Chapter 362: We Don't Know Each Other

"Once I return, all of this will be mine!"

While fleeing, Lin Musheng was secretly delighted; all the competitors had been killed by Shen Yu, so in the end, all the benefits would belong to him alone.

Although the process had been a bit tortuous, being alive was victory. Even if he had to flee in a sorry state, so what? Whoever could laugh last in this world was the true winner.

At this moment, Lin Musheng was grinning so wide his face felt like it was stretching to the back of his head; as long as he could successfully escape, then sneak back to lurk and find that person, and successfully devour them.

He would surely gain unexpected harvests. It was not even impossible to challenge those at the very top.

Thinking that one day he too could stand at the pinnacle of the world, Lin Musheng could not stop his excitement. He had set himself a small goal, a small goal that was within reach!

But before he could be excited for long, a Sword Qi arrived one after another, and a sense of life-threatening crisis and helplessness instantly surged from his heart once more.

Impossible, he had clearly torn through space to escape, he should have dodged it, so why.

When he saw Shen Yu standing not far from him, Lin Musheng suddenly woke up; it wasn't that running in two directions meant he could successfully get away, and it wasn't that blocking one Sword Qi meant he could rest easy.

The other party could also traverse space at will, and the other party could also split into clones—one could become two, and could keep following right behind their tails.

So his clone wasn't just for show; it could truly take a person's life.

"Is this what death feels like!" The moment the Sword Qi pierced through his body, Lin Musheng looked up at the sky.

He had originally thought that when this moment arrived, he would be afraid, anxious, and helpless. But when this moment truly arrived, he realized he wasn't actually that afraid.

At the final moment of his life, what surfaced in his mind was unexpectedly that woman from back then, the woman who had made his heart flutter and left an indelible mark.

He vaguely remembered it was a summer, the first time he had felt his heart stir. When that woman stood before him in light gauze, smiling with bright, beautiful eyes, he had already fallen.

Just a few simple actions and a few words were enough to make him fall in love successfully.

He had originally thought that if he gave his heart and treated her with single-minded devotion, he could receive sincerity in return.

But then this woman taught him a lesson: in this world, sincerity cannot be exchanged for sincerity; what it might be exchanged for is complete and utter deception.

That year, she swindled away his family's entire foundation and angered his parents to death.

That year, his home was gone, everything was gone, and all of this was thanks to this young girl who had snuggled in his arms, coquettishly telling him she wanted to marry him.

From then on, he no longer trusted women and turned to playing with the world of martial arts. He learned how to attract women, learned how to become better, and used the same methods to take revenge on others.

Gradually, he began to sink into the pleasure of wandering among different women, spending their money and using their foundations to support himself.

All the events of the past surfaced in his heart at this moment, as vivid as if they were yesterday.

He had once been a pure and kind youth, but alas, fate played tricks on him, and he ultimately degenerated into what he was now.

However, he did not regret it; he had already enjoyed everything he should have. Money, power, beauties—he had possessed all the good things in the world.

He had come, enjoyed, and possessed; this life was worth it!

Finally, he took one last look at Shen Yu and revealed a meaningful smile.

People like Shen Yu were like candles in the dark; as long as they didn't die, there would always be a continuous stream of people coming. How long could they hold them off?

Today he perished under the Sword Qi; another day, the other party would perish the same way, and would die even more miserably and painfully.

The Sword Qi shredded Lin Musheng, and he drifted away completely in the air; all his aura was extinguished.

With this, all the old monsters gathered in Da'an City were killed, and Shen Yu's trial card was also almost out of time.

"System, check in!"

"Check-in successful, obtained Eight-Cornered Prison-Suppressing Tower! Where I am, that is the strongest prison!"

Following a flash of dim light, a primitive, exquisite little tower appeared in Shen Yu's hand, with flowing light flashing across it from time to time, appearing unspeakably profound.

At the same time, a stream of information surged into Shen Yu's mind. Holding the exquisite little tower, Shen Yu could not help but look it up and down.

It could not actively attack, nor did it have the ability to actively capture, but as long as it was fixed in a space, this place would turn into an impregnable prison.

This space could be a room, a tower, or a palace; the location could be chosen at will, with no particularly special requirements.

And as long as the Eight-Cornered Prison-Suppressing Tower did not shatter, the prison formed with it as the center would be indestructible.

"Good stuff!" Stroking the exquisite little tower, although it lacked the function of active capture, as long as one lured people into a space where it was stationed, the people inside would never be able to get out again.

Immediately after, a scroll suddenly appeared in Shen Yu's hand, with ten thousand miles of mountains and rivers upon it, magnificent and grand; it was his strongest treasure, the Mountain and River Map.

The next moment, the Eight-Cornered Prison-Suppressing Tower was thrown directly into the Mountain and River Map by Shen Yu, turning into a high tower atop a mountain peak.

Within the entire Mountain and River Map, with the Eight-Cornered Prison-Suppressing Tower as the center, a dim light flickered and gradually permeated the entire Mountain and River Map, as if the two had completely merged into one.

Putting away the Mountain and River Map, Shen Yu nodded with satisfaction. He had invested all the good things he had obtained from checking in; hopefully, he could trick those old monsters into a bloody mess in the future.

Afterward, Shen Yu returned to Da'an City, heading straight for the office of the Black-Clad Guard.

At this time, Gu Cheng was already sweating profusely there, not knowing how the battle in the distance was going. He only felt the earth shaking and the mountains swaying, as if the entire Da'an City were about to collapse along with it.

However, this violent tremor soon disappeared and did not bring much impact to Da'an City.

Immediately after, he saw a terrifying Sword Qi that made one's heart palpitate streak across the void.

It was a terrifying Sword Qi that he could not describe with words; such Sword Qi seemed not to belong to the human world, and just by looking at it, he felt as if he were about to split apart.

It was hard for him to imagine what kind of terrifying opponent Master Shen was facing, and even harder to determine if he could return victorious.

In the fragments of information he knew, they all spoke of the terror of these old monsters. They seemed to be synonymous with invincibility and bloodshed; wherever they passed, neither man nor beast remained, and corpses littered the fields.

Although Master Shen was also strong, he was, relatively speaking, a junior after all; could he really win against these old monsters?

The longer it went on, the more uneasy Gu Cheng became, especially since the fluctuations in the distance seemed to have disappeared, which made Gu Cheng's heart jump into his throat.

Perhaps in the next moment, they would face the revenge of the old monsters.

The sword in his hand was already drawn from its sheath; he had long been prepared to die for his duty.

Just at this moment, a person suddenly appeared before his eyes, scaring him so much he almost drew his sword to strike.

But when Gu Cheng saw the figure clearly, the movement of his hand paused, and his originally tense body instantly relaxed.

A thousand words surged into his heart, but in the end, they only gathered into one sentence.

"Master, did you win?"

"Won! Not a single one of the six old monsters gathered in Da'an City escaped!"

"Six, six of them?" He had originally thought Shen Yu was facing one person, but he hadn't expected it to be one against six; the danger involved could be imagined.

What was even more jaw-dropping was that they actually won like this.

"This is just an appetizer; what you encounter in the future will be a hundred times more ferocious and a hundred times more dangerous!"

"This subordinate is not afraid!" Gu Cheng immediately bowed his head and knelt on one knee, saying loudly to Shen Yu, "This subordinate is willing to follow you, my lord; even if I am smashed to pieces, I will have no regrets!"

But looking at it now, he could win even in a situation like this with a six-to-one disadvantage. This thigh of Lord Shen's was much thicker than he had imagined.

He hadn't had the chance before, but now that there was a chance to latch onto a powerful backer, he naturally had to do everything in his power to hold on.

With such a powerful backer to rely on, perhaps he could not only survive but even win without effort!

Even if he lost, it would be nothing more than death. In fact, he was also very clear that their aptitude could not be considered top-tier, and the gap would only grow wider and wider.

Since that was the case, why not try to follow behind Shen Yu and take a gamble? Perhaps he could earn a glimmer of hope for his family and friends, even if this hope seemed somewhat illusory.