Chapter 430: Ghost Hits Wall (2/2)

It was no formation, but a feng shui layout. Ghost Hits Wall, as it was commonly called back on Earth.

The ten lords and their followers were elites of different factions and too observant to be fooled by regular formations. However, feng shui layouts were a different story. Not even the greatest formation master in the world would be able to see through them if they lacked the requisite knowledge.

Ghost Hits Wall fooled the senses and kept cultivators going around in circles. Everything but the silverback gorilla was fake.

Within the burial mound, Lu Yun had coalesced formation light with a feng shui layout to imitate the surging ‘immortal light’, beside which was a large water screen. He and the little nun stood near it, observing the cultivators being led on a fruitless chase.

“How impressive,” sighed the little nun. “I can’t detect any traces of a formation! If you can trap them all with a formation, though, why don’t you set up one that kills and get rid of them all?” Excitement ran through her face. “Just like what the Lin brothers did!”

Smiling wryly, Lu Yun waved a hand in rejection. “If I do that, Jadeite Manor will be razed to the ground the next second!

“Those old farts outside are all hypocrites, despite their facade of civility. These cocky, so-called ‘ten lords’ are all geniuses they’ve worked hard to raise. If I eliminate them all, they’ll rip off their thin veils of amiability and take revenge as they’ve nothing left to lose.” He shrugged.

The little nun shot him a stunned look.

“This Sovereign Meet is nothing but a farce. There’s no rules keeping order at all. True geniuses from humble backgrounds were all killed as soon as they arrived at Life Province, never even given a chance to acquire a Life Glyph.

“I was targeted as soon as I showed my void realm cultivation in Destiny City, and Jadeite Manor was surrounded when Qing Yu broke through. If it weren’t for the immortal crystals in my possession, we would’ve been slaughtered a long time ago.” Lu Yun’s expression turned derisive.

“They might as well just let the old freaks go on a killing spree. Whoever kills the most youths will top the Sovereign Ranking!” He’d never taken this Sovereign Meet seriously. If his true body wasn’t still outside, he would’ve long embarked on a slaughter of the other contestants.

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Destiny City.

Some immortals flushed beet red in response to Lu Yun calling them out, while others maintained expressionless faces. More, however, fell into deep thought.

“Investigate them!” an immortal growled. “We need to find out who Qing Yu and his sidekick are!”

Lu Yun had effectively slapped all of their faces with the whole world as a witness; worse, he was right.

More than ten thousand geniuses had ignobly died before the Sovereign Meet. In fact, some immortals had come with the sole purpose of killing geniuses. The emergence of the void realm had made countless immortals desperate and despairing of the future.

That was also the reason why the major factions hadn’t set up any rules beforehand, or stopped one another from going overboard. They wanted the geniuses from the non-mainstream factions dead so that power would remain in the hands of a select few.

“It’s not Lu Yun of Dusk Province,” said an old man from one of the nine majors. “This seat’s spy in Dusk said that Lu Yun and Qing Han haven’t left the province.”

“Is that truly Lu Yun in Dusk Province?” Some were very unwilling to believe that. If Qing Yu’s Sidekick really was Lu Yun, most of them had very good reasons to kill him—especially House Donglin, the North Sea court, and those who’d lost origin dao immortals to him. Not even the Destiny city lord would be able to stop them.

“We’ve tested him,” the old man said with great certainty. “It is indeed Lu Yun.”