An Xin trembled, experiencing terror for the first time in her life. Her fingers frantically searched the ground, her heart pounding.
"It's very dark in here, go and get a candle," a voice said.
Another voice responded, followed by footsteps that walked a little further away before turning back. Then, the stone door creaked open, and when the newcomer could see everything inside the stone cell by candlelight, their eyes suddenly widened...
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As soon as Yan Zhenfang landed, someone blocked his way: "Who goes there..."
With a "crack," the person's head was twisted off while their mouth remained open.
"Who goes there!" Someone else rushed out. Yan Zhen covered his face with his folding fan, but the cold light in his eyes suddenly intensified. He darted past the person who had just arrived.
The newcomers froze on the spot. After Yan Zhen left, their bodies were strangely displaced and then completely split in two with clean cuts.
"Who dares to trespass on the sacred grounds of my Serpent Gate!" The commotion immediately alerted the entire Serpent Gate, and dozens of figures rushed out.
Yan Zhen raised his long eyelashes slightly and said calmly, "Those who block my way shall die!"
"Hmph! Arrogant!" A palm strike suddenly arrived, and Yan Zhen slightly moved to the side, his voice as cold as an abyss, "Exterminate the entire family, leave not a single survivor!"
"Yes!" In the dark shadows, ten black figures instantly appeared, scattering like ghosts.
Yan Zhen smashed the head of the person in front of him with one palm, then grabbed another by the neck and said, "Tell me, where is the stone prison?"
The man being held was deathly pale, trembling as he cried out, "Great hero, spare my life! Great hero, spare my life!"
Yan Zhen said calmly, "Speak."
The man said tremblingly, "Deep in the back garden."
"Crack—" The man's neck twisted strangely, and he died.
The Snake Gate Master rushed out and bumped right into Yan Zhen. Just as he was about to shout angrily, a sharp cry rang out: "Master! Something terrible has happened!"
The sect leader's face suddenly darkened: "What's the matter that you're in such a panic?!"
"That...that woman vanished into thin air!" A woman of ordinary appearance rushed over. The stone cell was completely sealed; how could a person chained up simply disappear into thin air?!
Could it be a ghost?!
"Gone!?" The sect leader's expression changed, and he suddenly looked up at the man walking slowly towards him. The man's face was hidden in the darkness, but his steps were unhurried, as if each step was on his heartbeat.
To put it bluntly, the Snake Gate is just a small sect that makes money by taking on jobs that harm others for personal gain. Apart from that, they are utterly wicked, shameless, and despicable, and are utterly contemptible.
I never expected to run into such a tough opponent this time!
And that woman is gone, which means their hard-earned money has vanished. Thinking of this, the Snake Gate Master's face turned grim, and he gritted his teeth and said fiercely, "She can't escape. Deal with the person in front of us first!"
"Pfft—" A cool hand landed on his neck, five fingers piercing his throat. Then the person disappeared. The sect leader's eyes widened, and he felt blood gurgling in his throat. The surrounding disciples all stared in horror, and the more fragile ones suddenly screamed!
Yan Zhen kicked the stone door apart and casually tossed a torch into the room. The firelight illuminated the dark cell, and the large patches of blood on the ground made Yan Zhen's eyes turn as cold as ice.
However, just as that person said, An Xin was not there!
Has this woman already escaped?!
Yan Zhen's gaze fell on the thick chain, so heavy that she wondered how she had managed to escape from the locked cell after being seriously injured.
Yan Zhen's foot landed on a thin crack, then he bent down and gently rubbed the crack with his fingertips, then tapped it lightly, and then suddenly pressed down with his palm.
"Bang—" The ground suddenly collapsed, and then a long chain swept fiercely towards him.
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An Xin's breathing became increasingly shallow, and the excruciating pain was almost causing her to faint. However, it was clear that someone else had entered the cell!
Have they already discovered her hiding place? If so, she's doomed!
The footsteps walked back and forth on the ground. Several times, An Xin even felt that the foot stopped right above her head. Large beads of sweat slid down her forehead and onto her wound. The sharp pain made An Xin's body tremble again. When she felt the footstep stop above her head, An Xin felt that she almost stopped breathing, as if her heartbeat had also frozen at that moment.
Instinctively, she grabbed the chain on her wrist... like a wound-up beast, waiting for the right moment to deliver a fatal blow to the enemy!
The ground suddenly collapsed!
An Xin used all her strength to sweep the iron chain straight at the person who came!
"Xin'er..." A voice filled with shock and pain suddenly rang out, and An Xin's body stiffened abruptly before she looked up...
Chapter 55 I've Got You All
Yan Zhen stared in disbelief at the blood-soaked person before her, feeling as if she had been struck hard in the chest with a blunt object...
The moment An Xin saw Yan Zhen, she felt her mind go completely blank, as if a huge hole had suddenly appeared, and she had fallen down into it.
"Yan Zhen? How is it you?" The iron chain in her hand slammed to the ground with a "bang." An Xin's body trembled, then went limp and she fainted.
Yan Zhen was somewhat hesitant to touch the young woman in front of her. In this situation, how could she calmly ask, "How could it be him?" Didn't this woman know that she should be overjoyed to see him fall from the sky?
"Leave her alive." Yan Zhen picked An Xin up, her fingers slowly tightening, and turned to walk outside.
Soon, a blood-covered man was thrown in front of Yan Zhen. Upon seeing Yan Zhen, the man crawled up to him, clutching his clothes and crying out in fear, "My lord, spare my life! I didn't know this woman was yours!"
Yan Zhen kicked it away and said coldly, "The key!"
That man was none other than the leader of the Snake Gate. Yan Zhen had already planned this all along, which is why he hadn't taken the man's life earlier. And since the secret guards could always guess his intentions, they naturally wouldn't take the man's life when they wiped out the Snake Gate.
The sect leader cried out, "The key is there, it's in that person's hands..."