But before Jiang Chen, these people were utterly insignificant.
Jiang Chen easily detected their presence.
Naturally, these people had not discovered the grand formation Jiang Chen had set up.
Jiang Chen's skill in formations was exceedingly profound. How could these people possibly discover it?
Before the grand formation was activated, it gave off no fluctuations at all. Even if other great formation masters were invited to inspect it, they would find it difficult to spot any traces.
Jiang Chen had buried the formation foundations and such underground, then restored the soil above to its original state.
Unless someone deliberately dug them up, they would never discover that those spots contained formation foundations.
Jiang Chen appearing here and capturing these scouts was also a signal to the Seven Kill Sect: he was here.
"We're not scouts from the Seven Kill Sect. We were merely passing by when you attacked us and captured us here," one scout denied.
"That's right. We don't know you at all. You captured us and insisted we were scouts—don't you think that excuse is going too far?" Seeing his companion deny it, another scout also spouted nonsense and denied being a scout.
"Then do you dare swear a Heavenly Oath that you aren't scouts from the Seven Kill Sect? If you dare make a Heavenly Oath, I can spare you and treat this as a misunderstanding," Jiang Chen said with a faint smile.
At Jiang Chen's words, the scouts present all changed expression.
Making a Heavenly Oath—wasn't that asking them to die?
Heavenly punishment was incomparably cruel, making one wish for death rather than life.
It would make them die amid pain and despair.
They would rather be killed right now than suffer Heavenly punishment and be tortured to death.
"Heh heh, you don't dare now? You