Cai Qi's words were like an ice-cold hurricane, freezing the hearts of all the cultivators into ice blocks. They wanted to read.
The Cultivators who were quick-minded and had a high computational ability immediately realized that, if the Immortal Cultivators had revealed the entire 'Mist Plan' to 'Torch Dragon' despite knowing his identity, there must be something wrong with the 'Mist Plan'.
However, they had captured seven Core Formation Stage Cultivators through the Mist Clearing Operation and seized a large batch of Heart Gnawing Mist and crystal bombs!
Everybody looked at each other in bewilderment. They were caught in weird silence.
In the command center of the Mist Clearing Operation, countless Cultivators with high computational ability were reviewing and analyzing every battle that had just taken place.
Many research-type Cultivators were also working on the 'Heart Gnawing Mist', a piece of magical equipment of paramount importance in the Mist Plan.
Very soon, shocking results were delivered.
"Of the seven 'Eight Blades of Black Spider' that were executed and captured, at least four of them were fake!
"After analyzing all the battle videos captured by the crystal cameras, four of the 'Eight Blades of Black Spider' did not reveal the capability of the peak of the Building Foundation Stage until they were killed, despite their fierce resistance!
"How could a Core Formation Stage Cultivator not reveal their strongest capability when they were faced with a life-and-death situation?
"Even the identities of the other three were very suspicious, too. Although two of them revealed techniques that were suspected to be in the Core Formation Stage, their blood vessels all exploded and they died abruptly after the fierce battle. It is suspected that they had taken a lot of powerful drugs that could stimulate their blood vessels and improve their strength!
"It means that the so-called 'Eight Blades of Black Spider' are very likely to be the disguises of 'Spider's Thorn', who is relatively weak. They are 'substitutes' of the Eight Blades of Black Spider!
"It is more likely that one or two of the real Eight Blades of Black Spider led six to seven 'substitutes'. The Eight Blades of Black Spider that escaped was very likely to be the real one!"
The news detonated in everyone's head like a crystal bomb.
Before everyone recovered from the dizziness, another piece of news that was even more shocking was delivered. It was coming at them like a chain of tides!
"According to the preliminary analysis of the research-type Cultivators, the Heart Gnawing Mist is fake, too!
"It is not accurate to call it 'fake'. It should be said that the 'Heart Gnawing Miasma' was a simple mixture of nine kinds of miasma. There was no technical content at all. Whether it was toxicity, volatility, or infectivity, there was nothing special about it. It can be sealed, cracked, and purified easily. It is not a piece of 'critical' magical equipment at all!
Cai Qi's voice was filled with confusion and frustration as he murmured, "Perhaps the Heart Gnawing Miasma never existed in the first place, and it was only fabricated to mislead our investigation and attract our attention …"
"Be careful, everyone. Your spiritual energy has been activated to the maximum. Activate all the safety restrictions on all magical treasures! "
Cai Qi suddenly raised his voice and bellowed in the communication channel, "The Temple of Immortals has mobilized all our forces with the nonexistent 'Mist Plan'. This is definitely not their ultimate purpose. There must be more uncanny methods waiting for us!
"All Cultivators, stay close to me. Make sure that there are at least two of your own people around you at all times. Don't be left alone. I repeat, no matter what you find. Don't be left alone. Report to me! "
The air seemed to have been sucked dry. The atmosphere was more intense than ever. Every Cultivator was solemn. An invisible devil seemed to be crouching in the deep, dark universe and looking at them with a smile on the other side of the thick metal wall.
"Senior Cai, maybe the Temple of Immortals has other schemes, but I would like to confirm something with you first."
Li Yao asked calmly. "The Immortal Slayers Squad is led by Senior Xiao Xuance, right? The Miasma Clearing Operation is supervised by Senior Xiao, too, right? "
Cai Qi was dazed for a moment. He frowned and said, "How is that possible? Xiao Xuance is the CEO of the Grand Illusionary Group. He is responsible for the expansion and maintenance of the Spiritual Nexus. He is also involved in the 'Grand Illusionary Soldier Project'. He is too busy to deal with the affairs of the Immortal Slayers Squad.
"The Grand Illusionary Group and the Immortal Slayers Squad are two different systems. They do not interfere with each other.
"As for the Miasma Clearing Operation, he is not in charge of it, either. However, we know that his foster son, Xiao Tianbao, is an expert in crystal processors. That's why we asked him to take care of the surveillance work."
Li Yao blinked. Pondering for a moment, he asked again, "Then, if my guess is correct, the members of the Immortal Slayers Squad, especially those who have infiltrated the Temple of Immortals, must be Xiao Xuance's true disciples or nephews, right?"
Cai Qi looked at him strangely. "Isn't it only natural?"
Ye Hongfei pulled Li Yao's sleeve from behind and said in a low voice, "Master Sand, what are you trying to ask? Xiao Xuance was born in the Feathered Snakes Brotherhood and was the leader of the Feathered Snakes Brotherhood for decades. Naturally, many of his disciples and nephews are members of the Immortal Slayers Squad! "
Li Yao was confused. "What do you mean?"
"Don't you know?"
Ye Hongfei found it odd. "The six sects of Heavenly Saints City, including the six tribes of Iron Plateau, should be the same. Our ancestors were the remnants of the civil war of the Star Ocean Imperium ten thousand years ago.
"All the remnants belonged to different systems. Therefore, they were gradually transformed into different sects according to their features.
"For example, the Furious Bears Union originated from the 'Furious Bears Assault Team', an orbital airborne troop in the capital. Therefore, they are particularly good at siege and assault battles.
"The Burning Sun Alliance, on the other hand, is a reconnaissance troop from the capital. Therefore, they know a lot of speed-type secret arts and are best at guerilla warfare, maneuvering, and reconnaissance.
"As for the Feathered Snakes Brotherhood, it originated from the intelligence department of the capital. Intelligence analysis, infiltration, interrogation, and counter-interrogation are all their specialties!
"Therefore, since the Immortal Slayers Squad is going to infiltrate the Temple of Immortals, the disciples of the Feathered Snakes Brotherhood will naturally be the main force!
"Xiao Xuance has been the leader of the Feathered Snakes Brotherhood for decades. Most of the members of the Feathered Snakes Brotherhood are his disciples and grand-disciples. Is it strange that several of his true disciples and nephews are in the Immortal Slayers Squad?"
Li Yao was dumbfounded and lost for words.
He finally understood why the Feathered Snakes Tribe had been in charge of the 'Truth Cabinet' when he was on Iron Plateau.
As it turned out, their ancestors were in the intelligence business. It was not strange at all!
"However —"
Li Yao was not satisfied. He was about to open his mouth when Cai Qi, a Cultivator of the Yuanying Squad, interrupted him coldly. "Fellow Cultivator Sand, I may have vaguely guessed what is on your mind. You are asking if there are any true disciples or nephews of Xiao Xuance in the Immortal Slayers Squad. Of course there are, and their positions are not low, either!
"Xiao Tianyang, Xiao Xuance's son, is a core member of the Immortal Slayers Squad. He is the key to the infiltration plan!"
Li Yao had guessed it a long time ago. He sneered and asked, "Where is Xiao Tianyang right now?"
Cai Qi clenched his teeth. Every word he spat out was like a flying sword, "Xiao Tianyang is lying in Xiao Xuance's arms right now!"
"He is the Torch Dragon who was killed by the Temple of Immortals just now and threatened us!"
"What!"
As if struck by lightning, Li Yao stepped back and hit the ventilation tube brutally.
After a 'dong' sound, Li Yao's face was completely drained of blood. Beep! Beep! Beep!
Beep! Beep!
The hundred light beams that Cai Qi triggered were blinking ominously at the same time. Exclamations each louder than the last were echoing in the communication channel.
"The tenth space ring! A big explosion took place in the tenth space ring! "
"Abnormal spiritual waves are everywhere in the tenth space ring. It seems to be the scourge of an unexpected cosmic storm!"
"No. It's not a storm …"
"It's — it's — it's extraterrestrial devils!"
"The extraterrestrial devils have arrived in the tenth space ring!"
All the Cultivators, including Cai Qi, a Cultivator of the Yuanying Squad, lost all their blood. Their skin was even paler than that of a dead person.
Even though 'Hellsword' had escaped just now, even though they had been informed of the death of 'Torch Dragon', and even though they had learned that the Mist Plan was merely a smokescreen released by the Temple of Immortals, none of the Cultivators had ever been so scared.
They had never expected that they would be faced with one of the most dreadful natural disasters in the entire Flying Star Sector, or even in all the three thousand Sectors.
The extraterrestrial devils had arrived!
In the history of human beings' manipulation and utilization of spiritual energy, they had long recognized the existence of 'tenebrum energy', a type of energy that was entirely different from common spiritual energy.
However, there had been different opinions about the nature of tenebrum energy since ancient times.
There was even no conclusion as to whether it was the opposite of spiritual energy or another form of spiritual energy.
One of the more popular theories was that
Human beings were not the first dominators in the boundless sea of stars. Before the civilization of mankind was established, countless powerful civilizations and dominators had appeared in the boundless sea of stars.
The powerful species that the ancient people called 'gods' and 'devils' could not resist the erosion of time and perished one after another in billions of years.
However, although the prehistoric civilizations were destroyed, the thoughts, or the will, of some of the experts among them, might have survived like ghosts.
The thoughts, which contained infinite fury, fear, desperation, regret, and killing intent, were floating in the boundless sea of stars.
Most of these thoughts would fade away with time and be completely annihilated.
But some of the thoughts would be combined with spiritual energy by chance, or rather, they would corrupt the spiritual energy, turning the pure, stable, and peaceful spiritual energy into a completely different, violent form.
It was exactly tenebrum energy.
Furthermore, when the infinite tenebrum energy was gathered, the undead whose civilization had been destroyed a long time ago could generate new self-awareness.
They were gathered in a certain mysterious place at the edge of the boundless sea of stars.
Nobody knew their purpose. They only knew that when they showed up, they brought nothing but schemes, betrayals, slaughter, and destruction!
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