Return of the Crowned Heiress

Chapter 528

A few quick thinkers immediately drew their weapons and pointed them at Pete, shouting angrily, “Pete, are you planning to kill us all so that you can have the treasures all for yourself?”

Pete chuckled softly. “I guess you’re not that stupid, after all. It’s unfortunate that you realized it too late.”

By admitting the map was in his hands, he was effectively giving everyone present the death sentence.

“Damn it! How dare you trick me? I’ll kill you!”

“Pete, you’re asking for it!”

In an instant, people from the various factions with their individual agendas lunged at Pete, strangely united in their goal at that moment.

However, it was too late.

Pete stood motionless, not even blinking. At that moment, a dense white fog surged in from the other end of the canyon, swiftly enveloping everyone. The sun overhead was obscured, and the bright lights of the narrow canyon disappeared entirely.

In the thick fog, chaos ensued. Everyone except Pete and his men lost their bearings.

ground beneath the crowd suddenly collapsed and

group fell

center, unharmed. His men, along with Kayla, who was clinging tightly to his

circular pattern

wildly. Unable to contain her curiosity, she leaned forward to peer into the crevice below. To her astonishment, she saw

what’s that?” she

the poor visibility, she couldn’t make out what was on the disk even with a flashlight. She could only look

answer.

a smile, “It’s a key, the real key to accessing the maritime kingdom

they were merely retrieving a key? Then… once they had the key, finding the kingdom

flickered with excitement as she glanced at the people who had fallen into the crevice. Anxiously, she urged, “Pete, we

a calculated, confident laugh that carried a tinge of

“What kind of price?”

spring day sun. With a faint smile on his face, he explained, “The mechanism of the disk requires blood to activate. The blood

“What?”

deliver such chilling words in the most amicable tone sent a shiver down her

gave way to exhilaration. The people in the crevice had also seen the disk and the coordinates of the

1. it.