Published: December 26, 2024
“Ao Lie.” Xue Wu Dao roared, filled with killing intent.
Swish, swish, swish! At the same time, the sound of breaking air rose, and Gu Liu Shen, Ni Feng, and others quickly rushed into the great hall.
In just a few breaths, seven to eight people had already gathered in the great hall.
“Qin Chen.” Ao Qing Ling also arrived in the great hall and exclaimed in excitement upon seeing Qin Chen.
However, the first thing the others did upon arriving was to survey the surroundings of the great hall. The entire hall was incredibly empty, and there were no treasures at all?
This is impossible! Everyone was shocked and angry. After going through so much trouble to get here, it was completely devoid of anything?
No! Everyone turned their gaze towards the depths of the great hall, where a terrifying aura of demonic energy surged, emanating an astonishing presence. Behind this demonic energy, there was most likely something, but this demonic energy was incredibly frightening, and no one dared to rush in recklessly.
“My Lord!” Many masters from the three major cities arrived behind their respective city lords.
“Qin Chen, you have some nerve to dare to privately plunder the treasures in this great hall. Previously, you even claimed the supreme-grade pills and ancient holy veins for yourself. Hand them over quickly, or you will die without a burial place.”
At this moment, Xue Wu Dao had completely calmed down.
His gaze was fixed on Qin Chen, as if he were a venomous snake eyeing its prey. He had encountered this person before in the outer cave and had a rough understanding of the other's strength. The fact that a peak initial stage Earth Saint could withstand his attack was simply unheard of and unseen.
There are many secret techniques that can enhance one’s defensive power, but the strongest ones might only improve it by a level.
However, to have a peak initial stage Earth Saint withstand his attack with a technique was almost defying the heavens.
Xue Wu Dao had only heard of the state lord of Yunzhou, Yun Mengze, who once withstood a peak mid-stage Earth Saint with a peak initial stage Earth Saint's cultivation and even killed him. This was already shocking news, causing a huge uproar in Yunzhou, and even leading to Yun Mengze being hailed as the greatest prodigy of Yunzhou.
Now, Qin Chen, with a peak initial stage Earth Saint cultivation, had resisted his attack and had previously dodged the encirclement of three peak late-stage Earth Saints. What could this mean?
“This kid definitely possesses a heaven-defying secret technique, or even a heaven-defying treasure. The supreme-grade Earth Pill is important, but this kid’s secret technique must also be an astonishing treasure. If I can master this secret technique, I can sweep through Earth Saints and become unmatched. Once I break through to the Heaven Saint, I can roam freely among the Heaven Saints, leaving Yunzhou behind.”
Xue Wu Dao was excited in his heart, wishing he could instantly kill Qin Chen with a palm strike to obtain this cultivation secret.
However, although he was excited inside, he maintained a calm exterior, merely looking coldly at Ao Lie and Qin Chen.
Qin Chen, at this moment, also came back to his senses from that state. The runes before him had completely disappeared, and the entire great hall had returned to a very ordinary appearance.
“These runes…” Qin Chen had some guesses in his heart.
“Brother Xue?
Did the kid who entered the great hall first steal the treasures within? Otherwise, why would the hall be so empty?”
Gu Liu Shen, the city lord of Gu Yu City, and Ni Feng, the city lord of Feng Yun City, both moved closer to Xue Wu Dao, staring at Qin Chen and Ao Lie, inquiring about the situation that had just occurred.
“I didn’t see anything, but what you said makes sense. How could such a grand hall be devoid of treasures? So I suspect that the treasures here have already been taken away by this kid.”
Xue Wu Dao said coldly, “But now that he has been exposed, he can’t escape. If we join forces to kill him, we can still obtain all the treasures.”