Chapter 400, Shattered Dreams

Translator: Silavin

 

“Ah!” A piercing scream suddenly echoed through the air. Only then did everyone discover in horror that the powerful expert, who was about to succeed, had his hand turned into bare white bones.

 

Even more terrifying was that the devouring force seemed to be spreading throughout his body.

 

Within just a few breaths, his entire body had transformed into a pile of bones!

 

Everyone fell silent as they watched a living person turn into a pile of bones before their very eyes. It was not that they had not seen bloodier or more violent scenes before. Still, an inexplicable sense of fear was spreading in their hearts.

 

For a moment, no one else attempted to grab it, and the scene became eerily quiet.

 

However, this silence did not last long, as greed eventually overcame fear.

 

“I don’t believe that will happen to me!”

 

A burly man at the Fully Accomplished Spirit Realm strode forward with a cold snort, walking to the front of the corpse. By this point, no one tried to stop him anymore. Everyone just watched him with meaningful gazes.

 

“What can a mere flower do to me?” The burly man angrily roared, slowly extending his arm with Yuan Energy surging to envelop his entire limb.

 

*Swoosh!* As his arm reached in, Qin Yichen clearly saw that when the man’s hand entered within thirty centimetre of the corpse, it instantly turned into a pile of white bones, without a trace of flesh.

 

*Hmph!* The burly man’s expression changed, but he was evidently prepared. Before that devouring force could spread, he chopped off his right arm at his shoulder.

 

The severed arm fell to the ground and instantly turned into a pile of bones.

 

Looking at the pile of bones, the burly man was drenched in cold sweat. If he had been even a fraction slower, his entire body would have likely ended up the same way.

 

Finally, without saying a word, he left with a gloomy face, his actions indicating he intended to leave rather than venture deeper inside.

 

After this burly man, there were still others who stubbornly tried to test their luck, but without exception, they either lost a limb, or those who reacted half a beat too slowly directly turned into piles of bones scattered on the ground.

 

A quarter hour later, most had given up. After all, they had just entered the Heaven’s Destiny Forbidden Area – if there were to be opportunities, those deeper inside would certainly be better than those at the outermost area.

 

However, there were still around ten people who gazed longingly at that flower, wanting to take it but, like a dog trying to bite a hedgehog, had no way to approach it.

 

[Seems like waiting for everyone to leave is impossible.] Looking at those ten or so Spirit Realm experts who were as stubborn as mules, Qin Yichen could not help but shake his head as he walked toward the flower.

 

He had hoped to take the flower without anyone noticing, but that now seemed impossible.

 

“Another one going to his death.”

 

“Hehe, so young too. Tsk tsk, truly a ‘newborn calf unafraid of tigers.”

 

“Really doesn’t know any better…”

 

Seeing Qin Yichen’s movement, those remaining few turned their gazes toward him, but in their eyes held mockery and derision.

 

In their view, Qin Yichen’s behaviour was no different from those before him. Even worse, they saw him as an ignorant brat raise protected by some Sect. To them, he was too ignorant of his own limitations.

 

After all, if that flower was really so easy to obtain, would it still be there now?

 

Soon, Qin Yichen approached the range of the corpse.

 

Three metres, two metres, one metre…

 

Qin Yichen continued forward without stopping.

 

However, when he stepped within one metre, his Yuan Energy grew even stronger, becoming almost dazzlingly bright and somewhat blinding to look at.

 

Though his Yuan Energy appeared similar in colour to ordinary Yuan Energy, there were still differences.

 

Ordinary Yuan Energy was colourless.

 

However, Qin Yichen’s Yuan Energy was like sunlight – though it appeared colourless, it touched people’s Souls and carried tremendous destructive power.

 

As he continued forward, visible ripples spread out from the Yuan Energy around his body, as if some force was being blocked outside by that layer of Yuan Energy, unable to corrode Qin Yichen.

 

“Could it be… a Martial King?”

 

As Qin Yichen’s aura grew increasingly powerful, his true cultivation level was revealed before everyone. It immediately caused exclamations of surprise to ring out around him.

 

Qin Yichen paid no attention to them.

 

If he could obtain this flower, revealing some of his strength was not a problem. After all, his true trump card was not his Martial Arts cultivation.

 

However, from now on, his every move would be closely watched and would cause others to be wary.

 

Like Yi Jian and Qiu Jizhuo.

 

It would be more difficult for Qin Yichen to pass unnoticed now.

 

However, all of this was worth it.

 

Only he truly understood the true value of this flower – it was a treasure born from the essence, energy and Soul of an expert beyond the Martial King Realm. Its value was difficult to measure in terms of wealth.

 

Half a metre…

 

One thirty centimetres…

 

Then, under everyone’s watchful eyes, Qin Yichen plucked that flower.

 

“How is this possible?”

 

Around him, every face stared dumbfounded at this scene.

 

Though they were surprised by Qin Yichen’s cultivation, he was still only at the Early Stage Martial King Realm. Moreover, he seemed to be an ordinary Martial Artist judging from the colour of his Yuan Energy!

 

They could not understand how Qin Yichen had managed to do it.

 

Once Qin Yichen plucked the flower, the corpse immediately lost its original luster, becoming as dull as ash, directly crumbling into powder.

 

Before they could react, Qin Yichen took the flower and tucked it into his clothes, secretly placing it in his Space Ring, then he quickly left using a Movement Technique.

 

Just half a minute after he left, Qiu Jizhuo appeared.

 

Obviously, someone had informed him.

 

“It’s already been taken?”

 

Qiu Jizhuo’s face showed surprise, then quickly turned gloomy.

 

That was the flower!

 

It so happened that the Supreme Elder of the Northern Depths Sect was approaching the end of his life. If Qiu Jizhuo could present this flower to him, perhaps that Supreme Elder would accept him as a Disciple, which would completely change his status in the Northern Depths Sect.

 

The Northern Depths Sect had no shortage of Core Disciples, and among all the Core Disciples, Qiu Jizhuo was only considered outstanding. In the future, at most, he would become a Deacon, without much achievement.

 

But if he caught the attention of the Supreme Elder, he would have the opportunity to become an Elder, and even have a chance to compete for the position of Sect Master.

 

Of course, he did not dare to think about the latter, but becoming an Elder was almost certain.

 

The difference between an Elder and a Deacon was like Heaven and Earth.

 

But now, his beautiful dream was shattered.

 

Without that flower, he had no way of catching that Supreme Elder’s eye!