Elyon crossed his arms, his wolf ears twitching slightly. "We felt the cursed energy spike a few hours ago. The youngsters inside the shrine were unaffected, but we wondered what happened underground."
Cattaleya leaned forward. "Did you fight something? You smell like burnt resentment."
Lin Mu exhaled and shook his head. "Something stirred, but I handled it. What I found was beyond strange." He sat down and explained everything he had seen.
The cavern, the corpses, the cursed chains, the memories, and the disjointed story behind the origin of the Ninth Sea.
His companions listened in silence.
Daoist Chu's brows furrowed the most. "A combined ritual by five transcendents from three races. That is no trivial matter."
Elyon rubbed his chin. "No wonder even the strongest powers avoids this region. If something like that happened here, the lingering aftereffects must still be dangerous."
Cattaleya whistled softly. "And I thought I had seen some insane rituals before."
