MTLNOVEL Chapter 892 - 893: Do You Like Such a Big Treasure?
Chapter 892: Chapter 893: Do You Like Such a Big Treasure?
“This place is perilous; it can kill invisibly. Snap out of it quickly!”
The white-haired elder’s words were sharp as a lotus flower, his scolding so loud that it made the disciples’ eardrums ache. Dazed, the shadow that clouded their minds lightened considerably.
“Thank you, Elder Zhong, for your timely assistance!”
The disciples’ eyes cleared significantly, and, looking at the headless corpse beside them, they were filled with dread. Had Elder Zhong not intimidated their hearts in time, they feared they might have ended up committing suicide like the disciple before them.
“This place is somewhat sinister, capable of affecting the cultivators’ mental state and disseminating a sense of desolation. We must leave quickly!”
Elder Zhong spoke urgently, his internal energy tumultuous as he fiercely swung his blade, with a series of sparks trailing behind the sword light, frantically slashing across the desolate graveyard.
The ground was torn into huge fissures, the blood color of the wilderness gradually faded, the sunset over the hills slowly set, and the sense of desolate sadness dissipated, revealing a vast expanse of icy tundra.
The ice stretched far and wide, with snowflakes drifting about. The temperature suddenly dropped sharply, feeling bone-chillingly cold. Many disciples at the Earth Immortal Realm felt their limbs go icy, their bodies covered with a layer of frost, as if they were about to be frozen solid.
“One perilous layer broken and immediately another appears, interlocked with each other. Moreover, this terrain is familiar to me; it is known as the Twin Dragon Kiln, where two perilous layers intermingle. At the center, a peerless treasure must be gestating!”
“We’ve truly hit the jackpot this time. If we can bring such a treasure back, our cultivation level will increase by leaps and bounds, and our status within the sect will also rise significantly!”
The white-haired elder’s eyes sparkled with fervor, seeing this as a treasure trove discovered. Once he broke through this ice and snow world, he would finally behold the true form of that treasure!
“Slash!”
The elder drew his sword again, slashing out six shadowy light beams in an instant, with speeds so extreme that the ice and snow shattered bit by bit. The snowflakes drifting in the void froze in the air for a few seconds before slowly falling.
The vast snowy landscape and ice mountains were slashed apart, thunderously collapsing, with masses of white snow rolling down, creating a powerful roar.
“Bang bang bang!”
Several disciples behind him were overwhelmed by the avalanche, rendered helpless and unable to rise, devoid of any life sign, with resources from their Dantians exploding and scattering all over the ground.
The white-haired elder didn’t mind the life or death of these disciples. Pulling his sword once more, he struck with a forward momentum that was both sharp and relentless, emitting a devastatingly sharp sword intent that pierced the heavens, splitting the icy snowy space before him.
The ice and snow dissipated, the white snow slowly vanished, and the temperature gradually began to warm up again.
“Elder Zhong, quite a few of our disciples have perished.”
A cultivator softly reminded on the side.
“No matter, their deaths are worthwhile. Once I seize the treasure from this perilous land, I will rise dramatically, potentially even reaching a higher level!”
The white-haired elder didn’t care much, focusing only on finding the treasure quickly and leading the group to continue searching in the canyon. The canyon was vast, requiring considerable time to search every inch.
Before they had walked much further, the group suddenly felt a wave of heat. The temperature inside the canyon continued to rise steadily without any stop.
In just a few breaths’ time, the ground and the rocky walls of the canyon began to emit blue smoke, cracking under the extreme temperature.
“Another perilous layer?”
“A third perilous layer! This place actually contains a third perilous layer! What kind of formidable treasure could possess such terrifying power to manifest?”
The white-haired elder was utterly astonished. He had heard of places with two perilous layers, but three stacked together was unheard of for him.
What level of treasure could this be? Fortunately, it had only appeared recently. If it were discovered a few days later, even a cultivator at the Half-Saint Cultivation Level might come to contest it.
“Elder… Elder Zhong!”
Disciples behind him suddenly screamed in agony. The temperature of the ground continued to rise relentlessly, and within the canyon, trails of scarlet flames spread, incinerating the lesser cultivators to ashes.
The ground split open with chasms, and fiery red light burst forth, with surging waves of molten lava continuously sweeping towards the cultivators, threatening to engulf them.
“First it was ice, now it’s fire?”
Elder Zhong’s eyes widened in astonishment, as a splash of molten lava hit his arm and instantly burned a large hole, the pain sweeping through his entire body.
“Damn, what kind of fire is this that it can injure a Heavenly Immortal Realm cultivator!”
Elder Zhong’s eyes were filled with both shock and anger, having thought his cultivation level would easily protect him, yet he was unexpectedly injured by this perilous land.
Golden red patterns spread across the entire canyon, the soil beneath everyone’s feet becoming soft, and the next second it turned into scorching, boiling magma.
“Thump! Thump!”
Simultaneously, the cultivators fell into it, the white-haired elder reacted swiftly and flew up into the sky at the first instance, but still got some magma on his feet, which burned repeatedly.
“Good gracious, this treasure is extraordinary; it possesses the power to harm me, unbelievable!”
The white-haired elder swallowed Healing Pills and slowly began to recover from his injuries; the molten lava’s power was formidable, and while it couldn’t kill him instantly, he dared not confront its edge directly.
Watching the disciples below being swallowed by the magma, for some unknown reason, a sense of sorrow rose in his heart.
He, as an Elder, disregarded the lives and deaths of Sect Disciples, solely focusing on his own benefits, truly a disgrace to scholars.
“In the Blade Sect, training never stops; every year, an average of over a thousand disciples die, and over the years that must amount to tens or even hundreds of thousands of cultivator deaths, but I do not know, I do not care, I only care about myself!”
“I am the criminal of the Blade Sect.”
The hand of the white-haired elder holding the knife unconsciously lifted, wanting to commit suicide right there to atone for his sins.
But when the corner of his eyes caught the glimpse of the slanting sun nearby, he suddenly shuddered, his body hair standing on end, and he threw the long knife away, breaking out in a cold sweat.
“Damn, the Remnant Sun World hasn’t disappeared, it has appeared again, almost got fooled!”
The ice and snow in the void fell again, forming into a massive white sword that thunderously slashed towards the white-haired elder, knocking him into the magma, where colossal waves like the jaws of a ferocious beast swallowed him whole.
“Cut the Six Directions!”
“Raze the Eight Wastes!”
“Quell Chaos Blade Technique, Slash!”
In the magma, the white-haired elder’s expression was fierce, ignoring his injuries as the sharp intent of his blade pierced the clouds, carrying supreme sharpness and forcibly tearing three small worlds apart, turning his body into a blade and charging towards the core area of the canyon.
Minutes later.
The severely injured white-haired elder, dragging his battered body, arrived at the center of the canyon, where there was a quietly burning, jet-black flame, which seemed very tame.
The flame was as tall as a person, burning fiercely, with its contents unclear.
Without any hesitation, the elder stepped into it, his blade intent vibrating and forming an impenetrable net of blades that kept the black flame at bay, a smile appearing on his face.
“Truly a treasure between heaven and earth, the flame is black, and it even possesses the power to devour Immortal Yuan to strengthen itself, even slowly devouring my blade intent, how impeccable!”
“Dear treasure, let me see what you really are, and if you follow me, I will surely make you shine!”
The elder’s eyes sparkled with fervor, but at that moment, the flame in front of him suddenly split open, and the face of a young man unexpectedly appeared right in front of him, only an inch away.
The young man’s face blossomed with a smile, saying cheerfully, “Senior, do you like such a great treasure like me?”