Chapter 2776 — The Yellow Springs Ancestor
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"What? None of them can be reached? How is that possible?" The Yellow Springs Ancestor could hardly believe it. All three sent on this mission were Heaven Rank experts. Even if the mission had failed, surely not one of them could have failed to make it back? And now there was still no contact—unless...
A foreboding thought surged into the Yellow Springs Ancestor's mind, filling him with unease...
"I have already sent men to keep trying..." Though this subordinate was an expert at the very peak of the late Heaven Rank, he still trembled before the Yellow Springs Ancestor, not daring the slightest disrespect, for the Yellow Springs Ancestor had already reached the great perfection of the late Heaven Rank peak—one of the most formidable beings in the world. Experts who had attained the great perfection of the late Heaven Rank peak were rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns even among the ancient powers!
"Fine. You may withdraw for now. If there is any news, tell me at once!" The Yellow Springs Ancestor waved a hand, somewhat listless. The bad premonition in his heart had already risen; he had more or less guessed the fate of his three subordinates, he simply could not quite bring himself to believe it.
But what came next left him utterly furious!
The same subordinate came again. This man was a first-rate expert within the Blood-Robed Yellow Springs Sect, second only to one and above a hundred—his name was the Sinister Ancestor. Yet before the Yellow Springs Ancestor he dared not put on airs. The Blood-Robed Yellow Springs Sect was a rigidly hierarchical assassins' organization. Apart from the Blood-Robed Ancestor, the Yellow Springs Ancestor's senior fellow disciple who was currently in seclusion, no one in the Blood-Robed Yellow Springs Sect could stand on equal footing with the Yellow Springs Ancestor. The Sinister Ancestor was little more than a steward.
"Yellow Springs Ancestor, the bodies of Gold Medal Number Five and Gold Medal Number Six have been found..." The Sinister Ancestor's voice was hoarse as well, yet it carried within it an incredulous shock.
"So they really are dead..." The Yellow Springs Ancestor's voice was unspeakably bitter. Gold Medal assassins—Gold Medal assassins, no less! The Blood-Robed Yellow Springs Sect had only a handful of them in all, and now two had died at once, while the third's fate was unknown. "What of Gold Medal Number Three?"
"Still unclear. But as things stand, he is most likely dead. There were signs of a chase at the scene, but it was too chaotic to tell where they finally fled. One thing is certain, though—Wei Zhao is completely unharmed!" The Sinister Ancestor smiled bitterly. "Our people spotted Wei Zhao's car heading back near the expressway..."
The Yellow Springs Ancestor slammed his palm onto the table, and the exquisite redwood desk before him instantly shattered into a pile of splinters! Prepared as he was, the Yellow Springs Ancestor still could not bear the blow. "Do not tell me all three of them were killed by Wei Zhao? Was it not said that he was merely an Earth Rank expert? How could he kill three Heaven Rank experts? How is that possible?"
"That... according to the intelligence team's investigation, Wei Zhao possesses the strength to instantly kill Heaven Rank experts..." the Sinister Ancestor said weakly.
"Instantly kill Heaven Rank experts? What kind of ancient joke is this? Have you ever seen an Earth Rank expert instantly kill a Heaven Rank one—and three of them at once?" The Yellow Springs Ancestor glared, furious.
"Yellow Springs Ancestor, this matter... I fear it is true..." The Sinister Ancestor smiled bitterly. "After a thorough investigation by the intelligence team, Wei Zhao did indeed kill an early-stage Heaven Rank expert from the Red Conch previously... and it was an instant kill!"