Outside the Dragon Valley, on the mountaintop.
"White Three! White Three! Wake up!"
A voice calling out echoed in his ears.
Tang Wulin groggily opened his eyes, and the first thing he saw was Black One urgently shaking him.
Tang Wulin jolted awake and quickly recounted the scene before he fainted to Black One.
"You mean, a White-rank fighter attacked you from behind!"
Black One's brow furrowed.
The Tang Sect strictly forbade disciples from harming each other.
If Tang Wulin's words were true, that White-rank fighter had committed a great taboo!
"Oh, right, I found the Dragon Tomb, and that person attacking me might be related to that," Tang Wulin added.
"The Dragon Tomb?" Black One mused.
Beside them, Dai Yun'er slowly woke up.
After regaining her senses, she also helped Tang Wulin confirm that a White-rank fighter had indeed attacked both of them, successively knocking them unconscious.
Hearing this, Black One was furious and immediately decided to thoroughly investigate the matter.
The White-rank fighter who attacked the two must be severely punished without leniency.
"Did the White-rank fighter who attacked you two have any distinguishing features?" Black One asked.
Tang Wulin thought for a moment, then shook his head.
"No, just the usual White-rank fighter's attire, but that person was very strong."
Black One was a little disappointed upon hearing this.
Just as he was about to say something, another flash of light appeared, and another figure emerged, staggering a few steps before stabilizing.
"Black One."
He respectfully bowed to Black One.
The newcomer was none other than White Thirteen.
White Thirteen's talent and strength were definitely among the top three of all the White-rank fighters on this trip.
Black One hadn't expected him to come out so quickly.
White Thirteen quickly said, "Black One, it seems there was a change inside the Dragon Valley.
All the Dragon Souls in the Sky suddenly disappeared, absorbed towards one direction.
When I was about to investigate, I found that the entire Dragon Valley was violently twisting, as if it were about to collapse.
Moreover, the energy fluctuations inside the Dragon Valley became very strange.
I vaguely saw a huge crack appear in the distant Sky, and then I immediately activated my Dragon Orb and came out."
"Crack?"
Black One's expression changed in shock.
When a small World experiences spatial changes, it very likely indicates that this small World is about to collapse.
The Dragon Valley was a very important small World controlled by the Tang Sect.
Its importance ranked among the top of the Tang Sect's controlled super resources.
If the Tang Sect's small World collapsed, it would definitely be a huge loss for the Tang Sect.
Just then, figures appeared one after another, all White-rank fighters who had left the Dragon Valley small World.
Everyone's descriptions were largely similar.
Some also said that the Dragon Souls that were currently fighting suddenly ran wildly in one direction, and then the entire small World vibrated, as if it were about to collapse.
They knew that the Dragon Valley small World might collapse, so they quickly gave up their training, crushed their Dragon Orbs, and escaped.
"We've lost contact with the Dragon Valley," Wu Lao suddenly exclaimed, simultaneously staggering back a few steps.
The light patterns on the mountaintop also began to rapidly dim, losing all their luster.
Black One's expression became even more solemn.
What exactly happened inside the Dragon Valley that could cause a previously extremely stable small World to collapse without warning and break contact with them?
"Twenty-eight, twenty-nine.
Hmm, one person is missing?"
Black One said in a deep voice, "Roll call, starting from White One!"
After a round of roll call, Black One's face changed.
White Twenty-two was missing.
White Twelve also trembled at this moment and quickly reported to Black One that he and White Twenty-two were paired in a group, but upon entering the Dragon Valley, White Twenty-two rushed into the Dragon Valley alone without consulting him.
Hearing White Twelve's words, and combining them with the attack on Tang Wulin and Dai Yun'er, Black One instantly reached a conclusion.
The person who attacked Tang Wulin and Dai Yun'er was most likely White Twenty-two, and even the loss of contact with the Dragon Valley small World was likely related to him.
Therefore, Black One immediately ordered, "All members, there's no time to rest.
Immediately spread out and conduct a carpet search for White Twenty-two."
"Yes!"
Everyone said in unison, then they all activated their Spirits and used their abilities to search nearby.
"Wu Lao, I'll trouble you," Black One said respectfully to Wu Lao.
Wu Lao knew the urgency of the situation and nodded slightly.
The next moment, he transformed into lightning and disappeared from the spot, joining the search party.
After a while, a flash of lightning streaked by, and a stripped and unconscious male student was thrown in front of Black One by Wu Lao.
"I found this fellow in a nearby bush.
He was already in a deep coma when I arrived."
Black One recognized him as White Twenty-two at a glance and quickly stepped forward to check the student's condition, finding that he was in a severe coma.
Electric light flickered at Wu Lao's fingertips, and he pointed at the student's forehead.
The strong lightning stimulated the student's mind, instantly waking him up.
He sat up with a jolt.
White Twenty-two looked around in confusion, completely unaware of his whereabouts.
Fortunately, the sight of Black One in front of him slightly calmed his heart, reducing some of his panic.
"What's going on, White Twenty-two, why are you unconscious here?" Black One grabbed White Twenty-two's shoulders and asked urgently.
White Twenty-two's mind was muddled at this point.
It took him a while to clarify the current situation, and he told Black One exactly how he was knocked unconscious by a person with an unfamiliar face at the Tang Sect headquarters.
"What, you mean someone with an unfamiliar face infiltrated the Tang Sect headquarters?" Black One said in disbelief.
White Twenty-two nodded.
"Based on the current situation, yes.
That person somehow snuck into the Tang Sect headquarters, knocked me out, and then mixed into the team for this operation."
Black One's expression was grim.
Breaking through the Tang Sect's security to infiltrate the headquarters and knowing about the Dragon Valley operation meant that there was an informant inside the Tang Sect headquarters, from his perspective.
After a long while, Black One's expression returned to calm.
He slowly said, "You can go down the mountain with the team."
"Yes!"
After White Twenty-two left, Black One said to Wu Lao, "Wu Lao, I need to report this matter to headquarters, so I'll leave first."
Wu Lao nodded.
"Go quickly, important matters are pressing."
...
"Ah, comfortable!"
Inside a black soul-guided car, Qian Mo lay comfortably in the back seat, stretching lazily.
In the driver's seat of the soul-guided car sat an expressionless elder.
But if you were to reach out to this elder, you would be surprised to find your hand passing through the elder's body without any obstruction.
This was actually a projection, merely to prevent anyone from discovering the truth that this soul-guided car was driverless.
The interior of this soul-guided car was connected to the Sacred Knowledge Vault and controlled by the artificial intelligence butler Keisha, enabling unmanned intelligent driving.
Qian Mo lay on the spacious back seat, whistling as he checked the gains from this trip to the Dragon Valley.