"How is it possible for someone to assassinate our disciples right under our nose?"
Elder Lai Chang, who had been silently standing all this time, replied, "Sect Leader Su after I informed the Grand Elder and requested him to come here as per your instructions, while returning back, instead of directly coming back here, I went back to meet the disciples who had informed me of the incident."
"I asked the witness disciples to recount what they had seen."
"One of them said that, while he was passing by the main entrance of the Heavenly League, he suddenly saw Jiang Yun and six other disciples coming out of the entrance. He greeted them and went on his way."
"However, just after a few moments, just when he had reached the Resource Hall, he suddenly heard panicked and angered shouts from behind and when he turned around, to his shock, he saw three disciples lying on the ground, unmoving. And the other four of the World League disciples standing with their swords drawn out; forming a circle with their backs on each other. However, the next instant, he saw six barrels suddenly fly in the air, directly heading towards them."
"These barrels were actually the assassins. The surrounding disciples panicked and he rushed inside the Resource Hall, which was the closest building, to call an elder or any senior disciple."
"And coincidentally, I was in the Resource Hall since morning, meeting the top disciples of the Inner Court Entrance Hunt from different peaks."
"As soon as I came to know of this, I swiftly hurried for the exit to confront the situation and fire the emergency beacon."
"I fired the beacon as soon as I got out of the Resource Hall and went to confront the situation. However, only two disciples were standing by that time, Jiang Yun and Han Zemin."
"Jiang Yun was badly injured and was standing with one knee on the ground. Han Zemin was supporting him, he too had a bloodied figure."
"Before the assassins could send a lethal blow, I intervened and bought some time for the reinforcements to come."
"However, to my shock, the assassins were actually Peak Qi Condensation Realm Experts!"
Sect Leader Su was shocked to hear this, "What? They had such high cultivation!? How did they escape the inspection array system!?"
Grand Elder Li also nodded his head, "Yes, it is impossible for intruders to escape the array system, unless…" He raised his head only to find Sect Leader Su staring at him in shock.
They had thought of the same possibility.
"Unless they were helped by someone from the sect!" They both shouted in unison.
Their shocked expression turned into visible anger because this meant that someone ranked at a high and powerful position in the sect was trying to kill the best disciple of the sect. The disciple who would most probably pave the path for the sect's rise in the Grand Spirit Hunt.
Grand Elder frowned and said, "It's time we do some cleaning in our sect. People are doing anything they wish to remove their own sect members who are coming in between their goals."
Their shocked expression turned into visible anger because this meant that someone ranked at a high and powerful position in the sect was trying to kill the best disciple of the sect. The disciple who would most probably pave the path for the sect's rise in the Grand Spirit Hunt.
Grand Elder frowned and said, "It's time we do some cleaning in our sect. People are doing anything they wish to remove their own sect members who are coming in between their goals."
Sect Leader Su nodded his head and said, "They have forgotten who their real enemy is," Then turning towards Lai Cheng he continued, "What happened next?"
"Even though I am in the Late Foundation Establishment stage, dealing with four peak Qi Condensation Cultivators wasn't easy, especially when they weren't attacking head-on, but rather doing cheap tricks like poison darts and poisonous gas."
"Fortunately I was able to hold on and the time was enough, other elders soon arrived after noticing the beacon, including Grand Elder, however, before they could judge the situation, the assassins shouted something and jumped into the endless ravine."
"Grand Elder was able to take out two of them, and one of them was already killed by Jiang Yun, but the other three escaped. In fact, since they jumped in the endless ravine, they are most likely dead too."
Sect Leader Su shook his head, "No-no, we have to assume the worst possible situation. We have to take it as if they are still hidden in our sect. Was Grand Elder able to find any clues before sending you here?"
Elder Lai Chang shook his head, "Unfortunately no, the bodies and the clothes of the dead assassins melted soon after their death."
"What?" Grand Elder Li frowned when he heard those words, "They melted?"
"Yes, Grand Elder."
"Hmm," After a moment of thought, he asked, "You mentioned that they shouted something before jumping to their deaths, what did they shout?"
"They shouted these exact words, 'Thousand souls slain for the Demon God,' I have never heard of such a sentence before."
Grand Elder however had a stunned expression over his face, he whispered in a low voice, "Thousand souls slain for the Demon God? Are you sure these were the exact words?"
"Yes, I am very sure. They shouted so loud that everyone at the base of the First Peak heard them."
Grand Elder's expression turned even paler when he heard the reply, "We need to evacuate this peak. Fast. No-No, that won't work."
He then turned to Sect Leader Su and said, "Sect Leader, the sect is in big trouble. This assassination attempt was just a trigger."
"A trigger?"
"Yes, if we don't do anything right now, there's a high possibility that more than half of our sect disciples on the first peak won't see the daylight."