Chapter 1279

Cracking sounds kept coming out, and a crack spread from the foot of the mountain to the top. Then, the crack became bigger, and huge rocks rolled down the mountain.

"It's a Mountain Spirit. Everyone, be careful!" Man Shi was the first to shout, and the energy around him started to surge.

The violent energy made people's hearts tremble. Everyone had a bad feeling, and they all formed a protective light shield around their bodies.

"Boom!"

The mountain in front of them exploded, and rocks of all sizes shot out in all directions like cannonballs.

The six people in the field bore the brunt of the impact, and they were hit by many rocks.

The power was not enough to break through their defense, but the impact was so strong that they kept retreating.

They retreated a few hundred meters. When the rocks disappeared, a huge creature appeared in front of them.

This was a giant that was over 855 meters tall. His entire body seemed to be made of stone. His body was filled with a powerful battle strength. His eyes were gray and had no pupils. At this moment, he was indifferently scanning the six people.

"The peak of the Spirit Level. It's only one step away from the King Level!" Shang Guan Hong exclaimed after sensing its level.

"It's a Mountain Spirit. It's a kind of Mountain Spirit. Its combat power is even stronger than a xenogeneic battle beast. We're in trouble," Man Shi frowned.

"Humph, it doesn't matter if it's trouble or not. We have to kill it and break through." Wu Xie snorted and looked forward coldly.

At that moment, everyone was looking at the Mountain Spirit, but Zi Chen was looking at Huan Long.

The Mountain Spirit's appearance surprised him, but he was not shocked. He was not surprised that the Mountain Spirit was still alive, and it looked like he was faking it. Zi Chen guessed that he already knew there was a Mountain Spirit here.

"Trespassers will die."

Just as they were discussing how to kill the Mountain Spirit, they heard a loud roar in front of them. Then, endless murderous intent filled the area.

"It's only a Spirit Level. How can it talk?" Man Shi was shocked. He felt that something was wrong.

"There are many strange things in this world. A Mountain Spirit can talk. So what?" Wu Xie snorted disdainfully and rushed toward the Mountain Spirit.

"Be careful, it …" Man Shi seemed to know something and wanted to warn him, but it was obviously too late. Wu Xie had already rushed out.

In the blink of an eye, Wu Xie was only a few hundred meters away. However, before he could make a move, the Mountain Spirit's attack had already arrived.

Its first attack was not purely a physical attack. If that was the case, Wu Xie was confident that he could dodge it. The Mountain Spirit's first attack was a ray of light that came from its heart.

This light was very dazzling, but there was no terrifying aura circulating around it. It was like an ordinary dazzling light.

"Hmph," Wu Xie coldly snorted, his body also releasing a dazzling light, then he clenched his fists and punched forward.

"Boom!"

The two dazzling lights collided and then exploded.

Everyone stared at the scene in front of them, dumbfounded. Even Zi Chen's expression changed completely. His gaze was fixed on where Wu Xie had been standing, but now, there was nothing left. Wu Xie's entire body had been smashed into smithereens.

Seeing Wu Xie's body explode, everyone's faces were filled with shock. This time, even Huan Long was no exception.

"Haha." The Mountain Spirit laughed proudly.

Wu Xie's exploded body seemed to have some kind of connection. Suddenly, it merged back together again. Then, another ray of light was released, and Wu Xie's figure appeared.

With the Immortal Body, he obviously could not die. However, at this moment, his face was pale. It was obvious that he was frightened.

… …

While Zi Chen and the others were encountering the Mountain Spirit, in the distant Hunter's Castle of Huping City, a series of urgent knocks came from outside Lord Wu's room.

"What is it?" Lord Wu's indifferent voice came from inside the room.

"The news has come back. There is a problem with the Tianfu Hunting Order." A voice came from outside the door.

"What? There is a problem?" Lord Wu, who was sitting beside the desk, raised his head and looked at the door.

The door opened and a late stage Corporeal realm expert came in with a document in his hand. He said, "This is the news from Yanbo Castle. There is a problem with Lord Chen Wei's Tianfu Hunting Order."

"What problem? It is fake. There is no Chen Wei." Lord Wu took the document and read it.

"The Tianfu Hunting Order is real. There is no problem with Lord Chen Wei. Yanbo Castle can confirm that there is such a person, but he has been dead for tens of thousands of years. Also, the information from Yanbo Castle shows that he does not have any descendants."

"The cause of his death is unknown." Lord Wu read the records.

"Yes, the cause of his death is unknown. However, there is some unverified information. It is said that he joined forces with many people to kill a very special existence."

Looking at the records, Lord Wu frowned. After a while, he waved his hand and said, "Go and find all the information about the major events that happened near Huping City seventy thousand years ago. It must be near the Hengduan Mountain Range."

"Yes." The person left.

"Wait. Tell Ling Xing and the others to send a message to the senior hunters. Tell them to give up on the mission and return immediately."

The appearance of the Tianfu Hunting Order was of great importance. The people of Huping City naturally had to go through some investigation.

They thought it was just a symbolic thing, but they didn't expect that there would be a problem with the information they sent back.

After a while, Ling Xing and the others arrived. As soon as they entered, Ling Xing asked, "What happened?"

"Have you notified the people?"

"No, we can't contact them. Perhaps they have already entered a secret place." Ling Xing seemed anxious. "What happened? Why did they give up on the mission?"

"Look at this." Lord Wu gestured for them to look at the document on the table.

The three of them took turns to look at it. Ling Xing's face was full of disbelief. "This is impossible. If he is not a descendant of the Tianfu Hunting Order, how can he activate the token?"

Ling Xing and Lord Wu were both there and saw Huan Long take out the token with their own eyes. Naturally, they had to examine it. They found that they had the same bloodline.

Ming Zhu put down the document with an ugly expression. He said, "Perhaps the people of Hunter's Castle made a mistake. He really does have a descendant."

"The cause of his death is unknown. Even if he does have a descendant, it is impossible for it to fall into the hands of a descendant," the third manager, Si Mo, said.

"If there really is a problem with Huan Long, then this matter is troublesome. After so many years, Huping City's Hunter's Castle only has these five people. If something happens to them, we will no longer have a chance to turn the tables."

Ling Xing was very anxious and worried. Zi Chen and Shangguan Hong were his people and directly under his command. If something happened to them, he would naturally be heartbroken.

Wu Xie was one of Ming Zhu's people. His expression was also ugly.

As for Man Shi and Dong Qing, they were Lord Wu's people.

Lord Wu waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, everyone. Perhaps it is just a false alarm."

Suddenly, someone knocked on the door again. The late stage Corporeal Realm expert who had left earlier returned with a thick stack of files in his hands.

"My lord, these are major events that happened seventy thousand years ago. Fifteen of them are related to the Hengduan Mountain Range, and each of them involved the death of a Domain Realm expert."

The late stage Corporeal Realm expert placed the files on the table and left.

The four of them began to look through the files.

The so-called major events referred to the death of a Domain Realm expert. The death of a single Domain Realm expert was enough to be recorded in history. If a large number of Domain Realm experts died, it would be specially marked.

If a cultivator with a Heaven's Sanctum Hunting Token died inexplicably, it was obvious that a large number of Domain Realm experts had died in that event.

The four of them began to look through the files from the highest number of deaths to the lowest number. However, they did not find anything unusual.

"Perhaps it is this," Ming Zhu suddenly said.

Everyone looked at him. He pointed at the file and said, "According to this file, a Corporeal Realm expert heard an intense energy fluctuation when he was training in the Hengduan Mountain Range. The fluctuation seemed to have come from the other side of the mountain range. It is suspected that a Domain Realm expert died. This news has been confirmed many times. Also … someone heard the voice of a dragon."

"A dragon, a dragon."

The three of them moved closer to the file. However, there were only a few pages in the file. The records were merely guesses. They had not seen it with their own eyes.

"Go through everything that happened in Huping City during this time period and see if anything can happen," Lord Wu instructed.

Soon, another large pile of files was placed in front of them. Then, a few more Domain Realm experts came to look through the files.

The atmosphere was very quiet. Only the sound of pages being flipped could be heard.

There were many files and it was very troublesome to look through them in detail. After a full hour, one of the Domain Realm experts said, "Forty years after that incident, the Shangguan Family's Patriarch, Shangguan Yinhong, was confirmed to have disappeared."

"Why do you care about something that happened forty years later?" Ling Xing was obviously very dissatisfied.

The Domain Realm expert said, "He disappeared forty years ago. It is very similar to that time period. It is certain that the Shangguan Family's Patriarch disappeared forty years later."

"The Shangguan Family's Patriarch, Shangguan Yinhong."

When Lord Wu heard this, he was stunned. Then, he thought of something and said in a low voice, "The auction house is under the Shangguan Family's control. Go and find the people from the Shangguan Family, especially the person in charge of this auction. Hurry."

The Shangguan Family was definitely considered a big family in Huping City. Not only did the family have the Precious Weapon Pavilion, but they also had the largest auction house in Huping City. However, because it was difficult for powerhouses to give birth, there were very few direct descendants in the family.

The manager of the Precious Weapon Pavilion, Shangguan Hong, was a member of the Shangguan Family. Therefore, she immediately told Zi Chen that someone was auctioning the Void Tree.

"Also, go and find information about the missing Domain Realm experts from seventy thousand years ago. See if there are many people," Lord Wu instructed again.

The people from Hunter's Castle were very efficient. Soon, the people from the Shangguan Family arrived. Apart from the person in charge, the current Patriarch of the Shangguan Family was also present. He was Shangguan Hong's father, Shangguan Mingxing.

"Did something happen to Hong 'er?" Shangguan Mingxing asked as soon as he arrived.

Lord Wu did not answer right away. Instead, he asked, "When Huan Long went to your auction house to auction the Void Tree, did he use Shangguan Yinhong's token?"

"Shangguan Yinhong is our Patriarch." Shangguan Mingxing seemed a little dissatisfied. He was displeased that Lord Wu had addressed his Patriarch by his full name.

"No, he used the highest standard token in our auction house. Ever since the Shangguan Family was established, only a few of these tokens have been issued," the person in charge of the auction said.

"Is there a record of when this token was issued?" Lord Wu asked again.