Chapter 816
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Chapter 816 Capturing Containers!?
“Ground emitting white mist?” Fang Yu raised an eyebrow and looked at the ground beneath his feet.
“Yes, they described it at the time… like steam rising from the ground,” Zhao Jidao said.
Fang Yu fell silent, his eyes contemplative.
There was a strange formation under the observatory, and white mist rising from the ground…
This phenomenon was clearly abnormal.
But to say the observatory was built to cover up the ground’s anomaly didn’t make much sense.
Because the top of Qingyun Mountain was already a rarely visited place.
The Half-Spirit Clan’s request to build an observatory in such a place actually gave off a feeling of unnecessary self-exposure.
Although that old man Dao Kong wasn’t very smart, he wouldn’t be this stupid.
After pondering for a while, he reached no conclusion.
At this moment, Fang Yu had a flash of inspiration, thinking of something.
A total of thirty-seven locations were requested for observatories, could it be…
Fang Yu’s eyes returned to normal, and he took out a map of the entire region from the storage space of his Spirit Ring.
Based on the information Huaixu provided, Fang Yu marked all thirty-seven observatory locations on the map.
Then, he connected the marked points.
Soon, an extremely geometric pattern appeared before his eyes.
The thirty-seven locations formed a perfect square on the outer edge!
And when the inner points were connected…
It matched exactly with the formation Fang Yu had just seen underground with his Eye of Insight!
Fang Yu widened his eyes and activated his Eye of Insight again to look at the ground beneath him.
Then, he looked back at the connected markers on the map.
They were completely identical! Even the complex inner connections were exactly the same!
This astonished Fang Yu immensely!
Each location likely had the same formation underground.
In other words, when all the small formations at each location were connected, they formed a giant formation encompassing the entire territory of China!
The purpose of this formation was still unknown.
But a formation of such enormous scale… to Fang Yu’s knowledge, had never appeared from ancient times to the present.
It’s worth noting that each formation requires a certain amount of spiritual energy to activate.
For a formation covering such a vast area, even if all the spiritual energy in the world were drained, it might not be enough to activate it!
And in reality, there was no way to drain all the spiritual energy from the world.
“Unless… my understanding is completely wrong, and this isn’t a formation at all. But if not a formation, what could it be? And it indeed covers most of China’s territory.” Fang Yu rubbed his chin, deep in thought.
Zhao Jidao stood nearby, watching Fang Yu think. Though full of questions, he dared not interrupt.
…
In the northern villa district of Nandu, Huaibei.
Behind the Zhao family mansion was a small hill.
The hilltop had only a few small trees.
At this moment, several dark figures suddenly appeared on the previously empty hilltop.
A three to four-meter tall dark figure was the first to appear.
It was the Demon King who had encountered Fang Yu in the Wasteland!
Following the Demon King, four more figures appeared.
These four wore gray robes with a demon mark on their foreheads.
“Lord Demon King, the vessel… is in the house below,” one gray-robed person said.
“Hmm, go down and bring her to me,” the Demon King said.
The next second, the five figures transformed into black mist and vanished.
…
“That’s enough, I need to go to the next location,” Fang Yu decided to visit other observatories after thinking for a while.
“Um… Lord Fang, do you remember my granddaughter Zhao Zinan?” Zhao Jidao quickly spoke up as he saw Fang Yu preparing to leave.
“Hmm? What about her?” Fang Yu raised an eyebrow and asked.
Of course he remembered the girl with the strange constitution.
“She often mentions wanting to see you…” Zhao Jidao said, observing Fang Yu’s reaction.
Fang Yu frowned slightly and said, “Next time, I’m a bit busy now.”
“I understand! I’ll tell her when I get back,” Zhao Jidao immediately replied.
“Hmm.”
Fang Yu nodded, activating his Spirit Ring, preparing to leave.
At this moment, Zhao Jidao’s phone began to vibrate.
Zhao Jidao answered the call, listened for two sentences, and his expression drastically changed.
“What!?” Zhao Jidao looked at Fang Yu who was about to leave and shouted, “Lord Fang, please wait…”
Before he could finish, Fang Yu’s figure disappeared.
Zhao Jidao’s face turned pale, his hand holding the phone trembling violently.
He had just received a call that people from the Demon Cult had gone to their home, killed more than a dozen guards, and were trying to capture Zhao Zinan.
If Fang Yu had stayed, there might have been hope.
But now, Fang Yu was gone…
Just as Zhao Jidao was panicking and at a loss, a light suddenly flashed before him.
“What’s wrong?” Fang Yu looked at Zhao Jidao with some impatience.
Zhao Jidao was stunned for a moment, then his face lit up with joy as he said, “The, the Demon Cult has found our home, they want to take Zinan away!”
“Demon Cult?” Fang Yu raised an eyebrow, remembering the Demon King who had escaped in the Wasteland.
…
Inside the Zhao family’s main gate lay more than a dozen mutilated bodies, their deaths gruesome, most torn apart by brute force.
The smell of blood permeated the air above the Zhao residence.
Now, in the main hall.
“I’ll give you ten more seconds. If you don’t hand over Zhao Zinan, I’ll sacrifice one person every second,” a gray-robed person standing in front of the Demon King announced.
The core members of the Zhao family were all kneeling on the floor, pale and trembling.
Just seeing the Demon King’s appearance had terrified them.
In this world, demons really existed!
“Ten, nine, eight…” the gray-robed person began counting down.
Many people who had witnessed the guards’ brutal deaths were now so frightened they were soiling themselves and crying uncontrollably.
Zhao Xuan was also kneeling on the ground, his body shaking, fists clenched.
A middle-aged man next to him reached out and pushed his shoulder.
Zhao Xuan glanced at him—it was his uncle, Zhao Shiqiao.
Zhao Shiqiao’s eyes were bloodshot as he trembled, “Xiao Xuan, I don’t want to die, none of us want to die!”
Hearing these words, Zhao Xuan’s heart trembled.
Zhao Zinan had been hidden by him.
He had instructed Zhao Zinan not to come downstairs no matter what sounds she heard.
But now, it was a matter of life and death.
These monsters before them were not opponents that ordinary martial artists could contend with.
Even the Saint Realm protector had been smashed into a pulp by that huge demon with one slap…
If they didn’t hand over Zhao Zinan… everyone present would surely die.
But Zhao Xuan couldn’t do it!
He couldn’t hand Zhao Zinan over to these monsters!
“Three, two…” the gray-robed person continued counting, expressionless.
“I know where she is! She’s upstairs! She’s upstairs!” Zhao Shiqiao suddenly raised his head and screamed desperately.
“One.” The gray-robed person finished counting and extended his hand toward Zhao Shiqiao.
“Whoosh!”
Zhao Shiqiao immediately flew toward the gray-robed person.
“I’ve already told you where she is, don’t kill me! Please don’t kill me!” Zhao Shiqiao struggled desperately, crying out.
“I want her to appear voluntarily, not for us to find her,” the gray-robed person said coldly.
With that, his hand gripped Zhao Shiqiao’s head and squeezed violently.
“Crack!”
Zhao Shiqiao’s head exploded like a watermelon, red and white matter splattering in all directions.
The gray-robed person released his grip, and Zhao Shiqiao’s rigid body fell to the ground.
Seeing this, several Zhao family members fainted from fear.
Many others let out terrified screams.
“Zinan, come down quickly! We don’t want to die!” some Zhao family members shouted, unable to bear it any longer.
“One second has passed.” The gray-robed person scanned the crowd, looking for his next victim.
Soon, he noticed Zhao Xuan, who had not raised his head, and extended his hand.
“Whoosh!”
Zhao Xuan felt a tremendous force pulling him, his body flying uncontrollably toward the gray-robed person.
“Xuan’er!”
Zhao Xuan’s parents cried out in anguish.
“Don’t kill my brother!”
At this moment, a scream came from the staircase.
The gray-robed person looked up and saw a girl at the stairs.
The girl’s face was pure and beautiful, but now it was drained of color.
She looked at Zhao Xuan, who was restrained in front of the gray-robed person, unable to move, her eyes full of fear.
“Lord Demon King, this is the vessel,” the gray-robed person turned and said.
“I know.” The Demon King extended his right hand toward Zhao Zinan.
“Zing!”
The Demon King’s huge right hand emitted a glow.
At the same time, Zhao Zinan’s entire body also emitted a faint light, floating up.
“I… am willing to go with you, just let my brother go,” Zhao Zinan pleaded as she slowly floated toward the Demon King.
“Sorry, our pleasure is killing,” the gray-robed person said with a cold smile.
But just as the gray-robed person was about to act, a figure suddenly flashed in front of him.
“Your pleasure is killing, while mine is killing you,” Fang Yu grinned at the gray-robed person before him.
