Chapter 3565: The Person Behind it

Under the gaze, all of Jian Chen’s blood seemed to stop flowing. A bone-piercing chill rose up uncontrollably from the bottom of his heart.

Jian Chen felt tremendous danger from the gaze in the shadows. The danger was so great that it was only second to when he faced the leader of the Myriad Bone Guild and the Heartless Child when he traversed the chaotic sea in the past.

Even the Immortal Devouring Orchid trembled. It shrank and withdrew all of its vines instantly, experiencing the sensation of fear.

“Ancestor!” the disciples of the Sword Sect of Startling Thunder cried out below.

Their faces were filled with grief. Because their cultivations were too low and the fact that the Immortal Devouring Orchid had blocked it, many of them did not sense the terrifying streak of light from earlier. They all thought that their ancestor had died at the hands of the Sword Sect of Violet Heavens.

For a moment, many of the disciples and experts from the Sword Sect of Startling Thunder looked at the people from the Sword Sect of Violet Heavens resentfully.

Jian Chen did not budge at all. He seemed to lose the courage to move about recklessly under the gaze, as he could sense extremely powerful killing intent inside it.

The killing intent seemed to envelope the skies and swallow the land. It had reached the extremes, giving Jian Chen chills.

“What great resentment!” Jian Chen was shocked inside. Just how great of a grievance and grudge could leave such a terrifying expert in such an unbelievable state?

In the end, the mysterious expert in the shadows never showed themselves. Jian Chen also finally sensed the departure of the gaze, which brought him some relief.

“Looks like the expert hidden in the shadows is the person behind the Sword Sect of Startling Thunder. I’ve forced them to personally kill Lei Ba, so of course, they hold very strong killing intent towards me. However, they seem to be afraid of touching me. Let alone me, they don’t even have the courage to kill the Immortal Devouring Orchid.”

“The only thing that can make such an expert fearful is what the Samsaric Immortal Exalt said.”

Jian Chen lowered his head in thought, but he soon sneered inside. “Do you think that silencing the people here with death and erasing your traces can truly hide everything?”

Jian Chen shut his eyes slowly and began using the Soul-viewing technique. As his vision darkened, he immediately saw Lei Ba’s lingering will in the empty space.

Upon discovering Jian Chen, Lei Ba’s lingering will immediately became surprised, but Jian Chen did not give any explanation. He directly said, “You must know that you’re already dead now. The person who killed you should be the person behind you. Tell me, who exactly are they?”

“After I die, what’s going to happen to the Sword Sect of Startling Thunder?” Lei Ba asked. As he had just died, his memories were still extremely clear.

“You’re already dead, yet you’re still worrying about the Sword Sect of Startling Thunder? Though, I can promise you the opportunity of sending you back into reincarnation. You can be reborn again,” said Jian Chen.

“What did you say? Send me back into reincarnation? But my soul has clearly been destroyed already…” Lei Ba was shocked.

“Do you think someone who’s dead can still talk?” Jian Chen sneered.

Lei Ba’s expression was mixed as if he found it rather difficult to accept this. Only after quite a while did he say slowly, “The person behind me is the Mistress of Contrary Winds!”

“What? It’s actually the Mistress of Contrary Winds…” Jian Chen shuddered inside like he had just been greatly surprised.

But upon closer thought, it made sense. The mysterious expert who killed Lei Ba earlier had revealed extremely great resentment and killing intent towards him.

It was never normal for a peak expert of such a cultivation to lose their composure when facing a measly figure like him.

That was because he maintained his disguise as a Nine-heavenly Xuan Immortal and he had the mask from the Illusionary Daemon race hiding his identity. Unless he exposed himself proactively, even Ninth Heavenly Layer Immortal Exalts would struggle to see through his true strength.

A measly Nine-heavenly Xuan Immortal obviously could not make an Immortal Exalt’s emotions fluctuate.

However, if they were the Mistress of Contrary Winds, then it would be an entirely different story.

In the past, he had learnt from the master of the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets that the Mistress of Contrary Winds had already lost her mind to hatred. She had basically gone insane, and she was capable of many illogical things.

The Sword Sect of Startling Thunder was clearly an organisation under the secret control of the Mistress of Contrary Winds, who had the objective of using the Sword Sect of Startling Thunder to oppose the Sword Sect of Violet Heavens. Now that he had crushed the Sword Sect of Startling Thunder, that was equivalent to slicing off one of the Mistress of Contrary Winds’ arms, so that obviously left her extremely furious.

After all, the Mistress of Contrary Winds had been extremely cautious when going after the Sword Sect of Violet Heavens. She did not dare to openly defy the Samsaric Immortal Exalt’s will.

Afterwards, he asked a few more questions before using the Soul-gathering technique to gather together the fragments of Lei Ba’s soul, sending him back into reincarnation.

This was the first time Jian Chen had sent someone into reincarnation since he grasped the Soul-gathering technique. The target was even an Immortal Emperor as well.

Perhaps because the target’s cultivation was too high or using the technique came at a great toll, Jian Chen immediately sensed that his Martial Soul Force was significantly depleted after sending Lei Ba’s lingering will into rebirth.

It used up far more Martial Soul Force than when he used the Soul-viewing technique.

Jian Chen opened his eyes slowly. He glanced at the empty space above first before looking at all the disciples from the Sword Sect of Startling Thunder. His eyes gradually turned cold.

“Sect master, what happened just now?” elder Nong asked. He was both stern and confused.

“The person behind Lei Ba took action. They don’t want us to find out who they are,” Jian Chen said sternly. He stood in place as he thought before a sliver of determination filled his face like he had made some kind of decision. He made contact with the Immortal Devouring Orchid with a wisp of the senses of his soul.

In the next moment, the Immortal Devouring Orchid’s vines danced around. They pierced into the air one by one, tying up all of the great elders from the Sword Sect of Startling Thunder.

Before the Ninth Heavenly Layer Immortal Emperor Immortal Devouring Orchid, these great elders that were only Immortal Monarchs obviously could not resist at all. They were restrained instantly.

Shortly afterwards, all of the great elders from the Sword Sect of Startling Thunder were devoured by the Immortal Devouring Orchid.

“The Mistress of Contrary Winds does not dare to expose her connection to the Sword Sect of Startling Thunder. As a result, even if I destroy the Sword Sect of Startling Thunder, she won’t show herself.”

“And even if she does show herself, so what? If she’s really bold enough to destroy the Immortal Devouring Orchid and the people from our Sword Sect of Violet Heavens, those who perished earlier would not just be Lei Ba alone,” Jian Chen thought. He was extremely confident in his guess.

After all, to the Mistress of Contrary Winds, the Sword Sect of Startling Thunder was only a pawn. Why would she let an insignificant chess piece put her in a disadvantaged position?

With the death of their ancestor and all of their great elders devoured, the Sword Sect of Startling Thunder experienced drastic changes rapidly, leading to an unimaginable impact on the disciples below.

At this moment, many of the disciples from the Sword Sect of Startling Thunder had already lost their fury from before. All that remained was deep fright and a fear of death.

On the immortal vessel, Jian Chen peered down as his booming voice reached the entire Sword Sect of Startling Thunder. “I’ll give you a chance to survive now. I will spare all those who swear that they will defect from the Sword Sect of Startling Thunder and cease to be disciples of the Sword Sect of Startling Thunder. I will let them leave.”

The surroundings fell silent. Jian Chen’s words seemed to freeze the entire place.

Down below, the disciples of the Sword Sect of Startling Thunder all sank into silence. None of them said anything. Many of them were filled with mixed emotions.

Almost an entire minute later, a disciple of the Sword Sect of Startling Thunder finally stood forward. He asked in a trembling manner, “W-what if we don’t choose to defect from the sect…”

After saying that, he looked at Jian Chen with a trembling gaze. His entire body shook gently. Clearly, he was frightened out of his wits.

“If you don’t leave the sect, then I don’t think I need to elaborate, as none of the people here are fools. You’re all aware of what will happen.” Jian Chen smiled with deep meaning.

He did not promise Lei Ba that he would not destroy the Sword Sect of Startling Thunder. Since he had learnt that the Sword Sect of Startling Thunder was under the control of the Mistress of Contrary Winds, he obviously could not keep them around.

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