Chapter 220: Tracking Down

"How is it?" Xiao Han looked at the rising Yunlei Jingling and asked expectantly.

A cold sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth as Yunlei Jingling opened his eyes, "Running into this Sage, they can consider themselves unlucky."

He estimated that the other party had never imagined that someone would be able to track their movement trajectory, so they had made no attempt at concealment whatsoever; to Thunder Spirit, this was like being given a giant road sign.

"Are you sure it's not a trap?" Xiao Han frowned. He always felt that everything was a bit too smooth; from the time the two began their investigation until now, only five days had passed, which felt somewhat too surreal.

Hearing Xiao Han's question, Thunder Spirit also calmed down, and then he shook his head:

"At the very least, the lingering aura of slaughter and blood is real. I do not believe that in this world, besides that group of beasts, there exists anything else capable of doing such things."

"Then let's go!" Xiao Han breathed a sigh of relief, "Hurry and wipe them out, lest this group of scourges run wild."

Thunder Spirit nodded, arcs of electricity flickering on his body as he flashed toward a certain direction, and Xiao Han followed closely behind.

……

Soul Hall, Tian Dian headquarters.

"Lord Hall Master!" The Vice Hall Master of the Soul Hall bowed respectfully behind a man in grey robes.

"Have those fellows been settled?" Hun Miesheng asked, his expression calm and unruffled.

"Yes, the location is sufficiently hidden; ordinary people could never find that place."

"It's just that..." the Vice Hall Master hesitated, "This subordinate has one thing I do not understand!"

"Speak." Under normal circumstances, Hun Miesheng's temper was relatively mild, and he would answer some trivial questions.

"Why does the clan want to place those people in the Central Plains? If one seeks concealment, wouldn't it be better to place them in the Soul World?"

The Vice Hall Master was very confused. Regarding that group of bloody existences, their level of cruelty was something even he, one of the leaders of the villainous faction, could not bear to look at.

However, since it was for the sake of the clan's grand plan, he endured it.

During this period, the other party slaughtered cities and devoured flesh and blood, while their Soul Hall was responsible for following behind to collect souls, forming an almost perfect cooperation.

But the Vice Hall Master also knew that this Central Plains was not a place where their Soul Hall held absolute dominance. The Pill Tower was fine; as long as things did not get too out of hand or show signs of threatening the Pill Tower's status and safety, those pedantic old fellows generally would not interfere.

However, the other rival was different. Moreover, what worried him most was that their recent actions were taking place in the Southern Region of Central Plains, on the turf of the Langya Pavilion.

Although not much news had leaked out, a city had been slaughtered in silence, and the other party was likely searching for the culprit like madmen.

There was no guarantee they wouldn't use some means to discover their actions. At that time, even if they could distance the Soul Hall from it, the death of those experts would still be a great loss!

Not to mention, once someone discovered the special nature of those fellows and raised their guard, it would be troublesome to act in the future.

"They were originally trash meant to be discarded; of course, we must squeeze out their last bit of value," Hun Miesheng said coldly.

The other party's true value and the experts worth recruiting had long been selected by the clan; the remainder were just a group of fools with muddled minds and only instinctual desires.

If not for the Soul Hall constantly cleaning up after them, they likely would have had their tracks discovered by the Langya Pavilion the moment they first struck, and then been wiped out by gathered experts.

It just so happens that those fellows can still jump around for another month or two; let them make more of a scene to tie up the Langya Pavilion's energy, and their Soul Hall can expand their business a bit more.

Thinking that in the recent period, their Soul Hall's business volume had reached the average level from before the rise of the Langya Pavilion, Hun Miesheng felt somewhat moved.

Moreover, according to the clan's instructions, Lord Xuwu seems to want to verify certain existences, so these fellows will naturally become glorious sacrifices.

"But..." the Vice Hall Master wanted to say something more, but Hun Miesheng raised a hand, and the former immediately stopped, "Yes!"

He bowed and withdrew.

On the other side, Xiao Han looked at the eerie, Evil Qi-filled valley before him, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes, "Finally found these rats."

Although the valley appeared only relatively cold on the surface, this was due to the special terrain and the bones scattered across the mountains and plains.

But Xiao Han still keenly discovered the disharmony within, "A formation?"

Thunder Spirit also knew that Xiao Han was far superior to him in breaking formations, so he simply washed his hands of the matter, "I'll leave it to you."

"Mm." Xiao Han nodded. With a flip of his palm, a palm-sized pitch-black stone disc appeared in his hand. He threw it toward the sky, and instantly, the previously unremarkable stone disc emitted a shimmering radiance.

A giant Formation covering the entire valley slowly descended. Looking closely, the Formation was divided into four layers, which then overlapped and merged into one.

"Very good!" Xiao Han clapped his hands, "Now, no matter how much of a commotion we make, no blind fools will come to disturb us."

"Breaking Delusion!" Closing his eyes slightly, Xiao Han gave a low shout. After opening them again, strange patterns flickered in Xiao Han's eyes.

Instantly, the entire structural Array Pattern of the formation appeared before his eyes.

Observing the seemingly complex Array Pattern, doubt flashed in Xiao Han's eyes.

After a long while, Xiao Han stopped his movements.

Cold Qi permeated his hand, and a special energy light seal gathered in his palm.

Xiao Han revealed a cold sneer and slammed it heavily onto a node. In an instant, the firmament within the valley became covered in cracks like a spiderweb, and then, it suddenly disintegrated.

Xiao Han and Thunder Spirit looked inside, and hundreds of blood-colored figures came into view.

A quarter of an hour ago, inside the valley.

Xueying sat cross-legged on a blue stone, his crimson eyes watching his clansmen who were focused on digesting energy, the corner of his mouth curling into a cruel smile.

Thinking of the days over these years, only these past few months have been the most comfortable!

They once lived in a blood-colored purgatory, fighting and struggling against each other day and night just to survive and develop. Xueying was just one of the leaders, possessing merely the strength of a mere Demon General.

He did not know when such days would come to an end; perhaps he would also be killed and eaten by someone else one day! At the time, he always thought this way; survival was an instinct, and everything was for the sake of survival.

He had also heard that the outside world was a paradise, where there were countless blood-foods available for consumption, but that was just a legend, right!

Finally, one day, the blood-colored firmament that shrouded them cracked open a gap, and they surged out, scrambling to be first.

Recalling the scene at that time, Xueying only felt a sense of relief.

Because his strength was weak back then, he could only fall to the back, never expecting that this would instead save his life.

When breaking through that crack, those Demon Commanders who had charged at the very front above him all exploded and died for unknown reasons.

Just as everyone was trembling with fear, preparing to retreat...

An accident occurred; a group of existences shrouded in black robes appeared before them, the leader's eyes flickering with ghost fire.

"We have no need for trash!" He heard this terrifying whisper at the time.

Fortunately...

At the very least, he is useful.

At that time, the only ones taken away together were a few dozen Demon Generals including him, and some Warriors with relatively strong power.

As for the others...

Naturally, they were destroyed and their traces erased!

The days that followed were much easier, relative to that purgatory.

Although he would be asked to undergo some experiments from time to time, and had to be careful about which day he might not return, wasn't this normal? It was like this from the beginning.

However, just a few months ago, a portion of them received a gift—permission to hunt.

It could be said that life these past few months was absolute heaven!

"Warriors!" Xueying stood up and shouted, drawing the attention of the crowd, looked around, and said in a loud voice:

"We will continue hunting tomorrow, leave none alive!"

A single stone stirred up a thousand waves, and the crowd all revealed fanatical expressions:

"Yes!"

The sound echoed throughout the entire valley.

Just as they were about to continue celebrating, suddenly, they felt the ground shake and the mountains sway.

Everyone looked in terror at the shattering sky above; two breaths later, the blood-colored sky shattered, revealing a dim, mist-shrouded expanse.

And...

Those two figures in the sky above.