Ah Hai, who had regained his senses, did not answer immediately. Instead, he looked around and asked, "Where's Mendou?"
"Mendou is dead. He was killed by that evil spirit," Linlong replied.
Hearing Linlong's words, Ah Hai could not help but fall silent. After a while, he said, "Here's what happened. Mendou and I have been waiting for you there. Not long ago, we heard footsteps coming from not far away. Since it was not the unique sound of evil spirits, we thought it was you. We did not expect to find a Level Three Commander when we got out."
After a short pause, Ah Hai continued, "This evil spirit was different from other evil spirits. It seemed to be very intelligent. Its eyes were constantly moving around. At that time, we did not care so much. Once we found out that it was a Level Three Commander that we could not deal with, we immediately turned around and left. We went our separate ways. The evil spirit first chased after me. When it caught up to me, it immediately restrained me. After restraining me, it left. It must have gone after Mendou.
"Soon, it came back. Then, it seemed to have done something to my body. At the same time, it was chanting a strange rune term. After that, I fainted …"
After Ah Hai finished speaking, Linlong told him the reason why the evil spirit had done that.
When he heard that the evil spirit had done that to absorb his soul, Ah Hai's face immediately turned pale.
Then, he asked in surprise, "Then why wasn't my soul absorbed by it?"
Gu Qingyun and Jing Xuan, who were at the side, also pricked up their ears. Jing Xuan's soul was not absorbed because Linlong had arrived in time. However, it was strange that Ah Hai's soul was not absorbed.
"This is most likely because your soul has some special characteristics. The evil spirit cannot absorb and refine it," Linlong answered.
Of course, this was only a guess. However, based on his experience, it was most likely the case.
After Ah Hai recovered a little, they continued forward. Since Luo Jun was not with them, they did not know where the Demon Sect's stronghold was. They could only search step by step.
…
Somewhere in the Hidden Secret Realm, this place was very different from other places. Not only were there some faint candlelight flickering, but there were also people from the Demon Sect walking around.
This was the Demon Sect's stronghold in the Hidden Secret Realm.
There were many tunnels between these caves, and there was a lot of open space around them. It was a place where evil spirits could not easily sneak in and attack, so it became the stronghold of the Demon Gate.
Almost every time, there would be a few teams of people patrolling the surroundings to prevent evil spirits from sneaking in and attacking.
At this moment, two patrol teams happened to meet each other.
"Guo Dong, did you find anything?" one of the patrol team leaders asked the other team leader.
"We didn't find anything. The terrain here is unique. Plus, we've cleared out almost all the evil spirits nearby, so we didn't even find a single evil spirit," Guo Dong answered.
"That's good. I don't want to run into those evil spirits every day," the person who asked the question said again.
After some communication, the two teams brushed past each other.
When the two teams left and no one noticed this place, a black shadow emerged from the side. After carefully observing the surroundings, the black shadow sneaked into the stronghold.
This black shadow's Spiritual Force seemed to be quite strong, so when he was about to be seen by others, he managed to avoid them without any mishaps.
Very quickly, he hid in a very dark corner, as if he really was a black shadow, not moving at all.
In the following period of time, quite a few people passed by him, but he still remained motionless.
In the end, when an elder-like old man passed by him, he suddenly stood out.
The sudden appearance of the black shadow naturally startled the old man, but just as he was about to yell at him, the black shadow suddenly said in a low voice, "Elder Dong, it's me."
"Qinghan?" The old man called Elder Dong couldn't help but ask when he heard the voice.
"That's right." The black shadow nodded and took off his hood, revealing a beautiful face. It was Huo Qinghan.
"Qinghan, why did you come in like this? It'll be troublesome if you're discovered. You should know that the Holy Gate is currently under Elder Yan and Elder Du's control," Elder Dong said worriedly.
"I know that, but I don't have a choice. Time waits for no man, and I can't just wait outside." Huo Qinghan shook her head.
"Qinghan, what do you mean?" Elder Dong asked.
"I want Elder Dong to go find the other people and unite against Elder Yan and Elder Du," Huo Qinghan said seriously.
"Qinghan, it's very dangerous like this. After all, the Holy Gate is completely under Elder Yan and Elder Du's control. If they find out, it'll be dangerous," Elder Dong said.
"Elder Dong, I know, but we have to do this. Otherwise, if Elder Yan and Elder Du continue like this, we won't be able to get the Thousand Demon Fire's soul at all. If we can't deal with Mo Ying, our Holy Gate might disappear forever," Huo Qinghan said worriedly.
Elder Dong looked like he wanted to say something, but he swallowed his words.
"Okay," he nodded.
Then, Huo Qinghan and Elder Dong discussed in detail and picked out some people who were loyal to the sect leader and told Elder Dong to contact them.
After Elder Dong left, Huo Qinghan went to a cave not far from the stronghold to wait for Elder Dong's news.
After waiting there for a while, Huo Qinghan finally saw Elder Dong and the others.
Elder Dong and four other elders hurried over.
"Greetings, Elders." Jing Xuan immediately bowed when she saw the few of them.
"Qinghan, due to time constraints and many people going out, I can only contact a few people temporarily. We'll contact the others later," Elder Dong said.
"Mhm," Jing Xuan nodded.
Just as she was about to discuss what to do next with these elders, they had already inadvertently surrounded her, including Elder Dong.
With Jing Xuan's sharp senses, how could she not feel that something was wrong. She immediately yelled, "What are you doing?"
"Huo Qinghan, you secretly contacted Elder Dong and plotted against the Holy Gate. Luckily, Elder Dong has a righteous heart and wasn't bewitched by you. Otherwise, the Holy Gate might have fallen into your hands. So, we must take you down!" one of the elders yelled.
"We all know each other. You don't have to be so dignified." Huo Qinghan sneered, then looked at Elder Dong and said coldly, "Elder Dong, my father and I trusted you so much. I didn't expect you to be such a despicable and shameless person!"
Elder Dong was indeed Huo Zhengcheng's most trusted person. It was also because of this that Huo Qinghan took such a huge risk to sneak into the stronghold. Who would have thought that she would be betrayed by Elder Dong in the end?
"Qinghan, Elder Yan and Elder Du are the current leaders of the Holy Gate. It's time for you to repent." Elder Dong sighed.
He seemed a little apologetic, but he still stood firmly in a corner, not giving Huo Qinghan any chance to break out.
"Cut the crap. Do it!" The elder who spoke earlier suddenly said.
After saying that, the few of them immediately activated their demonic techniques.
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