vrcanaries Chapter 1760 Even in death, there is no peace!
Chapter 1760 Even in death, there is no peace!
"Triggering conditions? Specific time? Who else knows?" Ji Zhou quickly asked, while simultaneously recording information rapidly on a jade slip.
“Trigger… Sect Master, no, Su Hongzhen left behind a special communication talisman that can be activated remotely. The talisman was in his personal storage ring, but the ring fell into the Demon Abyss with him and may have been destroyed…”
Lin Yi's breath grew weaker and weaker. "The only others who knew the exact location were myself, Shadow Three, and Shadow Nine... but they... were all sent to the Abyss to carry out their final mission, and they have all perished..."
"In other words, only you know the exact location and situation right now, while the triggering method may have disappeared along with Su Hongzhen?" Jin Man quickly analyzed.
"Yes, but... we can't rule out the possibility of unforeseen contingencies." Lin Yi's voice was barely audible.
"What about the other spies of the Qingcheng Imperial Law Sect? Are there any others like you who have infiltrated various sects?" Ah Xiong stared intently at him.
“Yes, but they’re all single-line contacts. The sect leader contacts them directly, and the list is in the sect leader’s secret chamber, in a hidden compartment…” Lin Yi’s eyes began to completely lose focus, his spiritual fire flickering like a candle flame in a storm. “That’s all I know… Give me a quick death!”
Jinman exchanged a glance with Jizhou and Axiong.
Although the information is incomplete, it is of great value, especially the three locations where the evil poison has not yet been exposed. The four major sects must be notified immediately to deal with it jointly!
Jin Man looked at the dying Lin Yi, her eyes filled with no pity.
She pointed her fingers like a sword, a sharp purple light flickering as she aimed at Lin Yi's brow, intending to end his suffering and his life.
However, just as the sword's edge was about to strike, a sudden change occurred!
Deep within Lin Yi's previously unfocused eyes, a faint, dark purple light suddenly flashed, as if in a final burst of energy!
At the same time, inside his ravaged body, there seemed to be some extremely hidden restrictive runes that were almost integrated with his flesh and blood. These runes were completely activated by the aura of death and suddenly lit up!
"Be careful!" Ji Zhou was the first to notice the abnormal fluctuations in the array's feedback and warned sharply.
But it was already too late.
puff!
With a soft sound, it wasn't Jin Man's sword light that struck the target, but Lin Yi's entire head, along with the upper half of his chest, that exploded without warning!
There was no blood or brains splattering everywhere; all the flesh and bones were incinerated into a small clump of ashes by that eerie dark purple light the moment they exploded!
Only the mutilated lower body remained, still suspended in mid-air by chains, swaying gently.
A faint trace of demonic energy, yet carrying a strong sense of foreboding and corrosiveness, flashed by in the scattering ashes before being swiftly annihilated by the purification array in the interrogation room.
"It's a soul-binding restriction! It triggered self-destruction at the last moment, and there's still a trace... of demonic energy remaining?"
Jin Man sheathed her sword and retreated, her face grim.
She never expected that Su Hongzhen would plant such a hidden ultimate restriction connected to demonic energy deep within the soul of the core shadow guard!
"Damn it! Even in death they can't rest in peace!" Ah Xiong cursed, but he was still shaken.
If I had been any closer, I might have been caught in the self-destruction blast.
Ji Zhou quickly examined the remaining fly ash and traces of demonic energy, and said in a deep voice, "The level of the restriction was very high, and it was completely self-destructed, leaving almost no traceable clues. That trace of demonic energy was very faint, but it was definitely Su Hongzhen's doing. I never expected that even the most trusted shadow guard would be planted with such a method by him."
Jin Man looked at the empty chains and the ashes on the ground with icy eyes: "Su Hongzhen, he was scheming even in death."
"However, the information Lin Yi revealed before his death should be true. In the state of the Mind-Asking Formation and his soul on the verge of collapse, it would be difficult for him to make a perfect deception, especially regarding those specific locations."
She turned to Jizhou and Axiong and made a decisive decision: "Immediately inform Sect Leader Ye, Sect Leader Lin, Sect Leader Mu, and Sect Leader Chu of these three potential hazard locations and the triggering conditions confessed by Lin Yi through the highest-level secret message!"
"I suggest immediately organizing a joint elite team to secretly investigate and eliminate this threat! This matter concerns the safety of the Spirit Realm and cannot be delayed!"
“Ah Xiong, you’ve just broken through and your realm isn’t stable yet. Stay and guard the sect to help stabilize the internal situation and continue to screen for any potential hidden dangers. Ji Zhou, get ready; we may need to go to one of the most troublesome locations ourselves.”
“Okay!” Jizhou readily agreed.
Although Ah Xiong wanted to go along, he knew Jin Man's arrangement made sense, so he scratched his head and said, "Okay, I'll take care of things at home! You guys be careful!"
The interrogation room door slowly opened, and Jin Man and Ji Zhou quickly stepped out, their figures disappearing into the shadows of the dungeon passage to face the lingering gloom above the spirit realm after Su Hongzhen's death.
Lin Yi, the last shadow guard of the Qingcheng Imperial Law Sect, ended his life full of scheming and tragedy in the most thorough and bizarre way, leaving behind only unresolved mysteries and a malignant tumor that urgently needs to be eradicated.
The interrogation room door closed silently behind Jinman, shutting out the space that remained filled with ashes and deathly silence.
She and Jizhou walked quickly up the cold dungeon passage, their footsteps echoing between the stone walls, each step firm and resolute.
“The message has been sent,” Ji Zhou confirmed as he walked. “The four sect leaders and Elder Ye should receive it soon.”
Jin Man nodded, her eyes sharp: "We must act immediately. Although Lin Yi's death is suspicious, we can't wait to find the three locations he mentioned. Let's go back to the Observatory first; I want to see these places with my own eyes."
The two said no more, their figures transforming into streams of light as they returned to the Heavenly Observation Realm.
The platform remains magnificent, with real-time scenes of the spiritual realm flowing across the sky above and around, like the eyes of a god looking down upon the human world.
At this moment, the platform was empty, with only a few disciples on duty maintaining the operation of the formation.
"Vice Sect Master Jin! Elder Jizhou!" The disciples on duty immediately bowed upon seeing the two.
Jin Man nodded slightly and walked straight to the largest main control array in the center of the platform.
She formed hand seals, and purple spiritual energy surged around her, flowing into the array diagram.
With her control, the largest images on the overhead screen began to switch, zoom in, and be positioned rapidly.
“Eastern Region, Flowing Wind Valley,” Jin Man murmured.
Above the sky, a deep valley surrounded by towering mountains emerges.
The valley is filled with spiritual energy and lush vegetation, appearing peaceful on the surface.
However, after Jinman activated the deeper detection array of the Observatory, the image began to show different levels of energy spectrum.
Deep beneath the valley floor, at the location of the spiritual vein node, a faint, extremely dim, dark green shadow, almost blending into the surrounding spiritual energy, was pulsating at an extremely slow pace, like a dormant tumor.
“The rotten heart spore mother spore... it really exists!” Jizhou said in a deep voice from the side.
His fingers rapidly recorded the energy readings on the jade slip. "The energy reaction is extremely weak and concealed, making it very difficult to detect without clear coordinates. The triggering condition... Lin Yi said it's a specific frequency of spiritual energy fluctuation. Currently, it appears to be in a dormant state."