The Female CEO's Personal Bodyguard

Chapter 942: Chapter 942: This World is Going to be Chaotic!

The bones lay on the ground, his right hand pressed beneath his body, revealing only half of it.

With the flesh gone, several indentations in the ground beneath the finger bones suddenly became visible.

Indentations?

Characters?

Strokes?

Carson Flores squatted in front of Elder Chen’s skeletal remains, lifted the sleeve of his right hand, moved his hand aside, and then pulled up his waistband.

Because the flesh had already vanished, the clothing lay limp on the ground, and as Carson lifted it, the ground underneath was immediately revealed.

”There are characters!”

Killian Jaramillo exclaimed in a low voice, his face showing surprise as the others instantly gathered around.

There were two characters on the ground; the first character was simple and twisted, and only half of the second character had been written.

”This is a ’seven’... the next character isn’t complete, written only with two strokes, it seems to be a ’Mi’...”

Carson stared at the two characters and said, ”Since the assailant entered the City Lord’s Mansion and came into close contact with him, regardless of whether they were acquainted, the assailant must have declared their identity, although, this identity could also be fictitious...”

”He was seriously wounded and must have quietly written these characters just before dying. They could only represent the assailant’s identity or name. When we travel, we usually declare our Sect information.”

”A word starting with ’seven’ is clearly not a surname, so the greatest probability is that it refers to the assailant’s Sect. What Sect begins with ’seven’?...”

The crowd began to speculate.

”Seven Treasures Sect?”

”No, if it were ’treasure,’ you would start with a different stroke, not ’Mi’...”

After several incorrect guesses from the crowd,

Tristan Acedvedo thought for a long time, his eyes suddenly lit up: ”Could it be the Seven Nether Sect?”

”Nether?”

Carson turned and said, ”If it is ’Nether,’ it does match this stroke... What’s the background of this Seven Nether Sect?”

Molly Greer tilted her head and asked, ”Which Sect is it from? I haven’t heard of it.”

”Seven Nether Sect?”

Tristan blinked, ”Why do I find it somewhat familiar, yet I can’t quite remember? Let me think...”

Frowning, Tristan pondered deeply while the others did not rush him.

After a while, Tristan suddenly clapped his head.

”I remember now. Two months ago, a subordinate mentioned at dinner that a Sect called the Seven Nether Sect wanted to meet with me regarding an artifact refining partnership. I was busy with other matters at the time and wasn’t interested in any artifact collaboration, so I casually declined. Since it was only mentioned in passing, I didn’t pay much attention...”

Tristan’s expression was somewhat uneasy, filled with a hint of horror, ”If the Seven Nether Sect really is a fierce beast, does that mean their initial target was Sword Qi City, but because I gave them no opportunity, they chose to fallback to Kong Yuan City instead?”

Molly asked, ”What is the background of this Seven Nether Sect, do you know?”

Tristan shook his head, ”I’ve never heard of them, I thought since it’s a Sect I’ve never heard of, it certainly couldn’t be one of the Great Sects, so I dismissed it casually.”

Molly’s expression turned grave, ”First targeting Sword Qi City and then choosing Kong Yuan City, both under the jurisdiction of our Thousand Swords Sect, are they targeting our Sect?”

Tristan spoke with a puzzled tone, ”But this Seven Nether Sect, we’ve never even heard of it, let alone have any grievances. Why would they target us?”

After a moment’s thought, Molly said, ”Send people to the other cities, check if there have been any contacts with this Seven Nether Sect. Have each city rigorously vet incoming cultivators, send patrols around the city outskirts consistently, make sure there are no formations of any sort, and maintain the barriers in a protective state; no one should deactivate the barriers without good reason.”

”Additionally, have someone gather information about the Seven Nether Sect from travelers coming from all directions. No matter how minor the Sect, if it truly exists, someone will surely know of it.”

Tristan nodded, ”Alright, I’ll arrange that.”

The group made a round through the City Lord’s Mansion and found nothing else, so they returned outside the city.

”We’ve located three sites, forming a triangular encirclement around Kong Yuan City. Around each site, all the vegetation has turned a vivid red and has completely died.”

Upon Tristan’s guide, the group arrived at the first formation site.

Within a hundred-meter radius, the green vegetation had all turned bright red, but upon closer inspection, the plants were devoid of life, dead beyond dead.

”There are no traces of a formation being set up on the ground, but the grass all around bears signs of being heavily pressed...”

”Array Plate!”

Tristan asserted, ”They must have used Array Plates, made of high-quality jade. The formations are constructed atop the jade. When used, the jade disc is simply taken out, and with enough force or Spirit Stones, enough Spiritual Bodies can be channeled to activate the formations within the jade disc.”

”They used three Array Plates, which likely belong to a set. Once activated within the triangular area, all life will be thoroughly refined, all flesh converted into pure Spirit Blood, gathering together to form the Myriad Spirit Blood Pearl.”

Curious, Carson asked, ”The Myriad Spirit Blood Pearl, just how powerful is it?”

Tristan shook his head, ”It’s said the more people refined, the stronger they are, the more potent the Myriad Spirit Blood Pearl becomes. But exactly how powerful it is, I don’t know. After all, the Path of Refinement has been lost for too long and to see it reemerge now... Ah, it feels like the world is spiraling into chaos...”