Chapter 2145: True Identity

Zu'an's brow furrowed slightly as he thought of the controlled patrol yakshas from before. Kashir was clear-headed and didn't seem to be in that kind of state.

After seeing a few people off, he returned to his chambers and told the two women about his discoveries from today.

After hearing his account, both women were greatly shocked. It turned out that besides demons, the Hell faction was also involved.

"Are we really going to open the Tomb of Ten Thousand Dragons?" Shang Liuyu asked, a bit worried, always feeling it was too risky.

Shang Hongyu didn't say anything, but glanced at Zu'an, knowing he was looking for the Divine Dragon Elixir and would definitely find a way to get in.

Zu'an understood her meaning and frankly admitted, "Yes, I need to find something, so I have to go into the Tomb of Ten Thousand Dragons. However, this is also a good opportunity to figure out what those demons and even Hell are after. We can't always be on the defensive."

Shang Hongyu nodded, "That's true. If we don't resolve this completely, there will be endless trouble in the future."

Shang Liuyu rolled her eyes at her, thinking, *These two are acting like a perfect couple now, making me feel like an outsider.*

Zu'an was also helpless. These sisters really knew how to play games: one thought the other didn't know and was putting on an elaborate act, while the other knew but didn't say anything. He was caught in the middle and felt extremely awkward.

He could perfectly imagine how furious Shang Hongyu would be when she learned the truth later. By then, he would definitely be her punching bag.

Fortunately, Shang Hongyu changed the subject at this moment: "By the way, what about Kashir? We haven't seen him at all today. You know he usually loves to monitor us."

If it hadn't been for Kashir following them like a shadow before, she wouldn't have gone that far with Zu'an.

Although—although she had experienced unprecedented pleasure, it was all because Kashir had forced her into it. *I will absolutely not thank him!*

"I'm also a bit surprised," Zu'an said, puzzled. "It was already unexpected when he agreed not to follow us before, but I didn't expect to still not see any sign of him after all this time."

Shang Liuyu's expression suddenly changed slightly. "Could he have gone off to do something bad? We must be cautious."

Zu'an nodded. "I'll go to his residence and investigate."

Shang Hongyu worriedly said, "But Kashir's cultivation is quite high. What if he discovers you..."

Zu'an smiled. "If it were before, he might indeed have discovered me, but now that I have the Crown of the Sea God and can control seawater, I'm even more confident he won't discover me."

Shang Liuyu said gravely, "Still, don't be careless. From what you just said, Kashir should be part of the Hell faction. We've never encountered people from Hell before, so we don't know what strange abilities they possess."

"Yes, I'll be careful." Zu'an bid farewell to the sisters, not using the main entrance, but stealthily slipping out from a nearby window. With his cultivation, he could do so without alerting the nearby guards at all.

Shang Liuyu watched her sister staring blankly at Zu'an's departing back. She couldn't help but tease, "Sister, I don't think I've ever seen you so worried about Brother-in-law before."

"Before was before, now is now," Shang Hongyu said, rolling her eyes. "You know how much has happened."

"I truly envy you, Sister, having someone you love by your side."

Shang Liuyu suddenly sighed, "Oh, I wonder if Zu'an received my message. If only he were here. With Brother-in-law's help, we wouldn't fear any number of demons."

Shang Hongyu gave a somewhat unnatural smile. "Don't worry, he'll definitely come to save you in time."

Watching her sister's elaborate performance, Shang Liuyu finally felt a little more pleased.

*Hmph, pretend, keep pretending. The more you pretend now, the more socially dead you'll be later.*

Meanwhile, it wasn't long before Zu'an arrived at Kashir's residence. As the Dragon Palace's guard captain, he had his own courtyard within the Dragon Palace. It was heavily guarded, with defensive formations everywhere.

If it were before, even with Zu'an's profound cultivation, getting into such a small area, right under the noses of so many guards, would not have been easy. But now that he had the Crown of the Sea God...

His heart stirred. He concealed his aura, and his entire body was enveloped in a mass of seawater. From the outside, he appeared no different from the surrounding ocean.

The entire Dragon Palace was filled with seawater, which truly provided him with great convenience.

Soon, this mass of seawater flowed silently into Kashir's courtyard. The surrounding guards didn't sense any anomaly, as it was all just seawater.

With Zu'an's mastery of formations, he could discern where the formation traps were. He carefully avoided them and made his way to the depths of the courtyard.

"Oh, there's a sound-insulating formation?" Zu'an was a bit puzzled. This formation was solely for sound insulation, designed with extreme complexity and ingenuity. If a nuclear bomb exploded inside, it was highly likely that no sound would be heard outside.

He wondered why so much effort had been put into designing such a complex formation here. Was Kashir inside discussing something secret with someone?

Thinking this, he quickly slipped inside. As soon as he passed through the formation, he heard a mournful wail. It was hard to imagine what kind of pain someone must be enduring to produce such a sound.

Zu'an's expression changed. *That's Kashir's voice!*

Could someone be ambushing him? Who in the entire Dragon Palace would attack him now?

Could it be those guys from the Bloodthirsty Croc Ancestor?

But their previous conversation didn't suggest that.

Thinking this, he couldn't suppress the doubt in his heart. He approached in the direction of the sound with increasing vigilance.

"No battle fluctuations..." Zu'an came to a room that appeared to be Kashir's bedroom.

Peering through a crack in the window, his eyes instantly widened.

There was a terrifying scene in the room. Kashir was contorted on the bed, and his entire body suddenly split open down the middle.

No, it was only the outer skin that split open. Then, a bloody, fleshy humanoid monster emerged from within.

It had no skin at all, only blood-red muscles. Disgusting fluid, a mixture of foul blood and pus, dripped from its entire body.

Every piece of flesh seemed imperfect, as if it had been turned inside out by some immense force. It looked as though it could melt and slough off at any moment.

If Zu'an hadn't witnessed so many bizarre things over the years, and if his mind hadn't been strong enough, seeing this scene, even if he didn't cry out, could easily have caused his heart to pound and his breathing to quicken, making him easy to detect.

Now, with his aura completely concealed, as if he didn't exist in this world at all, he silently observed everything inside.

His gaze fell on the relatively intact outer skin on the bed. He thought, *The real Kashir was indeed killed long ago, and then this monster hollowed out his body, leaving the outer skin, and then hid inside to impersonate him.*

*This monster is truly disgusting!*

At this moment, the monster was rolling painfully on the bed, desperately clawing at its own flesh, as if that would alleviate some of its suffering.

But the more it clawed, the more mangled its flesh became. And with each scratch, a piece of flesh would fall off its body. Sometimes, even the bones inside were clearly visible.

Zu'an was completely bewildered. What exactly was it doing?

It didn't look like a cultivation deviation; it looked more like it was enduring a form of torture.

*Wait, it came from Hell. Legends say that those who enter Hell are wicked people who must suffer there. Could these legends all be true?*

But who was inflicting the torture?

He carefully sensed the surroundings. With his current strength, he seemed to vaguely sense an ancient, mysterious power in the space that shouldn't exist in this world.

It wasn't any specific person or object inflicting the torture, but rather some special kind of law!

"Is this the law of Hell?" Zu'an was secretly astonished. He hadn't expected that even though this monster had come to this world, it still couldn't escape the punishment of Hell.

In the blink of an eye, the monster's flesh was largely rotted away. At the same time, new patches of skin suddenly began to grow on many parts of its body.

Not long after, its flesh was covered by a complete layer of skin.

Zu'an finally clearly saw the monster's appearance.