Chapter 83: A Great Trap

"You really plan to surrender?" Jia Jia Tianlong felt a bit surprised.

"Surrender is surrender, but which of our two sides will surrender to whom is not yet certain!" The sect master narrowed his eyes slightly, placed his hand casually on the sword hilt, and said slowly.

"What do you mean by that?" Jia Jia Tianlong's expression darkened. He then waved his hand, making a gesture for encirclement.

Immediately, the Iron Guards behind him surged forward, surrounding Wang Wang Juechu in a semi-circular formation, and simultaneously took out hard crossbows from their backs, aiming the cyan-glowing arrowheads at him.

It seemed that as long as Jia Jia Tianlong gave the order, they would not hesitate to fire a volley of arrows and immediately kill Wang Wang Juechu on the spot.

"Do you think that after moving the main hall to Sunset Peak, this sect never considered the possibility of an external enemy invading and being unable to resist?" Wang Wang Juechu ignored the arrows, but said with a sinister, threatening tone.

Hearing this, Jia Jia Tianlong's heart sank slightly, and a bad premonition arose in his mind. He didn't interrupt the other party's words, just continued to keep a gloomy face, wanting to hear what the other party had to say.

"The one who moved this sect to this place was the seventh-generation master, Master Li. He was not only a man of great talent and strategy but also skilled in the art of earth and wood mechanisms; he could be called a genius." Speaking of this, the sect master paused slightly, a look of admiration appearing on his face.

Then, he continued:

"Master Li chose Sunset Peak as the location for this sect's main hall for two reasons: First, the mountain is dangerous and easy to defend but hard to attack, making it an excellent defensive stronghold; Second, because inside the mountain belly, there is another world—a giant, naturally formed stalactite cave. This cave is incredibly large, occupying almost two-thirds of the entire Sunset Peak's interior. Seeing this wonder, Master Li came up with a plan. He used the earth and wood arts he knew, combined with the terrain of the stalactite cave, to turn the entire mountain peak into a natural giant trap. Now, as long as someone activates the pre-set mechanism, the entire mountain peak will immediately collapse, burying everyone on the peak."

After Wang Wang Juechu finished these words, he stopped speaking, just scanning the dense crowd in front of him with cold, dead-like eyes.

Jia Jia Tianlong was a bit stunned after hearing this. He naturally didn't believe the other party's words, but for a moment, he didn't know how to refute the threat.

And the others on the peak who heard these words clearly couldn't help but become restless. They whispered to each other, and some of the smarter ones even started moving toward the only path down the mountain, preparing to run down the mountain as soon as something went wrong.

"Quiet! Anyone who moves or makes noise will be killed without mercy!"

Jia Jia Tianlong quickly regained his composure. Seeing that his own people were actually becoming chaotic just because of the other party's one-sided words, he felt annoyed. He knew that if he didn't stop it immediately, the situation would become uncontrollable, so he issued a stern order without hesitation.

Jia Jia Tianlong's order was well executed by his trusted subordinates. After killing several cowardly people who tried to flee, the others were intimidated, and the restlessness subsided.

However, Jia Jia Tianlong knew very well that this calm was only superficial and temporary. If he couldn't quickly prove that the other party's words were lies, then neither his own gang members nor the members of other gangs would feel at ease staying here. It was likely that at the slightest sign of trouble, they would all flee.

"You wouldn't expect us to believe your words just because of your mouth, would you!" Jia Jia Tianlong suppressed the anger in his heart, preparing to personally expose the other party's deception.

"Of course not. I have plenty of evidence for you to witness with your own eyes. But listen well: if anyone sees my proof and prepares to flee or continue attacking, I will have someone open all the mechanisms and let us all perish together." Wang Wang Juechu's words were full of killing intent, and the threat was unmistakable.

Jia Jia Tianlong carefully observed the other party's expression, trying to find some flaws. Unfortunately, the person opposite him always had an icy face, showing no signs of anything, and certainly no signs of guilt.

This made him wonder: could the other party's words not be a deception, and was there really such a desperate plan?

"Activate mechanism number two!" Wang Wang Juechu suddenly turned his head and shouted toward the main hall.

Then, he turned his head to one side and started staring at a smaller stone hall, ignoring Jia Jia Tianlong.

Seeing the other party so contemptuous of him, Jia Jia Tianlong was furious. He endured the anger in his heart and secretly made up his mind that as long as the other party's evidence didn't satisfy him, he would immediately order the sect master to be turned into a human hedgehog on the spot.

However, Wang Wang Juechu's strange behavior of staring at the stone hall also attracted the attention of the Wild Wolf Gang members, who couldn't help but gather their gazes there, wanting to see what abnormal things would happen.

Just as the Wild Wolf Gang members were feeling uneasy, no one noticed that on the outskirts of the dense crowd, two people wearing Water-Severing Gate clothes were whispering to each other.

"Han Li, do you think what our sect master said is true or false? Is it possible that such a large Sunset Peak is really hollow? I've been here several times before; how come I've never felt anything wrong?"

"Could it be that Sect Master Wang is deceiving them, trying to delay time?"

"Or..."

One of the young men was relentlessly questioning the other silent young man, seemingly very eager for the other party to explain his doubts.

These two were none other than Han Li and Li Li Feiyu, who were originally rushing to Elder Li's residence.

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