His body seemed to be adorned with wounds, all dripping blood. His face was smeared with blood, as if he had just emerged from a fierce battle!
"Sect Leader... Sect Leader! Wah wah wah ah ah ah..." As soon as Shensuanzi entered, he started crying. The person in the black robe beside him also knelt down with a thud and began to kowtow.
Seeing this, Niu Lin was stunned and didn't know what to say when he looked at the two of them.
"So, that scoundrel, the Great Protector Li Wuwei, is really dead?"
The two below nodded repeatedly.
Shensuanzi said, "I never expected it. The Great Protector was stabbed in the back by that damned Su Han. That kid is too insidious. He disguised himself as the White Bone Venerable and followed behind. At the critical moment, he struck ruthlessly!"
Gulp.
Hearing this, Niu Lin suddenly felt a chill down his spine. It seemed this was true, but he couldn't understand it. Li Wuwei's strength was at the peak of the late Emperor realm, a top-tier prodigy. His strength in the Holy Altar was at least in the top five, if not the top three. How could he have capsized in such a small ditch!
"It can't be, right? Even if someone ambushed him, with Li Wuwei's ability, he should have been able to deal with it easily. Tell me properly..."
However.
Shensuanzi and the person in the black robe below had already rehearsed their lines. They completely shifted the blame for their inaction onto Su Han, claiming that Su Han had ambushed and killed Li Wuwei, and that they had fled after being unable to defeat him.
Niu Lin was startled by this!
Although the Three Elders were prominent figures in the Holy Altar, their strength was not the absolute strongest. Especially him and Li Wuwei, their strength was comparable!
If Li Wuwei had died tragically at Su Han's hands, then he, Niu Lin, would not fare any better if he encountered him!
"Are you two really that badly injured, still spitting blood? Do you need to see a doctor now?" Niu Lin asked.
Shensuanzi and the person in the black robe below immediately restrained themselves and then retreated to the side, waiting for Niu Lin's judgment.
Sighing, Niu Lin said, "Alas, this matter needs to be considered carefully. Since the enemy general is powerful, we should first hold an elder council. By the way, when you two go out, inform all the elders to convene an elder council immediately to discuss how to deal with this Su Han!"
"Yes!"
"As you command!"
The two immediately left the Sect Leader's mansion. After coming out, they almost simultaneously breathed a sigh of relief. They had been lucky to escape this danger.
After all, in that situation, if the two of them had fought to the death, they might have been able to save the Great Protector, but in doing so, they would have been in grave danger.
As for now, escaping with their lives was all that mattered!
Whistling, Shensuanzi sighed, "Alas, it's such a pity. My senior brother Li Wuwei was also a handsome guy back then, but he got stuck in a rut and insisted on being the Great Protector. Look at his current fate, tsk tsk tsk. Whenever there's a tough opponent, he rushes forward, and he's bound to die!"
The person in the black robe at this time sneered disdainfully, "Shensuanzi, it's one thing for me to betray the Great Protector, but you, his junior brother, acting like this, truly makes me sick!"
"Bah! Cao, Black Robe, what kind of trash are you, daring to lecture me? Do you know what you're pulling from the latrine, you trash! If you keep showing off, believe it or not, I'll calculate your death!"
The two bickered and quickly left the Sect Leader's mansion!
However.
There are no secrets that cannot be kept. Soon, the entire Holy Altar knew about the events of that day. The news of the Great Protector's death spread like wings throughout the entire Spirit Realm.
And along with it, a resounding name also spread: Su Han!
...
At the Holy Altar headquarters, around a very exquisite giant round table, sat various bigwigs from all sides. Among them, Sect Leader Niu Lin could only sit in an inconspicuous position.
As for Wang Yanji, one of the Three Elders, he sat slightly forward, but still in a middle-to-upper position!
The rest.
Were all the reclusive elders who usually never came out. These reclusive elders of the Holy Altar were the past big shots of the Holy Altar, a gathering of stars. If any curious person were to count, they would be astonished to find that almost all those present were super elites from all sides over the past five thousand years!
"Cough cough..."
Sitting in the upper seat, an elder on the verge of death coughed and then said, "As the thirty-first坛主 (Tan Zhu - Leader) of the Holy Altar, I am very confused about today's situation. Has it been a thousand years, and someone can still challenge the Holy Altar? I cannot believe how you juniors are handling things, causing the Holy Altar to lose so much face!"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present was struck dumb with fear!
After all, the weight of this elder was immense. He was the thirty-first坛主 of the Holy Altar, the highly respected Elder Huang, whose strength and status were second to none!
It was said that Elder Huang had already reached the realm of Heaven-Man Unity a hundred years ago. His current cultivation level was unknown.
In short, he was an invincible existence!
As for some of the other elders beside him, each had a formidable identity, like hidden big shots. These people usually never showed themselves, but at critical moments, they all came out without hesitation. After all, the current Holy Altar was a tool for them to draw blood.
If the tool broke, they would not fare well either!
"Cough cough, let me say a few words. Since the matter has happened, it must be resolved! Since the enemy general is powerful, let's try appeasement. This is the rule left by our ancestors, and it is not wrong. Compared to a young fellow, what could he want? Status, fame, women, hehe, nothing more than these. The Holy Altar can give him anything, as much as he wants!"
"If we can do this, unless he is an idiot, he will not oppose us! And when he realizes he has been tricked after some time, it will be too late, hehe..."
It could be said that what this elder said was an open scheme, with the aim of using some means to make a young man like Su Han easily join the Holy Altar, and then slowly wear down his edge.
Niu Lin below, upon hearing this, was enlightened.
He nodded repeatedly, "What the ancestor said is truly... amazing. How did I not think of it? Hehe, I just collected seven or eight beauties. I suppose this kid will like them!"
As for Wang Yanji beside him, he frowned slightly. He remembered that Su Han was just a young fellow with low strength back then. But now, in just one year, he had actually alarmed all the big figures of the Holy Altar!
Almost instantly, Wang Yanji dismissed this plan!
Because he knew that Su Han's potential and strength far exceeded imagination...