Great Demon Sun Wukong-Chapter 292 - 281 Three People

The four of them landed on the ground full of dejection. Among them, one person seemed unwilling to give up and planned to try flying again, but was stopped by Bai Yi. "Don’t try anymore, instead of wasting energy, we might as well think about why this is happening!" That person gave up the idea of trying to fly again after being pulled back by Bai Yi. The four sat together, looking at each other at a loss.

"Bai Yi, among us, your cultivation is the highest. Do you have any ideas?" One of them finally couldn’t help but break the silence and asked Bai Yi after a moment. Bai Yi gently shook his head first, then said, "I don’t feel anything out of the ordinary, everything here seems normal, exactly like all the other places we’ve passed through. Currently, there are three possibilities. First, someone is secretly changing something, making us trapped here, which is a man-made factor. Second, it’s the terrain space here or some other natural conditions."

The other three all nodded; indeed, with the current bizarre situation, it was either someone’s deliberate doing or something peculiar about the place itself. "Bai Yi, what about the third possibility? Why aren’t you saying anything?" Bai Yi had mentioned only two possibilities before stopping, prompting one of them to ask curiously.

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Bai Yi sighed and said with some helplessness, "The third possibility, now is not the time to discuss it, and moreover, it’s just my speculation without any evidence. It’s better left unsaid!"

At this juncture, the speaker became somewhat angry. "What time is it now, and you say ’better left unsaid’? Currently, we are completely clueless. Whatever possibility there is, we should discuss it; maybe that will reveal the crux of the problem!"

But Bai Yi didn’t pick up on his words. Instead, he stared intensely at the three people, scrutinizing each of them carefully, and then he said, "You’re right, but again, this is just my personal guess, it represents nothing. The third possibility I just suggested, is that among us three, someone is deliberately using some method to mislead us. No matter where we go, we end up back where we started, trapping us here!"

As soon as Bai Yi finished, the other three were stunned, then looked at each other incredulously. One of them then said to Bai Yi, "That can’t be possible, can it? The four of us have been together since we left the Transforming Thunder Palace, and I don’t see how any of us could be an imposter!"

Another person suddenly spoke up, "No, if it were true that someone transformed into one of us to mislead us, when we separated earlier, the misguidance should have disappeared. But in fact, we still ended up back here on that occasion, so this scenario is unlikely!"

Bai Yi nodded, adding, "That’s what I thought too, so it was just a fleeting thought of mine that I easily dismissed."

The other three pondered while nodding, agreeing with Bai Yi’s words. The idea of someone impersonating one of them and then misleading them was indeed a bit horrifying. "Still, just to be sure, I think we should confirm our identities," said the person who had not spoken much.

Bai Yi’s team consisted of him and three others, who were War Generals from the Thunder King Army of Lei Wanfa, the Domain Lord of the Transforming Thunder Ancestral Realm. They were strong and skilled in a combined attack formation, which is why they were chosen for this trial. Their combined attack formation’s power could match that of a peak Domain Lord-level combatant.

These three War Generals were named Lei Lie, Lei Zhen, and Lei Hu. The person who brought up confirming identities was Lei Hu.

Lei Lie and Lei Zhen agreed as well; in the treacherous Patrolling Celestial World, it was better to err on the side of caution. The three had known each other for a long time and wouldn’t be upset by such a precaution. Since the three had no objections, Bai Yi naturally agreed. While they decided to confirm their identities, figuring out how to do so was challenging.

"I think if someone has infiltrated us, they must be quite confident in their transformation skills, so ordinary methods probably won’t work!" Bai Yi concluded to the others after some thought.

"If nobody has infiltrated, don’t you think our behavior is a bit ridiculous?" Lei Lie remarked. "It’s like we’re scaring ourselves." But then Lei Lie proposed, "How about we fight? If someone has infiltrated us, it’s easy to take on the appearance of one of us, but not the unique fighting techniques. So if any of us exhibits a technique that doesn’t fit, that must be the imposter!"

At this suggestion, Bai Yi and the others found it reasonable. Lei Lie, Lei Zhen, and Lei Hu stood up, ready to use their combined Battle Formation, their most powerful and secretive move. It was the perfect test of authenticity. The three positioned themselves into the formation and managed to successfully execute several of their combined attack techniques.

"That settles it, we three brothers are definitely real. No outsider could possibly know our Battle Formation. Now, it’s your turn, Bai Yi!"

Bai Yi nodded and transformed into his Thunder Spirit true form. A white light flared, and like a dragon weaving through the sky, it kept moving in mid-air. Then, in a flash, a brilliant white Lightning Strike shot forth from within the moving light and struck the ground with precision.

And when the white lightning struck the ground, it did not make the thunderous roar one would expect; instead, there was no sound at all. However, the ground was cleaved open, revealing a bottomless pit.

"Hmm, Bai Yi is indeed real. The power of this Lightning Strike Spirit is still so formidable!" Lei Zhen said, looking at the deep pit on the ground, addressing the other two. "If someone can really transform into Bai Yi and also become a Lightning Strike Spirit, then I’d accept it even if I were ambushed by such a person!"

At that moment, Bai Yi transformed back into his human form and descended. Although the identities of the four had been successfully confirmed, this did nothing to alleviate their current predicament. Since this hypothesis had originally been a spur-of-the-moment idea by Bai Yi himself, it was very possible that everything they had been doing was in vain.

"What should we do? Shall we try again? Maybe this time we’ll be able to get out!" Lei Zhen said with some uncertainty. In fact, he was well aware that if several attempts had failed, it was unlikely that further attempts would yield any results.

To Lei Zhen’s surprise, Bai Yi actually nodded and said, "Alright, let’s try one more time. But this time, we head underground. If it’s due to the peculiar topography here, then the ground beneath should definitely not be affected!"

All three’s eyes lit up, and they all nodded in agreement. They quickly discussed some details and then simultaneously dove into the ground. However, it was difficult to discern direction underground; unlike the sky, where one could use various landmarks and trees for orientation, below the surface was pitch-black. So the four of them had only confirmed the direction of the Transforming Thunder Palace while still above ground before diving down, planning to move in a straight line beneath the surface.

Although this was also not of much use, as it was easy to stray from their original course without being able to gauge direction on the surface. However, this time the purpose of their Earth Escape was not to return to the Transforming Thunder Palace but to escape this eerie place. So, even if they wandered off course, it wouldn’t matter. They could always fly back if necessary, as long as they got out of here.

But after walking underground for about half an hour, they all began to feel that something was amiss, so they decided to surface. However, as soon as the four showed their heads above ground, they were all thoroughly discouraged. They discovered that everything before their eyes was all too familiar.

"It’s over, we’re truly stuck now; we’re back in this damned place!" Lei Lie said, jumping out first. Then Bai Yi, Lei Hu, and Lei Zhen also emerged one after the other, looking at this wretched place and feeling waves of despair wash over them.

"I think we should stop running. If this situation is intentionally caused by a sentient being, then I believe if we just wait here, there will certainly be some kind of outcome. Otherwise, it makes no sense to trap us here for no reason. But if it’s some natural force, then we can only wait for rescue. By the way, Lei Hu, have you sent out the distress signal?"

"Haha, it seems you do have some insight. I thought you four would just keep on walking mindlessly. In that case, you would have saved me quite some effort!"

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Just as Bai Yi had finished speaking and Lei Hu was about to respond, a mysterious voice suddenly reached the ears of the four. The voice seemed to belong to a man, but was too ethereal to pinpoint its source.

""Who are you? Is it you who has trapped us here?" Bai Yi thought quickly and immediately knew that the owner of the voice was the person who had trapped them. However, he was still surprised that this person had revealed themselves so soon. In his mind, it would have been better for this person to wait until their patience and hope had completely vanished before appearing.

"You’re Bai Yi, right? I know you must be wondering why I am showing myself now. Let me tell you, I don’t need to wait until you’re all completely exhausted to deal with you three. Today, all three of you are going to die here."

No sooner had the voice finished speaking, a sense of foreboding flashed through Bai Yi’s mind, yet he was unable to precisely determine where this ominous feeling came from. This feeling hadn’t arisen when they were trapped, nor when the mysterious voice had first been heard.

Suddenly, a realization struck Bai Yi. "Three people? Three people? There are clearly four of us. Why did the voice say three people?"

(Yesterday, Sanzang had a fever, and there were too many things to attend to, so there was only one update, my apologies to everyone.)