Chapter 67: Betrayal (1/2)

C67: Betrayal

Just like Qin Yu, the three of them managed to escape the tower initially. Unfortunately, they had been captured after their escape.

“Da Ge, I caught these three people who escaped from the tower.”

“Only three?” Can Bao asked in an indifferent tone.

“This…” The gleam on Three Eye’s face vanished and was replaced by awkwardness. “Don’t worry Brother, the other two will not escape my grasp.” There were five who escaped, the other two being Qing Yun and Qin Yu.

Can Bao said nothing else and he swept his apathetic gaze over the three of them. Two in the Middle Stage of the Immersion Realm and one in the Beginning Stage. They were not the strongest but they still managed to escape the Tower. This surprised Can Bao.

“Where are you from?” Can Bao asked calmly.

“We…we are from Luosang City.” Li Yijian was the first to answer. He was terrified when facing Can Bao. The young man before them was of a similar age, and yet he had an extremely scary aura. A mere gaze from him made Li Yijian feel as if he was plunged into a freezing vault of ice. Dugu Feiyan and Mo Badao felt the same way as well. They had no way of determining Can Bao’s strength.

“You’re all from Luosang City?” Can Bao’s eyes shifted slightly. He did not expect all of them to come from the same place. It seems like Luosang City produces a lot of talented individuals. The three who escaped all came from that city.

“Do you know the man who escaped with you, the one who was hunted by the Blood Demon?” Can Bao asked the crucial question—this was what he wanted to know the most.

“Yes, he’s from Luosang City as well.” This time around, Dugu Feiyan answered hurriedly, out of fear that a late reply would infuriate them. “He’s called Qin Yu, from the Qin family of Luosang City.”

Qin Yu was betrayed just like that. Dugu Feiyan had never considered the fact that they would have died in the Tower if it was not for him.

Mo Badao remained silent but a look of contempt flashed on his face when he heard Dugu Feiyan betray Qin Yu without hesitation.

“Luosang City again. Interesting.” Can Bao looked intrigued. “How strong is that Qin Yu?”

Almost everyone present had the same thoughts: Qin Yu must have terrifying abilities to be able to defeat the Blood Demon.

“He possesses a very skillful method that he uses to hide his abilities. He looks like he is at the peak of the Origin Realm, but he is actually in the Middle Stage of the Immersion Realm.” It was Li Yijian who answered this time around. He had fought Qin Yu personally and had the best understanding of him amongst the trio.

“Middle Stage of the Immersion Realm?” Can Bao was in disbelief and so were the others. Killing the Blood Demon with that level of ability? What a joke. Even if Can Bao himself were to face the Blood Demon who was armed with the Demonic Blood Devouring Sword, he would be unable to resist.

“Brother, he dares to lie. I’ll end his life then.” Three Eyes’ sinister gaze shot towards Li Yijian and made him shiver.

“No no no, I’m completely honest. If there is anything even remotely false about my statement, I would meet a tragic end.” Li Yijian sworn an oath out of sheer terror. 1

However, Three Eyes had no regard for his oaths. He continued to walk towards him with a twisted smile.

“Wait.” Shi Yan called out from the side.

Three Eyes stared at Shi Yan with confusion. “Why?”

Shi Yan did not reply Three Eyes and in turn spoke to Can Bao. “Brother, I remember. Mo Feng had left words written with his blood right before his death. They were “The one who killed me was a Chu……” 2

Mo Feng, the man guarding the first floor of the tower, was killed within it. The perpetrator was still unknown and Can Bao had always felt shameful and angry about this.

Now that Shi Yan had suddenly brought this up, he seemed to link some things together as well.

“Brother, we all initially thought that the man who killed Mo Feng had the surname Chu or had a Chu in his name. When we got to ask the ten strongest men remaining, none of them fit the criteria.” Shi Yan continued.

“You mean to say that the statement was supposed to be ‘An Origin Realm cultivator killed me’?” Three Eyes was extremely shrewd and guessed it at once.

Shi Yan nodded. “Yes, that statement was incomplete. I then went back to study it closely and there were a few blurred strokes behind the word ‘Chu’. Now that I think about it, they resemble the other half of the word ‘Jing’.” 3

“However this does not point to Qin Yu as the culprit. What if there were other cultivators at the Origin Realm?” Three Eyes frowned as he questioned.

“Impossible.” Shi Yan disagreed immediately. “Only the strongest three hundred cultivators would emerge from the few thousands competitors and enter the battlefield. Origin Realm cultivators would be sacrificed and would have no chance of entering the Tower. Even if there was such a person, it must be fake. He must have purposely hid his abilities and faked his level of cultivation to be in the Origin Realm. Thus, this Qin Yu is the greatest suspect.”

“If it really was Qin Yu, how could he kill the Blood Demon when he is merely in the Middle Stage of the Immersion Realm?” Three Eyes still had doubts in his heart and refused to believe Shi Yan’s deduction.

“He did not rely purely on his abilities to kill the Blood Demon. Instead, he used despicable means. The Blood Demon must have died from poison.” The things which Shi Yan had said enlightened everyone else and many agreed with his analysis. They had seen the corpse of the Blood Demon and he had really died from the Yin Demonic Qi.

“If the Blood Demon really died from poison, he wouldn’t be the Blood Demon.” Can Bao suddenly spoke up and his cold voice made everyone’s heart quiver. They looked at him with confused gazes.

“Brother, he really did die from poison. His body is entirely corroded by the Yin Demonic Qi.” Shi Yan spoke with a more severe tone.