Master Thief

As the Talismans flew away, the tremors of the earth traveled far and wide, almost encompassing the entire mountain range.

The manipulator's expression Cataclysm: "The Hundred Tribulations Forbidden Art?! It's the Hundred Tribulations Forbidden Art again?!"

"Xuan Yunzi, how could you possibly use the Hundred Tribulations Forbidden Art —in your previous life you were merely an Outer Disciples disciple of the Taiqing Sect, and now you're just an old dog clinging to Qi Transformation External Body Incarnation! How could you do that?!"

His voice was hoarse and strained.

Xuan Yunzi emerged from the Daoist temple, speaking weakly but resolutely, "Hey... it's true I was originally an Outer Disciples disciple, but I'm no longer Outer Disciples disciple now."

"I am the chief Senior Brother of the sixth generation of the Taiqing Sect Taiqing Sect, the sixth generation retainer, the former elder of the Transmission Hall, and the former elder of the Enforcement Hall!"

"Do you really think this old Daoist is just an ordinary old Daoist returning to his hometown, an ordinary old Daoist retiring to his village? I'm just fooling you—I came here to one day completely eliminate the scourge and monsters that my Taiqing Sect's founder failed to eliminate!"

"Of course, one of my Qi Transformation External Body might be a bit of a stretch—but what about five?"

Xuan Yunzi raised his head. Above the sky of the Prison Mountain Realm, in the distance, above the Daoist temple of Double Saw Mountain and the other three mountains, Talismans were flying by.

"This Hundred Tribulations Forbidden Art is the 'Earth-Covering Mountain-Destroying Sealing Array' that my Taiqing Patriarch used once. Now that it's being used again, I wonder if you've come up with any countermeasures during your 350 years of imprisonment? Hahahahahahaha!"

After the old Daoist finished speaking, he laughed heartily, as if he had never felt so carefree in his life!

The earthquake's shaking grew increasingly violent, even causing distant mountain peaks to sway.

Huge rocks broke off from the mountain and rolled down the steep slope.

The rocks collided with each other, producing a deafening roar that echoed through the once silent mountains.

Around the Daoist temple, rough cracks appeared on the rocks and the earth's surface, and the violent shaking made even the martial arts puppets with excellent lower body skills unsteady.

Seeing the Player who were also unsteady on their feet, the operator hurriedly spoke again, "You bunch of idiots, you actually helped this old Daoist protector activate the Hundred Tribulations Forbidden Art —once this Forbidden Art is activated, the earth will shake and mountains will collapse. This is only the beginning stage. When it is fully activated, it will be like a real earthquake disaster, with the earth within a hundred miles collapsing and falling. Even the one who Array Formation the formation will not be spared. The fact that you are included in it shows that this old Daoist doesn't care about your lives at all!"

"Even if you are lucky enough to survive this catastrophe, we will all still be sunk and sealed underground, with several mountains pressing down on us again and isolated within the space of the rune array, never to be seen again for hundreds or thousands of years!"

As the manipulator spoke, Xuan Yunzi continued, "Fellow heroes from beyond the realm, I do not wish to Deception you, but what he said is indeed true... Even I cannot remain unaffected when this Forbidden Art array is activated—the reason our ancestor was unaffected was because he had reached a transcendent realm of understanding the Great Dao."

"I can't get you all out here either, but I assure you, I will do my best to protect you during the fall... I heard that you heroes seem to need to 'reach Willow Town's and 'prevent Willow Town from appearing in the world'... So, this is actually a good opportunity."

"This technique, being activated, is completely identical to the Forbidden Art array used by my Taiqing Patriarch. So, if I'm not mistaken, my action will not only overlap with the Grandmaster's talisman array, allowing it to withstand another hundred years, but it will also send me and all of you into the talisman array space that seals Willow Town and the Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Silk Demon Lord," Xuan Yunzi said with Deity. "If nothing unexpected happens, everyone... you will all face the Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Silk Demon Lord, just like me!"

"I originally planned to use this move when my lifespan was nearing its end, but since you heroes are also determined to do so today... I've decided to seize the day. Please don't blame me—for the sake of all living beings in the Prison Mountain Realm, Xuan Yunzi earnestly requests that you join me in entering the Double Saw Mountain Talisman Formation to fight against the Yaomo and strive to kill them once and for all!"

Xuan Yunzi cupped his hands in greeting, then knelt down.

The Snowy Owl sighed, "Old man, you're something else... you've hit a nerve!"

"Damn it, you tricked me, and you even have the nerve to say you're in the right... Oh well, lives matter in the Prison Mountain Realm too—I'll settle the score with you after I defeat that spider."

As the Snowy Owl spoke, the Seagull scratched his face and said, "That's true. You acted first and informed us later, what could we do? We'd just help you out!"

"Anyway, if we win, it's the same as clearing the game—actually, if you think about it carefully, you don't necessarily need to scheme against us like this. It seems like this is the only way we can clear the game now."

Gao Shan's face hardened. "Now that things have come to this, there's no other way but to burn our bridges and fight with our backs to the wall."

These two "Night Watcher" and one member of "Order" all possessed high levels of awareness and integrity. Although they knew that Xuan Yunzi had schemed against them and dragged them down to fight the giant spider, they didn't care too much about it because they considered that Xuan Yunzi's intentions were good.

However, this reality was not so easily accepted by Lin Yu and his two companions.

"This... are we really going? It sounds terrifying!"

Fei Dao tentatively offered his idea.

At this time, Lin Yu had already returned to the Daoist temple from outside.

He pursed his lips at Fei Dao's words.

"What other choice do we have...? Anyway, our original plan was to go down anyway."

"Besides... we can't escape now either."

As Lin Yu spoke, he pointed to the increasingly large cracks outside the Daoist temple —many of the puppet Martial Artists outside had been swept into the cracks by the falling rocks.

Countless Talismans were flying around in the sky; even with wings, one could not escape them.

But Li Nian lowered her voice and spoke.

"She can walk— Sister Zhu Ming, if she wants to walk, she really can walk."

She moved closer to Lin Yu, blocking everyone's view with her body, and took out a transparent bag filled with blue pebbles and a scroll.

"This is a [Blink Scroll], a reusable, instantaneous short-range teleportation skill for one person..."

"One person, short distance, even if it's instantaneous, even if the cooldown is very short, there's no way to escape."

Lin Yu looked at Li Nian and shook his head.

Li Nian shook another transparent bag. "But there's also this."

Upon closer inspection, Lin Yu felt that the contents of the bag looked somewhat familiar.

"Wait, what is this...?"

"[Limit Breaking Jade] -- Although one isn't enough for this [Blink Scroll] to get us out of here, but... I have over two hundred of them."

Lin Yu suddenly understood why Li Nian was so much more outrageous than the other "thieves"...

It turns out her biggest trump card and unique feature is these two hundred [Limit Breaking Jade]!

Li Nian looked at Lin Yu and said seriously, "Sister Zhu Ming, with these things, it shouldn't be a problem for me to help you escape."

"But I need to know... do we really need to run away?"

Lin Yu looked at Li Nian and felt the sincerity shown by the other party when she revealed the [Limit Breaking Jade].

Lin Yu hesitated for a moment, then decided to be more honest with Li Nian.

"It seems you've already figured it out..."

"We don't need to run away—in fact, going into that rune array space to confront the Yaomo is exactly what I want."

"Because it's not only a dangerous but potentially fastest shortcut to clearing the level, it might also contain what I want."

Upon hearing this, Li Nian nodded slightly.

"I understand—since it's what you want, Sister Zhu Ming, then I'll go with you."

She chuckled softly.

Even though they were about to face an extremely dangerous Yaomo, Li Nian seemed rather happy at that moment.

"Tell me earlier next time, Sister Zhu Ming —especially if you want something."

"Don't forget, I'm pretty good at getting what I want!"