Shadow Valley was approximately 150 kilometers away from where Ge Nan lived.
The reason this place was called Shadow Valley was that due to the unusual magnetic field, there were dark clouds above the valley all year round. There was no sunlight as if it was hiding in the shadows.
Moreover, due to the unique magnetic field, the area where the valley was located would weaken detection abilities such as Territory. Even imperial-level purple gold-rank powerhouses would have their Territory severely disrupted or even blocked when they were investigating this area from tens of kilometers away.
Shi Qiang purposely chose this place as the gathering point to prevent the participants from escaping if their whereabouts were exposed during the hunting mission.
At approximately 11.20 am, Shi Qiang arrived at the entrance of Shadow Valley ten minutes earlier.
There were already over 40 people gathered at the entrance. Their combat strength ranged from imperial-level black gold-rank to imperial-level yellow gold-rank. Most of them were chatting with people they knew. They greeted Shi Qiang with a smile upon seeing him arrive. After some small talk, someone asked the question that was on his mind right away.
"Brother Qiang, can you tell us the details of this mission?"
"Brother Qiang, is it related to the participants that you're gathering so many people this time?"
Shi Qiang glanced at the people present. More than 50 people whom he had greeted earlier had arrived while 11 of them had yet to show up. Looking at the time, he was not in a rush since there were still ten minutes to the appointed time.
"Don't rush, everyone. I'll tell you the details when everyone's here."
Soon after Shi Qiang arrived, the other ten people arrived one after another.
Among them, two imperial-level white gold-rank powerhouses were the last to arrive. They arrived almost at the appointed time of 11.30 am
However, Shi Qiang frowned when the duo arrived because his best friend, Ge Nan, was not there.
"Old Shi, everyone should be here, right?" A bald man looked at the time and asked while raising his brow. He was one of the two imperial-level white gold-rank powerhouses who arrived last.
"There's one more person who's not here yet …" Shi Qiang shook his head. "But he's the information provider. Let's talk about the details of this mission first."
"Ge Nan was the one who provided the information for this mission. Perhaps some of you know him. He contacted me all of a sudden this morning and said that a team of participants attacked him. He also said that he might not be the only one who was attacked. Based on my investigation, I've indeed lost contact with five imperial-level yellow gold-rank powerhouses around him. They might've been killed by the participants.
"According to the information he provided, there are over 100 participants. The leader is an Imperial Censor with a couple of imperial-level yellow gold-rank summoning beasts … "
"More than a hundred trial-takers gathered together so quickly? It hasn't even been half a day since the Royal Trials started, right? "The bald man questioned. "You believe this kind of nonsense?"
"That's not impossible. After all, the Royal Trials connect to hundreds of worlds, if not thousands. Who knows, this time, it might connect to a great force in a great world that is willing to spend a lot of money to nurture a member of the Royal Family."
"For some major organizations, it's not difficult to get a God-level or True God-level group teleportation tool to teleport to a specific target. Moreover, an Imperial Censor who could control an imperial-level yellow gold-rank imperial monster despite being on immortal-level was definitely considered a top-notch talent among all Imperial Censors. If I were in the upper echelon of this organization, I would also be willing to spend a large sum of money to nurture them. "
A man with triangular eyes next to him gave a different opinion. Just like the bald man, he had imperial-level white gold-rank combat strength.
The man with triangular eyes lifted his head to look at Shi Qiang after voicing his opinion. "But Old Shi, are you sure this Ge Nan who provided the information is trustworthy?"
"Don't worry. He won't lie to me," Shi Qiang said in certainty. He did not even bother to tell the reason why he trusted Ge Nan.
"Since you've said that, I have no more questions," the man with triangular eyes said while spreading his arms open.
"According to what you said earlier, this team of trial-takers is attacking our people continuously. They should be moving all the time, right? How do we find them? "The bald man did not dwell on the previous question. Instead, he raised a new question.
"That's the hunting plan that I'm going to talk about." Shi Qiang nodded. "I've informed some imperial-level yellow gold-ranks in the areas around the people who are being attacked. They'll inform us as soon as they're attacked. Apart from that, the three of us will lead a team each to search the area nearby. As soon as one of the teams finds the target, we must inform the other two teams as soon as possible. The most important thing now is to kill the entire team of trial-takers. Don't think about taking all the credit because we're not sure if the Imperial Censor has other tricks up his sleeves. "
It was almost 11: 50 p.m. after a round of discussion.
Shi Qiang frowned slightly. It had been close to 20 minutes since the promised time, but Ge Nan was still nowhere to be seen.
"That guy called Ge Nan isn't here yet. Is there really a problem?" The bald man could not help but ask after looking at the time.
"He might be delayed. I'll rush him." Shi Qiang took out a communication talisman and called Ge Nan's number. Soon, the call went through.
"Ge Nan, can you come or not?! It's almost 20 minutes past the promised time! "
"I'm sorry, but Ge Nan can't come." A young man's voice came from the other end of the communication talisman. It was clearly not Ge Nan.
"Who are you?!" Shi Qiang was stunned to hear the unfamiliar voice and asked immediately. However, in reality, he already knew the answer as soon as the question left his mouth.
"You must've guessed who I am," the young voice said while smiling.
"Where's Ge Nan? What did you do to him? " Although he had guessed the answer to the question, Shi Qiang still wanted to confirm if the outcome was as bad as he thought.
"I've reactivated his communication talisman. What do you think?" The voice on the other end asked.
Shi Qiang's expression turned extremely terrible upon hearing that.
There were only two possibilities for the communication talisman to be reactivated. One was that the owner of the talisman had erased his own imprint. The other was that the owner of the talisman had died, so the imprint that was left behind had vanished automatically.
Clearly, it was impossible for Ge Nan to erase the imprint on the talisman, so there was only the second possibility.
"Where are you? Do you dare to tell me your coordinates? "Shi Qiang clenched his fists and asked while clenching his teeth.
"I'm in the valley behind you guys. The question now is, do you guys dare to come in?" The young voice asked, "If you don't, I'll go out and look for you guys."
Shi Qiang was stunned for a moment, but he was not provoked. "Come out and look for us then. Don't worry, I won't kill you that easily. I'll crush every single bone in your body and let you die slowly in pain. "
"You don't have to scare me with your kindergarten level of intimidation." The young voice did not sound afraid at all. "But since you asked me to come out and look for you guys, I'll fulfill your wish …"
A silhouette walked out of Shadow Valley's entrance before he was done speaking.
Seeing this person's appearance, everyone present was stunned.
There was only one person who looked less than 20 years old. There was a monster that looked like a saber-toothed tiger with an elephant's trunk next to him.
"Leave three imperial-level white gold-rank powerhouses behind for interrogation. You can kill the rest." The young man patted the elephant's trunk monster's head.
The elephant's trunk monster lifted its trunk high and let out a roar. Circles of ripples spread out at a speed tens of times faster than the speed of sound.
All of the convicts fell to the ground wherever the ripples passed by. Shi Qiang and the other two imperial-level white gold-rank powerhouses were the only ones standing where they were. Their eyes had completely lost focus.
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