Chapter 401, Heroes Compete

Translator: Silavin

 

“Who was it? Who took my Mortality Flower?” Qiu Jizhuo’s enraged howl echoed far and wide, causing many powerful experts in the surroundings to tremble with fear. They dared not make any movements, afraid of drawing his attention and bringing trouble upon themselves.

 

Standing on the stone peak, Qiu Jizhuo’s face was as dark as the bottom of a kettle. His eyes scanned the surroundings, but he found nothing.

 

In his line of sight, hundreds of figures were moving swiftly, and among them were Martial Kings. Despite his arrogance, he could not possibly stop all the Martial Kings to interrogate them.

 

By now, Qin Yichen’s figure had already travelled more than ten kilometres away. He heard the angry shout from the distance but merely shrugged his shoulders. [This Mortality Flower isn’t reserved for you, idiot.]

 

Along the way, although Qin Yichen observed carefully, he found nothing more after the previous Mortality Flower.

 

Qin Yichen was not disappointed about this. After all, since the Sealing Array had been broken until now, he had already wasted quite some time. If there were any good items, they would have already been taken by others.

 

Afterward, Qin Yichen directly headed toward the distant building complex. About a quarter hour later, the buildings appeared in his line of sight.

 

Looking at the undulating ancient palaces, Qin Yichen could not help but narrow his eyes.

 

Judging by the architecture of these ancient palaces, it should be the ruins of a Sect. Looking at its scale, perhaps even the current Three Sects and One Manor could not compare to it!

 

However, perhaps due to the erosion of time, or for other reasons, many of the connected great halls had already collapsed.

 

Before Qin Yichen stood a spacious magnificent ancient palace, some huge stone pillars lay crisscrossed in the great hall, emanating a sense of ruins and the vicissitudes of time.

 

At this moment, several figures were searching in the ancient palace. From time to time, someone would show a delighted expression, as if they had found some treasure. However, with the emergence of each treasure, a chaotic scene would ensue, with bloody conflicts constantly playing out in these ruined ancient palaces.

 

Looking at the ancient palace complex where figures flashed everywhere, Qin Yichen shook his head helplessly. He gazed toward the depths of this ancient palace complex. Inside, there seemed to be many well-preserved ancient palaces. If there were treasures, the palaces in the middle would definitely be better than those on the outermost perimeter.

 

Also, there would probably be fewer people there.

 

Most importantly, Qin Yichen had not forgotten that what attracted so many people to Heaven’s Destiny Forbidden Area was a terrible anomaly.

 

[Where did that anomaly originate from?] This was what interested him the most.

 

Qin Yichen moved quickly through the ancient palace complex. After advancing at full speed for about ten minutes, the ancient palaces before his eyes finally began to appear more intact, and the sounds of killing and clamour also finally quieted somewhat.

 

“Hmm?” While moving through, suddenly, Qin Yichen’s felt his Soul stirred. He seemed to have detected fluctuating Yuan Energy, and the magnitude of the disturbance could only be caused by a Martial King taking action!

 

Qin Yichen hurriedly rushed toward the source of the disturbance. Finally, after passing through a section of ancient palaces, an extremely vast great hall appeared before Qin Yichen’s eyes.

 

At this moment, there were already quite a few figures just outside of this great hall. Roughly looking, there were probably more than ten people, and among them, Qin Yichen saw the burly figure of Xue Xiongdao.

 

More terrifying was that these ten-plus people were all, without exception, Martial Kings!

 

*Boom! Boom!*

 

Qin Yichen’s arrival did not attract their attention. Xue Xiongdao and the ten-plus Martial Kings were currently using all their strength to launch powerful attacks at the light barrier, which prevented access deeper into the great hall. Under everyone’s attacks, ripples continuously spread across the light barrier.

 

Qin Yichen’s gaze swept over the light barrier, and then fixed on the great hall within the barrier.

 

Through the light barrier, Qin Yichen could clearly see that inside, there were several unusual lights flickering, and those lights vaguely condensed into ferocious Demonic Beasts!

 

[Beast Souls?] Qin Yichen’s pupils contracted as he exclaimed inwardly. Beast Souls collected by this ancient Sect probably would not be low-level ones!

 

For experts with Martial Souls, Beast Souls were absolute treasures that could nourish them. The Heaven Earth Spirit Pearl in Qin Yichen’s Dantian was unfathomable. The Lightning Lion Martial Soul had been captured by it and had been made his own!

 

[If I can obtain another Martial Soul from here…] Thinking of this, Qin Yichen’s normally calm heart began to beat violently.

 

Qin Yichen casually launched a Fully Accomplished Spirit Realm attack at the light barrier, while his feet moved slightly, approaching the light barrier.

 

This unusual movement caught the attention of the ten-plus Martial Kings, who glanced at him. Seeing that Qin Yichen was merely at the Fully Accomplished Spirit Realm, their eyes flashed with mockery, and then they continued wielding their weapons, continuously attacking the light barrier.

 

During this wild bombardment, each Martial King held back. After all, once the light barrier shattered, they would immediately rush in to seize the treasures inside.

 

With the continued attacks of more than ten Martial Kings, the light barrier in front of the great hall also began to shake violently, as if it might break at any moment.

 

Seeing this, these ten-plus Martial Kings seemed to have tacit understanding, and they moved slightly apart from each other, each with vigilance in their eyes.

 

Qin Yichen was not surprised by this. Under the temptation of Beast Souls, there would definitely be a struggle, and the wariness between them was very normal.

 

*Crack!* While everyone was watching each other warily, suddenly a faint sound of breaking was heard, and everyone looked sharply toward the great hall before them. At this moment, cracks appeared on the light barrier, spreading at an extremely fast speed, covering the entire light barrier.

 

*Bang!* Finally, under the gaze of pairs of bloodshot eyes, the light barrier could no longer hold. With a crisp sound, it burst open and turned into fragments scattered throughout the sky.

 

*Boom!* The moment the light barrier burst open, a terrible wave swept out from the great hall.

 

This wave carried some violent energy, as if striking directly at one’s Soul, causing everyone to momentarily lose focus.

 

A complete great hall appeared before everyone. Inside the great hall, Martial Souls were flying around everywhere, as if due to a special barrier in the great hall, they could not leave the confines of the great hall.