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He raised his hand and waved it, instructing the two puppets, "Take His Highness and fly to the island. Make sure His Highness is safe."

Su Mu himself was not in a hurry to land on the island—since he had two absolutely loyal and powerful puppets at his disposal, he didn't need to personally take on any task that carried even the slightest risk. The safest option was to first have the puppets take Xiao Anran to the island to investigate the situation before making any further plans.

Almost at the same time that Su Mu's puppet set off, Su Feiyang, who was hidden in the mountain valley on the east side of the lake, also led Su Zhe, Su Kuan and the elite experts of the Divine Judgment Organization. In a flash, he flew out of the valley and sped towards the isolated island in the center of the lake.

It wasn't just them! The various powerful figures hidden in the mountains and dense forests surrounding the great lake, seeing the rosy light disappear and the earth shake, knew that the treasure was about to appear. They could no longer hold back and showed themselves. Streams of light flew out from all directions and swarmed towards the isolated island in the lake.

"This is really chaotic." Su Mu stood there, watching the streaks of light fly towards the deserted island, and sighed inwardly.

People die for wealth, birds die for food. The treasures left behind by ancient sects contain endless opportunities and riches, enough to drive countless martial artists crazy. Naturally, it's worth fighting tooth and nail for them—after all, as long as they can seize a treasure, they might rise to the top in one step, instantly become successful, and completely change their destiny.

Previously, Situ Chengjun led a group of powerful members of the royal family to occupy the isolated island, strictly forbidding outsiders from landing, in an attempt to monopolize the treasure. But now, powerful figures from all walks of life have flocked to the island, their numbers vast and their strengths varied greatly, and even with his formidable strength, he can no longer control them.

Moreover, this isolated island is vast and has complex terrain, making complete blockade an extremely difficult task.

On the isolated island, weeds grew rampant, and the landscape was desolate. Countless broken walls and ruins were scattered among them, faintly revealing the former glory of this sect. In the very center of these ruins, a huge crack appeared, two zhang wide and about a hundred zhang long. The crack was dark and deep, its bottom unseen, and a dense aura of yin energy emanated from it, sending chills down one's spine.

Situ Chengjun was unable to stop the other powerful figures from landing on the island, but he had already established himself on the isolated island. Therefore, the moment the crack appeared, he leaped into the crack and was the first to fall to the bottom of the crack—he did not allow Xiao Anxun and other royal family experts to follow him down.

He was extremely confident in his own strength and didn't need anyone else to go down first to scout out the dangers for him. Compared to the unknown dangers he might encounter, he was more worried about other powerful individuals getting there first and seizing the opportunities and treasures at the bottom of the rift.

The Silver Puppet and the Meteorite Puppet that Su Mu summoned were now dressed in Su Mu's clothes, and their figures were exactly the same, looking like a pair of twin brothers. They were extremely fast, and their bodies exuded a powerful aura. Along the way, no powerful figure dared to stop them, nor did anyone have the ability to stop them—after all, the Meteorite Puppet was comparable to a True Martial Realm early stage expert, and the Silver Puppet was also a Xuan-rank top-grade expert, with considerable combat power.

As puppets, they had no emotions or fears, and only obeyed their master's orders. In a short while, the two puppets, carrying Xiao Anran, landed beside Xiao Anxun and the other royal family experts. Then, with a flash, they jumped into the huge crevice, following closely behind Situ Chengjun, and landed at the bottom of the crevice.

As for Xiao Anran, she was naturally kept by Xiao Anxun's side and protected by a group of royal family experts. Xiao Anxun knew that the bottom of the rift was fraught with danger, and Xiao Anran was weak. If she went down rashly, she would definitely be in danger of losing her life.

The bottom of the crack was unexpectedly spacious, but pitch black, so dark you couldn't see your hand in front of your face, as if you had fallen into an endless abyss.

However, those who were able to successfully fall to the bottom of the crevice were all martial artists with considerable cultivation. Each of them possessed divine sense, and the pitch-black environment did not have much of an impact on them. With a sweep of their divine sense, they could clearly perceive everything around them.

Situ Chengjun, who was the first to fall to the bottom of the crevice, quickly noticed the two puppets following closely behind. With a sweep of his divine sense, he instantly recognized that these two were not living people, but puppets controlled by humans.

"Using puppets to steal treasure?" Situ Chengjun's lips curled into a disdainful sneer, a hint of contempt flashing in his eyes. He didn't think these two puppets could pose much of a threat to him—in his view, puppets were ultimately inanimate objects. Even if they were powerful, they lacked intelligence and were unable to cope with complex situations.

Just as he was secretly underestimating it, a heavy iron door not far in front of him slowly began to rotate and gradually opened.

In fact, Situ Chengjun had already discovered the iron door when he fell to the bottom of the crevice. The reason he did not act immediately was because the iron door blocked his way and he could not go any further. He could only wait for the iron door to open by itself or find a way to open the iron door.

He had intended to take advantage of being the first to come down and seize the treasure behind the iron gate, but to his surprise, the iron gate opened so slowly.

Just as the iron gate opened a crack, Su Feiyang, along with the experts from the Divine Judgment Organization, landed at the bottom of the crack.

"Huh?" As soon as he landed, Su Feiyang noticed that an extremely dense aura of Yin energy was surging out from the crack in the iron gate. The aura was icy cold and had a strong corrosive effect, which made him frown and feel that something was wrong. Even if there was Yin energy in the ruins of an ordinary ancient sect, it would never be so strong.

Situ Chengjun also sensed this unusual Yin energy. His expression changed slightly, and his initial contempt vanished instantly, replaced by a sense of vigilance. He had a feeling that there was an unknown danger lurking at the bottom of this crack.

At this moment, Su Mu had already flown above the isolated island, his aura concealed, making him appear like a phantom, suspended in mid-air. Jinzi no longer fluttered around, but obediently landed on his shoulder, tilting its head and curiously staring at the huge crack below.

Su Mu did not rush to fall to the bottom of the crevice, nor did he place himself on the isolated island. He simply observed silently from mid-air. He did this partly to observe the movements at the bottom of the crevice and to ascertain the dangers inside, and partly to maintain control over the two puppets.

If the distance is too far, his divine sense cannot cover the area at the bottom of the crack, so he cannot control the two puppets as he pleases, and he cannot rescue them in time if they encounter danger.

"How could such a strong Yin energy be emanating from here?" Su Mu scanned the bottom of the crack with his divine sense and couldn't help but feel a little surprised. This Yin energy was too pure and too powerful. It didn't seem to be formed naturally. Instead, it seemed to be emanating from some kind of evil thing.

boom--!!!

Just then, a deafening roar suddenly came from the bottom of the crack, as if a tremendous force had exploded from the bottom of the crack.