This voice appearing, Ye Ling's expression immediately changed drastically.
Chu Tian also instantly spread his divine sense but found no suspicious individuals.
"Elder Xu… why have you come?" Ye Ling composed herself.
Her expression turned respectful, and she asked courteously.
"Little Ling, it's been a long time since I've seen you. I've been looking for you for ages! I didn't expect you to be here. What a great spot!
The most dangerous place is the safest… how could I have overlooked such a simple principle!"
The voice came from all directions as always.
It carried a peculiar soul fluctuation that Chu Tian felt a trace of familiarity with.
From Ye Ling's words, Chu Tian learned this person was the mastermind behind the legendary Ninth Office, the leader of the Original Faction's branches.
"Zhu Jiuyin hasn't fully formed yet, and this is where it's gestating…" Ye Ling said, her expression unchanged.
"Is that so? I thought you had defected!" the voice interrupted Ye Ling.
Hearing this, Chu Tian felt a surge of indignation. His senior sister had infiltrated the dissenting faction for the Original Faction, enduring a life that was neither human nor ghost. Yet, this old man actually suspected her of betrayal!
But he remained silent, listening quietly.
"Elder Xu, what do you mean?" It was Ye Ling who reacted more strongly to the statement.
"Just what it sounds like. Why did you summon this kid here?" the voice retorted.
After the other party finished speaking, Ye Ling's expression changed, and she no longer replied.
"Chu Tian, find a chance and escape!"
Chu Tian saw the worry in his senior sister's eyes. What was going on?
As Ye Ling spoke, over a dozen figures suddenly appeared out of thin air.
"Escape? Dream on!" someone among them shouted angrily as they appeared.
Chu Tian was also taken aback by these individuals.
Within his divine sense range, he hadn't detected their hiding places earlier.
"Heh heh… little one, although you are also a soul cultivator, you are still too immature!"
The voice came again.
"Senior sister?" Chu Tian frowned and looked towards Ye Ling.
He saw Ye Ling staring blankly at those people, tears welling up in her eyes.
"Captain…" she whispered softly.
Those two words carried endless depth.
Chu Tian understood even less, momentarily stunned.
For her to call someone 'Captain' must mean it was her previous small team.
But hadn't his senior sister said that her previous small team had been wiped out, and she was the sole survivor?
Ye Ling sniffled, then composed herself.
"He knows nothing. Let him leave, how about it?" Ye Ling said calmly, preparing for a fight.
Seeing this, Chu Tian instead said calmly.
"How could we, the M Team, abandon a teammate and leave alone…
Hmph… found you… get out here!" Chu Tian suddenly looked in one direction.
A beam of white light shot out from between his eyebrows.
*Bang…*
A muffled thud.
Where Chu Tian was looking.
The space rippled with a wave.
There had been a civilian house there.
After the water-like ripples flashed, a white-haired old man, slightly stooped, stood in front of the civilian house.
This old man wore a gray cloak.
The cloak looked tattered.
He revealed a pair of shocked eyes.
It was evident that his cloak had been blown up by Chu Tian's soul power attack.
"Are you Elder Xu?" Chu Tian's eyes blazed like lightning as he stared at the old man and questioned him.
"You actually broke my soul illusion… I truly cannot spare you. Kill him, and take Ye Ling back for re-brainwashing!"
The old man narrowed his eyes, revealing a cold glint, and commanded the dozen or so martial artists.
"Escape…"
Ye Ling shoved Chu Tian hard!
*Bang…*
To everyone's surprise, there was a muffled thud.
Chu Tian didn't move at all.
Instead, Ye Ling was pushed back a step.
If she hadn't used a gentle force, the recoil would have likely injured her.
Chu Tian quickly reached out to support her.
Meeting Ye Ling's gaze, which was a mix of fear and surprise, he grinned. "Senior sister, do you still think I'm that cripple?"
"You…" Ye Ling was greatly astonished.
"We'll talk about it later… are these people to be kept, or killed?" Chu Tian swept his gaze over everyone present.
Including that… Elder Xu, who had always been a legend.
This old man lived up to his surname Xu… truly hypocritical to the extreme.
From Ye Ling's past descriptions, he had only ever heard praise for him.
Upon meeting him now, though the reasons were unknown, this old scoundrel was definitely not a good person.
It seemed his senior sister knew something incredibly important about him.
This fellow intended to eliminate all evidence and further brainwash his senior sister.
This meant that everything his senior sister remembered from the past was actually implanted memories from being brainwashed?
"Destroy whatever is in their minds…"
Ye Ling's eyes straightened, and she made the first move.
She knew Chu Tian would definitely not leave.
Moreover, Chu Tian's strength was even greater than hers, perhaps they could put up a fight.
"Alright… explode!"
Chu Tian responded, then roared.
*Pop pop pop pop pop…*
Ye Ling's charging figure suddenly paused.
The dozen or so people in front of him, at that very instant.
Their heads exploded, at the top of their skulls.
Something like a jellyfish shot upwards.
In the sky, they exploded into liquid with popping sounds!
"Uh… sorry, I used a bit too much force!"
Ye Ling stared blankly at the scene, then turned and shot Chu Tian a frown.
Chu Tian flinched, feeling a bit awkward under Ye Ling's gaze.
"Never mind, they were all dead anyway! I really wanted to leave them with their bodies intact… sigh!"
Ye Ling glanced at the dozen headless corpses again and shook her head.
"Where do you think you're going…" Chu Tian then lunged forward.
His target was the so-called Elder Xu.
At this moment, the old man had lost his previous composure.
His eyes showed extreme fear.
He likely hadn't expected Chu Tian to possess such heaven-defying strength.
Regretting not having eliminated him the moment he discovered Chu Tian.
His current confidence had led him into a dead end.
Chu Tian blocked his path in the blink of an eye.
He threw a punch.
The surge of energy caused the air to ripple.
*Boom…*
Suddenly, an earthen wall rose in front of Chu Tian.
His fist collided with the earthen wall.
With a loud *boom*.
The one-foot-thick earthen wall was blasted apart by Chu Tian's punch.
The moment the earthen wall shattered, Chu Tian changed his punch into a claw.
He grabbed the neck of Elder Xu, who was hiding behind the earthen wall.
Pulling him forward, his elbow struck powerfully.
The entire person was lifted into the air.
"You're also an earth-element ability user!"
Discovering this, Chu Tian was greatly surprised.
This old fellow was not only a soul cultivator but also an earth-element ability user.
If he hadn't gone to the Sea of Death for some training.
He might have truly had no recourse against this old man. His cultivation was considered heaven-defying on Blue Star.
It was just unfortunate that this old fellow had encountered him, it was his bad luck.
If he hadn't arrived here today, his senior sister Ye Ling would have been in danger.
Because when they first met, his senior sister mentioned she was leaving the next day.
"Heh heh… you wouldn't dare kill me!" Just as Chu Tian was about to crush him,
The old man had surprisingly regained his composure.