As Chu Fentian's fury rose, the flames throughout Burning Heaven Valley lashed about like tongues of fire, making everyone's scalp prickle.
Chu Fentian's furious roar resounded across the grounds, reaching every disciple in Burning Heaven Valley.
Every one of them held their breath, their faces deathly pale and their bodies trembling faintly.
They feared the valley master might harm the innocent in his rage.
The two guardians exchanged a glance and voiced their suspicions. "Valley Master, we suspect they were killed by Demon Beasts in the Ten Thousandfold Mountains. After all, countless vicious creatures lurk there. It's possible Lei Jue and the others encountered a few they couldn't handle..."
"Impossible!"
Before they could finish, however, Chu Fentian angrily cut them off, his face dark and twisted to the extreme. "The Demon Beasts on the outskirts of the Ten Thousandfold Mountains couldn't possibly threaten Lei Jue and the others."
"Besides, if they'd encountered Demon Beasts, would their bodies still be intact?"
Chu Fentian had hit the nail on the head.
An unenlightened Demon Beast would never leave an intact corpse.
It would devour everything, flesh and bone alike.
"Then, Valley Master, you mean..."
"A person did this."
Chu Fentian spoke, two icy gleams shooting from his eyes. "Someone killed Lei Jue and the others!"
Boom...
As though he would not rest until his words stunned everyone, that declaration shocked the entire gathering.
Everyone's heart suffered another violent jolt.
Disbelief covered the two guardians' faces as they blurted out, "Who would dare attack disciples of our Burning Heaven Valley?"
The Holy Lands kept one another in check and regarded one another warily.
Unless a fundamental line had been crossed, they rarely attacked disciples of other Holy Lands.
At most, they would spar.
They would never take a life.
That would change the