The leader in black collapsed to the ground, gasping violently, his eyes bloodshot and filled with unwillingness. He stared fixedly at Lin Chen, as if he wanted to carve this young man who had brought him endless terror into his very bones. The shadow of death washed over him like a tide.
"I... I'll talk..." In the end, his instinct to survive overcame his so-called backbone. His voice was hoarse, trembling with a trace of despair. "Su Wen... Su Wen is locked up in... that ruined temple... north of town. We... we were only following orders..."
"Whose orders?" Lin Chen's gaze sharpened as he pressed him.
"It... it was the Blood Shadow Tower..." The leader struggled to spit out those three words, as though they had drained all his strength.
"Blood Shadow Tower?" Lin Chen frowned slightly. He had never heard of this name. It seemed this was not a force from around the Qingyun Mountain Range.
"What kind of organization is the Blood Shadow Tower? Where is their base? Why are they collecting the Mysterious Stone?" Lin Chen fired off a string of questions, leaving the man no chance to catch his breath.
A bitter smile appeared on the leader's face. "The Blood Shadow Tower... is an assassin organization... and also a secret force... specializing in collecting Rare Treasures and Exotic Goods from across the world... We... we are only peripheral members... We do not know much... about the core secrets..."
"Tell me everything you know!" Lin Chen's voice was icy and brooked no doubt.
"The Mysterious Stone... we call it the Origin Devouring Stone... It is said... said to be able to devour all kinds of energy between heaven and earth... even... even cultivators' cultivation and souls... It is used... used to cultivate... an evil art..." The leader