Chapter 277: Chapter 141: Coordinated Weirdness (3)

Cold sweat beaded on their foreheads.

If anything happened to Shen Bai, it would be a catastrophic loss for Fenglin State—a price no one could afford to pay.

Elder Mu was seething. He strode forward, grabbed the Yin Walker by the collar, and demanded, "How could the fissure suddenly shatter!"

At this moment, Elder Mu could no longer contain his fury.

Shen Bai was one of the people Elder Mu cared about most in all of Fenglin State.

Although Shen Bai was always showing off in front of him, Elder Mu was actually quite amused by it.

At his age, having a junior around who flouted convention was a source of joy.

Even though Shen Bai refused to learn his Swordsmanship, everyone knew that he, Mu Jianlin, favored the young man above all others.

But now, with Shen Bai trapped in the Life and Death Road, the fact that Elder Mu hadn’t already run the Yin Walker through with his sword was a testament to his restraint.

Had Shen Bai died in the line of duty, Elder Mu would not have reacted this way. But to be inexplicably trapped on the Life and Death Road... he couldn’t bear it.

The Yin Walker, gasping for air in Elder Mu’s grip, choked out, "That Lord Shen... he’s too terrifying."

Elder Mu frowned. "What do you mean?"

The Yin Walker struggled, saying, "The Life and Death Road itself is a path that exists between life and death. It is both illusory and real."

"I told you before, if someone with power exceeding the Meridian Realm entered, it would cause the passage I opened to shatter."

Hearing this, Elder Mu said, "But Shen Bai is only at the Five Organ Realm."

The Yin Walker’s face twisted in terror. "Impossible! How could he only be at the Five Organ Realm?"

’Someone in the Five Organ Realm... a Ding Shou?’

No one would believe it if they heard.

Elder Mu released his grip. "This isn’t the time to debate his realm. The problem right now is how to get Shen Bai out of there."

The Yin Walker said hastily, "There is! There is a way!"

"I just need to force the fissure open again. I can bring Lord Shen out, as long as he hasn’t wandered off."

"Then what are you waiting for?" Elder Mu demanded.

Wiping the sweat from his brow, the Yin Walker trembled under the force of Elder Mu’s killing intent. "I’ll start right away."

Without another word, he followed the same procedure as before, attempting to open the fissure.

Blood welled in the Yin Walker’s hand and dripped onto the oil lamp below.

Fissures began to appear in the space around them.

But before the fissure could fully form, a horrifying scene unfolded.

The burgeoning fissures began to tremble violently, and in the next instant, they snapped shut.

"AARGH!"

The Yin Walker let out a pained scream, collapsed to the ground, and began to convulse violently.

After just a few twitches, his eyes rolled back into his head, and he fainted.

"What’s happening?!"

Elder Mu rushed over and checked the Yin Walker’s condition, finding that he had only passed out.

Elder Mu then took a Healing Elixir from the Observatory out of his robes and placed it in the Yin Walker’s mouth.

A moment later, the Yin Walker slowly came to, his eyes darting about in confusion.

But after just one glance, he was plunged into a state of pure terror.

"Terror! A great terror!"

The Yin Walker cried out, "There’s a great terror! My fissure couldn’t handle it! No, that’s not it... the terror on the Life and Death Road, I think it noticed Lord Shen!"

Hearing this, Elder Mu’s expression darkened. "I don’t want to hear your nonsense! Just tell me how to get Shen Bai out of there!"

After shouting for a good while, the Yin Walker finally calmed down, a look of lingering fear on his face. "Landlord Mu, we can’t get him back for now."

"That... that great terror seems to be furious. It will take me at least three days to recover."

"But please, Landlord Mu, don’t be angry. I’ll try again in three days."

"It will definitely work. The oil lamp serves as a coordinate, so the army will arrive, and Lord Shen shouldn’t wander off."

By this point, Elder Mu had calmed down.

But when he heard the Yin Walker say it would take three days, Elder Mu froze.

"Three days? Who knows what could happen in three days? You expect me to wait that long?"

The Yin Walker gave a bitter smile. "I can’t help it. This is the first time I’ve ever encountered a situation like this."

Nearby, Ye Feng quickly grabbed Elder Mu’s arm. "Landlord Mu, Brother Shen’s situation is extraordinary. We should wait."

He knew Elder Mu’s temper. In his youth, he was the type to cut a man down over a single disagreeable word.

That’s why he held him back now, to stop Elder Mu from doing anything rash. After all, the Yin Walker was crucial to the larger situation.

Fire smoldered in Elder Mu’s eyes. "Someone, go report to Lord Shen. Let’s see how he handles this."

The current situation was just as Ye Feng said. Since it had already happened, their only choice was to see what the state of things was in three days.

Still, a seed of worry grew in Elder Mu’s heart.

Everyone knew the terrors of the Life and Death Road. Even if Shen Bai was capable of Overcoming Adversity and Attacking Upward, his fate within that place was dangerously uncertain.

"We wait three days. When you open the fissure again, I want to see it for myself," Elder Mu said, his hand tightening on his Longsword.

The Yin Walker nodded hastily in agreement.

Elder Mu ordered everyone to remain on high alert, then stood in place, his expression shifting like storm clouds.

...

Of course, Shen Bai had no idea what was happening in the outside world.

He was currently by the oil lamp, staring at the dim, yellow flame, completely at a loss for words.

Just a moment ago, he had taken a walk around the area. He hadn’t found anything out of the ordinary, nor could he figure out why he’d been left behind.

Because this was an inverted world, and with no oddities to serve as landmarks, he couldn’t navigate by the oil lamp like a Yin Walker could. As a result, he hadn’t dared to wander far.

This meant that Shen Bai was, it seemed, well and truly trapped.

’So, it looks like I’m in a bit of a jam.’

Shen Bai found a place to sit, held Amber close, and sank into deep thought.

He never would have imagined something like this could happen.