376: Unwilling

Zhou Xun was still a cautious man, fearing such a major offense against the City Lord.

Upon hearing Zhou Xun's words, Wu Wenlong immediately gave an awkward smile.

Chen Tianming couldn't help but be secretly surprised by the conversation between the two.

He realized that these people had very special identities, no wonder they could command an army of a million.

However, Chen Tianming also knew that a large part of this was due to Wu Wenlong.

For a person like Zhou Xun, even if he didn't participate in such activities, there wouldn't be any problems.

In fact, these matters wouldn't bring him any risk at all; instead, cooperating with them carried a lot of risk and pressure.

"What do you mean by that? Don't forget, you promised us back then!"

"I did promise you, but what you're doing now is simply too dangerous."

"So what? As long as we can successfully grasp it, our status will also become stronger, and by then, the forces of your Black City won't dare to do anything to us."

Chen Tianming listened, frowning, "I don't understand your rules here. Your current situation is completely different from what was initially said."

Wu Wenlong was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly tried to persuade Chen Tianming.

"Chen Brother, what we're discussing are just the benefits of staying here in Black City. Of course, if you want them, you can have them, but you might have to stay in Black City."

"Don't discuss matters of outsiders here. The people around are not right."

Zhou Xun said cautiously from the side.

Wu Wenlong gave an awkward smile.

"Wasn't I thinking that Chen Brother's martial arts are so powerful? When our Black City is in trouble, won't we still need Chen Brother to step forward?"

"You don't have to worry, this is just our internal struggle, it has nothing to do with you."

Chen Tianming thought about it, and there was no problem with that. Even if his current strength wasn't necessarily superior to the opponent, escaping would definitely not be an issue.

"There's still no news of the missing people, but I found a formation that might be related to their disappearance."

"Let's go take a look. You lead the way."

"Okay."

Following Zhou Xun, they arrived at a secluded western suburb, a desolate mountain wilderness where ghostly wails and wolf-like howls occasionally echoed.

Chen Tianming looked around and then said to Zhou Xun, "You must not wander off. I'll go into this formation first to investigate."

With that, Chen Tianming flew inside.

"Whoosh!"

A flash of green light, and Chen Tianming had already rushed into the formation ahead.

"Bang!"

Chen Tianming felt a powerful force strike him, almost knocking him flying out.

However, he immediately stabilized himself and continued forward until he stopped in front of a huge palace.

"This is?"

Chen Tianming looked at the huge palace in confusion.

This palace didn't look like the City Lord's residence; instead, it resembled an imperial palace.

"Could this be the Imperial Palace?" Chen Tianming thought to himself.

However, he didn't dwell on it and cautiously walked inside.

Suddenly, his expression changed as a strong killing intent surged towards him, as if coming from deep underground. His whole body went numb, as if he could be annihilated by this terrifying killing intent at any moment.

"Not good."

Chen Tianming secretly cried out 'not good'. With such a dense killing intent, how could Chen Tianming resist such a powerful killing intent?

Chen Tianming continued to walk forward, and that feeling grew stronger and stronger.

"Boom!"

With a loud bang, Chen Tianming was repelled and fell to the ground.

"Phew."

Chen Tianming breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the restrictions of this palace were not simple, and his current strength was still unable to break them.

"Do you have a way to break this formation?"

Zhou Xun anxiously asked from the side. He seemed overly focused on this palace.

One should know that on the street, he had shown strong resistance.

"I..."

After some hesitation, Wu Wenlong shook his head in disappointment, even casting a pleading look at Chen Tianming.

His idea was simple: Chen Tianming came from the outside, so he must have encountered many new formations.

Chen Tianming saw Wu Wenlong's expression and secretly gave a wry smile.

"You don't need to look at me; I don't know how to break formations either, and I only have a superficial understanding of such grand formations."

"What? Even you don't understand formations? Then, what should we do about this palace?" Zhou Xun said worriedly.

"If you let others come, don't blame me for not reminding you, there are many treasures in this palace, and one more person means one more person to share the money."

"..."

Hearing such words, Wu Wenlong was naturally unwilling.

He himself wanted to dominate, and he brought Zhou Xun along because of the latter's strength.

Knowing the ins and outs of Black City, if one wanted to solve these various mysteries, they could only go to Zhou Xun.

As for Chen Tianming, it was simple: his strength was not to be evaluated, but he was an outsider after all, and he couldn't possibly obtain everything in Black City.

"No need to rush with this formation, we'll slowly grind it out, and we'll eventually open it."

"Stop joking, Wu Wenlong! You should know that if this situation were truly easy to resolve, I wouldn't be so anxious!"

"..."

Hearing Zhou Xun's words, both Chen Tianming and Wu Wenlong fell into a strange silence.

To be honest, no matter how they explained their current situation, it seemed powerless.

After all, they were still in Black City now, and even leaving here was a bit difficult.

Chen Tianming sighed.

"So, if we don't have a formation master, we can't get in?"

"Theoretically, yes, because you can't possibly force your way through the formation here, the strength requirement is too high, we might not even be able to do it together."

Zhou Xun knew Wu Wenlong's strength. Although he didn't know Chen Tianming, he felt that his strength wouldn't be too high.

Moreover, Wu Wenlong also didn't believe Chen Tianming had the ability to break such a formation.

"In that case, we're really finished!"

"..."

Chen Tianming was not concerned with the dispute between the two; he was interested in the origin of this palace.

He walked a few steps along the edge of the formation and found that the space inside was very small, probably only five or six meters in size, and the layout was simple, looking like a house.

There were also many mechanisms and hidden weapons here, as well as many puppet guardians. If one accidentally touched them, they would die.

No matter what, they still had to be careful, lest they be targeted later.

"No matter what, since we've come to this place, there's no reason to give up!"

Zhou Xun gritted his teeth and said.

"I'll go try first."

Zhou Xun walked towards the palace.

Wu Wenlong glanced at Chen Tianming, and seeing Chen Tianming nod, he followed suit.

Unwilling to stop here.