Hunting Game

At present, the entire room of over a hundred square meters was completely under Ye Chen and the others' control.

Xu Tianran probably never imagined that someone would dare pull a switch right under his nose, did he?

Yet at that moment, Ye Chen suddenly frowned.

Although things were progressing in the direction he had anticipated, it was precisely because of that that several doubts arose in his heart.

It was too smooth.

Far too smooth. From Xu Tianchen's capture, the curse erupting, and Ye Chen spreading the news, to Ju Zi sending word late at night, the imperial city's defense map... all the way until now, when they had arrived at the Heaven Worship Ceremony as they wished, subdued the guards, and found Xu Tianchen's corpse.

Everything was too reasonable—so reasonable that Ye Chen could not help but feel a bone-chilling premonition, as though all of this had been deliberately arranged by someone.

No matter how perfect his plan was, it could not have gone this smoothly. Even the contingency measures he had prepared for all manner of unexpected situations had gone completely unused.

Looking at the tightly shut door, a chill ran through Ye Chen's heart.

The so-called Heaven Worship Ceremony appeared to be meant to dispel the curse, but now that he thought about it, it seemed more like a carefully prepared trap.

Unless one possessed cultivation at the level of Xuan Zi or Mu En, this trap would have been impossible for anyone other than Ye Chen to solve.

Even Ye Chen could at most ensure the lives of those present. Once he used his final method, all the effort they had put in over this period might be rendered futile.

He mobilized his Spiritual Power and began gathering it toward the door. This immediately confirmed