CHAPTER 762: CHAPTER 755: TAKE ACTION

Wu Meng spoke, and as if to coordinate with him, Dongfang Mu, who had been at the rear of the team, subtly moved a few steps to block Chen Hai’s retreat.

As for Li Kuishan, Sun Tu, and the others, they were completely befuddled and obviously a bit overwhelmed.

They looked at Wu Meng beside them, then at Chen Hai a few steps away, and for a moment, they simply didn’t know what to do!

"I really thought that Lord Wu, you always had a good eye for me, that you wanted to offer me some benefits to win me over, to have me at your service."

"It turns out I had misunderstood the situation all along. You staged this grand performance, solely with the aim of coveting my treasure?"

"You used the transportation of goods as an excuse to get me out of the mining area, and if I’m not mistaken, you must have been worried about the leakage of the treasure’s light, attracting the eyes of others, causing unexpected complications!"

"I just want to ask one thing, if I’m unwilling to cooperate and hand over the treasure to you, what then?"

"Don’t tell me you are prepared to resort to force and rob me if necessary?"

Chen Hai curled his lips and chuckled lightly.

Initially, appearing quite languid, in that moment, his gaze sharpened like a knife, suddenly turning piercing.

"Resort to force? How could that be possible?"

"I, Wu, get faint at the sight of blood even when slaying a chicken, I was born with a heart of compassion."

"Normally, I prefer to talk things out rather than take action, or have others do the work instead of getting my hands dirty."

"From the time we left the mining area, I have closely observed every encounter with ambushes and your actions during them."

"I must say that, at the Heavenly Immortal level, your combat strength is indeed very strong. Even compared to those top-ranked devilish Heavenly Immortals in the camp, you might be slightly superior."

"But a Heavenly Immortal is still a Heavenly Immortal, no matter how strong you are, you can only be invincible at your own level."

"With just this much strength, in front of me, Wu, it still doesn’t quite cut it. If this is all you have to offer, I would kindly advise you to hand over that Spiritual Treasure to me for safekeeping!"

"After all, the wise are those who recognize the times!"

His gaze burning with intensity, Wu Meng, hands clasped behind his back, wore a confident smile as he slowly began to speak.

"Chen Hai, if you don’t want to die, just hand over what Lord Wu needs."

"Otherwise, the result awaiting you is the utter destruction of your Divine Soul, dying without a complete corpse!" Dongfang Mu, who had blocked Chen Hai’s retreat, spoke at the right moment, threatening him.

This fellow, having suffered defeat at the hands of Chen Hai and lost face, had reflected deeply on his loss. Now leaving the mining area and facing Chen Hai again, he had already thought of countermeasures and made ample preparations.

With a shield in one hand and a battle sabre in the other, he even donned a suit of jet-black War Armor that made him look like a tin can.

At this moment, Dongfang Mu was fully armed to the teeth. Banking on his gear for a victory over Chen Hai was something he hadn’t considered, but just to entangle Chen Hai for a while, he was somewhat confident.

"Li Kuishan, Sun Tu, what are you hesitating for?"

"I recall that even within the squad, Chen Hai was always a loner, with no deep connections to you."

"Since he stubbornly refuses to see reason, there’s no need for you to abide by any rules. Join Dongfang Mu and go shoulder to shoulder; first, break Chen Hai’s limbs!"

"With me backing you, do you think Chen Hai, a mere Heavenly Immortal, could escape from under your palms?"

Seeing no sign of compromise on Chen Hai’s face, Wu Meng was clearly getting impatient.

He waved his hand and directed Li Kuishan and Sun Tu, who were swaying from side to side, clearly indecisive, on what to do next.

Wu Meng, looking kind and the picture of a nice guy at this moment, had a gaze that had turned incredibly sharp.

He spoke with such certainty that he allowed no room for Li Kuishan and the others to negotiate.

Even the Treasure Seeking Mouse he had been holding earlier was casually tucked away, and his posture suggested that if Li Kuishan, Sun Tu, and the others did not strike at Chen Hai, he might, without another word, cut them down on the spot.

"Attack, kill!"

Li Kuishan, Sun Tu, and the others were all men of the moment, weighing up the situation quickly and making their decision.

After exchanging glances and nodding, Sun Tu’s shout exploded as they all struck in unison, charging towards Chen Hai.

Blocking Chen Hai’s retreat, Dongfang Mu also let out a furious roar, almost at the same time. With a huge shield in one hand, he blocked in front of him and with the other hand, his war saber unleashed a myriad of saber lights, shooting towards Chen Hai.

As for Wu Meng, who always sought stability in his actions, at this moment, he didn’t back down but instead advanced, purposely creating distance from Chen Hai.

After all, with the help of the Treasure Seeking Mouse, he could only tell that Chen Hai had a high-grade Spiritual Treasure in his hand.

What that treasure was, however, he had no idea.

Whether Chen Hai had completely mastered that unknown treasure was also beyond his knowledge.

Any Spiritual Treasure, whether Innate or Acquired, generally had extremely terrifying power.

If the treasure in Chen Hai’s hand was merely an auxiliary Spiritual Treasure, then so be it. But if it happened to be a Supreme Treasure for slaughter and had been completely mastered by Chen Hai, then, it might pose a significant threat even to him, who was at the Golden Immortal Realm.

On the journey away from the mining area, although they had been attacked many times, those enemies had been too weak and had not caused the Spiritual Treasure on Chen Hai to reveal itself.

Unknown things always provoke caution.

Wu Meng, who always took the saying ’A wise man does not stand under a dangerous wall’ as a truth, seldom took direct action without being absolutely sure.

Sending Dongfang Mu, Li Kuishan, and the others to encircle and attack Chen Hai was just his way of testing, to force out the treasure on Chen Hai’s body.

Once he knew what the treasure on Chen Hai’s body could do, he could then know his enemies as well as himself and be assured of victory in a hundred battles.

"Just these mediocre beings want to encircle and attack me, Lord Wu, I think this is purely an insult to me!"

In a cold sneer, Chen Hai had also started to move.

Blades of light, shadows of swords, chilling winds, rains of fire...

The combined attacks from Dongfang Mu and Li Kuishan and the others had completely engulfed the entire region where Chen Hai stood, sealing it tight.

Faced with such a dense onslaught, he had no choice but to resist head-on as there was nowhere to retreat, nowhere to dodge.

Faced with such a situation, Chen Hai remained unhurried.

Taking advantage of the barrage of attacks that had yet to fall on him, he lightly tapped the void in front of him with a maneuver of the Black Water Mysterious Yellow Sword Finger.

Then, he squatted down to the ground, shrinking his body.

The next moment, countless tendrils with fierce maws sprouted wildly from all over his body.

These countless tendrils intertwined and tangled with each other around Chen Hai, forming a thick barrier that fully protected him.

Originally, Hua Qing and Huang Dongming, two Golden Immortals who joined forces, had failed to completely break through these tendrils to cause any real damage to him.

The few people currently attacking him were merely three Heavenly Immortals and one Earth Immortal; their attacks, no matter how dense, could at most sever one or two tendrils, and that was their limit.

"Ah..." A scream of agony.

The Black Water Mysterious Yellow Sword Finger tore through the air; Fang Ji, who was merely at the Earth Immortal Realm, only had time to let out a single wail before being sliced in two, dying on the spot.