Chapter 1041 - 875: Danger at Its Peak

No matter how many reasons he gave, it was useless. Yu Yifu just hit him with one sentence: "Are you going in or not?"

"..." Li Hongjiu was left speechless.

Ao Xue also pressed him in a deep voice: "We're all working for the Royal Court here. You're scared of danger, so those five colleagues who just died deserved it, is that it?"

Li Hongjiu stared at her in stunned disbelief, completely convinced this shameless bitch had no shame at all. You're afraid of hard work, so where do you get the face to accuse me of being afraid of danger?

But the right to speak wasn't his. He knew that as long as he refused to go, whatever he said would be wrong.

There was no way to dodge this, he could only resign himself. He took out the "Ice Sheep," covered his mouth and nose and took a deep breath, then asked, "If it's Shi Chun, you have to give him some reason if you want him to surrender. No matter how good our relationship is, he's not going to listen to me and walk to his death for nothing."

Yu Yifu said forcefully, "Tell him to submit and be captured. Once we get his mount, for your sake, we'll give him—also considered giving you—a promise: we'll guarantee him a way out alive, and he'll suffer less. If he dares not to obey, once we break the Array, he won't be getting any sweet fruit. Don't refuse the wine offered and end up drinking punishment wine."

Li Hongjiu waited for a follow‑up, but none came. He couldn't help asking in surprise, "That's it?"

Yu Yifu: "Is that not enough? He's trapped here. Does he still have the qualification to make conditions?"

Li Hongjiu was very speechless, realizing these people really had no idea what kind of person Shi Chun was. Someone who dared to kill five Heavenly Immortals without even asking who was who, and they still put on this "don't refuse the wine offered and end up drinking punishment wine" posture at him—what's the point?

Forget it, these people simply didn't put Shi Chun in their eyes. Even after a few of them had died, he knew anything he said now was useless; he could only clasp his hands and accept the order.

Then he flickered once and flew toward the four-colored thunderclouds.

When he flew to the edge of the thundercloud, he also felt a bit worried, afraid that the person inside wasn't Shi Chun, so he stopped immediately, cast a spell and shouted, "Shi Chun, I'm Li Hongjiu. Is that you?"

Inside the Array, Shi Chun was on high alert, watching all around. Hearing the voice and recognizing it as Li Hongjiu's, he was somewhat surprised. How do they run into each other everywhere? What is this guy doing on Yanfu Continent—did he accidentally hit people from Yanbao Sect just now?

A few thoughts turned in his mind, then he also cast a spell and shouted back loudly, "Brother Jiu, what are you doing here?"

Li Hongjiu, listening intently, curled his lips. It really was that guy. He relaxed slightly and said loudly, "I'm coming in now. Don't do anything rash."

Shi Chun, also listening intently, immediately shouted back, "I'll allow only you alone to come in. Otherwise, don't blame my Array for being merciless."

After all, he'd just killed several people. Even though they were from Li Hongjiu's Sect, he couldn't afford not to guard against them.

"Fine, just me alone." Li Hongjiu called out, then turned to glance at the Nanshan group before flying into the thundercloud.

The Nanshan bunch looked at each other. Someone snorted, "We really hit the jackpot. It really is Shi Chun. Came right to us without any effort."

Ao Xue disliked people talking big from a safe spot. If Li Hongjiu went in and failed to accomplish the task, he'd be exhausted to death. She couldn't help sneering, "Five people are already dead, and you call that effortless?"

Yu Yifu said in a deep voice, "Inform the people encircling him to seal off every direction. Absolutely don't let him slip through any gaps. They say this Shi Chun is very crafty."

Someone in charge of running errands immediately accepted the order and went off.

Inside the thundercloud, Shi Chun was in a state of high alert. Even though Li Hongjiu had promised he'd come in alone, Shi Chun couldn't let down his guard.

He also controlled the Array, letting the thundercloud open a passage for Li Hongjiu. Once Li Hongjiu passed, the passage quickly closed up again.

In no time, Li Hongjiu and Shi Chun were face-to-face, with a black command flag between them.

Using his Right Eye Superpower to observe Li Hongjiu's Dantian Dharma Image at close range, Shi Chun finally confirmed the other was really Li Hongjiu and not an impostor.

Couldn't be helped. Since he had two subordinates who could impersonate others, he had to be cautious.

Li Hongjiu already knew the function of the black command flag in front of him. He snorted, "So you're even guarding against me now."

It couldn't be helped. With anyone entering Yanbao Sect now, Shi Chun had good reason to suspect they were coming for him, so he didn't bother circling around and asked directly, "Brother Jiu, those people who just died, were they from your Yanbao Sect?"

Li Hongjiu: "What are you thinking? Why would my Yanbao Sect come here? This isn't a place Yanbao Sect should be. As for those people, I also don't know who they were."

Shi Chun was suspicious. "Then what are you doing here?"

Li Hongjiu was instantly amused and pissed, "Quit playing dumb. With your brain, I don't believe you don't know which bastard dragged me into this. I was hiding nicely up in the mountain, nobody dared provoke me, and I still got dragged into this mess. I'm impressed. Can't you stay put for once? Always messing around with killing and fighting—doesn't it tire you out? Shi Chun, if you keep walking by the river, there'll always be a day you get your feet wet."

"Me?" Shi Chun pointed at his own nose, confused. "Me coming here has nothing to do with you at all. How did I drag you in?"

Li Hongjiu flicked his sleeve. "Don't give me that. That 'San' of yours—can he see the Sandalwood Gold veins under the sand?"

The moment he said this, Shi Chun was shocked inside, not understanding how the other knew this. Because he didn't know, he wouldn't admit it. On the surface he still pretended to be puzzled, "Brother Jiu, why would you say that?"

"Why would I say that? Just because of this, the Heavenly Court and the Four Great Royal Courts have each sent a team in here…" Li Hongjiu rattled off everything he knew about the situation.

After listening, Shi Chun was increasingly shocked, his eyes flickering nonstop. He really couldn't figure out how the information had leaked. Of everyone who knew their purpose here, it was only him plus Miao Dingyi and Wu Jinliang. Could it be those two bastards who leaked it?

He felt Wu Jinliang shouldn't make such a mistake.