Chapter 910: Chapter 604: The Blood Demon Enigma
Chapter 910: Chapter 604: The Blood Demon Enigma
“The target of the Blood Demon Cult turned out to be you.” Qin Tian turned his head, his gaze falling on Robert, a hint of doubt appearing in his eyes.
Why Robert?
Robert had never revealed any bloodline ability to the outside world. In the public’s perception, his real reliance was on those Rune Spears capable of sniping Tier Seven Spirit Beasts and the nanotech armor that had only been recently successfully developed.
The existence of the latter was known only to a few core members involved in the Moon Ghost Army’s extermination battle.
Why would the Blood Demon Cult, with their usual methods, suddenly target Robert?
At this moment, Robert’s eyes flickered with blue light, streams of dense data flowed like waterfalls quickly refreshing, as he searched through various intelligence networks, databases, and hidden channels for information related to the Blood Demon Cult, trying to find out why they had targeted him.
Qin Tian stroked his chin, lost in thought.
Could it be that the Blood Demon Cult is interested in Robert’s Ten Great Guns?
This speculation is not without reason.
Those Rune Guns are incredibly powerful, capable of easily sniping Tier Seven Spirit Beasts. Such treasures are rare finds for any force.
Lately, many forces have secretly contacted him, willing to pay a high price for acquisition, yet he refused them all outright.
But he always felt something was amiss.
The Blood Demon Cult has always been extremely cautious in their actions, with members maintaining single-line contact and their objectives consistently clear — to seize various high-level bloodlines, rarely acting rashly over weapons or treasures.
Something’s not right…
Just then, a thought suddenly flashed in Qin Tian’s mind, recalling various details of his past encounters with the Blood Demon Cult, which came flooding back like a tide.
His first encounter with the Blood Demon Cult was at the Azure Wood Star Realm’s genius battle.
At that time, a master of the Blood Demon Cult disguised as an examiner “Ghost” infiltrated the arena, and at the final moment, used a move called “Purple-Gold Exile” to forcibly abduct dozens of exceptionally talented geniuses, himself included.
If not for Jie La breaking through Tier Six and effectively holding the opponent at bay, he and those geniuses would have been abducted and stripped of their bloodlines by the Blood Demon Cult.
The second encounter was during a secret mission.
He was ordered to infiltrate the Hundred Hunt Star Thieves to rescue an abducted Empire scientist.
It was during that mission that he met Xiong, subdued the Poisonous Widow, and had the chief scientist at the time, Carl, transformed into an undead.
He later learned that the head of the Hundred Hunt Star Thieves was also from the Blood Demon Cult.
The third encounter was in the Demon Suppression Abyss.
The Blood Demon Cult laid a covert ambush, attempting to target him, but he easily turned the tables, preventing any stir from being created.
In that case…
Scientist… yes, it was the scientist!
Qin Tian’s eyes flickered, and the details of the second mission became increasingly clear in his mind.
Initially, he succeeded in infiltrating the Hundred Hunt Star Thieves, thinking he could smoothly rescue that scientist, only to find out upon arrival that the person had already been killed.
The Hundred Hunt Star Thieves exhausted all means to abduct the scientist, only to easily silence him; the matter was suspicious back then, but he was too busy dealing with subsequent matters to delve deeper.
He later learned that the key project led by that scientist was the “Star Destroyer Cannon.”
If the project succeeded in development, the Empire would possess terrifying firepower capable of directly destroying a planet. Unfortunately, with the scientist’s death, this significant project was indefinitely postponed, which was truly regrettable.
And now, the Blood Demon Cult has once again targeted Robert.
Could it be that, apart from bloodlines, they are also targeting those top scientists?
But why would the Blood Demon Cult do this?
Are they striving to strengthen their own scientific research capabilities, or is their aim to disrupt the Empire’s technological development, preventing the emergence of terrifying weapons like the Star Destroyer Cannon?
If it’s the latter, then the background of the Blood Demon Cult is more than just a notorious evil criminal organization; there might be a larger force behind it, possibly even linked to other hostile civilizations.
Regardless of the Blood Demon Cult’s purpose, Xue Wuyang’s choice did not disappoint him.
The Blood Demon Cult is a cancer of the Empire and the main culprit responsible for the downfall of Xue Wuyang’s family. If Xue Wuyang had chosen to collude with such an organization to save his son, betraying Ice Extreme Pass, that would have truly betrayed his trust and careful cultivation.
Fortunately, although Xue Wuyang was perturbed by his son’s safety, he ultimately remained clear-headed and chose to tell him everything truthfully.
Since that’s the case, he would not let Xue Wuyang down and would do his utmost to rescue his son.
“Robert, help me focus on the Blood Demon Cult’s movements.”
Qin Tian’s tone was solemn, “Especially in recent years, those major breakthroughs that the Empire made but were suddenly shelved, check them thoroughly to see if there’s any trace of the Blood Demon Cult behind them.”
“Got it, boss.”
Robert nodded, the data stream in his eyes still refreshing rapidly, his face carrying a thoughtful expression.
“Boss, what do you plan to do next?” Robert asked.
Qin Tian calmly said, “I’m planning to follow the trail. Since the Blood Demon Cult has taken the initiative to come to us, let’s seize the opportunity to expose their base and rescue Xue Wuyang’s son, while simultaneously eliminating a cancer for the Empire.”
The masked man from the Blood Demon Cult was a Tier Seven Spiritualist, and with such strength, he must be a high-level figure in the Blood Demon Cult, possessing considerable core information.
Following this person could likely lead to a significant stronghold of the Blood Demon Cult.