High Martial Arts: Becoming a Liver Master

"Lord Bruce! Something terrible has happened!"

A sentry who had gone out to scout ahead flew in like a cannonball; his voice preceded his arrival.

Bruce and Auster were about to enter the entrance to the fourth level of the trial when they heard the sound. They immediately stopped and turned to look at the sentry who had flown in front of them.

The sentry, his face filled with fear, took a deep breath and hurriedly saluted the two men, his voice trembling as he said, "Greetings, Lord Bruce, Lord Auster!"

"No need for formalities. Tell me, what serious matter has happened? Why are you in such a panic? What kind of behavior is this?"

Bruce's expression was serious, and his voice carried a hint of reproach.

The sentry's return came at the worst possible time, almost ruining his and Auster's plans.

"Speak quickly, or you'll face consequences!"

Auster's reprimand followed, sending a chill down the sentry's spine.

"Yes, yes, yes, reporting to the two lords, it is..."

Before he could finish speaking, Auster interrupted him: "Speak properly! What kind of talk is this, stuttering like that? A dignified ninth-rank Martial Saint, if you keep stuttering like this, believe me, I'll slap you to death!"

"My lord, spare my life!" The sentry was so frightened that he knelt on the ground with a thud, begging for mercy in a trembling voice, while kowtowing violently, causing spiderweb-like cracks to appear on the floor.

After being banged three or four times, the floor tile had a dent the size of a bowl!

"Oster, don't scare him!"

Bruce said calmly, without telling the sentry to get up. He glanced at Auster and then said to the sentry, "Report immediately what happened?"

The sentry immediately stopped kowtowing, took a deep breath to suppress his fear, and quickly reported:

"Reporting to you both, our reconnaissance outside has revealed that this level of the secret realm we are in is rapidly collapsing. At the rate of collapse, it will be completely destroyed in an hour!"

"One of my companions who was exploring with me accidentally touched the collapsing space and was sucked in. He couldn't escape."

"That shattered space was like an abyss that swallowed everything!"

The sentry spoke rapidly, his voice trembling, but he didn't stutter.

"Is what you're saying true?"

"Everything my subordinate said is true, and I have video evidence to prove it!"

The sentry raised his head, still kneeling, but straightened his back, raised his left hand, and clicked on the watch on his left wrist. A virtual projection half a meter wide appeared on the watch and played a video.

The space in the distance was crumbling bit by bit, swallowing everything around it.

An eighth-rank Martial Saint stepped forward to check the situation and unleashed a powerful burst of true essence. Upon touching the shattered space, the true essence was directly swallowed up by the shattered space without making a sound.

Then, he moved closer, took out a weapon, and used martial arts to attack and shatter space, but the energy attack he used was still swallowed up.

To learn more about the shattered space, he moved closer and poked it with his weapon. To his surprise, the shattered space suddenly generated a suction force that pulled him in. He was completely swallowed up before he could even scream.

Someone threw out an iron chain from behind, trying to pull him back, but they were a beat too late.

This video has ended!

After watching the video, Bruce and Auster already had their answers. They exchanged a glance, their faces grave.

They exchanged a few words, then all looked at the sentry:

"Yes, we understand. There was no fabrication. You did a good job reporting such useful information promptly. This time, we won't punish you!"

"Go down!"

"Bang!"

The sentry kowtowed deeply, expressing his gratitude:

"Yes! Thank you both for sparing my life!"

He kowtowed three more times before standing up, head bowed, and slowly backing away. He retreated to a distance of thirty meters before turning around and leaving quickly.

Even though he was a ninth-grade Martial Saint, about to break through to Martial Venerable, he dared not complain in the slightest when faced with two fifth-grade Martial Venerable experts. Instead, he was grateful to them.

"Brother Auster, our plan has been ruined; we can't sneak into the fourth level of the trial anymore!"

Bruce sent a telepathic message to Auster with some disappointment. For safety, the two communicated using mental telepathy, so from the outside, it appeared that neither of them spoke.

Auster's eyes gleamed, a slight smile played on his lips, and his voice, transmitted through telepathy, became much lighter:

"Bruce, this is a great opportunity!"

"What good opportunity?" Bruce couldn't figure it out for a moment.

"This is a great opportunity to capture those Great Xia people!"

"Oh! I see! My divine bull god, this is an opportunity given to us by the divine bull god!" Bruce suddenly realized, grinning widely. "In an hour, this whole place will collapse. We'll guard the entrance and wait for the Great Xia people to walk right into our trap!"

"Viligud! That's it! The Divine Ox has given us instructions, and this time we will certainly not let the Divine Ox down!"

Auster put his arm around Bruce's shoulder and chuckled.

Both of them had already imagined that after capturing those Great Xia people, they would torture them severely and then sacrifice them to the Great Ox God!

"We don't have much time left. We need to quickly set up traps, formations, and other measures. We absolutely cannot let them escape again!"

"Alright, let's get moving! We have at least fifty men here; they can't possibly escape!"

. . . . . .

"I can sense Elder Li's presence over there!"

"Let's go, it's in the north, let's get there quickly!"

Chen Yi and his group of fourteen immediately flew north.

Two minutes later, when the two sides were three kilometers apart, Li Kaishan sensed Chen Yi and his group and immediately changed direction, not wanting to encounter them.

Fourteen people!

This startled Li Kaishan, who immediately sped away.

Chen Yi quickly used his mental power to send a telepathic message to Li Kaishan, and at the same time used teleportation to catch up.

After some explanation, Li Kaishan finally believed Chen Yi and his group.

"Quick, let's go find old man Situ! If we can't find him, things will be terrible!"

After the misunderstanding was cleared up, Li Kaishan immediately grabbed Chen Yi, wanting to take him to find someone.

"Hey, Mr. Li, has Mr. Si been arrested? Let's hurry and rescue him!"

"No, Old Man Situ wasn't captured, so why didn't you see what happened in the secret realm?"

Seeing that Chen Yi and the others showed no signs of anxiety or panic, he guessed what was going on.

"Huh? What could possibly happen in the secret realm? We just met up and were just about to discuss finding you and Elder Si!"

"I see, I understand!" Li Kaishan said with an expression of understanding, then his face turned serious. "Something's happened! The space within the secret realm is collapsing. It will completely collapse in an hour!"

"The collapsing space devoured everything. I saw a foreign eighth-rank martial saint being swallowed by the shattered space, unable to even struggle."

"That collapsing space gave me a very dangerous feeling; even I wouldn't dare touch it!"