"What's the matter?"

Wang Ye turned around to see Tina retreating in terror.

On the ground, a strange crevice had suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

Below the crevice was an eerie feeling of suffocation.

Suddenly, a pair of hands tore open the ground, revealing a disheveled middle-aged man beneath.

This man seemed trapped here, his entire body bound tightly with iron chains, without any means of escape.

His raspy voice was chilling, as if he had been crying for help, and became very agitated upon seeing Wang Ye and Tina.

Such a terrifying situation would frighten anyone out of their wits.

He never expected that those who would one day appear here would be Wang Ye and Tina.

"You... help... me... I can give you... rewards."

The middle-aged man said with difficulty, then struggled to spit out a storage ring from his mouth.

The storage ring fell at Wang Ye's feet, giving him an inexplicable sense of delight.

This made him immediately wary of the other party.

After all, such a feeling was rare.

"You want us to get you out?"

Wang Ye asked.

To him, the fact that this person offered rewards so directly meant he must have been trapped here for a long time.

As he looked around, he noticed that the decorations here were covered with a thick layer of dust.

The dust was almost higher than his shoes.

If it's not been hundreds or thousands of years, it wouldn't be this dusty.

Thinking of this, Wang Ye grew more apprehensive.

He felt there might be a problem and was reluctant to engage more with this middle-aged man.

After all, being trapped for so long and still appearing middle-aged indicated some issues.

"Wait, do you want the Power of the Void?"

Suddenly, the middle-aged man spoke, this time his voice seemed much clearer.

He even mentioned a power that piqued the curiosity of both.

The next moment, an indescribable force appeared in the room.

This power was strong enough to compress Wang Ye's body and suppress the Black Flame he controlled.

Tina also felt the suppression, and her face turned pale immediately.

She never thought she'd encounter such an immense presence.

However, this middle-aged man seemed indeed capable and genuinely wanted to escape.

Wang Ye and Tina saw his expectant face and began to ask various questions again.

They wanted a safe situation, not to rescue a great demon.

If he was guilty, why would he be trapped here for centuries?

Wang Ye's thoughts seemed to be read by the middle-aged man.

He was very courteous, speaking gently, then explained the reason for his presence here.

The middle-aged man was named Haotian, who once possessed great power, relentlessly focused on cultivation.

However, he never expected that after such intense cultivation, it took him three hundred years to stand out.

For thousands of years thereafter, he embarked on his godhood cultivation journey, during which he met a woman, and thus they became Dao companions.

The end result was that Haotian provided various benefits to the woman, treating her well.

Yet, such a person betrayed him when he was about to ascend to a more powerful and influential position.

He thought many opportunities were someone else's, not realizing they were taken by that woman.

Haotian narrated his ordeal and lamented the woman's ambition, appearing harmless while committing innumerable misdeeds in secret.

This led to Haotian mistakenly trusting her, and at a critical moment wanting to break through his cultivation and achieve godhood.

Unexpectedly, he was ambushed.

The woman succeeded in her ambush and used the many opportunities over their centuries together, to obtain a treasure in a cave abode, sealing him and taking away his cultivation.

Fortunately, Haotian had a contingency plan, avoided being killed, and kept some treasures from being taken.

He used his Divine Soul to self-detonate and expended three thousand strands of the Power of the Great Dao, barely managing to activate a mysterious crystal stone on his body to escape with his corporeal body.

However, after his escape, all power was gone, making it impossible to break the seal.

From then on, he was always sealed within a red crystal stone the size of a fist.

Originally not expecting to see daylight again, it was unexpected when the Domain Lord accidentally found that red stone and brought it into this world.

During this occurrence, he absorbed some aura of a Peak Eighth Order Emperor, barely escaping with the red crystal stone.

Afterward, when the aura disappeared, it fell into the Tanzan Forest.

Despite employing numerous methods to barely extend his body out of the red crystal stone, he still couldn't break free from the seal.

Thus, Haotian spent countless years here, using some treasures to barely arrange a formation.

He intended to slowly recover his power and lift the seal.

However, so far he couldn't achieve it.

Helplessly, he remained within the formation, until Wang Ye and Tina's arrival, making his first appearance before people.

This situation finally made him realize the possibility of becoming nothing but a pile of bones in this life.

Who knew, Wang Ye and Tina's arrival gave Haotian hope again.

"If you help me find some materials, I can give you more treasures."

Haotian said with a more excited look in his eyes.

He had encountered others in the formation, yet those people inevitably killed each other over the treasures.

This distressed Haotian, promptly urging the two not to fight over treasures and assured them he would give equally to both, urging against internal strife.

Wang Ye and Tina looked at this man, hesitating whether to truly intervene?

However, they indeed saw the storage ring on the ground.

Tina, being cautious, dared not touch it.

This made Haotian explain that there were various treasures inside and promised no issues.

Wang Ye displayed his Black Flame, still finding it suppressed, immediately using his mental power to see what's inside the storage ring.

Soon, he confirmed that the storage ring was indeed trouble-free. He casually took it.

With such a simple gesture, Wang Ye then promptly pulled Tina to leave.

"Hey, don't leave! Anything you want, I am willing to give you."

"Is that so?"

Wang Ye heard the words, curious, and looked over.

However, he still didn't intend to say much to the man.

This mysterious person's presence suggested either a trap or a pipe dream.

Everyone wants benefits, but windfall benefits, even if spoken of, would be hard for others to believe.

Besides, the figure before him was a significant one with centuries of life, making Wang Ye more concerned that staying here may lead to other unforeseen complications.

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