Although everyone had analyzed so much, it was all speculation. The most important thing for them now was to figure out what methods those blood-red crows possessed.
They also knew the Mist Hidden Sect and the Dark Pavilion couldn't give them an answer. If they knew, they would surely have told them what methods those blood-red crows possessed at the first opportunity.
Just as everyone sighed, the Divine Emperor said gravely, "If I'm not mistaken, those blood-red crows should be the Purgatory Nether Crows of ancient legend..."
"Purgatory Nether Crows?!" Lei Ba raised his voice. "You mean the Purgatory Nether Crows said to have condensed out of the Purgatory Nether Sea?!"
As he spoke, Lei Ba's expression grew solemn. From his face alone, everyone realized that the Purgatory Nether Crows were no ordinary creatures. Their expressions turned grave as well, and Shen Mi immediately asked, "Martial Ancestor, you recognize those blood-red crows? What's special about them? Are they especially powerful?!"
Shen Mi had asked the question everyone cared about most. They all looked toward the Divine Emperor and Lei Ba; as things stood, only those two seemed to know about the blood-red crows.
"The Purgatory Nether Crows come from the Purgatory Nether Sea. Their entire bodies are as red as blood. Unlike cultivators, they have no intelligence; they are mindless beings. And just as the Mist Hidden Sect and the Dark Pavilion said, they're extremely fast—not even slower than cultivators like us. They don't have different cultivation realms like we do; the only difference is their size. The larger they are, the stronger they are." The Divine Emperor didn't hide anything. Seeing the worried looks on their faces, he changed his tone. "Fortunately, the Purgatory Nether Crows aren't strong attackers. They rarely attack anything on their own..."
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