Duan Lang slammed his palm onto the jade table beside him. The hard Kunlun Jade instantly fractured into a web of cracks.
"Faulty intelligence? What do I keep you useless fools around for? You said Yun Che was just a brat who had only recently become a God Ancestor, and his followers had barely entered Transcendence. And now? Over a hundred core disciples and Jian Wuxin, and not even an intact corpse left!"
The old man flushed crimson under the scolding, but could only keep his head lowered as he urged him.
"Palace Master, please calm down. This is no time for anger. The Heaven-Opening Key is in Yun Che's hands, so he must already be heading for the Heavenly Dao Hidden Abyss. We must send a team after him at once. We cannot let him claim the opportunities there first. If that thing falls into his hands, it will spell disaster for our Wild Heaven Divine Palace."
Duan Lang took a deep breath, suppressing the violence in his chest. His fingertips rubbed the jade pendant at his waist, ruthlessness churning in his eyes.
"Pass down my order. Have Chixuan take the ten Enforcement Elders to intercept and kill him. Even if they have to turn the entire Vast Sea Gobi upside down, they must bring me the Heaven-Opening Key. If even Chixuan cannot handle him... activate the Desolate Heaven Forbidden Array and annihilate that entire region. No one is to come out alive."
The old man froze at his words. "Palace Master, activating the Desolate Heaven Forbidden Array will consume the Immortal Source we have accumulated over a hundred years. If..."
"There is no if!" Duan Lang cut him off, his voice cold as ice. "The Heaven-Opening Key is connected to that thing inside the Heavenly Dao Hidden Abyss.