After Huang Chengquan finished speaking, his aura suddenly erupted, actually reaching foundation establishment late stage.
Xu Qingtong was startled. It seemed Huang Chengquan had been concealing his cultivation all along; he was actually a foundation establishment late stage cultivator.
His thoughts raced, and a frightened expression appeared on his face. He murmured, "Please don't be angry, Fellow Daoist Huang. Everything will be as you wish!"
Huang Chengquan withdrew his aura and put on a different face. "Fellow Daoist Chen, I had no choice. The entrance to this cave abode can only be opened through blood sacrifice! As it happens, the Soul Blood of those three is enough! The two of us should work together with one heart, not harbor suspicions of each other!"
"Yes! Yes! I will do everything I can to cooperate with you. Whatever treasures we obtain, I will leave it to you to reward me!" Xu Qingtong replied.
Seeing that he had cowed Xu Qingtong, Huang Chengquan turned around and went to the cave entrance. He reached out, picked up Gu Zifeng, and struck his forehead with his palm.
A short while later, he forcibly extracted Gu Zifeng's Soul Blood and drove it into one of the skulls on the door. The uppermost skull absorbed Gu Zifeng's Soul Blood and immediately began to glow a faint green.
Huang Chengquan repeated the process, extracting Li Chengjun's and Xiang Chenxi's Soul Blood in turn and driving it into the remaining two skulls.
Once all three skulls lit up, the enormous stone door slowly creaked open.
Huang Chengquan raised his hand and collected the three people's Storage Bags, then flicked out several fireballs and burned the three to ashes. Turning to Xu Qingtong, he said, "Fellow Daoist Chen, let's go inside!"
Xu Qingtong nodded and, putting on a helpless look,