NOVEL WEB Chapter 585: Heaven's Will is Like a Knife
From that day on, the master of Diancang Pavilion, known to the world as the Thousand-Handed King, Zhou Yuan, began to travel quietly through all the lands of Jiuzhou. Through that dull and dusty bag, he continuously collected the souls of the human clan, including the warriors.
His movements were highly secretive, for as a supreme warrior who had reached the Great Perfection of the Divine Intent Realm, his perception was extraordinary, allowing him to avoid any detection. Furthermore, in the beginning, the targets chosen by the master of the Diancang Pavilion were remote cities and villages.
Plus, with his swift actions, for a time, truly no one noticed.
After harvesting the population of a small city once more, Zhou Yuan opened the Cosmos Bag to look inside and, after a careful sensation, muttered to himself, "I have already collected hundreds of thousands of souls, but it is still far from enough."
To perform a blood sacrifice to heaven and earth to forge a powerful channel between the upper realm and Jiuzhou, allowing a dozen or more Heavenly Human Realm martial artists to descend, is extraordinarily difficult.
At the very least, the souls of over ten million are needed, along with the towering magical power exerted by the upper realm giants, to have a slight hope of success.
However, the task of collecting the souls of ten million people posed the risk of exposure for Zhou Yuan.
Yet, since this was an order from the giants of the upper realm, he had no choice but to carry it out.
As a result, from that day on, cases of people disappearing occurred in many places. With large numbers of people vanishing, it became impossible to cover up.
For Zhou Yuan no longer limited his targets to remote cities. A city of medium size also became the object of his visits.
"Ah... no!"
"Save me... save me!"
"Who will save us, who will save us!"
Numerous members of the Human Clan screamed and cried as Zhou Yuan, expressionless, absorbed them into the dull Cosmos Bag to become materials for the blood sacrifice to heaven and earth.
Da Xia quickly became aware of this, initially suspecting that demons were causing havoc, but despite extensive investigation, they found nothing, and the disappearances continued.
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In Tiandu, Da Xia, the palace, the Imperial Study.
"Your Majesty, in just a short half-month's time, several million people have disappeared. Now the common people are in a state of panic, and chaos is brewing," reported a worried minister.
At this moment, Ji Yuan sat in the chief seat, his face weary and somber. He had not slept for several days and nights because of this matter, sending out various people to investigate, the army, the Jing Tian Department, and even, in the end, Commander Qin Wu himself. But still, no results had emerged.
Indeed, not to mention the results, not even a single clue had been found.
This showed that Zhou Yuan was not only powerful but also meticulously careful in his actions.
After all, he did not know that Gu Chen had left Jiuzhou, which is why he was so cautious and careful, moving through the various states without harvesting from the same territory twice.
With the speed of his Divine Intent Realm Great Perfection, even if Qin Wu took action personally, it would be in vain; no traces could be tracked.
And because of this incident, the world, once calm for a while, became panicked once again.
After all, the disappearance of several million people was no small matter, and Ji Yuan was frazzled by it.
"Your Majesty, if this issue is not resolved, it will surely shake the foundation of our Da Xia nation!"
"Your Majesty, please consider carefully, this matter is no child's play!"
"Your Majesty, perhaps we could ask the Martial King to take action. If the Martial King appears, not only will the common people be reassured, but the perpetrator will also certainly not escape!"
Inside the Imperial Study, several ministers continuously voiced their opinions, suggesting various proposals, and some even suggested mobilizing Gu Chen.
Ji Yuan, of course, knew that Gu Chen could solve the problem, but the key issue now was that Gu Chen was not in Jiuzhou!
Such troubles truly frustrated him.
Soon, the small imperial assembly in the Imperial Study ended, and many ministers withdrew.
At this moment, Eunuch Huang approached, whispering, "Your Majesty, why not have Commander Wei and Lord Luo, along with the Tower Supervisor, take a look?"
Although he was unaware of the existence of the spatial passageway, he knew that Gu Chen was otherwise engaged and unable to manifest his full power.
With the return of Wei Cang and Luo Xun, Eunuch Huang, of course, knew the situation, which is why he spoke as he did.
"It seems that's the only option," sighed Ji Yuan. He then had Eunuch Huang summon Wei Cang and the others and informed them about the matter.
The white-haired, white-bearded Tower Supervisor frowned and immediately employed the Heavenly Human Gazing Skill to attempt divination, but still discovered nothing.
Instantly, everyone took the case even more seriously.
Even the Divine Intent Realm Tower Supervisor could not divine the situation, clearly indicating something was deeply amiss.
Ji Yuan also hadn't anticipated that within just over two months of Gu Chen's departure, such an incident would arise in Jiuzhou.
"The two of us will look into this," spoke Wei Cang and Luo Xun.
Ji Yuan nodded. With Gu Chen gone, Wei Cang and Luo Xun were now the strongest in Da Xia. If even they could not find any leads, it would indeed be difficult.
Quickly, another three days passed, and on this day, Wei Cang and Luo Xun returned, both shaking their heads. Even they had found nothing.
This made their faces rather gloomy, having failed in their first attempt.
But no matter what they did, all their means were of no avail; they could not trace the source.
"This person's cultivation is very strong, no weaker than ours, and he possesses a secret treasure that can shield against the heavens' will!" said Wei Cang, his face extremely solemn.