Beside the ruins of Songfeng Villa, Tianji Old Man sat cross-legged. His face, which usually carried a sense of detached calm, was now tense and solemn to the extreme.
His eyes were half-squinted, his gaze fixed intently on the hexagram that was about to reveal a key clue.
Just then, a thick, ink-like mist suddenly surged from the center of the hexagram, instantly and firmly enveloping the entire divination.
All the patterns and heavenly clues were completely obscured.
Seeing this, a flicker of realization passed through Tianji Old Man’s eyes, and he thought to himself: “As expected. Whoever could silently kill so many Saints and Saintesses—the future hopes of their sects—is certainly not simple.”
It was only natural for the culprit to have someone powerful shroud the heavenly secrets to prevent their tracks from being calculated.
He carefully examined the mist obscuring the heavenly secrets before him.
His fingertips twitched slightly as he felt the fluctuations of the heavenly secrets contained within it.
Immediately, a faint smile tugged at the corners of his mouth.
In the entire Xuantian Continent, this method could already be considered top-tier.
An ordinary diviner would not only fail to crack it, but they would likely suffer a backlash the moment they touched it, resulting in a damaged soul.
Unfortunately for the culprit, they had encountered him—the peerless diviner that the Xuantian Continent only saw once in a millennium, a man who had spent his entire life studying divination.
In his eyes, this level of concealment was ultimately still a step below his own.
“Petty tricks! You dare show off your skills in front of me? Break!”
Tianji Old Man shouted as a sharp light suddenly flashed in his eyes.
The speed at which his hands formed divination seals increased abruptly, his fingers flying so fast they created countless afterimages.
His spiritual energy and divination power merged around him, and then he suddenly raised his hand.
He pointed into the air toward the mist within the hexagram, and a massive, peerless force of seal-breaking divination power shot straight toward it.
In his view, this layer of mist would surely crumble instantly under the impact of his divination power.
But to his utter surprise, the moment his divination power touched the mist, the originally calm black mist suddenly began to churn violently.
Instead of shattering and dissipating as expected, it transformed into a ferocious tiger that roared toward Tianji Old Man.
Tianji Old Man’s pupils shrank slightly, and his heart skipped a beat. He thought: “What a ruthless opponent. Not only did they hide the heavenly secrets, but they also dared to use the divination art itself to launch a proactive backlash. They certainly have a temper.”
Despite his surprise, there was no fear in his eyes; instead, a thick sense of battle intent and interest was ignited.
Since he began his cultivation, he had rarely found a rival in the art of divination in the Xuantian Continent.
He had always been in a state of being ‘lonely at the top.’ Now, he had finally encountered an opponent who could contend with him and even dared to counter-attack. It gave him a sensation akin to meeting his first love!
“Interesting! Truly interesting!”
Tianji Old Man chuckled, his hands rapidly changing their seals.
The divination power around him surged, and profound, mysterious divination marks appeared out of thin air.
They rotated around him like stars in the sky before bombarding the churning mist.
Meanwhile, far away in the Bandit Sect, Wang Defa was sitting cross-legged in a secret chamber, healing his injuries.
Suddenly, his brow furrowed, and a strong sense of crisis surged in his heart.
He instantly realized that the shroud he had previously set up to hide the tracks of Lu Ming and the others was being attacked.
A powerful divination force was frantically trying to break it. The opponent’s mastery of divination was extremely high, and their offensive was incredibly fierce!
Wang Defa’s face darkened. He didn't dare to delay.
His hands quickly formed seals, urging his own divination power to resist the opponent’s attempts to break through.
As the divination techniques clashed across the distance, Wang Defa felt sharp stabs of pain in his soul. Cold sweat poured down his forehead and soaked his entire body.
He thought to himself: “This is bad.”
“Pfft—”
At that moment, a mouthful of blood sprayed from Wang Defa’s mouth, splashing onto the floor in front of him.
His face turned as pale as paper, and his heart sank as he realized the gravity of the situation.
It was over. The shroud he had placed had been broken!
He couldn't help but feel worried, silently praying: “I hope the Grand Elder also set a shroud for them.”
If the news that they had killed the Saints and Saintesses of various major powers was leaked, they wouldn't be able to withstand the frantic pursuit of countless top powers in the Central Province with their current strength.
Wang Defa pulled a recovery pill from his storage ring and popped it into his mouth.
He closed his eyes and continued to circulate his technique to recover from his injuries, leaving only a helpless sigh in his heart: “Forget it. I’ve done what is humanly possible. The rest is up to fate.”
At the same time, he sent a message to Lu Ming, telling him to be on his guard!
If anything felt wrong, he should flee immediately.
Back at the ruins, Tianji Old Man watched the pitch-black mist dissipate completely.
A triumphant smile spread across his lips.
His heart was filled with a sense of accomplishment: “In the end, I am still the superior one. Now, I can finally see the true face of this mysterious power!”
But as he looked at the hexagram, the smile froze on his face.
His pupils constricted violently, and his face was filled with disbelief.
After the first layer of mist had vanished, a second, even thicker and more mysterious layer of dark gold mist appeared within the hexagram.
It looked even more eerie than the previous black mist!
“How is this possible?! There’s a second layer of concealment!”
Tianji Old Man’s heart hammered against his ribs.
A sense of unease instantly swept through his body.
In all his years of studying divination, he had never seen dark gold mist. What kind of terrifying divination strength was required to achieve this!
Staring at the dark gold mist, Tianji Old Man couldn't help but hesitate.
This layer of mist gave him an extremely dangerous feeling. Trying to force a breakthrough might bring about a fatal disaster.
But on second thought, he had already broken the first layer. In that long-distance clash, he had already offended this mysterious power.
If he gave up now, and the opponent found out about today’s events later, they likely wouldn't let him off anyway. He would be doomed regardless.
“Sigh, I was foolish for a moment!”
A hint of regret flickered in his heart.
If he had known the opponent was this terrifying, he would have pretended not to receive the sound transmission talisman from the Tiansheng Sect's Ancestor. Why did he have to provoke such a formidable enemy?
But what was done was done; regret was useless now.
As the saying goes, if a man does not look out for himself, heaven and earth will destroy him.
Now, his only choice was to grit his teeth and continue, uncovering the opponent’s identity so that the Tiansheng Sect's Ancestor and the others could destroy them.
Only then could he secure a slim chance of survival for himself.
At the same time, a spark of stubbornness flared within him. He truly wanted to know who in the Xuantian Continent possessed such terrifying strength in the art of divination!
“I’ll risk it! I want to see just how powerful you really are!”
A ruthless light flashed in his eyes as he clenched his teeth. He no longer hesitated.
His hands began to move frantically, and his spiritual energy, divination power, and soul power all erupted at once.
He put everything he had learned in his life into a full-force strike against the dark gold mist.
Meanwhile, fine beads of sweat began to break out on his forehead.
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