Chapter 324: New Grudges Added to Old Hatreds

Locked inside the Vajra Iron Cage, a pair of large eyes filled with boundless fear looked pleadingly toward Shen Yu.

From the mouth of the blood-colored figure just a moment ago, it could be gathered that the little boy before him was likely some sort of blood-food with a special constitution that he had been cultivating.

He was only waiting for this little boy to grow to a certain level before devouring him, so that he could replenish his origin at the fastest possible speed.

At this moment, the child was locked up with iron chains and trapped within the Vajra Iron Cage; his body appeared covered in wounds, and his appearance was so pitiful it made one's heart soften.

This cry of "Uncle" made one's heart tremble even more.

"Don't be afraid, Uncle will save you right now!"

Walking forward slowly, Shen Yu opened the Vajra Iron Cage, snapped the iron chains binding the other party's body, and rescued the little boy in one go.

"Thank you, Uncle!"

"You're welcome!" No sooner had Shen Yu finished speaking than countless Runes appeared, trapping the little boy before him within them.

At the same time, a terrifying Sword Qi struck directly toward the opposite side; it was as if a thousand mountains and ten thousand rivers were dimmed by this Sword Qi. It poured down like a galaxy from the nine heavens, and in an instant, it was about to submerge the person opposite.

However, the moment this Sword Qi touched the little boy, it vanished completely, as if there were an invisible barrier in front of him that could block all attacks.

"How did you discover it?" Raising his head, the little boy's expression was extremely ugly; he had originally thought his acting was impeccable and sufficient to deceive this young man.

Moreover, he had self-fabricated a set of memories in his mind, and on the surface, he appeared to have weak Mental Power just like an ordinary child, allowing it to be probed at will.

Even if someone were to probe his memories with a mental secret technique, all they would obtain were false memories; his disguise was perfect, without a single flaw.

This trick of his had always been infallible, and he didn't know how many people had been played in the palm of his hand like this.

He had assumed this person before him was no exception, and as long as he could deceive this person, he could choose to do nothing, acting all the way through to safely protect himself.

Or he could choose to gamble and take the opportunity to ambush this young man, then devour him while he was heavily injured. However, this gamble was a bit dangerous and required caution.

But he never expected that before he could even make a choice, the acting he considered impeccable had actually failed.

This young man had been playing him from the very beginning; at the moment he helped him escape, at the very moment he was feeling smug, he chose to launch an attack against him.

If he hadn't been on guard the whole time, he would have been heavily injured by that strike just now. This brat is not simple!

"Your name is Child Scholar, right?" Just then, Shen Yu walked forward and looked down at the little boy before him.

"Child Scholar, possessing the external appearance of a child, likes to use a youthful state to deceive others' sympathy, and is extremely good at manipulating human hearts. You love to eat fresh blood, especially love hunting young experts, and also love devouring the essence blood of young children!"

"You once killed all the children in several cities and slaughtered all the experts within those cities in a single day. Your personality is irritable, and your methods are cruel. Rumor has it that the Cultivation Method you practice is extremely special: the younger you appear, the deeper your cultivation!"

"You actually know me?" He looked up at Shen Yu in surprise; in this Great Contention Era, he could be considered quite famous, but logically speaking, very few things from the past should have been passed down.

That this person before him actually knew him—could it be that he was a disciple cultivated by some long-standing power?

However, no matter how long-standing the power, compared to him, they were all just juniors. If this were back in his prime, he could beat all of you with one hand.

Now he was merely a tiger fallen to the plains, but one day, the flesh and blood of these juniors would all be devoured by him and turned into his food!

"This seat is very curious, how did you see through it? Or is it that you knew I was here all along?"

"Are you stupid? Do you know if I'm a good person or a bad person? You ask me for help the moment you open your mouth; do children in your family have such guts?"

Could he tell him that it was a failed system check-in that made him suspicious? Besides that blood-colored figure, only this little brat was left. If he didn't suspect him, who would he suspect?

However, this old monster before him was quite formidable; when he probed his memories, he actually obtained a pile of false memories, and coupled with those watery, innocent-looking eyes, he had almost believed him.

If he hadn't been smart enough to use the Time Golden Chapter to check the other party's life story, he probably really would have been fooled by him.

Once the Time Golden Chapter scanned him, his life story and past experiences would appear on it, all recorded in the file.

With this old monster's dense history listed on it, Shen Yu knew he had been tricked.

This little bastard—no, this old bastard—also liked to pretend to be a child to act pitiful and feign sympathy, using this to hunt those who still harbored justice; he was truly wicked!

Among these old monsters, there weren't many who could be more wicked than him, so Shen Yu struck without hesitation, the power of the Mountain and River Map crushing down completely.

It was just that his full-force strike hadn't been effective; although the contact just now was only for an instant, Shen Yu had a general understanding of the other party's strength.

To be able to shatter his long-accumulated Sword Qi in an instant, his strength had likely recovered a portion. These old monsters are always so headache-inducing.

"Consider yourself smart!" Struggling unwillingly to break free from the restraints, but having tried several times to no avail, Child Scholar took a deep breath, his eyes full of malice glaring fixedly at Shen Yu.

"This seat's original plan was to let that trash come over to devour me, so that you would subconsciously come to save me. In this sudden situation, you would have no time to react!"

"With me in his hands, you would be afraid to act, and even if you couldn't save me, you would inevitably be distracted. But if you succeeded in saving me, then you would be dead!"

Raising his head, the other party revealed a cruel smile and licked his lips.

"Your flesh and blood will belong to me, and my goal will be achieved."

"What a pity, it fell short at the final hurdle after all. But it doesn't matter, there will always be opportunities!" Suddenly raising his head and laughing, Child Scholar quietly stomped his foot, and his entire body was completely discarded.

And he himself successfully broke free from the restrictions of the Runes and jumped outside.

"You shouldn't have, you really shouldn't have talked so much nonsense with me... Impossible!"

Before he could even begin to be excited about his escape, layer after layer of Runes surrounded him once again. At this moment, the old monster before him was truly stunned.

I racked my brains to talk nonsense with you, and only after great difficulty did I finish preparing to discard my body and break free, but it turns out your Array wasn't just set up in one layer, there was another layer outside.

No, it looks like there are even more than two layers; are you nesting them, damn it!

"Are you surprised? Are you shocked? You still want to run. Once you're with me, where are you going to run?"

The power of the Mountain and River Map was fully mobilized by Shen Yu, pressing down like Mount Tai, and the infinite power stirred up huge waves.

"Legend has it that once, dozens of experts lured you into a trap and used an Array to trap you, but you ended up discarding your body and breaking free from the Array."

"And those experts who surrounded you didn't expect you to be able to escape the Array in this way, and thus all of them died in battle; it seems this matter is also true!"

"It's the Shadowless Sect!" Raising an eyebrow, Child Scholar immediately remembered this sect that could never be killed off.

These people constantly collected information on them in the dark and recorded it quietly, like flies—they couldn't be killed off and couldn't be driven away.

The only ones who could record his information so thoroughly were likely this annoying sect.

"I also once heard it said that if one day you return to an infant state, you can reshape your foundation, shed your old womb, and obtain the Flawless Glazed Pure Body—I don't know if that's true or false!"

"Oh right, there are also rumors that every time your cultivation rises a level, your body shrinks by a circle, and this is also when you are at your weakest."

"At this time, even an ordinary expert could potentially take your life."

"Where did you hear all of this from? Even the Shadowless Sect could never possibly have gathered this information!"

With every word Shen Yu spoke, the little boy's face grew a fraction uglier. Everything regarding his information was correct!

Especially the last point; this was where his weakness lay, and he had never mentioned it to anyone. If it were to spread, the consequences would be unimaginable.

This young man before him actually knew it, and spoke of it as if it were his own family treasure. No matter what, he must die!