Chapter 422: Chapter 170: Bai Tianyu Sets His Eyes on Hong Quan, Lin Xiao’s Life and Death Decision (11975 Words) _3
Translator: 549690339
“For some reason, I always feel that the Sky Demon Sect Leader is not really dead.”
“I’ve heard my teacher talk about him before. He was seen as a genius; for many years, he was hunted down by Nightmare Hall but ended up killing many of their strongmen.”
“Many years ago, he even sought out the Martial Ancestor because the passage to the Heavenly Feather Realm was sealed. Consequently, he ended up getting severely beaten and has not dared to stir any trouble in Tang Country since then.”
“There’s such a story?!” Bai Tianyu and Zhang Hai both looked interested.”
Yun Canghai laughed and said, “I only heard it mentioned casually by my teacher, so I don’t know the specific details.”
“If the Martial Ancestor hadn’t left eighteen years ago, Nightmare Hall would not have dared to show their faces openly…”
When Nightmare Hall was mentioned, the atmosphere became somewhat heavy again.
Bai Tianyu said, “A few days ago, before the seventh stage breakthrough, I contacted the five major cities nearby.”
“They’ve crossed paths with Nightmare Hall a few times”
“Nightmare Hall is also searching for passages within the Secret Realms and Restricted Areas around their main cities.”
“But, there has not been any instance of Nightmare Hall commanding the Worm Tide to siege their main cities.”
“Moreover, in the areas near their main cities, they’ve not detected the existence of anyone from Nightmare Hall at the master level.”
“As for here in East Sea City…”
At this point, Bai Tianyu’s expression became serious.
Even after breaking through to the Grade 7 Grandmaster Realm, he still felt an unimaginable pressure.
Nightmare Hall has attempted to storm East Sea City several times.
Yun Canghai said, “The authorities in Demon City have also noticed something strange, so they sent me here to maintain a long-term presence in East Sea City.”
Zhang Hai said, “But you are still too weak.”
Yun Canghai touched his nose and chuckled somewhat awkwardly, “Senior, can’t you put it a bit more gently?”
Zhang Hai turned to Bai Tianyu and asked, “Why is Nightmare Hall targeting East Sea City? What about the Seventh-Grade Expert we captured before? Is he still unconscious?”
Bai Tianyu shook his head and said, “Last time, we attempted to extract his soul and directly view his memories. Unexpectedly, there was a strong seal on his memories that nearly destroyed his soul and almost heavily injured us.”
“Now, Director Ding has taken him.”
“Once there is any discovery in Demon City, they will notify me immediately.”
Director Ding is the Ninth-Grade Expert who rushed over from Demon City due to the incident at Seven Star Mountain and Water Cloud Stream.
After a pause, Bai Tianyu added, “During this time, I’ve been pondering this…why is Nightmare Hall eyeing East Sea City? What does East Sea City have that they would covet?”
“After much thinking, I found that East Sea City differs from other nearby main cities in two aspects… ”
“First, in recent years, East Sea City is the only point of contact with that side. All students who came from there appeared in the Guidance Plaza outside East Sea City. I suspect Nightmare Hall is also looking for a passage to go there.”
“Second, East Sea City has Chu Qingcheng. Eighteen years ago, it was Chu Qingcheng who devastated Nightmare Hall. Even though Qingcheng has disappeared for many years, it’s possible that Nightmare Hall wants to find her, or perhaps… they want to discover the secret behind her becoming a paramount expert at such a young age?”
Yun Canghai’s face started to look a bit strange.
“The other world…”
Yun Canghai frowned and said, “there are no spatial rifts in that world, and it’s void of Star Power. There are neither Guardian Beastmasters nor Star Martial Artists.”
“For Guardian Beastmasters and Star Martial Artists, that world is like a barren desert.”
“Why would Nightmare Hall want to find the passage to that world?”
Bai Tianyu shook his head with a bitter smile, “Nightmare Hall is intrinsically very strange. Nobody knows what they’re up to or what they desire.”
“You know much more about Nightmare Hall than I do.”
Yun Canghai also shook his head, “I’ve crossed paths with Nightmare Hall many times, but I still know very little about this peculiar organization.”
“All my teacher told me was that it’s the biggest enemy of our Blue Star and our Human Race.”
“It was only recently that I learned that they, like the senior members of the Sky Demon Sect, also come from the Heavenly Feather Realm.”
Zhang Hai gently sipped his tea and said, “Your teacher certainly knows, he just didn’t tell you.”
Yun Canghai and Bai Tianyu exchanged bitter smiles.
In a typical main city, the existence of a grandmaster is considered top-notch.
But in all of Tang Country, they amount to not much.
There are still Eighth and Ninth Grades above them.
And even more fearsome are the existences beyond the Ninth Grade, according to legends!
Like the Empress of the Demon Race who appeared on Seven Star Mountain and crushed a group of Ninth-grade experts with a flick of her fingers. Perhaps she is such an existence?
Even for grandmasters like themselves, the secrets of this world remained shrouded in clouds and mist, utterly inscrutable.
Just then…
A short-haired female black armored strongman walked in.
The black-armored strongman said in a soft voice, “Master, your disciple has forced his way into the ‘Protecting Your Beast Nurturing Studio’.”
“According to your previous instructions, our people did not stop him but just observed him secretly.”
Zhang Hai nodded, “I knew he would do that.”
Yun Canghai was slightly taken aback, “Does Chen Fan have a grudge with that person?”