Published: August 28, 2025
Chapter 482: The Struggle for the Ancient Treasure
“Do you dare to snatch the treasure from me, the young master?” Wu Chou was taken aback. The usually silent and taciturn Mysterious Bone was suddenly competing with him for the treasure without a word, causing him to angrily shout. His face was full of ferocious intent!
“A joke—this treasure was forged by your family? If you can snatch from me, why can’t I snatch from you?” Mysterious Bone cast a cold glance at Wu Chou, mocking him without any courtesy.
Upon hearing this, Wu Chou was both ashamed and enraged.
But it seemed he recalled something. Although his face was full of venomous hatred, he no longer retorted. Instead, he hastened his spell formation, causing the black python to coil even tighter.
It seemed Wu Chou was well aware that Mysterious Bone had the backing of Barbarian Huzi, a figure greatly feared by the supreme patriarch of dark yin, and thus had no fear of Wu Chou’s intimidation.
Mysterious Bone sneered coldly and, without further words, lightly pointed at the green net.
The green light on the net surged, the green threads thickening by almost a third, and then the entire green net tightened.
Bound, the Fire Wolf—though forced by the joint spells of Wu Chou and Mysterious Bone—had its light shield compressed several times over, becoming even more dazzling and sturdy. The Fire Wolf remained safe within the light shield, glaring at the two opponents. For a moment, the situation reached a stalemate.
The righteous and demonic factions clashing above had clearly not expected this treasure to have ended up where Han Li and the others were.
Wan Tianming and the other righteous cultivators immediately grew anxious, wanting to break away to seize the treasure.
But Barbarian Huzi and Extreme Yin remained unhurried.
After all, the people collecting the treasure over there were their own. Naturally, they were more than happy to keep the righteous cultivators entangled, allowing Wu Chou, Mysterious Bone, and the others to safely retrieve the treasure.
Moreover, both felt that the person related to them had a better chance of securing the treasure.
The supreme patriarch of dark yin believed Wu Chou was more likely to claim the treasure since he possessed several treasures bestowed by the patriarch and because the profound yin great technique was among the top demonic techniques. He felt more confident in Wu Chou’s ability than the seemingly early foundation formation stage Mysterious Bone.
As for Barbarian Huzi, who knew Mysterious Bone’s true background, there was no need to say. He was fully confident in Mysterious Bone!
Scholar Qingyi, seeing this scene, flashed a hint of regret on his face. After some hesitation, he still held back Heavenly Enlightened One, preventing him from using his clone to escape.
Thus, the only idle person near the altar was Han Li.
But Han Li did not feel particularly at ease. On the contrary, he was sweating coldly inside!
Because he thought the Flower Basket Ancient Treasure’s magical ability was just right for collecting magical treasures, he had, without thinking, taken out this ancient treasure earlier.
However, once he saw Mysterious Bone move to snatch the treasure, he suddenly recalled something terribly ominous.
This Flower Basket Ancient Treasure was the very item he had obtained by killing the ugly man guarding Mysterious Bone. Taking it out like this was essentially telling the supreme patriarch of dark yin that Mysterious Bone was the one he had released!
Han Li’s heart sank, and he could no longer care about seizing the treasure. His mind was full of chaotic thoughts, and he struggled to devise a countermeasure against the supreme patriarch’s plan.
But after a moment, Han Li was stunned.
He clearly sensed that the supreme patriarch of dark yin only glanced briefly at the Flower Basket treasure before immediately looking away. There was no unusual emotion, and nothing happened!
Only then did Han Li realize with joy.
It turned out the Flower Basket Ancient Treasure was not bestowed to that ugly man by the supreme patriarch, and the patriarch was seemingly unaware that the ugly man possessed this treasure.