Chapter 622: Time Waits for No One

"Luo Yu, let's see where you can run to now!"

Seeing Shen Yu block Luo Yu's path, Bai Yi could not help but laugh heartily. Blood dripped from his beard and hair, giving him a strange, ferocious appearance.

Holding his spear in one hand, Bai Yi walked forward slowly, his aura growing stronger and stronger as he drew closer. The dark clouds shattered, the earth trembled, and his terrifying aura seemed ready to crush everything before him.

"Shen Yu, Bai Yi!" Casting a wary glance at Shen Yu behind him and then at Bai Yi, Luo Yu found himself surrounded by these two, one in front and one behind. At this moment, his eyes were filled with panic.

Although he had come to intentionally engage Bai Yi in battle, he had never intended to risk his life.

He had only wanted to provoke Bai Yi's fighting spirit and then deliberately clash with him; the power generated by their collision would be enough to tear open the gap in the Forbidden Land.

Now that the scheme had succeeded, there was no need for him to fight to the death here. Moreover, to deal with Bai Yi earlier, so many experts had joined forces to set up the Great Array.

In the end, not only was the Great Array broken, but more than half of the experts he brought had fallen.

The terror of Cold Spear Bai Yi was enough to leave him with lingering fears after these two days of fighting. He was truly worthy of being the strongest existence since Mu Zishan, in the years before Shen Yu.

He did not want to tangle with Bai Yi and had wanted to escape once his plan succeeded, but he had not expected this madman Bai Yi to be so relentless, acting as if he were insane and determined to kill him, leaving him unable to shake him off despite trying every method.

This old madman, why is he so stubborn!

"Hero Shen, he is called Luo Yu, the renowned Luo Yu Sword from over a hundred years ago. Before Mu Zishan, the Luo Yu Sword's prominence in the martial arts world was unrivaled for a time."

Walking forward, Bai Yi introduced him to Shen Yu, "Yet I never expected that he would now become a dog by someone else's side. Hero Shen, be careful, this dog's strength is not weak!"

"Bai Yi, we are merely cooperating; there is no question of who has submitted to whom. I just want to live longer and reach a higher level, is that wrong!"

"Now that a gap has appeared in the Forbidden Land and the Spiritual Qi Surge is imminent, we can actually discuss this. Perhaps we could become friends!"

"Discuss my foot, right now I am only interested in your life!" The Mountain and River Map in his hand unfurled, quickly shrouding the entire area within it.

Seeing Shen Yu's actions, a sense of crisis suddenly arose in Luo Yu's heart, as if an irresistible, great terror were about to descend. How many years had it been? How many years had it been since he last felt this way?

He knew that the sense of crisis he had cultivated through years of life-and-death battles would never deceive him. He could not let the map in Shen Yu's hand fall, or he would certainly be the one to die.

The Luo Yu Sword in his hand slashed violently across the firmament, and a Sword Rain composed of ten thousand raindrops surged into mid-air, each drop possessing the power to tear the sky apart.

Under these ten thousand raindrops, even if a ten-thousand-foot-tall mountain stood before him, it would be enough to crush and collapse it.

Yet he did not know that what stood before him was not a ten-thousand-foot mountain, but mountains and ravines, ten thousand miles of mountains and rivers.

As these raindrops touched the descending Mountain and River Map, they were all swallowed up, as if they had never appeared at all.

The Mountain and River Map continued its descent, Luo Yu's sword strikes having no effect on it whatsoever. Like a magnificent force carrying the might of heaven and earth, it crushed down upon him.

Luo Yu wanted to resist this power, but all his efforts were like a mantis trying to stop a chariot; he could not even slow it down in the slightest.

Despair, deep despair, shrouded Luo Yu's heart. He had previously wondered how strong Shen Yu's power was and had thought he might not be a match, but he never expected the gap to be this large.

Facing such a young man, he did not even have room to fight back. Everyone compared Shen Yu to Mu Zishan, and now it seemed that was not an exaggeration at all.

No wonder they said they had to hold Shen Yu back at all costs; if they couldn't hold him, their plan would never be realized.

The Mountain and River Map descended, its terrifying power—a collection of ten thousand mountains and rivers, sun, moon, and stars—enough to drown and swallow anyone who dared to block it.

Crushed under this force, Luo Yu's body collapsed rapidly, without even a shred of power to resist. At this moment, his heart was filled only with lingering hatred!

"Yan Ruyi, that piece of trash, he clearly promised he could hold him for three months, I never expected he would only hold him for half a month. Trash, trash!"

"If Yan Ruyi is trash, then what does that make you? Garbage?"

"Shen Yu, even if you kill me, the Forbidden Land will still be breached, Mu Zishan will die, and you will all die too!"

Luo Yu's body collapsed rapidly, leaving only his voice echoing in their ears, "You are so obsessed and lost, one day you will all die miserably."

"I will wait, waiting for you to follow in my footsteps one by one, waiting for the day when you will wail in helplessness just like me!"

The Mountain and River Map shook, and Luo Yu was completely swallowed and crushed; even the last trace of his mental power was pulverized, leaving nothing behind.

As for the remaining experts Luo Yu had brought, they were already scared pale.

Shen Yu gave the Mountain and River Map in his hand a shake, quickly shrouding them all within it, and easily wiped them all out in one go.

"Hero Shen, this old man is incompetent; I fell for their tricks!" Seeing Shen Yu resolve everyone, Bai Yi looked ashamed, his once straight back bent significantly.

His aura quickly receded, no longer possessing the sharp edge from just moments ago. During this time, Bai Yi had actually been forcing himself to hold on; he had long since suffered heavy injuries.

How could the number one expert from over a hundred years ago, Luo Yu, combined with the Great Array formed by so many experts, be broken so easily?

Even someone as strong as Bai Yi had to use secret techniques, agitating his blood and qi, causing great damage to his body to fight to the death and break the Great Array.

In the end, he had even chased Luo Yu down while covered in wounds, beating him until he almost doubted his own existence.

Luo Yu was also filled with confusion; they were both experts second only to Mu Zishan, so how could the gap between them be so large?

In reality, there was indeed a gap in their strength, but it was not large; however, the difference in their courage was not just a little bit.

Bai Yi looked like his hair and beard were all white, but his fighting style was terrifying to behold; he was truly someone who didn't care about his own life.

In this regard, only Half-Step Killing Fist Zhan Wumian could be compared to him, but unfortunately, Zhan Wumian had long since died at the hands of those old monsters, sacrificing his own life to take two of them down with him.

"Senior Bai, do not blame yourself. These people are skilled in schemes and tricks; not only you, Senior, but even I fell into their trap!"

"Now, what we must think about is how to plug the gap so that the Spirit Qi no longer leaks!"

Looking up at the sky, Shen Yu's hands continuously traced out Runes, which surged toward the place where the Spirit Qi was leaking. That was the location of the Spirit Qi leak, and also where the gap in the Forbidden Land lay.

"I have an Array that can seal Spirit Qi, but this Array is too complex and exquisite; I cannot be disturbed during this time, or a slight mistake will cause all previous efforts to be wasted!"

"Hero Shen, rest assured!" Standing in place with his spear in one hand, Bai Yi looked coldly at his surroundings, his aura rising once again, not a bit weaker than before.

"As long as this old man is not dead, I will not let anything happen to you, Hero Shen!"

"That is excellent!" Lifting off, Shen Yu leaped into mid-air, his hands moving incessantly. Layers of Runes were continuously traced out, covering the leaking Spirit Qi.

In the "Ten Interpretations of Runes" and the "Fragmentary Chapters of Array Dao," there happened to be an Array that could seal Spirit Qi, using the power of the sun, moon, and stars to form a Great Array.

This Array could not only block the leaking Spirit Qi but also convert the surging Spirit Qi into the power of the Array itself, making the Array's defense stronger and stronger.

However, the power of such an Array was limited; if the entire Forbidden Land were to collapse and Spirit Qi were to surge out in a torrent, it naturally could not seal it, but it was more than enough to plug a gap.

Once the Spirit Qi was sealed, the location of the Forbidden Land would be hidden again. Presumably, even for that organization, calculating where the Forbidden Land appeared would not be an easy task.

It was just that this time, the gap appeared due to the impact of the battle between Bai Yi and Luo Yu, and Mu Zishan inside the Forbidden Land must have also been affected.

The world knew that the Spirit Qi had been turbulent these past few years, and Mu Zishan inside the Forbidden Land was already at the end of his rope; it was unknown how much longer he could hold on.

If it weren't for the turbulence of the Spirit Qi, how could the people of that organization have used it to calculate the location of the Forbidden Land?

Therefore, even if the breach is temporarily sealed, a Spiritual Qi Surge is imminent. It is possible that before long, the location of the Forbidden Land will collapse entirely.

And the Array that they have set up will likely be unable to withstand a single blow in the face of this surging power, and will be quickly swept away.

Time waits for no one, time truly waits for no one!