道罗邪皇子 (邪神之道 B5)

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"Four deaths."

"Seven today."

"A total of 11 in the morning."

.........

As a week's worth of time goes by the number of deaths within the territories of both the Xia family and the Spirit Crane Sect continues to climb on a daily basis.

"94 deaths thus far since the initial threes' discovery."

"..."

Hearing the death reports that are being told to him by his subordinates a man who looks to be in his late twenties examines the corpse in front of him with narrowed eyes almost as if he is afraid of missing any details.

Over the course of this week this man dressed in a crane patterned set of robes has already gotten used to hearing a daily death report and treated it as if he is listening to a series of auction bids being called out.

"Patriarch if this continues-"

"..."

The cold glare of the man who is none other than the patriarch of the Spirit Crane Sect, Tian He Zi instantly silences the speaking elder from continuing to move their lips.

"If you've got nothing productive to say then don't bother."

Lowering his head the elder didn't dare to say anything back while the other nine individuals within this gathering space that is located within the stone crane's torso maintains their silence and waited for Tian He Zi's conclusion on what had caused the death of the individual he is currently examining.

"........."

Despite Tian He Zi's outward display of calmness at this time words cannot describe the amount of anger he is suppressing towards the loss of 94 disciples' lives over the course of this week.

(If the two prime elders can't see through their methods, then whoever is the one killing off the disciples of my sect can't be anything less than a Half-Monarch. But judging by the traces they've left behind...)

The possibilities of Xia Huang Hai being the culprit behind these deaths is immediately crossed out of Tian He Zi's mind.

(Based off these traces...)

As soon as a potential culprit comes to mind Tian He Zi almost immediately chooses to disregard it but as he continues to examine this corpse this notion that he has in mind continues to gain more creditability.

.........

As time passes Tian He Zi eventually shifts his attention away from the corpse with an evident frown on his face.

"..."

"Were you able to find anything patriarch?"

Stepping forward and breaking the long silence is the first prime elder of the Spirit Crane Sect, Qiū Yúnhǎi (秋云海).

Turning to Qiu Yunhai Tian He Zi maintains his frown and-

"The more I look at this corpse the more I think the culprit is someone or something that originates from this realm."

"...?"

"Patriarch means to say that it's because of the environment that these disciples had died?"

"..."

Thinking back to the first three victims and comparing them to the latest deaths Tian He Zi turns to the second prime elder, Chén Zǐ Lán (陈紫蓝).

"Elder Chen do you still have the first three victims' corpses on you?"

"Of course."

Stepping forward is an elderly man dressed in violet robes who waves his hand to produce three corpses.