Chapter 633: Who Is the Mole

As the black threads appeared, a cold, icy aura permeated the air.

However, when those black threads neared everyone, they instead concealed themselves, and that freezing aura vanished without a trace.

The Spirit Transformation sword cultivators could sense that their bodies seemed to have been clad in a layer of thin gauze.

Seamless as Heaven's Garment, Venerable Tianyi — his Sword Intent was called the Silk Sword Intent by some, and also known as the "Concealment Sword Intent."

The sword strikes forth as silk, then conceals itself.

Spirit Transformation sword cultivators could all possibly be killed by him silently and without a sound.

He is prime material for an assassin.

Now, Venerable Tianyi has condensed silk into garment; it can protect the Spirit Transformation sword cultivators somewhat, and is also a signal.

Once the "Heaven's Garment" is broken, Venerable Tianyi will know, and will attack directly.

If it is not a Demon King breaking it, or him actively breaking it upon discovering a Demon King, but rather some other trivial matter causing this operation to fail, the Spirit Transformation sword cultivators will not get off lightly.

For Myriad Swords Valley to delineate a specific area is already the limit.

It is impossible to expect them to have truly touched the Demon King's doorstep; that is unrealistic.

The gathered cultivators separated once more, this time even more scattered than last time.

Nine Void Refining sword cultivators operated solo; the remaining Spirit Transformation sword cultivators were also in twos and threes, several to a group.

Maximizing search efficiency as much as possible.

Tang Luo, Elder Mo, and Elder Hun together.

Elder Mo barely counted as Tang Luo's old acquaintance — a sword cultivator who liked researching various Sword Intents, possessing the air of a scholar, a researcher.

Elder Hun possessed the Soul Sword Intent, was taciturn, and wore black from head to toe.

"Demon King, Sect Master, what kind of demon do you think the Demon King actually is?" Elder Mo maintained a strong curiosity.

"Unclear, perhaps it's a human." Tang Luo said.

"Human?" Even Elder Hun wore a surprised expression.

"Mm, because back at Mount Shu, I didn't sense any demonic qi." Tang Luo spoke the truth.

Regarding demons, he was very familiar.

That day at Mount Shu, logically speaking, if the Demon King acted, there would more or less be some residual aura left behind.

However, there was only Sword Intent in the deep pit.

It's possible the Demon King's aura was covered by the Sword Intent, also possible they are truly extremely skilled at concealment, and there's also the possibility Tang Luo spoke of.

No demonic qi, so not a demon, but a human.

"That can't be a human either; if the Demon King didn't even have this much concealment ability, they would have been discovered long ago." Elder Mo said, "Even the Divine Lord saw it."

Elder Hun nodded along.

Divine Lord Yue Wushuang is the sky of the Soaring Heaven Sword Gate, an existence whose words become law.

Tang Luo naturally did not blindly worship Yue Wushuang like the two of them, but he also did not refute it.

Whether it's a demon or not, Tang Luo wasn't too sure either; at that time there were many people and mixed gazes, and he didn't call Xiao Tianquan over to sniff everywhere.

Tang Luo didn't care too much about this kind of thing, lacking that kind of urgent mood to pursue the truth.

He was very "Buddha-like," sitting back and watching the show.

It was rather Chi Jing Daoren and the others who were more anxious; a non-sword cultivator rising meteorically had no small impact on them.

Elder Mo was in front, looking around; Elder Hun was in the middle, eyes closed, seemingly listening to the sounds belonging to the divine soul.

Tang Luo brought up the rear.

Suddenly, Elder Hun's footsteps paused, faltering for a moment.

"Any findings?" Elder Mo immediately turned back and asked.

Elder Hun silently shook his head and continued forward.

But Tang Luo saw that where Elder Hun had just paused, beneath his feet was left a secret signal mark — the mark of one of the Four Guardians of the Mie Jian Alliance.

Never expected this upright-looking fellow to actually be a mole!

And he knows his own identity — after all, Tang Luo arrived later and his former status wasn't high; Elder Hun, as an old-timer mole of the Soaring Heaven Sword Gate, knowing his identity is perfectly normal.

"Originally thought it would be Elder Mo." Tang Luo mused inwardly, walked over, and stepped on the secret signal Elder Hun left, wiping it out.

Elder Hun covertly glanced back at Tang Luo, then continued walking forward.

Where his feet had trodden, characters appeared one by one, forming a sentence.

"I have already sent word; the Alliance Lord has made arrangements. Cooperate with me to catch them all in one net."

Before the specifics of how to cooperate could be stepped out by Elder Hun, a sharp Sword Intent suddenly soared in the distance, like a flame burning in the darkness.

Extremely conspicuous.

The "Heaven's Garment" shrouding the three directly shattered.

Signifying that the Demon King had already been discovered.

Elder Hun blanked for a moment; Elder Mo reacted quickly: "Go! Looks like the Demon King's been found!"

Speaking, he transformed into a streak of sword light and flew toward the direction where the Sword Intent soared.

"Don't panic, watch and wait." Elder Hun dropped a line and followed Elder Mo.

"I won't panic, I'm just watching the show." Tang Luo smiled and followed as well.

Before long, the three arrived at the place where the Sword Intent erupted.

They didn't see any Demon King, but rather two Spirit Transformation sword cultivators surrounded by several Void Refining sword cultivators.

These two sword cultivators, one was a Myriad Swords Valley sword cultivator, the other a Hidden Sword Manor sword cultivator.

Tang Luo's group and the other Spirit Transformation sword cultivators arrived almost on each other's heels.

"What happened?"

"Fei Yang, you all..."

A group of Spirit Transformation sword cultivators' expressions darkened, as if they understood what had happened.

"Heh, hidden deep enough indeed." Venerable Tianyi sneered.

The two Venerables of Ten Thousand Swords Valley, Jin and Feng, along with Hidden Sword Manor's Venerable Dikun, wore expressions carrying anger and a trace of grief.

These two were both pillars of their sects; who would have thought they were actually non-sword cultivators!

"This operation wasn't for the Demon King, but for us?" Ten Thousand Swords Valley's non-sword cultivators spoke up.

"Correct." Venerable Tianyi said.

Disciples had indeed sent word that there was movement in the Myriad Demon Domain here, but whether it was the Demon King was actually uncertain.

Ten Thousand Swords Valley's Void Refinement sword cultivators had actually secretly invited several sects' Void Refinement sword cultivators to investigate together.

Among them, Soaring Sword Gate and Shu Mountain Sword Sect were excluded.

It wasn't deliberate exclusion; because Shu Mountain Sword Sect's whereabouts were uncertain, and Soaring Sword Gate's Void Refinement cultivators were all in seclusion.

The investigation yielded no results; Listening Rain Sword Pavilion's Void Refinement sword cultivator simply proposed using this matter to try to ferret out the non-sword cultivators hiding among the seven sects at the Spirit Transformation stage.

Last time's losses were too heavy; Listening Rain Sword Pavilion most urgently wanted to uproot those damn non-sword cultivators.

So they contacted Soaring Sword and Shu Mountain Sword Sect's Void Refinement cultivators.

Long before the sects' Spirit Transformation sect masters and elders received the news, the Void Refinement sword cultivators were already fully aware in their hearts.

After reaching consensus, today's operation came about.

You thought today was a demon-slaying operation? Actually it's "Who's the Undercover"!

Venerable Feng, Venerable Tianyi, Venerable Dikun, and Venerable Huitian, several Void Refinement sword cultivators, joined forces.

They completely monitored this area; every move of the Spirit Transformation sword cultivators would be detected by them.

All Spirit Transformation cultivators were kept in the dark in the valley.

As for why not summon all Spirit Transformation cultivators from the seven sects — that would create too much commotion, too obvious; acting in batches was most suitable.

And on the Void Refinement side, the seven sects' Void Refinement cultivators are existences who know each other's roots and bottoms.

The probability of non-sword cultivators hiding among them is too small, too small.

Can't just do nothing because of suspicion, right?

Even if one really hid among them, it counts as a test and coercion; that Void Refinement cultivator who colluded with the Demon King is only one person.

If they really show any tell, what do the other Void Refinement sword cultivators have to fear?

Even if that person is Jian Chi Yixin or Yue Wushuang, it's the same — of course, Jian Chi Yixin and Yue Wushuang absolutely cannot be non-sword cultivators.

"You, disappoint me greatly." Hidden Sword Manor's Venerable Dikun looked at his sect's Spirit Transformation cultivator.

"Disappoint?" Hidden Sword's Spirit Transformation cultivator laughed wildly, "When you were wiping us out completely, why didn't you feel disappointed?"

"..."

"Ancestral precepts, rules — I'd like to know, why! On what grounds! What did we do wrong! We don't even have the qualification to live!" Ten Thousand Swords Valley's Spirit Transformation cultivator's expression was extremely ferocious.

"No need for more words, surrender obediently."

Venerable Tianyi said, abruptly turning his head to look at Tang Luo, "You're not needed; I said, I'll personally take your head."

The moment his words fell.

A wave of bee-humming sound striking directly at the soul rang out; in an instant, everyone suffered a soul attack.

Several Spirit Transformation sword cultivators' expressions changed; they were already injured.

Beside Tang Luo, Elder Hun's body instantly disintegrated, his soul pulled into a thin thread, actually passing through the impossibly tight encirclement formed by several Void Refinement sword cultivators.

Racing toward the distance.

The sudden change, even the Void Refinement sword cultivators didn't react in time.

"Ran really fast." Tang Luo turned his head to look, tone still relaxed.

Could these two Spirit Transformation cultivators be the other two Guardians of the Destroy Sword Alliance?

The Destroy Sword Alliance's Four Great Guardians exposed just like that?

Or are they actually people of the Shatter Sword Alliance? After all, the Shatter Sword Alliance also has Spirit Transformation cultivators.

And these two's desperate appearance isn't like Elder Hun, who knew the Alliance Master's arrangements.

Tang Luo, as a newcomer, not being trusted that much is normal.

Not to the point of four Guardians, three newly promoted, right?

Judging by Elder Hun's behavior, he seems confident in the Destroy Sword Alliance Master's arrangements, choosing to go all out.

Almost the instant after Elder Hun escaped, Venerable Lieyang's incomparably scorching sword light pursued.

But Elder Hun's soul speed was so fast that even the Void Refinement sword cultivator's sword light couldn't catch up for a time, and there was a possibility of losing track.

In less than a few breaths, an aura emanated from the direction Elder Hun disappeared.

Although it brought no terrifying sense of crisis, once released, it was vast and majestic, instantly sweeping across the entire Myriad Demon Domain — this was a Void Refinement-level aura.

And it was a demon's aura!

The Demon King actually really hid here!

Turn the tables!

The moment the Demon King's aura appeared, the originally fairly calm Myriad Demon Domain instantly boiled.

Large numbers of demon beasts and demons let out heaven-shaking roars.

The earth shook and mountains swayed; a tide-like horde of demon beasts surged this way, including the sky, where large numbers of avian demon beasts appeared, a black mass pressing over.

Among them were even no few Nascent Soul-level demons.

Worthy of the Myriad Demon Domain where human sword cultivators rarely set foot; the demons' power is staggering.

One Demon King, plus so many demon beasts and demons.

The situation was absolutely not optimistic.

"Kill the Demon King first!"

The two Venerables Jin and Feng, the Spirit Might Venerable of the Shu Mountain Sword Sect, as well as the Soaring Clouds Venerable of the Star Sword Sect and the Earth Kun Venerable of the Hidden Sword Manor, flew toward the Demon King's location.

Adding the previous Blazing Sun Venerable.

Six Void Refinement cultivators, battling the Demon King!

The remaining three Void Refinement cultivators, two watching over two captives — they still had great use, incidentally providing a bit of protection for the Spirit Transformation sword cultivators.

In such a terrifying beast tide, even Spirit Transformation sword cultivators were extremely likely to perish.

And the Heavenly Garment Venerable, looking at Tang Luo: "How long can you survive under my hands?"

Black fine threads spread out from his body, just like the black cracks seen that day.

The words had just fallen when a fist enlarged before his eyes.

So fast that the Heavenly Garment Venerable didn't even have time to "draw his sword."

Taking a punch squarely in the face, the Heavenly Garment Venerable felt as if he had been struck by a mountain peak.

After the intense pain came numbness.

The other two Void Refinement sword cultivators preparing to deal with the beast tide instinctively turned their heads.

They saw the Heavenly Blessing Venerable's body lean back and fall down.

Several blood-stained teeth flew up in midair.

The fresh blood spraying from his mouth and nose formed a perfect arc.

"Trash." Tang Luo punched the Heavenly Garment Venerable half to death, looking at the remaining sword cultivators, "Since you know my undercover identity, there's no helping it."