Zhang Tie lay on the icy ground as if unconscious, silently counting the time in his heart.
About two hours after Zhang Tie drank "Soul-Severing" again, he saw the Death Warrior in his fifties lead one of the Death Warriors stationed here out into the courtyard of the fortress above, where they waited in silence. About ten minutes later, a figure flashed through the sky. Amid the howling wind and torrential rain, someone descended into the fortress above the underground cavern.
Then, the person who had landed in the courtyard displayed something in his hand. All the Death Warriors waiting within the fortress saluted him at once. The Death Warrior in his fifties stepped forward and said a few words, then led the man into the fortress and directly down toward its underground facilities.
At first, because Zhang Tie's line of sight was angled upward from below, he could not clearly see the newcomer's face. But when that person headed straight for the cavern where Zhang Tie was imprisoned, drawing ever closer—especially when, with a creak, the Death Warrior in his fifties led him to the underground cell holding Zhang Tie—the man's appearance was finally revealed before Zhang Tie's eyes.
That man's build had changed somewhat; he looked shorter and fatter. He wore a metal mask, with a Disguise Mask beneath it. Yet the instant he opened the door and entered the cave, none of it could remain hidden before Zhang Tie.
The Lotus Blossom Eye saw through every falsehood.
The man's skeleton, the face beneath his two masks, the radiance around his body—all had already revealed his identity to Zhang Tie's eyes—Zhang Taixuan.
The man who entered was Zhang Taixuan, the head of Huaiyuan Hall.
It was actually Zhang Taixuan!
It was Zhang Taixuan!
At that moment, Zhang Tie