Martial Master

Currently, the president of the Martial Association actually possesses a treasure that can break the seal, which immediately made Qin Chen feel a hint of doubt, instinctively suspicious.

"Yes, that's right, it's the president of the Martial Association. Brother Chen, do you know him?" Rao Yuange noticed that Qin Chen's expression was a bit strange and immediately looked over.

"I've only heard of him." Qin Chen shook his head. Regarding his doubts about the Martial Association, he couldn't speak carelessly for the time being; after all, this involved the Demon Tribe.

Qin Chen frowned and said, "I only heard Vice President Ge mention that you weren't searching for the spatial seal because it had disappeared? How did you come together later?" The content that Rao Yuange spoke of clearly differed quite a bit from what Vice President Ge had said.

Rao Yuange forced a smile and said, "What Vice President Ge said is not wrong. We were indeed searching for the spatial seal at first, but the president of the Martial Association, Wu Yong, found it several months ago. That guy initially didn't want to tell us, wanting to study it alone in secret, but who knew he was discovered by our people, so the several major forces gathered again."

Again the Martial Association? Qin Chen's doubts deepened instantly; this was too coincidental.

"And then?" Qin Chen asked quickly.

"Then it's as I mentioned before. We found the spatial seal, but we had no way to open it. We were afraid that, like last time, it would cause the spatial seal to shift again. Just when we were at a loss, President Wu Yong of the Martial Association said he had a treasure that could break this seal."

"We were initially skeptical, but who knew President Wu Yong actually brought out a treasure, which was a strange talisman. After activating it, it unleashed an unprecedented piercing black light that truly caused damage to that spatial seal, and it even opened a small gap directly on the seal."

At this point, a look of shock appeared on Rao Yuange's face. "Once that gap opened, an aura that could make one ascend to immortality emanated from it. That kind of aura was definitely a refined true essence aura, and it was a level higher than what was contained in top-grade true stones. This was the first time we felt such an aura, and we immediately realized that it was likely the aura of the Holy Crystal within the spatial seal."

"So, we immediately wanted to rush into that spatial seal to compete for the Holy Crystal inside. But before we could charge in, a terrifying explosion erupted from that gap in the seal. Several nearby powerful Wuzong were killed on the spot, and our Gongsun president suffered serious injuries, while others from the Martial Association were also wounded. So we all sent messages, hoping to get experts from Tianlei City to come for support."

"But just after we sent the messages, the seal suddenly trembled again and was about to disappear once more. In their urgency, the president and others immediately rushed into the seal through that gap, with about half of the people going in. I was farther away, and when I wanted to rush in, that spatial seal had disappeared again."

At this point, Rao Yuange did not let out a sigh of relief; instead, a look of dread appeared on his face, as if what happened next was truly terrifying.

"What happened next?" Although Qin Chen didn't know the scene at the time, he could be sure that something must have happened afterward.

Rao Yuange took a deep breath and said, "Brother Chen, indeed, some bizarre things happened later. This is also the reason I advised you not to go there." He paused for a moment and continued, "We saw that the spatial seal disappeared again, feeling both anxious and shocked. The rest of us prepared to search for the location of the spatial seal while sending people back to Tianlei City to gather reinforcements. But before we could finish discussing, a few people went mad."

Qin Chen immediately looked over. "Mad?"

"That's right. Those few people acted as if they didn't recognize anyone and directly attacked. Now I realize that we might have been influenced by that thing earlier, but how could we have known beforehand? Under the sudden attack of those people, several of us were severely injured, and at that moment, we didn't understand what had happened; we thought they wanted to eliminate us, so we hurriedly fought back."