Lin Huang tried his best to gather as much information as he could about the Raiders. Zhan Zhuo seemed to have given up on struggling and answered as much as he could.
However, Lin Huang soon discovered that what Zhan Zhuo said did not touch on the core of the Raiders. Obviously, he was limited by his authority and knew only the tip of the iceberg.
He even knew the code names of the four people he had worked with. He knew nothing else.
"Tell me about your operation. Also, why did you attack Zang Tian and Death's Scythe? " Seeing that he could not get any more information about the Raiders, Lin Huang asked about the details of the operation.
"This operation is actually just a probing operation. Killing Zang Tian and attacking Death's Scythe was just a side project.
"This started because someone had been hunting down powerhouses on the Heavenly God Leaderboard. We suspected that the culprit was a transmigrator." Zhan Zhuo glanced at Lin Huang as he spoke. Clearly, he already knew that Lin Huang was the one who had attacked back then.
"In the process of investigating the transmigrator's identity, we found out about Death's Scythe and inadvertently learned that Zang Tian was about to converge. So we thought it was an opportunity to kill many birds with one stone.
"On one hand, killing Zang Tian and strangling him in the cradle is tantamount to stopping Death's Scythe from becoming a seven-star organization. Once Death's Scythe becomes a seven-star organization, many of the operations we had planned to target Death's Scythe would become much more difficult.
"On the other hand, we also found out that you were the one who killed the powerhouses on the Heavenly God Leaderboard. You have a close relationship with Zang Tian. Now that Zang Tian is dead, you have no one to back you up. This is more advantageous for us to attack you.
"Third, weaken Death's Scythe so that Death's Scythe receives less attention. It'll be more beneficial for us to take over Death's Scythe in the future. "
"The fact that you were able to accurately obtain Zang Tian's Dao Integration coordinates must've been leaked by one of the Blood Sickles in Death's Scythe, right? Who's the Blood Sickle that leaked the information to you?! "Lin Huang asked again.
"I don't know. However, I suspect that the leak of the coordinates has something to do with the ravings. It was highly possible that he had done something to one of the Blood Sickles. As for the specifics, I don't know. "
"That's why I anonymously accepted quests in Death's Scythe to kill those on the Heavenly God Leaderboard. You've also learned of my identity through Blood Sickle's authority. " Lin Huang had long suspected that his identity had been exposed, but he didn't expect to get confirmation from Zhan Zhuo.
"Yes, it was only after we found out about your identity that we began to suspect that you are a transmigrator. But it's just a suspicion, not a confirmation. "
"Our original plan was to get rid of Zang Tian first, and then attack you."
"You didn't plan to confirm my identity before attacking me?" Lin Huang was a little surprised.
"There's no need to confirm it." Zhan Zhuo shook his head. "If you really are a transmigrator, we'll kill you directly to eliminate a potential threat. If you're not, then we'll just kill a Heavenly God by mistake. To us, of course, we'd rather kill the wrong person than let him go! "
"You guys really think human life is worthless." Lin Huang could not help but scoff.
"Then, why did you guys want to kill Old Sun?" Lin Huang raised another question.
"I'm not sure what mission Ravings received. Sun Zhan wasn't a threat to us at all. I think Ravings killed him because he was alone, making it easier for them to kill him. Of course, we can't eliminate the possibility that Sun Zhan was a spy set up by Ravings, and they killed him to silence him. "
Zang Tian was furious when he heard this.
Since they were both combat cultivators, he had a good relationship with Sun Zhan, and they often sparred. It could even be said that Sun Zhan was the closest to him among the seven Blood Sickle members.
Sun Zhan's death was actually what bothered Zang Tian the most this time, even more than the fact that he was ambushed.
"According to what you said, your main target this time was actually me. How far have you investigated me, and what do you know? "Lin Huang glanced at Zhan Zhuo, not minding that he was listening at the side.
"We know everything that Death's Scythe's Blood Sickle's authority knows. We know that you have two identities in Death's Scythe — one is Xiu Mu, and the other is Xie Lin. We also know that you're actually a human, and your real name is Lin Huang. You're from an unknown gravel world.
"We suspect that there's a high probability that you're a transmigrator because the speed at which your combat strength is improving is too shocking. Also, the ability that you've displayed is very unusual. However, we didn't have enough evidence to confirm it.
"Even when you chopped off my hand when Zang Tian was undergoing unification, I only thought that you had some trump card left behind by an Almighty. I didn't think that was your true ability.
"I only officially confirmed your identity as a transmigrator when I got the information from you in the ancient palace earlier."
"So, the others still don't know the latest news?" Lin Huang raised his brow when he heard this.
Zhan Zhuo sensed the hidden murderous intent in Lin Huang's words. "Actually, it doesn't matter whether we confirm your identity or not. When we found out about your real identity in Death's Scythe, you were already on the Raiders' must-kill list.
"Whether you're a reincarnator, a transmigrator, a dimension child, the reincarnation of an Almighty, or any other identity, nothing can change the fact that you're already on the must-kill list.
"Since I'm your target and you've already found out about my identity, why don't you attack me directly?" Lin Huang raised his biggest doubt so far.
"We don't know your coordinates. Your mailing address has been completely erased by someone with Blood Sickle authority. Even the delivery information has been deleted. We can't find out who the delivery person is.
"That's why we shifted our target to Zang Tian. We plan to get rid of Zang Tian first and wait for you to show up."
"I'm the one who deleted the mailing address and delivery information." Zang Tian could not help speaking now. "Not long after I elevated to ninth-rank heavenly god-level, a few Blood Sickle members opened up Death's Scythe's Blood Sickle authority to me. Only a few Blood Sickle members know about this."
"I've been deleting your mailing address and delivery information because one of the Blood Sickle members is biased against humans. Not only that, he's expressed his dissatisfaction with you hiding your identity more than once in meetings. I'm afraid he'll cause you trouble, "Zang Tian explained.
"No wonder I have to fill in my address and contact information every time I accept a mission. I've always thought that Death's Scythe deleted the forum automatically to keep it a secret. I thought everyone was like that …" Lin Huang did not expect that to be the case.
Zang Tian's behavior had undoubtedly protected Lin Huang and the Sword Alliance, but it had brought trouble to himself and Death's Scythe.
Lin Huang also realized that Death's Scythe had indeed become his scapegoat.
After Lin Huang had almost asked all the questions he wanted to ask, Zang Tian and Zhan Luo interrogated him one after another.
Zhan Zhuo was aware of his situation and basically said everything he could.
The reason he was so cooperative was actually to fight for a chance of survival for himself.
After Zhan Luo's interrogation ended, he looked at Lin Huang.
"Young friend Lin, can you let us handle Zhan Zhuo? He's from the Combat God Temple after all. The Combat God Temple can compensate you accordingly. "
"It's not that I don't want to hand him over to you alive." Lin Huang looked at Zhan Luo with a serious expression. "If you bring him back to the Combat God Temple alive, it will only bring disaster to the Combat God Temple."
"The Raiders will never allow their members to be captured alive."
"And you just heard that there are at least seven Raiders in this great world. None of them are weaker than him, and some are even stronger. And there's at least one Intermediate Lord. "
Zhan Luo's lips moved, but in the end he did not refute.
He really did not think it through just now. He just felt that Zhan Zhuo was a member of the Combat God Temple and should be dealt with by the Combat God Temple.
Lin Huang's analysis made him break out in a cold sweat.
The trouble that Zhan Zhuo brought was indeed beyond what the Combat God Temple could handle.
Zhan Luo did not know if there were any Intermediate Lords left in this great world, but he knew that the Combat God Temple did not have any.
The Raiders only needed to send one Intermediate Lord, and they could easily slaughter the entire Combat God Temple.
Should he protect the traitor Zhan Zhuo or the Combat God Temple? Zhan Luo quickly came to an answer.
Seeing that Zhan Luo was silent, Lin Huang smiled and looked at Zhan Zhuo.
"You can't kill me …"
Before Zhan Zhuo could finish his sentence, a blood-red sword light had already swept past his neck.
The next moment, the War God Temple's First Lord was beheaded.
A grayish-black light quietly shot out from between Zhan Zhuo's eyebrows and directly entered Lin Huang's body.
However, Zang Tian and Zhan Luo did not notice this at all.
"I won't leave the body for you." Lin Huang's tone did not sound like he was negotiating with Zhan Luo. He directly put Zhan Zhuo's body and head into his storage space. "If the Raiders come looking for you, just say that I killed him and I'll take the body with me."
After taking care of the body, Lin Huang looked at Zhan Zhuo's ancient temple and walked toward it.
Zhan Zhuo was dead, so the ancient temple naturally became ownerless.
But Zhan Luo had no intention of fighting for it. On the one hand, he was indeed no match for Lin Huang. On the other hand, Lin Huang had killed Zhan Zhuo, so it was only right for him to take the spoils.
After subduing the ancient temple, Lin Huang used his Divine Telekinesis to scan the surroundings. After confirming that there was nothing left behind, he pulled Zang Tian and said goodbye to Zhan Luo.
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[Thank you, Student "Overlord the Universe" for your 14,000 reward ~]
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