Before the masked man, the old man didn't even have the slightest thought of resisting.
Perhaps, as far as the old man was concerned, any resistance was futile before the masked man, and kneeling down and begging for mercy might give him a way out ….
The masked man moved and slightly extended his right hand.
But right at this instant, terrifying Origin Energy raged on the masked man's right hand before condensing together.
Om!
A saber light condensed from Origin Energy carried along a mysterious and terrifying aura as it lightly trembled, and before the old man could react, it slashed past the old man's neck.
The old man who was still trembling a moment ago was instantly split into two, and his blood dyed the ground as if transforming into a stream ….
"A Half-step Void Stage expert died just like that?"
A feeling of unreality arose within Duan Lingtian's heart, and he only returned to his senses when the masked man's figure moved and instantly vanished before his eyes.
If it wasn't for the old man's corpse being right before his eyes, he would even suspect that the masked man had never appeared.
The azure clothed old man was an expert that had stepped into the Half-step Void Stage at any rate, but before the masked man, he was like paper ….
"You deal with the rest yourself."
Nie Yuan's voice entered into Duan Lingtian's ears.
Duan Lingtian's eyes flickered with a fierce light when he heard what Nie Yuan said, and his icy cold gaze descended onto the distant Duan Ru Lei who had long since been scared silly.
Duan Ru Lei's face was ghastly pale, but he didn't flee.
Even if he wanted to flee, with his mere cultivation at the ninth level of the Body Tempering Stage, he wouldn't be able to flee far.
Amongst the people present, even the weakest, Duan Lingtian, would be able to easily catch up to him.
Spirit Serpent Movement Technique!
Duan Lingtian's figure flashed as if transforming into a spirit serpent, and he instantly flashed before Duan Ru Lei.
Duan Ru Lei seemed to have realized that a great calamity was about to befall him, so he simply threw caution to the wind, and his gaze was vicious. "Duan Lingtian, consider yourself lucky that the Divine Might Marquis is helping you …. But, even if I become a ghost, I won't let you off!"
"I wasn't even afraid of you when you were still human, no wonder I'd be afraid of you after you become a ghost?"
Duan Lingtian was amused.
Because of the appearance of the ghost masked man, Duan Lingtian, whose mood was slightly depressed, didn't waste words with Duan Ru Lei. The Violet Myrtle Flexible Sword swept out and directly ended Duan Ru Lei's life.
At the same time, he put away Duan Ru Lei's Spatial Ring.
It could be imagined that as a person who controlled more than half of the Duan Clan's businesses, the wealth on Duan Ru Lei's body would surely be extremely considerable.
"Uncle Nie, who was that?"
Duan Lingtian put Duan Ru Lei's Spatial Ring into his own Spatial Ring. He didn't even have time to claim ownership before his gaze fell on Nie Yuan, who wasn't far away.
He could tell that this Uncle Nie should know of that person's existence.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have said those words to the old man in green.
"It's a pity that your opponent today is not me."
These words were enough to show that Nie Yuan recognized the masked man.
"He is a very scary person."
A hint of fear appeared on Nie Yuan's face.
"Not your friend, Uncle Nie?"
Duan Lingtian was stunned.
Nie Yuan laughed bitterly. "Of course not. Perhaps, I, the Divine Might Marquis, am high and mighty in the eyes of others, but in his eyes, I'm nothing … I just happened to encounter him when I hurried over. His purpose for coming here is to punish this' traitor '. "
As Nie Yuan spoke, he looked at the green-clothed old man whose head had been separated from his body.
Traitor?
This old man whose cultivation had stepped into the Half-step Void Stage was actually once the subordinate of the masked man?
In next to no time, Duan Lingtian came to an understanding.
That masked man was a true Void Stage expert after all!
It wasn't surprising that he had such a subordinate.
"Uncle Nie, according to my knowledge, there are three true Void Stage experts in the Crimson Sky Kingdom. Besides the one in the Imperial Family and Grandpa Nie, there seems to be only that one from Ghastly Shadow … Could it be that the person from before was?"
Duan Lingtian looked at Nie Yuan, as if wanting to discern the answer from his face.
Nie Yuan lightly smiled, but didn't express his opinion. His figure flashed as he directly flew away. "You two, help this kid clean up this place properly … Duan Ru Lei is the Duan Clan's Second Master after all, it's best if the Duan Clan doesn't find out about you two."
"Yes, General!"
Zhang Qian and Zhao Gang had respectful expressions as they sent Nie Yuan off with their gazes.
"So mysterious?"
Duan Lingtian shook his head, then didn't think any further. In any case, whether that person was the Void Stage expert from Ghastly Shadow or not wasn't related to him in the slightest.
Duan Lingtian slowly walked out and took the spatial rings of the green-clothed old man and the other three old men one by one.
Subsequently, with the help of Zhang Qian and Zhao Gang, he first cremated the corpses of the old men, then burned down the entire courtyard house with fire …
Flames soared into the sky, as if a raging inferno was burning the city.
Duan Lingtian's group of three instead walked out from within the scorching flames and slowly disappeared at the end of the street.
At this moment, they were able to hear the waves of exclamations that sounded out from behind them.
The matter had finally been resolved!
Duan Lingtian heaved a sigh of relief.
But when he thought of what happened today, he still had a slight lingering fear in his heart. If it wasn't for Uncle Nie's timely appearance, he would probably be dead by now.
He didn't think that the Ghost Masked Man would save him.
Perhaps, in the eyes of the Ghost Masked Man, any life was like grass, not worth mentioning ….
After returning to his own courtyard house, Duan Lingtian entered his room and fell into a deep sleep.
And right at this moment, the entire Duan Clan was completely stirred ….
The Second Master, Duan Ru Lei, who played an important role in the Duan Clan and controlled most of the businesses, was burned to death by raging inferno in a single night, and his courtyard house in the inner city was reduced to ashes along with it!
Within the Audience Hall of the Duan Clan Estate.
Patriarch Duan Ru Huo's face was gloomy, and his gaze was like lightning. "Second Brother is gone just like that …. No matter who did it, even if my Duan Clan has to dig three feet into the ground, we'll still find him and burn his bones to comfort Second Brother's soul in heaven!"
"Patriarch is right!"
"Second Master's death is unclear, so this is how it should be."
...
Most of the Duan Clan elders present nodded in agreement.
But, looking at their expressions, there were even more that didn't care.
Perhaps, in their eyes, Duan Ru Lei was only a cripple in the end.
Even to the extent that with Duan Ru Lei's death, the businesses that were originally under Duan Ru Lei's control would become vacant, and they would be able to get a share of the profits.
To them, Duan Ru Lei's death was a good thing to a certain extent.
Of course, they only dared to think like this in their hearts.
The Duan Clan's Fourth Master, Duan Ru Hong, had a gloomy expression. "It's really been troubled times recently. First, the Su Clan had two direct descendant disciples successively die, and now Second Brother was burned to death for no reason …. Could these two matters be related?"
"Fourth Master, you're too sensitive. According to my knowledge, the death of the two Su Clan direct descendant disciples seems to be related to the Su Clan's Grand Elder, Su Nan …. Second Master, however, has no relationship with Su Nan. "
A Duan Clan elder shook his head as he slowly spoke.
His words obtained the agreement of most of the people present.
"No matter if it's related or not, my Duan Clan will surely investigate this matter to the end and return justice to Second Brother!"
Duan Ru Huo's voice contained a breathtaking rage mixed within.
"Patriarch, there's one more thing …. I heard my grandson say that early this morning at the side of Paladin Academy's Martial Arts Practice Grounds, Duan Rufeng's son, Duan Lingtian, relied on his cultivation at the Origin Core Stage to defeat the former number one genius of Paladin Academy, Xu Qing, in one go!"
An aged Duan Clan elder suddenly spoke out.
His grandson was also a student of Paladin Academy.
"What?! Origin Core Stage? Second Elder, you're not joking, right? Duan Rufeng's son has stepped into the Origin Core Stage? "
"Yeah, Second Elder. According to my knowledge, Duan Lingtian seems to be only 18 years old today, right? Being able to cultivate to the ninth level of the Core Formation Stage is already a monstrous talent, and seems to have surpassed Duan Rufeng all those years ago …. Origin Core Stage, impossible! "
"Throughout the history of our Crimson Sky Kingdom, there seems to have never been an 18-year-old Origin Core Stage martial artist …. Even in the Azure Forest Imperial Kingdom, an 18-year-old Origin Core Stage martial artist is an absolute monstrous talent in the Martial Dao, and is an existence that the various large sects fight for!"
"I think it's impossible as well!"
...
The group of Duan Clan elders didn't dare believe it, and they all shook their heads.
"Silence!"
Right at this moment, Patriarch Duan Ru Huo spoke out, suppressing the clamorous discussions within the Audience Hall. "I can testify to this matter, Second Elder isn't lying! Early this morning, Duan Rufeng's son, Duan Lingtian, did indeed defeat Xu Qing. At that time, he didn't use a spirit weapon, and he exerted the strength of 16 ancient mammoths! "
As soon as Duan Ru Huo spoke, the Audience Hall went deathly silent.
The people present didn't have any more doubts.
Exerting the strength of 16 ancient mammoths without the use of a spirit weapon?
So long as it was a normal martial artist, their first thought would be that an Origin Core Stage martial artist held back ….
After all, a ninth level Core Formation martial artist would at most be able to exert the strength of 12 ancient mammoths without the use of a spirit weapon!
Only an Origin Core Stage martial artist would be able to exert the strength of 16 ancient mammoths.
"Patriarch."
The old man that sat below Duan Ru Huo and hadn't spoken since the beginning suddenly spoke.
This old man had long snow white hair and a pair of straight white eyebrows. Presently, his pair of muddy eyes seemed to have pushed aside the clouds and mist, emitting two dazzling lights.
Along with the old man speaking, everyone in the Audience Hall, including Patriarch Duan Ru Huo, respectfully looked at the old man.
The old man was precisely the Duan Clan's Grand Elder.
Not only that, the old man had another identity ….
The previous generation's Patriarch of the Duan Clan, Duan Zhen.
"Since that Duan Lingtian has such natural talent, we must use all means possible to make him return to the clan and acknowledge his ancestors …. He has even more potential than Duan Rufeng all those years ago. In the future, the Crimson Sky Kingdom will surely be unable to trap him!"
Duan Zhen slowly spoke, and a trace of burning desire flashed within his eyes. "If he's able to be chosen by those top sects of the Azure Forest Imperial Kingdom …. With the generosity of those sects, even bestowing a Void Advancement Pill for Duan Lingtian isn't impossible."
Void Advancement Pill!
As soon as Duan Zhen finished speaking, the Audience Hall went deathly silent.
Only the sound of heavy breathing remained ….
Void Advancement Pill!
They naturally knew what medicinal pill that was.
Void Advancement Pill, a grade five medicinal pill that only a grade five alchemist could refine.
Once a Half-step Void Stage expert consumed it.
There was a 50% chance of breaking through to the Void Prying Stage within three days!
There was a 30% chance of breaking through to the Void Prying Stage within a month!
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