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Chapter 487: Zhonya's Hourglass
Chapter 487: Zhonya's Hourglass
The golden hourglass, of course, was none other than Zhonya's Hourglass.
Zhonya's Hourglass has a powerful ability: when used, it stops time for five seconds within a 100-kilometer radius (the user remains unaffected). After use, the item is completely destroyed.
Su Yu had planned to hand this Zhonya's Hourglass over to Bernina Tide as a quest item during his next trip to Skrul. However, the current situation was dire, and he had no choice but to use it now.
Su Yu raised Zhonya's Hourglass, and it instantly activated. A blinding golden light burst forth, flooding every corner of the Yunlu Mountain Base.
Everyone at the base froze in place, as if a frame of a movie had been paused. The only one who could move was Su Yu.
Su Yu knew he had to make the most of these five precious seconds.
He summoned all his potential and continuously cast the Flash Step, moving swiftly toward the three criminals.
In just three seconds, Su Yu appeared beside the modular house where "Muse" lived, finding the male terrorist who was about to trigger the bomb.
Snap!
Su Yu formed an ice blade, and with a swift motion, the terrorist was split in half like a watermelon, blood splattering everywhere.
Without a moment's hesitation, Su Yu continued to cast Flash Step, moving quickly to the next target.
Crack!
One second later, another terrorist carrying a bomb was shattered into dust by a Thunderstrike spell.
Another second passed, and Su Yu reached the last terrorist. He swung his ice blade with force, severing the terrorist's left hand that held the detonator button.
At that moment, the five seconds of time stop ended.
From the last terrorist's perspective, he was about to press the button and sacrifice himself when he suddenly felt a cold sensation on his left wrist. His hand was gone!
Simultaneously, his left wrist began to throb with excruciating pain. The pain was so intense that he almost fainted.
Su Yu appeared before him.
Without a word, Su Yu raised the Soul Stealer Wand and pointed it at the terrorist.
Thought Steal!
The Thought Steal skill activated, and a wave of colorless, transparent ripples extended from Su Yu's wand, reaching into the terrorist's brain to access his memories.
Since the terrorist no longer posed a threat, Su Yu took the time to review the last two weeks of the terrorist's life, not just the simplified version of the last 20 minutes. He saw everything the terrorist had experienced, from his impoverished and homeless state to his recruitment by a surrenderist-affiliated terrorist organization, and finally, his complete brainwashing that led him to become a human bomb.
The sheer volume of information was overwhelming, even for a Sixth-Rank Holy Domain like Su Yu. He stood motionless, as if turned to stone.
The Great Cultivators present sensed the commotion and, after a brief discussion, decided to leave four to protect Zhong Feng and his team. The rest immediately rushed to Su Yu's location.
Seeing the three and a half terrorists who had been quickly dispatched, the Great Cultivators were taken aback.
They never expected the terrorist attack to target not Zhong Feng and his companions but this inconceivable location.
If it weren't for Su Yu, the terrorists might have succeeded!
"Truly impressive, little brother Su Yu. I never imagined the terrorists would be so cunning, to launch an attack in such a place!" one of the Great Cultivators praised.
"Thank you, little friend Su Yu. If it weren't for you, this massive explosion would have been unavoidable."
"I'm truly ashamed. I never thought the terrorists could infiltrate so deep."
"Indeed, how did they slip in? I didn't notice anything unusual when I was meditating."
The Great Cultivators lavished Su Yu with praise, deeply impressed by this young prodigy.
Thanks to Su Yu, a major disaster was averted.
...
More and more Great Cultivators gathered around, and the base's security personnel began to appear on the ground.
The head of security, Lin Lison, had arrived at the scene, but his face was as dark as the bottom of a pot.
The presence of terrorists here was a clear sign of his security measures failing. He felt he had no face to show to the Great Cultivators in the sky, let alone the players who nearly lost their lives.
After about two minutes, Su Yu finally retrieved the complete memories of the terrorist.
Through these memories, Su Yu discovered the mastermind behind the attack, their location, and the informants planted within the military.
The mastermind, Qi Minghao, lived in the Donghai urban area. He was a conservative middle-aged businessman, with financial backing from the United States.
It was he who funded and organized this terrorist attack.
As for the spirit-blocking crystals the terrorists wore, their origin was unclear from the terrorist's memories, but they likely came from the United States' Skrull Base.
With everything clear, Su Yu clasped his hands and said to the Great Cultivators gathered in the sky, "Seniors, I have identified the mastermind. His name is Qi Minghao, and he resides in the Donghai urban area."
Su Yu summarized the key information he had obtained.
The Great Cultivators were furious after hearing Su Yu's report.
The surrender faction's actions were a direct slap in their faces!
If they didn't capture and punish this mastermind, wouldn't they be laughed at by the surrender faction's scum?
The Great Cultivators wasted no time and flew toward Donghai City.
What happened next is not worth repeating.
Su Yu led over a hundred Great Cultivators in an aerial assault on Donghai City, launching a devastating strike against the city's surrender faction.
Qi Minghao was quickly apprehended and confessed to his crimes. Using the information extracted from him, and with the support of big data from relevant departments and his mind-reading abilities, Su Yu managed to locate 363 members of the surrender faction within a single day, almost wiping them out entirely.
In times of chaos, harsh measures were necessary. With solid evidence, these surrender faction members were not handed over to law enforcement but were directly executed by the Great Cultivators.
After all, with the increasing tension in society, it was best not to waste police resources on these individuals.
By noon, the entire surrender faction in Donghai City had been eradicated, and Su Yu's Hourglass of Time had not been used in vain.
(End of Chapter)
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