Chapter 698: No One Survived
On the Southern Dipper Continent, there lived the Ming Clan.
The Grand Elder of the Ming Clan paced anxiously back and forth in the study.
Several days have passed, and the Ming clan experts he sent out have still not returned to report...
Not even one.
The Grand Elder of the Ming Clan's eyes suddenly turned extremely gloomy. Could it be... that something unexpected has happened?!
No! Absolutely not!
That kid is just a mere Level 1 Spirit Master; there's no way he could have escaped unscathed from being surrounded by so many experts from the Ming Clan!
The next second, the study door was pushed open, and a member of the Ming clan rushed in, his face panicked: "N-nothing! Elder, something's wrong!"
The Grand Elder of the Ming Clan was already annoyed when he heard the words of that Ming Clan member, and his anger flared up instantly. He almost slapped him to death: "Who are you calling a bad person?!"
The member of the Ming clan was startled by the cold gaze of the Ming clan's Grand Elder. He quickly steadied himself and bowed respectfully and fearfully.
The Grand Elder of the Ming Clan glared at him with disgust: "Speak quickly if you have something to say!"
"Reporting to the Grand Elder... our scouts have discovered several corpses in a dense forest within the territory of the Star Luo Kingdom on the Eastern Continent..." the clansman said cautiously, not daring to look directly into the eyes of the Grand Elder of the Ming Clan. "According to the scouts' report, those corpses... are all... are Ming Clan experts who went to participate in the encirclement operation..."
The Grand Elder of the Ming Clan was horrified, his fingers trembling: "Are there any survivors?!"
"Reporting to the Grand Elder, forty experts participated in this operation, and... none of them survived..."
Upon hearing the words "no one survived," the Grand Elder of the Ming Clan felt a surge of blood rush to his head. Unable to withstand the shock, he rolled his eyes and fainted!
...
The news of the untimely deaths of forty experts from the Ming Clan spread throughout the entire continent.
When the dean of Lingfeng Academy heard this shocking news, he was also deeply shocked—forty Ming clan experts, whose lowest cultivation level was at least Level 3 Spirit Master, had not survived!
He found it hard not to connect this matter with "Xiao Li," who had recently left the academy.
Could it be that the Ming clan sent these forty Ming clan experts to besiege Xiao Li, but they did not expect that the family forces behind Xiao Li would kill them one by one?
"According to rumors, in the dense forest where the battle took place, faint demonic energy was once visible in the void."
The dean's study was full of people.
The First Elder spoke these words to the other elders present with a solemn expression.
Upon hearing this, the dean, seated in his seat, narrowed his eyes: "Demonic energy? Is this true?"
"We are verifying this," the Grand Elder said coldly.
The Second Elder swept his sharp gaze toward the Seventh Elder, who was sitting with his legs crossed, his tone laced with barely concealed mockery: "The only one who has ever clashed with the Ming Clan is your mysterious personal disciple! Now that news of demonic energy has surfaced, lest you end up not even being able to distinguish between a human and a demon in your own disciple's eyes!"
These words were too offensive. The dean frowned slightly in displeasure: "Second brother! Don't jump to conclusions!"
The Seventh Elder sneered upon hearing this: "You mean I'm protecting the demons in the academy?"
The Second Elder scoffed, "What if that kid is intentionally hiding his identity from you? His background is unknown, and even the so-called mysterious family behind him is unknown to anyone. Can you guarantee that he is not a demon?"
The Seventh Elder slammed his hand on the table and stood up abruptly, his cold and sharp gaze falling on the Second Elder's face: "Based solely on the fact that forty experts from the Ming Clan died tragically, and on that rumor that hasn't even been verified yet, you've concluded that my disciple must be a demon?"
"My disciple was personally accepted by Chenglan. Do you think you have the right to tell him what to do? Who do you think you are?"
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