I picked up skill fragments in the demon world

#217 - Flying Sword

Upon hearing this, everyone looked over nervously. However, the leaves were too lush, and the goddess's body was very blurry, making it impossible to see clearly. They stared intently through the mottled branches for a while, but there was no sign of her coming back to life.

"Are you seeing things, kid? Don't be so alarmed. Even an ancient god, with the support of the Longevity Willow Tree, couldn't possibly live for tens of thousands of years," Liu Lin retorted. "Although the Longevity Willow Tree can grant physical longevity, it can't make the soul immortal. How could there be a deity who survived from that era?"

"That's right, you're clearly just too tense. You must be mistaken!"

"You scared me to death! You're obviously still terrified by the curse!"

"But I clearly saw the goddess's chest rise and fall just now, as if she was breathing," the person retorted, unwilling to give up.

"Everyone, stop overthinking it. Let's quickly break this protective barrier and see what treasures are inside, then we can divide them up," Master Five-Six interjected, his voice impatient and agitated, interrupting the commotion. His eyes were fixed on the green light罩, filled with greed.

He had excavated so many ancient god and demon tombs, but he had never seen such a lifelike and well-preserved body. If he had the opportunity to obtain the blood of an ancient god or demon, he might be able to comprehend some profound changes.

"That's right, let's break this shield and take out the treasures inside," Zhong Xiang said, also approaching with a look of eagerness.

Meanwhile, Zhang Chen was also mixed in with the crowd, unobtrusively squeezing forward. His eyes were fixed on the tree coffin, looking at the hazy white figure in the canopy through the mottled branches. A thought flashed through his mind: "This is my niece's body, I can't let this group of outsiders snatch it away. But these old guys are not to be trifled with, how can I snatch food from the tiger's mouth?"

While Zhang Chen was pondering how to protect his niece's body, Master Five-Six circulated his Yin spirit power and struck the light罩. However, the light罩 remained as solid as a mountain, without even a ripple.

"Indeed, it is worthy of being a guardian object of an ancient god or demon!" Master Five-Six thought to himself. The next moment, a white light shot out from his sleeve and hovered in front of him. The white light emitted an extremely powerful aura of sharpness, and the void was cut open wherever it passed. The white light vibrated continuously in the air at a high frequency, and the air emitted bursts of explosions.

Zhong Xiang looked at the white light. Although it was only a foot in size, it had an indescribable sense of sharpness, as if it could cut off people's line of sight.

The light was extremely bright, like red-hot steel, dazzling but not blinding.

"I heard that Master Five-Six once entered a mysterious tomb in his early years and excavated nine precious swords. It is said that the swords were forged from Taiyi Geng metal and can be controlled by the divine soul. Could this sword be one of them?" Zhong Xiang looked at the sword with envy.

Taiyi Geng metal, that is a spiritual material born at the beginning of the creation of the world. Although it is not as good as Xiantian Geng metal, it is still a first-class divine object. This thing cannot be forged acquiredly at all, it is completely obtained by the Big Bang of the creation of the world, and it can be said that it is used less and less.

"That's right, it's this thing! If the nine swords are released together, even a Yang God True Person is here, I can still compete with him, and may not be worse than that Yang God True Person," Master Five-Six's eyes flashed with a hint of pride. The next moment, he saw the sword in front of him turn into a white streamer and cut through the air. There was no sound during its flight, and it directly struck the green protective罩.

"This sword is too sharp, its speed must have exceeded the speed of sound, but because it is too sharp, even the air was cut open without reacting," Zhang Chen's pupils shrank as he watched from the side. "Fortunately, Master Five-Six didn't use this treasure to chase me before, otherwise I would have been in some trouble. I wonder if my Five-Colored Divine Light can brush this thing down."

Zhang Chen's thoughts flashed in his mind, and his eyes looked towards the direction of the light罩: "With such a terrifying and sharp blow, even steel can be easily pierced, that light罩 should be pierced, right?"

As the streamer directly slashed on the light罩, the light罩 remained as solid as a mountain, without any reaction.

Then, in Zhang Chen's shocked gaze, the white light was actually bounced back, revealing its original shape, which was a sword that was only about twenty centimeters long, two fingers wide, and without a hilt. The sword only had a blade, no hilt, which looked very strange.

"Worthy of being the means of an ancient god and demon," Zhang Chen secretly praised in his heart when he saw this scene.

Master Five-Six was shocked at this time, and quickly summoned his sword back into his sleeve, then quickly stepped forward to check the barrier, as if he couldn't believe that a simple energy barrier could withstand his attack.

But to Master Five-Six's disappointment, Master Five-Six's sword slashed on the light罩, and the light罩 was not damaged in any way.

"This green light罩 is probably not a protective magical power, but a mysterious and strange object," Master Five-Six concluded after careful observation.

"If even Master cannot break this light罩, who else in the field besides Master has the ability to break the light罩?" Liu Lin's voice was full of amazement, and while saying this, he turned his gaze to Zhong Xiang.

Zhong Xiang was observing the scenery inside the protective cover through the mottled gaps of the branches. At this time, he sensed that Liu Lin had turned his gaze to himself, and couldn't help but frown. This feeling of being morally kidnapped was really uncomfortable, but as a junior of the Confucian school, he couldn't say anything offensive in this occasion where seniority was emphasized.

Sure enough, as Liu Lin's words fell, the youth who had transformed into a donkey's head opened his mouth and said: "I heard that Young Master Zhong Xiang can fight Yang Gods, even Yang God experts will not get any advantage facing Young Master Zhong Xiang, perhaps only Young Master Zhong Xiang can be troubled."

"This statement is reasonable, Young Master Zhong Xiang has mastered the heart of the Qilin, even Yang God True People must be afraid of him, a mere protective light罩, how can it be difficult for Young Master Zhong Xiang?" Zhang Xiaohua on the side chimed in.

"I'm afraid Young Master Zhong Xiang is unwilling to help..."

"We are all here to avenge Master Five, and we were cursed only after chasing the dog thief Zhang Chen into this place. Now the way to resolve the curse is very likely to be hidden inside the light罩, Young Master Zhong Xiang is famous all over the world for his righteousness, how can he stand by and watch us die?"

"That's right, Young Master Zhong Xiang is not that kind of person! Wang Dan, you bastard, don't talk nonsense, don't slander Young Master Zhong Xiang! Be careful I, Zhu Xia, will not let you off!"

The ones called Wang Dan and Zhu Xia were both young people, about twenty-five or six years old, and were the proud children of the Confucian school. Although their reputation was not as good as Zhong Xiang's, they were definitely first-class core figures.

Zhong Xiang's strength lies in power, while the strength of these two lies in learning.

The two of them were both top talents of Confucianism, their knowledge far surpassing Zhong Xiang and the others. However, they were always overshadowed by "Southern Kirin, Northern Zhuge," which made them feel very frustrated. They believed their knowledge was no less than anyone else's, but they were suppressed by Zhong Xiang, a brute who only knew brute force. The feeling of frustration in their hearts was indescribable.

You should know that since ancient times, in literary matters, there is no first, but in martial arts, there is no second. The essence of Confucianism lies in culture, so how could they willingly submit to Zhong Xiang?

Now that there was an opportunity to ridicule Zhong Xiang and also obtain the legendary mysterious opportunity, they were, of course, desperately trying to squeeze him out.

Zhu Xia righteously rebuked Wang Dan, his voice full of excitement: "What kind of person is Young Master Zhong Xiang? His brilliance and greatness are like the sun in the sky. How can you, an ant, slander him?"

"Where did I slander him? Before, we wanted to enter the tomb to avenge Fifth Master, but who knew that Young Master Zhong Xiang, in order to hide the fortune within the tomb, actually blocked us outside the tomb, allowing the villain to roam free. It's not that I'm overthinking, but what Young Master Zhong Xiang did is truly impossible not to make people overthink. For his own fortune, he even disregarded my grandfather's hatred. How can I not overthink?" Wang Dan refused to accept the accusations from the crowd and continued to shout.

"Wang Dan, you are too narrow-minded! How could Young Master Zhong Xiang be that kind of person? He just stopped us because the risks inside the tomb had not been eliminated, and he didn't want us to take risks. Am I right?" Liu Lin turned his head to look at Zhong Xiang.

Upon hearing this, Zhong Xiang clenched his fists in his sleeves, but he couldn't explode. These guys were too good at ridiculing people. Now that everyone was colluding and using moral kidnapping, he, Zhong Xiang, as a Confucian disciple who believed in benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trustworthiness, had to abide by the rules.

So, Zhong Xiang squeezed out a dry smile: "That's right, how could I be that kind of person? You all underestimate me. I'll try it now and see how capable this light barrier is, that even Fifth and Sixth Masters' flying swords couldn't break it."

At this moment, Zhong Xiang wished he could hammer Zhu Xia and Wang Dan to death. He felt extremely disgusted, but he had no choice but to take action, smashing the light barrier in front of him, being used and driven by this group of disgusting people.

"Frustrating!" Zhong Xiang cursed in his heart: "Damn bastards, don't let me find a chance, or I will definitely take revenge one day."

Zhong Xiang came to the front of the light barrier, and the next moment, flames burned around him, attacking the light barrier.

Faced with Zhong Xiang's Kirin Fire, the light barrier finally reacted, and layers of ripples began to spread. Mysterious runes flowed on the green light barrier, but Zhong Xiang's cultivation was too low to unleash the full power of the Kirin Fire. Although the light barrier rippled in layers, it still couldn't damage the light barrier.

After burning for a full incense stick of time, the light barrier only rippled and flashed with green runes.

"Everyone, take action together and help Young Master Zhong Xiang." Seeing that Zhong Xiang could not break the light barrier, Fifth and Sixth Masters quickly spoke up, and then everyone took action, attacking the light barrier.

It's just that the high platform was so small. Although there were hundreds of people present, only a limited number of dozens of people could take action. Everyone worked together to attack the light barrier, but the light barrier rippled in layers, directly resolving everyone's attacks without causing any waves.

The damage caused to the light barrier by everyone working together was not as much as Zhong Xiang alone.

Among the crowd,

Zhang Chen secretly sized up the green light barrier, his eyes flashing with golden light. He saw mysterious green energy flowing around the green light barrier. The green energy condensed into runes, shining with a dazzling light invisible to the naked eye. The countless runes turned into chains of order, forming a skeleton connected together, supporting the green light barrier and blocking everyone outside.

"This green light barrier is a mystery, only a little bit worse than my Houtu Divine Artifact. My Houtu is a twelfth-order mystery, then the green light barrier in front of me... should at least be a tenth-order, or even an eleventh-order existence. Even if a Yang God True Person descends, they can only stare blankly, unable to shake the light barrier in front of them at all." Zhang Chen muttered to himself.

Yang Gods were only ninth-order existences. How could they shake this light barrier?

At this time, Zhong Xiang withdrew his flames and stood in front of the light barrier with a gloomy expression: "I can't break this light barrier."

Fifth and Sixth Masters also had gloomy expressions: "This thing is at least a tenth-order mystery. As expected of the Great Tomb of Gods and Demons, even a protective barrier has reached the tenth order. This thing is definitely not something we can shake. The protective barrier is already tenth-order, I really don't know what kind of incredible fortune there will be inside the protective barrier, could it be twelfth-order?"

As soon as this statement came out, everyone's hearts were immediately filled with excitement. That was a twelfth-order mystery. Once it grew up, it would be comparable to the Great Victory Kingdom's royal family.

"The treasure mountain is right in front of us, are we going to return empty-handed?" Prince Zhang Xiaohua also had red eyes at this time.

This was a tenth-order mystery. Even the Pingbian Royal Mansion didn't have one!

Especially since this thing was mainly for defense, possessing absolute defense. If one could get it, it was unimaginable what kind of incredible power it would add.

Especially for those who cultivated the Great Dao of the Divine Soul, obtaining this thing would be heaven-defying.

"Throughout the world, apart from the two twelfth-order mysteries of the Great Victory Dynasty, I really can't think of what kind of power in this world can break this light barrier." Zhong Xiang stood on the high platform with a gloomy expression, his eyes subconsciously looking at Zhang Chen, wanting to ask if that strange guy could find a way to break it.

Unfortunately, facing Zhong Xiang's gaze, Zhang Chen ignored him and deliberately shifted his gaze away. He didn't want to be the one to take the lead.

Everyone in the field wished they could skin him alive. If his identity was revealed, he would probably be killed by everyone before the barrier was broken.

Seeing that Zhang Chen ignored him, Zhong Xiang felt helpless. Clearly, the treasure was right in front of him, but everyone was helpless and could only watch. Who understood this frustration?

Moreover, everyone knew that the news of the tomb could not be concealed for long. The Great Victory Royal Family was probably already sensing the aura of the tomb's emergence, and perhaps there were already experts on their way.

The more they delayed, the more unknown risks they would add.