The Demonic World I designed-Chapter 748 - 739: Shen Yuan’s Tactics.

What’s going on here?

Chen Yun stared blankly at Shen Yuan in front of him, whose expression hadn’t changed at all.

He had felt it strange before, no matter how aloof someone’s nature, wouldn’t their expression change when facing death?

But the sensation of a crushed heart in his grip was unmistakable, so what exactly was this guy...

A sense of crisis surged in his heart, and Chen Yun violently tried to pull away, only to find his hand couldn’t be withdrawn!

The feeling was bizarre, it wasn’t as though his hand was stuck, but rather as if... his entire body was trapped in a very narrow space, making it impossible to exert any force.

"What have you done?"

"I just made some preparations in advance," Shen Yuan replied as he unraveled his clothing in front of his adversary. It was then that everyone saw that Shen Yuan’s upper body was covered in runes, and at the spot where his chest was pierced, despite the continuous flow of black blood, there was a clear sign of spatial distortion—Chen Yun’s hand that pierced through his chest was obviously in another space!

To inscribe a spatial array inscription on one’s body?

Su Changqing watched from a distance, completely dumbfounded, for he had never imagined a sorcerer could do such a thing.

"You..." Chen Yun was also dumbstruck. Even if it was meant for him, did Shen Yuan have to go this far?

"You don’t think I did this just for you, do you?" Shen Yuan said coldly.

Chen Yun looked up blankly, his face filled with disbelief.

"I don’t have the talent of Yunke’er and the dean, who can operate the surrounding formations at any time to prevent warriors from ambushing, but I can’t. My reactions are half a beat slower, and if I used the same method, I would be beaten so badly by powerful martial artists that not even my own mother would recognize me."

"So, I thought of a new method. Martial artists, when facing a sorcerer like me, would usually opt for a quick battle, so the moment they close in is fatal. I decided to inscribe spatial runes on the vital parts of my body, ensuring that as soon as someone touches my body, be it with hands or a weapon, they would not be able to hurt me but would instead be trapped in that space. In such a brief moment, I would have time to react, activating the necessary formations."

"You really are ruthless..." Chen Yun sneered, "But I clearly felt it, I clearly crushed your heart..."

"It wasn’t my heart," Shen Yuan said indifferently. "It was a pig’s. In that space, I calculated the location precisely and placed a human chest cavity model, with bones, flesh, blood vessels, and a heart, so when you entered the space I had arranged, you would accurately grasp what you thought was the heart!"

"What’s the point of doing this?" Chen Yun was stunned.

"To make you careless..." Shen Yuan smiled. "The realistic sensation of touch would make you martial artists think you had succeeded. At that moment, you’re most likely to stand still, waiting to see my last moments before death. It’s most people’s fierce nature; you might not be human, yet you unexpectedly also have such fierceness."

Chen Yun: "...."

He had been fooled twice by the same trick?

A flush of embarrassment and anger surged to his head, and Chen Yun’s face became incredibly ferocious as he roared and his other hand reached for Shen Yuan’s head.

But at that moment, where was Shen Yuan to be grasped?

At the original spot, there was only a shadow.

As he tried to struggle, he found his entire body constrained and shrinking, turning into a fragment that fell into Shen Yuan’s hand.

"A spatial trap is very difficult for capturing martial artists as formidable as you. With your speed, if you were to just pay a little attention and notice the fluctuations of the elements around you, it would be impossible to trap you, because the fixed range requires you to willingly stay in place for three breaths, which isn’t very realistic."

When he first learned this technique, he had felt it somewhat superfluous. A spatial trap seemed powerful, once trapped, martial artists of the same level could hardly escape. But capturing someone with it was excessively demanding; the range was less than three meters and required the target to remain stationary for several breaths, during which time it would emit abnormal elemental fluctuations, catching only an idiot.

Only Chen Qing, who could always think of a way to use it. His words were true, there were no useless techniques, just useless people. With the right application, how could there be a technique without merit?

Just like a moment ago, the opponent’s attention was all on him, and since he was killing a sorcerer, a slight energy fluctuation wouldn’t be suspicious, because that was a normal reaction of a sorcerer before death.

Maybe it never occurred to them that it could be a counterattack from the brink.

Tsk tsk...

Shen Yuan glanced at Chen Yun roaring crazily within the fragment and sighed. With so many people having witnessed this, the method wasn’t much of a secret move anymore. Alas, that’s why he really had no interest in any sort of public competition.

Thinking this, he was about to put away the fragment, planning to take it to his master after this trial layer ended to inquire what exactly this strange item was.

"Mortal..." Seeing Shen Yuan about to put away the fragment, Chen Yun finally couldn’t hold back and spoke, "Release me... I’ll tell you a secret, a secret that can grant you what you’ve always dreamt of!"

"Do you know what I dream of?" Shen Yuan said with slight amusement.

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At these words, the countless onlookers outside fell silent...

"Oh... that thing..." Shen Yuan laughed, "I’m really not that interested. Maybe because I’m not old yet, I don’t have those kinds of anxieties. I think next time you can try tempting an old man with it."

The crowd: "....."

"Brother Shen!" Su Changqing, seeing that the monster was truly sealed, let out a sigh of relief and approached. Seeing Shen Yuan unscathed, his heart filled with complex emotions.

He had seen the once insignificant Shen Yuan in the academy, a talentless person struggling without meaning—a kind many descendants from direct lines of families who couldn’t accept their lack of Magician talent, like Shen Yuan were.

Back then, he had advised Shen Yuan to find other strengths rather than waste time on meaningless endeavors and end up managing mundane affairs—it would be better.

He was the first one to take the advice, and even managed to become the Second Place Scholar. At that time, Su Changqing had found it quite miraculous.

But he never expected that, within only a few short years, Shen Yuan had become such an impressive figure.

A monster that he himself was too frightened to even engage with was easily subdued by Shen Yuan...

Now he suddenly understood an old saying from his ancestors: You’re formidable because you’re lucky, not because you’re better than anyone else. You were born lucky, with great talent, but one day when others also have the chance to acquire the same talent, you’ll discover that there are many, many people who are superior to you.

Looking at it now, his ancestor’s words weren’t without reason.

"Oh, Brother Su wasn’t startled, were you?" Shen Yuan looked at him. Shen Yuan had a good amount of goodwill for Su Changqing, this person who had once advised him to give up being a Magician for the civil service exam. After all, back at the academy, there weren’t many who showed him kindness among those with talent.

"Actually, I was quite taken aback by Brother Shen..." Su Changqing smiled complexly, then asked, "How did Brother Shen start to suspect Chen Yun?"

He returned earlier than expected, clearly having sensed something, something even Su Changqing didn’t notice. He was curious about how Shen Yuan had picked up on it.

"I spent some time with Chen Yun before..." Shen Yuan replied indifferently, "Although I’m not particularly fond of him, I knew he wasn’t someone to throw his mother under the bus. So I had my doubts and decided to come back and check."

"Oh?" Su Changqing was startled, then said, "I see..."

He couldn’t help feeling ashamed that someone, who was virtually a stranger to Chen Yun and had only interacted with him a few times at the Sorcerer Academy, could discern his character—while he, after many years of companionship with Chen Yun, had absolutely failed to perceive it.

Now he thought about it, his ancestor’s pointed advice was on mark; talent aside, Shen Yuan was far superior to himself.

Meanwhile, Chen Yun inside the fragment was also stunned; he had never expected Shen Yuan, whom he once looked down on, to be the one who understood him.

For a moment... a wave of incredibly complex emotions surged in his heart...

Su Changqing sighed and was about to reflect further when suddenly, a dragon’s roar pierced the sky in the distance, and the three of them looked over immediately. It was a beam of azure light, clearly connected to the Azure Dragon Runes.

"Looks like the Azure Dragon Gate has opened," Shen Yuan frowned as he looked into the distance, "Zhang Xiaoyun is an extremely dangerous man. I wonder if that Bai Su... will be able to come out unscathed..."

"I told you, you have your eye on her," Dong Fang chuckled mischievously.

"Get lost...."

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