The Sword God of the Universe

Chapter 680: Chapter 680: Gone Mad with Rage

Jing Yan had left Donglin City, and for Gu Xingshan and the others, there was no power left within the city that could threaten them.

This was what Gu Jinlan had thought.

Gu Jinlan did not even consider the existence of an advanced array in Donglin City. Across the entire Heavenly Origin Continent, there were very few high-level array masters.

Expecting that Gu Xingshan would send back a message after completely resolving the matter with the Jing Family in Donglin City, Gu Jinlan temporarily set this matter aside to deal with other affairs, such as rapidly disseminating the news once the destruction of the Jing Family was confirmed.

In recent times, quite a few powers had secretly mocked the Gu Family. Especially those great families, who didn’t hesitate to mock the Gu Family overtly from time to time. Destroying the Jing Family would somewhat help restore the Gu Family’s prestigious reputation to a certain extent.

Several days passed.

”What’s the matter?”

”What on earth is Gu Xingshan doing, why is there no message sent back?” Gu Jinlan got anxious and specifically called over the elder in charge of intelligence to ask.

”Clan Leader, indeed, there has been no news from Donglin City.” This elder was also very puzzled.

According to the estimated timeline, Gu Xingshan and the others should have completely wiped out the Jing Family of Donglin City by now. But if the task of destroying the Jing Family was complete, why had no message been sent back?

”Have you sent a message to inquire about Gu Xingshan?” Gu Jinlan furrowed his brows.

”I have already tried to contact Elder Gu Xingshan multiple times using the communication crystal, but I have not received any response,” the elder said as he bowed slightly.

”Something’s off!”

”Perhaps there is trouble. You must immediately send people from cities near Donglin City to gather information. Report to me any news regarding Donglin City’s Jing Family or Jing Yan,” Gu Jinlan said gravely.

He was worried that Jing Yan had suddenly returned to Donglin City.

If Jing Yan truly had returned to Donglin City, then Elder Gu Xingshan and the others were in danger. Even Supreme Elder Gu Mo had been killed by Jing Yan; Gu Xingshan and his people stood even less of a chance against Jing Yan.

The elder responded and departed.

Before long, he returned.

”Clan Leader, there’s news about Jing Yan. Jing Yan and Hu Donghe, among others, have likely already reached Lanqu County City. Jing Yan couldn’t possibly be in Donglin City,” the elder reported.

Upon hearing this, Gu Jinlan breathed a slight sigh of relief.

It was good that Jing Yan wasn’t in Donglin City.

”Alright, continue to gather information on Donglin City,” Gu Jinlan said, silently relieved.

”Yes!” The elder responded and left again.

Gu Jinlan stayed in his room alone for a while before teleporting away; he was off to meet Ancestor Gu Wanquan.

After meeting Gu Wanquan, Gu Jinlan recounted the current situation.

Gu Wanquan grew puzzled as well; he also felt something was odd but couldn’t pinpoint what the issue was immediately. Since Jing Yan was not in Donglin City, with the strength of Gu Xingshan and his men, they could completely dominate Donglin City! Let alone Donglin City, even Lanqu County City could be easily overwhelmed.

”Ancestor, could it be the Holy Master acting in secret?” Gu Jinlan ventured a guess from his heart.

”That’s unlikely,” Gu Wanquan shook his head.

”Even if the Holy Master had known the news beforehand, it’s improbable that he would have sent people directly to Donglin City. He would have contacted me first. Moreover, it’s unlikely that the Holy Master could have received the news ahead of time,” Gu Wanquan said, his eyes intense and his words slow.

Gu Jinlan thought it over, and it made sense! Even if the Holy Master wanted to protect the Jing Family, he wouldn’t do so covertly; after all, he was the Holy Master, the controller of Heavenly Origin Continent.

”Ancestor, I’m very worried. I feel that Elder Gu Xingshan must have encountered trouble; otherwise, why would he not have sent any news back after so many days?” Gu Jinlan’s unease grew ever stronger.

”Let’s wait and see,” Gu Wanquan said sternly.

”Ancestor! Clan Leader!”

Just then, a frantic voice came from outside the Great Hall.

”Come in!” Gu Wanquan called loudly.

Following that, the elder responsible for intelligence quickly walked in, his face looking exceptionally pale.

Just now, he had received a piece of news that had caused an uncontrollable chill in his heart upon reading it. He then immediately rushed to see Gu Jinlan and, knowing that Gu Jinlan was meeting the Ancient Family Ancestor, he didn’t pause and hurried over.

Seeing the elder come in, Gu Jinlan’s heart dropped, feeling a bad premonition. Unless there had been a significant incident, this elder would not have come to where the Ancestor resided.

Even if there was some issue that required an immediate report to him as the clan leader, he would not have come here but waited for Gu Jinlan to return.

”What’s the matter?” Before Gu Jinlan could ask, Gu Wanquan did.

”Ancestor, Clan Leader!”

”We have received news from Donglin City.”

”Elder Gu Xingshan and the others... they are all...” The elder choked as he spoke.

”Speak quickly! What exactly happened!” Gu Wanquan’s eyes narrowed fiercely as he commanded in a low voice.

”Yes!”

”Elder Gu Xingshan and the others, they all died! Everyone is dead; not one survived,” the elder said with a bow, his voice relentless.

”What did you say?”

”That’s impossible!”

Both Gu Wanquan and Gu Jinlan exclaimed in shock.

”Ancestor, Clan Leader, the information should be correct. A few days ago, Elder Gu Xingshan led many of our clan’s martial artists into Donglin City, intending to annihilate the Jing Family. However, Donglin City had a high-level array in place. According to our sources, there were at least one high-level defense array and one attack array in the city.”

”Elder Gu Xingshan and the others, none could escape; they were all obliterated by the array,” the elder said, his voice suppressed.

A blaze of red seemed to burst from Gu Wanquan’s eyes, as if flames might erupt. Gu Jinlan trembled similarly.

This time, more than twenty, nearly thirty of the esteemed martial artists from the Gu Family perished! They were all practitioners from the Daoist Master Realm and the Daoist King Realm, and even though the Gu Family was powerful and had deep foundations, the number of martial artists in these realms wasn’t abundant in the family. Such a substantial loss instantly!

Plus, a few days ago, a Wind and Fire Team had been killed by Jing Yan...

It could be said that a significant portion, over one-fifth, of the Gu’s Family’s core strength had been lost in a flash.

If Gu Wanquan and Gu Jinlan weren’t distressed, that would be strange!

”How could this be... How could Donglin City have an advanced array?” Gu Jinlan seemed to murmur to himself, yet it was also as if he were questioning the intelligence elder.

”It must have been arranged by Jing Yan. Not only is Jing Yan a Daoist Emperor Realm Practitioner, he also might be a high-level array master,” the elder explained somewhat helplessly.

This Jing Yan, how could he be so monstrously talented? In his thirties, he had not only reached the Daoist Emperor Realm in martial arts cultivation but was also a highly capable Pill Master and now, it seems, a high-level array master. How could such a monstrous figure have emerged?