Luo Yuan's suggestion was like a pebble thrown into a still lake.
cooperate?
Su Yu's eyes remained unchanged, but his mind raced.
"A living map is indeed more valuable than a dead notebook. But it also means trouble."
He never believed in unprovoked kindness, much less in the chance of a windfall. This woman was no ordinary person, and the karmic entanglements she was involved in probably far exceeded those of the three dead men.
Seeing Su Yu remain silent, Luo Yuan forced a bitter smile onto her pale face; she knew what he was worried about.
Instead of trying to persuade her with words, she did something that surprised Su Yu.
She stretched out her still-mobile left hand, grabbed the torn soft armor on her right arm, and ripped it off forcefully!
"Sizzle--"
She tore off a relatively intact silver armor plate along with its inner lining. She glanced at Su Yu, and seeing that he remained unmoved, she gritted her teeth, dipped her fingertip in the blood from the corner of her mouth, and quickly began to trace patterns on the piece of fabric.
Her movements were swift, and although the lines trembled slightly due to her injuries, the mountains, valleys, and ruins she sketched were crystal clear, indicating that she had memorized them thoroughly.
A moment later, a simple map appeared on the fabric, marked with several danger zones and a special symbol.
"This is a map of the outer perimeter of the forbidden area recorded in my ancestor's notes." Luo Yuan's voice was even weaker, her forehead covered in cold sweat. "I only remember this part. To recall the map deeper inside, I need to find a certain token he left behind."
"The ruins of the Emperor Realm's inheritance are located on the edge of this area."
She placed the blood-stained cloth on the ground and, with her last ounce of strength, pushed it toward Su Yu.
After doing all this, she was breathing heavily, her body swaying precariously as she leaned on the spear, but her eyes were brighter than ever before as she stared directly at Su Yu.
She revealed her greatest value.
Now, the choice is in Su Yu's hands.
Su Yu's gaze swept across the blood-red map, finally settling on Luo Yuan's face.
He spoke slowly, his voice calm and even.
"Cooperation is possible."
Luo Yuan's tense nerves relaxed almost imperceptibly.
However, Su Yu's next words made her heart leap into her throat.
"But you need to understand," Su Yu's eyes looked as if he were looking at something that belonged to him, "This isn't a partnership, it's me giving you permission to follow me."
He took a step forward, and that invisible sense of oppression descended once more.
"Your life is mine now. Your information is mine too."
"You can only live if I let you live."
As soon as he finished speaking, without even looking at Luo Yuan's reaction, he casually waved his hand, and the blood-stained map flew into his hand. He glanced at it, confirmed a few key points, and then put it into his storage space.
"Walk."
Su Yu uttered a single word, turned around, and walked straight towards a direction marked on the map.
There was no comfort, no healing, not even a single unnecessary question.
Luo Yuan stared at his aloof and indifferent back for a moment, and finally, the bitterness on her face turned into a sense of relief.
[He's really that kind of person... Oh well.]
Dealing with this kind of person, though cold, is based on clear rules and is far safer than dealing with hypocrites who hide daggers behind smiles.
She took out a pill from her bosom and swallowed it, forcibly suppressing her surging blood and qi. Leaning on her spear, she limped after them.
The two walked one after the other, their figures quickly disappearing into the spreading gray mist.
This desolate land returned to its tranquility once more, as if nothing had ever happened.
at the same time.
Beyond the Prison Suppression another unknown space.
This is a completely different scene from the entrance to the Great Qin Demon Suppression Bureau Headquarters.
In the northwest border region of the Great Liang Dynasty, deep within a valley heavily fortified by military forces.
A black spatial vortex, hundreds of feet high, like a hideous scar, was embedded in the void, slowly rotating and emanating a terrifying chaotic aura.
Before the vortex, dozens of powerful martial artists stood solemnly, the atmosphere oppressive.
Leading the group was an old man dressed in a black robe with a withered face. His eyes were closed, like a dried corpse, but the occasional wisp of his aura caused the surrounding space to freeze.
He was none other than Hei Yuan, the leader of the Blackwater Alliance, a genuine old monster who had been at the King Realm for many years.
"Alliance Leader, the Blackwater Three Baleful Intents have been inside for almost an hour!" A burly, middle-aged man with a face full of scars finally couldn't hold back any longer and spoke in a gruff voice, "Three against one, even if that little girl Luo Yuan is Heaven Realm Second Level, she should be coming out with her head by now, right?"
This person is Wang Xi, the second-in-command of the Blackwater Alliance, with Heaven Realm Eighth Level, and a fearsome reputation.
"Shut up!"
Another man dressed as a scholar whispered, "What do you know! Luo Yuan is the most beloved granddaughter of General Luo Zhan of Zhennan. How could she not have a few trump cards to protect her?"
Moreover, if Luo Zhan finds out that we ambushed and killed Luo Yuan here, our entire Blackwater Alliance will be buried with him!
"What's there to be afraid of! As long as we do it cleanly, who will know it was us?" Wang Xi scoffed dismissively.
That's enough.
Just as the two were about to start arguing, the elder at the head of the group Hei Yuan, finally opened his eyes.
What kind of eyes were those? There was no white in them, only a bottomless blackness, as if they could devour all light.
With just two words, an invisible, terrifying pressure enveloped the entire area. Wang Xi and the scholar instantly fell silent, cold sweat beading on their foreheads, and dared not utter another word.
Hei Yuan ignored them. He raised his withered fingers, revealing a life tablet floating in front of him, which was now covered in cracks.
He stared at the fate tablet, and for the first time, a ripple of emotion flickered in his dark eyes.
He died.
The Blackwater Three Baleful Intents are all dead.
Three Heaven Realm Second Level, forming a formation, were enough to trap and kill an ordinary cultivator at the Heaven Realm Fourth Level.
Incredibly... they were all wiped out in such a short time.
Luo Yuan? She doesn't have that ability.
That is... an unknown variable has appeared within the Prison Suppression.
Hei Sha.
Hei Yuan spoke slowly, his voice hoarse, like two pieces of rotten wood rubbing against each other.
"Your subordinate is here."
From the crowd, a man with shark-like gill slits on his face and cold, ruthless eyes Soundless stepped forward.
Hei Sha, the sharpest blade of the Blackwater Alliance, Heaven Realm Fifth Level Peak.
"Go." Hei Yuan said succinctly.
"Yes."
Without uttering a single word, Hei Sha bowed to Hei Yuan and turned to walk towards the enormous black vortex.
With each step he took, the murderous aura emanating from him intensified, like an ancient, ferocious shark about to enter its hunting grounds.
Just as Hei Sha was about to step halfway into the vortex, and his figure began to be distorted by the power of space.
A divine message, audible only to him, quietly resounded in his mind.
"The three Blackwater members are dead."
The Hei Sha's forward momentum suddenly halted.
"The killer possesses unpredictable and dangerous abilities; proceed with extreme caution."