Chapter 675

"None of you can escape!"

He raised the Slaughtering Knife in his hand, looking greedily at everyone around him; that gaze did not seem to be looking at living, breathing people, but rather at the meal on his plate.

It was just like seeing a table full of delicacies while starving; it was an uncontrollable greed and the scent of blood.

"Let us out!"

The middle-aged man's gaze filled everyone with terror. They frantically pounded on the walls, hoping to escape this place, to leave the very spot that had previously indulged them in dissipation.

But no matter how hard they tried, the walls here were like solid bronze and iron, impossible for them to break through.

Such a predicament only intensified the panic and despair in everyone's hearts.

They looked with trembling at the middle-aged man holding the Slaughtering Knife. His blood-smeared face was already terrifying to behold, and on top of that, he held the Slaughtering Knife that was still dripping with the blood of those he had just killed.

Blood dripped down the blade in his hand, drop by drop, and it also dripped onto everyone's hearts.

"We can't escape, none of us can escape!"

No one knew who shouted it, but then someone simply sat on the ground and wailed; it was the despair of realizing the truth.

"Clang!" Drawing the sword at his waist and holding it horizontally before him, Gu Cheng took half a step forward to shield Shen Yu behind him.

Although he knew Lord Shen probably did not need his protection, the gesture still had to be made.

"My Lord, be careful!"

"Die!" Just then, the middle-aged man's blade descended violently, as if to hack Gu Cheng, who dared to draw his sword against him, into eight pieces.

As the Commander of the Black-Clad Guard for a region, Gu Cheng's own strength was top-tier. When the opponent struck, he was quick-witted and fast-handed, immediately blocking the blade with his sword and using the momentum to force the opponent back several steps.

"So weak?" Looking at the opponent with suspicion, Gu Cheng looked at himself, feeling uncertain. Had he suddenly become stronger, or was the opponent just this weak?

He had assumed the opponent would be terrifyingly strong, but once they clashed, he realized the man seemed to be about the same as him.

No, he should be even weaker than him; if it were one-on-one, he might not lose.

He had been worried before, as several waves of his subordinates sent to investigate had gone and never returned, so there must be a great terror here.

With the undercurrents surging throughout Da'an City, even if he wanted to continue investigating, he lacked the strength to do so.

But Gu Cheng never expected that the thing he had been dreading was just this kind of trash?

"Why, why did you stand in front of me? Why didn't you help me just now when I needed you!"

Waving the Slaughtering Knife, the middle-aged man seemed to have lost his last shred of sanity, and his aura surged violently.

"You are all just a bunch of scum who only know how to shield each other, you all must die!" Holding the Slaughtering Knife, his terrifying killing intent and aura forced Gu Cheng into a disadvantage, making him retreat repeatedly until he stopped beside Shen Yu.

"Damn it!" Subconsciously gripping his sword, Gu Cheng's expression was uncertain. Aren't we doing a one-on-one duel? How is there a power-up involved?

A moment ago, their levels might have been similar, but now the other party had formed an overwhelming momentum against him; no one told him the opponent's strength would skyrocket after getting enraged.

Wouldn't that mean he gets stronger the more they fight? How is this supposed to be fought?

"Every one of you was watching the show, when have you ever helped me? Why is no one willing to help me, why?"

"My Lord, this..." The aura was still surging; if it grew any more, he wouldn't be able to hold on.

Helpless, Gu Cheng could only seek help from behind him; their Lord Shen couldn't really let him take the brunt of it, could he?

"Step back!"

Signaling for Gu Cheng to come behind him, Shen Yu looked the opponent up and down. Tsk tsk, quite the player, aren't you.

Why didn't anyone help you? Don't you have any idea why? Why did what just happened here occur?

The reason no one helped was partly because the people around here were of poor character, and partly because of this aura permeating the air.

This aura could slowly stir up the darkest parts of a person's heart, making them dare to do things they were previously restrained from doing—things they wanted to do but dared not.

The whole process was not obvious, but it was effective because it was subtle; this was clearly a honey trap.

They let you release your dark side and commit a wrong, then they would say you are guilty, and that massive Slaughtering Knife would come hacking down!

You guys playing like this isn't quite right, is it?

Besides, it had been so long; Shen Yu did not believe that no one had helped them every single time.

These auras in the air were not too intense; there were always people with justice in their hearts who could resist them, and when they saw that scene of bullying just now, they might not have failed to intervene.

However, no one who had come here had ever survived.

In other words, the result that everyone here would die was already set; as for the process, it didn't really matter. Whether there was help, or whether someone couldn't stand it and intervened, none of it mattered.

To put it bluntly, this was just a play; no need to take it too seriously.

"You say no one helped you, but what if someone had helped you? Wouldn't they have to die just the same?"

"No, to be precise, you did let them go, but after they left this place, they started to suffer mental breakdowns, went on killing rampages, and finally committed suicide."

"In the end, no one can live here, am I right?"

"Hehe, you're right, no one can live here!" As if shedding all his disguises, the middle-aged man grinned at Shen Yu, his smile full of eeriness.

Especially that gaze; it was as if one look would make a person feel like they had fallen into an abyss. It made one's breathing and heartbeat feel as if they were about to stop.

"I was just finding a reason to kill them for myself; even if someone helped me, it wouldn't be hard to find another reason to finish them off."

"It was so hard to get some toys, of course I have to play with them properly."

Holding the Slaughtering Knife, the middle-aged man's greedy gaze swept over Shen Yu, his eyes full of bloodthirsty greed.

"You aren't an ordinary person, are you? Although you look like an ordinary person no matter how I look at you, I can confirm that you are definitely not an average person. An average person wouldn't have the guts to stand before me."

"I reckon killing you, swallowing you, will be ten times better than them!"

"Truly clueless. You're weak as hell and yet you dare to spout threats? Are you courting death!"

With a casual wave, a terrifying Sword Intent pierced the middle-aged man opposite, shattering both him and the knife in his hand, and a foul stench rushed into the air.

It was as if the middle-aged man before them hadn't just been killed, but had long since rotted, his blood already foul and putrid.

"Died just like that?" The existence that even he had been dreading just now was finished off by Lord Shen with a wave of his hand; was the gap really that big?

But fortunately, the middle-aged man was dead, and one person who threatened the safety of Da'an City was gone; Gu Cheng felt slightly relieved, at least the trip wasn't in vain.

"How could he have died just like that? This was only the appetizer; the real master is up ahead!!"

The Bait

Shen Yu's gaze was never on the middle-aged man from beginning to end, but rather on the blind woman on the high platform.

At this moment, that stunningly beautiful woman still appeared pitiful, as if she were truly blind and could see nothing, fumbling around in a panic.

When she sensed that the middle-aged man had been killed, the woman's eyes, which had previously been unable to see clearly, were filled with blood, as if her eyes had completely turned into blood-red pupils.

"My lord, could it be that the one before us is the real target?"

"To be precise, this entire thing should be one of them; truly impressive. I don't know how capable these old fellows are, but their ability to save their own lives is absolutely top-notch!"

His gaze swept over the surroundings; he had just checked, and he could be certain the opponent was right here, yet he could not find the opponent's location at all.

However, it did not matter; he was the best bait, and when he let his aura leak out, these old monsters would be unable to resist making a move.

Long before stepping in here, when Shen Yu used the Time Golden Chapter to conceal his aura, he had already split off an avatar.

The one before them was merely a clone; Shen Yu's true body was already hidden and waiting for the right moment to act. As long as the opponent dared to strike and expose their position, he would be able to take them down with ease.