Nightmare Apostle

Chapter 1557: Chapter 926: Trap (Part 3)

"This is... the Jade Token of the One-character Sect!" Jiang Qingluan recognized the origin of the Jade Token.

Yang Xiao was not unfamiliar with the name of the One-character Sect. This was also a great power comparable to the Yi Sect, with its sphere of influence mainly concentrated in the Southwestern Province. It had been mentioned in the manual left by the young Sect Master that an expert from the One-character Sect named Jianqing was also a Netherworld Envoy.

"How could people from the One-character Sect be here?" The man from the Chamber of Commerce stared at the corpses on the ground. The two bodies looked quite old, resembling guards of the young man who was cruelly made into a Poison Puppet before.

"The Secret Realm has no ownership, and there is more than one entrance. Anyone or any force that finds an entrance can come in. It seems people from the One-character Sect also found an entrance."

"But that entrance wasn’t stable enough and could only support three people to enter. As a result, they were ambushed by the Japanese while setting up camp." freёwebnoѵel.com

"They didn’t have the advantage in numbers and were ambushed, leading to their total annihilation." Upon saying this, Jiang Qingluan sighed deeply. Although the Yi Sect had little contact with the One-character Sect, seeing her compatriots die tragically, she couldn’t help but feel a pang.

Suddenly, Jiang Qingluan noticed Yang Xiao moving a corpse with a severed arm of a One-character Sect expert toward the Mirror World.

"What are you doing?" Jiang Qingluan couldn’t figure out what was going on in Yang Xiao’s little head.

"I’m collecting their bodies. If I get a chance to meet the disciples of the One-character Sect, I’ll return the bodies to them. You know my kind heart." Yang Xiao said, but if he really met the disciples of the One-character Sect, doing a good deed without any reward would mean that the One-character Sect people were the ones being unreasonable.

Jiang Qingluan knew Yang Xiao well and could guess he intended to sell the bodies for a good price. However, with so many people around, she decided to leave him some dignity.

Yang Xiao originally intended to move both corpses to the Mirror World, but after seeing the miserable state of the second body, he gave up. After all, with the face destroyed, the One-character Sect might not recognize such a corpse.

Unlike Jiang Qingluan, seeing Yang Xiao act this way, Nalan Shuo’s eyes were full of admiration. In his view, a man should act like this. To him, Yang Xiao was the most perfect successor.

As everyone checked the most miserable corpse, Jiang Qingluan noticed something unusual. She found a hole on the chest of the corpse.

This was a fatal wound. This blow directly destroyed the man’s heart, and judging by the multiple external wounds on the corpse, it was clear that this person had been in a fierce battle before death.

To hold on for so long under the siege of Japanese Apostles was enough to prove this person’s strength.

This person should be the strongest among the three from the One-character Sect on this journey.

"Strange..." Jiang Qingluan gently stroked the wound on the chest and murmured to herself.

"What’s wrong? Did you find something?" Yang Xiao also squatted down to examine the corpse.

"Look at this wound. The area around the wound is particularly neat. The flesh and bone look like they’ve been ground down. I don’t recall anyone among those Japanese having such an ability." Jiang Qingluan pointed at the wound, explaining to Yang Xiao.

After thinking for a moment, Yang Xiao retrieved the other corpse from the Mirror World and, upon a close inspection, found that this corpse did not have such a wound.

"The corpse made into a Poison Puppet didn’t have such a wound either," the man from the Chamber of Commerce reminded.

"I’ve fought those guys before; I’ve seen the corpses of several members of the teams they killed, and I’ve never seen such wounds." Jiang Qingluan grew increasingly uneasy, feeling her opponents seemed unfamiliar.

"Could they be hiding some of their abilities?" the woman from the Chamber of Commerce asked softly.

"Impossible. We killed quite a few of them. In such a situation, they wouldn’t have hidden anything," Jiang Qingluan directly dismissed the possibility. As a witness to the battle, she knew how intense it was.

The strengths of both sides weren’t overwhelmingly different, and if it were an open confrontation, the outcome wouldn’t have been certain if they hadn’t been ambushed because of betrayal.

"Then there’s only one possibility; they’ve added new members," Yang Xiao said, rubbing his chin.

"There’s another possibility. Someone among them had a fortuitous encounter in the Secret Realm and acquired a new Resentful Eye," Nalan Shuo added.

After all, without seeing those guys, everything the group said was merely speculation. However, the sudden discovery from the corpse undeniably cast a shadow over their journey in the Secret Realm.

Whether they had new members or someone obtained a new Resentful Eye, both scenarios were bad news for them.

Additionally, Yang Xiao noticed that the peculiar wound on the corpse was the fatal one. fгeewёbnoѵel.cσm

This meant that no matter who he was, the person who left this mark was outstanding in the Japanese Apostle group.

Seeing the atmosphere within the team becoming subdued, Jiang Qingluan suggested that it was unlikely the Japanese Apostles added new members. It was most likely that someone obtained a new Magic Artifact.

Being able to kill in one blow, Yang Xiao judged that the Magic Artifact was incredibly fast. From the peculiar wound, he ruled out conventional weapons like swords, as it resembled... a thick and long rod.

The rod must have pierced through the chest at incredible speed, shattering the heart.

To be honest, the first person who came to Yang Xiao’s mind wasn’t anyone else but his senior brother, Ming Yue.

Senior Brother Ming Yue’s Iron Killing Rod was entirely pitch-black, weighing about a hundred pounds, and was incredibly intimidating, leaving a profound impression on him when he was weak.

However, as soon as this thought arose, Yang Xiao dismissed it. Senior Brother Ming Yue was nearly at the Peak of Ghost Level in his normal state. How could he possibly appear here and be with those damn Japanese ghosts?

Impossible.

Absolutely impossible.