Chapter 4447
Kai was caught off guard by the sudden attack from the old man; he didn’t react at all for a moment!
In a surprising twist, it was the jade pendant worn by Lin Keting that burst forth with a fierce red light, leaving the old man momentarily stunned!
This was the moment that Kai and Lin Keting finally snapped into action, quickly retreating to the fourth floor!
“Mr. Chen, what happened?”
Cen Biqing, noticing Kai and Lin Keting rushing back down with distressed expressions, asked in a hurry!
“There’s a hunchbacked old man upstairs. We just went up, and he suddenly attacked us!”
Lin Keting replied, her voice laced with anger!
“A hunchbacked old man?” Old Black looked bewildered!
“That individual is at least as powerful as the False Dragon lineage. He’s definitely capable of disguising himself; I bet that appearance is just a facade,” Kai stated confidently.
“Mr. Chen, can you tell if that person is from the dragon race as well?” Cen Biqing inquired curiously.
“It’s definitely a member of the Dragon Race. I went to the fifth floor to investigate, but I didn’t expect him to launch a sneak attack on us,” Kai affirmed with a nod.
“What a shame about my life-preserving jade pendant…”
Lin Keting mournfully held her cracked jade pendant, her expression one of sorrow.
If it hadn’t been for the sudden activation of the Life Preserving Jade Pendant, both of them would have fallen victim to the old man’s poison!
“Miss Lin, I’m really sorry…”
Kai admitted, feeling a bit embarrassed.
After all, it was Lin Keting’s jade pendant that had just saved his life!
“It’s alright; it’s not only meant to protect me, but it was also meant to save my life,” she replied. “The worst that can happen is that I’ll go back and have my master make me another one.”
“What should we do next? I think it’s safe to say we can’t go back up there,” Lin Keting asked.
“We’ll have to go back for now. I’ll see if I can help Miss Qing and Old Black escape,” Kai decided.
“Thank you so much, Mr. Chen…”
Old Black and Cen Biqing exchanged excited glances upon hearing this!
If they could escape the tower, they’d finally be free and no longer trapped!
“Old Black, since Mr. Chen has helped us, why don’t you share some of your treasures with him and the others?”
Cen Biqing suggested to Old Black.
Realizing that Kai might be too shy to ask directly, being dragons themselves, Cen Biqing felt it was best to speak up.
Old Black looked taken aback, then sighed, “Those treasures don’t belong to me at all. I can’t claim them. They’ve been here since I was imprisoned, probably belonging to the last person who was trapped here.”
“Not yours?”
Kai and the others stared at Old Black in disbelief!
They had always assumed those shiny treasures were his, only to learn that he claimed no ownership!
This revelation piqued Kai’s curiosity; if the treasures were ownerless, perhaps he could take them all!
“Mr. Chen, please be cautious. That Thunder Beast only went to take the treasures and ended up getting killed,” Ji Yun warned urgently!
“That’s not my concern. It wasn’t me. Although those treasures appear to be right in front of us, they’re actually in another space. The only way to obtain them is to enter that space; grabbing them directly won’t work,” Old Black quickly clarified!
He wanted to make it clear that he wasn’t responsible for the Thunder Beast’s fate!
“So, who was the last person imprisoned here?”
Cen Biqing asked with curiosity.
“I have no idea; I’ve never touched those things…”
Old Black shook his head in frustration.
Kai approached the treasures, activating his Heavenly Underworld Eyes!
To his surprise, under the influence of the Heavenly Underworld Eyes, all the treasures appeared dull and lifeless, revealing them to be mere illusions!
“So they’re all fake?”
Kai frowned slightly and reached out toward one of the treasures!
“Don’t grab that…”
Seeing this, Lin Keting quickly stepped forward to stop him!
But just as she reached for Kai, he had already seized the treasure!