Chapter 1039 - 873: Unlucky Bastard (Part 2)

From within the fissure, figures flew out one after another. Once they emerged under the gorgeous starry sky, they quickly scattered to stand guard, casting skills to scan a wide area and probe the surroundings.

First was to guard against the possibility that the advance party had played some tricks, and second, because as soon as Shi Chun's group entered, an accident had already happened to someone, they had to beware of any potential danger.

None of this had anything to do with Li Hongjiu. As for how to set up arrays and take precautions, he'd never participated in any drills, and no one had ever told him what to do. He could only watch everyone scatter to guard while he, like Yu Yifu, remained floating in the air.

Soon, among those who had scattered to stand guard, six figures flew to Yu Yifu's side. Then each of them flicked out a cloak and threw it over themselves, covering their heads.

Li Hongjiu, a bit farther away, watched curiously.

Once the six cloaked figures gathered around Yu Yifu, the leader cast a skill and said in a low voice, "Mr. Yu, can we begin?"

Their cultivation was high enough to transmit sound, but within Yanfu Continent, sound transmission skills didn't work, so they could only communicate by casting and speaking like this.

Yu Yifu swept a glance over the six and cast a skill to say quietly, "As per the plan, the six of you each lead one team, each searching in one direction. Move and regroup according to the plan, maintain regular contact, and try to locate Shi Chun's group as quickly as possible."

He didn't dare underestimate these six. Only after the team was formally assembled did he learn from the Royal Court about their hidden background—these six actually cultivated Demon Skills and all were proficient in the Demon Eye Tracking Technique.

The fact that the Royal Court secretly kept Demon Cultivators in reserve really gave him a hidden jolt.

Of course, it wasn't exactly unexpected. For an existence of the Royal Court's level, anything useful would never be wasted.

And the fact they'd mobilized these six Demon Cultivators all at once was indeed compelled by the environment here.

Naturally, they hadn't only mobilized these six Demon Cultivators, but had also swiftly organized a batch who specialized in scent tracking and another batch who specialized in tracking based on traces. Before entry, these were all assigned into the six Demon Cultivators' teams.

Counting their support personnel, each Demon Cultivator team had ten people.

The leading Demon Cultivator swept his gaze around and said, "Naturally. Here, qi flows and scents dissipate slowly. Outside, it takes several two-hour periods to disperse; here, it'll take three to four days. Because it doesn't dissipate easily, it suits us perfectly for a hunt. As long as we find any sign, he won't get away."

Just as he finished, someone not far away who was casting and scanning the surroundings suddenly turned back and reported, "Someone's coming."

Everyone snapped their heads around to look.

The newcomer was none other than that unlucky bastard, Shi Chun.

Just earlier, after finishing his explanation to Wu Jinliang's side, he was about to be the first to leave this world and head outside to prepare the corresponding support.

After a long-distance flight, he could vaguely see the exit far ahead, when he suddenly sensed a surge of Mana sweeping over from that direction, startling him into halting to observe.

He hadn't heard the alarmed shout from over there, but he could faintly make out flickering silhouettes under the starry sky.

There was no way those people were ones he'd brought in, and there was no way that many could appear ahead of him, especially at the position of the entrance and exit. He immediately realized someone else had come in.

On top of that, since he'd been detected by their probing Mana, he didn't bother thinking any more—he turned around and bolted, planning to shake them off and hide first.

At the same time, he urgently activated his Right Eye Superpower, rapidly assisting his observation of the surroundings, afraid there might be some trap.

He honestly hadn't expected that, at this point in time, Yanfu Continent would still see entrants. The reasoning had long been clear—no one would spend tens of billions to enter at a time like this.

Precisely because of that, he sharply realized they were probably coming for him, so he fled at full speed.

The reality was exactly as he suspected; they were indeed coming for him. But in his wildest dreams he wouldn't have imagined that those coming for him this time would be an almost full roster of Heavenly Immortal Experts.

Such a lineup, here specifically for him—he'd already been discovered, and he still thought he could run?

As he glanced back again and again, his hair stood on end. He already sensed several figures streaking toward him, closing in in the blink of an eye. One look at that speed and you knew it wasn't something Earth Immortal Realm could reach.

All Heavenly Immortal Realm experts?

Shocked, he suddenly regretted having offended too many people, especially too many from major powers. He couldn't help silently cursing Miao Dingyi's blind analysis—this was what he called "no one could possibly enter at a time like this"?

This time he was going to be pit dead by Miao Dingyi!

Heavenly Immortal experts again, and he was sure they were people he'd offended coming for his head. In an instant he was forced into a corner—hesitate and he was done!

He decisively flipped his hand and grabbed, and the Big Killer Weapon Sky Splitting Sword appeared in his grip. After infusing Mana, he swung backward with a sweeping slash.

A streak of lightning-like crack tore horizontally through the dark night like pulled roots, ripping across the gorgeous starry sky. In this soundless place, it actually boomed with thunderous noise, the root-like crack instantly engulfing the few pursuers.

"Ah…"

Several miserable screams followed one after another.

The few chasing him were caught completely off guard; they hadn't expected to run headfirst into such a sudden killing move the moment they showed up.

Someone, realizing what it was, cried out in despair, "Sky Splitting Sword!"

Several figures spilled blood in midair, bodies severed and plummeting, with some even chopped into several pieces.

The shout of "Sky Splitting Sword" reached the rear, and together with the sudden upheaval at the scene, it frightened those trailing behind; all of them slowed their flight, growing cautious, not daring to charge recklessly.

"Sky Splitting Sword…" Yu Yifu muttered, then suddenly turned to look at Li Hongjiu, exclaiming in shock, "Is that Shi Chun?"

Even he found it hard to believe—had they really run into Shi Chun the moment they came in? Was their luck not ridiculously good?

Not just him, Li Hongjiu was also full of stunned disbelief. If it really was that guy, if they could bump into him so soon after entry, exactly how unlucky was that guy?

With what he knew of Shi Chun, he deeply felt that bastard was slippery as an eel. Shouldn't be this easy for him to slam into a wall, right?

He even suspected Shi Chun was deliberately playing some trick again.

The distance was far, the light was poor, and they couldn't see clearly whether it was Shi Chun. Plus, most of them had never even met Shi Chun. Yu Yifu shouted, "Surround and take him, alive!"

A swarm of figures instantly turned into streaks of shadow shooting across the starry sky.

The man at the very front, before he even got close, clawed at the void from afar and shouted fiercely, "Where do you think you're going? Get down!"

Shi Chun's head was still buzzing, the discomfort from forcefully draining a huge amount of Mana hitting him hard; he hadn't fully recovered yet when he suddenly felt the void shudder. He jerked his head up and saw a Sky-reaching Giant Palm drilling out of the dim sky above, grabbing down at him.

The world-shaking momentum scared him so badly his very soul trembled.

There was no way he'd sit there and die. He flipped his hand and four command flags shot out from his Qiankun Bracelet. Black, white, yellow, and purple flags sprang open and fluttered, windless yet billowing, as four-colored thunderclouds erupted from thin air and rolled with thunder, lightning flickering within them.

These four command-flag Magical Treasures were a set called the 'Four Directions Extermination Array'. He had seized them from a Qiankun Sect Disciple, Zhe Yuren, during the Battle of Great Pardon.

Back then, several Qiankun Sect disciples had joined forces to deploy the 'Immortal Trapping Array' against him, only for him to suddenly break the array and burst out. Zhe Yuren, shocked out of his wits and desperate to save himself, had summoned his trump-card Magical Treasure for the battle.

But the turn of events was just too sudden. Before Zhe Yuren could even deploy the treasure, he was cut down by Shi Chun, who had broken out of the array with a fluid flurry of attacks.

Having broken the array and slain his foe, Shi Chun smoothly took the treasure.

To Zhe Yuren, this treasure was like the Sky Splitting Sword given by Yanbao Sect to Li Hongjiu—something held in reserve as a last-resort life-saving Magical Treasure.