At this moment, Ding Fan looked at Xia Ling, who no longer tried to persuade him. A slight curve appeared on the corner of Ding Fan’s mouth, his eyes flickering slightly. He then comforted Xia Ling, saying:

"Don’t worry, I’ll be back soon..."

Listening to Ding Fan’s words, Xia Ling nodded very obediently, but her eyes still showed a trace of worry for Ding Fan.

As he spoke, Ding Fan’s figure suddenly flashed out. A shadowy figure disappeared from Xia Ling’s sight, carrying a fierce whirlwind, and Ding Fan’s figure faded into the pitch-black night.

Watching Ding Fan’s disappearing figure, Xia Ling’s eyes also revealed a trace of worry. Her eyes flickered slightly, and then she too hid her figure in the darkness of the night.

It wasn’t long before Ding Fan appeared on top of the wall of Wind Thunder City, space rippling around him, making his presence impossible to detect.

As Ding Fan appeared, there were strange beings with eerie skull heads wandering around Wind Thunder City searching for something, emitting an aura of strange energy.

Seeing this, Ding Fan’s eyes showed a hint of seriousness, flickered slightly, and he once again merged into the shadows.

"Leader, how many strong warriors do you think this Sirius Tomb will attract this time?"

One of the skull-headed beings asked another powerful-looking man in a golden robe with curiosity.

The robust man heard the skull-headed being’s question, his brows slowly furrowed, his eyes flickering, and he spoke in a low voice:

"It doesn’t matter how many come; don’t forget, our real objective is the Sirius Tomb..."

The skull-headed man, hearing the words of the man in the golden robe, showed a greedy look in his eyes, which flickered slightly, as he replied softly:

"Leader, we’ve been planning for the Sirius Tomb for so long. Are you saying there’s really no way for us to enter it?"

The man in the golden robe listened to the words of the skull-headed being, a look of seriousness suddenly flashed across his eyes, then, looking at the skull-headed being, he spoke softly:

"The Sirius Tomb is far from as simple as you imagine. Such high-level masters are not something we can easily covet. The reason for spreading the information was to attract many powerful divine warriors to help pave the way!"

Upon hearing the man in the golden robe’s words, the skull-headed being showed a surprised look in his eyes, which flickered slightly, and he asked in amazement:

"Leader, aren’t you afraid that someone else might obtain the Sirius heritage?"

The man in the golden robe, responding to the skull-headed man’s question, let a cold smile slip from the corner of his mouth, then spoke lightly:

"Them? Do they also dare covet the Sirius heritage? What a joke! They probably don’t know the power of our Skull Sect..."

The skull-headed man, hearing the man’s words, revealed a sinister look in his eyes, a cruel smile spreading across his lips as a cold voice softly emerged from his mouth:

"With our Skull Sect’s power, even if someone else obtains the heritage, we can make them give it to us!"

Upon hearing this, the man in the golden robe burst into arrogant laughter. Meanwhile, Ding Fan, upon hearing this, showed a cold look in his eyes. They flickered slightly, and his body involuntarily trembled.

"So that’s how it is..."

Ding Fan, thinking of this, felt a chill run down his spine. To be honest, he never expected that the Sirius Tomb was an elaborate trap set long ago. With this realization, cold sweat began to trickle down his forehead.

"Skull Sect, huh? What a bold name..."

Ding Fan looked at those in the skull-shaped garments and spoke softly, his eyes full of coldness.

As Ding Fan was in shock, the man in the golden robe started to scan around with eyes that flickered slightly. He then softly asked the people around him:

"Have you discovered anything? How many people have been here so far?"

The surrounding skeletons, hearing the words of the man in the golden robe, all nodded slightly and softly replied:

"Reporting to the leader, our observation shows that eight people have come here during this period. Each of them has demonstrated their abilities here. From the lingering traces of energy, every one of them is exceptionally powerful, enough for us to utilize!"

The man in the golden robe, upon hearing the report, showed a satisfied look in his eyes, nodding slightly, though suddenly revealing a doubtful expression. The corner of his mouth trembled as he lightly asked:

"Eight people? Didn’t we send out nine copies of the Sirius Treasure Map?"

The surrounding skeletons, upon hearing the golden-robed man’s words, showed surprise in their eyes, and their expressions flickered slightly, puzzled for a moment.

Amidst the crowd’s confusion, a man wearing a purple skull head slowly approached, his eyes glinting with an evil charm. He slightly tilted his mouth and spoke to the man in the golden robe:

"Big brother, the ninth person has also arrived..."

At this moment, after hearing this, all the skeleton people around showed a hint of surprise in their eyes, their gazes flickered slightly, and then they asked in confusion:

"The ninth person has also arrived? How is this possible! Why haven’t we detected any trace of his activities?"

At this time, after listening to the voices of the crowd, the man in the purple robe slightly raised the corner of his mouth, lifted his lips slightly, and said to the many skeleton people in a mysterious tone:

"This ninth person is very clever. Ever since he arrived, he has been hiding his aura and movements, and he is also a master of concealment. It’s normal that you didn’t discover him!"

At this point, upon hearing the purple-robed man’s words, the burly man in the golden robe also showed a hint of surprise in his eyes, his gaze flickered slightly, and then he spoke to the purple-robed man in a mysterious tone:

"Qing, are you serious?"

When the purple-robed man named Qing heard this, he slightly raised the corner of his mouth and said in a mysterious tone to the burly man in the golden robe:

"Big brother, do you not believe what I say anymore?"

Upon hearing Qing’s words, the burly man in the golden robe showed a hint of pride on his face, slightly raised the corner of his mouth, and said to the purple-robed man with trust:

"Qing, if I can’t trust anyone else, could I not trust you? Your words are absolutely trustworthy!"

Listening to the words of the golden-robed man, the purple-robed man nodded slightly, then pointed to the wall next to them, and said calmly:

"Over there, someone once hid..."

The golden-robed man followed Qing’s finger and indeed sensed an extremely faint fluctuation behind the wall, a fluctuation so subtle that it seemed as if it never existed.

"This... could it be that someone really hid here?"

Upon hearing the burly man’s question, the purple-robed man slowly raised the corners of his mouth, his gaze flickered slightly, and then spoke slowly to the golden-robed man:

"Of course, although we don’t know how strong this person is, his art of concealment is indeed remarkable. If I weren’t well-versed in some detection techniques, it would have been impossible to discover his past presence here..."

Upon hearing Qing’s words, the burly man in the golden robe also showed a hint of surprise in his eyes, his gaze flickered slightly, and then he spoke to Qing in a mysterious tone:

"If that’s the case, it seems that everyone at the Sirius Tomb is already present..."

Upon hearing the words of the golden-robed man, the purple-robed man nodded slightly, slightly raised the corner of his mouth, and said in a mysterious tone to the golden-robed man:

"Big brother, since that’s the case, shouldn’t we proceed to the next step?"

Upon hearing Qing’s words, the golden-robed man showed a hint of coldness in his eyes, his gaze flickered slightly, and he spoke slowly to Qing:

"Alright! I will go prepare now."

Meanwhile, as the two were discussing, Ding Fan’s eyes revealed a hint of surprise, his gaze flickered slightly, and his mouth opened in shock.

"This... it’s actually him!"

At this moment, Ding Fan could hardly believe his eyes, as the suddenly appearing youth in the purple robe was the exact same young man Ding Fan had seen during the day.

The truly terrifying thing for Ding Fan was that this youth named Qing could actually detect Ding Fan’s movements. Thinking about this, Ding Fan felt a wave of fear; he hadn’t expected that such a formidable expert existed within the Skeleton Sect.

And just as Ding Fan was about to slip away, the boy named Qing slowly turned his eyes toward Ding Fan, his eyes filled with an evil charm.

And at that moment, when Qing’s gaze turned towards Ding Fan, an extremely terrifying feeling immediately rose in Ding Fan’s heart, as if at this moment, Ding Fan’s figure was already locked in place.

Feeling this, Ding Fan’s eyes filled with horror, looking distantly in the direction where Qing was.

And when Ding Fan looked in Qing’s direction, the purple-robed youth slightly raised the corner of his mouth into a charmingly evil smile, his gaze flickered slightly, and only then did he slowly turn his head away.

And at that moment, as Ding Fan saw this, his heart was suddenly filled with great fear. From just encountering Qing’s gaze, Ding Fan was able to confirm that his location had already been discovered by Qing, but now Ding Fan was truly puzzled as to why Qing, having discovered him, didn’t expose him.

At that moment, as doubts filled Ding Fan’s heart, the burly man in the golden robe also looked in Ding Fan’s direction, making a questioning sound.

"It seems like that side hasn’t been explored yet, let’s go take a look!"