Chapter 1393 - Chapter 1393 The Huaxia Branch Is Gone…

Chapter 1393 The Huaxia Branch Is Gone…

In an unknown corner of the world…

A towering cliff rose up from the beach filled with white sand, looking shadowy and wide. Currents went gurgling on.

A black shadow knelt down on one knee before the steep cliff.

After a long time…

“Boh!”

A slight sound of waves suddenly came.

Before the black shadow suddenly appeared ripples of water. One foot stepped out of the air one meter above the ground.

A man, wearing a belt inside and a gauze cloak outside, was dressed like scholars in ancient times. On his feet were a pair of cyan cloth shoes in an antique design. At first glance. he had an ethereal beauty.

He looked up.

It was actually a young man.

There were two strands of long hair on both sides of his forehead. The rest of his black hair was combed neatly behind his head and held in a suitable position by a wooden hairpin.

His features were strongly defined, but he had under-eye purplish black circles.

“A Guardian?”

The young man came out. Without looking at the person kneeling before him, he asked in a flat and emotionless voice, “How dare you disturb my cultivation in seclusion? Is there anything in the world that Crowning Lord can’t deal with?”

“Greetings, Lord.”

The Guardian, kneeling on one knee, did not dare to hesitate. Instantly, he bowed his head and reported, “My Lord, Crowning Lord might have died!”

“Oh?”

The young man was a little taken aback. Finally, he shifted his eyes to this Guardian and asked, still in a calm tone, “Okay. Tell me what happened.”

As he spoke…

The young man slowly descended, and his feet landed silently.

“Yes.”

The Guardian quickly replied and said, “Two years ago, a genius appeared in Huaxia Wulin. No one knew his real identity. Since he claimed himself to be John Doe, everyone called him so. John Doe is very talented. At first, he was just a martial arts practitioner, but every time he fought, he could defeat an expert much stronger than him. In just two years, he made great progress and could easily kill a guru. Until now, no one knows the limits of his abilities!”

“Is there such a genius?”

The young man smiled as if he had thought of something.

“Yes.”

The Guardian nodded and fell silent for fear of accidentally interrupting the young man.

“Go on.”

The young man smiled and waved his hand.

“Yes.”

The Guardian nodded and said, “More than a year ago, John Doe’s real identity was finally revealed. His real name is Lin Yu. However, no matter how hard we investigated, we couldn’t find any information about him. Except for his name, we learned nothing more about him. In an event, he encountered some of our disciples and killed a few of them. We became enemies since then.

“Back then, this matter was not reported to Crowning Lord. Several Venerables dispatched people to win John Doe over. However, he did not know what was good for him and even killed a few of our brothers.

“Because the few Venerables were carrying out Crowning Lord’s plan, they didn’t attack John Doe then. John Doe also disappeared mysteriously in Wulin for some time. Later… When Crowning Lord launched his plan in Zhongdong, John Doe showed up there as a special envoy of Huaxia.”

At this point…

“Someone from the government?”

The young man slightly raised his eyebrows in surprise.

Just now, he took a fancy to John Doe, who reached such a high level in just two years. If Crowning Lord died, he could draw him in and make him the next Crowning Lord. However, he did not expect John Doe to work for the government.

Since he was from the government, there was no need to recruit him.

“Yes.”

The Guardian continued to report, “John Doe has admitted that he had been working for the government. Moreover, as a special envoy from Huaxia, he destroyed Crowning Lord’s plan in Zhongdong. The plan had cost Crowning Lord much time and energy. With this, John Doe helped the five major countries seize important military resources and deterred all the major Zhongdong forces. In the end, Crowning Lord’s plan was completely exposed!

“When his secretive plan came to light, Crowning Lord was furious and sent people to investigate John Doe — he planned to get rid of him forever. John Doe was too mysterious. Crowning Lord paid a great price but found no trace of him. It seemed that John Doe would appear only when he wanted to.

“Even after a long time of searching, John Doe was nowhere to be seen. Thus, Crowning Lord could only put this matter aside. Then he started to prepare for the second stage of the Africo plan.

“Later, there was sudden news from Huaxia Wulin, saying an ancient relic was found in Zangjiang. All the Wulin people in Huaxia took action. In the end, the ancient relic was occupied by the four great families and the major sects. And because John Doe knew about formations, he was also invited to go there.”

“An ancient relic? Zangjiang?”

The young man turned around. Eyes on the Guardian kneeling on one knee, he asked, “What did those old guys bring out from the ancient ruin? Did they say that the ancient ruin had an owner or not?”

Evidently…

This young man called Lord Virtuous was more concerned about the ancient ruins.

“I don’t have any concrete information.”

The Guardian quickly explained, “At that time, Crowning Lord asked Seventh Venerable to go there with four Guardians. They wanted to inquire about the news and kill John Doe and the leaders of the major sects. But in the end, all of them died, and John Doe killed Seventh Venerable. Eventually, the four patriarchs of Wulin and the leaders of the great sects came out of the relic. However, they didn’t seem to have obtained anything. Since that day, they never said a single word about the Zangjiang relic. None of them has revisited Zangjiang.

“Perhaps, it’s a wild relic.”

The young man nodded with understanding and said, “Go on.”

“After that, John Doe disappeared again. Seventh Venerable died, and the other Venerables were not in Huaxia. Thus, Crowning Lord had to postpone the plan to kill John Doe. Instead, he ordered Sixth Venerable and Eighth Venerable to accelerate their Africo plan. As it was carried out, forces from all over the world, large or small, sent over their people. John Doe also showed up with another identity. Without any preparation, everyone was taken to the pharaoh ruin in Egyptt.

“The Africa plan’s first part had been completed: the mysterious black matter in the pharaoh tomb of Egyptt infected metahumans from all over the world.

“Sixth Venerable and Eighth Venerable made the arrangements and quickly implemented the plan’s second part. Before long, a large-scale outbreak of the mutant Ebala virus began in Africo.

“But later, John Doe came to us again.

“This time, he crippled nearly one-third of our high-end combat capability. He killed more than a dozen gurus, several Guardians, and even Sixth Venerable and Eighth Venerable. In addition, he destroyed our strongholds and biochemical labs in Africo!

“He ruined our Africo stronghold. The next day, Huaxia Sword Sect suddenly sent a large number of experts and wiped out all our strongholds in Huaxia. According to the information we collected, these Huaxia experts must have obtained the map of our strongholds in Huaxia from our Africo base.

“When Crowning Lord learned about it, he was furious. He knew Venerables would be no match for John Doe. Besides, John Doe repeatedly ruined our plans and killed many Nirvana members. Crowning Lord was determined to eliminate him in person. Thus, he sent John Doe a challenge letter on the Huaxia Wulin forum.

“John Doe accepted the challenge.

“Just an hour ago, a piece of news appeared on the Wulin online forum. John Doe won, and Crowning Lord was dead!

“However, we haven’t yet confirmed his death. Crowning Lord may or may not be dead.”

The Guardian stopped after finishing his words.

He had clearly reported the matter’s cause and effect. All he needed to do next was wait for Lord Virtuous to give the order.

“He showed up in Wulin more than two years ago, but now he has become a guru. And he alone destroyed one-third of our high-end combat capability?”

Lord Virtuous pursed his lips and raised his eyebrows, asking, “Can’t you find out his real identity?”

“Interesting.”

Lord Virtuous chuckled softly.

Then he turned his head and ordered, “Prepare all kinds of information about John Doe. I want to know all places he had appeared and all large and small events he had participated in.”

“In addition, do your best to get Crowning Lord’s whereabouts. You must find out whether he is dead or alive!”

At this point…

Lord Virtuous stepped forward and added, “In half a month, I’ll come out of seclusion again and learn about everything. Tell our remaining Huaxia branches not to act rashly for now!”

“My Lord.”

The Guardian said bitterly, “But we no longer have any branch in Huaxia. Sword Sect exterminated all our brothers there!”

“Humph.”

Lord Virtuous poked his eyebrows, and his face suddenly darkened. A relic door one meter above the ground emerged. Lord Virtuous stepped forward, floated into the air, and walked into the door, leaving some words. “Investigate John Doe first and report everything to me. When the time comes, I will deal with him!”

As soon as he finished speaking…

He walked into the layers of water and disappeared.

The water ripples before the cliff gradually dissipated, returning to a peaceful and soundless space.

Only then did the Guardian kneeling on one knee stand up.

He let out a long sigh.

Then he moved, rising fast into the air. Quickly, he flew out and disappeared into the darkness.

…

Oversea…

On an island between Huaxia and Southern Yue…

“Buzz, buzz…”

The black clouds in the sky were still rolling, and the cold wind was whistling around. Waves crashed against the beach and reefs on the island edge increasingly violently!

It had been a day and a night since they first came to the island.

In another space…

One by one, the twelve golden columns had dispersed. There was only one last column shining on Fang Qiu. However, even the last Qi column had become extremely light, as if it might disappear at any time.

Under Fang Qiu, the slowly growing shadow had fully developed. However, it was just a shadow, looking not real at all.

“No, my internal Qi is still not enough.”

Fang Qiu gave a wry smile. But when he attempted to continuously absorb the Qi of Heaven and Earth to nourish himself, he found his Dantian was already filled with internal Qi. If he went on assimilating it, his Dantian might be stuffed to bursting by his internal Qi. In that case, he would likely hurt himself because of Qi deviation.

Helplessly…

Fang Qiu could only stop the operation of internal Qi in his Dantian.

Then, he got out of that strange space.

“Well, I still need the Heaven and Earth Treasure to strengthen my Dantian. I can expand my meridians, so why can’t I enlarge my Dantian?”

“Eh, I should find more Heaven Treasures to cultivate Dantian!”

With this in mind…

Fang Qiu slowly opened his eyes.

“You’re awake?”

Sword Fanatic had been guarding aside. Joyfully and surprisingly, he came up to Fang Qiu.