Transcending the Nine Heavens

eng bellowed furiously.
“Hurry and spit it out!” There was already a sinking feeling in his heart.
However, he still held a sliver of hope nonetheless.

“They have also been… completely slain by someone! Out of the 135 members in the team, none of them survived!” When the man finished, he lowered his head to the ground, not daring to speak anymore.
However, his mental and physical strength had taken too large a toll and he collapsed onto the ground at last and passed out.

Everyone who heard the news was so shocked that they couldn’t speak.

Totaling the count from all three incidents, in just a single day, the Lan Clan had lost more than 300 experts!

One must understand that there were easily a good 160 people guarding the passageway! Divided into ten teams, they took turns to stand guard.
Over the years, when had there ever been any problems? Who would’ve thought that they would be wiped out completely by someone today?

Furthermore, the experts whom they had dispatched to the Lower Three Heavens had also been killed…

“Could it be… that the Nine Tribulations have ascended to the heavens?!” A shocked Lan Clan expert uttered what was on everyone’s minds.
“Should that be the case… then the strength of this generation’s Nine Tribulations, as compared to the earlier generations… is much more powerful.”

This was a problem that everyone was worried about as well.

“Clan leader! We must thoroughly investigate this! This feud must be avenged! Even if it’s the Nine Tribulations, they must repay this blood debt!” The eyes of an elder, whose hair and beard had already turned white, were so red that blood was almost seeping out of them.

The ones in charge of guarding the passageway this time were exactly the descendants of this Sixth Elder.
Now that they were all dead, this meant that… There was no longer anyone to carry on his bloodline.
How could he not be infuriated?

“Dispatch Team Lan Xiang to thoroughly investigate!” Lan Yingfeng was trembling all over somewhat.
“No matter the price, find out who the culprits are!”

This order of his was rather well-said.
Everyone could tell — He only said to find out the identities of the culprits; he didn’t say what to do with them.
They believed that should it really turn out to be the Nine Tribulations, the clan leader’s instructions would then become… to give the matter further thought and discuss at length.

After all, it was still unknown what was happening on Lan Ruo’s end.

The Sixth Elder let out a cold snort and left in a huff.

“Other than that, even though all the manpower that was dispatched to the Lower Three Heavens have already… already been wiped out, the plan in the Lower Three Heavens must not run aground! Dispatch another team at once… Great Elder, we must not send just anyone this time around.
I think… How about you personally lead a team and head down to Iron Cloud in the Lower Three Heavens together with the three high priests?” Lan Yingfeng turned and looked at an elder who looked livid as he stood at the side.

The Great Elder and the three high priests were all seventh-grade Supreme Martial Artists who had crossed the boundary between immortal and mortal.
They were also the main forces in the Lan Clan’s remaining forces.
Other than the four of them, they were only left with two high priests of eighth-grade Supreme Martial Artist cultivation and the Elder Master, Lan Buhui.
With them leading the team, even if demons and spirits were to appear in the trifling Lower Three Heavens, they definitely wouldn’t be a match for the four of them.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, in the Lower Three Heavens, the Nine Tribulations Sword Master’s woman was the ultimate priority and key to the Lan Clan’s survival!

“Alright.
I’ll make a trip there personally.” The Great Elder continued in a low and steady voice.
“But I’d like the Clan Leader to come up with a proper plan as to what we should do exactly.”

“Should Lan Ruo and the others have already produced results… then we can let nature run its course.
If the other party has already seen through Lan Ruo… then, we will spare no effort in the measures we take, no matter what we must do.
Even if we must destroy the entire Iron Cloud Nation, it matters not! By that time, we will have truly fallen out with the Nine Tribulations Sword Master.”

Lan Yingfeng heaved a heavy sigh.
“What a pity that Meixian is already dead… Otherwise, we can let her step forward personally… and things will be a lot easier.
The information that she left behind in the past was too ambiguous, such that we were only in time to move once before the Nine Heavens were closed off immediately…”

“If the news is accurate, then with the opening of the Nine Heavens this time, the Nine Tribulations Sword Master is sure to make his move.
Therefore… The Great Elder and the others going down this time is the Lan Clan’s final chance.”

Lan Yingfeng concluded in a solemn tone.
“That’s it.”

The white beard of the Great Elder fluttered as he replied solemnly, “I understand now!”

From afar, Lan Buhui’s sigh was audible.
“Do not forget what I said.
Do not ever offend the Nine Tribulations Sword Master.”

With his face turned to the heavens, Lan Yingfeng stayed silent for a long time.

He naturally understood what the Elder Master meant.
However… These past few years, they had already offended the Nine Tribulations Sword Master through and through! Right now, even if they wanted to stop… it was no longer possible.

Unless… Lan Ruo was successful.
Otherwise, it was already destined to be an irreconcilable situation.

But what they didn’t know was that their feud with the Nine Tribulations Sword Master… was already destined to be since a long time ago.
Lan Buhui’s pains and efforts for the sake of the Lan Clan were also fated to go to waste…

…

In a tiny restaurant in a very secluded area in the south, Mo Tianji, Gu Duxing and the others sat around a table.

They had finally come up.

All of them, including Mo Tianji himself, didn’t think that it would be this easy and simple.
To them, this should have been a bloody battle where they went through great pains and trouble to break through the enemies and come up.
All of them would be covered in wounds as they treated their injuries before going on to talk about other things…

They didn’t expect to run into a whole lot of corpses in the passageway.
Then, after they came up, when they saw another group of people cleaning up dead bodies, all of them charged out at once.
Before they could even put into action all of Mo Tianji’s plans…

Everything had already ended.

There were still easily more than a thousand kilograms of explosives inside the two large coffins that they brought everywhere with them… This was something that Mo Tianji had gone to great lengths to get, so that they could ignite them during critical moments and escape during the confusion…

“We’ve finally come up.
Now, I’m going to talk about our arrangements for the future.” Mo Tianji calmed down quickly.

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