Chapter 359: Could It Be Him?

"Impossible!"

Facing Shen Yu at this moment, everyone wore an expression of disbelief. The one who had just attacked was that flower-clothed boy, and he was the strongest among them.

Just like that, not only did the young man opposite them not dodge or evade, but even the clothes on his body didn't have a single wrinkle, as if all the attacks were merely tickling him.

Moreover, for some reason, when Shen Yu raised his head to look at them, a feeling of extreme palpitation surged from the depths of their hearts.

It was a sense of crisis as if they could be killed at any moment, something they had never experienced in all these years.

This feeling was just like the sensation they had when facing those old monsters during the Great Contention Era, back before they had taken that step.

Helpless, terrified, as humble and pathetic as ants, living in constant fear every single day.

This feeling could not be without reason; it meant that the person before them might be terrifyingly strong, perhaps even capable of leaving them all behind.

How could this be? Even if this World were crazy, and even if a Heavenly Pride were favored, there had to be some logic to it!

"Kill him! Whoever kills him first gets the first bite!"

"Qing Yan, this is your home turf; I don't believe you don't have a backup plan!"

Everyone hesitated at this moment; the sense of crisis in their hearts made them afraid to strike.

The reason they were drooling over Shen Yu was that they wanted to survive, wanted to devour Shen Yu to gain greater benefits, and wanted to extend their own lives—they were not looking to die.

And following Lin Musheng's loud shout, everyone looked at Qing Yan; the threatening intent in their eyes was already very obvious.

If she didn't move to deal with Shen Yu, everyone would deal with her once the business was finished.

Lin Musheng, you just wait for me!

"Are you not going to attack?" Looking ahead with a smile, Shen Yu casually swung out a strand of Sword Qi; this Sword Qi seemed to slice the void directly, carving out a dazzling arc.

Under the radiance of the Sword Qi, the sun, moon, and stars all dimmed, charging straight toward the flower-clothed boy who had just attacked him.

Facing this sudden Sword Qi, the flower-clothed boy wanted to dodge, but he discovered he couldn't move at all, as if he could only watch helplessly as the Sword Qi landed on him, unable to do anything.

This feeling of powerlessness—how many years had it been since he felt it? He even thought he had long since forgotten this sensation.

The last time he felt it, it seemed to be when his own parents were about to kill him with their own hands.

At that time, he was just as helpless and pathetic as he was now, unable to resist, only able to feel that suffocating sensation descending bit by bit.

But in the end, he still killed his parents and destroyed his entire family. From then on, he was the coldest and most ruthless one.

To him, apart from himself, no one was important; who in the world could not be killed!

But now, that feeling of helpless suffocation had appeared again; he vaguely seemed to see his parents from back then standing beside him, about to choke him to death.

He seemed to see his parents' miserable yet resolute expressions as they cried; if they couldn't bear to part with him, why did they still have to kill him?

Why, why could others enjoy the love of their parents, while he had to endure pain he shouldn't have to bear!

Now she was just as powerless, but this time he could not explode and counter-kill as he did back then. The person before him was not his parents; he would not show pity, nor would he hesitate.

"Why!" As the Sword Qi descended, the flower-clothed boy shouted toward the sky, his voice seemingly spreading in all directions.

The Sword Qi instantly sliced him into nothingness, not even leaving a scrap behind. Afterward, its remaining force undiminished, it cut through the void, as if blooming into the most beautiful fireworks in the distant sky.

"This..." When Shen Yu wasn't attacking, they only felt palpitations. But now that Shen Yu had attacked, it wasn't palpitations anymore, but despair.

Who could have imagined that Shen Yu would be this terrifyingly strong? The strongest among them, the flower-clothed boy, hadn't even taken a single sword strike before being sliced into slag.

The remaining people looked at each other, their eyes flickering with uncertainty.

Are you sure this is a Heavenly Pride of this era, and not some old monster painting himself green to pretend to be young?

Why did they feel that the one before them was the man-eating old monster, and they were the group of innocent little lambs?

"Fight to the death!" With a roar, Qing Yan lightly flipped one hand downward, and the entire Brothel instantly rose from the ground, a terrifying pressure enveloping the surroundings.

The entire Brothel was like a massive Jail, and in an instant, it was about to trap Shen Yu within it.

This sudden pressure made the faces of Lin Musheng and the others turn ugly; they knew Qing Yan had a backup plan here, but they hadn't expected it to be this.

This was a Prison forged by the Heavenly Prides of a certain era working together, before the Spirit Qi Surge, gathering all the skilled craftsmen, Master of Mechanisms, and Array and Rune masters of that generation.

It was specifically designed to imprison old monsters like them who had awakened; once locked inside, there was no hope of escaping.

It was said that later, a Master of Mechanisms from the previous era had designed a fairly powerful replica based on the fragments of information passed down, though they had never seen it.

Perhaps it hadn't even been built before some old monster killed them.

The most critical part was that the Array and Rune inside possessed a special power that would slowly drain the people imprisoned within, merging their power into itself.

Such a treasure also made the Heavenly Prides of that era extremely difficult to deal with; they used themselves as bait, luring old monsters one by one to be locked inside.

They didn't hesitate to risk their lives to trick the awakened old monsters into it, eventually turning the tables to drain those old monsters dry, successfully becoming the hunters instead of the prey.

However, they were still wiped out; some things were better left unknown, but since they knew, they had ways to deal with them.

In the end, this was just relying on external objects; if one's own strength was insufficient, and they were prepared, then those who overestimated themselves would only meet destruction.

These rebels struggled generation after generation, and could never be killed off; it was truly detestable. You ask what they were aiming for—they couldn't win yet insisted on fighting, but sometimes they were quite troublesome.

However, after the Heavenly Prides of that era were slaughtered to the last, this Prison also disappeared; who could have imagined that this thing would end up in Qing Yan's hands.

Lin Musheng suddenly felt a chill; it turned out that when he came to snatch the person earlier, Qing Yan was just acting with him, all to lure him into it.

If he had truly thought Qing Yan was weak and easy to bully, he would have definitely charged in, and at that point, he would have been led into the Prison and locked up, at which time all his power would have been taken by her.

Thinking back on it now, a cold sweat couldn't help but break out on his body.

If it weren't for being truly scared by Shen Yu's move just now, this little lady would probably still be putting on an act.

Was she planning to wipe everyone else out after killing Shen Yu later?

By then, everyone's power, including the Shen Yu before them, would be Qing Yan's spoils of war; she would be the final winner.

Never would have thought that this seemingly soft and weak little girl was the truly ruthless one. As expected of the Great Contention Era, everyone is a thousand-year-old fox; no one can be trusted!

In the end, they were all guarding against each other, but it turned out the ruthless one was you!

"Phew!" Watching Shen Yu being successfully imprisoned, Qing Yan let out a sigh of relief; fortunately, everything had gone smoothly.

But when she saw Shen Yu locked inside the Jail, Qing Yan couldn't help but feel a jolt. At this moment, Shen Yu appeared very calm, so calm that it made people feel afraid.

Clearly, he had already been locked inside the Prison, so why was there still this feeling of fear and palpitation?

Extending a hand, Shen Yu inside the cage simply slashed with a sword once more; this strike was even more brilliant than the previous one, as if it would slash the very void into nothingness, and shatter the sun, moon, and stars to pieces.

This sword strike made Qingyan feel as if they smelled the scent of death, and subconsciously, they wanted to retreat and flee.