"Elder Li, what is going on?"
A middle-aged man in violet robes frowned as he stared toward the gorge and asked in a deep voice.
This man was the sect master of the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect.
"Sect Master, I'm afraid something unexpected has happened..." Li Huayuan stared intently at the pitch-black cavern at the bottom of the gorge and said thoughtfully, "It seems someone emerged from underground. This person must be the true culprit behind the Ghostface Butterflies and the Myriad Ghost Baleful Array!"
Another elder said with a grim expression, "Elder Li, are you saying that aside from you and Ye Xuanji, everyone else was refined by the grand array?"
"I'm afraid so." Li Huayuan let out a long sigh, his expression growing increasingly bleak.
This time, the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect had suffered devastating losses on its own turf—two core experts at the eighth layer of Spirit Transformation and one at the seventh layer had all perished.
Such losses were enough to shake the sect's foundations, and could not possibly be made up for in a short time.
A cold glint flashed through the violet-robed elder's eyes. Killing intent burst uncontrollably from his body, and even the surrounding air seemed to freeze.
With a sweep of his hand, he said sharply, "This person has laid plans in Northern Yuan Province for years. This time, he even refined more than a dozen high-level Spirit Transformation experts. His methods are ruthless, and his crimes heinous!"
After a pause.
His tone was cold as iron. "Pass down the order: the entire Law Enforcement Hall is to mobilize. Spare no cost in tracking down the true culprit! Even if we have to dig through all of Northern Yuan Province, we must find this person!"
"Yes, Sect Master!"
The Hall Master of the Law