Chapter 38: Chapter Thirty-Eight: Crisis Suddenly Appears, Encountering Li Tianhe Again!

Just over ten minutes after Su Yu entered the village.

Outside the village, three figures appeared.

One of them was the person who had previously, in the Heavenly Pride Battalion, tipped off Wang Xi.

He was called Wang Jie, a repeater in the Heavenly Pride Battalion, and his ranking on the Heavenly Pride Ranking had reached forty.

Even within the Heavenly Pride Battalion, he would be considered strong, his cultivation having reached the mid-stage of the Blood Refining Realm.

And beside Wang Jie were two people.

One fat, one thin; each of their cultivations had actually reached the peak of the Blood Refining Realm!

Indeed, they were all people prepared by Wang Xi to ambush Su Yu!

Two peak Blood Refining Realm cultivators, even when facing an early Organ Tempering Realm expert, still have the strength to fight!

You should know that, even within the Heavenly Pride Battalion, Organ Tempering Realm prodigies are few and far between!

The two's expressions were cold as they looked at the village before them, their eyes flickering slightly.

"You mean Su Yu entered this village?"

The thin one asked lightly.

Wang Jie nodded and said, "That's right, Su Yu's task is to find the cause of the village's loss of life; if nothing unexpected happens, he has already entered."

The fat one took a deep look at the village and said with a smile.

"This village is not simple!"

He and the thin one exchanged a glance, then the thin one sat cross-legged on the ground and said.

"Let's wait here; this village has only this exit, as soon as Su Yu comes out we will kill him!".

Having said that, the thin one closed his eyes, as if this mission were extremely simple.

The fat one gave a hehe smile, moved his body, and vanished from the spot.

Only Wang Jie stood there, somewhat at a loss.

"Senior, aren't you going in?"

Hearing Wang Jie's words, the thin one didn't even lift his eyelids.

"Why go in? It's a waste of energy; just wait here."

Hearing that, Wang Jie, though somewhat helpless, could only obey because the thin one's strength was truly formidable.

Wang Jie found a spot, sat cross-legged, and began cultivating.

At that moment, it was night, and it was actually quiet.

Inside the village.

Su Yu walked cautiously through the village.

At this moment, the village was deathly silent, as if it had been desolate for decades.

Clearly, people were still living there half a month ago, but they vanished overnight.

In the haze, Su Yu could still smell a faint scent of blood in the air.

"If there's a smell of blood, then it must be either ferocious beasts... or human-made!"

Su Yu's mind raced.

"Near Yun City there aren't any powerful ferocious beasts; at most, they'd be Blood Refining Realm beasts, but such beasts couldn't possibly wipe out a village cleanly under the noses of the Martial Artists Association."

"Moreover, there were no survivors."

"So... it must be human-caused!"

Su Yu's eyes flickered.

"To do something like this under the very nose of the Martial Artists Association, flouting a major taboo, and have such audacity—aside from the Heavenly God Sect, only some major powers could manage it."

Su Yu knew well that although the whole of Daxia revered the Martial Artists Association as supreme, beneath it there still existed some major powers.

Such as the Li Clan Group of Hengcheng.

They were founded by a top-tier Martial Artist, their internal relations are intricate and complicated; furthermore, even if the Martial Artists Association wanted to act against them, they'd have to weigh the consequences.

Therefore, in Su Yu's considerations.

To accomplish all this, aside from the Heavenly God Sect, only those major powers remained.

However, people of those major powers generally abide by the rules; otherwise they couldn't have grown so large.

Actually, in Su Yu's heart, he still leaned toward the Heavenly God Sect being responsible.

After all.... only the Heavenly God Sect could do something so heinous.

Suddenly, Su Yu's ear twitched slightly, as if he had heard some faint sound.

Su Yu's expression hardened, he again restrained his aura, and slowly walked toward the direction the sound came from.

Under the cover of moonlight, plus his black nightclothes, even a peak Blood Refining Realm Martial Artist, if not paying attention, would fail to notice Su Yu.

The closer he walked toward the sound's direction, the more Su Yu could feel a wave, slowly coming.

Su Yu's eyes lit up, he took a deep breath, held it, and then proceeded slowly.

After walking an unknown amount of time, an ancient altar appeared in Su Yu's field of vision.

"What is that?"

Su Yu's pupils contracted sharply, he stared fixedly at the scene before him.

All he saw was that, between the village houses, an ancient altar had actually appeared.

On the altar, several black-clothed figures stood around, chanting in low voices, their hands constantly waving, their faces filled with a frenzied expression.

Around those black-clothed figures stood several more people with powerful auras, each exuding the aura of peak Blood Refining Realm.

Even, on one of those persons, an Organ Tempering Realm aura erupted!

Organ Tempering Realm!

At the moment Su Yu saw this Organ Tempering Realm expert appear, Su Yu understood everything!

An Organ Tempering Realm expert could even become the president of a small city's Martial Artists Association.

Such an expert appearing here would also explain why the Village had no survivors.

After all, a Village mostly consists of ordinary people without weapons; the appearance of an Organ Tempering Realm expert is enough to wipe out everything!

Su Yu's heart kept pounding, as if he had discovered some great secret.

Su Yu continued looking, and saw that in the center of the Altar there was a scarlet liquid, constantly boiling, releasing a terrifying aura, as if some existence was being nurtured within the Altar.

And that scarlet liquid was actually boiling blood!

"What are they doing?"

Su Yu's eyes narrowed.

Although he didn't know what they were doing, Su Yu clearly understood that, given the amount of blood in the Altar, it definitely couldn't be the blood of just a few dozen people.

At least hundreds of people!

Su Yu's heart seemed to stop for a moment.

These people actually used the blood of a Village's inhabitants as a sacrifice!

"How dare they!"

Su Yu's inner self roared, the veins on his hand bulged, and in a moment of carelessness, a wisp of aura leaked out.

"Who's there!"

At the very moment Su Yu's aura leaked, the leading Organ Tempering Realm expert instantly sensed it and let out a sudden shout.

A terrifying pressure bore down on Su Yu.

Endless feelings of danger filled Su Yu's mind.

At that moment, Su Yu also made out the face of that Organ Tempering Realm expert!

And it was none other than Li Tianhe, who had fled from Hengcheng back then!