Zhuo Si’s palm was covered with a dim luminescence. He stared at Guan Tong, and Zhuo Si’s eyes swept over his opponent’s body before ultimately locking onto Guan Tong’s right shoulder. Guan Tong was horrified; Zhuo Si had actually seen through Guan Tong and found the location of his stellular energy vortex.
Just when Zhuo Si was about to attack, an unbearable cry was heard from beneath the ground. It sounded like nails on a chalkboard, and it caused all of the buildings in Red Orchard City to shatter. Countless people covered their ears as they fell to the ground, trembling.
Everyone looked down.
Unseen Light frowned, and he felt a sense of cold from beneath his feet. He felt a sense of danger threatening his life.
Yuhua Mavis shot off into the distance, as she felt like there was a monster beneath her feet.
As the bizarre cry echoed out, a creature rose into the sky that looked like an earthworm that was larger than all of Red Orchard City. It formed a black line that connected the sky to the ground, and it released its strange cry. The sound echoed in all directions, and it pushed at the void and created ripples that spread out.
The thing was even stronger than Zhuo Si, and it clearly had a power level higher than 700,000. Where had this monster come from?
The three Guan brothers looked at each other. They had clearly underestimated the monster, as it was much stronger than the three of them.
The monster’s body twisted and it lashed out, reducing half of Red Orchard City to ruins. Zhuo Si quickly took action. If the beast was allowed to continue moving about, the millions of people in Red Orchard City would die without even being buried.
The monster shrieked at Zhuo Si, and Zhuo Si was forced to retreat. “Guan Tong, if you want to remove all suspicions on you, then you first need to help deal with this monster.”
“Brother, the storage room in the Huaiyuan Gate is not somewhere Long Qi can access. Even if the entire Gate is destroyed, I am absolutely certain that Long Qi never stepped foot in that place. That insignia he pulled out isn’t enough to ruin us.” Guan Hai had regained his calm, and he quickly reasoned some things out.
Guan Tong immediately jumped up. “Let’s deal with this monster.”
“Wait, Big Brother!” Guan Hai stopped Guan Tong from moving towards the monster. “You need to get back to our Gate and destroy those things so that the supervisor can’t find anything when he tries to search.”
Guan Tong came to his senses as though waking from a dream. He then turned around and immediately made his way towards Humility’s Gate’s Huaiyuan Gate.
Zhuo Si wanted to stop Guan Tong from leaving, but the monster was in his path. Zhuo Si was not able to get past the monster without great difficulties, and then there was also Guan Hai.
“Gate Master Zhuo, I, Guan Hai, will help you.”
“Guan Tong wants to get rid of the evidence?”
“You still want to try to frame us? You’re screwed once Supervisor Qing Chen finds out that you and Long Qi tried to ruin us brothers!”
Zhuo Si’s expression grew solemn, but he still teamed up with Guan Hai to deal with the monster.
Guan Yun had already retreated far away, as he was not strong enough to be able to have anything to do with a battle at this level. Yuhua Mavis stood behind him, but he could not see anyone from the Yinshan District anywhere in Red Orchard City.
Guan Tong raced back towards the Huaiyuan Gate.
At the same time, Supervisor Qing Chen was also making his way towards Humility’s Gate’s Huaiyuan Gate.
At this same time, Lu Yin was simply waiting outside the Gate.
It took several days to travel from Red Orchard City to Huaiyuan with the mounts provided by Humility’s Gate, but Envoys could make the trip in just a few hours. This was because they were able to freely travel through the void.
Although Guan Tong had been much closer to the Gate, Qing Chen was a Semi-Progenitor, and his speed could not compare to Guan Tong’s. In the end, the supervisor arrived at the Huaiyuan Gate one step ahead of Guan Tong.
Lu Yin had seen an image of Qing Chen, so he immediately showed himself when Qing Chen arrived.
This was also Qing Chen’s first time seeing Lu Yin.
“Long Qi, captain in Humility’s Gate’s Yinshan District, greets the supervisor.” Lu Yin gave a respectful bow.
Everyone stationed inside Humility’s Gate’s Huaiyuan Gate also noticed Qing Chen arriving, and they all bowed as well. “We greet the supervisor.”
Qing Chen waved a hand and asked the members of Humility’s Gate in Huaiyuan to step back. He then landed on the ground and looked at Lu Yin with a serious expression. “Are you Long Qi?”
“Yes, this subordinate is Long Qi,” Lu Yin replied.
Qing Chen looked at the youth. “Show me what you find.”
Lu Yin immediately handed Qing Chen the scarlet eye with the slitted pupil. Because of accessing Guan Yun’s memory, Lu Yin was absolutely certain that the scarlet vertical eye was the insignia of a Redback in this universe.
Qing Chen stared at the scarlet eye in his hands, and a matchless killing intent flashed through his eyes. This thing was the real deal. It was authentic.
Guan Tong finally arrived at this moment, and his heart sank when he saw that Qing Chen had already arrived. He quickly landed on the ground and saluted the supervisor, “Huaiyuan Gate Master Guan Tong greets the supervisor.”
Qing Chen stared at the man with cold eyes and lifted the scarlet eye. “Is this yours?”
Guan Tong replied in a low growl that was filled with his anger, “Supervisor, Long Qi is trying to ruin us! That does not belong to this subordinate.”
Qing Chen looked back at Lu Yin.
Lu Yin calmly explained, “Supervisor, this subordinate managed to find this insignia in this Humility’s Gate Gate in a secret room that no one other than the gate master and his brothers are even aware of. If the supervisor has any doubts, this subordinate can lead you there to see for yourself.”
Guan Tong’s eyes looked dazed and uncertain. He instantly thought of a certain location, but that was impossible. How could this child know about that place? It was impossible for even the White Dragon Clan to find it.
Qing Chen glanced at Guan Tong before gently agreeing, “Then lead the way.”
Lu Yin immediately began walking. Qing Chen stayed next to Lu Yin, and Guan Tong followed behind the two.
Qing Chen was not at all worried that Guan Tong might try to escape, as it was impossible to even dream of escaping from a Semi-Progenitor. Even if it was an expert with a power level of more than a million, they still would not be able to escape Qing Chen.
Lu Yin was not able to sense Qing Chen’s power, but had already guessed that the supervisor could not be any weaker than Arch-Elder Zen, Highsage Grandmaster, and the other Semi-Progenitors he had met. Those people stood at the top of the Fifth Mainland, and yet one of their peers only qualified to be the supervisor of Humility’s Gate’s nine Gates in the Middle Realm in the Perennial World.
The Perennial World was stronger than the Fifth Mainland, and it was not by just a single level.
There were some rivers that surrounded Humility’s Gate’s Huaiyuan Gate. Each one looked small from a distance, but they connected the earth to the sky, and once they were approached, a person would realize that each of the rivers was larger than a sea and was filled with inhabited islands, cities, and strange aquatic creatures that lived in the water.
Anytime the three Guan brothers had needed to discuss matters that could not be overheard, they would go through a passage that was on the other side of one of these islands.
Once Lu Yin led the two older men to the particular island, Guan Tong went completely pale. Lu Yin entered the water, but Guan Tong was powerless to do anything at all. Unconsciously, his eyes started to dart about.
Qing Chen was able to see this change, and a terrifying cold light appeared in the depths of the Semi-Progenitor’s eyes.
It did not take long for Lu Yin to lead Qing Chen and Guan Tong under the island to a channel that led up into the island from the water.
Guan Tong’s pupils shrank to pinpricks, and he whirled around, hoping to flee, but was instantly caught by Qing Chen. “Gate Master Tong, where are you wanting to go?”
Guan Tong had been grabbed hold of like a chicken, and he was completely unable to resist.
Lu Yin took a deep breath and entered the tunnel that led into the island. They came upon a rather luxurious building, and on the floor, there was a scarlet eye with a slitted pupil, as well as a great deal of information that Guan Tong had gathered.
Lu Yin did not even look at the information, but Qing Chen did, and what his saw caused his face to turn ashen. “Alright, I really never expected for one of the Middle Realm’s nine gate masters to be a Redback. This is absurd! It’s absolutely ridiculous, and it’s an embarrassment.”
Guan Tong’s legs had gone weak, and his face had turned utterly white. Everything was over. It was completely finished.
Qing Chen cleared away all of the evidence. “Let’s go to Red Orchard City.”
With that, he grabbed Guan Tong with one hand and Lu Yin with the other before instantly tearing through the void and disappearing.
This is not Lu Yin’s first time being carried through the void by a powerhouse who exceeded the realm of an Envoy.
When Lu Yin next opened his eyes, he was already just outside Red Orchard City. Qing Chen’s speed could not compare with what Guan Tong was capable of, and the distance had been covered in just the blink of an eye.
Red Orchard City had been reduced to ruins long ago, despite Zhuo Si cooperating with Guan Hai to fight the monster.
The monster seemed to sense something the moment that Qing Chen arrived, and it dove into the ground in fear.
Qing Chen frowned. “A mere beast.”
He raised a hand and pressed down. The monster that looked like a giant earthworm released a mournful wail as its body rotted away one layer at a time until it completely disappeared.
Everyone went silent. The moment that a Semi-Progenitor moved, their invincible power left everyone watching breathless.
Guan Tong was smashed to the ground, his meridians completely destroyed. Even more importantly, his right shoulder had been shattered. An Envoy’s critical stellular energy vortex had leaked away, and he had been left a cripple.
Guan Yun shouted “Big Brother!” the moment he saw Guan Tong’s miserable appearance, and he rushed over.
In contrast, Guan Hai made the exact opposite decision, and tried to flee away from the city.
Unfortunately for Guan Hai, escape was impossible. Qing Chen casually wagged a finger, and Guan Hai’s right leg was severed and his stellular energy vortex was dispersed, just as Guan Tong had suffered.
Guan Yun was not as lucky as his brothers, and Qing Chen simply smashed the Enlighter and left him as a puddle of blood.
Lu Yin felt this death was a pity, as he had wanted to raid more of Guan Yun’s memories to see what could be learned about the Lu family. Lu Yin felt that he could have learned a great deal about the Perennial World from Guan Yun’s memories, but unfortunately, that option had already been lost.
“This one is Zhuo Si, the gate master of Humility’s Gate in the Yinshan District. I greet the Supervisor.” Zhuo Si stepped forward and respectfully introduced himself as he bowed. The moment he had seen Guan Tong’s state, Zhuo Si had known that his bet had paid off. The White Dragon Clan had not let him down.
All of the other members of Humility’s Gate greeted the supervisor as one.
Qing Chen nodded, and then glanced to see the state of Red Orchard City. He sighed. A monster had appeared, and hundreds of thousands of the city’s residents had died. Such an incident was not uncommon, for even though there were many powerhouses in the Perennial World, there were also many powerful monsters and the Progenitors could not simply take care of all of them. The environment frequently could not survive the damage it was subjected to.
Qing Chen had been around for countless years, and he had seen far more tragic sights. This was a small incident.
A wave of the supervisor’s hand moved Guan Hai over next to Guan Tong. Both of the surviving brothers were in terrible condition.
Qing Chen spoke in a light tone, “Since everyone is now here, do you have anything else to say?”
Guan Tong’s face was still ashen. The evidence had been found and verified. There was nothing more to say.
On the other hand, Guan Hai still could not accept his situation. He glared at Lu Yin. “Supervisor, it’s true that us three brothers are all Redbacks. Since this has been discovered, I know we’ll all die, but I can’t just accept this!”
Qing Chen looked at Guan Hai. “What do you mean?”
Guan Hai suppressed the pain from his injuries and gritted his teeth to explain. “The insignia that Long Qi gave you does not belong to us three brothers.”
Qing Chen looked over at Lu Yin, as did Zhuo Si and everyone else.
Lu Yin had not expected Guan Hai would try to drag Lu Yin into trouble even when facing death, but fortunately, Lu Yin had a solution after a thought. Guan Yun was already dead, so Lu Yin did not need to worry about anyone proving him wrong. “You’re right, that insignia didn’t belong to you or your older brother. It belonged to your third brother, Guan Yun.”
“What did you say?” Guan Hai was momentarily stunned, but then grew angry. “You still want to lie about my brother? I have no complaints about our fate. We turned to the enemy for help; we were blind. Still, I can’t let you frame people! We three brothers are one unit, and we only had the one insignia, so where did the second one come from? We only ever had one!”
Lu Yin spoke with brimming confidence, “Guan Hai, did you really even know Guan Yun?”
