Chapter 413: The Sign of A Phantasm (1/2)

Chapter 413: The Sign of A Phantasm

The finger Nie Tian used to point in between the corpse’s eyebrows was infused with his psychic power, as well as a wisp of soul power from the seven fragmentary stars in his soul.

As his soul power infiltrated deeper and deeper, he discovered that there wasn’t any damage in the dead man’s head.

Normally speaking, if the man had died from a powerful psychic attack to his soul, his brain would have been damaged and become less intact.

However, from what Nie Tian could tell, the man’s brain was perfectly fine, yet his soul was long gone.

Therefore, his conclusion was that the man hadn’t died from a powerful psychic attack like Han Mu had said.

After Nie Tian stepped to one side, giving her space, Dong Li crouched down and simulated Nie Tian’s actions by narrowing her eyes and pointing her jade-like, slender finger in the middle of the man’s eyebrows.

However, since she didn’t have any fragmentary stars in her soul and she hadn’t entered the Worldly realm, she could only wield her psychic power, not the more profound soul power. Therefore, she couldn’t perceive the inside of the man’s head as Nie Tian could.

The same went for Han Mu.

A moment later, she withdrew her hand, rose to her feet, and turned to gaze at Nie Tian and Han Mu.

With a smile, Han Mu said, “Perhaps Wu Tian is right.”

Dong Li snorted coldly. “Why would you trust his judgment instead of your own?”

With a justified expression on his face, Han Mu said, “Well, since he was able to escape from our pursuit and blockades repeatedly in the Realm of Split Void, he must have his unique way of perceiving matters.”

Meanwhile, off to the side...

After examining another corpse, Qian Xin from the Pill Pavilion Sect asked the early Worldly realm expert beside him, “What’s your take on this, Uncle Qiu?”

Qiu Liang didn’t answer, but instead turned to look at Shen Zhong.

“Even though we’ve joined your exploration operation in the Realm of Dark Underworld, you are the decision-makers,” Shen Zhong said at a slow pace. “Our sectmaster told us to let you solve any problems on your own and learn from them, as long as it’s not life-threatening. We do know how these men died, but we won’t just tell you. You’ll have to find the answer yourself.”

Qian Xin nodded. “I see.”

Moments later, the few talented youngsters from the Realm of a Hundred Battles, who had spread out to check the corpses, regathered to exchange their thoughts.

Cao Qiushui and Qian Xin’s conclusions coincided with Han Mu’s. Both of them assumed that those men had been killed by sudden and powerful psychic attacks. Furthermore, those who did it must possess very profound cultivation bases, and considered the belongings of these members of the Spirit God Sect not worth looting.

After all, the victims’ rings of holding and spiritual tools were all there. Not a single one was missing.

Only experts with extremely high cultivation bases would turn a blind eye to those valuable resources.

Dong Li, however, presented the theory that those men had died because someone had taken their souls, which was Nie Tian’s original conclusion.

She finally chose to trust Nie Tian.

An astonished expression filled Qin Yan’s face as she asked, “How do you know that, Li?”

Dong Li didn’t answer, but rather shot a sideway glance at Nie Tian from afar.

Qin Yin immediately picked up her signal. A brilliant light flashed across her beautiful eyes before she said, “I agree with Li. These people from the Spirit God Sect must have died from losing their souls. There isn’t any sign of brain damage. Therefore, they didn’t suffer powerful impacts from psychic attacks.”

As they talked, Nie Tian listened, standing off to the side.

As he heard Qin Yan say that last sentence, the light of excitement appeared in his eyes. He couldn’t help but take another glance at her.

Even though Qin Yan’s cultivation base was the highest among those juniors, at the late Greater Heaven stage, she hadn’t entered the Worldly realm and transcended her psychic power into soul power.

Therefore, she could only perceive matters with her psychic power, which meant she wouldn’t be able to perceive trivial details.

However, she seemed to have come to the same conclusion as him on her own. Nie Tian couldn’t help but attach more importance to her, and at the same time, be on guard against her.

Cao Qiushui seemed to have great faith in Qin Yan. He jumped out and said, “I trust your judgment.”

With a gentle laugh, Qin Yan turned to Qian Xin and said, “Even though we didn’t kill them, we’d better get rid of these corpses. Otherwise, powerful experts from the Spirit God Sect might discover them and turn this area inside out searching for their murderers. Once they find us, they will probably connect their deaths to us.”

Qin Xin nodded and whispered an order to a member of the Pill Pavilion Sect.