"Everyone, keep your heads down, don't look."
Long Chen suddenly transmitted a message to everyone. They were confused, but still followed Long Chen's instructions, lowering their heads and no longer looking at the distant flying boat.
Just as everyone lowered their heads, a person stepped out of the flying boat—it was Chu Yang.
Although Long Chen and the others were far enough from the flying boat, if Luo Bing and the others saw Chu Yang and then thought of those Luo family disciples who died tragically, no matter how they tried to control them, they would be unable to suppress their murderous intent. In that case, Chu Yang would instantly pinpoint their location.
Three people came out with Chu Yang. One wore the uniform of a disciple of Qinghe Palace, surrounded by swirling mist. As soon as he appeared, the water power in the world became more active—he was a terrifying water-element cultivator.
The other person wore a black cloak, was tall and thin, and the cape covered most of his face, making it hard to see his features.
And what was most shocking was that this person was clearly there, visible to everyone, yet unable to sense any of his presence.
"Blood Slaughter Hall" Long
Chen narrowed his eyes and immediately recognized his identity. Because he carried an extremely strong divine aura. Perhaps others couldn't sense this aura, but to Long Chen, it was like a bright lamp in the night—so conspicuous.
Long Chen has had endless grudges with the Blood Kill Hall since the next session. If it weren't for Empuda's plea in the end, he would have uprooted the Blood Kill Hall completely.
At that time, Long Chen did not expect that the Blood Killing Hall was actually a lackey of the Nine Nether Hall. To put it bluntly, they were all subordinates of Great Brahma Heaven. If Long Chen had known earlier, he should have destroyed it immediately.
However, later on, Long Chen also found it strange. Since Empuda was a lackey of the Great Brahma Heaven, he should have seen through his identity. If that were the case, he should have notified the Nine Nether Hunters earlier to come and kill him, instead of the Long family notifying them. Long Chen had never figured this out.
Seeing the three of them walk together, Long Chen could almost confirm that the person shrouded in moisture was Xie Tianyu, the strongest in Qinghe Palace. The pressure he exerted on Long Chen was about the same as Zhao Wuzheng's, and of that level.
And that cloaked expert, whose face was obscured, seemed not to exist in this world, always able to vanish between heaven and earth. He was a super terrifying assassin, ready to kill at any moment. His threat far surpassed that of Chu Yang, Zhao Wuzheng, and the others.
"Brother Tianyu, we've checked the surroundings. Bai Shishi should be nearby." Chu Yang said to the powerful figure, whose entire body was shrouded in a damp aura.
Long Chen's guess was indeed correct—this was Xie Tianyu, the peerless prodigy of Qinghe Palace, the foremost among the younger generation.
"Lü Chunyang, that useless teammate, has already been said to be extremely tough with Bai Shishi. Let's all join forces to deal with her and not alert her.
This idiot refused to believe in superstitions and went after Bai Shishi before we could wait. Not only was Bai Shishi nearly beheaded, but he also exposed the informant arranged by Brother Chu.
Otherwise, how could he have run around like a headless fly, wasting so much precious time? Xie Tianyu spoke up, his tone full of extreme dissatisfaction with Lü Chunyang, seemingly extremely annoyed.
"I underestimated Bai Shishi too. I still don't know how she found out the informant I arranged. You have to know, there are three spies I planted in the Celestial Maiden Alliance, and none of them know each other's identities.
After Bai Shishi's battle with Lü Chunyang, everything was actually exposed. This woman seemed more complicated than she appeared. "Chu Yang said.
Long Chen was also slightly stunned. Bai Shishi was impressive. After the first battle, she immediately sensed something was off and cleared out the traitor. Like Chu Yang, he thought Bai Shishi was a powerful woman who admired herself alone but had no brains.
"This place is huge. I've already notified everyone to surround and quickly shrink the circle. Our five major forces have over six million strong fighters in total. Bai Shishi won't be able to escape even if she takes a wing." Xie Tianyu said.
Now Bai Shishi was alert. Without a spy left, this was all she could do.
However, I still felt uneasy. There was still no news from Long Chen. This guy was cunning and sly, and I really worried he might sabotage our grand plan. Chu Yang's expression was somewhat worried. Long Chen possessed the Lingxiao Sacred Token and killed Chu Huairen. This sudden turn of events made his heart race with fear, and he felt something was off.
"Long Chen is just the next ascender. Even if he's talented, to us, he's nothing special.
Our mission this time is to kill Bai Shishi. Long Chen can only be considered your personal grudge. You must not lose the bigger picture over a small matter. If the mission fails, you know no one can bear the blame.
Our five major powers simply have no way to explain to the Brahma Divine Venerable. When that happens, the Divine Venerable becomes angry, and all of us will be finished. Xie Tianyu looked at Chu Yang, his tone turning serious.
"Chu Yang, we're all serving the Divine Venerable. I know you really want to kill that kid.
Normally, we would have done our best to help you, but now things are different. Matters have their priorities, so you need to know your limits. The cloaked expert said coldly.
"I understand, you brothers are all incredibly brave. Killing Bai Shishi would be a piece of cake."
After we kill Bai Shishi, I don't need a few brothers to intervene. I just need a few brothers to hold the line. Don't let Long Chen escape. I'll give him a fair chance to get to know him personally." Chu Yang cupped his fists and said.
"Of course that's not a problem." Hearing Chu Yang's words, Xie Tianyu and the cloaked expert both nodded.
"Thank you so much, brother. In the future, when I compete for the position of family head, I hope you all can lend me a hand. Now that I am the family head, I will never forget the benefits you have given me." Chu Yang said, taking advantage of the momentum to directly recruit helpers for the future.
Sure enough, as Chu Yang said, the two immediately agreed. Chu Yang was overjoyed, surveyed the terrain with the two of them, and found a hidden spot to hide.
At this distance, Long Chen couldn't hear what they were saying. Fortunately, he could read their lips and could tell what they were talking about.
No wonder the five major powers are so obedient—they're all the dogs of the Great Brahma Heaven. The Great Brahma is truly formidable—it's said he controls one-third of the forces in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths of the Immortal Realm.
Moreover, some forces are open, while others are secret. For example, the Chu family is a follower of Great Brahma—everyone knows about it.
However, none of the five major forces entering the Jialin Immortal Land this time knew that they were also followers of Great Brahma Heaven. It was said that Lingxiao Academy had been visited countless times by Great Brahma Heaven's followers, but Lingxiao Academy refused to accept both soft and hard tactics, refusing to join the Great Brahma Heaven's banner. It was even said that they had been threatened by people from within the Great Brahma Heaven.
Now that the five major powers have united to kill Bai Shishi in the Jialin Immortal Land, they are playing a game to cut off the root cause, preventing the rise of Lingxiao Academy's geniuses and allowing it to gradually decline.
Long Chen quietly led Luo Bing and the others to retreat, trying to bypass Chu Yang and the others. Suddenly, Bai Xiaole found a passage in the ruins.
"Bai Shishi went in from here a day ago." To Long Chen and the others' surprise, Bai Xiaole sensed Bai Shishi's aura. Everyone hurried into the passage, heading deep into it.