Greater Ruler?
The Sacred Realm Sect Elder's words instantly made the atmosphere tense. Xie Yu could hardly believe what he had just heard.
How could they be dealing with powerhouses of that level?
"Impossible!"
Chen Changan, standing nearby, immediately rejected the idea. Even Mu Yunyao and Da Huang didn't believe there could be Greater Ruler-level powerhouses.
"Are you suggesting our Sect Master is lying?" the Sacred Realm Sect Elder asked, his expression displeased.
"He isn't lying. He just guessed wrong."
"Let me ask you: if there were Greater Ruler-level powerhouses among these intermediaries, would they need to go to all this trouble?"
"Could you... withstand the suppression of a Greater Ruler?"
At that, the Sacred Realm Sect Elder froze. That made sense.
If there really were Greater Ruler-level powerhouses among the intermediaries, they could simply launch a forceful attack. None of the sects would be able to resist.
After all... these were Greater Rulers!
"Your Sect Master must have had some reason for suspecting a Greater Ruler, right?"
"Tell me, what exactly did he discover?" Chen Changan asked.
Only then did the Sacred Realm Sect Elder explain the whole story, from beginning to end.
As it turned out, after the Hundred Sects Assembly ended, the Sacred Realm Sect's Sect Master had become very interested in the intermediaries' existence and had also sensed a hint of danger.
After all, the Sacred Realm Sect held a lofty position, so there would be no obstacles to consolidating resources. He had therefore devoted more of his time and attention to searching for the intermediaries.
The Sacred Realm Sect Master's method was simple: identify the spies, then use them to find the intermediaries' whereabouts and traces.
But he hadn't expected to find a lead so quickly. That discovery had left the Sacred Realm Sect Master