Someone has already secretly entered the Ancient Ruins and the Yudou Treasure.
Just this piece of news alone was enough to shock even Liu Zixuan; if all the Martial Artists around heard it, the place would probably blow up on the spot!
And now, two choices were laid out in front of them.
Either open the treasure, kill the people who went in, and do their best to protect the treasures inside.
Or don't open the treasure, and the people inside won't be able to come out for a short time.
From this, one conclusion could be drawn.
Those who went in must have used an extremely unstable passage, easy to enter but very hard to leave.
But this wasn't a sure thing; there were countless treasures inside, and it was hard to guarantee there wouldn't be one or two items that could rapidly boost Power. By then, once the Martial Artists inside got stronger, they might be able to forcibly tear open the passage and come out.
So, Liu Zixuan had already made his choice.
The treasure must be opened!
He thought briefly, then said, "Are you going in?"
"I'll go in, but I probably won't be with you guys. My old man got a call from a friend overseas. A whole bunch of old monsters who've been hiding for years are showing up this time, so I've got to stay in the shadows and guard against them," Jiang Yifan replied.
Liu Zixuan raised a brow. "You alone?"
"No. This is not the time to play lone hero. The Nine Wolves and all the guards are already assembled," Jiang Yifan said solemnly.
"Alright, I'll open the treasure right away. We'll regroup inside," Liu Zixuan said, then hung up.
Without a doubt, Jiang Yifan's call had given Liu Zixuan a piece of extremely important information.
Things were far more complicated than they'd imagined. The "old monsters" Jiang Yifan mentioned were probably those who hadn't shown themselves for countless years—people the outside world assumed were already dead. But as Jiang Yifan said, this wasn't the time for lone heroes; the Jiang Family had mobilized all Nine Wolves.
Before, it was always the Eight Wolves and him, the Wolf Leader, facing the outside world, but this time, even the ninth wolf, who had always been hidden in the dark, had been brought out.
Jiang Yifan was taking this seriously!
Since that was the case, Liu Zixuan had nothing more to say. After pocketing his phone, he turned to the Sword Demon and said, "The situation has changed. Senior, please hurry and send the final key to the Alliance of the World, let them keep it and open it."
"What's wrong? Weren't we planning to wear down the enemy a bit outside first?" The Sword Demon frowned.
"We might not have that kind of time anymore. Some unknown holy bastards have already opened another passage into the Ancient Ruins from somewhere else," Liu Zixuan said very gravely.
The people beside them all looked utterly stunned, each revealing a solemn expression.
The Sword Demon, without the slightest hesitation, picked up the key and rushed straight toward the people from the Alliance of the World.
It was urgent, but he couldn't lose his head.
This key had to be handed over to a presence that all the Martial Artists feared. This was also to send a signal to the outside world—above them all, there was still this special existence called the Alliance of the World.
It could be considered paving the way for their entry into the Ancient Ruins.
Under everyone's expectant gazes, the representative of the Alliance of the World was still the familiar Yafei, who came running from outside.
Holding the key, she smiled leisurely and said, "Everyone, my apologies. This last key is a bit late. On behalf of the Alliance of the World, I offer you all an apology!"
"Alliance of the World? Is that the mysterious organization that takes in Martial Artists from all over the world?"
"I heard everyone inside is a devil with countless sins to their name. Didn't think they'd be the ones to get their hands on the last key."
"Great, now we've got another group of powerful competitors in this treasure hunt!"
Some ordinary Martial Artists were whispering among themselves, but those top Sects were relatively calmer. After a brief moment of surprise, they quickly recovered.
Qiao Siyang glared at the Spirit Institute elder who had been unfriendly earlier, then said, "Since all four keys are here, there's no need to wait any longer. Let's open the treasure."
"Wait." The Spirit Institute elder cut him off and asked, "Once we're inside, how will the treasure be divided?"
"Divided?" Everyone sneered when they heard that word.
When it came to treasure, everyone wanted to take more. Who was going to sit there and wait for someone else to split it for them?
Qiao Siyang mocked, "If you're thinking about splitting things, then your Spirit Institute might as well not go in."
"So it's every man for himself?" the Spirit Institute elder snorted coldly.
"That's right, every man for himself!" the crowd of Martial Artists shouted in unison.
Qiao Siyang tapped his toes and soared straight into the air. "Those three holding keys, let's begin."
"We just open it like this?" the Vice Sect Leader of the Void Mountain Sect asked.
"We did some homework before coming. Rumor has it the entrance to the Ancient Ruins is something like a spatial wormhole. So all we need to do is merge the four keys, then have four experts infuse their Inner Strength, and we can open the passage."
Liu Zixuan glanced at the people beside him, then he and Yafei and the Void Mountain Sect expert rose into the air, the four of them standing together.
The four keys were revealed one after another. Before they touched, they looked like four ordinary stones, but as they drew closer, they slowly began to emit golden patterns.
Chii!
The four keys completely fused together. At the same time, Liu Zixuan and the others exchanged a look, formed a seal with their fingers, and began channeling Inner Strength into the key.
Gradually, the golden patterns grew larger and larger, and in an instant, they turned into a huge sphere. A black dot appeared at the center of the sphere and began to expand outward.
It had been only the size of a fist at first, but as time passed, it turned into something like a cave entrance.
Suspended in midair, it truly resembled a spatial wormhole. It was incredibly strange and wondrous.
But just as the passage formed, the Spirit Institute elder cursed loudly, "Qiao Siyang, you played us!"
Not only him—both the Vice Sect Leader of the Void Mountain Sect and Liu Zixuan had extremely ugly expressions.
"How did I play you?" Qiao Siyang asked in a mocking tone.
"That wasn't just infusing Inner Strength. It was sucking our Inner Strength dry. Our Realms have all dropped by a level!" the Vice Sect Leader of the Void Mountain Sect cursed.
The people below, upon hearing this, most of the Martial Artists secretly smirked. After all, others getting weaker was only good for them.
But the people from the Void Mountain Sect and the Spirit Institute all went cold-faced. Whether it was that Spirit Institute elder or the Void Mountain Sect Vice Sect Leader, both were among their most powerful figures.
The ones who most wanted to curse were Luo Xi Sword Demon and the others.
Liu Zixuan was the strongest among them; they were counting on him once they got inside. But now, right at the doorstep of the ruins, his Realm had dropped. What a disastrous piece of news!
Every face was filled with fury.
Qiao Siyang, however, looked delighted. "You didn't ask if there'd be any problems beforehand, did you? We're enemies. Do you really think I needed to tell you?"
With that, he shot a look at the many Martial Artists of the Angel Sect, then was the first to head into the passage. From far away came his voice: "If you want revenge, wait till we're inside the ruins!"