Martial Master

The Nether Mountain seemed to fall directly from the sky.

Boom!

The surrounding space crackled as it was compressed by the Pitch-Black Great Seal. Although the great seal had yet to hit its target, Qin Chen already sensed something was off.

Sure enough, when the Pitch-Black Great Seal had traveled only halfway, a series of spatial fluctuations revealed themselves. A massive black light column flickered in and out of visibility, on which complex mystic patterns continuously flowed, emanating a heart-pounding aura.

It was indeed a sealing.

As this seal appeared, Qin Chen vaguely felt a tremor within his mysterious rusty sword, as if it sensed some kind of summoning.

Qin Chen's heart stirred, and he immediately summoned the mysterious rusty sword, slashing it through the air.

With a huge bang, the mysterious rusty sword struck the black light column, causing it to erupt with blinding black light, which quickly became fully visible.

Within the light column, an inexplicable world was revealed, seemingly leading to an unknown space.

Moreover, the mystic patterns surrounding it were completely unveiled, exposing the entire structure before everyone.

Brother Kāluó was instantly startled and glanced at Qin Chen, his gaze landing on the mysterious rusty sword, a glimmer of brilliance flashing in the depths of his eyes.

“Hmm? Why has this mystic pattern seal appeared so clearly?”

At that moment, Brother Stone Statue also exclaimed in surprise, “Earlier, when we attacked, the mystic pattern seal was only partially revealed, making it extremely difficult to crack. Why has it suddenly fully manifested now? What’s going on?”

As he was surprised, there was also a hint of excitement in his tone.

The deeper the mystic pattern was hidden, the harder it was to crack. If it was all exposed, the difficulty would naturally decrease significantly.

Qin Chen had gained an extremely profound understanding of the mystic patterns in this place. The moment he saw the gigantic black light column and the fully exposed mystic patterns around it, he immediately realized that the reason these patterns were fully revealed was due to some kind of resonance with the mysterious rusty sword.

And deep within this seal's space, it undoubtedly led to a special place, very likely the core of this entire palace of the wanderer.

As long as he could crack the seal and enter that core area, it would be possible to find a way to leave this palace of the wanderer.

“Help me… save me…”

At that moment, Qin Chen suddenly heard faint cries for help in his ear. This cry seemed to be a woman’s mournful scream, reminiscent of the call he had heard when he first entered the Dead Sea and while trying to crack the Dead Sea Forbidden Area.

However, compared to that time, this cry was now incredibly clear, as if it were ringing right beside him.

Qin Chen's heart jolted, and he abruptly raised his head to look toward the unknown space that the black light column led to. At that moment, he acutely sensed that the cry for help was indeed coming from deep within that light column.

Someone existed in the unknown space inside the light column.

Strangely, when Qin Chen looked around, including at the Ten Thousand Bones Underworld Ancestor and others, it seemed that no one else had heard this cry for help; it was as if only he could hear it among everyone present.

“Something’s not right.”

Qin Chen suddenly turned to Brother Kāluó, noticing that Brother Kāluó's expression subtly fluctuated, as if he had sensed something.

“Indeed, Brother Kāluó can also hear this cry for help?” Qin Chen’s heart stirred.

Previously, at the vortex outside the Dead Sea Forbidden Area, when he had heard the cry for help, he sensed something was off about Brother Kāluó. At that time, he had a bit of doubt, and now seeing Brother Kāluó's emotional shift, although the other party hid it very well, Qin Chen instantly understood that Brother Kāluó could definitely hear this cry for help as well.