Without a moment's hesitation, Qin Cang rushed out of the Pyramid with the Space Ring containing all his little companions. Fortunately, the passage at the bottom of the Pyramid was still open and hadn't been blocked, so he encountered no obstacles on his way out.
Once he was outside the Pyramid, Qin Cang let Kailun out.
But the Kailun before him was vastly different from the one he'd known. His aura was terribly weak, and he had clearly expended a great deal of divine power.
"I'm sorry, Captain. I was too careless, and that led to..." Qin Cang began, blaming himself for everything. If he'd been more cautious, could all of this have been avoided?
"Cao Benqi, don't blame yourself. This wasn't your fault. Life and death are fated, wealth and honor are decreed by Heaven. I was bound to suffer this calamity today. And if it weren't for you, I'd probably have died here. Besides, I gained quite a lot, didn't I?" Kailun said. He was genuinely grateful to Qin Cang for saving his life. The flames had appeared too quickly and fiercely; there hadn't been time to react.
"Captain, how's Xiao Ke? And your Divine Body—you must have been badly injured too, right?" Qin Cang asked.
"Alas, Xiao Ke lost more than ninety percent of his Divine Body. He nearly vanished completely and has already fallen into a deep sleep. I lost twenty percent of my Divine Body as well. If not for you, I never would've made it out," Kailun said with a sigh.
Xiao Ke was the Immortal-Grade Metal Special Lifeform Kailun had nurtured. He'd spent nearly a million Hunyuan Units to bring Xiao Ke to immortality, and it had only one purpose: to transform into armor and increase his defense.
Although Xiao Ke wasn't as