Chapter 1144: Putting On a Show (2/2)

“Ole Gold, what do you think?” Jiang Chen looked down the for stare Four of the Veranda master’s invited protectors stood at them, one to each cardinal direction It seee of a breach in the line Unless the protectors came out themselves, an outsider had no roopessi on the outside I reckon it gets much worse further in Even if all of my children went in at once, the pulse would still stop us Unless… that for understood the pulse of the earth to a certain extent thanks to knowledge inherited from his bloodline

“There’s four e Chen sighed softly “There’s no reason for the foret them to leave the forh it”

He had been looking for a loophole all the while, but nothing of the sort sadly existed

The Rat King nodded incessantly in agree master Chen, you know… only an idiot would leave the formation normally, but an irresistible lure can turn anyone’s brain toone or two of them out?”

The spirit creature’s words were a spark of inspiration to Jiang Chen None of the four protectors were ordinary people One was sixth level emperor realm, one was fifth, and the other tere at the peak of fourth level The Upper Eight Regions notwithstanding, here in the Great Scarlet Mid Region, they were nothing short of elite Ordinary bait would be insufficient to attract their attention But Jiang Chen had no shortage of bait-worthy treasures

The Goldbiter Rat King fled withhaste, the outline of sky rank spirit herb leaves visible between its teeth Feigning disorientation, it pounced at the forth Behind it, so, filthy anio, I won’t let you escape!”

The owner of that voice was none other than Jiang Chen hi on an act of hardshi+p to win their ene’s face was no act Goldbiter Rats were craven by nature, and proximity to the forical pressure on the rat

The formation had four manned positions The protectors stood independently, but each man was ready to support the others at a moment’s notice The position closest to him was occupied by one of theSect He had been specially invited by the Veranda master

Surnamed Gao, the oldon sixth He was an exceptionally important member of his sect, but e The Veranda’s successful invitation of hi surprise to many

A man as paranoid as they came, the elderly Gao deployed an art of the eye as soon as he heard Jiang Chen’s cry His scan revealed a large, golden-furredtowards his direction Not three or five miles behind it was a cultivator in hot pursuit, his dash as frenzied as his prey’s

Elder Gao furrowed his brow He hadn’t expected a human cultivator to show up here at all, ht at him The two sky rank spirit herbs in the mouse’ maw impelled him to cut down the oversized rodent immediately, so that he could take the spirit herbs for hih at the last second, his reason told him that such recklessness was folly His ht noas to protect the fore, but had zero guarantee as to his security outside Though Elder Gao did not think that either the rat or the cultivator could threaten him at all, an elderly old man always maintained the most basic of cautions Despite the fact that his heart was beckoning for him to make a move, he maintained a cool head He chose to stand at the border of the for quickly collided with the for at the i force The fories as a kind of warning Any forced intrusion would trigger the pulse of the earth co the invader with its power A hapless trespasser who got caught up in the pulse would certainly be ground into dust The Goldbiter Rat King reeled fro Chen was behind it in the next , why don’t you,” he snickered

The Rat King ran about all helter-skelter, screeching all the while “Don’t kill ive you your spirit herbs back!”

“It’s too late to do that now,” Jiang Chen sneered “I don’t just want my spirit herbs back, I want you to serve me for the next three thousand years!”