553: Rory Steele's Discovery

Although Wang Chen wasn't entirely clear about the “semi-plane collision” mentioned by the Gold Diggers, he could guess from their anxious tone that it was definitely a deadly situation.

However, the most important question now was whether what these people said was true.

Otherwise, if he were to retreat now, scared off by a few words, it would be quite laughable.

“Hmm…”

“Tell me everything you saw inside.”

After a moment of contemplation, Wang Chen randomly picked one of the six and asked.

“Sir, we really aren’t lying to you.”

“There’s nothing in the palace, and the semi-plane where the palace is located is drawing energy from another semi-plane, constantly expanding in size.”

The person chosen spoke anxiously, his gaze repeatedly darting towards the palace entrance as he spoke.

Seeing his appearance, Wang Chen basically confirmed that what these people said was true.

After all, when people lie, they make some subconscious movements, such as touching their chin or twisting their fingers, which are signs of body tension.

But the fear on this guy’s face was not faked at all; he was genuinely terrified of what was in the palace, scared to death.

If he could fake that, this guy wouldn’t need to be a Gold Digger here; he could find a much more comfortable profession.

However…

“There’s really nothing in there?”

Wang Chen was mostly convinced about the other situations, but he was somewhat skeptical about their claim that the palace was a ruin with nothing in it.

“Sir, there’s really nothing. Inside the palace, there are only a few pillars supporting the dome; everything else is gone.”

“Even the statue of Forest God has turned into fragments.”

“This humble one suspects that someone might have already entered it before.”

The Gold Diggers explained with bitter faces, talking over each other, and one of them even offered a guess:

“This palace has been hidden in the Void Realm all along. Its sudden fall must be because someone destroyed the concealing barrier, and that semi-plane connected to the palace was likely also caused by them.”

Wang Chen raised an eyebrow upon hearing his words.

He had to admit, what this guy said made a lot of sense.

It had only been a few decades since the Forest God fell. As an existence comparable to a Blue Star Wang-level expert, since that palace had been hidden for so long, it couldn’t have suddenly fallen today like this.

After all, no matter how poor a God was, he wouldn’t be unable to produce the magic crystals needed to maintain the hidden array’s long-term operation.

“Which lucky guy got in there directly and even plundered it so cleanly?”

Wang Chen muttered to himself, thinking of the statue and the Life Ancient Tree Seed he had found earlier.

If he wasn’t mistaken, the statue was probably carved to depict the Forest God.

And the Life Ancient Tree Seed, as well as the mist covering the entire Godfall Land, were all a contingency plan left by him.

The area where the B Vinewood Ox lived was full of vitality, perhaps it was preparation for the Life Ancient Tree Seed to take root and sprout.

“Thinking about it this way, it seems the fall of this palace might also be related to me?”

Wang Chen slowly sorted through his thoughts, gradually grasping a thread of connection.

However, before he could follow this thread further, a scream suddenly echoed through the area.

“Ah!”

The Bearded man only lasted a few minutes in Roristil’s hands before screaming as his limbs were broken.

“Trying to run?”

“In front of this old man, you can forget about it.”

After breaking the big man’s limbs, Roristil still didn’t feel satisfied, and then cruelly ground his broken legs into powder.

At once, the Bearded man’s screams abruptly stopped; he had been in so much pain that he fainted.

Having done all this, Roristil, with a cruel smile on his face, began searching the Bearded man’s body for space equipment.

Soon.

From the lining of his chest, he found a palm-sized badge.

The badge was shaped like a six-pointed star, with its six points glowing faintly golden, and in the center, a sword and saber pattern was engraved.

“The Kahn Family emblem?”

Seeing the emblem, the cruelty on Roristil’s face instantly froze, and a hint of fear flashed in his eyes.

The Kahn Family, a large Family in the Hui Guang Empire that had been passed down for thousands of years.

In the heyday of the Hui Guang Empire, they were the top noble Family in the Empire, second only to the royal Family in strength.

Even now that the Hui Guang Empire was fragmented, Duke Kahn, the patriarch of the Kahn Family, still became one of the three Speakers in the newly formed Alliance without any suspense.

This was not only because they had a Legacy of thousands of years, but also because in the current era, the Kahn Family possessed two powerful Divine-Grade combatants.

Now that the Kahn Family emblem was found on the Bearded man, Roristil knew that things had become tricky.

This emblem was a six-pointed star, with its six points made of pure gold, indicating that the Bearded man was by no means an insignificant nobody in the Kahn Family.

It was very likely that he was a member of Duke Kahn’s personal guard.

And his appearance here now was clearly not for tourism.

“Could it be that Duke Kahn has also set his sights on this place?”

Thinking of this possibility, Roristil’s expression became incredibly grim.

The Kahn Family’s reputation for vengeance was known throughout the Huiguang World; those who dared to provoke the Kahn Family would be relentlessly pursued until death.

If necessary, Duke Kahn might even take action himself.

That was an Eighth-Rank Divine-Grade, the strongest existence below a God.

Even if Roristil was a Peak Saint, once targeted by him, he would only end up being crushed into fragments.

“This guy definitely didn’t come here alone; there might be more of their people among the others.”

Thinking this, Roristil’s gaze suddenly fell on the six lone Gold Diggers behind Wang Chen, with killing intent repeatedly appearing in his eyes.

Killing all these people might cut off the Kahn Family’s eyes and ears, preventing today’s events from spreading.

But…

Roristil also knew in his heart that this was impossible!

He could kill these six lone Gold Diggers, but he could never deal with that sneaky kid, Fox, and the others.

“Damn it!”

“Duke Kahn shouldn’t have personally followed these people to the Godfall Land. First, I’ll force clues out of this guy’s mouth.”

“Since I’ve already made a move, I might as well figure out the Kahn Family’s purpose for coming here. If they’ve already found the Treasure Trove, then I’ll just snatch it from them.”

Roristil gritted his teeth, withdrew his gaze, and looked at the unconscious Bearded man on the ground.

“At worst, I’ll wander the world. I don’t believe it; Duke Kahn, a dignified Eighth-Rank Divine-Grade, won’t stay in his Family and still chase me all over the world?”