"Mm." Zhu Yan answered faintly and slowly straightened.
His gaze swept across the surroundings.
Inside the cavern, the rock walls had collapsed in places, and the ground was crisscrossed with ravines.
This was not the only spot. Battle scars covered many other areas as well, clearly indicating that a fierce struggle had taken place.
Just then, a Living Corpse lunged out of the shadows.
Zhu Yan did not even raise an eyelid. He merely waved a hand casually.
The Living Corpse's upper body exploded into a skyful of fragments on the spot, while its lower half staggered a few steps before collapsing limply to the ground.
Zhu Yan was an Incense Master of the Azure Lotus branch of the Liansheng Cult. His strength was firmly ranked first in this branch, making him a truly formidable figure capable of standing on his own.
The Liansheng Cult's operation to seize the Desire Flower was mainly coordinated and commanded by him.
Originally, he should have been stationed at the front line, contending and maneuvering against the other major forces coveting the Desire Flower.
However, the Fulu Ginseng, which should have been delivered from the rear for use at a critical moment, had been delayed indefinitely.
Upon hearing that something had gone wrong, he immediately dispatched several Incense Masters, including Zhuo Rui, to investigate and retrieve the Fulu Ginseng.
Who could have known that after they left, the three of them would vanish without a trace for several days in succession?
That was when he personally returned to inspect this rear base.
The result was the scene before him: one Incense Master had been confirmed dead, while the whereabouts of the other two were unknown.
As for the vitally important Fulu Ginseng, there was not even a trace of it.
Zhuo Rui and Huo