Dao Lord Yuan Xin settled into her new seat, then raised a hand and tapped lightly at the empty air.
"Everyone, I called you here because a new form of Black Silence Beast has appeared on the Black Mist Sea front."
As her words fell, a vast screen of light unfolded in the center of the hall.
The image was dim. Churning black mist filled almost the entire screen, and quite a few Dao Lords instinctively frowned.
Then, deep within that black mist, several figures slowly emerged.
Some wore standard Imperial Army armor, while others were clad in elaborate battle robes. At first glance, nothing seemed amiss.
But when the image zoomed in, every Dao Lord except the few who already knew about this changed expression.
The figures' faces were as stiff as clay sculptures.
Their movements had an unnatural sluggishness. They paused before every step, as though some external force was driving them against their will.
And one of them was especially chilling.
Qin Mo. A Constant Lord who had died in battle on the Black Mist Sea front only a few dozen Universal Epochs ago.
The thing wearing Qin Mo's face in the image was turning its neck mechanically.
Its gaze swept slowly over its surroundings, then suddenly fixed on whoever was recording.
Then that rigid face gradually twisted into an exceedingly strange smile.
The recording cut off abruptly.
The hall fell so silent that a falling pin could have been heard.
Dao Lord Yuan Xin lowered her hand and spoke slowly:
"You all saw it. This recording was transmitted by a detection device newly deployed to the front. A new form of Black Silence Beast has appeared in the Black Mist Sea. Based on what we know so far, they can imitate cultivators recently killed by Baleful-Eye