Tang Wulin asked in a grim voice, "Then what if it had been an inside job? What if they had initiated the abyssal tide with no regard for the consequences?"

"An inside job?" Chen Xinjie's pupils abruptly contracted as he asked in a cold voice, "What do you mean by inside job? Are you telling me there were traitors in your Blood God Legion?"

Tang Wulin shook his head in response. "Of course there were no traitors in the legion; every soldier who joins the Blood God Legion must have undergone rigorous background checks. However, there are some people who want to destroy this plane and are willing to stoop to any lows to bring disaster upon this plane. If the abyssal tide had broken through the defenses of our Blood God Legion, then a calamitous disaster would've definitely ensued, resulting in the loss of countless lives, which would only benefit a certain group of people."

"You're referring to Evil Soul Masters?" Chen Xinjie's aggression clearly eased slightly, indicating that he was beginning to believe Tang...