"Palace Master of the Nether Hall."
Jiang Wuming spoke the answer in his heart.
Upon hearing this answer, Qin Yuanzheng, Xia Xueqin, and Zhou Hetu remained silent, their expressions growing more solemn.
In today's world, the Palace Master of the Nether Hall was the most mysterious powerhouse, elusive and rarely seen.
No one knew what the Palace Master of the Nether Hall looked like, nor where the Nether Hall's headquarters were located. However, almost everyone in the global martial arts community knew that the Palace Master of the Nether Hall ranked second on the Five-Star War God list.
Even after the Global Martial Arts Convention, some people speculated on the Divine Network forums that the Palace Master of the Nether Hall, like Zhuge Lingjun and the Palace Master of the War God Hall, Saint Lun @ Roman, had taken that step, surpassing the Five-Star War God.
Under such circumstances, if the Palace Master of the Nether Hall was a substitute for an extraterrestrial enemy in this world, it would be an extremely dangerous and terrifying matter!
"The Nether Hall has always advocated for going with the flow, welcoming the new era of the full arrival of extraterrestrial enemies. Wuming's speculation has a certain possibility."
After a brief silence, Zhou Hetu said thoughtfully.
Xia Xueqin looked at Jiang Wuming with some confusion and asked, "Wuming, why do you have such a speculation?"
"It's like this..."
Jiang Wuming organized his thoughts and then explained the reasons for his judgment.
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At the same time, Nether Hall Headquarters.
Shen Zui alone came to the room of the Palace Master of the Nether Hall.
The so-called room was actually a grand hall. Strange patterns were carved on the pillars and walls of the hall, and oil lamps were lit on the walls.
By the light of the oil lamps, Shen Zui could clearly see that the Palace Master of the Nether Hall was wearing a hooded black robe and sitting at the front of the hall, his back to the hall's entrance. He exuded no aura of a martial artist, yet Shen Zui knew very well that the Palace Master of the Nether Hall's strength had surpassed that of a Five-Star War God!
Moreover, Shen Zui had a vague feeling that the Palace Master of the Nether Hall could withstand Zhuge Lingjun's invincible saber strike!
"Lord Nether King!"
After entering the hall, Shen Zui quickly walked to a spot ten meters away from the Palace Master of the Nether Hall and stopped, greeting him.
"Are you here for Jiang Wuming?"
The Nether King spoke with his back to Shen Zui, his voice hoarse, giving a sense of weakness despite underlying strength.
"Yes, Lord Nether King."
Shen Zui looked at the back of the Palace Master of the Nether Hall and did not deny it.
Just moments ago, extraterrestrial enemies had descended upon the Nether Hall headquarters. He had led his men to kill them, but one matter had given him a tremendous shock.
After the leading extraterrestrial enemy descended, they asked two questions.
First, is this Long Country?
Second, is Jiang Wuming here?
At that moment, Shen Zui was dumbfounded!
He couldn't understand how the extraterrestrial enemy knew his junior brother's name and specifically asked for Jiang Wuming!
Driven by his doubts, Shen Zui acted alone and killed the extraterrestrial enemies.
To resolve his confusion, he deliberately kept the leader of the extraterrestrial enemies for last and attempted to interrogate them before killing them. However, as soon as the other party began to mention matters concerning the extraterrestrial world, their souls died.
At that time, the Palace Master of the Nether Hall was also present.
This reminded him of a speculation in the global martial arts community: extraterrestrial enemies, restricted by world rules, could not reveal any information about their world, or their souls would perish!
Besides this, he suspected that the extraterrestrial enemy had been killed by the Palace Master of the Nether Hall!
This was because the Palace Master of the Nether Hall was not only a martial artist but also a practitioner of spiritual power!
"What do you want to know?"
The Palace Master of the Nether Hall asked directly.
"Lord Nether King, was the last extraterrestrial warrior killed by you?"
Shen Zui thought for a moment and did not immediately ask about Jiang Wuming, wanting to resolve another doubt in his heart.
"No," the Palace Master of the Nether Hall shook his head.
"Since you did not kill his soul, does that prove that the War God Hall's speculation is correct—that extraterrestrials cannot reveal anything about that world due to world rule restrictions?" Shen Zui continued to ask.
"Yes," the Palace Master of the Nether Hall answered affirmatively.
"Lord Nether King, why did the extraterrestrial warriors know my junior brother's name? What do they want with my junior brother?" Shen Zui asked again after a few seconds of silence.
"Jiang Wuming killed extraterrestrial warriors in Long Country's Loulan ancient city and Su City successively, and the news spread to the extraterrestrial world. Among them, an extraterrestrial warrior he killed in Su City held a high position in the extraterrestrial world. Therefore, he became famous in the extraterrestrial world, and people from the extraterrestrial world want to kill him," the Palace Master of the Nether Hall said calmly.
"You... how do you know this?!"
Shen Zui was stunned.
He knew that extraterrestrial enemies could not only come to this world through the great curtain but also return to the extraterrestrial world through it before the great curtain disappeared.
Although, according to the intelligence he had obtained, all extraterrestrial enemies who descended within Long Country had been killed, it was not necessarily the case for other parts of the world.
Jiang Wuming's actions in Loulan ancient city and Su City had been known to intelligence agencies of various countries and major top powers worldwide.
Under such circumstances, it was possible for extraterrestrial enemies to learn about everything Jiang Wuming had done from warriors in other regions, and then return to the extraterrestrial world through the great curtain to report this matter to the people there.
This was not surprising.
What truly shocked Shen Zui was his question: how did the Palace Master of the Nether Hall know?
"Before you interrogated that extraterrestrial warrior, I searched his memory," the Palace Master of the Nether Hall did not conceal anything.
"Searched memory?!"
Shen Zui was dumbfounded again. This was the first time he had heard of such a secret technique.
What he didn't know was that Mu Ming, whom Jiang Wuming had killed, also knew the soul-searching technique and had successively searched the memories of Chen Yong and Dongfang Xiao Yao.
"Soul searching technique, this is a mental secret technique," the Palace Master of the Nether Hall explained.
"I see."
Shen Zui echoed, his expression changing unpredictably.
Although he had joined the Nether Hall for a considerable time, he had always felt that the Palace Master of the Nether Hall was very mysterious, and he had even suspected that the Palace Master of the Nether Hall was from the extraterrestrial world, otherwise, how could he possess so many mysterious and powerful cultivation techniques!
However, what he heard today made him waver in his long-held belief.
If the Palace Master of the Nether Hall was from the extraterrestrial world, then the information he just revealed about the extraterrestrial world should have resulted in his soul being erased by the rules!
Now, with the Palace Master of the Nether Hall safe and sound, it proved that he was not from the extraterrestrial world, or rather, he was not restricted by the rules.
Then the question arose again: who exactly was the Palace Master of the Nether Hall?
How could he even possess such a heaven-defying cultivation technique as the soul-searching technique?!
"Any more questions?"
The Palace Master of the Nether Hall seemed to have eyes in the back of his head, able to see Shen Zui's expression.
"Lord Nether King, since you have obtained the memory of that extraterrestrial warrior, do you know why the extraterrestrial world is so determined to invade Earth?"
Upon hearing this, Shen Zui immediately snapped out of his thoughts. He did not dare to ask about the source of the Palace Master of the Nether Hall's techniques, but instead posed another question.
This was also a question that had been perplexing the global martial arts community!
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