Chapter 346 Who Is Responsible For This?!
"Are you sure you weren't ambushed or something?" The Diamond Palms Sect's Master asked the two disciples that had been brutally killed.
"I'm confident that we were alone, Sect Master!" One of the disciples quickly responded with a serious expression on his face. "We were in open land, and we haven't encountered another participant since we entered!"
"Then how did you two die? Who killed you?" The Sect Master mumbled in a dazed voice.
Even he didn't see what had happened to them through the treasure. Their death was so sudden and random that if he was told his disciples were killed by ghosts, he would probably believe it.
The Sect Master then turned to look at Senior Nie and bowed to him, "Senior Nie, what should we do now? Has something like this happened before? Where the participants die out of nowhere?"
Senior Nie shook his head and said, "No, this has never happened before. As for what happens… Since your participants have died inside the Mystic Realm, regardless of the circumstances, your sect is now disqualified. Whatever points you received before the disqualification will be your final score."
The Sect Master of the Diamond Palms Sect staggered like he was about to faint after hearing Senior Nie's words. How could they be disqualified so early on in the Mystic Realm? They have been in the top ten for over a hundred years! At this rate, it would be a miracle if they manage to even get into the top 100! How could such a tragedy befall their sect?! Who did they offend to deserve this?!
However, as much as the Sect Master of the Diamond Palms Sect wanted to ask for a second chance, he knew it was pointless, and he'd only be making himself into a laughing stock.
The other Sect Masters swallowed nervously when they saw this, silently praying to themselves that this wouldn't happen to their sect.
But Alas, within the next few hours, many other participants experienced the same tragedy the Diamond Palms Sect had experienced.
The participants were dying left and right without a single person knowing the cause, and this caused a great commotion outside the Mystic Realm.
"Just what in Heaven's name is going on?! Who is responsible for this?!"
"Could it be another participant? Or is someone from the Mystic Realm responsible for this?!"
"This is outrageous! At this rate, the sect ranking for the next 10 years will be all messed up!"
Senior Nie was greatly bewildered by this situation, as he has never seen anything like this before.
"What do you think is happening, Elder Nie?" One of the crystal balls asked him.
"I really don't know what to tell you. Somebody is killing all of these people without showing himself or his methods. It's like he has an invisible weapon or something similar. And at the rate he's killing them, taking into account the distance between each victim, this predator is traveling very quickly— too quickly if I am being honest."
"What does this all mean?" Another voice asked.
After pondering for a moment, Elder Nie said, "This may sound absurd, but if we cannot see this killer from the treasure, he's probably a Mystic Realm native, and for some reason, he's killing every single participant. As for his reason for doing so… We will probably never know…"
"We have known that the natives inside the Mystic Realm aren't very friendly towards us outsiders, but they have never outright hunted the participants until today. Did something change within the Mystic Realm?" One of the voices from the crystal ball spoke.