Yun Che lowered the binoculars and turned to the three women. "Let's make this quick. Find Heidou and ask him exactly what the Dark Soul Immortal Alliance's experiments are for, then seize the ship and head straight to the base."
With that, the four turned and headed down the stairs again. This time, the farther down they went, the more they sensed intense fluctuations of black-red immortal power alongside the bloody stench. The Water Prison's door had been blasted to pieces. A tall man in a black cloak stood atop a heap of corpses, holding a severed monster limb that was still writhing, an eerie smile on his lips.
Seeing Yun Che and the three women enter, he pulled off his hood, revealing a face covered in green scales and a sinister gaze.
"I was wondering how a rat had sneaked aboard. So it's Yun Che of the Mystic Dragon Coalition Domain. You really are bold, delivering yourself right to my door."
Holding the Immortal-Splitting Saber, Yun Che stepped forward. Scarlet immortal power seeped along the blade.
"You know me? So the Dark Soul Immortal Alliance has been waiting for me all along?"
Heidou burst out laughing and crushed the bones of a monster trying to get up beside his foot, his laughter brimming with smug satisfaction.
"Did you really think you could get the nautical chart and board the ship so easily otherwise? Our alliance leader predicted you'd come and specifically left me here to draw the net shut. Now that you're here, don't even think about leaving!"
The moment he finished, he slammed his hand against the iron wall beside him. A piercing alarm instantly rang throughout the Water Prison. Thick Alloy Gates slowly descended along the surrounding bulkheads, sealing off the exits completely. All the egg crates