Lin Chen's gaze was ice-cold as he stared at the Eighth Prince, "Tell me where you all have taken my father, and I might spare your life!"

"Hmph, you think a mere ant like you can extract information from my mouth?" the Eighth Prince said coldly.

"Since that's the case, you can die!" Lin Chen said coldly.

"You can't kill me," the Eighth Prince said with a cold voice.

"Can't kill? Then let me stab another sword into the right side of your chest and we'll see if you can die," Lin Chen said with a cold laugh.

Upon hearing Lin Chen's words, the Eighth Prince's complexion changed.

Because the Eighth Prince's heart was on the right side, Lin Chen's stab to his left chest, although severe, was not fatal.

Lin Chen's words gave him a shock. Could it be that this kid knew his heart was on the right side?

"Since you won't talk, then go ahead and die!"

As his voice fell, Lin Chen's Thunder Sword, like a bolt of lightning, lunged at the Eighth Prince.

The moment the Eighth Prince thought to retreat, he felt a numbness in his body and found himself unable to move.

"Damn it, why is this happening? Why do I feel like I've been paralyzed by lightning magic? Could it be because of this kid's Thunder Sword?" the Eighth Prince's face changed drastically.

A golden light pierced directly toward the right side of the Eighth Prince's chest.

"Don't!"

The Eighth Prince, having lost his earlier equanimity, cried out in alarm.

"Die!"

Lin Chen's eyes hardened as he thrust the Thunder Sword mercilessly at the Eighth Prince.

Just as Lin Chen's sword was about to pierce the Eighth Prince's chest, the air in front of the Eighth Prince suddenly rippled.

"Ding!" Accompanied by a sharp sound, Lin Chen's Thunder Sword was deflected, and a figure slowly emerged from the space.

"Second brother!" Seeing the figure that walked out of the space, the Eighth Prince's face showed ecstatic relief.

As he saw the young man who suddenly appeared, Lin Chen's expression changed dramatically; this guy's aura was too strong, even oppressive towards him.

The young man looked coldly at the Eighth Prince and said, "Eighth brother, have you forgotten what our father said? This fellow can't die."

"But he killed Ninth!" the Eighth Prince argued.

"Ninth was inferior in skills, and his death was deserved. Don't bring it up again. This youngster is important to us; he cannot die," the young man said coldly.

Lin Chen stared coldly at the young man before him and said, "Who exactly are you guys, and what use do I have to you?"

"Lin Chen, you are important to us, so you'd better stay alive. Eighth brother, I'm taking you with me. We will meet again, Lin Chen," the young man said as he lightly tapped the void.

A ripple spread through the void, "Eighth brother, aren't you coming in quickly?"

Although reluctant, the Eighth Prince still walked into the void with a sullen face.

"Lin Chen, I hope you'll behave and not cause us trouble. We will come for you," the young man said before he too stepped into the void.

As the ripples vanished, Lin Chen's expression grew darker and darker.

The strength of that guy just now was simply too strong, to the point where he felt utterly incapable of resisting.

Sighing deeply, Lin Chen realized his own strength was still too weak, and the Dark League was too powerful. He had to grow stronger before they turned him into a pillar.

He had no desire to become a stepping stone in the Dark League's schemes.

At this moment, Zhang Yu and the others came running over and were relieved to see Lin Chen.

Zhang Yu said, "We saw you chasing after the Eighth Prince, and we were worried something might happen to you."

Lin Chen looked into the void with frustration and said, "That guy escaped."

"Escaped? Does that guy have space-based abilities?" Zhang Yu was stunned for a moment.

Lin Chen said indifferently, "He was rescued by his accomplices."

Zhang Yu nodded and said, "Lin Chen, how did you manage to provoke the Shadow Alliance of all people? They are mysterious and not easy to deal with. Even our eight major forces keep a respectful distance from them."

"It wasn't me who provoked them; they've been provoking me all along," Lin Chen said helplessly.

Xu Ye also spoke up, "Lin Chen, you're too awesome. You even turned out to be a beast controller. You should have seen the expression on that beast controller's face just now."

Lin Chen smiled faintly, "I just learned some beast-controlling skills from a senior in the past. I didn't expect to use them this time."

In fact, Lin Chen's beast-controlling ability was acquired on the spur of the moment, as he learned it from the Human Aura System in that instant.

Although it was newly learned, the beast-controlling skills Lin Chen acquired were from the most domineering beast-controlling manual in the entire galaxy. Mida had been studying beast control since childhood, but the starting point was completely different. Therefore, it was only natural for Lin Chen to take away the control rights.

"Alright, the enemy has been cleared. Let's continue moving forward," Lin Chen said in a deep voice.

The five of them passed through the great hall and continued to walk forward, facing another lengthy corridor.

The walls of the corridor were engraved with countless historical paintings, which made everyone's expressions turn odd as they looked at them.

The first painting was King Wu's campaign against Zhou, with a spirited youth always by the side of King Wu Ji Fa, who looked exactly like Lin Chen.

The second painting depicted Xu Fu taking three thousand boys and girls to sail east, and alongside Xu Fu appeared the figures of Lin Chen and Zhao Xiaohua.

In the third painting, depicting the Chu-Han contention, the image of a youth resembling Lin Chen once again appeared before Liu Bang.

The Battle of the Three Kingdoms, King Yan's conquest of the north... Lin Chen's likeness appeared repeatedly in the scenes of these historical events.

Zhang Yu looked at Lin Chen curiously, "That youngster can't be you, can it?"

Lin Chen also shook his head in confusion, "I don't know. These paintings look very familiar to me, but I have no memory of them."

At this point, Lin Chen's shock was even greater. He realized that beside the youth who looked like him, there was always the figure of Zhao Xiaohua.

If his appearance was a coincidence, then the occurrence of Zhao Xiaohua and himself together in a painting was too inconceivable.

Why would his figure appear in these famous historical events?

Lin Chen grew more and more curious about his own origins. Just then, he felt an inexplicable sensation, as if a voice was calling him from afar. With each step forward, the voice grew clearer.

Lin Chen and his companions continued to move forward when suddenly there was no path ahead. A massive stone door blocked the way of the five of them.

This stone door was ancient and mysterious, with mysterious runes carved all over it.

Lin Chen could feel that the voice was coming from within the stone door.

He tried pushing the stone door, but it didn't budge at all.

That's when Wu Shitong suddenly said, "Look, there's an altar next to the stone door."

The group approached the altar, and a mysterious formation suddenly appeared in Lin Chen's mind.

The system informed Lin Chen in his heart that activating the formation would open the stone door.

Looking at the stone door, Lin Chen felt both nervous and excited. Could the mystery of my origin truly lie behind this stone door?