Clouds Gather

"Youngster Ning, where are the Ye Family Elder and Ye Chen? Why aren't they with you? And what happened to the other two Great Powers who were pursuing you?"

Elder Ziyang asked what had been puzzling him.

When he had been surrounded, he had already guessed that the Ye Family intended to harm Ning Qi. Yet Ning Qi was safe now, which was strange.

The others also stared at Ning Qi and Qin Minghao, astonished and intensely curious.

Ning Qi said indifferently:

"Just now, Elder Ye Qingtian told us to flee in separate directions. He took Ye Chen and escaped one way, while the two Great Powers pursuing us mainly chased after them."

"But unfortunately, there was a mysterious powerhouse in seclusion at the place they fled toward. He wiped out those two Great Powers in an instant. Ye Qingtian and Ye Chen also died in the aftermath of the battle, and the mysterious powerhouse then left."

Qin Minghao added a few words, consistently matching Ning Qi's account, just as he had when the sect had previously investigated the destruction of the Twelve Sects.

Upon hearing such a bizarre story, everyone wore expressions of astonishment.

Ning Qi did not offer any further explanation, but the mention of the mysterious powerhouse stirred countless guesses in their minds.

This place was, after all, the Three Gates Wasteland mentioned by Elder Ziyang. It was extremely dangerous, and encountering a mysterious powerhouse was indeed possible.

What was more, everyone swept the area Ning Qi had indicated with their Primordial Spirits.

There had indeed been a battle there, and its traces were exceptionally clear.

From those traces, they could infer that several Great Powers had been wiped out with virtually no ability to resist.

Still, the circumstances had been far too bizarre, so it was