Chapter 651: Clues

"Ancestor!"

Not long after the Crystal Ball shattered, a figure appeared before the old man.

"How is the investigation into the matter of the Eternal Ancient Tree going?" the old man asked.

"This... up to now, there is still no valuable information." There was a hint of frustration in the figure's tone.

"No valuable information at all? How can this be?"

"There were no omens regarding the promotion of the Elf Ancient Tree. It was only discovered by people from the Fire Dragon Mercenary Group, who were conducting a commission in the Morning Light Forest at the time, that the situation of the Elf Ancient Tree's promotion became known to others," the figure replied. "Moreover, the Elf Ancient Tree's promotion speed was simply too fast. According to our estimates, it only took ten days. As for what the Elf race did before this, we have absolutely no way of knowing."

"Is there really no one who can find useful information from the Elf race?"

"We used special methods to question some half-elves, but they have no intelligence on this matter either. As for the Morning Light Forest, it is protected by a massive Magic Array; our people simply cannot get in."

"A fine Elf race, to think they have hidden so deeply." The old man slapped the stone in front of him, shattering it. "Forget it, put the matter of the Elf race aside for now. I have a more important task for you to handle!"

"Please give your orders, Ancestor."

"Go and investigate the news regarding the Six Great Holy Swords for me."

"The Six Great Holy Swords?" The figure was stunned. "The Six Great Holy Swords have been missing for a very long time!"

"No, something has happened! I remember that back then, the Light Holy Sword, one of the Six Sacred Swords, fell into the hands of the Light Church. Something has definitely gone wrong with that sword now!" The old man's body trembled violently. "Someone destroyed a portion of the soul power I left on the Light Holy Sword, and even the soul power I just split off using a secret technique was annihilated."

"What?" Hearing the old man's words, the figure could not help but stand up.

Although there was not a ray of light in the entire cave, one could still imagine the look of astonishment on his face from his tone.

"Therefore, I want you to find out exactly what happened to the Light Holy Sword in the shortest time possible!" the old man said.

"Yes, Ancestor." The figure nodded, then vanished from the spot.

"There is still some time before I succeed. No matter who dares to block my path, I will destroy them completely. Hmph, even if you destroyed that wisp of soul power I separated, my final move, the Soul Destruction Wave, is definitely not to be trifled with. Even if you are the disciple of that little Light brat, under this move of mine, you will be crippled if not dead! So what if you have mastered the Great Prophecy? I am hidden in this place; even if the God of Light calculates it personally, he may not be able to find my location. When I succeed, you will be the first one I kill!"

In the Holy Church.

Lingyun put away the faint aura in his hand and used Source Power to carefully nurture it. After all, this wisp of aura was far too weak; if used to calculate that person's hidden location, it might disappear completely before the calculation was finished. Lingyun's Source Power possessed various miraculous effects, which could just happen to strengthen this wisp of aura without any side effects.

Just at this moment, the space in front of Lingyun shattered violently, and the middle-aged man and Angduo stepped out from the Void. The statue of the God of Light, which had originally stood in the center of the great hall, also quietly emerged.

"What happened to you?" Looking at Angduo, who was being supported by the middle-aged man, Lingyun could not help but ask.

After all, Angduo's condition did not look good at all; his face was pale and his spirit was listless, as if he had suffered a heavy blow.

"What happened to you two?" Looking at the pale Angduo, Lingyun could not help but frown slightly.

"We were careless and fell for the opponent's underhanded trick," the middle-aged man said with a bitter smile.

"An underhanded trick? Could it be a soul attack?" Lingyun asked.

Hearing Lingyun's words, the two could not help but show a hint of astonishment on their faces: "That's right. When that giant beast was finally purified by the power of the God of Light, it erupted with a powerful soul attack. If it weren't for the fact that high-ranking members of the Light Church wear magic items capable of defending against soul attacks after my teacher passed away, we might both have been done for. But how did you know about this?"

"Because I encountered such an attack as well!" Lingyun said indifferently.

"What, you also encountered a soul attack?" Hearing Lingyun's words, the middle-aged man's expression changed slightly, but when he looked at Lingyun, a strange look appeared on his face. "But looking at you, it doesn't seem like you were affected by a soul attack?"

"If I couldn't even handle this little bit of soul attack, then my years of cultivation would have been in vain," Lingyun said, rolling his eyes.

Hearing Lingyun's words, the two present were speechless. But they recalled one thing: the Lord of the Demon World was also skilled in soul attack methods. Such methods were impossible to guard against, and countless experts had fallen to such attacks. However, in the records, they had never seen such attacks have any effect on members of the Lingyun Mercenary Group. It stood to reason that the Lingyun Mercenary Group must possess their own unique power capable of restraining various soul attacks. However, this method must be highly classified; even they had never thought of trying to learn this secret technique from Lingyun.

The middle-aged man looked at the Light Holy Sword that Lingyun had stuck into the ground, a hint of emotion in his tone: "To think that Teacher used so many methods just to hide this Holy Sword."

"Teacher, do you know what secret is hidden within the Holy Sword that would make the Grandmaster so cautious?" Angduo coughed lightly and asked.

"As for that, I didn't know before, but now I have a guess," the middle-aged man said, looking at the Light Holy Sword. "Mr. Lingyun, I would like to ask, is the Demon Qi of the Lord of the Demon World sealed within these six holy swords?"

"The Demon Qi of the Lord of the Demon World is sealed within the holy swords?" Hearing this, even Angduo's expression changed slightly.

"That's right. Back then, although the Lingyun Mercenary Group completely killed the Lord of the Demon World, they were unable to destroy the body of the Lord of the Demon World for certain reasons. They could only use the six holy swords to set up a seal, separating the Demon Qi from the demon body, while borrowing the power of the Demon Qi to operate an Array, intending to completely destroy the body of the Lord of the Demon World. Unexpectedly, man proposes but God disposes; someone secretly destroyed the Array and stole the body of the Lord of the Demon World," Lingyun said.

"So, the person who stole the body of the Lord of the Demon World is the same person who killed my teacher?" The middle-aged man's eyes were full of killing intent.

"If we follow this deduction, that is indeed correct," Lingyun nodded and said.

"The most important thing now is that we must first find the six holy swords. With the six holy swords in hand, even if the person in the shadows possesses the body of the Lord of the Demon World, I have a way to make him vanish into thin air," Lingyun said.

"That's right, but how should we search for the traces of the six holy swords?"

"I have already found four of the six holy swords. Now only the Holy Sword of Earth and the Water Holy Sword remain. I will need your help with this matter when the time comes," Lingyun said.

"For such a matter, Qiming will not shirk his duty!" The middle-aged man nodded heavily.