Chapter 1365: Identity Doubted! (1/2)
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
As the men in black discussed their plans, the banners of the Righteous Alliance were once more raised over its temporary base, the white crane on the Yin Yang symbol standing out in the darkness. All the Righteous Alliance disciples were busy cleaning up the battlefield.
Song Yuanyi's white tent on the summit had been obliterated, but a new tent was quickly set up. Inside the tent, Song Yuanyi and Xie Guangting were conversing.
”Can you talk about it now? Just what is going on here? If I had come just a little later, the experts you had brought with you would have been completely wiped out. When did such formidable experts appear in the world of sects?” Xie Guangting grimly said.
The atmosphere in the tent was solemn, and Song Yuanyi remained silent, his complexion rather unsightly. Using the Eternal Spring Mantra, he had managed to save some of the disciples, but still, six to seven hundred disciples had died in this battle.
This was a grim loss for the Righteous Alliance, especially since three of the alliance elders had died in the battle as well. Not even in a battle with the Five Ancestor Alliance would the Righteous Alliance have sustained such heavy losses.
No, to be more exact, there was no faction in the entire martial arts world that would dare to so heedlessly and brazenly attack the Righteous Alliance.
”This was no sect!” Song Yuanyi suddenly declared.
”I am just as confused about where these men in black came from as you are, and from start to finish, they never said anything about who they were. Even so, I've begun to roughly understand what's going on. These people did not come to attack us.”
”Oh?”
Xie Guangting raised a brow, a look of surprise on his face.
Song Yuanyi said nothing, his profound eye slowly turning elsewhere.
Meanwhile, Wang Chong was seated cross-legged on the ground and meditating when his heart suddenly thumped with an ill foreboding.
A few moments later, a voice rang out at his ear. ”Young Master Qingyang, the alliance lord wishes to see you!” At some point, a Righteous Alliance disciple had come up behind Wang Chong.
”Oh?”
Wang Chong raised an eyebrow, a few thoughts going through his mind, but he quickly regained his composure.
”Okay, I'll go over now!”
By the time Wang Chong reached the summit, many people had already gathered there. There were Righteous Alliance Elders like Sikong Yuanjia and Ouyang Changheng, and many other experts of the alliance, including Ji Andu. All of them were assembled around Song Yuanyi and the vice alliance lord, in the middle of discussing something.
When Wang Chong arrived, the entire summit fell silent.
As Wang Chong saw the array of forces on the mountain, his heart thumped in his chest. But he said nothing and confidently strode over.
”Paying respects to Alliance Lord!”
Wang Chong stopped three or four steps away, clasped his hands, and bowed.
”Mm!”
Seeing Wang Chong, Song Yuanyi nodded.
”You've come. We were currently discussing the attack of those men in black. The alliance has sustained significant losses, and since Young Master Qingyang is with us, there is no harm in having you listen in and seeing whether you think of anything. Perhaps there will be an unexpected harvest.”
”Yes!”
Wang Chong's eyes flashed, but he said nothing more and stood to the side.
The group quickly restarted the discussion.
”Alliance Lord, we've searched their bodies but didn't find anything identifying them.”
”We managed to catch two of them alive, but just like the others, they were suicide soldiers. We had barely even spoken a few words with them when they punctured the poison sachets in their teeth and died.”
”We've truly lost too much this time. Our Righteous Alliance is so powerful, but we couldn't find a single clue about these people! How is this possible?!”
”That's right! And all of you saw that giant at the end. His punches could actually turn Stellar Energy to stone! That's no longer any kind of martial art! In my view, these aren't humans but demons! And they all used evil arts!”
The night's events had given everyone an enormous shock. For the first time, these people had come to realize that the world was home to such a powerful and mysterious force.
”Let's not talk about who these people are for the moment,” Sikong Yuanjia suddenly said in his rough voice. ”I only want to know one thing: why did they attack us?”
His muscular and stalwart body was still seething with rage. This battle had begun in an utterly inexplicable fashion, and even now, Sikong Yuanjia did not understand why they had been fighting each other.
These men in black had left as mysteriously as they had come, leaving many dead in the alliance and the survivors utterly baffled.
”That's right! Just what did they want?! It all happened so suddenly that I'm still scratching my head even now.”
The others called out in agreement with Sikong Yuanjia's words. Every operation had a goal, but no one could tell what these men in black had wanted.