Turmoil in the Gu Clan, Ancient Realm Powerhouses Descend upon the Northwest Continent!

Although Venerable Yao had been dead for thirty years,

the connections of the continent's foremost alchemist still filled him with dread.

If Feng Xian had truly taken Han Feng away,

then

Feng Xian would surely know the truth behind Venerable Yao's death...

"Go to Falling Star Pavilion and secretly keep watch on its movements for me!"

Thinking of this, Venerable Mu Gu gave the order in a chilling tone.

Hmph!

So what if Feng Xian knew the truth?

If he wanted to avenge Venerable Yao, then Venerable Mu Gu would destroy Falling Star Pavilion first.

This was no longer thirty years ago.

Though Venerable Mu Gu was still an elder, he was now an Eight-Grade Alchemist and could mobilize part of the Hall of Souls' forces.

Besides,

all these years,

Falling Star Pavilion had been secretly opposing the Hall of Souls. Now that Feng Xian was courting death himself, he could not blame anyone else.

"Yes!"

Those protectors prepared to rise and leave.

Venerable Mu Gu added, "Oh, and have the branch hall on the Northwest Continent continue investigating Han Feng and the Heavenly Flames. Whoever uncovers important information will be rewarded!"

Though Feng Xian was highly suspicious,

Venerable Mu Gu would not let a single clue slip by.

No matter who had taken the Heavenly Flames,

he would make them spit them back out!

"Yes!"

At that, the protectors did not hesitate and immediately left the hall.

As the doors shut tightly,

Venerable Mu Gu looked at the pills in his hand, a vicious curve rising at the corner of his mouth.

"These Eight-Grade Soul-Fortifying Pills have come in handy at just the right time."

Elsewhere,

Jiama Empire, Wutan City.

"How is this possible..."

"The Xiao Family has disappeared?!"

"Hmph, the Xiao Family must have offended someone they could not afford to offend and been wiped out. From now on, Wutan City belongs to my Jia Lie Family!"

Within Wutan City,

the area that had once belonged to the Xiao Family had become a massive pit.

It was as though

some terrifying being had uprooted the Xiao Family along with its walls, leaving behind no trace whatsoever.

Around the pit,

the Jia Lie Family, the Ouba Family, the Mittel Auction House, and the citizens of Wutan City

all gathered around it, discussing the Xiao Family's fate.

Buzz—

Just then,

a terrifying force erupted from the depths of the Void above the Xiao Family.

Like a hurricane sweeping through,

dust billowed from the earth wherever it passed, and violent winds howled.

The next moment,

ripples spread through the space above the Xiao Family, and several powerful figures clad in armor stepped out. Their auras were strange and profound.

These people were the Black Annihilation Army that had come from the Gu Clan.

At their head

was Gu Yao, one of the Gu Clan's younger-generation powerhouses and the commander of the Black Annihilation Army, with the strength of an Eight-Star Dou Zun!

After stepping out of the spatial ripples,

Gu Yao swept his gaze over the surroundings and looked down at the citizens of Wutan City as though from high above.

"Where is the Xiao Family?"

For a moment,

heaven and earth fell silent.

Even Jia Lie Bi, Ouba Pa, Ya Fei, and the others had never seen such a sight.

Without using Dou Qi wings,

they could remain suspended in the sky. Only the legendary Dou Zong powerhouses could accomplish such a feat.

In other words,

more than ten Dou Zong powerhouses had suddenly arrived in Wutan City, and they were all looking for the Xiao Family?!

As the people of Wutan City stood stunned, their faces blank,

one of Gu Yao's subordinates behind him

took out the positioning compass he had brought from the Gu Clan. Looking at its indicator, he spoke.

"Commander, the compass indicates that the Xiao Family is below us!"

At that,

Gu Yao's gaze swept the pit below once more. Other than the pit itself, there was not the slightest clue.

"I'll ask you one last time. You have three breaths. If I do not receive the answer I want, you will all die. Where did the Xiao Family go?"

"Reporting to Senior, we do not know where the Xiao Family went. By the time we discovered it, the Xiao Family was already like this."

Ya Fei respectfully curtsied to Gu Yao.

"The Xiao Family must have offended some great figure and been exterminated!"

"Such a large family, along with their homes and clansmen, all vanished in an instant!"

"That scene was like a dream."

"Yes, the Xiao Family disappeared suddenly, just like you all did. We have no idea what happened either..."

After Ya Fei spoke,

Jia Lie Bi, Ouba Pa, and some of those who had witnessed the Xiao Family's disappearance

each chimed in with what they had seen.

"They suddenly disappeared..."

Listening to the voices below,

Gu Yao's expression instantly turned grave.

Even as an Eight-Star Dou Zun, he could not transport an entire courtyard across the void.

The only ones capable of such a feat

were Dou Saints who had mastered space and touched upon the laws of space.

Any Dou Saint

could open up a small world. Naturally, large-scale spatial transfers were nothing difficult for them.

Gu Yao could tell

that those below were not lying.

If there were lies, they could only have come from a portion of them. It was impossible for everyone to be lying.

In other words,

the one who had acted against the Xiao Family...

against the young lady, was a Saint!

"Commander, what do we do next?"

As Gu Yao pondered,

the more than ten members of the Black Annihilation Army following behind him all turned their gazes toward him.

They came from the Gu Clan,

so they naturally understood what a large-scale spatial transfer represented.

If a Dou Saint had truly acted, then their coming to the Northwest Continent was completely meaningless.

"Search. Use the Xiao Family as the center and search outward. Even a Dou Saint cannot suppress the spatial turbulence caused by opening a world after performing a large-scale spatial transfer."

"Find the direction they left in!"

Gu Yao said in a low voice.

As the commander of the Black Annihilation Army, Gu Yao had his own methods.

Even someone as powerful as a Dou Saint

would inevitably cause spatial turbulence and leave clues behind with a large-scale spatial transfer.

If

they could find the path the other party had taken, they might be able to uncover clues and learn who had acted!

"Yes!"

At that,

the members of the Black Annihilation Army behind Gu Yao did not hesitate in the slightest.

They spread out in a fan-shaped formation centered on the Xiao Family, tearing apart space inch by inch as they rapidly searched.

Ancient Realm,

faint violet-gold radiance lingered throughout heaven and earth all year round.

Ancient spirit trees that had stood for tens of thousands of years without withering grew everywhere.

At the very center of the mountain ranges throughout the Ancient Realm floated a colossal hall tens of thousands of feet high.

Primordial Sacred Hall!

At this moment,

within the magnificent hall, the Three Immortals of the Gu Clan, who normally remained in seclusion and were as elusive as dragons,

had all appeared.

They wore grave expressions as they waited for something.

At the head of the hall,

Gu Yuan sat in the foremost seat, his face incomparably gloomy. The aura of a Peak Nine-Star Dou Saint pressed across thousands of miles, shrouding the entire Gu Clan in a solemn, murderous atmosphere.

Buzz—

Very soon,

ripples spread through the space within the hall.

Black Annihilation King Gu Lie stepped out from them.

"Well? Have you found Xun'er?"

Seeing Gu Lie appear,

the Three Immortals of the Gu Clan looked at him anxiously.

Gu Lie shook his head.

Seeing this,

the Three Immortals of the Gu Clan asked anxiously,

"There has to be some clue, right?"

"She is the Gu Clan's imperial daughter. She cannot simply vanish like this!"

"We raise an army for a thousand days to use it at a crucial moment. Gu Lie, what have you all been doing? Are you worthy of the Gu Clan?"

As those words fell,

the atmosphere within the hall grew even tenser.

Gu Yuan sat silently upon his throne. The saintly might surging around him grew several times heavier, so oppressive that it was hard to breathe.