Chapter 373

Su Yu only thought for a few seconds before he had a guess.

The purpose was to lure him to Blue Star, where he could not easily exert his strength. Although there was no lack of talented people here, there were still many with mediocre aptitude—ordinary people.

As long as he, Su Yu, violated the rules of Blue Star on this planet, even if he were a powerhouse at the high stage of the Star Spirit realm, in order to silence public opinion, the higher-ups would certainly give him "just" punishment.

After all, Su Yu was also a Blue Star person; if he did not comply, he would risk being abandoned by his kin and friends.

Suddenly, the vehicle braked sharply. Su Yu was forced to lean forward, nearly hitting his head on the seat in front.

Someone beside him got off to check the situation, and after a while, returned. He whispered to the driver: "Turn around, go to... the laboratory."

Su Yu did not hear the name of the laboratory clearly, but he heard the destination clearly. So, this vehicle was arranged to take him to a laboratory.

Su Yu's heart immediately hung in his throat. Knowing his situation was dire, he attempted to summon his life-bound beast, the Angel Beast.

Su Yu communicated with it in his mind: "Can you be released by me?"

The Angel Beast seemed to feel it carefully, then nodded.

A flash of surprise crossed Su Yu's expression, and he asked: "Really?!"

The Angel Beast nodded vigorously.

Su Yu then told it to rest well, as there would be a place where it would be needed later. The Angel Beast nodded obediently.

Su Yu only felt it was a pity; his true life-bound beast, the Tyrannosaurus Beast, was still repairing the wormhole jump and could not be released so quickly. Although the one-month deadline had passed, for some reason, there was still no movement from the Tyrannosaurus Beast.

Half an hour later, the vehicle stopped in an extremely desolate wilderness.

Su Yu was escorted down. Those people covered his eyes with a black cloth. Although his eyes were covered, Su Yu's other senses remained sharp. He sensed he was being escorted into a building, then heard the sound of chains, descended many flights of stairs, and finally stopped in a place with a very low temperature.

Lin Yi ripped the black cloth strip off Su Yu's face. Su Yu opened his eyes and saw everything in front of him clearly.

This seemed to be a basement. In the center was a surgical bed, and next to the bed were some surgical tools.

But directly facing the bed was an instrument of torture—an iron pillar covered in spikes, with fresh red shreds of meat hanging from it. A single glance made one's whole body turn cold.

Su Yu vaguely realized something. Then, Lin Yi took all his subordinates away, leaving Su Yu alone there.

Su Yu's hands were tied, but those people were clearly careless; the rope binding his hands was actually just a hemp rope.

When Su Yu effortlessly broke free from the hemp rope with his hands, he did not know whether to feel lucky that he had been tied up with such a thing, or annoyed that they looked down on him so much that they actually thought a single hemp rope could hold him.

With his hands and feet free, the feeling of weakness throughout his body also vaguely eased, at least not as powerless as before. But when he walked toward the direction Lin Yi and the others had left, he saw a thick iron plate there.

In the past, Su Yu would have been certain he could shatter that iron plate without any effort, but now, Su Yu looked at it, pondered to himself for a few seconds, and then turned around to look for a new way out.

Not to mention breaking the iron plate, if a man of normal physique were standing in front of him now, Su Yu wouldn't be sure he could win.

The effect of that toxin had reached such a point.

The surroundings were like a sealed iron box. Su Yu circled around several times, only to see that the walls confining him were all iron. If he wanted to break free with the strength of a mortal, it was almost impossible.

Su Yu frowned, his gaze sweeping over the most conspicuous torture instrument in this space.

For some reason, just by looking at that instrument, he felt a strong sense of unease. This unease did not stem from Su Yu's fear of the unknown, but from the object itself.

Su Yu's intuition was sharp. When he looked at the rust-covered, pillar-shaped torture instrument, he had a very strong intuition.

No matter what, he must not touch it.

After recognizing the current situation, Su Yu stopped making futile struggles. After all, he could still release his life-bound beast, so it couldn't be said he was completely powerless.

Thinking of this, he pulled up a stool and sat down, while communicating with the two Machine Emperors in his Magic Card space.

"Have you seen that torture instrument?"

The Machine Emperors were knowledgeable and experienced. Su Yu asked them with some expectation, hoping to get an explanation from them.

But Jifeng Jifeng Xunlei only said meaningfully.

"I saw that torture instrument from the very beginning. Since you asked, it means my feeling is the same as yours. That instrument gives me a feeling of being ominous."

Su Yu echoed.

"Indeed, and it's not just a sense of being ominous; I felt cold all over after walking near it... Logically speaking, I have curiosity about any bizarre things, but I have no desire to explore this thing. My intuition tells me that if I get close to it, I will invite disaster."

For a powerhouse, intuition is the experience gained from many battles, and they can usually rely on their instinctive intuition to avoid dangers that ordinary people cannot.

Since Su Yu and Jifeng Jifeng Xunlei's intuitions were consistent, it could only mean that this thing was indeed dangerous.

Su Yu noticed that Diluoluo had not spoken. Realizing something, he asked.

"Diluoluo, do you know what this thing is?"

Diluoluo was silent for a minute, but what he said made Su Yu feel cold all over in an instant.

"I have never seen its original form, but I know its origin—"

Diluoluo's voice carried a rare tremor.

"It comes from the Giant Rhinoceros! This thing is one of the ten great evil objects of the Giant Rhinoceros! Su Yu, if you can escape, do it now. Do not stay in the same space as such an evil object for too long; its influence is far greater than you imagine!"

Diluoluo rarely spoke in such a tone, and after hearing the two words "Giant Rhinoceros," Su Yu's fingers began to tremble slightly.

"It's the Giant Rhinoceros again... it's the Giant Rhinoceros again!" Su Yu muttered, "I felt something was wrong from the moment I first entered the Baiyi Civilized Ancient Kingdom. The Xunfa Secret Realm is a thing rarely seen in a thousand years; how did I happen to obtain it? What exactly is that giant python? Why did I not see it at all in the Giant Rhinoceros?"

Recalling it now, he only felt that there were many suspicious points. From the moment Su Yu obtained the map in the Baiyi Civilized Ancient Kingdom, things had gradually gone wrong.

"If this is a trap set for me... in order to coerce me into continuing my lineage, Blue Star poisoned me so that I cannot advance, and if I do, I will die suddenly. But the poison has other effects; this poison makes me completely lose my reputation in Blue Star."

Su Yu's eyes widened slightly. He strung the whole thing together from beginning to end, lining up the timeline, only to find that there were actually two things that were very strange from the start.

The first was that the process of obtaining the Xunfa Secret Realm was too easy, and the second was the final level of the Xunfa Secret Realm.

At the time, he didn't feel it, but now he suddenly realized that the final level was not to let him pass to obtain the qualification to enter the Hall of the Giant Rhinoceros. The final level of the Xunfa Secret Realm was too dangerous; Su Yu almost died there.

Looking back on this matter, he only felt that malice had existed from beginning to end.

Su Yu fell into deep thought. He was still pondering who had such great ability and skill to set a trap that ran through everything from beginning to end. This was the first time Su Yu had experienced such a thing.

But before he could think for long, the iron door was pushed open with a bang.

Su Yu looked up in that direction, and his pupils shrank when he saw what walked in.

It was a giant python.

If Su Yu remembered correctly, it was the giant python that had bestowed the Xunfa Secret Realm upon Su Yu in that secret passage back then.

The giant python flicked its snake tongue, its eyes emitting a cold, ghostly green light. It swung its snake tail and appeared in front of Su Yu almost as if it had teleported.

Su Yu felt cold all over. Just by being this close, he could vaguely feel how high the giant python's realm was.

Su Yu was currently at the Star Spirit realm, and this giant python was at the Semi-God realm, a full two major stages above him!

It could be said that any creature at this realm was an absolute leader-level existence in the universe, and for the Semi-God realm, Su Yu's Star Spirit realm was nothing; the other party didn't even need to make a move—a single breath could turn him into dust.

...Such a terrifying gap in strength.

And Su Yu sensed endless malice from this giant python that was swinging its tail.

The knuckles of Su Yu's hand gripping the edge of the stool turned white. He stared fixedly at the giant python, but his brain fell into a state of extreme calmness under these circumstances.

He got straight to the point: "What is your purpose?"