Why is My System Glitching

Rodney’s gaze flicked toward the distant wing where thunderous echoes had erupted minutes prior. "Donovan Valdez is the strongest among the five task battle squad. Whether the treasury house is in the Royal Study or not, we can’t let his Dominator Squad clear it too quickly unchallenged."

A pause. "Tell your Thirst Bull to stay sharp and keep distance from Dominator. If Valdez spots us, we’ll become their first target to remove—a mistake we can’t afford."

"Noted," Jorge Blue inclined his head, squinting thoughtfully as his squad rifled through cabinets and chests. "Rodney, I’ll admit... I’m curious about what rattled Donovan’s Dominator Squad so badly in that Royal Study Library," he mused aloud. "After genius cultivator Senior Brother Kroger Hanz vanished, not a single late-phase Qi Refinement cultivator remained here in this Hanz Clan Estate. Any seventh-layer or higher fighter could’ve slaughtered everyone here in this mountain estate alone."

Jorge Blue paced the Main Hall, his voice low and measured. "Think about it—The Hanz Clan Estate falls under our holy sect’s territory. A fallen clan like the Hanz shouldn’t have drawn the ire of any formidable enemy. Even if they provoked someone, with Kroger Hanz’s soul lamp still burning—proof he’s alive—any foe would hesitate to massacre the clan, fearing a genius cultivator’s return. So, their doom wasn’t a simple vendetta."

He clenched his fist. "That’s why the Outer Sect Elders deemed this task ’safe,’ restricting it to disciples at the Sixth-Layer Qi Refinement or higher. They accounted for every conceivable threat. Yet..." His jaw tightened. "Four Battle Squads vanished without a trace. Only Hughie Wing escaped—barely—with fragmented clues."

He paused, brow furrowing. "And now, even Donovan Valdez, with his strength, used a Violet Noir Lightning Fulu so early. What did the Hanz Clan cross? What happened here?"

Rodney Luther’s gaze darkened, his sallow face calm, pondered briefly "Not a cultivator’s slaughter," he said flatly. "If it was, the Foundation Establishment Pill’s Alchemy Formula, the Crimson Whisker Vine, the entire treasury house—they’d have been looted by now."

"Exactly," Jorge nodded. "The Hanz Clan, however diminished, is still under our holy sect’s protection. A cultivator bold enough to kill them would’ve fled immediately after the act, not lingered to murder more Abyss Pit Sect’s disciples."

"Nor a demon beast rampage," Rodney Luther added. "No trace of demonic Qi lingers here. No claw marks, no corrupted vegetation. The Gloomwater Phantom Lily Array, the estate’s buildings, and the surrounding woods and bushes are nearly pristine, untouched by the chaos a demon beast would leave."