Mountain and sea lantern

Chapter 680 His heart can be punished
The other members of the team were unaware that a bunch of fake tokens had been made, so they couldn't understand what it meant to throw all the tokens to others. But Wu Jinliang knew, and immediately realized that Chun Tian was trying to shift the blame.

As long as the owner of the centurion's token is alive, the light spot on the map will not disappear. If the owner wants the light spot to disappear while still alive, the token must be forcibly destroyed.

The pursuers have now basically pinpointed the centurion's token's glowing spot on the map. The person who was supposed to meet them has taken the token; their fate is predictable.

Naturally, the priority was to quickly remove the armor and flee. If not now, when would they ever get away from their pursuers?

Although the Mingshan Sect members didn't understand the situation, they had all basically participated in the Heavenly Rain Meteor Tournament and the Divine Fire Alliance. They knew that there was no need to ask any more questions at this time. They should just follow their leader and run away. As long as they could run away with their leader, there shouldn't be any major problems.

We've all learned our lesson from back then. The leader took all the Insect Crystals and left first, which made everyone want to die.

Feng Chi didn't have such a deep understanding; he just felt like he was always running away.
Of course, she followed without hesitation.

The only outsider, Old Man Chai Wenwu, followed along aimlessly, not knowing why. The more he ran, the more uneasy he felt. He only joined the crowd because he saw others running around frantically.

If he had known the situation was so perilous, he would have slowed down his flight and fallen behind the fleeing group to avoid the storm.

What puzzled him now was, since the token had already been thrown out, why take off the armor? In this amnesty battle, people usually went after the token. Without the token, no one would be interested in wasting energy chasing you endlessly. This armor still had considerable protective capabilities when in danger.

Furthermore, did they really throw away their centurion's token?
The amnesty war has rules. It is also to prevent the team's token from being easily obtained by the opponent, and to make the owners of each token fight desperately to protect the token. Unless the owner of the token is killed or seriously injured in battle and the token changes hands, the original owner cannot easily abandon the token. Otherwise, it will be regarded as aiding the enemy after the battle and will be beheaded.

The purpose of such severe punishment is to prevent anyone from easily giving up their token when they encounter danger.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, the token will only change hands after the original owner dies in battle. It is extremely rare for the original owner of the token to be seriously injured but not killed.

The reason is simple: as long as the original owner is alive, the tokens will always be on the map, making them impossible to hide. Anyone who has a bunch of brightly lit tokens on their person is just asking for trouble.

In the mirror image, seeing Shi Chun and his group obey orders and fly into the canyon before flying out again, Man Xi, the commander of the Heavenly Court team, knew that the matter had been accomplished. He was filled with relief, but also clenched his fists due to his emotions, and his gaze toward Shi Chun was solemn.

He knew very well what giving this order meant; it meant that Shi Chun and the others were to lure the enemy, and that they were to risk their lives to make sacrifices. He believed that Shi Chun was also aware of this, but Shi Chun still carried it out decisively.

As a commander, I appreciate subordinates who resolutely carry out orders, especially those who are quite capable. Therefore, I am reluctant to give such orders to such subordinates.

But reality is cruel. In the opening battle of the Great Amnesty War, before the personnel had fully deployed in the Demon Realm, the beginning of the mutual attacks was also the time when the conflicts were most intense and disorderly. In just this short time, his rough estimate of the losses has reached one-tenth, and more than 300 tokens have lost contact.

Although the other teams might not be much better off, it still made him very anxious, worried about his future. No one wanted to go back with the title of a defeated general.

With over ten tokens at once, how could he sit idly by and watch them go to waste? Of course, he would protect them if he could.

Since Shi Chun and his gang were already being watched and hunted down, and they were going to be hunted down whether they had the token or not, he, as the commander, naturally had to make a cruel but correct decision.

However, he would not forget this merit. He turned around and transmitted his voice to Mulan Jin: "Whether he can get away or not, I will make sure to record this merit in the merit book."

Mulan remained silent and indifferent, knowing full well that no matter how great the merit, one would only be alive to receive the reward on the day of reckoning.

His gaze then settled on the spot of light where Han Bao and his daughter were, helping to observe whether any other spots of light were approaching. He occasionally glanced down at the platform below, not intending to let Han Bao and the others return for the time being.

Below the platform, many of the scattered squads had already returned.

The former centurion is still there; they will help arrange a meeting place for him to rejoin the unit.

The headless mob, whose leader had been killed and whose tokens had been stolen, were now waiting to be reassigned to new squads.

Soon, Mulan Jin's gaze, like Manxi's and the others', was fixed on the image reflected in the Heavenly Mirror.

The reason was simple: Shi Chun and his group in the mirror image didn't run away. Instead, they disappeared into a valley and vanished without a trace.

What's going on? Does he realize he's been baited and has given up, or is he no longer willing to escape and is preparing for a desperate fight?

Manxi immediately looked at a certain spot of light in the landscape painting and found that several other colored spots had basically overlapped with it, indicating that a gang fight was imminent.

He wanted to know which teams were about to participate in the gang fight, so he immediately had someone zoom in on the spot of light.

As the landscape map zoomed in on a single point, the serial number marked on the point was revealed, and the number about to be ganged up on was indeed 'Tian 3000' from Shi Chun's team.

However, precisely because the area is magnified repeatedly, it becomes clear that the number is moving. When viewing the entire Demon Realm map using the Mountain and River Map, the movement speed of such a small dot cannot be visually represented on the map; there isn't enough time to see any movement.

The key question is, why are there only serial number dots, and even when zoomed in, no armor dots can be seen? Can the token fly around on its own?
Furthermore, the image in the Sky Mirror remained frozen in the valley, and there was no sign of any movement from Shi Chun and his group.

Manxi immediately ordered the overhead mirror to track the moving token cursor.

The distance moved wasn't very far, and the reason for the cursor movement was quickly identified. Three people were riding a Windscale flying at high speed, and none of them were wearing armor.

Manxi didn't recognize the three people, but they were definitely not Shi Chun and the others she had just met. The question was, why was Shi Chun's token on them?

His subordinate immediately gave him the answer, informing him telepathically: "Commander, this is bad. It's the people sent to retrieve the token from Shi Chun. It seems that Shi Chun's token is also on them."

Manxi was taken aback, and asked suspiciously, "How come Shi Chun's token is on them...?"

Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly remembered that Shi Chun and his group had found a place to hide. Realizing something, he urgently transmitted his voice, "Quickly, tell them there is danger, and guide them to escape."

The subordinate hesitated and transmitted a message: "To conceal their whereabouts, they didn't bring a token that allows direct contact. I'll ask the other members of their group if they have a talisman for communication." What's the point of asking? How can they guide someone to escape using a method that involves relaying messages back and forth? Manxi immediately transmitted a message to the person in charge of Shi Chun's team, ordering him to contact Shi Chun's token.

Before the words were even finished, the group of people in the mirrored image seemed to have discovered something terrifying, and they all showed panicked expressions, as if they were fleeing with all their might.

As the three kept turning back, one of them suddenly pulled out a pile of tokens and picked out one with writing on it. After reading it, his face turned pale, and he looked around as if he wanted to meet the gaze of the Heavenly Mirror. He seemed to be cursing something, as if he was cursing why he hadn't said so earlier.

Immediately afterwards, the three people in the video quickly put away their Wind Scales, picked up their weapons, and started bombarding one direction.

Brown objects shot towards them. The three of them tried to block them with all their might, but they couldn't stop the continuous barrage. In almost an instant, the three of them were pierced by the flying objects. They trembled, their eyes wide open, their faces full of pain.

The person controlling the landscape map reported to Manxi, based on the serial number marked on the magnified light spot: "It's Lu Yin."

The mirrored image was magnified at this moment, and a long-haired monster's head seemed to be floating in the air, with long hairs pointing towards the three people. Lu Yin was like the queen insect in the long-haired monster's lair, slowly spreading her roots and pulling the three people she was carrying closer. There were also flying debris flashing in the image.

Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that those things that looked like long hair were actually tree root-like objects.

Pulling the three convulsing figures close, Lu Yin removed the Qiankun bag from one of them, pulled out a string of tokens, and knew he had found the right target. He quickly picked out the token marked with the number 3,000 of the Heavenly Rank, examined it, and then laughed, mocking the person opposite him, saying, "So you're Shi Chun? Why use a sledgehammer to crack a nut? You have a reputation but nothing special."

When Wei Mo, standing before the mirror, saw that the pile of tokens had been handed to his own people, he only breathed a slight sigh of relief, but his brows were furrowed. He couldn't understand what Shi Chun was up to, even though he knew the injured person wasn't Shi Chun's.

Then, he was stunned again, because when the dense tree roots entered Lu Yin's body, the three people who had been pierced by them quickly withered up, clearly having been drained dry, while Lu Yin showed a slightly comfortable expression.

At this moment, the images of the five battle teams' Heavenly Mirrors all converged on this scene. Although the angles were different, they all saw what had happened. Many of them frowned because they discovered that although Lu Yin was a human cultivator, he was no longer known whether he was human or demon, and he had a bit of a demonic nature.

Suddenly, Lu Yin in the mirror turned around sharply. The sudden explosion was clear, with many tree roots flying everywhere. Someone charged in, sword in hand, as if to slay demons and monsters. He charged directly into the dense, mountain-like roots, severing thousands of roots with a single strike. He was incredibly brave.

It wasn't just one person who attacked; several more rushed out from different directions. Although they weren't from the same team, they joined forces to besiege Lu Yin.

Lu Yin's body exploded, and tree roots spun wildly. The broken roots continued to grow wildly, causing those who charged at him to be caught in an endless, frenzied beating. Those who couldn't withstand it were beaten until they coughed up blood, while the rest were sent flying back to take refuge.

Before they could launch another attack, Lu Yin suddenly turned around and flew away at high speed, his roots quickly retracting. It wasn't that he was afraid of these people, but rather that the command center had sent him a message reminding him that more and more people were coming towards him, including many true experts.

He didn't want to get entangled and get caught in an endless beating, so he retreated first.

Of the attackers, the one who was wounded clutching his chest and refusing to move forward, the rest of them quickly gave chase, showing no sign of relentless pursuit.

After witnessing this scene, Mulan then used telepathy to ask Manxi, "What happened?"

Man Xi retorted angrily, "What else could have happened? In order to escape, Shi Chun shifted the blame to his own team's tokens, which led to the person who was supposed to meet him being hunted down and having more than a dozen tokens stolen. That bastard is asking for death!"

How dare you? Mulan frowned and immediately took out the mother-child talisman that she used to contact Shi Chun, asking Shi Chun if he knew the consequences of disobeying orders.

He was also furious, suspecting that Shi Chun was acting recklessly because he was the master of the Xuanji Order, thinking that he would protect her in everything. If she was really so unscrupulous, this scoundrel could not be allowed to live.

At this moment, Shi Chun and his accomplices were floating in the air, watching the excitement from afar, observing the fight between Lu Yin and his gang.

After they ran far away, scrambling around underground, they heard the sounds of fighting. Shi Chun led everyone in a circle and came over to check again. After all, they had been chased by Lu Yin for so long and wanted to see what kind of ability he was.

Old Man Chai Wenwu was still somewhat timid, constantly looking around, afraid of being discovered by the Heavenly Mirror.

Feng Chi shared the same concern, but judging from Shi Chun and the others' reactions, they seemed not to take it seriously at all, as if even the Ming Shan Sect group was more composed than her.

Shi Chun really doesn't take the Sky-Gazing Mirror seriously now. All the tracking devices on his body are gone. With such a large area, how could the Sky-Gazing Mirror easily focus on him? Even if he zooms out and sees a figure, he might not be able to confirm that it is Shi Chun.

Besides, even if he saw it, so what? He couldn't pinpoint its location. With Wu Jinliang's earth-遁术 (earth-遁术 is a type of magic that allows him to escape easily).

In fact, as long as you are not located, it is not difficult to avoid being watched by a telescope.

They not only witnessed a fight, but also saw people flying towards the direction Lu Yin had fled from time to time.

At this moment, Shi Chun also raised his hand and took out the mother-child talisman to contact Mu Lan Jin. This result was within his expectations. Without the token, he could not be contacted. Mu Lan Jin, that aloof and important person who did not easily contact him, would definitely not be able to hold back.

After reading the message, Shi Chun replied directly: "This subordinate did not disobey orders. This subordinate knows the commander's good intentions. The command center ordered this subordinate to hand over all the tokens, and this subordinate immediately complied. How can there be any talk of disobeying orders?"

What the hell? After looking away from the message, Mulan asked Manxi via telepathy, "Did you previously order Shi Chun to hand over all the tokens?"

In the heat of the moment, Manxi, who was in the middle of directing other matters, was taken aback upon hearing this. He then transmitted his voice to defend himself, saying, "What I mean is, make him hand over all the tokens he has obtained."

Mulan asked again, "You didn't make him keep what he had, but only ordered him to hand over all the tokens?"

Manxi hesitated, then finally gritted his teeth and said, "I just didn't want to tell him to use himself to lure the enemy. That guy definitely knows what I mean. He's deliberately trying to find loopholes in my words. This scoundrel deserves to be punished!"

Mulan's gaze fell on the mother-child talisman, and a slightly smug smile appeared on her lips. Now she understood why Shi Chun had expressed his gratitude when she asked him to risk his life to lure the enemy. She had previously thought that Shi Chun was implying something about her, but it turned out that the guy thought that by throwing out all the tokens to divert trouble, she was secretly helping him.

Or perhaps their intentions are truly despicable, and they have the audacity to exploit him, the master of the Xuanji Order?
But that's not important anymore. The key point is that the guy has already paved the way for him, making things difficult for him. It would be unreasonable for him not to protect him.

After thinking it over, he shook his head slightly, and a slight smile appeared on his lips. With this skill, it was indeed worth it for him to personally go to the prison to get the person out.

(End of this chapter)