Story 4 – What Occurs in a Slaughter Formation, Stays in a Slaughter Formation (12)

I had discounted my good friend’s nephew for a lot too lengthy. However I had my causes. For one, he did not have a motive to kill the Junior Sect Chief. Oh, certain, he favored Jujube… however was eradicating her fiancé for a doable likelihood together with her price hurting his beloved uncle like that? To not point out that he by no means bought collectively together with her in my previous life. It appeared extremely unlikely that this was his motive.

That meant that there was one more reason. One I nonetheless wanted to find.

Apart from the lacking motive, I additionally knew from my previous life that simply because somebody was an asshole didn’t imply that they had been a assassin… After all, this was me giving the creator of the unique dangerous harem novel an excessive amount of credit score. I imply, if he actually needed to shock individuals, he may have made a pleasant child like Justice Reaching Divine Blade the assassin.

However an asshole like fuck face over there? Too straightforward. Simpler than making the one who did it, a butler.

However, I’d been coping with nice individuals for thus lengthy just lately that I’d forgotten the golden rule of this Xianxia. Generally an asshole was simply an asshole, however, most of the time, they had been truly murderers… In actual fact, everybody was a killer. Right here, you both grew to become a killer, otherwise you died.

One other factor. I’d been too conceited, believing my mere presence right here could be sufficient of a catalyst to vary the end result. Since, actually, I used to be simply that exceptional.

That had turned out to be false. I imply, I used to be nonetheless superb. However, since my presence did not change the end result, then that meant Glittering Dickhead over there had been planning this since earlier than I even arrived.

Trying again on all the pieces that occurred throughout my time with this group, I may see what Glittering Iron Omniscience had been making an attempt.

First, was the Purple Python Monster. He will need to have divined that Unyielding and Justice would each be badly damage through the combat, making his demise appear an increasing number of like an accident when it got here time to gather the Blood-Soaked Resonant Rhododendron.

After all, he was pissed at Little Spring and I for coming alongside as a result of our presence added unsure variables into his plan. He will need to have shortly divined methods to eliminate my little brother by standing the place he did. As a result of if he hadn’t stood there, I might have stopped him earlier than he even neared the wall.

Subsequent was the Narcissus. It was my perception that he dragged us to that flower as a substitute of to the opposite one as a result of he wanted Fairy Third out of fee to enact his remaining plan.

This combat would additionally drive the injured Justice and Unyielding to push themselves to the restrict.

He could have additionally believed that this combat would have taken me out as nicely… Besides that I had been hiding my power this complete time. And with out me telling somebody, he would don’t have any means of understanding my true skill. To not point out that my Immortal Ascension stage soul would fully throw off any divination he tried to do for me.

Which introduced me to the nail in Unyielding’s coffin.

With out Fairy Third and with a mourning Fairy Blissful Jujube, the group would have stood on this precise spot the place they relied solely on Glittering Iron’s divination to enter the precise path.

He’d gotten them right here together with his good divinations. Absolutely, his expertise was dependable sufficient to danger one’s personal life on. And he was the nephew of the Sect Chief. He additionally liked and revered his uncle. So, in fact, he would not attempt something nefarious.

Besides, he did.

Utilizing simply his devious divinations, he took out three of his social gathering members and returned a hero.

And the one cause he was in a position to get away with it was that the dim-witted Jujube was so grief-stricken that she doubtless wasn’t even there for his report. And if she wasn’t there, she could not contradict it.

To be sincere, I needed to applaud the asshole’s genius and audacity.

Besides that he was scum.

And, he made a small mistake.

::Junior Sect Chief. Do not belief Senior Glittering Iron Omniscience. He’s making an attempt to kill you.::

His eyes narrowed barely, however I had his consideration.

::What makes you say that?::

::He had the precise spot, however he purposefully moved it.::

::I noticed that, however I believed he was correcting his place. Are you certain he’s making an attempt to kill me?::

::Am I certain? Who do you assume I’m?!::

::…::

::I’m your martial nice aunt.::

::Not formally. And he’s my grasp’s nephew,:: he identified.

::Doesn’t suggest he cannot nonetheless be a assassin.::

::He additionally led us right here.::

::However not with out subject. Did not all the pieces appear a bit too good but additionally completely harmful.::

He did not reply. He was a wise child and will need to have figured it out as nicely.

::Simply let me deal with this and again me up.::

::Very nicely.::

I stepped as much as Glittering Iron Omniscience and tilted my head cutely. “Senior. Are you certain that is the precise spot to enter the formation from?”

He nodded, again straight, vanity exuding from each pore. “Completely.”

Fuckin’ fool.

Justice took a step towards the formation, however I threw out an arm and stopped him.

He glared. “We have now to stop him from harming the rhododendron.”

Simply as I suspected, he was completely livid.

“By no means go right into a slaughter formation whenever you’re upset. You’ll make errors and errors will result in demise. Or on the very least hurt. I’m the formation grasp right here. I’ll go first. You’ll be able to comply with whenever you’re calm.”

“He’s in Basis Institution, and also you’re simply in Qi Condensation. You’re not his match.”

I grinned. “In a formation, he’s not mine. Don’t fear. I’ll be certain he comes again alive, so he will be charged for his crimes.”

I stepped into the formation’s secure entrance. Instantly, the world round me that had been timber, foliage, and vines, changed into movement.

The bottom that had been flat moved me up and down. It even turned me round. Each efficient slaughter formation had a sort of phantasm or confusion facet to it.

Those that simply entered from some other place may try to take a step again, solely to comprehend too late that their step again was truly a step ahead. This could convey them deeper into the formation and lure them inside.

After all, this disorientation would assist cover any of my extra superior strategies.

In an ideal slaughter formation, there could be no pathway like this. Those that entered could be helpless except they occurred to have a formation grasp’s compass and the data of methods to keep away from no matter killed individuals inside. The exception was pure formations. These sorts all the time had imperfections, leaving small pathways open to a fortunate particular person who may discover it. And I, fortunately, knew methods to transfer via this formation no matter if I had a compass or not. However, I occurred to have one.

I took it out with my offhand and held my sword with my proper.

I used the compass to search out the proper route Glittering Iron would have fled in. Since he was the Sect Chief’s nephew, he would have a number of life-saving talismans. That meant I didn’t have to carry again as a lot!

I estimated how lengthy it might take him to divine his means via, then with a seemingly informal movement, I slashed in that route. Thousand cuts!

It felt good to make use of that method, particularly since I went broad with it to account for any errors.

I didn’t hear any yells, however I didn’t count on to. Not with this phantasm obfuscating all the pieces round us so nicely that even divine sense couldn’t penetrate it.

However I knew I hit him.

I slowly took two steps ahead. Every step felt like I used to be on a little bit boat in a fierce ocean storm. However I ignored that feeling. This was regular.

As soon as once more, I estimated the place he could be and despatched one other thousand cuts over to him.

I turned to the left and the already spinning and dipping world turned sideways. After taking one step backward it appeared as if I had been touring via a starfield of greenery.

I heard the steps of somebody within the distance. That meant I used to be very near him!

A large spinning coin appeared out of nowhere.

I ducked down low, to each keep away from the coin, and since that was the subsequent step in getting previous this formation.

The world stabilized for a single lovely second even because the coin flew above my head.

However this spot was a lure, if I stayed right here for too lengthy, I’d get sucked proper the fuck on into the deepest a part of the formation, so (whereas nonetheless crouched) I shortly shuffled to the precise a couple of toes. Then I despatched one other Thousand Cuts in the direction of the route the coin got here from.

A grunt of ache managed to succeed in my location, then a footstep.

I stood up. The luscious inexperienced foliage bloomed with unusual crimson flowers… I actually doubted that these had been actual. In actual fact, the best way all the pieces appeared nonetheless but nonetheless moved made me assume they had been truly poor low-level spirit beasts the formation had caught and was slowly draining of blood.

There was a cause the rhododendron was known as ‘Blood-Soaked.’

One other coin got here at me from the entrance. This time aimed decrease. I needed to transfer ahead subsequent, or I might get caught within the formation once more.

I jumped up and over the coin, whereas shifting forwards. These flowers round me vanished, and the world turned darkish.

I spun round as if doing a spinning sidekick. This time the coin zoomed in the direction of the foot I used to be standing on. I jumped, however it nonetheless clipped my little silk shoe and knocked me off stability. My foot ached like a bitch.

At the least I nonetheless had a foot. Fuck. If I hadn’t had my talisman or if I’d been any slower…

I believed I heard laughter, however that was simply the phantasm of the formation. I stood up after which took one other step ahead, gritting my tooth and ignoring the ache.

The world cleared. A small clearing lay earlier than me like a shallow bowl within the floor. Small streams of liquid spiraled down into the underside of the bowl the place a little bit bush with small purple flowers bloomed. And 1 / 4 of the best way to that non secular plant was Glittering Iron who ran so quick he virtually flew.

Most of his garments had been ripped to shreds, and he bled from varied spots, however, in line with my fast divine sense scan, it was solely floor harm. Tch. The distinction between Qi Condensation and Formation Institution was too excessive, particularly when life saving non secular instruments had been concerned.

And the way had he gotten to this point?! Hadn’t I been proper behind him? How the fuck had he gotten via the formation so quick… except it was a lie that he didn’t know his means via!

Shit! He was doubtless making an attempt to get to the plant first to make use of it as blackmail. Both we neglect his crime, or he’d destroy the one likelihood to save lots of our Sect Chief — his personal rattling Uncle. This Fucker!

There was no time to pop a therapeutic tablet to restore my foot, so I ignored the ache and ran.Up to date from novelbIn.(c)om