jdhmnovel Chapter 977 - 831: Be Sure to Remember
Chapter 977 - 831: Be Sure to Remember
At sea, looking at the location information given by Mulan Jin, Shi Chun was speechless. He immediately guessed that someone had done something to smooth over the Extreme Abyss Rift Valley in their line of sight, using an eye-blocking skill to fool them.
After thinking for a moment, he suspected Wei Mo.
Based on the known information, only the Blue Child in East Victory's hands had the potential to overturn the situation.
It's only issues with the potential to overturn that would lead them to resort to such desperate measures to prevent them from entering the Extreme Abyss, even using such low-level eye-blocking skills.
But the problem is, it doesn't matter if it's low-level or not, as long as it's effective, this principle he and Wu Jinliang understood all too well.
He felt like he'd capsized in a gutter.
Unfortunately, they were flying high in the sky, plus his right eye superpower's visual distance was limited; otherwise, he would certainly have noticed something amiss.
And he had suffered similar losses before, during the Battle of Great Pardon, previously ambushed by people from the Qiankun Sect, failing to evade in time, leading him and Mulan Qingqing into the 'Immortal Trapping Array'.
But there was no other choice; flying low close to the ground was actually more dangerous, more prone to traps.
Seeing his unusual reaction, Wu Jinliang asked, "What's going on?"
Shi Chun glanced at all the people staring at him and felt there was no need to hide it from everyone. He straightforwardly admitted, "There's been a hitch. We have already crossed the Extreme Abyss and are currently above the sea on this side of the Extreme Abyss. Someone has filled the portion of the Extreme Abyss Rift Valley in our path. Previously, Shen Moming had sent a message to me, saying he had noticed someone stirring in the Extreme Abyss, advising to temporarily retreat and evade. At that time, there should have been someone filling the rift valley, which I overlooked."
His right eye superpower didn't see far, but Qilin A San could see far, and A San had noticed they had already crossed the Extreme Abyss, but since its master didn't say anything, it assumed the master had other plans.
At this moment, A San couldn't help but look back at Shi Chun, thinking it was no oversight and still believed the master had other plans.
The crowd was speechless upon hearing this, sending Tong Mingshan to take the risk to seize the Sky Splitting Sword and the Token was merely to save time for a timely retreat into the Extreme Abyss. Now with this situation, does it mean that all their efforts have been in vain?
But no one was to blame, everyone was collectively blind, and all shared the responsibility.
An Wuzhi asked, "Master, is it still possible to return to the Extreme Abyss now?"
Shi Chun replied, "Whether it's possible or not, at least one thing is certain, the fact they will use such means to prevent us from returning to the Extreme Abyss shows the opponent indeed has ways to restrain us. The caller certainly doesn't have the Token, and the Command Center likely can't pinpoint its location. The current issue is whoever here has the Token is in danger."
Tong Mingshan suggested, "How about I take the Token and make a run to the Extreme Abyss from a different direction?"
Shi Chun said, "The Blue Child's attack, even Dongguo Shou couldn't evade it, your Escape Technique may not be safe. The key now is, your Escape Technique is within their expectations, knowing your methods, they deliberately forced us out to sea, not knowing what tricks they have hidden, letting you take the Token alone and leave might just fall into their trap."
"Who cares about their means. Chun Tian, now it's at sea, why don't I go big? Do as much as you can and bring it on." Wu Jinliang suggested, winking suggestively.
Shi Chun understood immediately and, after a moment of thinking, decisively responded, "The calm sea trick won't catch them off guard again, a glance at the mirror image reveals everything. However, since we've already fallen into their trap, we have only one option left, soldiers block all roads, water submerges all obstacles, let's see what they can show. Jinliang, there's no time, directly prepare the Thunder Sword."
"Heheheheh, I'm on it." Wu Jinliang laughed heartily, eager to try the trick he'd learned but hadn't had a chance to use yet.
His laughter faded as his two-fingered point cut through the air in front of his chest, powerful energy continuously gathered and dispersed at his fingertips, soon brewing a small, flickering electric arc, with gusts of wind gradually rising from him.
The posture resembled Li Hongjiu, only lacking Li Hongjiu's flair due to the battle armor.
Not long after, a whirlwind rapidly formed, with the sea already raging like a monster, storms surging, with clouds swirling up from its top quickly blowing in all directions accompanied by faint thunder.
In the mirror image, the clouds quickly covered Shi Chun and their group's tracks, expanding so much that even side observations saw nothing but the rolling, flickering electric bolts like snakes in the clouds.
Manxi shifted his suspicious gaze to Mulan Jin, puzzled, "Wu Jinliang's means seem familiar..."
Everyone saw the scene was caused by Wu Jinliang.
Mulan Jin remained silent, not knowing when Wu Jinliang had acquired such skills, only noticing the majestic power of the heavens and earth was becoming increasingly abnormal.
Wei Mo, before the mirror image, widened his eyes, with his cheeks twitching occasionally. This scene, others may be unfamiliar with, but he knew it well. Seeing the electric lights gathering into the Thunder Court, he became more certain, gritting his teeth, "This is Li Hongjiu's move, damn it, even people in Yanbao Sect couldn't learn it, how did Giant Wu know this trick?"
He knew the power of this move, capable of even slaying those in the Heavenly Immortal Realm, far beyond what any regular Earth Immortal Realm could withstand.
Realizing this, he suddenly turned and said, "Check immediately where the Blue Child is, tell him not to get close under any circumstances."
Tao Zhi had seen this scene in his early years. After following the instructions, he put away the Mother-child Talisman and said in surprise, "With such an array, if we can't get close, what should we do?"
Wei Mo pondered slowly, "Under normal circumstances, we really can't do anything against it, but since this is on the battlefield of the Battle of Great Pardon, breaking it is not difficult. If it forms with power, it should be broken with power."
After speaking, he took out the Mother-child Talisman and alternately contacted Lan She, Ming Chaofeng, and Niu Qian.
Under the vast, glimmering dark thunderclouds, from time to time, thick bolts of lightning struck the undulating ocean below.
Amidst the strong mist and wind columns in the sky, Wu Jinliang, pointing his finger, continued to maneuver for quite some time before showing a puzzled expression. He said to 'Shi Chun' beside him, "Old Xiao, something's off. It's impossible for those pursuing us to have not arrived by now. Why is there no response around us? Contact Chun Tian to see what's the situation."
Currently, only he and 'Shi Chun' were in the sky. The others were floating below by the mist and wind columns, close to the sea surface, maintaining a considerable distance from the two of them. Those wearing black armor also wore iron masks on their chests, making it difficult to tell who was who without paying close attention.
The real Shi Chun was among them.
The 'Shi Chun' beside Wu Jinliang was actually Xiao Sheng in disguise. The two had been partners for twenty years and were now paired together again.
By now, Shi Chun had long sensed something wrong. Using his Right Eye Superpower to look around, he couldn't see any silhouettes, which was very unusual. He was in contact with Mulan Jin's side, asking for help to check what was going on.
At the Heavenly Court Team's command center, Manxi was also busy with this matter.
After receiving Mulan Jin's transmission, Manxi responded in a deep voice, "Commander, something's wrong. Reports from all routes indicate that under that vast thundercloud, the four families have secretly gathered hundreds of thousands of troops without showing any intention to attack. They are deploying around Shi Chun and the others, and follow-up troops are still arriving. It looks like those four families might have joined forces again."
Mulan Jin frowned slightly in thought for a while, then suddenly his face changed slightly, "Not good. They want to use the might of a large army to break the array. Even if you send a large army to aid, it will only enhance the power of breaking the array."
Manxi's expression changed greatly as he understood the situation. Before he could remind, Mulan Jin had already picked up the Mother-child Talisman to urgently warn Shi Chun.
Shi Chun, upon receiving the warning, lifted his masked face and looked at the two silhouettes high at the center of the whirlwind. After pondering for a while, he did not send a message for the two to withdraw but flew personally to the sky, approaching the two.
Even with the face mask on, Wu Jinliang recognized him at a glance, shouting amidst the howling wind, "Chun Tian, what's going on?"
Shi Chun replied, "The four teams are gathering their troops to deploy around us, intending to use the might of hundreds of thousands of troops to break your killing move."
Wu Jinliang naturally knew the terrifying suppression such a vast number of troops would have on skills and immediately changed color, "Damn it, a bunch of spineless fools. Chun Tian, I definitely can't withstand this move. We need to think of a way to withdraw."
Shi Chun said, "No need to retreat, you proceed according to the plan."
"..." Wu Jinliang was at a loss, tilting his head to look at him, as if wanting to find out something, and just when he was about to ask why persist knowing it wouldn't work, Shi Chun turned his hand and presented a large pile of items.
They were a heap of multicolored tokens, which Shi Chun pushed towards Xiao Sheng, who was pretending to be him, saying, "Keep them well. Remember this: after the four families' joint attack, if you discover someone releasing yellow light attacks towards you, immediately throw these tokens to him, and shout something like 'Blue Child, here are your things, please show mercy.' If you find other means of attack beyond our expectations, do the same. Throw the items and run immediately, we will catch up to provide support."
"..." Xiao Sheng was somewhat shocked and hesitant to take them, turned to look at Wu Jinliang.
Wu Jinliang was equally shocked, lowered his voice, "Chun Tian, what do you mean? After all the hard work to get these, how can we willingly give them away? We also have a way out."
Shi Chun fixed his gaze on the pile of tokens, "It seems the Sect Master's handiwork is indeed superb, enough to pass off the fake as real in a short time."
"..." Both Wu Jinliang and Xiao Sheng were speechless, their expressions were brilliant, instantly realizing the situation.
Confused and uncertain, Xiao Sheng couldn't help but ask more, "Are these all fake goods crafted by the Sect Master? So many?"
Shi Chun: "Prepared earlier, I let the Sect Master prepare some, thinking it's better to be prepared for anything, now it comes in handy."
"Hehehehe..." Wu Jinliang laughed heartily, "They even used the crude method of filling the Extreme Abyss Rift Valley, we have no reason to be courteous, we must retaliate!"
Xiao Sheng turned to Wu Jinliang, still perplexed, "Now... now everyone has basically handled the tokens and has the experience to discern real from fake. Once exposed, it won't fool anyone."
"Hehe." Wu Jinliang chuckled again, "The authenticity doesn't matter, as long as it throws the forces of the four into chaos, that's enough. Once that many people are in chaos, it's not something one or two shouts can settle. Hehe, I really want to see if Blue Child will keep or throw the pile when he gets it, and if the armies will give him time to think. Best case scenario, he gets beaten to death, it's what he deserves for playing dirty... By the way, Chun Tian, are you sure you can neutralize the poison?"
Shi Chun didn't want to explain a second time. He signaled Xiao Sheng to accept the tokens and then pulled out a Sky Splitting Sword and tossed it over, "Throw it to the other side just like the tokens."
Grabbing the sword, Xiao Sheng said nothing, casting a spell to inspect it, then couldn't help but chuckle bitterly himself. He found that this Master was indeed just like Wu Jinliang, having endured them for the past twenty years. In the end, the bitterness turned into a sigh, "Our Sect Master truly lives up to being an Artifact Refiner. It's just...it seems he has forged more counterfeits this time than genuine items in his lifetime."