Chapter 348

Chapter 348: Impersonating an Evil Weapons Master

Watching Lou Yun’s receding figure, Chang Feng and Mo Bingju exchanged a glance and simultaneously shook their heads. Mo Bingju said, "Brother Chang, how could he be wrapped in evil aura? Could it be that he is also an evil weapons master?"

Chang Feng pondered for a moment and replied, "I find it strange too. Logically, he shouldn’t be an evil weapons master. Didn’t Brother Zhuge tell us before? He’s similar to us—both carrying a mysterious force inside our bodies. But he has already found a way to control it, while we still haven’t. Just now, I secretly used my spiritual sense to check. Unfortunately, I couldn’t even penetrate the layer of evil aura wrapped around his body, let alone sense the power inside him."

Mo Bingju turned to look at the three corpses on the ground and said, "His power must be stronger than ours. At least, without our internal forces erupting, we’re definitely no match for him. Just now, he killed all three of them in one go. If it were us, we couldn’t possibly have done that!"

"Hmm!" Chang Feng nodded. "Let’s not dwell on this for now. Since Brother Zhuge said he’s our companion, we should trust him. For now, we should focus on resting and recovering quickly!"

So the two fell silent, sat cross-legged, and began recuperating to heal their injuries.

Lou Yun left the basement and arrived on the first floor. Following the layout etched in his mind, he began eliminating the evil weapons masters there one by one.

As for the snake Chang Feng had mentioned, Lou Yun wasn’t particularly afraid because he carried the ice crystal jade weapon inside him, making him essentially immune to all poisons.

There were six people on the first floor. Two of them shared a single room, while the other four each had their own rooms. Since everyone was cultivating now, it conveniently facilitated Lou Yun’s actions.

In a short while, Lou Yun had effortlessly dealt with all six people without making the slightest noise.

Now, in the entire small building—even counting Tang Qianqiu’s master, whose exact whereabouts were unknown—only four individuals remained. Two of them were Lou Yun’s own disciples, Yi Xuan and Yi Ru, and of course, there was that large snake.

Either way, fewer enemies was always an advantage for Lou Yun.

Lou Yun paused at the staircase leading to the second floor, considering whether to first escort Chang Feng and the others away or to eliminate Tang Qianqiu directly.

If he could deal with Tang Qianqiu as well, he could take Yi Xuan and Yi Ru with him. But he feared Tang Qianqiu’s master might appear, which would create complications. After hesitating briefly, Lou Yun decided to first lead Chang Feng and his companion out. After all, his primary mission this time was to rescue those two; saving Yi Xuan and Yi Ru was entirely a personal matter. If his personal affairs endangered Chang Feng and Mo Bingju, it wouldn’t be worth the risk.

Once those two were safe, he could return alone with peace of mind. Even if he ended up fighting to the death there, he wouldn’t feel any burden.

Having made up his mind, Lou Yun immediately turned and hurried back to the basement. Chang Feng and Mo Bingju had just begun their recovery. Hearing the sound, they simultaneously opened their eyes and saw that Lou Yun had returned unexpectedly, their faces filled with confusion.

Lou Yun announced, "I’ve dealt with the people on the first floor. I’ll escort you two out first!"

Chang Feng and Mo Bingju exchanged another glance, both thinking he truly was more formidable than them—so incredibly fast!

As seasoned fighters, they knew that in this situation, time was precious and couldn’t be wasted. Without uttering a word, they simply nodded and stood up together.

So, with Lou Yun leading the way and the other two following closely behind, they cautiously ascended the steps toward the first floor.

Momentarily, they reached the first floor, tiptoed to the front door, and stepped outside one after another.

Standing outside the door, Chang Feng and Mo Bingju quietly sighed in relief. If they hadn’t been discovered inside the building, the odds of being spotted outside were even lower. With a little care, escaping Ghostly Valley shouldn’t be problematic.

Lou Yun also softly exhaled in relief. But before his breath was fully released, a sudden sense of danger washed over him, as if something threatened all three of them.

This feeling emerged abruptly, and Lou Yun couldn’t explain its source. However, with a flash of insight, he realized it was likely connected to his soul cultivation.

His cultivation of the soul had heightened his innate senses, giving him this near-prescient warning ability.

As soon as the sensation struck, Lou Yun halted immediately, gazing alertly into the surrounding darkness steeped in evil aura. Closely tailing Chang Feng and Mo Bingju naturally stopped too, though they had no idea why Lou Yun had ceased walking so abruptly.

Suddenly, Lou Yun distinctly felt a surge of wind gusting toward his face. Whistling through the air was a faint trace of bloody odor.

In the urgency of the moment, Lou Yun had no time to think deeply. The Dream Emperor Sword appeared in his hand, and he swung it forcefully against the oncoming gust.

A sharp metallic clang rang out as the Dream Emperor Sword struck something solid—to Lou Yun, it felt like hacking into a piece of metal!

The instant the sound echoed, Lou Yun activated his spiritual sense and peered with hawk-like eyes into the surrounding murk of evil aura.

With his vision piercing through, Lou Yun couldn’t help but inwardly think, "Trouble!"

Roughly two meters away from Lou Yun, amidst the thick evil aura, a chilling beam of light gleamed. Following that gleam, he saw it was unmistakably a giant snake!

The snake was entirely black, even its eyeballs were pitch-black. As for the cold gleam, it was reflected from the two sharp fangs inside its wide-open mouth!

Clearly, this snake was the one that Chang Feng and Mo Bingju had encountered! The whooshing sound just now must have been the attack it launched!

If not for sensing the danger and Lou Yun reacting quickly enough, relying on such a sneak attack, Lou Yun truly had no confidence of blocking it!

However, Lou Yun could increasingly understand how Chang Feng and Mo Bingju had fallen to this snake!

In the valley filled with evil aura, a snake completely pitch black was concealed within it. Even with his excellent eyesight and spiritual perception, Lou Yun surprisingly failed to detect it. That left no need to even mention Chang Feng and Mo Bingju.

Through the brief contact with this snake earlier, it also verified what Chang Feng and others had described: this snake’s body was truly as hard as steel.

Yet, Lou Yun was somewhat puzzled: his own aura was entirely wrapped in evil aura, so not even an evil weapons master could detect him; how could this snake have discovered him?

Lou Yun stared at the snake without blinking his eyes, while softly saying, "I’ll deal with it. You two, leave quickly!"

Chang Feng and Mo Bingju, even uninjured, were no match for this snake, let alone now. So, Lou Yun had to make them leave promptly.

However, just as Lou Yun’s words faded, a sinister voice rang out behind: "None of you can leave today!"

Hearing this voice, Lou Yun inwardly sighed deeply. Today wasn’t lucky at all; originally, one snake was already hard to handle, and now Tang Qianqiu had been alerted too. Wanting to leave safely indeed wouldn’t be easy!

Tang Qianqiu was precisely alerted by the sound of the Dream Emperor Sword striking the snake’s body earlier, so he hurried out. Although he heard Lou Yun’s words and spotted Chang Feng and Mo Bingju, he was also wondering: who was this person with their back to him, drenched in evil aura, standing before him?

Could it be one of his junior brothers? But judging by the figure, it didn’t resemble them!

For an evil weapons master, sensing evil aura was naturally the most sensitive. Currently, Lou Yun’s whole self was cocooned in evil aura, and he had restrained his own aura, so what radiated was pure evil aura. Therefore, Tang Qianqiu concluded he must also be an evil weapons master!

Tang Qianqiu let out another cold laugh and said, "You have such audacity, daring to enter Ghostly Valley to rescue prisoners! If not for our evil snake guarding, you truly almost slipped away. I advise you to surrender obediently. Given that we’re both evil weapons masters, perhaps I’ll spare your life!"

When these words entered the three people’s ears, their feelings varied greatly!

Chang Feng and Mo Bingju exchanged a glance, and in their hearts, they simultaneously formed one thought: so Lou Yun actually was an evil weapons master!

Yet for Lou Yun, an inspiration struck his mind. Since Tang Qianqiu had mistaken him for an evil weapons master, why not play along and impersonate one? Maybe he could send Chang Feng and Mo Bingju away!

Thus, Lou Yun deliberately spoke icily, "Wanting me to surrender? First, show me your capabilities. I came all this way precisely to experience your evil weapon; how could I possibly give up on your mere word?"

"Oh?" Tang Qianqiu’s face revealed a curious look. "It seems you came by reputation?"

"To outsiders, Ghostly Valley seems occupied by evil spirits, shrouded in dark clouds all day. Humph, fooling others might be easy, but fooling me? Never!"

"Haha!" Tang Qianqiu laughed heartily. "Exactly! Only we evil weapons masters know the truth about Ghostly Valley. Fine, since you wish to experience it, then spar with our evil snake!"

The reason for Tang Qianqiu’s generosity wasn’t kindness; it was because on Spirit Weapon Star, evil weapons masters were incredibly scarce. Compared to the vast number of magical weapons masters, they were the weak. To survive, the weak must unite. Now that he had luckily discovered another evil weapons master, appearing quite capable, he naturally wanted to subdue and use him.

Yet these words aligned perfectly with Lou Yun’s plan. He was worried Tang Qianqiu and this evil snake might flank him, making it uncertain if he could cope. Since Tang Qianqiu had said this, it meant he could first defeat the evil snake before tackling Tang Qianqiu!

"Fine, since you said that, I’ll see how capable your evil snake really is!"

Lou Yun stepped forward, narrowing the distance to the evil snake, while quietly putting away the Dream Emperor Sword!