The Exchange Tower's Bloodstained Accounts Come to Light, Qing Luo Hai Appears in Person!

Ren put down his teacup.

"Just let him see what he knows."

"What has your Azure Luo Merchant Guilds done, and what does it have to do with me?"

"You..."

The steward in blue was trembling with anger.

But before he could give the order, a sound of metal breaking suddenly came from the direction of the underground cell.

Clang!

Immediately afterwards, a second and a third sound rang out.

The guards turned their heads at the same time.

The manager in blue robes suddenly changed his expression.

"An underground cell?"

Shisui had already appeared deep within the cell.

He raised his hand and cut the last chain, and dozens of Former Exchange Tower members who had been imprisoned walked out of the cage.

Lu Ping leaned against the wall, his body covered in wounds, his legs raw and bloody from being rubbed between the chains.

"Old Lu, are you able to walk?"

Shisui helped him up.

Lu Ping gritted his teeth and pushed Shisui away.

"I am not dead yet."

"Move the things first."

He turned and walked to a stone wall, then raised his hand and knocked on the wall three times.

A dull sound rang out.

The stone wall slowly sank inward, revealing a narrow, dark compartment behind it.

It was filled with account books, fragments of alchemical prescriptions, and black and white Pattern rings.

Several Former Exchange Tower members had their eyes redden when they saw those things.

"These things are still here."

"Didn't the Azure Luo Merchant Guilds say they burned everything down?"

Lu Ping reached for a blood-stained ledger, his hand trembling violently.

"They only burned what was out in the open."

"I've long since hidden away the real ledgers, the prescriptions, and the records from the Void Network."

A former subordinate whispered, "Elder Lu, let's leave first. If the Azure Luo Merchant Guilds finds out we've escaped, everyone outside will die."

Lu Ping clutched the ledger tightly.

These things are more important than life itself.

He gritted his teeth and said:

"Exchange Tower was destroyed by them once; we can't let them uproot it completely again."

Seeing him, everyone endured their pain and quickened their pace.

Someone stuffed the account book into their clothes.

Someone carefully rolled up the incomplete prescription.

Some people carefully put away their Black-and-White Ring, not daring to be negligent even though their hands were rubbed raw and bleeding from the chains.

Just then, the ground suddenly shook.

Boom!

Stone chips kept falling from above.

Lu Ping looked up at the passageway.

"Not good."

"Manager Qingluo has discovered an anomaly in the underground Soul Power."

In the warehouse above, the manager in blue had completely lost his patience.

He took out a blood-red jade talisman from his pocket and squeezed it tightly with his five fingers.

Click!

The jade talisman shattered instantly.

A strong, pungent smell of blood rose from the depths of the earth.

A sinister smile crept across the manager's face.

"Since you refuse to talk, then you may all die here."

Han Zhong.

What did you do?

The steward in blue did not answer.

From deep underground, a heavy roar suddenly resounded.

Roar!

The sound caused the stone walls to tremble continuously.

Immediately afterwards, a giant, pitch-black hand reached out from the stone wall behind the cell.

Boom!

The stone wall was smashed to pieces.

The black-armored giant ape burst forth from the ground, its massive body standing ten zhang tall, covered entirely in black armor plates, with broken iron chains binding its thick wrists.

Its eyes were bloodshot, and its Soul Power erupted like a volcano.

The steward in blue pointed to the prison cell.

Kill them!

The black-armored giant ape roared and strode towards the cell.

The stone gate exploded with a deafening roar.

Several of Former Exchange Tower members, who had just escaped, were thrown by the strong wind and crashed into the wall, spitting out blood.

Lu Ping turned and stood in front of the crowd.

His Soul Power was almost exhausted, but he still gritted his teeth and urged his remaining Martial Soul.

"Step back!"

"Old Lu!"

"Don't come any closer!"

The black-armored giant ape raised its arm, its fist sweeping towards the crowd like a falling boulder.

Just as the fist was about to land, a figure appeared from the side in Body Flicker Technique.

Shisui kicked the giant ape in the wrist.

Boom!

The fist veered off course and struck a nearby stone pillar.

The stone pillar shattered on the spot.

The entire underground warehouse shook violently, and cracks rapidly spread overhead.

"Take them away!"

The Shisui landed on the ground, blocking Lu Ping and the others.

The black-armored giant ape turned its head and stared at him, the bloodlust in its eyes intensifying.

In the upper warehouse, Itachi had already swiftly Hand Seals.

"Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation!"

A wall of crimson fire roared up, completely blocking the giant ape's retreat.

Sasuke leaped off the shelf, his hand crackling with lightning.

"Chidori!"

He stepped over the collapsed wooden crate and charged towards the giant ape, blue and white lightning instantly piercing through the giant ape's shoulder blade.

Laugh!

The black armor was torn open by the lightning.

The giant ape roared in pain, slamming its massive fists into the ground.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Gravel flew like a torrential rain.

Sasuke's arm went numb from the shock, but he didn't retreat.

His Sharingan spun rapidly, capturing every movement of the giant ape.

The giant ape raised its arm again.

Sasuke dodged the punch to the side, leaped up using the giant ape's shoulder, and circled around to the back of its neck.

Lightning re-formed in his palm.

The giant ape suddenly turned its head and spewed out a stream of black Soul Power.

"Sasuke!"

Lu Ping's expression changed drastically.

Sasuke's eyes narrowed, and he was about to forcefully unleash Susanoo when a voice came from the end of the passage.

Don't waste your energy.

Ren walked slowly into the warehouse.

He looked at the black-armored giant ape, his eyes slowly shifting between black and white.

Look at its left eye.

Sasuke suddenly looked up.

The Sharingan pierced through the black Soul Power and clearly saw a blood-red forbidden mark hidden deep within the giant ape's left eye.

The forbidden runes, like blood vessels, pierced into the giant ape's Divine Soul, continuously releasing a violent and unrestrained power.

The Azure Luo Merchant Guilds forcibly drove the Desolate Beast into a frenzy using a restriction.

Sasuke's gaze turned cold.

He pushed off with his feet, stepping on the giant ape's shoulder and leaping up again.

"Chidori Sharp Spear!"

The lightning bolt stretched into a sharp spear, piercing precisely into the giant ape's left eye.

Boom!

The crimson forbidden runes shattered instantly.

Black Soul Power exploded in mid-air.

The bloodshot light in the giant ape's eyes quickly faded, and its fist, which was originally aimed at Lu Ping and the others, stopped abruptly in mid-air.

It looked down at its wrists, which were raw and chafed by the chains, and let out a low, mournful cry.

There was no anger in that voice, only the pain of being imprisoned for many years.

It slowly turned around.

The sinister smile on the manager's face froze.

"Impossible!"

"How could the Blood Soul Restriction fail?"

The black-armored giant ape raised its head, its gaze locking onto the manager in blue.

The steward in green hurriedly retreated and pulled out a blood-red jade talisman from his pocket again.

Kneel down!

Did you hear me?!

He channeled his Soul Power, attempting to detonate the restriction once more.

But the giant ape did not stop.

It took a step, each step causing the ground to shake violently.

"Don't come any closer!"

The steward in blue turned pale.

"I am a member of the Azure Luo Merchant Guilds!"

"Kill me, and you won't survive either!"

The giant ape let out a low growl and punched the steward in blue.

The steward in blue robes dodged in a flustered manner.

The fist landed beside him, and the stone slab on the ground shattered with a deafening roar.

He fell to the ground, and the jade talisman flew out of his hand.

The steward in green got up and turned to rush towards the center of the formation.

Ren stepped into the warehouse.

The Yin-Yang Double Pupils locked onto his fingers.

The black and white energies transformed into thin threads, instantly binding the jade talisman.

The steward in green suddenly tightened his grip.

The jade talisman cracked in his palm.

There was no explosion.

The array fluctuations that were about to spread were forcefully suppressed back into the ground by the black and white energies.

Strands of Soul Power sank back into the array patterns, and the tremors in the underground warehouse ceased.

The sneer on the manager's face froze completely as he watched this scene.

His last resort was gone.

The black-armored giant ape turned around and approached him again.

The steward in blue felt his legs go weak and knelt on the ground with a thud.

"Don't kill me!"

"Young Master Lu, it's all a misunderstanding!"

"I had no idea these people were related to you!"

Ren looked at him.

"That's not what you just said."