"Six Void Refinement Realm elders were swallowed up in half an hour. Do you truly think Pojun Sect bought some exceedingly powerful formation and used it to trap and kill all six?"
As the brocade-robed old man pondered this, he voiced his doubts.
"Surely Elder Wei does not truly believe there is some powerful backer behind them? Without relying on formations, they effortlessly wiped out six Void Refinement Realm cultivators. Would such a powerful backer really give them such territory to establish a sect?
"The cultivation resources near that place are mediocre, and it lies right beside the Heavenly Demon Grassland. If the sect's cultivators wish to cultivate, they must enter the Heavenly Demon Grassland themselves to acquire all manner of resources. That marginalizes Pojun Sect far too much.
"If you were Shangguan Tianque, would you accept such allegiance? And for Shangguan Tianque to spare no expense in purchasing a grand formation capable of killing Body Integration Realm cultivators—that would be their strongest life-preserving trump card.
"Pojun Sect has alchemy experts like Zuo Qiudan, so they do not lack spirit stones. Even if a formation capable of killing Body Integration Realm cultivators is operated only by Void Refinement Realm cultivators, two or three of them working together could still unleash tremendous power. Does Elder Wei truly find that so difficult to believe?
"We underestimated a dog driven from its home. According to the information Hyacinth sent back, those six elders were extremely cautious after arriving. They did not immediately enter the dense fog, instead keeping a considerable distance from it. They were clearly wary of traps.
"Yet fog suddenly emerged around them. That proves Shangguan Tianque insidiously used an auxiliary formation to spread it. Such a formation would be an auxiliary encirclement-and-trapping formation.
"It would therefore be difficult to guard