Chapter 361: Thinking Too Highly

"Who exactly are you?"

Before Shen Yu, of the original few old monsters, only one old farmer and the wanderer Lin Musheng remained.

Watching as those around them were easily finished off one by one, a sense of unease began to spread through the remaining two.

They had never imagined that this young man would be so terrifying, and they believed even less that such a terrifying person could have been nurtured by this era.

Like shallow water before the Spirit Qi Surge, how could a small pond raise such a large fish? Such a person should be in the vast ocean, shouldn't they?

Faced with Shen Yu at this moment, they felt no sense of security at all. They knew even more clearly that if he wished, they could be harvested at any time, just as they harvested those defenseless commoners.

Yet at this moment, Shen Yu did not move to kill them directly; he merely locked onto them with an incomparably terrifying Sword Intent.

"May I ask, what did you come to Da'an City for? What exactly is here that could make so many of you gather in this place!"

"That... if we tell you, can we live?"

Shen Yu did not speak, only looking at them; the meaning was already very clear.

Lin Musheng and the old farmer exchanged a glance. Speaking wouldn't guarantee survival, but it could buy time. Therefore, they had to fight for the opportunity themselves.

"The reason we gathered here is, of course, because of someone like you—a Heavenly Pride who has shocked us all!"

"You must know, the Spirit Qi has not yet fully recovered, and everyone's strength has not exceeded the limits of this World. With strength levels not far apart, it is possible for anyone to kill the other at any time."

"Therefore, we generally do not gather together. Only such a temptation could make us disregard the danger and assemble."

"For one person? Could it be that you came for me?" Lin Musheng's words made Shen Yu subconsciously assume the other party had come for him, but then he shook his head.

"That's not right. I only just arrived in Da'an City today, and it was a spur-of-the-moment decision. How could you have anticipated it!"

"Since it wasn't for me, then who was it for? Who could make you all feel so shocked?" Looking at the other's eyes, a flash of inspiration suddenly crossed Shen Yu's mind, and a name flickered through.

"Are you here for Mu Zishan?"

"But isn't he already dead? The Spirit Qi Surge clearly should have crushed him; I didn't sense any aura from him at all!"

At the time when the Spirit Qi Surge first began, Shen Yu was right there and did not sense the aura of any living thing.

In his understanding, the Spirit Qi Surge was like a raging flood that breached a dam; the dam that was Mu Zishan should have perished in the tidal wave of Spirit Qi.

"No aura does not mean he is already dead. How could someone who was able to suppress a Forbidden Land for a hundred years, someone who could force the Spirit Qi Surge to be delayed by a full century, die so easily!"

Taking a deep breath, Lin Musheng raised his head; even they had to admire such a person.

These people fell into a deep slumber to slow down aging and death, which did not mean they would not die.

They had calculated the time long in advance, counting on the Spirit Qi to nourish their bodies once more so they could come back to life.

But who could have imagined that a Heavenly Pride of this era could be so formidable—formidable enough to suppress a Forbidden Land for a century by their own strength alone.

Even though they had lived for so long, they had never seen such a person; let alone seen one, they had likely never even heard of one.

Who knows how many old monsters were consumed and died because they waited too long for the nourishment of Spirit Qi during these hundred-plus years.

It can be said that a person like Mu Zishan only appears once every few thousand years; someone who could single-handedly stop the Spirit Qi Surge for a century has never existed in all these years.

One can imagine how dense the fortune on this person is, and how favored by Heaven and Earth they are.

Such a person, how could they possibly perish so easily?

It was just even more unexpected that there was more than one person so favored by Heaven and Earth; the one before their eyes was equally terrifyingly strong.

It was as if this World had grown tired of their rampaging, so it produced these two people specifically to oppose them.

"So you mean Mu Zishan is in Da'an City?"

"We only sensed a flash of alluring Mental Power, which is why we gathered here. As for whether he is truly in Da'an City, we actually don't know."

Speaking to this point, Lin Musheng quietly stepped back two paces, carefully watching Shen Yu's direction. "But I can be certain he is alive. Such a delicacy, how could I let others snatch it away!"

"Go!" With a quiet pat on the person who looked like an old farmer beside him, Lin Musheng immediately turned and tore through space to flee.

Seeing Lin Musheng suddenly run away, the person who looked like an old farmer also fled at high speed; the two ran in different directions, as the chances of escaping are always higher that way.

While Lin Musheng was speaking earlier, the two of them had already been secretly preparing, waiting only for the right moment to escape.

The biggest mistake this young man made was giving them time to prepare, which also increased their certainty of escaping.

Once they found a deserted corner to hide in, as long as they didn't expose themselves, no one would know. No matter how strong this young man was, if he couldn't find them, it would be all for nothing.

When the time came, they would find a way to locate Mu Zishan and devour him, and everything would be vastly different.

Lin Musheng hadn't lied earlier; they had indeed sensed a flash of Mental Power, which was why they had gathered here.

Lies are easily seen through, which is why they had cooperated actively earlier to buy themselves time.

It was just that there was one thing Lin Musheng didn't mention: the other party must be in an extremely weakened state. If not for this, they wouldn't have dared to show up so brazenly.

After all, such a favored and powerful Heavenly Pride must possess terrifying strength.

These people are sometimes unreasonably strong, just like the young man before them; one person alone could cause them heavy casualties.

Therefore, if they didn't act while the other was weak, there might not be a share for them later.

The two fled rapidly, while desperately hiding their auras, doing their utmost to conceal themselves.

Yet at this moment, Shen Yu seemed to have long anticipated that they would flee; he directly slashed out two streaks of Sword Qi. The two terrifying streaks of Sword Qi headed straight for the two, as if they had directly torn through the void to strike them.

But when the Sword Qi neared the old farmer, an invisible barrier rose before him. The Sword Qi collided with the barrier, and both shattered together.

Even Shen Yu was somewhat surprised that his Sword Qi had been blocked; these old monsters were indeed not simple.

And the old farmer, who was fleeing, couldn't help but curl his lips; the reason he was able to withstand that terrifying Sword Qi was entirely due to a rare treasure he had once obtained.

It was just that this rare treasure required sacrificing all his blood and Qi to use once, and it required a certain amount of time to prepare, but once prepared, it could block a fatal attack one hundred percent.

The other party shouldn't have wasted words with them; otherwise, how would he have been given the time to prepare? He had successfully dodged this streak of Sword Qi, and that was enough to allow him to escape.

Elsewhere, a streak of Sword Qi also slashed toward Lin Musheng, but Lin Musheng felt not the slightest tension at this moment.

The next moment, the Sword Qi that had originally been slashing toward Lin Musheng actually turned, instead tearing through space to slash toward the old farmer's direction.

On the other side, the old farmer, who had just escaped from the deadly Sword Qi, hadn't even had a chance to catch his breath when the Sword Qi originally aimed at Lin Musheng came charging straight at him.

Before he could even react, his body had already been crushed by the Sword Qi.

At this moment, he suddenly remembered that Lin Musheng seemed to have given him a quiet pat before fleeing; with that, he immediately knew what kind of scheme he had fallen victim to.

This is a substitution technique, using oneself to take the blame.

"Lin Musheng, you bastard, you dare to backstab me, you just wait for me, just wait!"