Chapter 478: When the Rabbit Dies, the Fox Grieves

"Evil Man City, it seems, is gone!"

Inside Cannibal Valley, an old farmer wearing a ragged, patch-covered shirt and holding a crude fishing rod sat quietly by the lake.

At this moment, although the old farmer's gaze appeared to be fixed on the fishing float in the water, in reality, his attention was not on fishing at all.

This old farmer looked thin, withered, and dark, his face covered in gullies and wrinkles like cart tracks. Deep within his sunken eyes, a hint of confusion flickered.

At first glance, this person was no different from an ordinary farmer, the kind of person who would be hard to distinguish even if thrown into a mountain village.

Anyone would see him as an old farmer who had faced the yellow earth and turned his back to the sky, toiling in the fields his entire life.

Yet, no one knew that this old farmer, who looked so kind-faced and possessed a certain rustic honesty, was the legendary master of Cannibal Valley, Tu Wangu.

A man rumored to be several times more cruel than the City Lord of Evil Man City; words like "ruthless," "vicious," and "killing like hemp" were considered compliments to him, and were completely insufficient to describe his malevolence.

Jianghu rumors say that if you offend Evil Man City, the outcome will likely be worse than death. But if you offend Cannibal Valley, even dying will become an extreme luxury.

The viciousness of Cannibal Valley can be seen from its name alone.

No one knows the appearance, physique, or even the name of the Evil Man City City Lord. But the master of Cannibal Valley is known to outsiders—though, of course, only to the extent of knowing his name.

It is not because he is not mysterious enough, but because every generation of Cannibal Valley masters has gone by this name.

The moment he became the master of Cannibal Valley, he could only be called Tu Wangu. To be above ten thousand, one must first slaughter ten thousand bones!

Just now, the previously leisurely fishing Tu Wangu suddenly felt his body tremble, his expression shifting rapidly in an instant.

He sensed that the Chess Piece he had buried long ago had died; that was the Chess Piece he had planted in Evil Man City.

As one of the two great powers of Xiaozhou, how could their Cannibal Valley and Evil Man City not plant spies in each other? Naturally, these Chess Pieces all bore their marks.

However, they each had their own methods; once these marks left on the Chess Pieces reached a certain place, they would be completely covered by a peculiar power.

This power might be the strength of an Array, or perhaps it was covered by extremely strong Mental Power; in any case, once covered, it made it impossible for others to sense the location of the mark, and naturally, impossible to find the exact position of the other party.

Moreover, whether it was Evil Man City or Cannibal Valley, once you entered, it was impossible to leave, so naturally, there would be no opportunity to pass information outside.

Therefore, those buried Chess Pieces became dead Chess Pieces, of no great use. That is why, for so many years, the locations of Evil Man City and Cannibal Valley had never been exposed.

They have been able to stand tall in the world for many years without falling, relying not only on their cruel methods and powerful strength, but also on their secrecy and unpredictability.

The unknown is always terrifying; if this unknown fear is coupled with a bit of madness, it is enough to make anyone shrink back.

Anyone in the Jianghu who dares to offend them will face their retaliation at any cost. The fear of the unpredictable and the madness of retaliation at any cost are their greatest deterrents!

It is like a venomous snake hiding in the shadows, capable of taking a life at any moment, yet you cannot find its location.

It makes you toss and turn, unable to sleep through the night. And then, it will deliver a fatal blow when you are at your weakest.

Over time, their reputation naturally became louder and louder, and they were feared more and more. It is precisely by relying on these things that they have been able to exist steadily until now!

However, even knowing that planting Chess Pieces in each other is of little use, the successive City Lords of Evil Man City or masters of Cannibal Valley still do it.

What if it succeeds? What if the other side's leader for this term is unreliable? After all, everyone has a time when they doze off, and what if this just happens to be the time they encounter?

Both families are in Xiaozhou; when there is an external enemy, they will act in unison. Once the external enemy is gone, they will immediately fight among themselves, and when it comes to stabbing each other in the back, they are not ambiguous at all.

And this time, the Chess Piece he planted played a role, at least telling him that Evil Man City was gone.

The Chess Pieces and secret agents he sent to Evil Man City in several batches absolutely did not know each other and had no intersection; it is absolutely impossible for them to have been discovered and killed by the people of Evil Man City at the same time.

But now, the marks on them have dissipated simultaneously, which also proves they were killed at almost the same moment, so there is only one possibility.

That is, they were killed by an external enemy, dying at the hands of others. And the external enemy of Evil Man City was strong enough to kill everyone in an instant.

It is impossible for someone to specifically target his Chess Pieces; it must have been a large-scale slaughter, enough to prove that the vast majority of Evil Man City's experts likely did not survive, so in all probability, Evil Man City is gone.

Looking again at the things Evil Man City has been doing recently and who they were targeting, it is self-evident who took action against Evil Man City.

For a moment, a feeling of "when the rabbit dies, the fox grieves" inevitably welled up in his heart.

When they learned that Shen Yu was coming to Xiaozhou, although their Cannibal Valley and Evil Man City had not consulted each other, they immediately made the same choice; they both knew that this matter could not end well.

Shen Yu's arrival was a signal in itself, meaning that the imperial court might be about to take action against them.

Of course, even if the imperial court did not take action, according to this Master Shen's style of doing things, he would take action himself.

They had also watched Shen Yu's battle record from the recent period, and in the end, both sides reached almost the same conclusion: this young man is very likely an expert of the True Soul Realm!

This conclusion also shocked their hearts, leaving them with a faint sense of unease. Once a realm reaches this stage, it cannot be measured by common sense.

No matter how hidden or powerful their Evil Man City or Cannibal Valley might be, they could not withstand being targeted day and night by a True Soul Realm expert.

Therefore, rather than letting someone come to their door, it is better for them to take the initiative to eliminate this scourge. In terms of methods and foundations, the two families are not without options.

So Cannibal Valley and Evil Man City began preparations almost simultaneously, and a net spread slowly toward Shen Yu.

However, it was Evil Man City that made the first move, but the result is what it is now. This means that Evil Man City lost, lost in a complete mess, suffered a crushing defeat.

From this, it can be seen that this Master Shen is a ruthless character, the kind that really takes lives.

The foundations of the two families are actually not much different; the difference is just in their focus. If Evil Man City has perished, can Cannibal Valley be far behind?

This is an unprecedented challenge, and perhaps the strongest opponent they have faced since their existence.

After all, their Cannibal Valley and Evil Man City have existed for hundreds of years, and experts of the True Soul Realm have never appeared in these hundreds of years; they only appeared after the Spirit Qi increased significantly in the last few decades.

Even he has never seen a True Soul Realm expert take action with his own eyes, and he does not know how terrifying it will be, but one thing is certain: that is definitely not a gap that can be smoothed over by numbers.

In the past, no matter what kind of wind or rain came, he sat firmly on the fishing platform. But this time, his heart was in chaos, and the fishing line dangling on the water surface rippled.

Previously, he thought that Evil Man City, which coexisted with Cannibal Valley, would be as solid as a golden soup, and no power could destroy them.

But now Evil Man City is dead; this world has changed, changed to the point where even he cannot see through it!

"It seems it is time to make the worst preparations. This hurdle, I fear, will not be easy to pass!"