"What the hell did you say!!!"

The man, usually domineering, now had bloodshot eyes, bulging veins on his forehead.

Li Hu's expression was somewhat twisted as he stood up from his seat, pressing his hands hard on the desk, his fingers gripping it so tightly that cracks started to appear on the surface.

His body trembled slightly, beyond his control.

"Say it again!?"

His bloodshot eyes fixed firmly on the man in front of him, his voice hoarse, like a low growl, as many officers in the office noticed the unusual atmosphere emanating from the office.

But they dared not lift their heads to glance into the office.

For at this moment, a terrifying evil qi pervaded the entire office, as if a monstrous blood-colored leopard enveloped the whole room with its claws and fangs, its mere aura instilling a chilling fear.

The officers kept their heads down, busy with their work, ever since a man walked into the office, the director turned into this state, no one knowing what the man had said to Li Hu.

The man in a suit looked at Li Hu expressionlessly, resembling a robot.

What he said next plunged Li Hu into a glacial abyss.

"I'm very sorry, Director Li, the 071 Yingdong Starship suffered an accident, the particle engine exploded, causing a space collapse, a resource star nearby was affected, half of the celestial body was destroyed, the entire airship..."

"No one survived, your junior brother..."

Before he could finish his sentence,

Li Hu suddenly raised his head to gaze at him, his entire being resembling a man-eating beast, staring intensely at the man.

A chilling killing intent spread like vines around him, with the blood-colored leopard lurking in the void behind him, its eyes weeping blood, sending shivers down one's spine...

The man swallowed his unfinished sentence upon seeing Li Hu's demeanor.

"Impossible, how could this be!!"

"My junior brother was a prodigy, with the bearing of a Martial God, he promised to protect me in the future, how could something happen!!"

"How could it!!"

Li Hu's voice was low, as if mumbling to himself, yet questioning the man.

Afterward, he closed his eyes tightly, forcing himself to calm down: "Has this matter been reported to my mentor?"

"Not yet, the higher-ups ordered me to report directly to you, and have not informed Old Zhou."

Hearing this, Li Hu's eyes dimmed slightly, knowing his junior brother held a different meaning to Old Zhou, if their mentor knew about the junior's incident.

The life fire that barely rekindled might once again become turbulent.

In truth, Li Hu's heart at this moment felt as if pierced by a thousand needles, having mentored Su Tu from entry level, they shared the closest bond.

Li Hu had always regarded Su Tu as his own brother, upon hearing this news now, his inner being felt ablaze with blood, his heart and spirit slightly stirred, unable to suppress his True Intent of Martial Arts earlier, with boundless killing intent cast upon his eyes.

Yet now, he had to remain calm.

"I want to know all the details." Li Hu pressed down all his emotions and spoke again.

The man pursed his lips and said: "The higher-ups have already started a large-scale investigation, but found no issues, it's suspected the aging of the particle engine led to this..."

"Bullshit!!!"

"My junior brother was escorted back by specialists, apart from the two teams of guards, there was a Celestial Being protecting him, before the engine explosion, the entire ship would have disassembled, causing severe turbulence, there were at least fifteen seconds to escape before the explosion."

"Gong Cheng is an experienced Celestial Being, for him, three seconds would suffice to take my junior brother and break through the void to escape the blast center!"

Calm Li Hu detected the underlying issues in this statement.

"The Federation dispatched a Great Divine Power User to reconstruct the past, finding no anomalies."

"We suspect the particle explosion caused a space collapse, making it impossible for Mr. Gong to break the void and leave."

The man explained.

Upon hearing these words, Li Hu wanted to say something, but suddenly he sat back in his chair, as if all his strength and means had been drained.

Arguing any further, what's the point...

A particle engine explosion could cause a space collapse, where no one below a Daoist Master would survive, in such a scenario, his junior brother had no chance...

The junior brother had died, right or wrong, he cared no more!!

"Forget it, you can leave now..."

Li Hu waved at the man, his voice full of desolation.

"My condolences." The man said softly, then turned and left.

Before leaving, he gave Li Hu a deep look.

An impending disaster indeed!!!

Earlier, Li Hu's voice had been pale and trembling, full of despair, but beneath it lay a killing intent prepared to surge like a tide.

The title of Mountain Monarch of Tushan wasn't earned easily, although he was merely a Third Realm existence, many Fourth Realm individuals had perished by his hand, and rumors had it that even those of the Fifth Realm had once bled under his blade.

It's rumored his cultivation was shackled due to a special type of cultivation.

Now, with this incident concerning his junior brother, it seemed unlikely it would be resolved as an accident.

The man hailed from a profound Dao Lineage, having vaguely heard his mentor mention, that the deceased student in this explosion held hopes of reviving a Dao Lineage of world-shaking magnitude.

If this were true....

The robotic man couldn't help but shudder at this moment.

Li Hu sat silently in the office for a long time, knowing this matter couldn't be concealed for much longer, his mentor would eventually have to be informed, yet how should he speak, what words to use.

How could the airship incident be so coincidental, three decades without any particle engine mishaps, and suddenly Su Tu's flight encountered one??

A Celestial Being breaking through five realms and over three stages, traversing the myriad heavens, visiting innumerable races, couldn't manage to bring Su Tu away, perishing in the explosion together.

This surely harbors countless hidden intricacies.

All sorts of emotions weighed heavy on Li Hu's heart, pushing his emotions to the extreme.

Su Tu returned this time to participate in the martial exam, and the biggest beneficiary of this incident happening now is the Seven Great Alliances.

Moreover, they originally intended to plot against Su Tu, but Su Tu managed to pull a trick, causing them to clash with the Tri-Deity Cult like dogs biting each other.

This matter is very likely the trick of the Seven Great Alliances.

Actually, this reason is a bit far-fetched, after all, the Divine Sons of the Seven Great Alliances are highly powerful, able to suppress Wang Yao with overwhelming might, which already shows that their power far surpasses that of initial list young heroes.

Moreover, there's still no evidence proving that there's an issue with this incident.

But...

"Evidence... evidence my ass!!"

Li Hu muttered under his breath, his eyes bloodshot, countless dark red ancient characters flashed on his arms, then the characters began to spread across his body. Beneath those dark red letters lay an immensely powerful force, once fully unleashed, it would surely shake the heavens and the earth.

"Little Tu, there's something you don't know, actually, your Brother Hu was once a young hero too..."

Finding evidence is the Federation's job, but as for him, Li Hu, suspicion is enough.

Li Hu stood up, took five days off through the system, and then used his connections to inquire how long it would take for the warships of the Seven Great Alliances to reach the Ancestor Star.

Afterward, he got up and walked straight out of the police station.

For now, he doesn't plan to tell his master about this; he wants to do something crazy.

....

Broken stars drift everywhere, this section of the Star River is in tatters, surrounded by countless pitch-black rifts, torn by powerful forces. The space was slowly healing, yet the residual forces continued ripping it apart.

Two majestic figures stood there, looking around.

One of them opened his palm, and an airship appeared above it, then the internal situation of the airship played out in an instant, from Su Tu and Gong Cheng chatting to the explosion of the airship.

Everything that happened here was reenacted in that person's hand.

At this moment, the scene replayed to when Gong Cheng was attempting to break through the space with Su Tu.

However, he was unable to breach the void.

Gong Cheng was seen saying in horror, "Oh no!! The space has collapsed!!"

The next instant, a terrifying explosion engulfed everything.

"From the reenactment result, it indeed seems to be an accident."

"But this accident is just too coincidental..."

The person spoke, his voice carrying a tone of regret, "This young hero protected the Ultimate Gate before my protection ended, I had intended to meet him in person, what a pity..."

The speaker was Cong Yun Daoist Master, who had laid means on the Ultimate Gate. He was not only a Daoist Master but had also proven himself in the Heart and Spirit Cultivation to the Great Divine Power Fruit Position.

"Is it really an accident!!"

Beside him was the Master of Soldiers, whose eyes held indescribable emotions at this moment.

"According to my reenactment results, it is like this. If there truly is a problem, it could only be with the airship department," Cong Yun Daoist Master said.

The Master of Soldiers nodded, "All staff of the flight are already under control, they are being interrogated, if necessary, their brains will be extracted entirely to retrieve memories."

"Isn't this a bit..."

Cong Yun Daoist Master heard this, slightly frowned, finding such methods overly violent.

This indiscriminate brain extraction is tantamount to mass murder!

"Cong Yun!! That is my apprentice-nephew!!!"

The Master of Soldiers said in a low voice, "Due to the constraints from the Elder Council, I couldn't assist Senior Brother, and finally, with an opportunity for a Dao lineage restoration through him, I dispatched Black Crow for his protection, and now, both Black Crow and my apprentice-nephew are dead!!"

"And now you tell me, this is an accident?!"

The Master of Soldiers' voice was intensely fierce, Cong Yun just shook his head helplessly hearing it, aware of this Master of Soldiers' possible connection with the Heaven-Reaching Dao lineage, though he hadn't truly entered under its tutelage.

Yet this fanatical protectiveness appeared to have been quite aptly learned.

The two stood silently in the Star River, the Master of Soldiers' gaze swept across this barren Star River, here, there was no sign of life at all....

"Based on Su Tu's performance on the Celestial City Star, his strength is not below that of Mu Wuyang."

"To be able to handle a Heart-faced Beast King, his combat power is terrifying. The Seven Great Alliances utilized their long-hidden foundations for the first time, I suppose they wouldn't permit accidents for those Divine Sons."

"Su Tu is a rather significant variable, but the more this is the case, the less likely the Seven Great Alliances are to act, though, who knows..."

Cong Yun suddenly spoke.

The Master of Soldiers, hearing this statement, his eyes gleamed; Cong Yun's words were not just a conjecture, but a well-timed reasoning.

Not only are the Seven Great Alliances itching to move against the Federation, but the Federation has its own intentions as well, and this 'accident' will serve as an excellent pretext.

"Let's head back, such matters are better schemed by that old fox," the Master of Soldiers said.

Cong Yun naturally knew whom the Master of Soldiers referred to as the old fox, yet he dared not call him such, ending his words, and following the Master of Soldiers, the two figures slowly faded into nothingness within the void.

Before leaving, the Master of Soldiers specially glanced at the void, once again confirming the total absence of life before the two completely vanished.

After the particle engine explosion, space collapsed, and this part of the Star River will truly become a dead zone for a period in the near future, with the shattered spatial rifts obliterating all beings that approach.

Until this space is restored, there will be no existence of 'life' here.

However, long after the Master of Soldiers and Cong Yun had left, within the terrifying space rifts, a dash of spiritual light flashed as a vigorous vitality suddenly erupted.

In the mystical shadows, an immense awe-inspiring figure seemed to manifest within the void, surrounded by countless swirling flesh and chanting myriad creatures.

They were all whispering one phrase.

"Mortal fate turns to dust, my destiny shall be eternal life!!"

The next moment, innumerable omens transformed into a vast surge of life force, which poured into that spiritual light, swiftly constructing a humanoid light shadow.

The light shadow glanced at where the Master of Soldiers and Cong Yun had left, the newly formed mouth corners turned upwards, revealing a mysterious smile: "I didn't expect to meet you in such a way, Uncle-master..."

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