understand what Meng Shiyao was trying to do.