Lu Zheng hid behind a wall, concealing him with the shadow of the burning torch ahead, sticking into the wall. He was staring at the two patrolling external members with predatory eyes, grinding his teeth, growling. One of them said, raising his voice, “The Azure Tide Clan had finally been annihilated! Our Scorching Blade Clan can finally rule Ebonshade City!”The other hummed in delight, replying, seemingly raising his voice, “Right? Those bastards finally ceased to exist. They had been a headache, and their dumb sword techniques, claiming to be stronger than ours, had been proven wrong.Who says theirs is much better than ours? It never has been!Pathetic clan! Nothing but just a group of chickens trying to be a phoenix!”Lu Zheng was furious when he heard their insults.His frail body trembled in rage.He was supposed to lie in wait and try to get closer behind their back to kill them in an instant, but the rage clouded his mind. Without hesitation, he pounced at them forward lik

Lu Zheng quickly averted his gaze.His heart continued to palpitate as his mind fell into disorder.‘Who is he? What am I doing here?’Such questions continued to pop up in his mind.Gradually, he was being swallowed by terror.“I guess it’s normal for you to fear me.” The imposing, mysterious voice echoed a giggle. “Come here.”Before Lu Zheng could regain his composure and act to his command, the ocean of blood suddenly trembled.He looked below and panicked as he saw the blood swirling violently.It suddenly formed into a pillar, bringing him up into the sky.It halted when it reached a certain height.He did not even dare to imagine looking below.He remained frozen for a while, before seeing another pillar stopping in front of him, as though they were creating a path.It continued until it extended towards the mountain of bones.However, it did not even reach the peak.Somewhere in the middle of the peak and the center.He knew the purpose of the path in front of him.What he onl

Lu Zheng could feel something was happening inside his body.He was delighted, but soon, his face turned ugly.He was assaulted by another excruciating pain.Unknown to him, his ocean eyes turned bloodshot as even red veins began to pop up on his head.His body spasmed violently, and his now bloodshot eyes rolled upwards.At this moment, he felt losing his consciousness, but he knew he could not afford to do so.Hence, he tried his best to hold the meager consciousness he had while fighting the urge to faint.The wave of enormous torment continued to assault him until he slowly felt it was diminishing, giving him some time to breathe.His blurry vision slowly returned, and when he saw the corpse in front of him, he was given a fright.The corpse seemed to have aged for years, as though what remained on its body was skin and bones.There seemed to be no blood flowing inside its body.When he recalled the ocean of blood, he thought it would make sense if the mysterious voice’s power rel

Lu Zheng entered the treasury and scrutinized the place.It appeared ordinary, with torches on the wall, illuminating the whole place, leaving no place, even the corner, to be darkened.The floor has no tiles but just pure dirt on the ground, protruding rocks – others wrapped by soil.The place was surrounded by five wooden shelves, two times taller than him.It appeared to be a library, but the placement of the shelves was all over the place, no arrangement at all.Lu Zheng saw the characters above the shelves and concluded that each shelf contained different books.For instance, one shelf contained the records of each member of the clan.Another contained the internal affairs of the clan. Another contained internal and external techniques of the clan, possibly the original copies, as what could be found in the library were duplicates.Another contained the history of the clan, and another contained the partnership of the clan with other factions.Lu Zheng was not interested in those,

He was terrified for two reasons, one being the most horrifying.After all, he had just learned that the man, whose name was Jade Fang, below him, was actually a member of a ruler of another domain, which was the Golden Serpent Society.Furthermore, they were known for being insidious, like a snake, slowly entrapping the prey without it knowing and suddenly striking with their sharp teeth filled with venom.Out of all domains, they were the most terrifying.They were the definition of assassins.Now, it made sense to him how he was fooled.It turned out that when he met him, he had long been in his grasp, slowly caging him without him knowing.When the time was right, he was struck by its venoms and was about to lose his life.Thankfully, he was saved.Now, another reason why he was terrified was simple.The way Jade Fang appeared to be confident he would die.He recalled the token he destroyed earlier and finally recognized the massive golden snake in front of it.‘He is not lying.’