Braised Dragon with Soy Sauce

Chapter 204 Illusion Array Traps the Enemy

Seeing the old man's frantic behavior, Mo Yuming chased after him. Although this was exactly the result he wanted, he hadn't expected the old man's reaction to be so strong.

Since you've lost your mind, there's no need to consider any other methods.

Mo Yuming quickly caught up with Commander Yu and Ahao, who were fleeing ahead. The two of them joined hands and led Ahao to escape quickly forward, soon reaching the fork in the cave.

Two people were already waiting at the fork in the road. Seeing Mo Yuming and his companions running over quickly, they hurriedly bowed to Mo Yuming.

"Young Master has been frightened. Leave the rest to us. We'll make sure he doesn't return alive!"

"It's nothing. I didn't expect to have such a lucky break. It's quite an unexpected surprise! Haha!"

Mo Yuming led Commander Yu and Ahao to stand behind the two men, watching their actions. Wang Baichuan extended his right hand and pushed forward, while his left hand tossed several small wooden plaques towards different spots around the cave. Then, he raised his right hand and softly uttered a shout of "Rise!"

Instantly, a barrier of light appeared at the cave entrance, and as the light barrier flashed, the scene inside the cave changed.

The original fork in the road disappeared, and the two entrances became a large cave. The walls around the cave were carved into individual stone chambers, each sealed with a heavy wooden door, like a hidden underground treasure vault.

Due to its age, some of the wooden doors have even begun to rot and fall off, revealing the treasures hidden within the cave.

Looking at the scene before them, Mo Yuming and the others couldn't help but marvel at Wang Baichuan's amazing array skills. If they hadn't witnessed it with their own eyes, they might have fallen into the trap without even realizing it.

They would also find themselves drawn to explore. As for whether they could see through the illusion and break free, that depended on their individual abilities.

While Mo Yuming and the others were standing outside the formation admiring the wonders of Wang Baichuan's formation, the old man in black had already sped over.

Mo Yuming and the others are now standing behind the formation, and because of the formation's obstruction, he cannot see Mo Yuming and the others.

Although the old man in black's metal-based profound skill was extremely sharp, the blade light that cleaved into the formation could not break through it.

However, it consumes the energy of the formation. Under normal circumstances, it would be difficult for Wang Baichuan alone to sustain the formation against an old man at the third level of the Heaven Rank, given the difference between the two levels.

But now, after being tricked by Mo Yuming, the old man in black was completely blinded by rage, and his Xuan Qi blades had been unleashed wildly all the way, which had already exhausted a lot of his strength.

Currently, he's at most 60% of his peak strength. On Mo Yuming's side, Wang Baichuan, supported by the magic array, can unleash the power to challenge opponents of higher levels. With the assistance of Eighth Master, a peak second-level Heaven Rank expert, their strength is already on par with their opponent.

Therefore, once the old man in black rushed into the formation, his defeat was basically inevitable; it was only a matter of time.

The old man in black pursued them relentlessly, countless blades flashing wildly, slicing through the uneven cave, leaving rocks scattered and dust billowing everywhere.

As he chased after them, he suddenly realized that he had lost contact with Mo Yuming and the others, but in the pitch-black cave, he sensed that he had reached the end of the cave ahead.

At the end was a huge cavern, with many smaller caverns carved out from it. Suddenly, the word "treasure" popped into the old man's mind, making his heart race.

It's been more than an hour since they started their pursuit, with stops and starts along the way. At his speed, he must have covered at least several dozen to nearly a hundred miles. A secret chamber built in a cave a hundred miles deep must not be an ordinary one.

The old man was so excited that he temporarily put aside his anger and put aside the matter of chasing Mo Yuming. Mining and treasure hunting were more important than anything else.

The old man's eyes gleamed with greed as he peered through the darkness at the wooden door in front of him.

Although his mind is now filled with thoughts of treasure, his vigilance has not slackened. After decades of hard work, vigilance has become second nature to him, and he doesn't need to deliberately guard against anything.

Although he did not detect Mo Yuming and the others in his senses, he did not give up his vigilance against Mo Yuming.

Having learned from the previous experience of almost being strangled to death by the ghostly spider silk, they became even more cautious.

He stood at the cave entrance, took out several light beads from his pocket, and threw them into the cave in several directions. Instantly, the cave became bright. The cave, which was more than ten feet high, was carved out of the rock. The dome and the ground were carved very flat. The walls were divided into eight regular sides, each with three caves. The entrances of the caves were all fitted with thick wooden doors.

The old man stood at the cave entrance but did not immediately enter the cave. Instead, he swung his palm at a nearby wooden door. A powerful crescent-shaped cyan blade of light instantly slashed into the wooden door, but the door did not break as he had expected. The incomparably sharp blade of light only stirred up a layer of dust on the wooden door. The stirred-up dust scattered everywhere, and a faint ripple trembled on the surface of the wooden door.

Although it was very slight, it still did not escape the old man's sharp perception.

"Hmm? There's even a protective defensive formation!"

The old man exclaimed in surprise. Although surprised, he did not stop, and then two more powerful crescent-shaped blade beams flew towards the wooden door beside him.

'Bang, 'Bang'...

After more than thirty muffled thuds, the old man breathed a sigh of relief, but not a single wooden door had been opened.

The old man, still somewhat resentful, frowned and walked to a nearby wooden door to examine it carefully. After the earlier blows, he was fairly certain that Mo Yuming hadn't tampered with the cave. That's why the old man boldly stepped into the cave.

"Huh, why does this wood grain look so strange?"

The old man approached the wooden door and examined it closely. He discovered that the wood grain was very unnatural. From a distance, it did not appear to have a real texture. Upon closer inspection, it was not a real wood grain at all, but rather a series of subtle lines that resembled wood grain.

The old man looked at several other wooden doors and got the same result. The more he looked, the more astonished he became. Then he realized that even the stone walls and the ground no longer seemed real.

"Magic circle!"

The old man cried out in surprise, suddenly realizing that this was not a secret treasure vault at all, but a man-made magic array! He had been so careful, yet he had still fallen for it.

"Who is it? Show yourself, you shameless brat! If you have the guts, step forward! Don't hide in the back and try to trick me!"

The old man roared angrily, "A person who can set up a formation to trap a Heaven-rank expert is definitely not someone who is an ordinary Earth-rank expert. Moreover, Mo Yuming and the others have been fleeing for their lives and have not had time to set up a formation."

Therefore, the old man concluded that a Heavenly Realm expert was secretly manipulating and setting a trap to frame him, and that everything that had happened before was intentional, with the aim of luring them into a trap.

"Heh, old man Qing, you're over a hundred years old, yet you're still so arbitrary and domineering. If you weren't so determined to take the young master's life, would you have come here to die?"

Wang Baichuan chuckled from outside the formation.

"Who are you?" The old man in black was startled to hear that someone knew his background.