Secret of Old Master Jiang

≮The Unknown Relic had reached saturation and now revealed its true form. Please carry the relic to the secret chamber for detailed decryption and decipher its relevant information.≯

"I still have to make a trip to the secret chamber to decipher the relic's information? Minister Matthew said this thing might be some kind of egg that would hatch something. It didn't look like it was about to hatch at all. Instead, it seemed painfully swollen. Was that because it swallowed Old Master Jiang's Remains? I'll try connecting with it first. It seemed to have something urgent to give me."

Luo Di had no time to greet Gustav and hurriedly connected with the relic through the neural structure in his arms.

The instant the connection was established,

it was like releasing pressure. A special gaseous substance was immediately squeezed out from within the relic and sent toward Luo Di.

The relic itself seemed as though it had been holding its breath for a long time. At last, it could take a breath and return to normal.

The next second,

Gustav, who had been licking his wounds, seemed to sense something. He quickly backed away and nearly bit through his own tongue.

Pitch-black blood vessels rapidly crawled across Luo Di's entire body. Even his basic breathing carried a pure aura of Yin Energy.

Not only that,

thunderclouds gathered above Vortex Town—or, more precisely, above Hostel Scream.

Luo Di, who had only just recovered, seemed to have powerful currents running through his body. Every part of him crackled violently, and strands of dark, yin-black blood seeped directly from his pores.

Luo Di gritted his teeth and widened his eyes. Cracks had already formed in his molars.

He finally understood what had left the Unknown Relic so painfully bloated. The relic had