Martial Master

Suddenly, the few people walking ahead stopped in their tracks, their expressions filled with horror as they stared ahead.

Qin Chen was taken aback and followed the gaze of the crowd, only to see that the passage ahead had come to an end, revealing a vast hall. In that hall, there were actually some broken skeletons.

Surrounding those skeletons were some weapons, but like the skeletons, they had all decayed terribly.

"How could there be the remains of martial artists here?"

Everyone was shocked and rushed into the hall.

"Could it be that someone walked ahead of us?"

One Martial Emperor said suspiciously.

"Are you kidding? These skeletons clearly show they have decayed for many years. At the very least, they date back several thousand, if not tens of thousands, of years. It's very likely that they were Martial Emperors who came with us."

"Skeletal remains that are thousands or even tens of thousands of years old, and they still look like this? These people must have been at least eighth-tier Martial Emperors."

Everyone gasped in shock.

With so many skeletal remains, all being at the eighth-tier Martial Emperor level, this was truly astonishing.

However, if they were not above eighth-tier Martial Emperors, after so many years, the corpses would have decayed long ago and could not have been preserved to this day.

The atmosphere became tense as everyone realized the presence of so many corpses indicated that a fierce battle had undoubtedly taken place here, proving that this place was not safe.

"Let's go."

Bypassing the skeletons, everyone continued forward. The stone hall was very deep, but it seemed there was no danger.

"Damn it, we've been walking for so long and haven't seen anything."

After walking for a long time without seeing anything, Wei Xingguang cursed angrily.

Just as his words fell.

Suddenly.

A row of stone chambers appeared ahead.

"Finally, something!" Wei Xingguang exclaimed in joy, and with a swoosh, he rushed to the first stone chamber, punching the stone door open with a loud bang. In the center of the stone chamber, there was a stone platform, and on that platform was a blood-red crystal the size of a fist, shining brilliantly.

"It’s a blood crystal, and it’s so big?" Wei Xingguang's eyes widened. The size of blood crystals varies depending on the strength of the blood-colored exotic beasts, but normally, they are only the size of a thumb. A larger one, about the size of a loquat, would be remarkable. Yet, the blood crystal presented to everyone was as large as a fist, which was truly shocking.

How much essence from the source beast does such a large blood crystal contain? It was likely far beyond that of a regular blood crystal, and more importantly, its purity would also be higher.

"This item was found first by this Emperor and belongs to me," Wei Xingguang said excitedly, reaching out to grab the blood-red crystal. However, upon grabbing it, the blood crystal did not budge at all.

There was a restriction on the stone platform that firmly fixed the blood crystal there, making it impossible to take.

Wei Xingguang's expression immediately turned ugly. Seeing the treasure but unable to take it was indeed quite awkward.

"Let me try," Shang Wuji said in a low voice, also reaching out. However, just like before, the blood crystal remained immovable, but a trace of blood energy faintly entered Shang Wuji's body.

"Hey, although this blood crystal cannot be taken, it can be absorbed directly!" he exclaimed in surprise.

"What?"

Wei Xingguang was startled and tried to absorb it as well. Instantly, a pure power from the blood crystal flowed into his body, and under the transformation of this power, his bodily strength subtly began to change.

"What a powerful force from the blood crystal."

This trace of blood crystal power was much purer than any he had absorbed before. If he could fully absorb this fist-sized blood crystal, his physical strength would definitely increase by a whole level.

At that point, his strength would see an astonishing improvement.