"How is it possible for soone to assassinate our disciples right under our nose?"
Elder Lai Chang, who had been silently standing all this ti, replied, "Sect Leader Su after I inford the Grand Elder and requested him to co here as per your instructions, while returning back, instead of directly coming back here, I went back to et the disciples who had inford of the incident."
"I asked the witness disciples to recount what they had seen."
"One of them said that, while he was passing by the main entrance of the Heavenly League, he suddenly saw Jiang Yun and six other disciples coming out of the entrance. He greeted them and went on his way."
"However, just after a few monts, just when he had reached the Resource Hall, he suddenly heard panicked and angered shouts from behind and when he turned around, to his shock, he saw three disciples lying on the ground, unmoving. And the other four of the World League disciples standing with their swords drawn out; forming a circle with their backs on each other. However, the next instant, he saw six barrels suddenly fly in the air, directly heading towards them."
"These barrels were actually the assassins. The surrounding disciples panicked and he rushed inside the Resource Hall, which was the closest building, to call an elder or any senior disciple."
"And coincidentally, I was in the Resource Hall since morning, eting the top disciples of the Inner Court Entrance Hunt from different peaks."
"As soon as I ca to know of this, I swiftly hurried for the exit to confront the situation and fire the ergency beacon."
"I fired the beacon as soon as I got out of the Resource Hall and went to confront the situation. However, only two disciples were standing by that ti, Jiang Yun and Han Zemin."
"Jiang Yun was badly injured and was standing with one knee on the ground. Han Zemin was supporting him, he too had a bloodied figure."
"Before the assassins could send a lethal blow, I intervened and bought so ti for the reinforcents to co."
"However, to my shock, the assassins were actually Peak Qi Condensation Realm Experts!"
Sect Leader Su was shocked to hear this, "What? They had such high cultivation!? How did they escape the inspection array system!?"
Grand Elder Li also nodded his head, "Yes, it is impossible for intruders to escape the array system, unless…" He raised his head only to find Sect Leader Su staring at him in shock.
They had thought of the sa possibility.
"Unless they were helped by soone from the sect!" They both shouted in unison.
Their shocked expression turned into visible anger because this ant that soone ranked at a high and powerful position in the sect was trying to kill the best disciple of the sect. The disciple who would most probably pave the path for the sect's rise in the Grand Spirit Hunt.
Grand Elder frowned and said, "It's ti we do so cleaning in our sect. People are doing anything they wish to remove their own sect mbers who are coming in between their goals."
Their shocked expression turned into visible anger because this ant that soone ranked at a high and powerful position in the sect was trying to kill the best disciple of the sect. The disciple who would most probably pave the path for the sect's rise in the Grand Spirit Hunt.
Grand Elder frowned and said, "It's ti we do so cleaning in our sect. People are doing anything they wish to remove their own sect mbers who are coming in between their goals."
Sect Leader Su nodded his head and said, "They have forgotten who their real enemy is," Then turning towards Lai Cheng he continued, "What happened next?"
"Even though I am in the Late Foundation Establishnt stage, dealing with four peak Qi Condensation Cultivators wasn't easy, especially when they weren't attacking head-on, but rather doing cheap tricks like poison darts and poisonous gas."
"Fortunately I was able to hold on and the ti was enough, other elders soon arrived after noticing the beacon, including Grand Elder, however, before they could judge the situation, the assassins shouted sothing and jumped into the endless ravine."
"Grand Elder was able to take out two of them, and one of them was already killed by Jiang Yun, but the other three escaped. In fact, since they jumped in the endless ravine, they are most likely dead too."
Sect Leader Su shook his head, "No-no, we have to assu the worst possible situation. We have to take it as if they are still hidden in our sect. Was Grand Elder able to find any clues before sending you here?"
Elder Lai Chang shook his head, "Unfortunately no, the bodies and the clothes of the dead assassins lted soon after their death."
"What?" Grand Elder Li frowned when he heard those words, "They lted?"
"Yes, Grand Elder."
"Hmm," After a mont of thought, he asked, "You ntioned that they shouted sothing before jumping to their deaths, what did they shout?"
"They shouted these exact words, 'Thousand souls slain for the Demon God,' I have never heard of such a sentence before."
Grand Elder however had a stunned expression over his face, he whispered in a low voice, "Thousand souls slain for the Demon God? Are you sure these were the exact words?"
"Yes, I am very sure. They shouted so loud that everyone at the base of the First Peak heard them."
Grand Elder's expression turned even paler when he heard the reply, "We need to evacuate this peak. Fast. No-No, that won't work."
He then turned to Sect Leader Su and said, "Sect Leader, the sect is in big trouble. This assassination attempt was just a trigger."
"A trigger?"
"Yes, if we don't do anything right now, there's a high possibility that more than half of our sect disciples on the first peak won't see the daylight."
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