The Peerless Emperor

After entering the mansion, Lin Qian was greeted by a chaotic scene; the front courtyard was in shambles, with members of both the Eight-Armed Sea Clan and the Human Clan, all bearing injuries, busy repairing the damage.

Lin Qian realized why the other buildings were well preserved and needed no repairs, but there were traces of mending in front of this mansion.

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The mansion was damaged, their bodies were injured, and it was clear at a glance what had happened.

"Who did this!" Just as Lin Qian and his group entered, disturbing the repairers who then looked up, Zhang Tianxin was already unable to suppress his anger and roared.

From this scene, it was obvious that someone had attacked them!

Zhou Yian, wearing the water-breathing Soul Device that Lin Qian had given him, had an unreadable expression due to the mask, but his furrowed eyebrows and the eyes filled with a murderous aura were enough to discern his attitude.

"Clan Leader, you have finally arrived."

"Sect Master, you must stand up for us."

Upon seeing Zhang Tianxin and Zhou Yian, both the Eight-Armed Sea Clan and the Human Clan hurried forward, their faces full of frustration as they spoke.

"Eight Mysterious Hall and the Black Blade Fish Clan have gone too far. It was us who discovered the item first, yet they directly resorted to violence to steal it."

"They used their advantage of arriving first, acted brutally, and both the Ninth Elder and Elder Qi from the Carefree Sect were severely injured and are bedridden!"

Amidst the clamorous explanations from the Eight-Armed Sea Clan and the Human Clan, Lin Qian and his companions managed to grasp the sequence of events.

After the discovery of this ancient relic of the Human Clan, each party had agreed on the rules and selected a temporary residence to let those skilled in Arrays from their forces proceed first, striving together to break through the entrance.

Things around the entrance to this Small World within the ruins had been almost completely scavenged.

Unexpectedly, half a month ago, the most skilled Array practitioner of the Eight-Armed Sea Clan, the Ninth Elder, discovered a hidden abode within an underwater mountain belly, which turned out to be protected by an Illusion Array.

Just as the Eight-Armed Sea Clan and Carefree Sect personnel succeeded in breaking the Illusion Array and secured its treasures, people from the Black Blade Fish Clan and Eight Mysterious Hall suddenly burst in and forcibly took their findings.

Since the primary force from both the Black Blade Fish Clan and Eight Mysterious Hall had arrived more than a month ago for this South Meeting.

The forces of both the Eight-Armed Sea Clan and the Carefree Sect remaining here were simply unable to resist.

Fortunately, their counterparts did not wish to deepen the conflict further and did not kill any members of the Eight-Armed Sea Clan or the Carefree Sect.

Otherwise, Zhang Tianxin and Zhou Yian would have already gone to exact revenge through death.

"Big brother, may I ask if when the Black Blade Fish Clan’s team arrived here, did they come riding the King Whale mounts, and were they accompanied by the Eight Mysterious Hall?" just then, Lin Qian suddenly spoke up, asking one of the Eight-Armed Sea Clan who was in the front.

As Lin Qian spoke, Zhang Tianxin and Zhou Yian, who were about to visit the Ninth Elder and Seventh Elder, paused mid-step and abruptly turned around.

It wasn’t just them; everyone else also looked expectantly at the Eight-Armed Sea Clan member, causing him to feel somewhat nervous.

The Eight-Armed Sea Clan member involuntarily took two steps back and said, "The Eight Mysterious Hall arrived two days earlier. The Black Blade Fish Clan came by themselves two days later, riding the King Whales. It’s a bit strange, though; they are allies, yet they didn’t arrive together…"

"How many people did the Black Blade Fish Clan bring this time?" Zhang Tianxin quickly asked.

Seeing the Clan Leader’s urgent demeanor, the Eight-Armed Sea Clan member was a bit puzzled but still honestly replied, "About two thousand, I guess. The King Whale is quite large. That mansion built from whale-bone skeletons can accommodate at least ten thousand people."

"Larger in size?" Lin Qian’s heart harbored a strange suspicion, and he slowly asked, "Does that Ferocious King Whale have a blue spot on the forward part of its white belly? And among that group of Black Blade Fish Clan, is there a one-armed dwarf with a fierce appearance?"

"This young man of the Human Clan, how did you know all these details so clearly? Indeed, there is a blue spot on the belly of the Ferocious King Whale. The one who injured the Ninth Elder and Elder Qi was that one-armed Black Blade Fish Clan member, short in stature, with a fierce face." The Eight-Armed Sea Clan member displayed a look of astonishment as he responded one by one.

"..." Everyone present was utterly silent, many feeling a chill in their hearts.

Lin Qian also clenched his fists tightly, exhaling heavily twice, releasing a string of bubbles.

Ye Xin, who was beside him, moved even closer to Lin Qian, clutching his hand tighter.

The Ferocious King Whale, which should have had its innards totally consumed, leaving not a single drop of blood, had carried the members of the Black Blade Fish Clan to this relic site just over a month ago.

The one-armed dwarf from the Black Blade Fish Clan was discovered half a month ago, already completely dead.

In front of powerhouses Zhang Tianxin and Zhou Yian, feigning death wasn’t possible.

Furthermore, when they found the corpse of this one-armed Black Blade Fish Clan member, another of his kind had injured their Ninth Elder and Elder Qi and had stolen something obtained from inside the mountain.

They were certain that the Ferocious King Whale was completely dead, and those few Black Blade Fish Clan members were also dead.

What exactly was the Ferocious King Whale now residing near the living quarters of the Black Blade Fish Clan and the Eight Mysterious Hall?

What was that one-armed Black Blade Fish Clan member who had injured the Ninth Elder and Elder Qi half a month ago?

At that moment, Lin Qian’s expression suddenly changed, and he looked gravely at Zhang Tianxin and Zhou Yian, "Seniors, there is something I need to tell you."

"Lin Qian, my friend, what is it?" Zhang Tianxin looked at Lin Qian, not knowing what he was about to say.

Lin Qian pondered for a moment before speaking, "I like to collect book and sometimes create interesting soul skills, one of which is to leave a trace of my consciousness or attach it to an object to observe the surrounding environment."

"It’s quite easy to be discovered, but I attached it to that dead body of the Ferocious King Whale because in that vast sea area nobody is around to notice, it was purely an experiment."

"The consciousness I left behind disappeared, and before that, both the corpse of the Ferocious King Whale and those of the Black Blade Fish Clan had vanished from thin air."

Of course, Lin Qian’s words were fabricated, but his information about the corpses was very real.

After they had left, Lin Qian left a Reconnaissance Beast to continue observing the corpses.

Just before, the Heavenly Art Department of the Huaxia Empire relayed a message and footage that the Ferocious King Whale and Black Blade Fish Clan corpses had suddenly vanished.

As if they had never existed!

"Vanished into thin air, are you sure?" Zhang Tianxin’s face changed dramatically, and he hurriedly asked.

Lin Qian nodded seriously, a bitter smile on his face, "I’m afraid we’ve stumbled upon some strange events."

The Eight-Armed Sea Clan member Lin Qian had questioned was confused until a fellow clan member who had followed him explained; only then did he understand.

But by the time he understood, his face had turned deathly pale: "I suddenly remembered something."

When everyone looked at him, this Eight-Armed Sea Clan member hesitantly began to speak.

"That one-armed Black Blade Fish Clan member, it seems he had no shadow…"