Chapter 739: I've Been Waiting for You for a Long Time

"Where exactly is this old monster hiding? How is it possible that not a single trace of his aura is revealed?"

Shen Yu was lurking quietly in the manor, but he had searched for a long time without finding the other party's location.

Those who had been abducted were all being held together; it seemed there hadn't been enough time to send them to the old monster yet.

The other party did not appear voluntarily, nor did he reveal even a shred of his aura, making it impossible for Shen Yu to determine his location.

These old things—I don't know if they have any other strong skills, but their life-saving ability to hide themselves is truly one more capable than the next.

"Useless trash, you can't even handle a small task. What use are you?"

Inside the great hall, a young man fiercely smashed the teacup in his hand onto the ground, while a crowd of trembling people knelt on the floor beside him.

These people didn't even dare to raise their heads, all appearing extremely terrified of this young man.

Clearly, within the entire manor, this young man was the leader.

On his body, Shen Yu sensed a powerful force, though it did not perfectly mesh with his body; it was clearly forcibly incorporated through special means.

If his guess was correct, this person should be the one who dealt directly with the old monster.

As long as he kept a close eye on him, he figured he would soon be able to lock onto the old monster's location.

When the time came, he would secretly strike the old monster; he was sure he could take him out in one go—simply perfect!

On the other side of the hall, having seemingly vented the pent-up frustration in his heart, the young man's previously angry expression finally softened quite a bit.

Only then did one of the people kneeling before him, clearly his confidant, speak in a low voice.

"Master, it is not that we are not putting in the effort, but that we subordinates are truly powerless despite our intentions."

"We have already searched for every known midwife in the city, and these midwives only know of so many people with the corresponding birth dates. If you want to find more, we can only search slowly."

"We beg Master to give us more time!"

"I have already given you enough time. I am not here to listen to your complaints; I want people, more people."

"I don't care what difficulties you have, nor do I care what excuses you have. I only want results, do you understand!"

Glaring coldly at everyone, the young man had a frigid gaze and a gloomy face.

The killing intent, thick to the extreme, was like snow in the twelfth lunar month, as if it were about to freeze people stiff.

"No matter what method you use, and no matter what means you employ, you must find people whose birth dates and constitutions meet the requirements!"

"I will give you two more days. If you can't gather enough people, I will use you to fill the quota. Do you hear me!"

Facing the enraged young man, everyone could only bury their heads low. The words filling their ears made them tremble uncontrollably.

No one understood better than them what fate awaited those who had been captured; it was a scene they wouldn't want to face even if they committed suicide to end it all.

"Alright, all of you get out. Without my orders, no matter what noise you hear, do not come in."

The young man's words made everyone feel as if they had been granted amnesty. One by one, they left carefully with lingering fear, only letting out long sighs of relief after completely exiting the door.

Staying under such a pervert, it was good enough that they were still alive; what else could they hope for?

The young man inside the room coldly watched everyone leave and close the door, then stood up and carefully straightened his clothes.

Afterwards, the young man walked to the side and tapped the cabinet next to him a few times.

Subsequently, a hole large enough for only one person to pass through appeared on the floor of the great hall.

Once this hole appeared, the young man jumped in without hesitation.

Shen Yu, who had been watching from outside for a long time, followed closely and jumped in after the other party jumped down.

But after he jumped down, the inside seemed completely different from what he had imagined.

In Shen Yu's mind, beneath this hole should have been a passageway, or perhaps just a secret room of some sort.

Yet, after he actually jumped down, he discovered he had jumped directly into a jail.

The moment he landed, the previously open jail instantly sealed shut, not giving him any time to react.

Only then did he realize that he seemed to have been imprisoned?

And what surprised him was that this invisible jail was not an Array, but a Barrier, just like when he faced Dong Yu before.

Facing such a jail, other than breaking it with force, he feared there was no better way.

After the power within his body condensed to a single point and erupted, the Sword Qi that seemed capable of severing the galaxy failed.

The jail confining him merely trembled a few times under the impact of the Sword Qi and then recovered, as if it were an immovable ten-thousand-foot mountain.

These people were just a bunch of rabble; how could they have such a thing? It made no sense!

What made Shen Yu even more uneasy was that this jail was very peculiar; not only was it so formidable that he was at his wit's end, but it also seemed capable of triggering some kind of mental connection.

Just as his power erupted and he wanted to break out, a strand of Mental Power seemed to appear, as if it were probing or scanning something.

The next moment, Shen Yu's true body, far outside the city, suddenly felt as if needles were pricking his back, as if he had been targeted by some powerful force.

This feeling was so similar to the jail currently trapping him.

No, this was an attempt to use the power exposed by his avatar's recent eruption as a source to lock onto the location of his true body.

When Shen Yu entered the city earlier, he had used an avatar. This way, even if there were any issues, he wouldn't fear harming himself.

He had thought that using an avatar to scout the path was foolproof, but he hadn't expected that the jail he faced this time was one he had never seen before, capable of locking onto his true body directly through the connection between the avatar and the true body.

No, this wasn't locking on; it was sealing his true body away along with it.

The Shen Yu in the distance wanted to struggle, but before he could make a move, he felt the space before his eyes shift.

The next moment, his true body was teleported into this jail, staring wide-eyed at the avatar he had sent out earlier.

For a moment, Shen Yu was also a bit stunned. What the hell kind of method was this? It could actually pull a person in directly?

Even his true body was trapped here; he was screwed!

"Master Shen, I have been waiting for you for a long time. I didn't expect you to arrive only now!"

Outside the jail, the young man's figure appeared once again.

It was just that this meeting seemed a bit awkward; the other person was outside the jail, while he was inside.

"Master Shen, are you very curious as to why we have such a good thing?"

"What a coincidence, during the Spiritual Qi Surge, not only did I gain immense strength, but I also obtained a legacy halfway up the cliff, and I even acquired this sleeping body!"

As he spoke, he pointed inside the Jail, not far from Shen Yu, where a body was lying quietly.

This person's expression was calm and peaceful, their breathing intermittent, as if at any moment they might fail to catch their breath and never wake up again.

Yet Shen Yu could sense that the other party's power was dissipating continuously, and most of this dissipating power seemed to be gathering in that young man, using this Barrier as a medium.

This scene made Shen Yu's eyes widen; he was actually forcibly plundering the old monster's power.

It has always been the old monsters devouring others, but now someone is actually turning the tables to steal their cultivation; what a madman!

It is just that this energy is being concealed by the Jail blocking the cave entrance here, and precisely because this place is shrouded by the Barrier, the aura here cannot leak out.

It is likely that only when the cave entrance is opened will some aura leak out, which is what allowed Shen Yu to lock onto this place with the Compass.

However, Shen Yu has seen plenty of old monsters devouring ordinary people to restore their strength.

But this is the first time Shen Yu has seen someone forcibly plundering an old monster's power in return.

One has to say that the person before him dares to think and act; this level of courage alone is not something an ordinary person could possess!

This means all of his previous guesses were wrong; those people who were captured were not meant to be sacrificed to the old monster, but were used for himself.

It seems that by using some method to sacrifice these people, the energy obtained, with the help of the Barrier here, is used to plunder the cultivation of that old monster who has fallen into a deep sleep.

"Lord Shen must have realized it too; I am extracting the power from this body and converting it into my own."

"How about it? Isn't it very creative?"

"It is just a pity that the power of this body has been consumed too much due to its long slumber, and it has already been almost entirely extracted by me."

"But this is not enough, far from enough; I know what I will be facing, so I need a new target to seize their power for my own use."

"So, I am your new target?"

"Lord Shen is indeed clever; these old monsters are not easy to find!"

Shaking his head, the young man looked helpless, "I cannot beat the ones that are awake, and the ones that are asleep have had their cultivation consumed to the point where even if I find them, the gains are limited."

"Therefore, I have no choice but to settle for the next best thing; is there any better choice than the number one in the world?"

"As long as I can lure you into this place, all of your cultivation and destiny will belong to me!"