Chapter 724 - 724: Flying Out

"That's right, Wan is right. The Martial Soul Hall is our mortal enemy. We should get rid of their people first!"

"The Blood Sect ruins are a Land of Trial managed jointly by our sects. For the Martial Soul Hall's people to sneak in is a capital crime!"

"Let's take out the people from the Martial Soul Hall first, then we'll divide the treasures. Nothing can be allowed to fall into their hands!"

Eliminating the people from the Martial Soul Hall would mean fewer competitors. Naturally, no one would refuse such a good deal.

But the Martial Soul Hall's emissary just sneered. "Deal with us first? In your dreams!"

With that, he waved his hand and sent out a blast of Primordial Power.

However, the Primordial Power wasn't aimed at Chu Qingyun and the other Inner Sect Disciples. Instead, it shot toward the crystal coffin suspended in midair, striking the lid squarely.

A crystal coffin entombing a Venerable would certainly have a powerful sealing Restriction on it.

But after more than two thousand years of erosion, coupled with the destruction from the mutated Blood Origin within, the sealing Restriction was long since just for show.

This blast of Primordial Power was the last straw that broke the camel's back.

BANG! The coffin lid flew off.

The entire coffin was sent tumbling and shaking in midair.

As the crystal coffin tumbled, a viscous, blood-colored light surged out and gathered in the air. The items inside were flung out one by one, flying about randomly, each cloaked in a Blood Aura.

Through the clumps of Blood Aura, they could faintly see that most of the objects thrown out were like Crystal Stones. There was also a short blade that emanated an exceptionally powerful aura.

Finally, even a humanoid object, wrapped in a Blood Aura so thick it was almost solid, flew out of the crystal coffin.

That must be… the corpse of Venerable Thousand Blood!

The streaking trails of Blood Aura dazzled everyone, tingeing their vision red.

These were all treasures!

Finally, a Fifth-level Martial King from the Tianya Sect couldn't resist the temptation. He was the first to act, grabbing a ball of Blood Aura that was flying in his direction.

He snatched the fist-sized ball of Blood Aura in his hand.

SZZZ…

The moment the Blood Aura touched his skin, a harsh sizzling sound erupted, and a plume of stinking, dark red smoke rose from his hand.

Clearly, the Blood Aura was extremely corrosive.

"Hmph!"

The Fifth-level Martial King from the Tianya Sect snorted coldly. Primordial Power erupted from his hand, instantly dispersing the Blood Aura, leaving a slightly smaller, yellow Demon Core in his palm.

"This… This is… a Tier Five Demon Core!"

The Fifth-level Martial King's mind went blank with shock, and he couldn't help but cry out in astonishment.

You don't judge a Demon Core by its size, because Demon Beasts themselves vary in size. The Demon Cores they form naturally vary as well. You can't just say that a larger Demon Beast is automatically higher-tiered or more powerful.

And a Tier Five Demon Core definitely comes from a Tier Five Demon Beast.

A Tier Five Demon Beast is a creature whose strength is comparable to a Martial Emperor Realm expert!

Such Demon Beasts have long since gained sentience. Not only are they powerful, but their intelligence is in no way inferior to humans. If you want to get a Tier Five Demon Core, it can be summed up in one word: difficult!

However, the Fifth-level Martial King from the Tianya Sect didn't notice that although the Blood Aura had been dispersed, a blackish-red mark remained on his hand.

The mark was identical in color to the blackish-red lines that had appeared on Wu Sida's leg after he was bitten by the small insects.

He had casually grabbed a Tier Five Demon Core, worth over five million Primordial Spirit Liquid!

This turn of events instantly electrified everyone else.

Almost everyone momentarily forgot about the Martial Soul Hall and rushed to snatch the flying balls of Blood Aura.

"Is this… a Martial King Realm Blood Crystal?"

"The aura of this Blood Crystal is much denser than a Martial King Realm's. It must be a Martial Emperor Realm Blood Crystal!"

"This… This is the Crimson Crystal that kid from the Saint Extreme Sect used to trade for the Antidote! Heavens, its aura is even richer than that Martial Emperor Realm Blood Crystal!"

What flew out of the crystal coffin, besides some extremely rare Tier Five Demon Cores, were some High Tier Blood Crystals and the Crimson Crystals that had been spontaneously formed from the Blood Origin after Venerable Thousand Blood's death.

Blood Crystals were merely the crystallized products of mutated Blood Corpses and Blood Beasts.

The power of the Blood Origin within them was naturally far less dense and pure than that of the Crimson Crystals.

Martial Spirit Realm Blood Crystals were already being sold for exorbitant prices among the major sects and in the Blood-soaked Land. Yet the worst of what flew out of this crystal coffin were Martial King Realm Blood Crystals, along with a considerable number of Martial Emperor Realm Blood Crystals, and even those Crimson Crystals.

All of the Sect Disciples immediately joined the scramble.

Some had already started coming to blows over the treasures.

As for the strongest few in each team, they all made a move almost simultaneously, vying for the short blade that had flown out of the crystal coffin.

A Divine Weapon worthy of being entombed with a Venerable had to be at least an Emperor-level Divine Weapon, and was quite possibly a Sect Level or even a Venerable Level Divine Weapon!

After reaching the Martial King Realm, the enhancement a Divine Weapon provided to a Martial Artist was greatly reduced.

However, a High Tier Divine Weapon was definitely worth a fortune. Even just an Emperor-level Divine Weapon was far more valuable than several Tier Five Demon Cores or Blood Crystals.

The Martial Soul Hall emissary had completely achieved his goal in opening the crystal coffin.

By now, no one was paying attention to them. And so, the six of them stealthily began their own operation.

'Looks like I won't be getting anything special out of this…'

Chu Qingyun sighed inwardly, preparing to make a move and snatch some Blood Crystals or Crimson Crystals for himself.

In truth, however, he was a little disappointed.

He wasn't actually that interested in the Blood Crystals and Crimson Crystals.

He had already obtained plenty of Martial King Realm Blood Crystals from the Storage Rings of Zhou Jianxiong, Wan Jianxin, and the others.

He even had a large pile of Crimson Crystals—which were better than Martial Emperor Realm Blood Crystals—in his Storage Ring. Even if all the items flying about were Crimson Crystals, they wouldn't amount to a tenth of his own reserves.

As for the short blade, Chu Qingyun was certainly tempted.

However, he was rational and knew his own limits.

The ones vying for the short blade were all top-tier Sixth-level Martial Kings like Wan Jianxin, Deng Xuan, and Xiao Qingsheng. Even Qi Hao wasn't joining that fray; he was honestly scrambling for Blood Crystals and Crimson Crystals instead.

With his current strength as a Second-level Martial King, going after that short blade would be pure suicide.

Besides, if he took the initiative, Wan Jianxin and the others would have a valid reason to kill him.

Just as Chu Qingyun was about to make his move, a thought suddenly struck him. He remembered that besides all the things that had flown out, there was still a humanoid object inside the crystal coffin.

'The corpse of Venerable Thousand Blood!'

Chu Qingyun was instantly interested.

Everyone else's minds were filled with thoughts of Blood Crystals and Crimson Crystals, but since Chu Qingyun wasn't particularly concerned with them, he was the first to think of this.