"Min'er, Ling Yun, your teacher came too late. You've suffered so much!"
Dragon-Phoenix Heaven, the True Phoenix Clan Ancestral Grounds, inside the dungeon.
Outside the last cell, Xiao Tian Ce's heart ached, while the killing intent radiating from him continued to rise. Had he not still been concealed within his Spiritual Array, his killing intent would likely have blanketed the entire True Phoenix Clan Ancestral Grounds.
"T-Teacher?"
Suddenly, Min'er and Ling Yun both opened their weary eyes, surprise appearing on their faces. But when they saw no one before them, that surprise faded again.
The next second, however, Xiao Tian Ce expanded the Spiritual Array surrounding him to encompass Min'er and Ling Yun. The delight on their faces could no longer be concealed.
"Teacher! It's Teacher! How did you get in here?" Ling Yun hurriedly asked in excitement, though his body was so weak that he could barely muster the strength to speak.
Beside him, Min'er was equally overjoyed. She and Ling Yun had been trapped here for over a month. They had thought they were returning to the Ancestral Land to pay homage to their ancestors in the forbidden zone, fulfilling the wish of generations of Heavenly Huang Clan chiefs.
Instead, despite everything having been agreed upon, they had been ambushed. When they woke, not only had their shoulder blades been pierced, but their bloodline power was also being stripped away in this brutally cruel fashion, leaving them weaker and weaker.
"Teacher... sob... you've finally come to save us!" Min'er burst into tears of excitement. All the anguish she had endured over the past month finally found release at this moment.
Seeing their wretched condition, Xiao Tian Ce felt an unbearable ache in his heart. Min'er and Ling Yun were his first and second disciples. They had spent the