Chapter 581: Layers (2)

Chapter 581: Layers (2)

On the mountain.

Su Yu's group was continuing their search when a voice rang out, "Where did you come from?"

The Starfall Mountain was not completely devoid of people. This place was filled with bandits and cultists. After the destruction of the Divine Skywing Sect, many of their former members started their own criminal organizations here, living off robbing the passing merchants.

And those with the courage to do such a thing would definitely not be weak. Su Yu didn't even spare that person a look and pulled his saber.

Whoosh!

A head was sent flying into the air. That was an Infinite Strength cultivator. That was nothing for him. This was probably a scout of one of the bandit groups in the area. Su Yu couldn't even be bothered to question the bandit.

Beside him, Ji Xiaomeng asked curiously, "Are you not afraid of wrongly killing an innocent individual? Why did you kill him before asking any questions?"

Su Yu indifferently said, "Nobody here is innocent. A normal person won't be standing here blocking the path of people passing by. Those with the courage to do so can simply be killed. None of the people blocking the path here is innocent."

His logic was simple. Would an ordinary person be here questioning those who were passing by? One ought to remember that it was still the middle of the night and they were in a place like the Starfall Mountain.

"What if that person was here because of an emergency?" Ji Xiaomeng asked.

Su Yu didn't even deign to answer that question. Nearby, Li Minyu smiled and said, "Junior Sister Ji, that's easy to answer. Here in the wilderness, everyone acts in accordance with a set of rules. If you really need to ask for help, you need to introduce yourself from far away before saying anything else. Those standing in one's way without introducing themselves are most likely bandits or enemies. These people can be killed without hesitation."

"Oh." Ji Xiaomeng nodded and cheerfully said, "Thank you, Senior Sister. This is my first time away from home. I don't know all these rules."

"It's fine. You'll learn more with experience."

While saying that, Li Minyu gazed at Su Yu with amazement. This junior brother of hers was young, but his eyes were surprisingly sharp.

"Su Yu, have you trained in the wilderness before?"

Su Yu indifferently answered, "Not really. Before I joined the academy, my teacher brought me to a few places. There, I got the chance to experience some things and kill some bandits."

He was referring to Liu Wenyan. After he formed his first Divine Character, Liu Wenyan had shown him a lot of things. He was brought to the Xia Trade Company to see some beast corpses, he was brought to the Windcatcher Department to do some mission, he was sent to kill some bandits, and he was also sent to explore the wilderness. Of course, he had not gone too deeply into the wilderness during that time.

Liu Wenyan had not taught him any theories or powerful techniques. The only thing Liu Wenyan did was show him some things. Perhaps for Liu Wenyan, these experiences were more important than the so-called theories and techniques. During that period of time, Su Yu had spent a lot of time away from his home and learned a lot of things.

"Are you talking about Teacher Bai Feng?"

"No."

Su Yu gave a short answer without bothering to explain more. Suddenly, his eyes flickered. The sight before him looked somewhat familiar. A massive mountain peak stood before him. This seemed to be the same mountain peak he had seen while reading the deceased sect master's memories. That scene had only appeared for a split second, but he could still recognize this mountain peak.

The hidden treasure vault was most likely nearby. The mountain peak was here. The canyon was nearby. Even the unique plants he saw back then were here. The treasure vault was definitely nearby.

Su Yu's heart thumped. The moment he found the treasure vault, the battle would begin. His gaze landed on Xia Qing's group. Xia Qing just happened to be looking at him as well. When she met his gaze, her heart started palpitating for an unknown reason. What was going on?

One-eye's voice turned cold as he said, "Of course, if you are confident you can escape me, feel free to let them through."

He then looked at Zhou Pingsheng and coldly said, "As for you...your group is in charge of distrupting all communication channels. But I dobut this is a task a few Cloudbreach cultivators can accomplish."

Zhou Pingsheng merely snorted and took out several talismans. Instantly, the talismans flew in all directions. He had a look of contempt as he did that. How would these people understand the greatness of cultural researchers?

This was a simple task. There was no need for Mountainseas to do something like this. They only needed a formation to accomplish this task. One-eye merely laughed and vanished again without saying anything.

The people below the Mountainsea Realm were spread all over the mountain, ensuring that nobody would be able to enter or leave the mountain. The real battle would erupt on the mountain itself. And with so many Skysoar and Cloudbreach cultivators surrounding the mountain, they would be able to slow down any Mountainsea trying to leave or enter.

While working on his formation, Zhou Pingsheng couldn't help but steal a glance at the deep canyon. Finally, Su Yu was going to die. This mountain was going to be Su Yu's grave. Zhou Pingsheng was tempted by the ruin as well, but he could only helplessly give up at the thought of the gathered Mountainseas.

Suddenly, his voice transmission talisman shook. When he checked it, he saw Yu Hong's message: "Leave the communication channel open for our talismans. Don't let the others notice this. Also, prepare yourself and notify the others to set up another formation around the mountain. We need to make this a clean job so none of the cultists can be spared as well."

Yu Hong had finally given her order. She was ensuring that everything here would go to the single character faction. Regardless of whether it was Su Yu, the ruin, or even the cultists, all of them would fall into the single character faction's hands.

The single character faction wouldn't be comfortable with allowing any of these people to escape alive. Even if these people had never seen the true appearances of these single character faction members, as Mountainseas, they would still be able to recognize the single character faction members through their aura. Thus, not one of these people could be spared.

Zhou Pingsheng's expression did not change. He agreed with this plan. If these people were allowed to leave, they would pose a lot of trouble in the future. He was more than happy to abide by Yu Hong's orders.

He spoke to the voice transmission talisman, "Set up a formation around the mountain. Do not allow anyone to escape."

Somewhere further away from them, a massive hidden formation started rising.

Inside the small village.

Zhu Tiandao found himself speechless. Holy shit. How many layers would this go? How many formations were these people going to set? The single character faction had laid down several formations. The Myriad Race Cult had done the same as well. Even the random individual cultivators were laying down their own formations. Was this jackpot? If he could seize all these formation talismans, he would be able to sell them for at least 500 thousand merit points!

Just look at these people. Every last one of them was a treacherous snake. Was this how the world outside Great Ming looked like? Every single person seemed to have their own hidden agenda. And way more Mountainseas than he expected had arrived.

He couldn't help but ask, "Old Hou, is Great Ming falling behind the times?"

Director Hou stayed silent. Yes. Great Ming had fallen behind by a lot. Holy shit. Those from Great Ming would probably be schemed to death the moment they left Great Ming.

Just look at what was happening here. Layer after layer of trap had been laid. The mountain was practically filled with formations. Every single one of these people was scheming to swallow everything here, and every single one of these people was trying to wipe out all competition.

If Su Yu had not informed them about this earlier, they would probably remain completely clueless about everything that was happening even if this place was within their borders.

The single character faction was trying to exterminate the cultists. The cultists were also making their own preparations to guard against any betrayal. In the sky, there were dozens of high-tier recording talismans.

If they hadn't laid down Great Ming King's formation on the mountain in advance, they wouldn't have been able to see everything so clearly. This whole thing was getting so dangerous that even Sunmoons might perish today.

Suddenly, Zhu Tiandao clenched his teeth and said, "I need to tell my old man about this. Damn it! I'm afraid I won't be able to shoulder the backlash. The War Shrine and the Knowledge Seeking Realm would ask for explanations for the death of any Sunmoon."

It was time for him to seek help. Holy shit. That Su Yu was so good at creating trouble that he was starting to get worried. The kid hadn't even joined them yet but his heart was already beating madly.