659: Chapter 659 I killed everyone!

Suddenly...

Under the porch, that person covered in blood and dressed in rags—who could it be but Botadono Nyuyie?

Bai Canghe's pupils constricted violently, and his expression changed instantly.

He rushed forward in three steps and caught the swaying Botadono Nyuyie, his face filled with shock.

"Sect Master Botadono! What happened to you? What's going on? Weren't you all going to kill Ye Chen?"

He was beyond shocked.

Over two thousand people had set out with great fanfare, even led by an expert in the Early Nascent Soul Stage. Yet, the only one to return was a blood-soaked Botadono Nyuyie?

This scene... was simply inconceivable!

Botadono Nyuyie slowly raised his head, looking at Bai Canghe's shock-filled face, and spoke with hollow eyes: "They're all dead."

Bai Canghe's mind buzzed, going completely blank.

All dead?

What did that mean?

He subconsciously swallowed hard.

"Don't tell me..."

"Ye Chen killed all your people... and all the people we sent to assist?"

You've got to be joking!

Two thousand elites, the combined forces of the One Clan, Three Sects, Five Gates, and Nine Great Forces—without the use of missiles or nukes, they could practically sweep across the entire Dragon Country.

But how long had it been?

All dead?

Just what kind of monster was that Ye Chen?

Countless thoughts flashed through Bai Canghe's mind, each one sending a chill down his spine.

However...

Botadono Nyuyie shook his head.

"It wasn't Ye Chen who killed them..."

Bai Canghe froze.

Not Ye Chen?

Then who else could it be?

Outside the Kunlun Ruins, who else could kill two thousand elites from the Nine Great Forces in one fell swoop?

Before he could ask, Botadono Nyuyie already gave the answer.

"I killed them."

Bai Canghe: "???"

His eyes widened, looking at Botadono Nyuyie as if looking at a madman.

Behind him, the core members of the Bai family also gaped, their expressions quite a sight.

Wait...

They hadn't misheard! They weren't deaf! They hadn't gone crazy, had they?

The culprit who killed over two thousand people was Botadono Nyuyie, the Sect Master of Emperors Gate?

Good God!

Weren't those Botadono Nyuyie's own elites, the foundation of Emperors Gate?

Had he lost his mind???

"W-what did you say?"

Bai Canghe doubted his own ears. "You killed them? You killed your own people?"

His mind was a bit of a mess.

If Botadono Nyuyie hadn't said it himself, he would never have believed it!!!

Botadono Nyuyie closed his eyes.

The muscles on his blood-stained face twitched violently.

"It's not that I wanted it this way, it was that Shui Shui..."

"She controlled them!"

"They started going crazy, and they forced me to go crazy too!!!"

"They chased me!"

"They wanted to kill me! They wanted to snatch the bronze key that I don't even have!"

"If I didn't kill them, they were going to kill me..."

"I had no choice! I really had no choice!!!"

Bai Canghe's mind was a complete jumble.

Shui Shui?

Control?

Key?

What was all this?

He took a deep breath, forcing down the shock and confusion in his heart, and asked in a low voice.

"Sect Master Botadono, speak slowly. What exactly happened?"

Botadono Nyuyie recounted the events in detail, his face full of terror.

Then...

He roared in a breakdown: "She's not human! She's a demon! A devil!"

After saying that...

His body swayed, then tilted, and he collapsed directly onto the ground.

At this point...

The entire Bai family fell into a state of bewilderment!

They also came to understand the cause and effect.

A girl named Shui Shui had controlled those two thousand-plus people.

Which led...

To the current situation.

But the problem was...

No matter how terrifying a person's Mental Power was, it shouldn't be that heaven-defying—to directly control over two thousand people.

Most importantly...

According to Botadono Nyuyie, he had run a long way, and those controlled people were still being controlled.

This was even more unbelievable!!!

Bai Canghe took several deep breaths before calming down: "Immediately! At once! Dispatch a team to infiltrate the Dragon Group's territory and investigate that girl named Shui Shui!"

"Yes!"

The surrounding core members responded in unison upon hearing the command.

Bai Canghe looked toward the distant snow-capped mountains with a solemn expression, his face gradually darkening.

If what Botadono Nyuyie said was true, then the enemy they were facing was likely far more terrifying than imagined!

They had to be prepared.

But the strange thing was...

Ever since Botadono Nyuyie fled back to the Bai family, that girl named Shui Shui seemed to have vanished into thin air.

No one knew where she was.

In a flash, seven days passed.

As time went on, Bai Canghe had no choice but to convene an emergency meeting of the Nine Great Forces.

Of course.

This time, Emperors Gate was missing from the attendees.

...

In the Bai family's discussion hall.

The atmosphere was oppressively suffocating.

Bai Canghe sat in the primary seat at the head of the hall, his face as dark as water.

On either side below him sat the representatives of the other forces, scattered thinly.

Only the seat for Emperors Gate remained empty.

"Everyone!"

Bai Canghe was the first to break the silence. "I'm sure you've all heard about what happened seven days ago."

No one responded.

In fact, everyone present had received the news the very day Botadono Nyuyie fled back to the Bai family.

Two thousand elites, completely wiped out.

Not a single survivor.

And the one who killed them was actually the Sect Master of Emperors Gate, Botadono Nyuyie, who was leading the team.

This news was like a nuclear bomb, causing an uproar among the major forces in the Kunlun Ruins.

For seven days, all sorts of speculations, rumors, and conspiracy theories had been flying around, but no one could provide a convincing explanation.

"Head of the Bai Family."

The representative of the Hehuan Sect set down her teacup and gave a charming laugh. "You don't really believe Botadono Nyuyie's nonsense, do you?"

Bai Canghe looked at her: "What do you mean?"

The Hehuan Sect representative sneered.

"What do I mean? I mean..."

"This whole 'Shui Shui' thing, being controlled, having no choice—it's all bullshit!"

"If you ask me, Botadono Nyuyie must have practiced some heaven-defying demonic art!"

"To achieve great success, he killed everyone and then made up this ridiculous story to fool us!"

It was simply laughable.

If such a powerful woman really existed in the world, how could they not know about it?

Even if we set that aside.

It wasn't the first time the Sect Master of Emperors Gate had betrayed his own. He had even killed his own father-in-law once.

That's right.

Emperors Gate wasn't always called Emperors Gate; it used to be called the Hidden Sect.

But later...

The Sect Master of the Hidden Sect took in a son-in-law, which turned out to be Botadono Nyuyie. This guy had wolfish ambitions; he directly killed his father-in-law, humiliated his mother-in-law, and even gave his wife to his subordinates as a reward.

He clearly had a serious criminal record!

A man like that would stop at nothing to achieve his goals!

"That makes sense."

The elder from the Tianyi Sect stroked his beard and nodded slowly. "Two thousand elites—even if they stood still and let him kill them, it would take half a day. How could he possibly kill everyone alone? Unless those people didn't resist at all!"

"But Botadono Nyuyie said those people were controlled by a woman named Shui Shui," the Ghost Sect representative interjected.

"Shui Shui?"

The Hehuan Sect representative scoffed.

"Have any of you seen this woman? Has anyone heard this name? A Mental Power expert who can control over two thousand people at once—how could they be unknown?"

"I think..."

"He just made it up!"

The hall fell into a brief silence.

The people and forces that originally supported Botadono Nyuyie began to waver after those words.

Bai Canghe picked up his teacup, took a light sip, and spoke slowly: "So, you all think Botadono Nyuyie is lying?"

"It's not a thought, it's a certainty."

The Hehuan Sect representative said decisively, "He made up this Shui Shui just to find an excuse for himself."

The Tianyi Sect elder took a deep breath.

"Exactly!"

"A few days ago, we sent people to check the scene."

"That hillside, the riverbank, the dense forest—there were traces of battle everywhere, and corpses everywhere."

"Over two thousand corpses, not one missing. That can't be faked."

"Furthermore, the techniques used to kill them are similar to Botadono Nyuyie's [Spiral Tachi Art]."

The other surrounding forces nodded in agreement.

However...

Bai Canghe took in everyone's reactions and sneered in his heart.

These people were saying they didn't believe Botadono Nyuyie, but they were thinking something else entirely.

Emperors Gate's two thousand elites were wiped out, and every one of the Nine Great Forces had lost blood and suffered heavy losses.

At this time, no one wanted to stick their neck out anymore!

No one wanted to be the second Botadono Nyuyie!

Including his Bai family!

Bai Canghe set down his teacup and said calmly.

"Everyone, I don't care who killed those two thousand people."

"Whether it was Ye Chen, that woman named Shui Shui, or even if Botadono Nyuyie went crazy himself..."

"Pursuing this now is meaningless."

The Hehuan Sect representative looked up at him: "Then what is Head of the Bai Family's meaning?"

Bai Canghe held up two fingers and spoke deliberately.

"First, this matter is temporarily shelved. No one is allowed to mention it again."

"No one is allowed to investigate that Shui Shui anymore, nor are they allowed to privately cause trouble for Botadono Nyuyie."

"The dead are dead, and the living must continue to live."

"Our Nine Great Forces are linked together; we cannot let this matter damage our harmony."

The Hehuan Sect representative's brow furrowed: "Then our people... they just died for nothing?"