TORTURE

"He has ingested a special kind of poison into your body. It is a paralyzing agent that prevents you from moving around." The Keeper confirmed Long Tao's suspicion. The artifact was busy absorbing the Qi stone mine and mending itself.

"Can the artifact get me out of here?". Long Tao didn't want to showcase the artifact he possessed, but the situation demanded he used it.

"They seemed to have used some space locking treasure. I won't be able to get you out as of now. It is quite strong. The artifact is not powerful enough yet." Long Tao's hopes were crushed after hearing it. He had no way of preventing the current situation. He needed to form an alternate plan to get out of this situation.

"Can the artifact grow strong enough after absorbing all the mines in that area?".