Chapter 264 – Only Ghosts Would Be Worried About You (1/2)

The moment Li Wenzong rose up to become the Internal Supervisor of Ministers, he had started to secretly train his own forces.

Even though he was only in charge of the civil officials, he was still clear that this was a world ruled by strength and martial might. No one can change this fact. If he wanted to stay in his current position for a few more years, he had to have his own forces.

Flowing Sand has been established for twenty years now.

They had accomplished countless tasks for Li Wenzong in these twenty years, allowing him to sit at the head supervisory position in a stable manner.

Of course…

There were times that they had failed him.

But they have never failed him to the likes of a few days ago.

Therefore Li Wenzong was irritated. This irritation had exceeded the time when Qiu Badao was killed, basically touching his reverse scale.

It was mostly due to those words of warning.

Within Heavenly Sword City, he was considered the highest authority except for the Emperor. Perhaps there were some very strong people about but Luo Tian was a nobody. He had no status or strong background since Li Wenzong had investigated all eighteen generations of the Luo family.

He was nothing more than a bumpkin from a remote village.

Since someone wanted to protect Luo Tian, then Li Wenzong wanted to kill him even more to smack the face of the person behind the scenes.

Therefore, he had Mo Long who was undergoing closed door seclusion to exit.

Mo Long, the King of Flowing Sand.

He was a powerful expert that Li Wenzong personally groomed. In the twenty something years of Flowing Sand, he has never failed a single mission. This was the reason why he was known as the King of Flowing Sand.

Nighttime.

Mo Long brought a small squad of Flowing Sand members towards the Spectral Forbidden Grounds that was about 800 kilometers from Heavenly Sword City.

At the entrance to the Spectral Forbidden Grounds, Mo Long hesitated for a brief moment before shouting: “Enter!”

There was a sign of hesitation from those behind him.

One of them said: “Head, this place is the Spectral Forbidden Grounds. Even experts at the Profound Ancestor realm won’t dare to randomly enter without a good reason. What if that person isn’t inside? Isn’t it too risky for us to go in just like that?”

“That’s right. We aren’t afraid of death but our death must be for a worthwhile cause.”

“If we enter just like that and those deceased souls of the devil race entangle us, I’m afraid it would be difficult for us to escape.”

“It’s still fine if we’re talking about the deceased souls of the devil race. Have you guys forgotten that there’s a devil race wraith called Sovereign Bloodfiend? His primordial spirit is still inside. Even though it has suffered a serious injury, it’s been 10,000 years already so who knows if it has recovered or not. If it has recovered, not to mention Profound Ancestors, even an expert at the Profound Venerate realm would not be his opponent. Head, how about we just wait outside here for him?”

“We could just sit back and wait. If he is in there, he will naturally die upon exiting. If he isn’t in there, our group doesn’t have to take the risk.”

The group echoed their approval.

Mo Long’s eyes turned serious as his brows formed a faint frown. Looking at the gloomy entrance and the constant devilish energy surging out, his heart showed some hesitation. Just like his group said – what would they do if that kid wasn’t inside?

A short while later…

Mo Long shouted: “Setup a formation and wait for him to come out!”

“Yes!”

Several dark figures darted off. Each of their location was very hidden and in a strange place.

This was their Flowing Sand’s killing formation!

Everyone’s eyes were locked onto the entrance. As long as someone exits the place, they would immediately be slaughtered!

Mo Long stepped closer and looked at the entrance. The inky dark devilish energy looked like it wanted to devour everything from the heaven and earth. He then stopped and suddenly leapt up and disappeared from the spot. Even his aura drifted away with the wind and couldn’t be sensed any longer.

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Inside the forbidden grounds.

Wang Jinke was half lying on the ground. It was unknown where he found a long piece of grass from but it was dangling out from the corner of his mouth. He was chewing and sucking on it like it was a tasty treat, and would occasionally glance up at Luo Tian. He then muttered to himself in an annoyed manner: “This kid is making me watch him kill specters one at a time. What is he trying to do?”