Chapter 561

The Eight Desolations Wang Envoy Ju Zhang watched helplessly as nine of the eleven Eighth Tier experts under his command disappeared on the spot within a short span of six or seven breaths.

Those whose auras disappeared were most likely killed by the Seven Killings successor.

And within these six or seven breaths, the Eight Desolations Wang Envoy Ju Zhang and the Blood God Sect Master had only chased out a little over two hundred miles.

A fraction of the six thousand miles.

Envoy Ju Zhang's heart was almost bleeding.

This loss was too great.

He governed the Eight Desolations Continent, took out various resources to cultivate Eighth Tier experts of various clans, continuously opened Limit-Breaking Secret Realms through his father, applied for support from the Ancestral Realm, and his family also gave great assistance.

Only then did he get the total number of Eighth Tier experts in the Eight Desolations Royal Court to over sixty.

This also gave him the confidence to go to war with the current human race.

But he didn't expect that, shortly before the war, in order to hunt down this Seven Killings successor, the Eighth Tier experts would first lose fifteen members.

A quarter of his combat power!

How could the Eight Desolations Wang Envoy Ju Zhang not feel heartbroken?

Therefore, when he locked onto Xu Jin's aura through the authority of heaven and earth and saw that two Eighth Tier experts had actually luckily escaped under the Seven Killings successor's surprise attack.

The moment he saw this scene, he was quite excited, and his heart hung in the air.

He was afraid that these two Eighth Tier clansmen wouldn't be able to escape.

Seeing them escape far away and the Seven Killings successor not chasing after them, Envoy Ju Zhang truly let out a long sigh of relief, and his mood felt much more comfortable.

However, in just four or five breaths, the Seven Killings successor's aura fluctuated violently and disappeared on the spot, also disappearing from the position locked by his authority of heaven and earth.

He used a spatial shifting star technique; it was too fast to track.

But at this very moment, the Eight Desolations Wang Envoy Ju Zhang suddenly realized something.

Damn it, a mole!

The damn mole, he found it!

That damn mole must be these two clansmen who escaped from the Seven Killings successor's hands.

It was very simple; the Seven Killings successor had spatial star techniques in hand. Even if he let these two Eighth Tier clansmen escape for a quarter of an hour, he could easily catch up.

He killed nine Eighth Tier experts; killing two more early-stage Eighth Tier experts was just a matter of convenience for the Seven Killings successor.

Why didn't the Seven Killings successor kill them?

Also, among the five people killed in the first team, one escaped; now he had found the reason.

In an instant, the Eight Desolations Wang Envoy Ju Zhang's heart felt like it was tightly gripped by an invisible giant hand, hurting so much he couldn't breathe!

Those two were auras of the Golden Pillar Holy Clan.

They were his blood clansmen!

Clansmen like brothers!

Why did they betray him!

Why did they harm him!

At this moment, Envoy Ju Zhang wished he could tear those two traitors into pieces with his own hands.

Ruining his great plan!

Almost destroying the future of his Eight Desolations Continent!

Hateful!

Angry!

Deserving of death!

"Your Highness Envoy Ju Zhang, what's wrong?" The Blood God Sect Master on the side had already discovered the changes in Envoy Ju Zhang's aura and emotions, because Envoy Ju Zhang had even slowed down his speed.

"Lost him."

Envoy Ju Zhang forcibly suppressed the depression in his heart.

Family shame should not be spread abroad.

In front of outsiders, he had to save some face for himself.

The sensing opportunities were used up, and this tracking had also ended.

"Sect Master Yu, I will have to trouble you once more in seven days. The heavenly treasures promised to you earlier will be delivered in full," Envoy Ju Zhang said with a slightly helpless expression.

Originally, giving these heavenly treasures would have caused complications, but now it seemed they had to be given.

"Easy to say. As long as Your Highness has an order, I will definitely serve Your Highness to the death."

Although he knew he wouldn't, hearing these words was still very comfortable.

A few breaths later, Envoy Ju Zhang and the Blood God Sect Master separated.

The Blood God Sect Master went to join the eight Eighth Tier experts of the Blood God Sect; he was also afraid that the Eighth Tier experts under his command would be killed again by this peerless human genius.

Envoy Ju Zhang also began to summon the other Eighth Tier experts under his command.

A quarter of an hour later, after the Blood God Sect Master joined the Eighth Tier experts under his command, he returned to Blood Moon City.

A few breaths later, Xu Jin received a message from his teacher, Qi Shanye.

He said that the Blood God Sect Master had returned to Blood Moon City, but the Eight Desolations Wang Envoy Ju Zhang was nowhere to be seen.

Previously, Qi Shanye sent a message to Xu Jin saying that the Blood God Sect Master and Envoy Ju Zhang flew out of Blood Moon City together and rushed toward his direction.

This scared Xu Jin quite a bit.

After pulling out all the Sumeru spaces, he immediately performed spatial shifting several times and then flew at high speed in one direction.

For an angry Ninth Tier expert, no amount of caution was too much.

Hearing that the Blood God Sect Master had returned, Xu Jin breathed a slight sigh of relief.

If he was only caught up by one Ninth Tier expert, he could still escape.

Another quarter of an hour later, Xu Jin received a starlight message from Ju Qi, saying that the elders in their clan had summoned them, and he had already seen the Eight Desolations Wang Envoy Ju Zhang.

Another half quarter of an hour later, Ju Man sent a message saying that the Great Wang Envoy Ju Zhang had already begun to take them back, as if the mission had ended, but the Great King's mood was very bad, scaring everyone so much that they didn't dare to breathe!

Receiving these messages, Xu Jin finally breathed a complete sigh of relief.

Envoy Ju Zhang leading the team back meant that this third hunt had ended.

But the reason for the end was definitely not because of the heavy losses.

Nine Eighth Tier experts were killed by Xu Jin's counterattack, which was very heavy, but the main force dealing with Xu Jin—the two Ninth Tier experts—didn't suffer much loss.

In other words, Envoy Ju Zhang ending this hunt should have other important factors.

However, Xu Jin didn't know this important factor yet.

Although he seemed safe for the time being, Xu Jin didn't dare to take it lightly. After finding a place to stay, he continuously used Heaven-Man Sensing and the Eye of Oversight to ensure safety before pulling himself into a deep sleep with Wen Meng.

He needed to sleep to recover.

The intensity of continuous combat, especially fighting against Ninth Tier experts, was too high.

Of course, even in sleep, Xu Jin determined his safety status every quarter of an hour; he didn't dare to sleep continuously.

Wait until he recovered his state, then count the harvest of this wave.

It should be quite a lot.

On the way back to the Eight Desolations Royal Court, the Eight Desolations Wang Envoy Ju Zhang's gaze occasionally swept over Ju Qi and Ju Man, sharp as a knife.

He wished he could skin these two guys and break their horns right now.

But this was family shame and had to be covered up.

Otherwise, the prestige and influence of the Golden Pillar Holy Clan in the Eight Desolations Clan would likely decline because of this!

Just like that, he endured it.

Until they reached the Eight Desolations Royal Court, the Eight Desolations Wang Envoy Ju Zhang went straight back into the Heaven-Reaching Golden Pillar, but Elders Ju Chang and Ju Song came before Ju Qi and Ju Man.

"The two of you, come with us."

Ju Qi and Ju Man originally thought they had muddled through the Eight Desolations Wang Envoy Ju Zhang. Now that they were back in the Eight Desolations Royal Court, they had just breathed a sigh of relief, and their hanging hearts had just relaxed, only to hang again.

They weren't worried at first, but the moment the two elders brought them into the Heaven-Reaching Golden Pillar, they panicked!

The moment they stepped into the Heaven-Reaching Golden Pillar, they were greeted by two golden lights.

The golden light directly whipped them until they flew up, whipping them until blood sprayed from the corners of their mouths!

"You two cowards! The glory of the Holy Ancestor has been lost by you!"

Ju Qi and Ju Man were scared out of their wits; they didn't expect to be exposed just like that.

But there was nothing they could do.

Whether it was the Eight Desolations Wang Envoy Ju Zhang or the human expert who controlled them, they were helpless!

They could only say that fate was teasing them.

After beating Ju Qi and Ju Man up, the Eight Desolations Wang Envoy Ju Zhang vented his anger and then began to interrogate them.

Upon interrogation, he was greatly shocked.

The strange events in the Limit-Breaking Secret Realm were thus revealed.

What made Envoy Ju Zhang's heart tremble was that the moles controlled by the Seven Killings successor were actually these two, plus another Eighth Tier expert. No, two more Eighth Tier experts!

There was one Seventh Tier Ninth Layer peak expert who had already broken through yesterday!

A full sixteen were controlled, and four of them were Eighth Tier!

Envoy Ju Zhang, who originally wanted to kill them all to end it, hesitated.

This would mean losing four more Eighth Tier experts.

Helpless, Envoy Ju Zhang asked Ju Qi and other clansmen to completely open their Primordial Spirits, wanting to see if there was any possibility of lifting the control.

A group of people studied for a long time to no avail.

There was no possibility of lifting the Primordial Spirit control.

Killing them was the optimal solution!

Otherwise, keeping them would eventually be a disaster.

"Great King, why not keep them?" Envoy Ju Zhang had just made up his mind and was preparing to take ruthless action to remove the hidden danger, but Elder Ju Chang spoke up to plead for mercy.

This made Envoy Ju Zhang's expression cold. "Keep them for what? To report to that Seven Killings successor and continue to ruin my great cause?"

"Great King, they are moles absolutely controlled by that Seven Killings successor.

The previous battle also proved that this Seven Killings successor still trusts them deeply.

Great King, what if we use this point in reverse?" Ju Chang said.

Envoy Ju Zhang was also extremely intelligent and immediately understood Ju Chang's meaning.

"Use their own strategy against them! If that's the case, using them in the fourth surprise attack would allow us to surround this Seven Killings successor!

This Seven Killings successor is only slippery in his movement techniques. As long as he is surrounded by me and the Blood God Sect Master, he will surely die!" Envoy Ju Zhang laughed.

The gloomy expression was swept away in an instant.

Hope!

He had already seen the hope of success.

"That's right, exactly!

Not only that, when the time comes, Great King, as long as you behead the Seven Killings successor, once he dies, the Primordial Spirit imprints within them will naturally dissipate.

At that time, these controlled people can regain their freedom and can also serve the Great King again, making up for their crimes with meritorious service, and the Great King can also have a few more helpers," Elder Ju Chang laughed.

Hearing this, Ju Chang was even happier.

In this way, it could be called the best of both worlds.

In the next instant, Envoy Ju Zhang's eyes widened, and his gaze fixed on Ju Qi and Ju Man. "The two of you, are you willing to cooperate in executing this great plan? Are you willing to make up for your crimes with meritorious service?"

"We are willing, we are willing!" Ju Qi and Ju Man touched their heads to the ground and agreed readily.

If there was a chance to live, who would want to die?

Subsequently, Ju Man stood up and said, "Great King, the main thing is that this Seven Killings successor is cunning. When the time comes, he might verify the truth of the news with other clansmen he controls. If we don't handle it well, we will be exposed."

Envoy Ju Zhang frowned and looked at Elder Ju Chang.

"Great King, this is simple!

Concentrate and control the remaining fourteen people. I believe that as long as the Great King is willing to give them a chance to make up for their crimes with meritorious service, they will all be willing to serve the Great King.

Previously, their Primordial Spirits were also controlled, and they couldn't help themselves.

When the fourth encirclement comes, let them cooperate with each other to gain the trust of that Seven Killings successor.

The Great King will surely succeed!" Ju Chang laughed.

"Good, let's do it this way. Do it now. Control these people first to avoid leaking the news," the Eight Desolations Wang Envoy Ju Zhang said happily.

This brilliant plan solved his biggest problem at the moment.

Ju Qi and Ju Man felt as if they had been granted amnesty.

They finally survived.

Next, in order to avoid being discovered by the Seven Killings successor that they had committed an act of betrayal, the sixteen of them would inevitably have to join hands to deceive the Seven Killings successor.

By doing this, they were firstly making up for their crimes with meritorious service.

Secondly, it was also to save their lives.

Because if the Seven Killings successor discovered the problem, he could directly detonate their Primordial Spirits remotely.

They had to be careful and then careful.

"Great King, this old minister has another suggestion." Elder Ju Song, who had been silent and had half-white hair and beard, spoke up.

"Clan Elder, please speak."

"Great King, this incident has sounded an alarm for us.

Neither in our Golden Pillar Holy Clan nor in the Ancient Eight Desolations City do we have the tradition of controlling subordinates with Primordial Spirit imprints.

But the current human race has it, and the Blood God Sect also has it.

Great King, this old minister suggests that the Great King conduct a comprehensive screening of the mid-to-high-level officers of our Eight Desolations Royal Court in the near future, especially those who have experience going out.

However, it is best to screen them separately one by one.

Screen for spies!

Regardless of whether this spy comes from the current human race or the Blood God Sect!" Ju Song said.

As soon as these words were spoken, Envoy Ju Zhang was instantly awestruck.

"Clan Elder, this is the advice of a seasoned statesman. Envoy Ju Zhang thanks the Clan Elder for the reminder. Now, I will arrange for people to start secret screening one by one." After continuous setbacks, the Eight Desolations Wang Envoy Ju Zhang was now very receptive to advice.

"Great King is wise."

Don't say it, he didn't know until he checked, and he was shocked when he did.

In a secret inspection, no problems were found among the Eighth Tier experts of the Eight Desolations Royal Court.

But among the Seventh Tier elites, two elites whose Primordial Spirits were controlled by the Blood God Sect were found.

He originally thought there were only two.

But he didn't expect that, under interrogation and following the clues, more than two hundred controlled Eight Desolations clansmen of the Sixth, Fifth, and even Fourth Tier were found.

However, these controlled Eight Desolations clansmen had not caused much harm yet.

Some had not transmitted any information at all.

But they were hidden dangers after all.

While Envoy Ju Zhang was shocked, he began to clear the internal hidden dangers one by one.

Counting it up, it could be considered a blessing in disguise!

Inside Blood Moon City.

The Blood God Sect Master and Left Protector Fan Kai, whose cultivation base had just recovered to the Eighth Tier, sat opposite each other, both looking quite heavy.

"Sect Master, the power of the Eight Desolations Royal Court is weakened, which is a good thing, but for our Blood God Sect, it might also be a bad thing," Left Protector Fan Kai said.

"How so?"

"Sect Master, the power of the Eight Desolations Royal Court is weakened, and the Sect Master currently has an Eighth Tier star domain under your command that is continuously inputting power.

Once the war starts, the Eight Desolations Royal Court might deliberately weaken our power.

I suggest that the Sect Master should find strong reinforcements as soon as possible!

It is best to summon a Ninth Tier strong reinforcement who can suppress the Eight Desolations Wang Envoy Ju Zhang after joining forces!

Only then can we gain strategic and tactical autonomy in the upcoming great battle and not be used as cannon fodder.

I wonder if the Vice Sect Master has broken through to the Ninth Tier?" Left Protector Fan Kai said.

"I can't contact him; what can I do?" The Blood God Sect Master sighed. "However, there are strong reinforcements. I will contact one now."

A few breaths later, the Blood God Sect Master took out the Mandarin Duck Seal and sent a message: 【The situation here is already not looking good. You must speed up; otherwise, I'm afraid there will be no place for you to stand when you come.】

【How fast do you need me to be?】

【The faster, the better.】

【Then prepare yourself; I will descend in four days.】

【Good.】

With this major matter settled, the Blood God Sect Master's expression relaxed, and he directly handed over several cultivation items. "You should speed up your cultivation recovery; this pile of sect affairs cannot do without you."

"Sect Master, rest assured, I will definitely recover my cultivation base in the shortest possible time.

However, before recovering, I plan to stay in the Eighth Tier star domain," Left Protector Fan Kai said.

"Why?"

"Protector Lin is a warning!"

The Blood God Sect Master was stunned at first, then slowly nodded in agreement.

(End of chapter)