Trap

After obtaining the 'Thunder God's Sword', Li Wei stopped wandering around the temporary camp.

Li Wei took out the 'Purification' skill and immediately chose to learn it. With a 'bang', the Skill Book turned into a cloud of smoke and disappeared, and Li Wei's mind gained some new information.

Hundreds of meters away from the temporary camp, Li Wei cast 'Purification' on an unfortunate monster, and the effect pleased him greatly. Under the effect of Purification, the monster screamed in Pain, trying to rush over and tear the human who dared to attack it to shreds, but its movements were more than three times slower than usual.

These are the effects of the Purification skill.

At this moment, all Li Wei needed to do was slowly raise his finger and release the 'Finger Thunder,' and the monster would be electrocuted into a charred corpse.

"In the future, when we encounter some tough opponents, this skill will definitely catch them off guard." Li Wei nodded in satisfaction.

As for Thunder God's Sword, in a sense, it can be said to be Li Wei's favorite weapon.

Its design and the amplification of lightning-type true energy made Li Wei replace the Power Sword without any hesitation. Holding the lightning sword, Li Wei slashed at the air using the same method he used to release sword light. A bolt of lightning shot out and struck a distant boulder with a bang.

The boulder shattered into hundreds of pieces under the attack of lightning.

"Although it's not as good as the previous Black Spiral Sword, it's still a rare weapon!" After putting away the Thunder God's Sword, Li Wei returned to the temporary camp.

An hour later, the rest period ended, and the adventurers continued their journey.

Meng Tian kept chatting with other people, and Li Wei, seeing this, already had a plan in mind.

At noon the next day, Meng Tian found Li Wei and only said one sentence, "The Scent-Seeking Bee have made a move!"

Li Wei knew exactly what he was talking about, and quickly followed.

Sometimes, information isn't suitable to be shared with everyone. Meng Tian, being quite shrewd, only told this news to a dozen or so 'trustworthy' people.

Of course, as Li Wei glanced at these people, a hint of doubt flashed through his mind.

These people were not Meng Tian's previous companions at all. They seemed to be complete strangers, but they were all quite strong, mostly between D-Rank and C2-rank. Judging from their equipment, they were all wealthy individuals.

Soon, the dozen or so people secretly followed Meng Tian away from the main group, turning into a side road.

Although he had some doubts, no one spoke along the way. Li Wei suppressed his curiosity and followed behind these people, but there was a hint of wariness in his eyes when he looked at Meng Tian.

In a perilous Illusion Realm, if someone suddenly appears, calling you "brother" repeatedly and hiding nothing from you, seemingly genuinely interested in befriending you, then such a person is either a loyal and righteous good person or a treacherous and cunning villain.

Li Wei prided himself on being a good person, but he wouldn't do something like this because there was no benefit in it.

Therefore, Li Wei categorized Meng Tian into the latter type of person.

After walking briskly for an hour, Meng Tian, who was leading the way, finally stopped.

The young man looked around, then chuckled and said, "You are all brothers I trust. To be honest, I've got some inside information that, if handled properly, will make you all a fortune!"

Seeing the expressions on the others' faces, Meng Tian continued, "I'm sure everyone has heard about the news that an unclaimed town will appear in a Level 4 Illusion Realm. In my opinion, this news is probably true, and Xue Yan might have come for this reason..."

"That's not right! I heard that woman came here to chase a thief!" one adventurer said, offering a different opinion, which was immediately echoed by the others.

With a dismissive laugh, Meng Tian continued, "How can you be so sure that it wasn't a trick? I think their pursuit of the thieves was a pretense; their real intention was to seize the unclaimed town."

"As long as we follow her, we will definitely find the location of that abandoned town. Since the town is abandoned, it will naturally belong to the capable..." As he spoke, Meng Tian kept looking around. When he saw a bee flying in from a distance, he revealed a strange smile.

"Are you crazy? Controlling a town isn't something an ordinary person can do. Let alone those reclusive masters, we can't afford to mess with even the King of Assassins, Xue Yan. If that's the case, I'm afraid I can't play along!" an adventurer said angrily.

He was being relatively polite; some of the more hot-tempered adventurers were already yelling, "Damn it, if you miss, go die by yourself! Don't drag us down with you! You think you can be the city lord? Forget it!"

"Yeah, I bet you're only a D2-level fighter at best. I could kill you with one hand!"

Some adventurers tried to dissuade him, but Meng Tian remained unmoved, simply looking at them with a smile.

"Hmph, a bunch of dying men, why would I lower myself to their level!"

Meng Tian took a few steps back without making a sound, and began to plan how to plunder the wealth of these fat sheep in front of him.

He was a robber.

A bandit who specializes in killing and hiding treasure, he and his accomplices occasionally wander through the Illusion Realm, looking for small groups or groups that act alone. They first gain the victim's trust, then lure them into a pre-prepared trap with some kind of bait, and then kill them all in one fell swoop, finally taking the treasure.

Today marks the eleventh time Meng Tian has done this job.

That bee was the pre-arranged signal he and his accomplices had to make their move.

However, when he glanced at a cold-faced young man in the crowd, his heart skipped a beat for no reason.

"Damn it, why am I feeling scared? What does his gaze mean? Did he see through my intentions...? But why should I be afraid? He's just a kid. Even if he saw through me, what trouble could he possibly cause?" Countless thoughts flashed through Meng Tian's mind. In the end, he gritted his teeth, took out a whistle, and blew it hard.

Instantly, dozens of adventurers rushed out from the surrounding area, surrounding Li Wei and the other group of more than a dozen people with sinister smiles on their faces.

Judging from their aura, these people are all at least D2 level in terms of combat strength, with the strongest one even reaching B1 level.

In terms of both numbers and momentum, Meng Tian's side held an absolute advantage. The adventurers beside Li Wei realized at this moment that they had fallen into a trap.

However, they all knew that if a real fight broke out, they would be the ones who suffered the most.

Let alone a dozen or so people who don't know each other, even if they do, it would be difficult for them to unite as one. Besides, the other side was well-prepared, and a direct confrontation would definitely not yield any good results.

A man in his thirties looked bitter. His combat strength was D3, which was quite good, but at this moment he could only lower his voice and say, "Gentlemen, Brother Meng, what do you want? Just say it, and whatever I have, I will give it to you with both hands!"

Meng Tian chuckled, then said coldly, "Fine, leave everything you have on you, and I'll let you go!"

The man opposite him was quite decisive; he threw his animal skin bundle on the ground and was about to leave when a B1-level expert rushed up and killed him with a single punch.

"I said I'd let you go, but he didn't agree!" Meng Tian's face showed a mocking smile.

Only after the middle-aged man's brains exploded and his body fell to the ground did the surrounded adventurers let out a series of gasps of shock. After that, no one dared to speak again.

"If you know what's good for you, hand over everything and then commit suicide. We still need to do this business elsewhere. If one of you gets away and exposes our affairs, this business will be difficult in the future!" Meng Tian chuckled, seemingly worried about his own future, and casually put away the animal skin bundle from the dead man.

In short, his meaning was that he would not let anyone leave alive.

"Damn it, I'll fight you to the death!" Enraged, an adventurer grabbed his weapon and charged out, but unfortunately, he was still no match for that B1-level expert. He couldn't last two rounds before being killed on the spot by a single Iron Fist.

"Chang, thank you. With you here, those guys can't cause any trouble!" After flattering the bloodthirsty B1-level expert, Meng Tian walked towards the dead man with a smile and began collecting the spoils.

"Little Mengzi, I agree to the murder, but I want an extra ten percent after it's done, understand?" the man called Chang said arrogantly.

Although he was extremely unwilling, Meng Tian didn't dare to offend the other party, so he quickly agreed to their request.

However, he had made up his mind that he would get rid of this person one day when he found an opportunity. Most of the benefits from the work he had done recently had been taken by this guy, and he had only been able to get some scraps. Besides, there was a whole bunch of people waiting to share the spoils.

With two people dead, the remaining adventurers became quiet. They all knew that standing out at this moment would be tantamount to courting death, and for a moment, the scene fell silent.

"Come on, weren't you all so tough? What, you're all chickens out?" the man called Chang said sarcastically, but no one responded.

Of course, except for one person.

"Meng Tian, was the Scent-Seeking Bee you mentioned before also a fake?" someone in the crowd asked.

This surprised Meng Tian. At a time like this, nobody still cared about this?

However, upon recognizing the speaker, he swallowed back the insults he had hurled at him. The speaker was none other than the young man named Li Wei.

After thinking for a moment, he seemed to think that telling the other person this question wasn't a big deal, so he said, "I didn't lie to you about the Scent-Seeking Bee; it can indeed find Xue Yan. However, for now, you should worry about yourself..."

He had barely finished speaking when he felt a chill in his throat. Looking down, he was so frightened he almost wet himself.

Before he knew it, a finger was pressed against his throat, and the owner of that finger was none other than Li Wei, who had just asked the question.

However, just a second ago, the other party was clearly more than ten meters away!