520: Am I the only villain?

Seeing their strange gazes, the Green Snake couldn't help but roar, "Despicable humans, do not look at me with such eyes!"

Although he didn't understand the meaning of their gazes, he instinctively felt insulted.

It was very uncomfortable.

The Green Snake raised his hand, and a trident materialized in it. Some Yao Beasts with weaker Bloodlines among the Yao Race, lacking powerful innate Divine Abilities and Physical Bodies, would choose to use weapons to enhance their combat power, just like Human Race Cultivators.

"Die!"

The Green Snake raised the trident in his hand and charged, conjuring endless waves out of thin air that surged towards the crowd, as if determined to slaughter them all.

Luo Yu snorted coldly, and a pressure no weaker than the Green Snake's swept out. He raised his hand and struck, and a terrifying force instantly pierced through the waves, hitting the Green Snake.

A wound immediately appeared on the Green Snake's lower abdomen.

"You're a Profound Immortal Fifth Layer!"

The Green Snake's expression changed, and he immediately prepared to turn and flee, but Luo Yu gave him no chance, directly pursuing him.

However, the moment Luo Yu left Sun Qian and the others, the Green Snake immediately turned back with a sinister grin:

"Hahaha, foolish human, you fell for it."

Luo Yu's expression changed. He saw the Void Realm open around Sun Qian and the others, and three figures appeared out of thin air. Their auras were all immensely powerful Profound Immortal Realm Cultivators.

Each of them was slightly stronger than Luo Yu.

And every one of them was a Human Race Cultivator!

This is bad!

Sun Qian's expression drastically changed. He knew exactly what this meant; it must be the other two mercenary groups sent to kill them.

Yet, they had been extremely careful along the way, even taking a detour to avoid being discovered.

Besides the five accompanying members, only the mercenary group's leader and vice-leader knew their route.

However, the leader was his father, so it was impossible for him to do this, and the vice-leader was an old general who had followed his father for countless years, present since the establishment of the Sand Wolf Mercenary Group.

That meant the traitor was most likely from their own group.

Sun Qian's expression was extremely grim. These were all people he trusted relatively well, and before coming, he had conducted various tests, only bringing them along after confirming they were likely trustworthy.

He never expected to still encounter a traitor.

"Damn it, who is it!"

Sun Qian looked at the others with bloodshot eyes. Everyone he looked at was utterly bewildered; how could they not know why these people had come? Everyone must have known it was due to internal disunity.

Although furious, Sun Qian quickly crushed a prepared Teleportation Talisman, disappearing from his spot. His immediate priority was to escape.

The terrifying offensive of the three black-clad figures immediately killed two members of the convoy, leaving two others and Zhao Benli to flee in different directions.

"Cunning brat."

The leader of the black-clad figures glanced around, then said with Killing Intent, "None of you will escape today!"

"Form the Formation!"

Within a ten-li radius, a Formation instantly materialized. These people had also been prepared, ambushing here for a long time, just waiting for them to fall into the trap.

Now that the fish had taken the bait, how could they let these people escape?

"Kill them all; not a single one can return."

It was difficult to determine whose hands the resources were in, so the best approach was definitely to kill everyone.

With their three Profound Immortals, plus the Green Snake, another Profound Immortal, confronting the few members of the Sand Wolf Mercenary Group posed no problem at all.

Among this group, only Luo Yu possessed Profound Immortal strength; how could he possibly resist them?

The other three, who were originally preparing to escape, seeing the Formation envelop them, also regrouped. They stood in front of Sun Qian, looking gravely at the black-clad men and the Green Snake.

However, they maintained a certain distance from each other.

Because if these people could find them, there must be a traitor among them, and that traitor must still be alive.

Luo Yu and Zhao Benli were unlikely candidates, as they were both quite Senior. That left only the other two.

Sun Qian's gaze swept over the two, but he said nothing. If he were to directly accuse someone now, it would be even more disadvantageous for them. He would at least wait until after the matter was resolved to deal with it.

Among the black-clad figures, the tall leading figure sneered and directly tore off his black robe:

"Isn't this Sun Qian, known as the strategist in Duantian City? I wonder if you anticipated this matter today?"

Upon seeing this person, Sun Qian and the others' expressions all drastically changed.

The Fourth Leader of the Purple Tiger Mercenary Group, Wang Fei, was a Profound Immortal Seventh Layer Cultivator.

The other two also tore off their black robes. Both were from the General Mercenary Group, but their cultivation was slightly inferior to Wang Fei's, only at the Profound Immortal Sixth Layer.

Sun Qian coldly demanded, "Who gave you the information?"

Wang Fei sneered, "Don't ask such childish questions; I won't tell you."

Although Sun Qian's strength was only at the Heavenly Immortal Realm, he was incredibly intelligent, having displayed terrifying intellect in Duantian City. How could Wang Fei know if Sun Qian had any hidden moves? Naturally, he couldn't be careless at this moment.

"Alright, let's cut the chatter. Everyone, quickly act to prevent future trouble."

After speaking, the auras within several figures spread out, and they immediately charged at Sun Qian and the others again.

Luo Yu and the others had no choice but to desperately resist, but how could a single Profound Immortal Cultivator possibly contend against four Profound Immortals? With just one exchange, they were forced to retreat repeatedly, and Luo Yu even sustained injuries.

Seeing this, Sun Qian had no choice but to look at Su Chen in the distance, pleading, "Fellow Daoist, you've been riding in my carriage for so many days. If you have the ability, why not help me today?"

Wang Fei and the others had naturally noticed Su Chen long ago, but he was only at the Earth Immortal Realm, and from the information, he had only joined the team later and wasn't considered a member of the Sand Wolf Mercenary Group, so they initially ignored Su Chen.

Wang Fei loudly said to Su Chen, "Young friend, if you don't interfere, we will let you leave once we've killed the Sand Wolf Mercenary Group members."

Su Chen didn't answer, merely looking at Sun Qian with a half-smile, "Since you've calculated to this extent, why don't you let me see your trump card?"

Sun Qian was slightly startled, then he looked at Su Chen with some solemnity.

He saw through it?

Actually, Su Chen hadn't seen through it, but he sensed that Sun Qian definitely had an agenda, and had even included him in his scheme.

As for what he was being schemed into, Su Chen truly didn't know.

Sun Qian gave a bitter smile, then cupped his hands to Su Chen, "Senior, please don't be offended, how could I dare to scheme against you?"

He truly hadn't schemed against Su Chen; it was just that Sun Qian sensed Su Chen seemed interested in him.

Of course, this wasn't romantic interest.

It came from other aspects, as if he was interested in Sun Qian as a person.

From his observations these past few days, he also discovered that Su Chen's background was not simple. Judging from Su Chen's words and actions, Sun Qian initially estimated him to be a terrifying individual, an Immortal King expert at the very least?

Since Su Chen was interested in him, Sun Qian thought he might as well fan the flames and display his astonishing talent.

Sun Qian lightly coughed twice, then said to Wang Fei and Wan Mingshan, "Uh, Old Wan and Old Wang, kill that person."

The middle-aged man next to Wang Fei and Wan Mingshan's expression drastically changed, looking at the two with disbelief, especially at Wan Mingshan, his face filled with shock.

The two looked at him with cold, ruthless eyes, and he instantly broke out in a cold sweat.

What does this mean?

Am I the only villain?

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