My Substitute CEO Bride (Nash Calicraft) novel Chapter 1960

The three men entered the inner part of the sect, and what greeted them were dilapidated halls and shattered walls without a single trace of life.

Clint and Zaafea looked around while Nash tried to contact the sect master again. He got no response.

"Could the sect master also be in trouble?" Nash wondered aloud.

"Over here!" Zaafea's voice interrupted Nash’s thoughts, and both men went up to him. They followed the direction Zaafea was pointing toward and saw a collapsed tunnel. Without saying a word, they jumped down to explore it.

The inside of the tunnel was pitch black. Clint created a fireball with his hands to light the way.

They reached the bottom and discovered a new structure that looked like a prison. The outer area was surrounded by some unknown fluid. Nash recognized the place.

"This should be the sect's forbidden grounds."

"Forbidden grounds? This is what they call a pure prison block?" Zaafea quipped.

Clint retorted, "Enough with the jokes. I can sense a faint fluctuation ahead. Let’s check it out."

The three then approached the entrance to the forbidden grounds. When Zaafea grabbed the iron bars, a buzzing sounded, and numerous talismans appeared on the gate.

"Looks like the sect master was quite cautious," Zaafea remarked, looking at the burn marks on his hand.

"Exalta Heavenly Spirit Talismans," Clint said with a frown.

In that instant, the iron gate emitted true energy powerful enough to destroy the energy center of a Profound Oriental Realm cultivator. Not to mention, the talismans had not even fully activated yet.

Clint and Nash sobered up, realizing that if it had been them, they would have been seriously injured or worse.

Clint glanced at Zaafea's arm, which had already healed, and asked, "Zaafea, just how strong are you?"