Chapter 558: Your Identity is Wrong!

"What do you want?"

Forced back step by step by Shen Yu's gaze, the old man's face was now filled with panic, and he quickly pulled the young girl beside him over to use as a shield.

This shameless posture truly disgusted Shen Yu.

The Vast Righteous Energy erupted in an instant, enveloping the two people before him; under that sunlight-like radiance, the violent aura on their bodies rapidly dissipated.

On them, Shen Yu sensed that familiar negative energy.

Compared to He Yuan and the others, the negative energy on them was much thicker, as if it had taken deep root, and one could not tell how long they had been infected.

"What happened to me?" Soon, the negative energy was completely annihilated, and the old man returned to his former appearance.

It was just that his current state was very wrong; recalling the scene that had just occurred, he felt as if he had been struck by lightning.

The young girl before him was too young to even be his granddaughter, yet he had actually, actually done that. His lifelong reputation was ruined!

"Xiao Ru, I, I..."

The young girl on the side, however, looked even more pained; she dared not look at the old man or Shen Yu, curling up her body and hugging her legs while sobbing softly.

It was unclear whether she was aggrieved by being violated, or if she was recalling her own appearance of deliberately catering to him just moments ago.

Come to think of it, the two of them had been willing participants just now, so it seemed there was nothing wrong with that.

Sighing silently, Shen Yu stopped looking at the two people before him and strode toward the outside.

Walking on the main street, Shen Yu pushed his Vast Righteous Energy to its maximum, using his Mental Power as a medium to shine upon these people.

The power of the Vast Righteous Energy combined with Shen Yu's own mental energy, rapidly dispelling the negative energy that had entrenched itself within them and infected them to this state.

There were over ten thousand people in the entire town, yet it took Shen Yu nearly half the night, and the consumption was so great that even he could barely handle it.

It was not until he reached the most remote corner, an Ancestral Hall located some distance from the town, that Shen Yu—who had no time to be curious about why a building like an Ancestral Hall was built outside the town—

walked straight in and saved the last people inside the Ancestral Hall, only then was all the work considered complete.

Recovery is always more difficult than destruction, not to mention that this negative energy had been entrenched in them for who knows how long, having long since taken deep root and grown strong.

Furthermore, Shen Yu still had to guard against these people committing suicide or self-harm out of self-reproach.

Once madness returned to reason, recalling the unbearable scenes they had experienced and done, it was inevitable that some would be unable to accept it.

Self-reproach, regret, and various emotions led many to fall into suicide.

If saving people turned into killing people, then the meaning would be lost.

Fortunately, Shen Yu was there; if it had been someone else, they probably wouldn't have been able to hold on, and casualties would have been inevitable.

This kind of death without dying is the most regrettable. The fault did not lie with them; they were just simple, ordinary people.

The people here were isolated from the world, and the natural Great Array outside had confined them here.

So, all in all, even if they were infected, they were merely harming each other.

Suddenly, Shen Yu noticed a jade tablet lying on the ground not far from his feet; it looked quite valuable, and he wondered who had dropped it here.

He picked it up casually, and upon seeing the characters carved on the jade tablet, his brows furrowed slightly.

The jade tablet was carved with the two characters "Run away!"; the handwriting looked sloppy, likely carved in a hurry—was this a warning?

Interesting, this is truly interesting!

"System, Sign-in!"

"Sign-in successful, obtained Ten Thousand Jun Thunder; under the thunder, all shall be ashes!"

"Whoa!" A fluorescent light flashed, and the terrifying image of the Ten Thousand Jun Thunder began to flash through Shen Yu's mind.

He had thought it was just a casual sign-in, but he hadn't expected the reward to be so generous.

Ten Thousand Jun Thunder can summon Ten Thousand Jun Thunder; in the face of that terrifying natural force, human power is so insignificant. Although its strength is not as great as the Grass Sword Art, it must not be underestimated.

Just as Shen Yu had obtained the reward and hadn't yet had time to experiment with it, heavy Runes suddenly appeared in the sky, trapping him within them in an instant.

"Shen Yu, Official Shen, I have been waiting for a long time!"

A person walked quietly out of a hidden compartment in the deepest part of the Ancestral Hall, standing not far in front of Shen Yu, watching him silently.

"Official Shen does not seem surprised?"

"Then what kind of reaction should I have? Nervous? Afraid? Or should I beg you for mercy? You're overthinking it!"

"The only thing I am surprised by is how you address me; the people here are isolated from the world and shouldn't know me. You are not from here, are you?"

When he first stepped into this place, Shen Yu had anticipated such a situation; even though the people here looked simple and kind, he had not relaxed his vigilance.

The root of the negative energy was here, and it was possible that someone was spying on him in the dark.

When he appeared on the main street and walked swaggeringly, wasn't that a form of probing? Yet he hadn't expected that no one would make a move against him.

However, not making a move now did not mean they would never make a move. If things were as Shen Yu had guessed, there would always be a time when they couldn't help but strike.

And what time could be better than when he had spent half the night and had fallen into a low point in his strength!

"Official Shen is wrong; I am from here, and I am one of them. I should thank you, thank you for saving my clansmen so that they may avoid suffering day after day."

"However, I must still strike at you, because I must protect my clansmen!"

Standing opposite Shen Yu, the middle-aged man did not rush forward, but carefully guarded against this place.

For an expert like Shen Yu, no amount of caution could be too much.

"Heh, why bother speaking so loftily? 'Everything for the clansmen'—what a preposterous joke."

"The reason you only act at night is simply because you don't dare to act during the day. Once you move, I would discover you."

"But the night is different. If I have guessed correctly, you should know what this place becomes at night, unlike those ordinary people who have no memory of it."

"As long as it is night, all my attention will inevitably be drawn to the changes in the town, and only then can you calmly arrange everything."

"Moreover, you are merely using your clansmen to exhaust my strength; in the end, your clansmen are nothing but your Chess Pieces."

"Why bother speaking so grandiosely, making yourself out to be as if you are enduring humiliation for a heavy burden and are so aggrieved!"

"Not bad, everything Official Shen says is correct!" Being rebuked by Shen Yu like this, the other party did not show the slightest anger or embarrassment, but instead seemed to accept it with an open mind.

"With the strength of you, Official Shen Yu, I dare not face you head-on; resorting to this inferior strategy was a last resort."

"Master has taken a fancy to Lord Shen, and I have no other way; only by doing this can I protect my clansmen. For the safety of my clansmen, I can only sacrifice you, Lord Shen!"

"Master?" Narrowing his eyes slightly, Shen Yu understood who this so-called Master was; it must be the person behind all of this.

Feeling the power of the Array trapping him, he released his Mental Power to begin probing continuously.

Suddenly, Shen Yu seemed to sense something; a flash of inspiration flickered through his mind, and some conjectures welled up in his heart.

"No, your identity is wrong!"