521: Unparalleled wisdom

Looking at the cold eyes of the two, Zhou Yuhu felt extremely uneasy. He had the constant feeling that it wasn't they who were fishing, but rather a group of people fishing for him.

Green Snake, who was standing to the side, hadn't quite reacted yet and still hadn't grasped the situation.

"Kill, kill, kill!"

Wielding the trident in his hand, Green Snake intended to step forward and start killing. However, after just two steps, he realized everyone was staring at him. He felt his hair stand on end and abruptly stopped in his tracks.

What's the situation?

Why are they looking at me?

Green Snake's mind was a bit slow; he still hadn't figured out what exactly was happening.

Wang Fei glanced at Zhou Yuhu and then said to Wan Mingshan, "You're from the same mercenary group. Why don't you do it yourself?"

Wan Mingshan shook his head. "Let's do it together. This kid's strength isn't bad; it would be troublesome for me to handle him alone."

Wait, what?

Zhou Yuhu's eyes widened in disbelief as he looked at the two. One was the Fourth Commander of the Purple Tiger Mercenary Group, and the other was a Profound Immortal Cultivator from the General Mercenary Group. Had they both become traitors?

How could he have imagined such a thing?

This was too ridiculous!

"You... why did you betray us!"

Zhou Yuhu couldn't understand it no matter how hard he tried. Clearly, the Sand Wolf Mercenary Group was about to be wiped out, yet these two were choosing to join them. Wasn't that just seeking death?

"Could it be that Sun Qian is holding some leverage over you, forcing you to serve the Sand Wolf Mercenary Group?"

He seemed to have found some sort of justification, looking at the two with an urgent gaze. Zhou Yuhu simply found it impossible to accept that these two would choose betrayal.

After all, they were both core figures of the two major mercenary groups. Furthermore, the Purple Tiger Mercenary Group and the General Mercenary Group were both stronger than the Sand Wolf Mercenary Group. There was absolutely no logic in choosing to defect to the Sand Wolf Mercenary Group.

"Ah!"

A blood-curdling scream rang out as Green Snake was sliced in half at the waist. His head was also hacked into three sections. Zhao Benli held an axe, his face full of ferocity.

Damn it!

What bad luck!

Originally, his aura was only at the True Immortal Realm, but at this moment, he revealed an extremely terrifying sense of pressure.

Half-step Grand Unity!

Zhou Yuhu's eyes widened once more, the depths of his pupils filled with fear. His original understanding of the Sand Wolf Mercenary Group had been completely overturned, and his scalp felt numb.

"How is it possible? Zhao Benli is actually a Half-step Grand Unity!"

He understood the situation of the Sand Wolf Mercenary Group very well. Zhao Benli had always been at the True Immortal Realm. Now that he was a Grand Unity Golden Immortal, it meant that the affairs of the Sand Wolf Mercenary Group were definitely not as they appeared on the surface.

Wan Mingshan sighed and looked at him with a hint of pity. After hesitating for a moment, he said, "It's all just a setup. Actually, I'm not afraid to tell you that now that Young Lord Sun Qian has returned to Duantian City, the Purple Tiger and General Mercenary Groups are destined for destruction."

"As for this business of secretly coming out to exchange resources, it was merely information the Young Lord intentionally leaked."

"The Leader of the Sand Wolf Mercenary Group isn't injured either. In fact, he has already achieved a Breakthrough."

As he spoke, he looked at Sun Qian with a trace of fear in his eyes. Having followed him for all these years, Wan Mingshan had deeply felt Sun Qian's terror.

The first time he met Sun Qian was when Sun Qian was only three years old.

Sun Qian had used a treasure to establish contact with him. At that time, he knew Sun Qian's identity, but the two major mercenary groups hadn't yet started their conflict.

Through long-term contact, he discovered that Sun Qian was incredibly frightening.

To this day, Sun Qian was only three hundred years old, but in those three hundred years, Sun Qian had done many things that left him in awe.

Pure strategy.

Wan Mingshan was among the first batch to serve Sun Qian, but even he had no idea how many more methods Sun Qian possessed, or how many backup plans he had prepared.

Even the two major mercenary groups' plan to wipe out the Sand Wolf Mercenary Group was actually orchestrated by Sun Qian behind the scenes. For all these years, while the two major groups were hunting the Sand Wolf Mercenary Group everywhere, half of those killed were faking their deaths; in reality, those people were still alive.

Sun Qian had also taken this opportunity to purge the parasites within the Sand Wolf Mercenary Group.

The almost predictable outcome was that the two major mercenary groups would be swallowed by the Sand Wolf Mercenary Group.

And yet, all of this was done by Sun Qian, who had barely even shown his face, arranging everything perfectly from the shadows.

To an outsider, this might not seem like much, but to be able to guide everything toward one's desired direction without missing even the smallest detail—this showed Sun Qian's terrifying intelligence.

He truly achieved the feat of strategizing within a command tent to win a battle a thousand miles away.

Hearing these words, Zhou Yuhu was still somewhat dazed, not fully understanding what was happening.

Luo Yu suddenly struck from the side. Zhou Yuhu was startled into alertness, but just as he was about to counterattack, Wan Mingshan's attack came at him from another side.

Zhou Yuhu, whose cultivation was not weak, was killed just like that.

The others looked on with cold expressions, completely indifferent to Zhou Yuhu's death, as if it were a perfectly normal occurrence.

They had cooperated to kill countless people over the years and had long since grown accustomed to it.

Wang Fei suddenly looked toward Su Chen and asked, "Young Lord, should we take care of these people as well?"

Before he could finish his sentence, Tong Tian, standing in front of the carriage, narrowed his eyes and looked at Wang Fei. An incredibly terrifying pressure instantly descended upon him.

Boom!

Wang Fei was instantly forced to his knees. His head was pressed toward the ground, and the area around him collapsed. Because his body could not withstand the pressure, blood began to flow incessantly from his form.

What!

The crowd's eyes were filled with shock. The pressure currently emanating from Tong Tian was terrifying to the extreme, making everyone's scalp tingle.

Wang Fei was even more horrified. This terrifying pressure made him feel like an ant, unable to even struggle. The power within his body was like a mouse seeing a cat, completely unable to circulate.

He even felt that the other party could kill him with just a single thought.

He was at the Profound Immortal Realm; even a Grand Unity Golden Immortal shouldn't have such a terrifying sense of oppression. This was at least at the level of a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal.

Wang Fei instinctively wanted to beg for mercy, but he couldn't utter a single word.

That terrifying pressure left him unable to move, unable even to breathe.

Seeing this, Sun Qian gave a bitter smile. How could this fool speak so recklessly?

He hurried forward two steps and bowed toward Su Chen, saying, "Senior, please do not be offended. Wang Fei didn't understand the situation and offended you. I apologize on his behalf."

Su Chen looked at Sun Qian with interest, then waved his hand at Tong Tian. Only then did Tong Tian withdraw that terrifying pressure.

Wang Fei felt an intense pain throughout his body, as if he were falling apart. He looked at Tong Tian with a terrified gaze and then tossed two Medicinal Pills into his mouth to recover from his injuries.

Just the pressure alone almost took his life. What was the background of these people?

Wang Fei didn't dare say another word as he stood behind Sun Qian.

Not just him, but the others were also incredibly frightened. Take Luo Yu, for instance—they had been in contact with Su Chen the whole way, but none of them had imagined that even a servant by Su Chen's side would be so terrifying...