Jiang Ning's icy tone sent shivers coursing through Yun Zhongke's body.

Li Xuan stopped him before he could say anything.

"Jiang Ning, we thank you for saving our lives," said Li Xuan. "We agreed not to attack Qingshan Sect because you said you had a way to deal with the gray fog. Have you thought of a solution?" Everything boiled down to that.

Their attack on Qingshan Sect, their desperation to leave the mountain and the reason why Tianlian Sect had imprisoned them all boiled down to that.

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They were grateful to Jiang Ning for saving them, but this concerned the survival of the sects and was a concern that occupied their minds all the time.

"We've identified the root of the problem," said Jiang Ning. "The problem can only be solved after we have identified its source."

He gave everyone a look.

"You might be sect leaders and elders of powerful sects and possess incredible strength and power, but you're not really smart, are you? That's rather disappointing," Jiang Ning said tactlessly, insulting them with perfectly decent language devoid of any profanity.

None of the sect leaders dared to voice a word of protest.

If they had been smart enough, they wouldn't have been caught by Luo Qi and made to suffer such humiliation.

"Just tell us what you need us to do." Geng Jianba looked at Jiang Ning. He didn't enjoy wasting time on talking and he wasn't interested in whining. This was the situation that they had found themselves in and all that they could do was do the best they could with the cards that they had been dealt.

The fact that Jiang Ning had managed to get them out was a testament to his capabilities. Honestly, Geng Jianba was of the view that Jiang Ning was a lot more intelligent than all of them.

"Elder Ting Feng," said Jiang Ning. "You should tell them."

The elder nodded, then turned towards the group.

"We've been overlooking one person." The look on his face was severe. "Mr Lang."

"Mr Lang?" A few of them blurted out in unison. The name sounded familiar. In fact, some of them could distinctly remember having heard that name before. But they could not for the life of them remember what Mr Lang looked like.

"Who is he?" asked Yun Zhongke with a frown on his face. He was very sure that he knew that name, but somehow, he couldn't place a face to it.

"You don't remember what he looks like do you?" Elder Ting Feng could tell from the look on everyone's faces.

Upon seeing their nods of

Konet

agreement, he said loudly, "That's why he's so terrifying. He has no presence even though he clearly exists. Even strong fighters like you can't sense him. It's no surprise that we were all used by him. We're not the only ones. He's seized control over Luo Qi's mind as well. He was the one who killed Master Ting!"

A murderous rage filled Elder Ting Feng's eyes when he spoke about Ting Chan's death.

Alarm flickered across the eyes of the other men. Their memories of Mr Lang were slowly coming back to them, but they simply couldn't remember his face. How terrifying!

Ting Chan had been one of the more powerful fighters amongst theme Nevertheless, he had been taken down by Mr Lang without a fight. Their enemy was truly a terrifying opponent!

"Who exactly is Mr Lang?" asked Li Xuan.

He had killed Ting Chan with the Vajra Fist.

Did that mean that he had also mastered the techniques of other sects?

In addition, no one seemed to be able to remember him even if they had spoken to him before. What kind of ability was that?

Dread began to fill them from the inside as they thought about it.

"It doesn't matter who he is," said Jiang Ning. "As long as he's human, he's got to have a weakness. Unless..."

"Unless...?"

"Unless he's not human."

Jiang Ning's words made everyone's scalp prickle with numbness.

Mr Lang wasn't human?

What could he be then?

But his moves had been incredibly bizarre. Could any human be capable of anything like that?

Jiang Ning glanced at everyone. "We'll find out what he is once we expose his true identity."

This was an elaborate show.

It was a performance that even

had to participate in and that

included Mr Lang. Getting him to reveal his true identity wasn't going to be easy at all.