431: Chapter 431 A desperate cry for help goes unanswered!

Duanhun Valley.

Just by the name, one could tell it wasn't a good place.

The valley was filled with grotesque rocks and devoid of any vegetation, perpetually shrouded in a layer of strange, grayish-black Evil Qi. Forget looking with one's eyes; even sending a Divine Thought inside was like a stone sinking into the ocean—no response at all.

That Evil Qi carried a toxicity that corroded the Divine Soul. If an ordinary Cultivator entered, they would turn into a brainless killing Puppet in less than half an hour.

This place was a notorious danger zone outside Tianjiao City; anyone who mentioned it would tremble.

At this moment, Su Chen and his group stood at the entrance of the valley.

“amitabha.” The monk Monk Jiese looked at the ink-like mass of Evil Qi in the valley, pressing his palms together with a compassionate expression.

“This place is overflowing with resentment and Evil Qi; I fear countless wronged souls are buried beneath the ground. Benefactor Su, why not let this poor monk enter to recite a Rebirth Sutra for them? It can be considered accumulating some Karma for us.”

After saying that, he actually looked pious and was about to step into the Evil Qi.

“Stop right there!” Su Chen called out to him with a headache, his eyes twitching wildly.

[Perform rites? Rites my foot!]

[Is your social butterfly syndrome terminal? You want to go and run business even when you see ghosts? Are you trying to hit your KPIs?]

[We came out to find a place to sleep, not to hold a memorial service for you!]

While Su Chen's mind was flooded with bullet comments, his face wore an expression of utter disgust: “The Yin Qi here is too heavy, and it's cold and damp. It will affect the quality of my sleep.”

“Let's change locations.”

As soon as he finished speaking, he turned to leave.

But the moment he turned—

“Buzz—!”

A muffled sound erupted from all directions, as if an ancient Vicious Beast had been awakened!

Immediately after, the ground shook violently!

On the surrounding mountain walls, golden divine runes appeared out of thin air, like red-hot irons branding the air, instantly crawling over the rocks and earth!

The divine runes wove into a net, their light exploding!

With a “boom,” a massive golden light barrier descended like a giant glazed bowl, sealing off everything within several miles!

A terrifying power that isolated heaven and earth descended instantly!

The air became as thick as mercury, making even breathing difficult.

“Not good! It's a top-tier Heaven-Sealing Array!” Hua Nongying's beautiful face instantly lost its color. She discovered in horror that her connection with the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi had been forcibly severed!

The spiritual power within her body had become water without a source!

“Jie jie jie jie... You want to leave now?”

A burst of spiteful and smug cackling echoed from deep within the Evil Qi, making one's ears ache.

“Too late!”

Before the voice faded, dozens of terrifying, murderous auras soared into the sky, forcibly tearing through the thick Evil Qi!

Figures dressed in golden silk and jade raiment, like evil spirits crawling out of Hell, slowly appeared.

The leader was none other than Jin Buhuan!

He had changed into a set of glittering Quasi-Emperor Battle Armor flowing with runes, holding a cold, shimmering long blade in his hand.

A hideous and twisted smile hung on his face, and his spiteful eyes were locked onto Su Chen, as if he wanted to swallow him alive!

Behind him, three Quasi-Emperor experts with auras as deep as an abyss stood in a triangular formation. Further away were dozens of Baoguang Realm elites, the weakest of whom were at the Great Saint Realm!

“You with the surname Su! Weren't you very arrogant and wild at the auction?!”

Jin Buhuan took a step forward, his Quasi-Emperor Battle Boots directly cracking the ground.

The smile on his face became increasingly smug, his voice filled with the pleasure of revenge.

“Now, you can call to heaven and earth, but no one will answer!”

“I want to see how you're going to crush people with those Spirit Stones that are no better than scrap paper!”

This classic ambush scene caused the expressions of the “teammates” behind Su Chen to change all at once.

Jian Buping's hand tightly gripped his broken sword, his gaze solemn. He could feel the “star slasher” fragment in his hand buzzing, an unyielding Sword Intent resonating with his Sword Heart, his Battle Intent boiling!

The monk Monk Jiese set aside his compassion, his small face tensed up as if facing a great enemy.

Hua Nongying and Hua Yingxue instinctively moved closer to Su Chen, their faces filled with tension and unease.

As for Qian Duoduo, who had just woken up, his brain began to work rapidly after seeing the luxurious lineup across from them—one that clearly had whaled through a mineral vein.

“Quasi-Emperor level ‘Golden Crow Divine Armor’, starting price thirty million... That ‘Void-Rending Treasure Blade’ in his hand, at least fifty million... Those three old fellows’ gear... Oh my god...”

With a rough calculation, the total value of the opponent's equipment had already exceeded a number that made him choke.

Fear instantly flooded his heart.

With a “thud,” his legs went weak and he slumped down once more.

He grabbed Su Chen's leg, his voice tearful and shaking like a sieve.

“Bo... Boss...”

Qian Duoduo tremblingly pointed at the murderous Jin Buhuan and the three Quasi-Emperors behind him.

“The... the opponent's equipment seems to be way better than ours...”

“How about... we surrender? I'll talk to him about compensation! While there's life, there's hope!”

In his view, a wise man doesn't fight when the odds are against him; any battle that can be settled with money isn't a problem!

However, as the focus of the scene, Su Chen didn't even bother to lift an eyelid at this moment.

He even reached out his finger in front of everyone and slowly dusted off his spotless white sleeve, as if some dirt had landed on it.

The death trap before him was no different from a boring farce in his eyes.

Looking at the glittering lineup opposite him, there wasn't a hint of panic on his face; instead, a trace of faint disdain emerged.

Then, he looked down and glanced at Qian Duoduo, who was clinging to his leg and shaking like he had Parkinson's.

“Their equipment is better than ours?”

There was a hint of disappointment in Su Chen's tone.

“Qian Duoduo, where is your professional ethics?”

“This kind of blatant flaunting of wealth is the greatest insult to us pay-to-win players. Can you really tolerate this?”

Qian Duoduo was stunned and looked up with a blank expression.

“Huh?”

Insult?

How is this an insult?

Isn't it a fact that they're all wearing Quasi-Emperor Battle Armor?

However, he didn't know.

Inside Su Chen's mind, bullet comments were frantically refreshing.

[Holy crap, is this idiot here to bring me some warmth?]

[I was just worrying about where to do product testing for the one million Immortal Stones and that box of ‘soul devouring nail’ I just got wholesale from the Eighteenth Ancestor.]

[And now someone has taken the initiative to come to my door to be a guinea pig?]

[He's truly a good person who moves the hearts of all in Tianjiao City!]

The way Su Chen looked at Jin Buhuan instantly changed.

Where was there any trace of disdain?

It was full of the relief and sympathy one has when looking at a total sucker.