Two bodies had been buried in a deep pit, clearly to conceal something. At a glance, it was obvious the pit had been deliberately dug.
Gao Shengjie was a little baffled. The area was a mess, and the signs of a battle were so obvious that even a blind man could see something was wrong. So what was the point of digging a pit and burying the bodies? What could they possibly conceal?
There was no need to cover up the traces of the fight. They couldn't be concealed anyway.
Had they buried the bodies just to make it seem like no one had died? But what would that accomplish?
What Gao Shengjie didn't know was that Liu Zai Lai had ordered the pit dug. When he told Guan Zi to dig it, the scene hadn't yet been covered in such devastating signs of battle.
Those traces had been left after Liu Zai Lai failed to stab Guan Zi in the back. Realizing he couldn't kill Guan Zi and fearing he would escape, Liu Zai Lai had used his Bloodline Secret Technique, resulting in the exaggerated devastation.
At the time, Liu Zai Lai had still been indulging in his grand fantasy: keeping Jiang Du for himself, killing all three of his companions, and burying the bodies. The longer he could keep it all under wraps, the more time he'd have to escape.
The two bodies were the most obvious evidence. Several of Gao Shengjie's meticulous subordinates gave them a thorough examination.
Others naturally went to gather evidence from the signs of battle around them and study the details.
Both victims had the same fatal wound: a knife thrust from behind. It had pierced straight through their chests and completely destroyed their hearts. Even a novice with no combat experience could