"Can't be rescued?"
Ye Feng's brow furrowed even tighter. "Why?"
"Ye Feng, that place is called the Blood Abyss. It's located several levels underground in Blood Moon City and is covered with all sorts of eerie blood-red runes!"
"Those blood-red runes possess a strange power that can greatly suppress the arcane energy of Arcanists. The deeper you go into the Blood Abyss, the more your arcane energy is suppressed."
"To put it bluntly, Arcanists below Diamond level are no different from ordinary people who haven't mastered arcane energy once they step inside!"
"Moreover, it's currently guarded by Xue Si, the fourth-ranked among the Ten Blood Guards. We don't even know what else is inside the Blood Abyss. With just a few of us, let alone rescuing anyone, we'd likely perish!"
Yue Miao explained rapidly to Ye Feng.
"This..."
Upon hearing this, Ye Feng's brow was almost twisted into a knot.
Xiao Xiao also frowned, but she wasn't overly worried, as her true combat power wasn't arcane energy, but Angelic Power.
Of course, Xiao Xiao remained silent and looked at Ye Feng with a questioning gaze.
"Ye Feng, I understand your desire to rescue them, but that place is truly not an option!"
Yue Miao spoke again. "Since Brad Base has the angel as their final auction item, the angel will definitely be brought out of the Blood Abyss and into the auction hall at the end of the event!"
"The auction hall is very dark, and there are all sorts of people there. We can find an opportunity to cause a massive disturbance and then seize the chance to rescue the angel..."
"Although there will likely be other Ten Blood Guards present, it will be far easier than rescuing someone from the Blood Abyss!"
"After all, at that point, we'll be able to use our arcane energy. We'll just need to be wary of the vampires' Blood Seal Runes!"
Yue Miao paused. "Also, this is just a conjecture based on information I recently received..."
"The idea of using the angel as the final auction item was proposed by a mysterious person from Brad Base... This mysterious person is also the mastermind behind Brad Base's creation of cyborgs and fused beings. I suspect it's Kohler."
"And judging by the fact that Brad Base has recalled all its high-level personnel and is on high alert... Kohler, or the entire Brad Base's true objective... is likely to deal with potential rescue attempts by other angels!"
"If other angels join the fray then, our rescue difficulty will be greatly reduced!"
Yue Miao quickly explained her conjectures and analysis.
"This person... their analysis is quite similar to mine! Quite sensible!"
Ye Feng muttered to himself. He looked at Yue Miao quite seriously. "Yue Miao, then why did you bring me here? You're not just here to chat about this, are you?"
"It's Kohler's secret chamber!"
Yue Miao pointed towards the end of the dim corridor ahead. "At the end of this passage is Kohler's secret chamber. The two most mysterious places in Brad Base are the Blood Abyss and Kohler's secret chamber, which is not far ahead of us."
"This..."
Ye Feng looked at the dim passage ahead and frowned slightly.
"The vampire guards near Kohler's secret chamber have all been dealt with by me, but it won't be long before they are discovered!"
"If we want to investigate Kohler's secret chamber, we need to hurry!"
Yue Miao paused and spoke again.
"No wonder we haven't encountered any vampires on the way..."
Hearing Yue Miao's words, Ye Feng somewhat understood. He glanced at the watch on his wrist and nodded at Yue Miao, as there was still considerable time before the auction ended.
Yue Miao didn't say much more and strode towards the dim passage ahead. "Follow my steps carefully. There are various tricky mechanisms ahead!"
...
More than ten minutes later,
"Yue Miao, this shouldn't be your first time exploring here, right?"
Ye Feng looked back at the passage they had just traversed and then turned to Yue Miao, his expression quite surprised.
As Yue Miao had said, the passage was filled with one interlocking, tricky mechanism after another, many of which were set up with micro-teleportation arrays. However, Yue Miao had skillfully dodged them all.
"Yes!"
Yue Miao nodded. "But at most, I can only reach the outside of the secret chamber door. As for that... door... I don't know how to get in..."
As she spoke, Yue Miao pointed to a wall on Ye Feng's right.
"A door? You seem uncertain?"
Ye Feng frowned as he looked at Yue Miao.
"Yes!"
Yue Miao's brow was also tightly furrowed. "To be honest, I don't know if this wall is actually a door... It's covered in all sorts of runes... It looks like a teleportation array..."
"But one thing is certain, I saw Kohler enter and leave from here with my own eyes!"
Yue Miao paused. "I have a good understanding of arcane runes, but I don't recognize the runes on this door... I've only seen them in Kohler's research notes..."
While Yue Miao was speaking, Ye Feng had already begun observing the blood-red wall Yue Miao had mentioned.
After observing, Ye Feng was quite surprised.
The runes on the blood-red wall were indeed not arcane runes, but the runes found on angelic armor and demon daggers.
What shocked Ye Feng even more was that the arrangement of those runes on the blood-red wall was also recorded in the Fire Seed Record... It was indeed a teleportation array...
"Ye Feng!"
"The runes on this blood-red wall might have something set up by Kohler that can emit an alarm!"
Yue Miao saw Ye Feng condensing arcane energy in his hand and about to reach out towards the blood-red wall, and couldn't help but call out a reminder.
"Yes! There is indeed!"
Ye Feng's expression was quite serious. He began to control his arcane energy, operating it according to the Fire Seed Record.
After a while, the runes on the blood-red wall were filled with Ye Feng's arcane energy, then flew out from the wall and arranged themselves.
Finally, a door formed on the blood-red wall, composed of runes from angelic armor and demon daggers, with a doorknob.
"This..."
Yue Miao was stunned. She had brought Ye Feng here mostly on a whim, never expecting Ye Feng could actually...
Ye Feng didn't rush to open the door, because he noticed that this peculiar rune door was significantly missing a portion of its runes compared to the content recorded in the Fire Seed Record. The entire teleportation array seemed incomplete.
And some of the runes seemed to be erroneous...
"Hoo!"
Ye Feng exhaled lightly, dispelling the doubts in his mind. He turned to Yue Miao. "If we open the door, won't Kohler be right inside?"
"No, I just saw Kohler leave..."
Yue Miao frowned. "Of course, it's not impossible that Kohler entered again through another passage!"
"No matter, let's go in and take a look!"
Ye Feng pondered for a moment and decided to enter and investigate.
After all, if the angel being the final auction item was Kohler's idea, there might be clues inside as to why he did it...
...