"Where are you going!" The crowd, thinking Ming Zhi Tian was trying to escape, unleashed several more spells, blasting him flying.
Sand and dust billowed ahead. A vortex formed in the earth, and the quicksand swallowed Ming Zhi Tian, who was sent flying like a broken kite.
The crowd dared not descend, watching helplessly as the prize they almost had slipped away.
Shortly after, several powerful figures arrived: Dong Li Chang, An Tian Mu, and Chui Xu Dong, followed by Empress Xing Chen and Xia Wei.
Empress Xing Chen pushed through the crowd, her gaze sweeping around, constantly searching for someone's trace. "Where is he?"
The onlookers naturally knew whom Empress Xing Chen was referring to. Someone said, "Ming Zhi Tian and the 'Shu Jian Lu' have been swallowed by the quicksand. Even with the combined strength of everyone present, we couldn't even slightly stir the sand."
This was followed by sighs from the crowd: "A pity, such a shame... the 'Shu Jian Lu' buried with him."
Empress Xing Chen was filled with rage. Just as she was about to erupt, two more figures appeared, a man and a woman.
"Look quickly, it's Ming Ya, and Chen Bu Qi! Two great figures from the Suo Hai Wu Ge."
Ming Ya, at the eighth level of the Shen Luo realm, though only at the eighth level, was known by everyone. Due to his bloodline, his true strength was comparable to a cultivation divine emperor like Gu Luo Qi, who was at the ninth level of the Shen Luo realm and possessed the 'Shu Jian Lu'.
As for Chen Bu Qi, despite being only at the sixth level of the Shen Luo realm, he was the same. If they made a move, no one present would survive.
This! was the terror of Suo Hai Wu Ge.
Ming Ya surveyed the surroundings, finding nothing unusual. Chen Bu Qi, however, stared intently at the quicksand vortex, trying to discern any clues from the outside.
Ming Ya said, "Qi'er, did you find anything?"
Chen Bu Qi nodded, then shook his head. "I don't know. I only sensed a connection, as if it's directly beneath the quicksand vortex."
At this moment, an impudent attendant emerged, "Hey, I say, you guys, who are you? If you want to snatch the 'Shu Jian Lu', you have to queue up. There's always a first come, first served, right?"
The crowd looked at the speaker as if he were an idiot. Ming Ya casually waved his hand, and under everyone's gaze, the attendant's entire body vanished into smoke, without a single sound. Just like that, he turned into mist.
"!!"
Terrifying... utterly terrifying.
"The 'Shu Jian Lu'?" Chen Bu Qi asked in confusion. "Can any of you tell us what exactly happened here?"
"Gulp..." No one dared to step forward; they all instinctively took a step back, as if afraid even a gentle breeze might strike them.
"If you don't speak... you all die!" Ming Ya's patience was wearing thin.
A short, stout old man hurried forward to explain, "Reporting to the Pavilion Master of Wu Ge..."
The crowd secretly thought, "As expected."
"There was a conflict here before. A young man was carrying a 'Shu Jian Lu'. We came here only for it. Then this young man was driven into the quicksand vortex by us. That's pretty much the story."
Ming Ya and Chen Bu Qi frowned. "How did the 'Shu Jian Lu' of a cultivation divine emperor fall into the hands of an outsider? Elaborate."
The stout old man did not dare to delay and quickly recounted the entire sequence of events.
...
Ming Ya unleashed a powerful aura, making it difficult for everyone to breathe. "So, you collectively killed my son?"
"What?!"
Chen Bu Qi said, "The Lord and I sensed a familiar bloodline. He is indeed our child. This is why we traveled so far to be here."
At this moment, Sovereign Piao Yan stepped forward. "So, you're still not certain that person is the child you speak of, is that right?"
Chen Bu Qi glanced at Ming Ya, then replied, "Yes... but..."
Sovereign Piao Yan snorted! "To offend people from various families for an unknown brat? They fear your Suo Hai Wu Ge, but our Divine Emperor Sacred Land Sect does not! I am the sect master, and if you intend to make a move against me, thus worsening relations between our lands, then come!"