As Yu Jing followed the Yin-cold stairs and was about to reach the bottom, his keen hearing picked up a series of strange sounds.
"Someone's here!"
At the bottom lay a complex Underground Palace region. The sounds seemed to be coming from next door.
"Prepare for battle!"
Because of the extreme cold in the Underground Palace, as well as the special material used to construct its walls, Yu Jing couldn't sense what kind of creature was on the other side.
But since this was supposedly the Evil God Origin Land, things naturally wouldn't be simple.
Holding his spear, Yu Jing pressed himself against the wall and moved toward the intersection ahead, where he spotted a puppet engulfed in flames from head to toe.
Just as Yu Jing was preparing to strike, he felt a powerful pressure sweep over his entire body.
It wasn't just the puppet. Four exceptionally powerful beings were following behind it.
"Sister Hong, stop!"
A majestic female shout swept across the area. The slightly plump middle-aged woman who had been about to attack immediately lowered her hands.
A tall woman stepped forward from the group and stared at the three people before her in astonishment.
"How could you have appeared here? Yu Jing, and these two members of the 'Masked Thirteen'... Did the Masked Dean send you here?"
Yu Jing was equally astonished. "Dean Qian!? And Commissioner Benjamin, Commissioner Gao, and Commissioner Pan!"
However, Yu Jing immediately thought of the Evil God creatures discovered by Dong Dong in the desert earlier—the ones that had been slaughtered. It was probably the work of this strongest team of commissioners from the Chemistry Academy.
"Did the Masked Dean send you here?"
Dean Qian naturally knew very well that every member of the 'Masked Thirteen' was closely connected to the Evil