The Inner Sect Disciple seemed to have suffered a heavy blow. Before he could even let out a muffled groan, the terrifying aura blasted him backward, sending him crashing hard into the quiet chamber's solid rock wall. His face turned deathly pale.
Only after Shi Pojun forcibly reined in his aura did the disciple barely manage to crawl back to his feet.
Shi Pojun's voice was icy to the bone. "Can you determine which level of Kun Abyss Zhou Shuo was in when he died?"
Suppressing his fear and injuries, the disciple answered in a trembling voice, "R-Reporting to Senior Brother, according to the obscure final guidance transmitted by the jade token, Senior Brother Zhou Shuo should have died in the area between the seventh and eighth levels of Kun Abyss. But the demonic qi within Kun Abyss is too vast, and the interference is too great. It is difficult to pinpoint the location precisely."
He paused, then continued, "Also... we just received news that it was not only Senior Brother Zhou Shuo. Senior Brother Xie Geting is dead as well. Senior Brother Wan Chengsi and three other senior brothers also perished alongside him. Their times of death were close to Senior Brother Zhou Shuo's, and their locations were likewise between the seventh and eighth levels of Kun Abyss."
"Xie Geting... Wan Chengsi..." Shi Pojun's eyes narrowed sharply, the cold light within them nearly condensing into substance.
Of course, he knew Shi Zhoushuo's plan. To ensure nothing could go wrong, to eliminate that eyesore Chen Fei and seize the chance to reclaim the Status Spiritual Material, Shi Zhoushuo had invited Wan Chengsi and used his connections to bring in the even stronger Xie Geting.
It should have been a foolproof arrangement.
Yet now, Shi Zhoushuo, Wan Chengsi, Xie Geting, and