"Master and the others vanished into thin air right before your eyes?" Chen Mo's face was full of shock.
His gaze fixed on the enormous clearing ahead, covered in weird runes, as well as the four thick stone pillars standing on the ground, each etched with similar runes. He silently backed away, putting distance between himself and that clearing.
Elder Duan made the same move, his eyes grave.
"At first, we hadn't noticed anything unusual here. After Elder Yi and many elite disciples were drawn into that clearing, four stone pillars suddenly descended from the sky. The runes shone brilliantly, and then everything there vanished without a trace."
"Then the ten Grandmasters who previously counterattacked into the core territory of the Demon and Exotic Beast allied forces may have disappeared in the same way," Chen Mo guessed.
Hearing this, Elder Duan nodded in agreement.
"That is most likely what happened. We just don't know whether this thing merely teleported them away, or directly..."
He did not finish what he was thinking.
If they had merely been teleported away, then as long as they had not been sent into the heart of Wild Mountain or some Forbidden Land, there would not be too much danger. Sooner or later, the Grandmasters would be able to bring the elite disciples back.
But if they had been directly exterminated, it would be a devastating blow to the True Martial Sect and the Fierce Tiger Sect.
Losing so many Grandmasters in one stroke would truly tear sinews and break bones. Most of their several centuries of accumulated strength would be gone. Who could bear that?
To recover to their former level would absolutely take centuries.
Over such a long period, there would be far too many variables.
At present, Lin Chang Commandery had only the