The Entire Army Was Wiped Out
Before entering the Empress Secret Realm, the Shentu Family had formed an alliance with other forces and signed Soul Contract.
But now, the younger generation of the Shentu Family is in trouble, and the elders of other forces are all watching the show with amusement. This is because the major forces in the Tianyuan Realm are constantly fighting each other, and no one can stand to see others doing well. Secondly, it is because when the Shentu Family sold the information about the Empress Secret Realm, they ruthlessly slaughtered these Lineage, causing many Lineage to harbor resentment.
Even now, the true value of the Empress Secret Realm, and whether it was worth the price they paid, remains unknown.
Thus, the Shentu Family became a stray dog in distress, and other forces mocked and ridiculed them, but no one stood up to express any sympathy.
This fueled the anger of many elders in the Shentu Family, pushing them to the brink of losing their tempers.
Just then, among Elder Shentu, Granny Thousand Hands suddenly screamed. Pointing at the Lin family members, her face full of resentment, she said, "It was them! It must have been those little beasts from the Lin family who killed our people!!"
The feud between the Lin family and the Shentu Family goes without saying. Within the Empress Secret Realm, the Lin family is the most likely to target the Shentu Family.
The other Lineage, even if they are at odds with the Shentu Family, still have an alliance with the Shentu Family. Violating the alliance will be punished by the Soul Contract, so it is unlikely that anyone would risk slaughtering the members of the Shentu Family.
The Lin family is the most likely candidate to do such a thing.
The deaths of four corpses in succession, especially Ya's, were simply unacceptable to the Shentu Family.
Upon hearing Granny Thousand Hands' voice, the green-robed elder who had caught the corpse earlier also turned his icy gaze towards the Lin family and said in a deep voice, "Lin Fengxian, my great-grandson died in the secret realm today, and I demand an explanation from you!"
The atmosphere suddenly became tense. The Shentu Family and the Lin family had been on guard against each other near the Eternal Vortex for ten months, and the accumulated hostility seemed to be reaching its peak at this moment, and it might erupt at any time.
When the time comes, the duel between the two great Lineage of the Tianyuan Realm will be a welcome development for other forces.
On the Lin family's side, Heaven Punishment Elder silently placed his hand on the hilt of his sword.
Old Madam Lin slowly scanned the faces of the Shentu Family members, sneered, and said, "Demanding an explanation? You make baseless accusations, slandering our Lin family members for killing your people, and now you want an explanation from us?"
"Slander? Hmph!" Granny Thousand Hands' voice was shrill and piercing, her thin, aged body trembling slightly with anger. "Who else could it be but your Lin family!"
Granny Thousand Hands pointed to the arrow wound on a corpse. The corpse was at the peak of the Origin Foundation Realm, just a little short of breaking through to the Dao Seed Realm. Granny Thousand Hands had originally thought highly of this junior and wanted to cultivate him to assist Shentu Nantian, but now he had been shot dead by an arrow, and that hope had vanished.
Old Madam Lin burst into laughter, "What, you suspect us just because of a fatal arrow wound? Perhaps your good-for-nothing disciple was too weak and couldn't withstand the trials in the Empress Secret Realm, and was killed by the archer puppet! Besides, even if he was really killed by an arrow, how can we be sure it was done by my Lin family?"
When Old Madam Lin said these words, Granny Thousand Hands's face twitched, and her features twisted together. These were Old Madam Lin's own words from back then.
More than half a year ago, a young member of the Lin family named Lin Ping was murdered, and that's how Granny Thousand Hands mocked the Lin family.
Now, Old Madam Lin only changed a few words and returned it exactly as it was. How could Granny Thousand Hands not be furious?
Granny Thousand Hands had a grim face. She stretched out her right hand, and a layer of eerie black light emanated from her withered, claw-like hand, even her fingernails turned black, as if she was about to make a move at any moment.
"Apart from your Lin family, all other Lineage have signed Soul Contract with our Shentu Family. This arrow wound, and the pure Yang law remaining on the wound, are irrefutable proof! I know that that little beast Yi Yun uses a bow and arrow, and at the same time cultivates the pure Yang law!"
"Oh? Now that you mention it, it does make sense." Old Madam Lin seemed to agree. She continued, "I will investigate this thoroughly. If it's true, I will definitely punish those competitive younger members of the Lineage, making them reflect on their actions for a hundred days to give the Shentu Family an explanation. However..."
Old Madam Lin changed the subject, frowning as she said, "But I don't quite understand how Yi Yun, a sixteen-year-old boy with only the mid-stage of the Origin Foundation Realm, managed to kill three of your Shentu Family's juniors, whose cultivation was at the highest level and even reached the Dao Seed Realm, with a bow and arrow?"
Old Madam Lin's words were full of sarcasm, but she kept her brows furrowed and her expression serious. For a moment, many of the Lineage elders who were watching the spectacle couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Granny Thousand Hands' face had turned a deep liver color. At this moment, she truly wished she could tear Lin Fengxian to pieces!
However, she also knew that if she made a move at this moment, it would be unstoppable. They and the Lin family would fight to the death, and others would reap the benefits. In that case, the few remaining juniors of the Shentu Family, including Shentu Nantian, would be left without anyone to greet them when they left the Empress Secret Realm.
Whether it's the storm in the God Burying Abyss or the elders of other Lineage who are eyeing the treasure, they will all cause Shentu Nantian to perish here.
"Mu Fengxian, don't be so smug! The corpses that have come out so far are probably only a portion of the total. Do you think your Lin family suffered no casualties? Do you think that little beast Yi Yun could have survived? How laughable! You know that little beast is only at the mid-stage of the Origin Foundation Realm? With his abilities, he thinks he can kill three disciples of my Shentu Family? Dream on! The only reason he was able to leave arrow wounds on my Shentu Family disciples was because he launched a sneak attack during the great battle between the two sides!"
"Besides that little bitch Lin Xin Tong, who else in your Lin family is even worth mentioning? Even that little bitch Lin Xin Tong is no match for Tian'er! Just wait and see, and see Tian'er send out the corpses of your Lin family disciples, one by one!"
Granny Thousand Hands spoke these words with murderous intent, and as if in response to Granny Thousand Hands, at that moment, the light at the entrance to the Empress Secret Realm flashed again, and someone else was about to be teleported out!
Granny Thousand Hands suddenly turned her head and looked at the entrance to the Empress Secret Realm. At this moment, she desperately wanted to see the tragic scene of the Lin family disciples. She wanted to see Yi Yun being dismembered and Lin Xin Tong being killed after Shentu Nantian forcibly took her virginity.
At this moment, not only Granny Thousand Hands, but also Old Madam Lin became nervous. She had spoken with great confidence, but in her heart, she was also worried about the younger generation of the Lin family. After all, they were too young and it was a fact that they could not defeat Shentu Nantian.
The light at the entrance grew stronger and stronger, and finally, with a flash of white light, a corpse with its clothes torn to shreds, its chest pierced, and its body covered in blood was ejected!
Compared to the previous four corpses, this one was in a much more wretched state.
The corpse was disheveled, obscuring its face and making it difficult to see clearly at first glance. However, after it appeared, the seawater washed away the stray hairs, finally revealing a face as pale as wax paper.
His face was contorted with rage, filled with deep resentment. His features were twisted together, making him look ferocious and terrifying. One could imagine that he must have died with immense pain and hatred.
Upon seeing this face, the elders of all the factions were shocked, their faces filled with astonishment.
Granny Thousand Hands, who was closest to the corpse, seemed to have been struck by lightning; her hunched body became completely stiff!
She stared wide-eyed at the corpse, her pupils contracting instantly in her dull, yellowish eyes, and the blood vessels around them rapidly increased until they filled her entire eyes, making them completely red!
Time seemed to stand still as the corpse slowly drifted towards them in the sea. Granny Thousand Hands froze, her heart pounding wildly. The blood vessels beneath her skin, which had been dry and withered, suddenly bulged and became congested with blood, making her shriveled body look as if it had been crawling with earthworms.
"No--!!!"
Granny Thousand Hands let out a piercing scream, and her body began to convulse violently.
"Puff!!"
She spat out a mouthful of blood, the crimson arrow of blood, accompanied by Granny Thousand Hands' boundless resentment, pierced through the seawater!
Shentu Nantian, her most outstanding descendant, a once-in-a-millennium genius of the Shentu Family, a chosen one destined to become the future head of the Shentu Family, died in the Empress Secret Realm!!
"Ahhhhh--"
Granny Thousand Hands held Shentu Nantian's corpse and screamed.
On the Shentu Family's side, Shentu Jue also narrowed his eyes, a fierce light flashing in them!
The death of Shentu Ya was already unacceptable, but the death of Shentu Nantian drove the Shentu Family into a frenzy!
Shentu Jue flashed to Shentu Nantian's side and reached out to examine him. "Sword wound!!"
He raised his head and stared at the Lineage elders in all directions, like a wounded wild beast about to erupt at any moment.
Who killed Shentu Nantian?
Nobody knows.
At this moment, not only the Shentu Family members, but even the elders of the Lin family looked at each other in bewilderment.
Old Madam Lin looked puzzled. Shentu Nantian was dead; it couldn't possibly have been Yi Yun who killed him, could it?
"It's unlikely that it was done by a member of my Lin family, but things are very strange. These corpses were clearly killed, not killed during the secret realm trial. If it wasn't done by a disciple of my Lin family, then who could it be?"
Heaven Punishment Elder muttered to himself. He didn't have time to think about it. At this moment, several more corpses floated out from the Empress Secret Realm!
Among these corpses were members of the Shentu Family!
Seeing this, Shentu Jue trembled all over.
They're all dead! Dead!
Of the Shentu Family disciples who entered the Empress Secret Realm, aside from a few weaker ones who were eliminated more than half a year ago, all the strongest and most talented disciples died today.
Completely annihilated!!
How could this happen!?
...(To be continued~^~)