The Secret He Guarded All His Life

In the dark underground beneath the frozen lake,

Gu Shen had not expected

to hear another voice.

He suddenly looked up toward where the voice had come from. That was where the Azure King Authority Domain had been suspended. After the Sky Sheath Weapon storm was unleashed, the area had been shrouded in a dark vortex.

A broken, withered body... floated within the vortex. Countless wounds had split open across its owner's body, and all his blood had already drained away.

The waters of the frozen lake washed over him.

His cracked flesh had faintly turned white.

He could not bleed any more.

Jing Shan Yan was still alive!

Gu Shen instantly swept toward the voice. When he saw the withered, broken body, pity flashed through his eyes. "Mr. Jing, hold on... I'll treat your injuries right away!"

Han Dang had been using Truth Interrogation on Jing Shan Yan.

The skin of this First Grand Tribunal Head had been torn apart and restored again, tortured who knew how many times.

Countless "Sky Sheath Shards" had also been planted inside his body.

Yet,

in the face of those interrogations, he had not uttered a single word.

All the information Han Dang knew had been forcibly seized through "mental plundering." But going against the natural order always came at a price. His mental strength was far inferior to Jing Shan Yan's, so the information he obtained was incomplete as well.

Jing Shan Yan's body was filled with Sky Sheath Shards. Every moment, those fragments were draining away his life.

Blazing Fire stained Gu Shen's fingertips as he prepared to touch the wounds.

"N-No need."

Jing Shan Yan's voice was hoarse but resolute.

He looked at Gu Shen and forced out a relieved smile. "Young man, there's no need to waste your strength