Chapter 555: Suffer the Protagonist, Let Him Bear the Blame!

On their way to the upper deck captain’s cabin, Isaac and the others noticed that every corridor was drenched in blood and littered with severed limbs—clearly, a brutal battle had taken place here.

Especially the thick stench of blood, burnt flesh, and decay was overwhelmingly foul.

This scene deepened Isaac’s unease, and a terrifying suspicion gradually took hold of his mind.

Thinking of Nicole, fear gripped Isaac.

Before he even opened his eyes, waves of aching bruising overwhelmed him, making his eyes well with tears—he gritted his teeth and held back.

Ignoring the sounds behind her, she paid them no mind. Even if she had to fight him, she would feed herself first—otherwise, how could she possibly contend with demons?

“Officer Liao, the bandit has climbed the mountain—should I follow him?” the man watching Siyan asked.

Seeing Li Zhonggui’s reaction, Wei Dongqi wanted to slap himself. He wondered: What was I afraid of just now? Why didn’t I realize Li Zhonggui is clever? A man like that wouldn’t meddle in others’ affairs.

“By the way, we’ve roughly marked the location of one of the maps!!!” Captain Song suddenly remembered something and spoke again.

Lin Sixian, seeing them enter, paused, smiled warmly, nodded to them, finished his stance, and walked over.

Hong Ying sighed softly, picked up two quilts, and prepared to sleep on the floor—but Shi Jian drove her away.

After the fire at the Ye household, Changqingzi had used the Earth Travel technique’s “Shrink the Earth” method, intending to trap the Ye and Li families completely underground. But he never anticipated that Qianye’s Bianji art dismantled it effortlessly, leaving not a trace. Once the Ye and Li families reunited, they secretly evacuated through a tunnel beneath the Luo River.

“Why didn’t His Highness attend court today?” As if hearing his inner muttering, Rong Wanxi turned and asked.

Wu Ge, overjoyed, doubted nothing and followed Qianye to the herb garden. There, Qianye walked to the medicinal plots, arriving before the back mountain.

After the Galuo Immortal Lady explained the entire “Barbarian Mountains and Seas Map” to Ye Chen, Ye Chen felt his entire world had opened up.

The Golden Crow and Ice Toad circled in midair, intertwining, then instantly merged into one, hurtling toward the annihilating divine light emitted by the Yin-Yang Qi Vessel. Though dual-colored in ice and fire, the sensation it gave was strikingly similar to that annihilating divine light.

Yet they knew that if they didn’t descend to find the “Eye of Creation,” staying here meant virtually certain death.

Although, as Chen Pan suspected, the White Tiger Prince hadn’t brought all his forces, their numbers still reached over ten times those of the Kunpeng Island.

As this plant emitted a hazy divine radiance, the nearby demon tomb also released a strange divine light.

“It’s fine—I have my own way to handle it. But you, after clearing the central zone, if you’re not in a hurry, find a place to wait for me. I won’t be long before I come to you,” Jian Wushuang said casually.

The reason Fang Shaoqun’s expression was so grim was that the three Fire Prisoners inside the engine room had manually restarted the long-shutdown reactor.

Mentioning the interior, Grandfather Tang Renjie sighed and fell silent, his aged face revealing unmistakable exhaustion, his tone growing even more worn.

The Heavenly Sovereigns of the Divine Sovereign Realm and the Immortal Divine Sovereign Realm, of course, had no interest in the Nine Yang Ancient Land and had no need to enter it.

If he still couldn’t break the seal, he could only have the Nine Icebound Guardians try—or activate the True God talisman and harness True God power to shatter it.

Gao Ya found this suspicious and was about to speak, but Gao Sheng shot him a fierce glare. Gao Ya, always afraid of his older brother, stayed silent, lowering his head.

At this moment, Chu Xi also snapped out of her initial shock. She glanced at the screen, smiled bitterly, then gently shook her head.