"Don't worry, boss. I'm absolutely loyal."
Teddy straightened up, his face resolute. Paired with his bruised and swollen features, he looked both pitiful and like a dog who knew which way the wind blew.
A smile glinted in Xu Yuan's eyes as he checked the time on his phone.
This descent would last ten minutes in total.
Only four minutes had passed.
He still had some time.
Xu Yuan lit a stick of Soul-Helping Smoke and gave Lu Feiming a look.
"Liang Kun, walk the dog."
Lu Feiming spoke.
"Sure thing, bosses!" Liang Kun got up, grabbed the leash, and headed outside.
Before Teddy could react, he was dragged out.
The man and the dog gradually disappeared into the distance.
Lu Feiming waved a hand and set up an Isolation Magic Array.
"Something you want to tell me?"
He asked.
"If I've guessed wrong, forget it. But if I'm right, this trap is quite something," Xu Yuan said.
"What trap?" Lu Feiming asked with interest.
"You know the Ancient Gods are lunatics obsessed with destruction. They'd rather drag the Universe down with them than undergo Ascension, right?" Xu Yuan asked.
"That's right." Lu Feiming nodded.
"It didn't occur to me at first. But when I saw that Ancient God, half monster and half raving demon, it suddenly struck me again. And then—"
Xu Yuan glanced toward the street outside.
Liang Kun had already led Teddy far away, but Xu Yuan's glance clearly meant something.
Lu Feiming slowly sat up straighter and murmured:
"They'd rather destroy themselves if it meant destroying others..."
"Exactly. If I go into the Ice Layer and run straight into several Ancient Gods lying in ambush, I'm dead," Xu Yuan said.
"But why? Why are they so determined to kill you?" Lu Feiming asked.
"I have an