"Hiss!"
Amid the Yan Clan elders' startled cries, nine dark-red traces of energy shot out of the spatial rift. The two elders hurriedly waved their hands, drawing the nine traces toward them. After examining them carefully, their hearts sank into the depths.
"This is Huo Xuan's aura! Huo Xuan is dead?! A Gu Clan Dou Technique?"
"And Yan Shan and the others-their auras carry remnants of a blood attribute Dou Technique. The Soul Clan?"
"No, one is missing. Huo Zhi! Where is Huo Zhi?"
After analyzing the auras in their hands, the two Yan Clan elders wore utterly grim expressions. Never had they imagined that this journey into the Heavenly Tomb would nearly wipe out the finest youths of the Yan Clan's generation. Only Huo Zhi remained, and even she was missing without a trace.
The Yan Clan had suffered devastating losses, wounded to its very bones. Killing intent surged through the two elders' hearts, and two bursts of destructive fire energy erupted from their bodies, sweeping across the entire surrounding mountain range.
"Gu Clan! Soul Clan! You must give our Yan Clan an explanation!"
Terrifying killing intent enveloped the Gu Clan and Soul Clan elders atop the mountain. Two furious roars thundered across the summit, drawing everyone's eyes toward the elders of those two clans. A flicker of curiosity stirred in their hearts as they waited to see how they would handle the two enraged Yan Clan elders.
"We will decide everything once our Young Patriarch comes out."
Gu Chen, the Gu Clan's Three-Star Dou Sheng elder, casually glanced at the furious pair. His face remained expressionless and his voice indifferent, as though the nine confirmed deaths from the Yan Clan meant nothing to him.
Gu Chen's dismissive attitude made the two Yan Clan elders' fury even harder to