North of Wildfire City, within a plantation thick with medicinal herbs.
The old man's story had slowly reached its end:
"...Now that things have come to this, the truth will surely come to light."
"That's right. You and I are nothing more than pieces on the chessboard of those above us. The so-called Sai Ba Long Family was itself one enormous lie; the so-called Sai Ba Long bloodline, the so-called inheritance of the Tattooed Warriors, were all part of a plan created to awaken the Stubborn Stone Devil... a cruel and bloody plan..."
At this point, the old man's expression suddenly became incomparably twisted. In a frail, roaring posture, he let out an unparalleled bellow: "For this plan, I, a dignified Greater Devil, endured who knew how many years of humiliation and pain!"
"Not only did I have to pretend to sign a contract of cooperation with that foolish Star Spirit Riel, I also had to live alongside filthy, ignorant mortal Blood Descendants like you, suffering your stupidity and dullness day and night..."
"Now, at last, Stubborn Stone has awakened..."
His eye sockets became hollow, and copious tears streamed from them. When they fell to the ground, they were like the most terrifying sulfuric acid, rapidly corroding the lawn.
Charles instinctively sensed something and began backing away, staring warily at the old man—at this so-called ancestor. "You're lying!"
With his legendary strength, he still could not understand what exactly had happened in Wildfire City or what had happened to the Sai Ba Long Family, but he could tell that this so-called ancestor's words were not entirely true.
He was stalling for time!
Damn it. Charles suddenly understood. Gripping his weapon, he intended to hold firm to his earlier decision and swiftly eliminate this cancer within the plantation.
However, it seemed