Chapter 940: Identity Exposed
The crowd had all fled far away. Those who hadn't died stood high in the void, their gazes fixed firmly on the destructive aura below.
At this moment, the high platform had been completely torn apart, reduced to dust floating in the air. The powerful experts who had died had vanished without a trace, their bodies torn to pieces, leaving not even bones behind—an extremely tragic sight. Even those who had managed to escape were all injured, their wounds varying in severity. This caused the faces of the six major powers' leaders to darken completely.
A killing formation! Someone had actually laid such a terrifying killing formation beneath the Ten Thousand Sects Assembly high platform, one capable of easily killing even Venerable warriors. Even they, the sect leaders, would have been torn apart if they had been just a step slower.
"The power of Sacred Marks!" In the void, Hou Qinglin's eyes flickered. Someone had actually set up such a formidable Sacred Mark killing formation. It surprised him greatly. The power of Sacred Marks was extremely formidable. Even among Venerable warriors, only those of exceptional skill could comprehend and master it. As for laying such a powerful Sacred Mark killing formation underground without revealing even a trace of its aura, it clearly indicated that the person was extremely proficient in Sacred Marks, with a very deep level of mastery in this field. If such an expert existed, by normal reasoning, his strength should far surpass figures like the Carefree Sect Leader. He wouldn't even need to rely on the power of such a Sacred Mark killing formation to deal with them.
"Unless..." Hou Qinglin suddenly thought of a possibility. Unless there was a monstrous genius who had an extremely profound understanding of Sacred Marks and Array Dao but was not skilled in cultivation. This possibility could be ruled out directly—such a monstrous genius would have terrifying influence and wouldn't need to do this. That left only one possibility: a very powerful expert had been injured and could only rely on the power of Sacred Mark formations to kill enemies.
One had to admit that Hou Qinglin's deductive ability was extremely sharp. He had almost arrived at the truth. However, no matter how clever he was, he could never have imagined that it was a Great Emperor who had lost his former cultivation and could only rely on the power of Sacred Mark killing formations to take lives.
Yu Xiao also knew that this was the power of a Sacred Mark killing formation. His face darkened. Someone had actually ambushed them, disrupting the Ten Thousand Sects Assembly.
The expressions of the Dragon Lord and other experts were even uglier. Traces of blood still stained their bodies.
"You, tell me—who do you think did this?" the Dragon Lord asked the others.
"Let's not discuss who did it for now. That person must be hiding within Carefree Mountain Villa, possibly even among this crowd," Duanmu Huangzi said, his expression as cold as ice. That had been too close. The aura of destruction still lingered in his heart. Just now, he had actually felt the threat of death. He had come within a hair's breadth of dying in that terrifying annihilating force.
"This is Essence killing power. In the Qian Domain, not many people can produce so many Essence Crystals. It must belong to a major power," the Carefree Sect Leader interjected. Everyone contributed a thought, and as they spoke, they would draw closer to the truth.
"Heavenly Lake!" Several of them spoke almost simultaneously. There was no doubt—it had to be someone from Heavenly Lake. Otherwise, who would pay such a price to try to kill them?
"There's no need to doubt that Heavenly Lake has infiltrated our ranks. You all guessed that long ago. However, who among Heavenly Lake could set up such a formidable killing method?" the Dragon Lord said coldly. Even they themselves couldn't accomplish such a feat. How had someone from Heavenly Lake done it, and all in complete silence?
"There's no need to guess. I know who did it."
Just then, a voice rang out, causing the others' gazes to freeze. Their eyes all fell on the speaker—the leader of the Divine Palace, the Emotion-Slaying Palace Master!
"Who is it?"
The crowd stared at the Emotion-Slaying Palace Master and asked.
"Dragon Lord, Duanmu Huangzi, have you forgotten how your people who went to the Snow Moon Kingdom died?" The Emotion-Slaying Palace Master looked at the Dragon Lord and Duanmu Huangzi, causing their eyes to stiffen. A name instantly flashed through their minds, and their hearts trembled slightly, their entire bodies radiating icy coldness.
"Lin Feng!" Almost at the same moment, the same name escaped the lips of several experts. Lin Feng!
Everything they had done—forming the Ten Thousand Sects Assembly, planning to destroy Heavenly Lake—had the ultimate goal of Lin Feng. How could they have forgotten him?
In the past, experts from the East Sea Dragon Palace, the Jade Heaven Royal Clan, and the Divine Palace, led by three Venerable warriors, had entered the Snow Moon Imperial Palace and been killed by an invisible, terrifying force. This matter was no longer a secret. They had even guessed that Lin Feng might have obtained a shocking killing treasure from the Emperor's palace. But now, what had just happened was strikingly similar to what they had heard about the Snow Moon incident.
They finally understood. It wasn't a killing treasure at all—it was the power of a Sacred Mark killing formation.
"Lin Feng! Where is he?" The crowd's gazes swept through the crowd, searching. Soon, they suddenly turned their heads, looking in a certain direction. The people there had already disappeared.
Their hearts twitched violently. The experts exchanged glances once more, squeezing out a few words through gritted teeth: "He is... Lin Feng!"
It had to be him. That sallow-faced, sickly man who had opposed them at every turn, who had been extremely arrogant and reckless. Looking back now, it was absolutely certain. That man was Lin Feng.
These people trembled with rage. They had formed the Ten Thousand Sects Assembly to destroy Heavenly Lake, all for Lin Feng. But when Lin Feng had actually appeared before them, no one had thought of it. Even more, Lin Feng had openly insulted them, humiliating the Carefree Sect Leader by calling him an old dog.
The person they had gone to such lengths to capture had been right in front of them, mocking them, daring to do anything. Tragically, they hadn't realized it until now.
Since that sallow-faced man was Lin Feng, the identity of the old man was also obvious. He was the Heavenly Lake expert who had once stormed the Divine Palace alone, the leader of the Tian Xuan Peak lineage.
It had to be him, no doubt. No wonder his combat power was so terrifying.
But now, both of them had long since vanished without a trace.
"Chase! Hurry and chase! Those two troublemakers—the old man and the sallow-faced, sickly man—are from Heavenly Lake and Lin Feng! They tried to kill us all! Lin Feng can't have gotten far yet. Go after him!" the experts shouted at the crowd. How Lin Feng had set up such a formidable Sacred Mark killing formation no longer mattered. What mattered was capturing Lin Feng first.
Several sect leader figures took action personally, their figures flickering as they shot into the distance to pursue Lin Feng and the old man. They absolutely could not let them escape.
They hadn't forgotten that their ultimate goal was Lin Feng.
"Lin Feng! It's actually Lin Feng!" The crowd only realized what they were saying after the experts had left. They suddenly understood as well. Those two troublemakers—one an old man, a Heavenly Lake expert, and the other a sickly youth—were actually Lin Feng!
And this killing method had been set up by Lin Feng. Just now, he had deliberately used words to provoke the six great leaders into stepping onto the high platform, leading to that extremely perilous scene. But now, Lin Feng seemed to have already escaped.
"Chase!" One by one, the crowd's figures flickered as they went to try their luck. If they could catch Lin Feng, that would be wonderful.
Lin Feng absolutely had some powerful treasure on him.
But could they catch Lin Feng? Who would have thought that at this very moment, Lin Feng had changed to yet another face and was mingling among the crowd, shouting along with everyone else to capture Lin Feng? The moment the Sacred Mark killing formation had been unleashed, he had already prepared to escape and had notified his teacher to slip away first. As expected, they had been discovered. It was simple—he just changed his identity again and mixed in with the crowd. Who would know he was Lin Feng?
Fortunately, Xiao Lao had prepared several masks for him before leaving, and they were all extremely exquisite, impossible to detect. It was as if they were his real face.
Among the crowd, some people hadn't moved. It was Tianlin Gongzi and his group. He had also heard of Lin Feng's name. He had heard that Lin Feng might have a very powerful treasure on him. He hadn't expected that the sallow-faced man he hated to the bone was actually Lin Feng.
This only made him want to tear Lin Feng into pieces even more and destroy Heavenly Lake.
"Senior Brother, let's attack Heavenly Lake!" Tianlin Gongzi raised his head and shouted to Yu Xiao in the void.
Yu Xiao's eyes flickered. Of course, he wanted to attack Heavenly Lake. If those youths from Heavenly Lake really had powerful treasures, he wouldn't mind seizing them!