Luo Fan opened the message, and as his gaze fell on the screen, the smile on his face froze.
He sprang to his feet so abruptly that even the bowls and chopsticks on the table shook. A few drops of broth splashed from the hot pot onto the table with a sizzle.
Everyone turned to look at him.
Luo Fan did not speak immediately. He simply stared at his phone screen, his expression growing uglier by the moment.
The message was from Master Wen Hao, and its contents were simple: something had happened at the Void Spirit Jade Vein.
Zhang Da had left with the Demon-Breaking Dagger.
Master Wen Hao made it very clear in his message that Zhang Da had left without permission, reporting to no one and leaving no explanation.
He had simply vanished without a trace, taking the dagger with him.
Luo Fan held his phone, his fingers tightening slightly.
His expression was grim, but beneath that grimness lay a hint of "just as I expected."
Every betrayal had its price. When the price was high enough, betrayal no longer seemed all that surprising.
Zhang Da, a Sequence User from the Aerospace Base, was a Fourth Tier Steel Machine Warrior.
Luo Fan had met him when he traded his first rule-type weird crystal to the Aerospace Base for the Weird Gun.
Back then, Zhang Da had only been Second Tier. His Steel Body and the Gatling mounted on his shoulder had made Luo Fan think he was an absolute Super Expert.
Later, as their cooperation with the Aerospace Base increased, Luo Fan had interacted with him quite a few times.
But now, he had run off with the Demon-Breaking Dagger.
In this Weird Apocalypse, calling a weapon forged from Innate Yang Steel a divine artifact or even