"You said earlier that Liu Genhe of the Sword Pavilion was killed with ease, and that before dying, he even shouted several times, 'Who's attacking me from the shadows?' Did that not give you any ideas?" Qian Sai said coldly. "Whatever else, Liu Genhe was in the Void Martial Realm, and he belonged to the Sword Pavilion. Silently ambushing him was no feat for an ordinary person. According to you two, there should have been no Martial Realm experts here earlier, so whoever ambushed Liu Genhe should have been in the Void Martial Realm. What sort of Void Martial Realm expert could do it without Liu Genhe even noticing, and by what means?"
"Ah!" Zeng Yan exclaimed, seemingly thinking of something.
"Sound Art!" Gu Xihan cried.
"So that was it. It seems that brat secretly came back. His Heavenly Demon Soul-Destroying Sound was powerful enough to affect Liu Genhe," Hu Meng said with a nod. "Old Qian, you really do think things through!"
"You say I think things through, but wasn't that brat just as bold and meticulous?" Qian Sai shook his head and sighed. "He truly lives up to being a Hall Master Candidate of the Heavenly Demon Hall. He really is no ordinary person."
"Hmph, his audacity knows no bounds, too. He actually dared to come back? Enough talk. You lot, use this place as your starting point right now. Think over the people who fled, see whether any were suspicious, and narrow down the search area!" Hu Meng barked at Zeng Yan and the others.
Zeng Yan and Gu Xihan inwardly rejoiced. Although Hu Meng had shouted at them, Qian Sai had at least saved them considerable trouble. They now had a target for quickly investigating Huang Xiao's whereabouts.
"I finally shook off the pursuit of