"We should leave for now. We can come back and explore this place's secrets later. We've been gone long enough that the people outside will start worrying. Besides, the Otherworld Power out there is still growing stronger. Delay could bring unforeseen trouble."
When Brother Chen glanced their way, he still wore a faint smile. But to Yan Keling, that smile now carried an entirely different meaning.
The biggest change was—
Before, he had smiled only at the others. Now she and Brother Jiang had joined the list of people he was laughing at.
All thanks to her own hard work...
Chen Shu and Yan Keling bade the Divine Dragon farewell once more and walked out of the Divine Temple. The Group Leader, Wu Eiwei, Master Tongdeng, young Master Xuanzhen, and Jiang Lai followed in silence. Two walking corpses brought up the rear, stumbling along.
It was as if everything had happened all over again.
There were two other places in the city calling to Chen Shu, but since the Group Leader and the others had arrived, he decided to leave them unexplored for now.
He intended to take possession of this Secret Realm anyway. It was so unusual that, one way or another, he had to look after it for his fellow countryman.
Even after returning to the Otherworldly Beast Ancestral Court, he could enter the Secret Realm whenever he wanted to investigate.
Whoosh!
The group left the Secret Realm.
The Cube's inner walls glimmered faintly. Standing around the stone platform in its empty interior, everyone let out a breath of relief.
Then their gazes turned to the Secret Realm Space Stone.
At last, the Group Leader broke free of his silence. Staring at the Secret Realm, he said, "This Space Stone..."
For a moment, even he could not decide