Chapter 282: Take Him Down for Me

"Luo Yu, let's see where you can run to now!"

Seeing Shen Yu block Luo Yu's path, Bai Yi could not help but laugh heartily; blood dripped from his beard and hair, giving him a strange, ferocious appearance.

Holding his spear in one hand, Bai Yi walked forward slowly, his aura growing stronger and stronger as he continuously closed the distance. The dark clouds shattered, the earth shook, and his terrifying aura seemed as if it would crush everything before it.

"Shen Yu, Bai Yi!" Casting a wary glance at Shen Yu behind him, then at Bai Yi, Luo Yu felt his eyes fill with panic as these two men surrounded him from front and back.

Although he had come to intentionally engage Bai Yi in battle, he had never intended to risk his life.

He had only wanted to provoke Bai Yi's fighting spirit and then deliberately clash with him; the power generated by their collision would be enough to pry open the fissure in the Forbidden Land.

Now that the scheme had succeeded, there was no need for him to fight to the death here. Moreover, to deal with Bai Yi earlier, so many experts had joined forces to set up a Great Array.

In the end, not only was the Great Array broken, but more than half of the experts he brought had been killed.

The terror of Cold Spear Bai Yi was enough to leave him with lingering fear after these two days of fighting. He was truly worthy of being the strongest existence in the years after Mu Zishan and before Shen Yu.

He did not want to tangle with Bai Yi and had wanted to escape once the plan succeeded, but he had not expected this madman Bai Yi to be so relentless, acting like a lunatic who insisted on killing him, leaving him unable to shake him off despite trying every method.

This old madman, why is he so stubborn!

"Hero Shen, his name is Luo Yu, the renowned Luo Yu Sword from over a hundred years ago. Before Mu Zishan, the Luo Yu Sword's prominence in the Jianghu was truly unrivaled for a time."

While walking forward, Bai Yi introduced him to Shen Yu, "Yet I never expected that he would now become a dog by someone else's side. Hero Shen, be careful, this dog's strength is not weak!"

"Bai Yi, we are merely cooperating; there is no question of who has submitted to whom. I just want to live longer and reach a higher level, is that wrong!"

"Now that the Forbidden Land has developed a fissure and the Spiritual Qi Surge is imminent, we can actually discuss this. Perhaps we could become friends!"

"Discuss my foot, right now I am only interested in your life!" The Mountain and River Map in his hand unfurled, rapidly shrouding the entire area within it.

Seeing Shen Yu's action, a sense of crisis suddenly arose in Luo Yu's heart, as if some irresistible, great terror were about to descend. How many years had it been? How many years had it been since he had felt this way?

He knew that the sense of crisis he had cultivated through years of life-and-death combat would never deceive him. He could not let the map in Shen Yu's hand fall, or he would surely die.

The Luo Yu Sword in his hand slashed violently across the firmament, and a Sword Rain composed of ten thousand raindrops lunged into mid-air, each drop possessing the power to tear the sky apart.

Under this rain of ten thousand drops, even if a ten-thousand-foot-high mountain stood before him, it would be enough to crush and collapse it.

But he did not know that what stood before him was not a ten-thousand-foot mountain, but a vast expanse of mountains and ravines, a world of mountains and rivers.

Upon contacting the descending Mountain and River Map, these raindrops were all swallowed up, as if they had never appeared at all.

The Mountain and River Map continued its descent, Luo Yu's sword strikes having no effect on it whatsoever. Like a magnificent force carrying the might of heaven and earth, it crushed down overhead.

Luo Yu wanted to resist this power, but all his efforts were like a mantis trying to stop a chariot; he could not even slow it down in the slightest.

Despair, deep despair, shrouded Luo Yu's heart. He had previously wondered how strong Shen Yu's power was and thought he might not be a match, but he never imagined the gap would be this large.

Facing such a young man, he did not even have room to fight back. Everyone compared Shen Yu to Mu Zishan, and now it seemed that was not an exaggeration at all.

No wonder they said they had to hold Shen Yu back at all costs; if they couldn't hold him, their plan would never be realized.

The Mountain and River Map descended, its terrifying power—gathering ten thousand mountains and rivers, the sun, the moon, and the stars—enough to drown and swallow anyone who dared to block it.

Crushed under this force, Luo Yu's body rapidly collapsed, without even a shred of power to resist. At this moment, he felt only lingering hatred in his heart!

"Yan Ruyi, that piece of trash, he clearly promised he could hold him for three months, but he only held him for half a month. Trash, trash!"

"If Yan Ruyi is trash, then what are you? Garbage?"

"Shen Yu, even if you kill me, the Forbidden Land will still be breached, Mu Zishan will die, and you will all die too!"

Luo Yu's body rapidly collapsed, leaving only his final words echoing in the air: "You are so obsessed and lost; one day you will all die miserably."

"I will wait, waiting for you to follow in my footsteps one by one, waiting for the day when you will wail in helplessness just like me!"

The Mountain and River Map shook, and Luo Yu was completely swallowed and crushed; even the last trace of his Mental Power was pulverized, leaving nothing behind.

As for the remaining experts Luo Yu had brought, they were already scared pale.

Shen Yu shook the Mountain and River Map in his hand, rapidly shrouding them all within it, and easily wiped them all out in one fell swoop.

"Hero Shen, this old man is incompetent; I fell for their tricks!" Seeing Shen Yu finish off everyone, Bai Yi looked full of guilt, his originally straight back bent quite a bit.

His aura rapidly receded, no longer possessing the sharp edge from just moments ago. During this time, Bai Yi had actually been forcing himself to hold on; he had long since suffered heavy injuries.

How could the number one expert from over a hundred years ago, Luo Yu, combined with a Great Array formed by so many experts, be broken so easily?

Even someone as strong as Bai Yi had to use secret techniques, agitating his blood and Qi, causing great damage to his body to fight his way through the Great Array.

In the end, he even carried his injuries to chase and beat Luo Yu, beating him until he almost doubted his own life.

Luo Yu was also full of confusion; they were both experts second only to Mu Zishan, so how could the gap be so large?

In reality, there was indeed a gap in their strength, but it wasn't that large; however, the difference in their courage was not just a little bit.

Bai Yi looked like his beard and hair were all white, but the desperate way he fought made anyone who saw it afraid; he truly did not care about his own life.

In this regard, only Half-Step Killing Fist Zhan Wumian could be mentioned in the same breath, but unfortunately, Zhan Wumian had long since died at the hands of those old monsters, sacrificing his own life to kill two of them.

"Senior Bai, do not blame yourself. These people are skilled in schemes and tricks; it is not just you, Senior, even I fell into their trap!"

"Now, what we must think about is how to plug the gap so that the Spirit Qi no longer leaks!"

Looking up at the sky, Shen Yu's hands continuously traced out Runes, which lunged toward the place where the Spirit Qi was leaking. That was the location of the Spirit Qi leak, and also where the fissure in the Forbidden Land lay.

"I have an Array that can seal Spirit Qi, but this Array is too complex and exquisite; I cannot be disturbed during this time, otherwise, the slightest mistake will cause all previous efforts to be wasted!"

"Hero Shen, rest assured!" Standing in place with his spear in hand, Bai Yi looked coldly at his surroundings, his aura rising once again, not a bit weaker than before.

"As long as this old man is not dead, I will not let anything happen to you, Hero Shen!"

"That is excellent!" His body soared into the air, leaping into mid-air, and Shen Yu's hands moved continuously. Layers of Runes were traced out, covering the leaking Spirit Qi.

Within the "Ten Interpretations of Runes" and the "Fragmentary Chapters of Array Dao," there happened to be an Array that could seal Spirit Qi, utilizing the power of the sun, moon, and stars to form a Great Array.

This Array could not only block the leakage of Spirit Qi but also convert the surging Spirit Qi into the power of the Array itself, making the Array's defense stronger and stronger.

However, the power of such an Array was limited; if the entire Forbidden Land collapsed and Spirit Qi surged out in a torrent, it naturally could not seal it, but it was more than enough to plug a gap.

Once the Spirit Qi was sealed, the location of the Forbidden Land would be hidden again. Presumably, even for that organization, calculating where the Forbidden Land would appear would not be an easy task.

It was just that this time, the fissure appeared under the impact of the battle between Bai Yi and Luo Yu, and Mu Zishan inside the Forbidden Land must have also been impacted.

The world knew that the Spirit Qi had been turbulent these past few years, and Mu Zishan inside the Forbidden Land was already at the end of his rope; it was unknown how much longer he could hold on.

If it weren't for the turbulence of the Spirit Qi, how could the people of that organization have used it to calculate the location of the Forbidden Land?

Therefore, even if the breach is temporarily sealed, a Spiritual Qi Surge is imminent. It is possible that before long, the location of the Forbidden Land will collapse entirely.

And the Array that they have set up will likely be unable to withstand a single blow in the face of this surging power, and will be quickly swept away.

Time waits for no one, time truly waits for no one!