After the divorce, the CEO's ex-wife deeply regretted her actions.

The entrance to the cave is small, only allowing one person to pass by bending over. It is hidden in vines and shadows, and cannot be found at all without careful searching.

A faint, low hum came from the depths of the cave, like some huge machine in operation, or like countless wronged souls whispering.

That power is calling him.

Or rather, it was summoning the "child talisman" in his arms.

found it.

Chen Yun's heart began to pound.

There is an absolutely huge secret hidden here!

He didn't go in immediately.

The unknown world inside the cave is more dangerous than the three assassins outside.

He leaned against the rock wall at the cave entrance, tore off a relatively clean strip of cloth from his body, and tightly bound it to the most bleeding wounds, making a simple bandage.

The excruciating pain made his vision go black, but he just gritted his teeth and refused to make a sound.

After doing all this, he looked once again at the bottomless cave entrance.

To go in, or not to go in?

Going in might kill you.

If we don't go in, we'll just die anyway when those three people return from their business in this perilous valley.

Since we're going to die anyway, we might as well take a gamble!

Chen Yun's eyes hardened, and he no longer hesitated.

He crouched down, like a nimble raccoon, and plunged into the darkness.

The air inside the cave was even colder than outside, as if it could freeze a person's blood.

I can't see my fingers.

The ground is covered with slippery moss and uneven rocks, and one could easily slip and fall.

Chen Yun heightened his senses to the extreme, holding onto the cave wall with one hand and protecting himself with the other, carefully feeling his way forward.

The pendant in her arms became her only guide at that moment.

It emitted a faint red glow, staining the front of his clothes a blood-red color, and its beating became faster and more rapid.

The cave passage is long and slopes downwards.

After walking about a hundred meters, a glimmer of light finally appeared ahead.

It wasn't moonlight, but a pale green glow that flickered on and off, like will-o'-the-wisps.

At the same time, the deep humming sound became increasingly clear.

Chen held his breath, slowed his pace, and silently approached the light source.

At the end of the passage lies a vast, open underground cavern.

When Chen Yun saw the scene inside the cave, even he, with his extraordinary courage, couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine.

In the center of the cave is a huge circular pool of blood, more than 20 meters in diameter!

The pool was filled with a thick, dark red liquid, bubbling and emitting a strong, nauseating smell of blood and a strange, sweet aroma.

In the center of the blood pool stood a strange stone platform more than three meters high, covered with twisted, lifelike runes.

Around the blood pool, at regular intervals, there are stones the size of a human head, emitting a pale green light. These stones are what illuminate the entire cave.

What horrified Chen Yun even more was that there were more than a dozen corpses lying haphazardly at the edge of the blood pool!

The corpses were all grotesque and died tragically. Their flesh and blood seemed to have been sucked dry by something, leaving only a layer of skin covering their bones, turning them into terrifying mummies.

In the center of these mummies, near the stone platform, a petite figure was curled up.

It's a girl.

She was dressed in tattered, tight-fitting clothes, covered in blood, and her long, black hair was disheveled and obscured her face.

She seemed to have lost consciousness, lying there motionless, with only the slight rise and fall of her chest indicating that she was still alive.

She was the "last sacrifice"!

Chen Yun's heart leaped into his throat.

He instinctively wanted to rush out, but reason held him back.

Not right.

It's so quiet here.

What about Li Heng?

Since he also fled here, where did he go?

Chen Yun's gaze swept across the entire cave like a radar.

Suddenly, his gaze fixed on the back of the stone platform in the center of the blood pool.

There, there is a pair of feet.

A pair of feet wearing his familiar, tattered cloth shoes.

Li Heng!

He hid behind the stone platform!

In that instant, countless thoughts flashed through Chen Yun's mind.

Why did Li Heng hide?

What is he waiting for?

What exactly is this blood pool?

What exactly are these people trying to achieve by going to such lengths and even killing people?

The "Zifu" in his arms was incredibly hot, as if it would burst into flames at any moment.

Chen Yun forced himself to calm down.

The current situation is that the enemy is in the dark while we are in the light.

Li Heng hid in the shadows, the girl was unconscious, and he, as an uninvited guest, could not be exposed.

Wait and see.

He quietly stepped back a few paces, completely hiding himself in the shadows of the passage, leaving only his eyes exposed as he stared intently at every movement inside the cave.

Time passed by minute by minute.

Inside the cave, apart from the bubbling sound of the blood pool, there were no other sounds.

The atmosphere was so oppressive that one could hardly breathe.

Just as Chen Yun's patience was about to run out, there was finally movement behind the stone platform.

Li Heng cautiously poked half his head out.

His face was ashen, his eyes filled with greed and madness. He stared intently at the unconscious girl not far away, his Adam's apple bobbing as if he were making a difficult decision.

Li Heng finally emerged from the shadow of the stone platform.

His steps were somewhat unsteady, as if he were drunk, or as if he were being pulled by some invisible force.

That face, which had been relatively honest, was now covered with twisted lines, its eyes were bloodshot, and two clusters of mad flames burned deep in its pupils.

He was clutching a dagger tightly in his hand.

The dagger was entirely black, its material unknown, yet its blade gleamed with an eerie red light, as if it had just drunk blood.

He walked slowly and steadily toward the unconscious girl, step by step.

“Om Mani Padme Hum…”

Ancient, hoarse, and completely inhuman syllables were squeezed out of his parched throat.

With each word uttered, the bloody, sweet aroma in the cave grew stronger, the air seemed to thicken, and it felt suffocating.

Chen Yun's heart was pounding so hard it felt like it was going to jump out of his throat.

He understood.

This is some kind of sacrifice.

That girl was the final victim.

Li Heng's incantation grew faster and more urgent. He raised the black dagger high in his hand, aiming it at the girl's delicate back!

The red light at the tip of the blade, under the eerie green glow, was as sinister as the forked tongue of a venomous snake.

Can't wait any longer!

At that moment, all calculations and all rationality were shattered by a primal rage.

Chen Yun could no longer convince himself to watch a living person being slaughtered like livestock right before his eyes.

"stop!"

A loud shout, like a thunderclap from a clear sky, suddenly exploded in the deathly silent cave!

The sound, imbued with internal energy, struck the cave walls, reverberating and creating a buzzing echo that instantly drowned out Li Heng's eerie incantation.