Tracking All the Way

"How was it?" Xiao Han asked expectantly, looking at the Fallen Thunder Crystal Ice that had stood up.

A cold smile crept across his lips Fallen Thunder Crystal Ice opened its eyes. "They're just unlucky to have run into me."

It's estimated that the other party never expected that anyone would be able to track their movements. They made no attempt to conceal their tracks at all, which was like a huge signpost for Fallen Thunder Crystal Ice.

"Are you sure it's not a trap?" Xiao Han frowned. He felt that everything was going too smoothly. From the start of their investigation until now, only five days had passed, which seemed too unreal.

Hearing Xiao Han's question, Fallen Thunder Crystal Ice also calmed down and then shook its head:

"At least the lingering scent of slaughter and blood is real. I don't believe that anything other than those beasts could do such a thing."

"Let's go then!" Xiao Han breathed a sigh of relief. "Let's hurry and wipe them out, lest these menaces run rampant."

Fallen Thunder Crystal Ice nodded, its body crackling with electric arcs, and it flashed off in a certain direction, with Xiao Han following closely behind.

Soul Hall, Heaven Hall Headquarters.

"Hall Master!" The Vice Hall Master the Soul Hall bowed respectfully behind a gray-robed man.

"Are those guys settled in?" Hun Miesheng asked calmly.

"Yes, the location is secluded enough that an ordinary person would have no chance of finding it."

"However..." the Vice Hall Master hesitated, "There is something I don't understand!"

"Speak." Under normal circumstances, Hun Miesheng was relatively mild-mannered and would answer some trivial questions.

"Why does the clan keep those people in the Central Plains? If they want to stay hidden, wouldn't it be better to be in the Soul World?"

The Vice Hall Master was very confused. Even he, one of the villain leaders, couldn't stand the cruelty of those bloodthirsty beings.

However, since it was for the greater good of the clan, he held back.

During this time, the enemy slaughtered cities and devoured flesh and blood, while the Soul Hall followed behind, collecting souls, forming a near-perfect teamwork.

However, the Vice Hall Master also knew that the Central Plains was not solely dominated by their Soul Hall. As for the Pill Tower, it was alright; as long as things didn't escalate too much and showed signs of threatening the Pill Tower's status and security, those old fogies generally wouldn't interfere.

But the other rival is a different story, and what worries him most is that their recent operations have been taking place in the Southern Region of Central Plains, right on the Langya Pavilion's territory.

Although not much information has been revealed, the fact that a city was silently massacred suggests that the perpetrators are likely frantically searching for the killer.

There's no guarantee they won't discover their actions through some means. Even if we manage to extract their Soul Hall, the loss of those powerful figures would be a huge blow!

Not to mention, once someone discovers the special nature of those guys and becomes wary, things will get complicated from then on.

"They were just trash to be thrown away anyway, so of course we have to squeeze every last bit of value out of them," Hun Miesheng said coldly.

The true value of the other party and the strong individuals worth recruiting have already been selected by the clan. The rest are a bunch of fools with unclear minds and only instinctive desires.

If the Soul Hall hadn't been cleaning up their mess, they probably would have been discovered by the Langya Pavilion as soon as they made their move, and then their powerful members would have wiped them out.

Those guys can still cause trouble for another month or two. Let them make a lot of noise and distract Langya Pavilion so that their Soul Hall can expand its business.

Thinking about how their Soul Hall's business transaction volume has recently reached the average level before Langya Pavilion rose to prominence, Hun Miesheng somewhat moved.

Moreover, according to the clan's instructions, Lord Void seems to want to verify certain existences, so these guys will naturally become glorious sacrifices.

"But..." The Vice Hall Master was about to say something when Hun Miesheng raised his hand, and the former immediately stopped him, "Yes!"

He bowed and took his leave.

On the other side, Xiao Han looked at the Evil Qi valley before him, his eyes gleaming. "Finally found these rats."

Although the valley appears rather cold and gloomy on the surface, this is due to its unique terrain and the countless corpses scattered across the mountains.

But Xiao Han still keenly noticed the inconsistency. "An array?"

Knowing that Xiao Han was far superior to him in breaking formations, Fallen Thunder Crystal Ice simply handed the reins over, saying, "It's up to you."

"Hmm." Xiao Han nodded, flipped his hand, and a palm-sized, jet-black stone disc appeared in his palm. He threw it into the air, and immediately, the originally ordinary stone disc emitted a shimmering light.

A giant magic circle covering the entire valley slowly descended. Upon closer inspection, the magic circle was divided into four layers, which then overlapped and merged into one.

"Excellent!" Xiao Han clapped his hands. "Now, no matter how much noise we make, no one will be foolish enough to bother us."

"Break through illusion!" With his eyes slightly closed, Xiao Han let out a low shout, and when he opened them again, strange patterns flickered in his eyes.

Instantly, the entire array's structure appeared before my eyes.

Observing the seemingly complex array patterns, Xiao Han's eyes flashed with doubt.

After a while, Xiao Han stopped what he was doing.

Cold Qi permeated his hands, and a special energy Light Seal gathered in his palm.

Xiao Han revealed a cold smile and slammed heavily into a node. In an instant, the sky above the valley was covered with cracks like a spider web, and then it suddenly collapsed.

Xiao Han and Fallen Thunder Crystal Ice looked inside and saw hundreds of blood-red figures.

Fifteen minutes ago, in the valley.

Blood Eagle sat cross-legged on a blue stone, its crimson eyes watching its clansmen who were focused on digesting energy, a cruel smile curling at the corner of its mouth.

Looking back on all these years, these past few months have been the most carefree!

They once lived in a Crimson Purgatory, fighting and killing each other day and night for survival and development. Blood Eagle was just one of the leaders, with the strength of Demon General.

He didn't know when this kind of life would end, or if he would be killed and eaten by someone one day! That's what he kept thinking back then; survival was an instinct, and everything was for survival.

He had also heard that the outside world was a paradise, where there was an abundance of blood food to eat, but that was just a legend!

Finally, one day, the blood-red sky that had been shrouding them cracked open, and they rushed out in a frenzy.

Recalling the scene at that time, Blood Eagle felt only a sense of relief.

He was initially left behind due to his weak strength, but this unexpectedly saved his life.

As he broke through that rift, all the Demon Commander charging at the forefront above him inexplicably exploded and died.

Just as everyone was trembling with fear and preparing to retreat...

An unexpected event occurred: a group of beings shrouded in black robes appeared before them, the leader's eyes flashing with ghostly fire.

"We don't need waste!" he heard that terrible whisper.

Fortunately...

He was at least useful.

At the time, only a few dozen Demon General, including him, and some relatively strong warriors were taken away with them.

As for the others...

Of course, the solution is to destroy the evidence!

The days that followed were much better than that hellish period.

Although I'm occasionally asked to do experiments, and I have to be careful that one day I might not be able to go back, isn't that normal? That's how it was back then.

However, just a few months ago, some of them received a gift—the permission to hunt.

These past few months have been pure paradise!

"Warriors!" Blood Eagle rose and shouted, drawing everyone's attention. He looked around and said loudly:

"We'll continue the hunt tomorrow, leaving no one alive!"

One stone stirs up a thousand waves, and everyone's faces lit up with fervor:

"Yes!"

The sound echoed throughout the entire valley.

Just as they were about to continue celebrating, suddenly, they felt the earth shake violently.

Everyone stared in horror at the shattered sky above. Two breaths later, the blood-red sky broke apart, revealing a dim, shrouded-in-smoke sky.

As well as...

Two figures in the sky.