"This pressure... feels too fucking real!"
Facing the Third Tier High Priest, who made no effort to conceal his aura, Lu Ziye felt his breathing nearly stop. His legs were as heavy as if they had been filled with lead.
Then something utterly terrifying happened!
The skin on the High Priest's withered hand, pressed against the stone table, suddenly split open inch by inch!
Countless dark red threads of blood poured madly out of his wounds!
Like a dense crimson spiderweb, the threads raced across the stone table's surface, swiftly tracing an eerie, intricate pattern!
Rumble!
A muffled roar erupted deep underground!
Driven by the Blood-Colored Array Pattern, the massive stone table, previously sealed without a gap, slowly slid apart from its center!
Directly beneath the stone table.
A bottomless staircase appeared, leading even farther into the depths!
With it came an overwhelmingly thick stench of blood, surging up from beneath the table!
The instant Lu Ziye and [God Never Laughs] smelled it, their stomachs churned violently, and they nearly vomited on the spot.
The High Priest slowly withdrew his hand. At some point, his cracked right hand had returned to normal.
He turned toward the two newly appointed priests, who were utterly stunned by the sight, and made an elegant yet chilling gesture of invitation:
"The Black Forest Branch's greatest treasure slumbers below."
"After you, esteemed new priests."
They stared at the dark, bottomless passage.
Lu Ziye and [God Never Laughs] stood where they were, their steps faltering almost imperceptibly.
What the fuck?!
Lu Ziye screamed inwardly, his eyelids twitching uncontrollably.
Who could have imagined that this seemingly unremarkable stone chamber concealed a secret passage leading even deeper underground?
This was definitely a hidden map!
And it was absolutely a top-secret storyline that even those two professional undercover agents,