416: The suspicious demon gate

Initially, Shi Lei had no confidence in eliminating the Demonic Sect experts in one fell swoop, fearing that if the experts escaped, they would retaliate wildly and harm his family, which was why he put aside the idea of destroying the Demonic Sect.

He never expected that even after forming an alliance with them, they would still try to sow discord between him and the Zhengqi Alliance.

Furthermore, they even injured An Qian and her companions.

Keeping the Demonic Sect was, after all, a major hidden danger; it would be better to find a way to completely resolve them.

After clarifying the information he needed to know, Shi Lei waved his right hand, and a sword slashed down towards the neck of this Demonic Sect Elder.

“Ah!”

At the very last moment before his life ended, the old man finally regained consciousness, but he only managed to let out half a scream before Shi Lei’s sword lopped off his head.

His eyes were wide open, a look of dying with grievances.

Shi Lei then found and killed the other two Platinum Experts who had already run tens of kilometers away.

After collecting their Spatial Rings, he returned to the City Lord’s Mansion outside.

At this moment, his appearance had changed to that of the old man from just now.

Pushing open the main door, “Someone, go notify Zhu Li and the others; this venerable one wants to hold a meeting.”

Those Golden Experts had no idea that their Elder had been replaced by someone else; they respectfully accepted the order and ran out.

There were still six Platinum Experts of the Demonic Sect in Changzhou City, currently enjoying themselves or handling various matters in different parts of Changzhou City.

With Shi Lei’s command, these Demonic Sect disciples quickly went to convey his order.

In less than a moment, Platinum Experts of the Demonic Sect rushed back from outside.

Shi Lei, upon seeing each Platinum Expert, quickly opened his Blessed Land and collected him inside.

Then he would go in and work with Phantom to quickly kill the opponent.

In less than half an hour, all six Demonic Sect experts were called back and, without exception, received their ‘lunchbox’ (were killed).

Shi Lei once again released the less woman he had confined in his space.

“Now, take me to your Space Secret Realm.”

“Yes!”

The less woman got up and flew out of the city.

Shi Lei followed her, and soon they arrived in front of a large mountain.

“This is the entrance and exit of our Secret Realm,” the less woman said, pointing to a Cliff in front of them.

Shi Lei once again threw the less woman into the Blessed Land, confining her in a specially designated enclosed small space.

Then he took out the disc and injected spiritual energy to activate it.

The disc immediately shot out a white light that struck the Cliff in front.

The area in front vibrated like a water surface, and then a spatial entrance and exit, about three meters in size, appeared.

Shi Lei lunged forward and flew inside.

After a moment of dizziness, he had already arrived in a new space.

Where he was located was also within a large mountain; looking out, it was a lush green forest, and at the end of the forest was a small city.

Shi Lei once again picked up the disc, injected spiritual energy, and closed the spatial exit.

Then, his figure flashed, and he entered his Blessed Land again, choosing to begin merging this Space Secret Realm.

Not long after he disappeared, an old man with a mustache arrived here.

“That’s strange, I clearly sensed the spatial fluctuations of the Secret Realm opening, but I don’t see anyone.”

The old man thought for a moment, then also took out a disc and opened the spatial exit.

He turned and had a subordinate who had just caught up pass through the exit to investigate outside.

In a short while, the person returned from outside, “Reporting to Elder Hu, there is nothing unusual outside.”

Elder Hu frowned and thought for a moment, “You few stay here and observe for another half a day to see if there’s anything unusual.”

After instructing his subordinates, he closed the spatial exit again.

They could not discover Shi Lei, who was hidden in the Blessed Land, nor could they detect that the Blessed Land was slowly merging with this space.

This Space Secret Realm was roughly three hundred li in size.

To merge this space, Shi Lei estimated it would take five days.

During these five days, Shi Lei could stay in the Spirit Gathering Array, controlling the Blessed Land; his cultivation technique could run automatically, not at all delaying the improvement of his cultivation.

A day later, Sect Leader Huangfu Feng, who was far away in Tian Zhao Country, felt a bad premonition when he couldn’t get in touch with the Elder left in Changzhou City.

He looked up and instructed the middle-aged man in front of him: “Elder Lei, take a few people back to Changzhou City and see what’s going on.”

“As you command!”

Elder Lei turned and left the council hall.

An hour later, he was already seated in the City Lord’s Mansion in Changzhou City.

“Tell me everything that happened in the City Lord’s Mansion yesterday, no matter how small.”

The thin, middle-aged man in front replied, “Elder Qian, as usual, stayed in the hall yesterday, comprehending martial arts. Around noon, he suddenly ordered us to call back all the hall masters, saying he wanted to hold a meeting.

In less than half an hour, all the hall masters were called back.

Then, in the evening, we knocked on the door to ask if they needed dinner prepared, but there was no response. I thought the Elder was still discussing important matters, so I didn’t disturb them further.

It wasn’t until this morning, when there was still no response, that I dared to open the door, only to find that the Elder and the eight hall masters had all disappeared.”

Elder Lei frowned and asked, “Did you hear any unusual sounds during that time?”

The middle-aged man shook his head, “There were no sounds of fighting, nor any cries for help.”

Elder Lei then searched the entire City Lord’s Mansion inside and out, but found no useful clues.

“This is truly baffling; how could nine Platinum Experts disappear so silently?”

Elder Lei cursed under his breath.

He took out a Telepathic Talisman and reported the situation here to Sect Leader Huangfu Feng.

Then he got up and flew towards Hope City.

After investigating, he found that Qin An King and his three wives were in seclusion, cultivating.

Elder Lei thought for a moment, then ran back to the Space Secret Realm, but found no abnormalities there either.

In desperation, he had no choice but to return to Tian Zhao Country.

“Sect Master, please forgive this subordinate’s incompetence; I was unable to ascertain the reason for Elder Qian’s disappearance,” Elder Lei reported, cupping his fists.

“Sect Master, do you think it’s possible that Qin An King secretly killed Elder Qian and the others?” someone speculated.

“Impossible.”

Sect Leader Huangfu Feng shook his head, “Although Qin An King is incredibly powerful, it’s absolutely impossible for him to kill Elder Qian and the others so silently.”

Someone else speculated, “Then could it have been done by the Zhengqi Alliance or someone from the Buddhist Sect?”

Sect Leader Huangfu Feng shook his head again, “Their strength is similar to ours; they also don’t have the ability to make Elder Qian and the others disappear simultaneously like that.”

Elder Lei suddenly said somewhat mysteriously, “Sect Master, do you think it could be the descent of a powerful deity’s clone who killed Elder Qian and the others?”

Upon hearing this, everyone’s expressions changed simultaneously.

They had also heard from survivors within their jurisdiction that a clone of Shiva had appeared in Tianzhu, and there were legends of deity clones descending in various places on Blue Star.

If there truly was such a deity targeting the Demonic Sect.

Then it was indeed possible for them to silently kill Elder Qian and the others.

But why did the other party specifically target Elder Qian and the others?

And why, after killing Elder Qian and the others, did they not make any further moves?

After a discussion, there were still not many clues, so Sect Leader Huangfu Feng could only instruct his subordinates to be careful in everything.