Chapter 2103 — Demon Sealing Grotto’s Vault

Although one of the traitors confessed to working for Qian Chu, Yuan didn’t believe it so easily. The admission came too quickly, and the man’s tone felt more like an attempt to shift the blame onto Qian Chu rather than a genuine confession.

"Oh? Is that so? Then why don’t you tell me a little more about your plans?" Yuan said as he calmly stepped forward, stopping directly before the half-sealed traitor.

"T-That’s..." The man faltered, his eyes darting in panic.

In the next instant, a profound aura erupted from Yuan, and man became fully sealed within seconds.

"N-NO! SPARE—"

"So? Anyone else feel like talking?" Yuan spoke again after sealing the man, his voice was calm, almost casual. "If you think silence will spare you... think again. I’ll seal each of you, one by one, until someone decides to speak or there is no one left."

He paced slowly in front of the petrified traitors, his footsteps echoing loudly admist the silent atmosphere. They trembled in fear, eyes wide with desperation, but they couldn’t flee, as over half of their bodies already turned to stone.

"I-I will speak!" One of them suddenly shouted.

The others instantly snapped their heads to look at him, but none of them tried to stop him.

"We’re working for the—"

Before the man could even finish his sentence, he abruptly halted his words. His eyes bulged, and his face turned an unnatural shade of crimson. Then, without warning, his head swelled like a balloon, before violently bursting with a sickening pop, splattering his blood and brain in every direction.

Yuan calmly shielded himself with a thin veil of spiritual energy, letting the mess slide harmlessly off him. The others, however, weren’t so fortunate. With their Dantians sealed and spiritual energy inaccessible, they could only stand there helplessly as the gore splashed across their faces, staining them in silence.

"I see." Yuan muttered afterward. "Looks like we’ll have to postone the interrogation for later."

Without giving the traitors another chance to speak, Yuan sealed them all in an instant before turning away and entering the building to resume his pursuit of the young man.

Inside the vault, the young man was still working to dismantle the final layers of protection surrounding the two treasures. Oddly, the formations guarding them were even more intricate and powerful than those protecting the vault itself.

Eventually, after a tremendous amount of effort, the young man was finally able to remove the final protection on the two treasures, allowing him to acquire them.

However, right as the young man prepared to seize the treasures, a voice resounded in the vault, halting his movements.

"So you invaded the Demon Sealing Grotto with demons just to get your hands on those two treasures?"

Despite being discovered, the young man turned around slowly, his movements calm and composed, as though entirely unfazed by his exposure.

His nonchalant gaze stopped at Yuan as he asked, "What happened to the Demon Sealers outside?"

"I killed them all," Yuan calmly lied.

"What a pity. It was quite expensive raising them," responded the young man.

"So, who are you, and what are you trying to achieve with those treasures? You’re clearly working with the demons, so you shouldn’t have any use for them."

"That’s none of your business. Though if you join us, I’ll let you in on the fun. You seem pretty talented, and it’d be a waste to kill you here."

"Kill me? Even though you’re only a Golden Immortal and I’ve just killed twenty of them—including some True Immortals?" Yuan chuckled.

"Only a Golden Immortal? Look again."

The young man suddenly unleashed his true cultivation, soaring to the peak of the 4th level of God Ascension realm.

"How scary," Yuan said in a sarcastic tone.

He continued, "If you’re going to invite someone to something, you should, at the very least, let them know what they’re getting into."

"Do you take me for a fool?" The young man sneered in disdain.

"What are you afraid of? You are clearly very confident in being able to kill me."

"And you are clearly very confident that you won’t die," said the young man.

Yuan shrugged, "You got me."

Yuan advanced toward the young man, yet his gaze bypassed him entirely, drawn instead to the two treasures that hovered silently in the space beyond.

"The Demon Sealing Scroll and the Demon Sealing Talisman, two of the three demon sealing treasures once owned by the Divine Paragon. Do you even have the capability to wield them?"

The two treasures the young man was attempting to steal were none other than the Demon Sealing Scroll and the Demon Sealing Talisman—artifacts the Demon Sealing Grotto had obtained from the Demon Sealing Clan. The third treasure, the Demon Sealing Flag, remained in Qian Chu’s possession.

"Unless you plan to use them against the demons outside, don’t even think about taking them," Yuan said, halting a few meters away.

The young man sneered and seized both treasures without hesitation.

"Are you going to stop me? I’d love to see you try," he said with a mocking laugh.

"I don’t even need to lay a finger on you," Yuan said with a shake of his head.

As he released a sliver of his Demon Sealing Aura, the two treasures in the young man’s grasp began to tremble, resonating as if responding to a familiar master.

"What?!" The young man recoiled in shock as the treasures trembled violently, causing him to release them without thinking.

Freed from his grasp, the two artifacts shot through the air and landed squarely in Yuan’s hands.

"W-Who the hell are you?!" the young man roared, demanding an answer.

"Just an ordinary Elite Demon Sealer," Yuan replied calmly.

"Don’t give me that crap!" the young man snarled, then lunged forward with outstretched, claw-like hands, aiming straight for the treasures in Yuan’s grasp in a desperate attempt to reclaim them.

"Are you Qian Chu?" Yuan asked suddenly, bringing the young man’s movements to an abrupt halt.