Chapter 73 - 70: I Want to See the Light of Day Again

SWISH!

Right at this moment, the Bone-Eroding Spiritual Source moved. It darted toward the other side on its own, causing Yuan Fu to lunge at empty air.

This greatly astonished the crowd. This Spiritual Source could actually move on its own!

CLANG! CLASH!

In the direction the Bone-Eroding Spiritual Source was fleeing, several people had already begun exchanging blows, clashing with one another in a bid to snatch it. Whoever approached the Spiritual Source was immediately attacked, and a chaotic melee erupted.

SWISH! SWISH!

The Lie Family’s Tongyou Realm elder and Ling Guang approached the Bone-Eroding Spiritual Source at maximum speed.

BANG!

The two clashed in their violent struggle for the treasure, both forced back by the fierce impact.

SWISH!

At this moment, the Yuwen Family’s Tongyou Realm elder suddenly erupted with extreme speed, rushing toward the Bone-Eroding Spiritual Source. He brandished a special vessel and scooped up the Spiritual Source, instantly trapping it inside. Without hesitation, the Yuwen Clan elder sealed the vessel, turned around, and fled.

SWISH!

However, Kong Song of Tai Xuan Academy arrived in a flash, launching a frenzied attack against the Yuwen Clan elder.

"Do not let him escape!" Ling Guang roared thunderously, charging at the fleeing elder as well.

None of them had anticipated that the Yuwen Clan would possess a vessel capable of safely containing a Spiritual Source. If they allowed him to return to his clan, they would never be able to get their hands on this treasure again.

CLANG! CLASH!

The Yuwen Clan’s Tongyou Realm elder was instantly besieged by a group of Tongyou Realm experts. Heavily outnumbered, he quickly sustained injuries. Left with no other choice, he tossed the vessel away.

The next person to catch the vessel was the Qin Family Patriarch. Lao Liu happened to rush over at that exact moment, his peculiar aura enveloping the area.

BANG!

The Qin Family Patriarch was sent flying by a single strike from an elderly loose cultivator of the exact same realm.

"You..." The Qin Family Patriarch glared furiously at Lao Liu.

It was obvious that Lao Liu had deliberately suppressed his cultivation base. His realm had been forcibly pushed down by at least one or two levels, instantly causing his strength to plummet and leaving him vulnerable to being knocked away.

The elderly loose cultivator snatched the vessel, but he was soon swarmed by the others in turn. It was safe to say that the battle for the Bone-Eroding Spiritual Source was exclusively fought between Tongyou Realm experts, as the ferocious group had taken their brawl high into the sky. Anyone below the Tongyou Realm found it incredibly difficult to intervene.

While the Tongyou Realm experts fought tooth and nail for the treasure, Lao Liu, who appeared to be a mere bystander, would periodically launch underhanded attacks from the shadows, leaving many heavily injured.

"Could there be something else underground?"

While the fierce struggle raged above, many directed their gazes into the massive fissure from which the Spiritual Source had initially emerged.

RUMBLE!

Right at this time, the earth suddenly began to tremble again. The existing marks on the ground fractured once more, tearing open an even larger chasm.

The crowd cried out in shock. Was there really something else hidden beneath the ground?

"I—SHALL—SEE—THE—LIGHT—OF—DAY—AGAIN!"

Suddenly, an eerie, hoarse voice echoed from below. The voice seemed to originate from the Netherworld Hell itself, making everyone’s blood run cold.

"What is that?" The crowd was entirely terrified. What kind of entity still existed beneath the earth?

CRACK!

Beneath the surface, it sounded as if something had just violently smashed its way through a barrier. Following that, a desolate, ancient aura surged outward. A terrifying and macabre energy seeped out from the countless fissures in the earth. The entire world instantly grew a few shades darker, and an inexplicable sense of oppression cloaked the area.

In that split second, a vein throbbed on Mo Qianqian’s forehead as he stood near one of the cracks. A profound sense of impending doom flooded his heart, and he hastily scrambled backward in retreat.

"What in the world is coming out?"

Aside from the Tongyou Realm experts who were still fighting over the Spiritual Source in the sky, the people on the ground frantically backed away. Their scalps prickled with dread as the same overwhelming sense of crisis washed over all of them.

"SEE—THE—LIGHT—OF—DAY—AGAIN!"

The desolate, ancient voice echoed once more. The fissure in the ground was wrenched even wider, and a mighty shockwave surged out from its depths, sweeping out in all directions.

THUD! THUD! THUD!

Nearby, massive numbers of people and horses were flipped over and sent flying by the invisible blast.

Mo Qianqian furrowed his brow and instantly leapt high into the air. However, the blast radius was simply too vast, and he was still caught in the shockwave, tossed away like duckweed on a turbulent sea. The powerful impact caused the vital blood and qi within his body to churn violently. Fortunately, he had not been standing at the epicenter of the fissure; otherwise, that initial blast alone could have been fatal.

SWISH!

Right at this moment, a figure shot up into the sky from the very center of the chasm, hovering in midair. It was an old man with wildly disheveled black hair, clad in tattered ancient garments made of beast skins. His exposed skin was almost entirely black, making him look just like a beggar.

Yet, not a single person present dared to assume this ragged old man was actually a beggar. The surging waves of power were emanating directly from him. Standing there in the void, he resembled a peerless expert from the primordial era, radiating the terrifying presence of a demon king. The entire world seemed to dim with his arrival as an invisible pressure shrouded the heavens and the earth.

Even the Tongyou Realm experts who were battling for the Spiritual Source in the sky experienced a drastic change in expression. Merely looking at the wild-haired elder caused their hearts to palpitate with fear. They were absolutely certain of one thing: this man was not an expert from the current era. In all likelihood, he was an ancient powerhouse who had been sealed beneath the earth within some primeval Array!

The wild-haired elder opened his eyes. His gaze was as deep and unfathomable as the abyssal sea, and the very first thing he looked at was the vessel that had just been seized by the Lie Family elder.

"Hand over the Bone-Eroding Spiritual Source!" the wild-haired elder demanded in a hoarse voice.

The Lie Family elder, who had only just secured the prize, paled. "Who might you be, sir?" he asked warily. They had come here entirely for this Spiritual Source; how could they possibly hand it over so easily?

ZING!

The wild-haired elder simply pointed a finger. A beam of light fired from his fingertip, shooting directly at the Lie Family elder. It was as fast as a bolt of lightning, moving with unparalleled speed. Before the Lie Family elder could even raise a defense, the beam struck him.

SPLAT!

In an instant, the Lie Family elder’s body exploded, reduced to a mist of blood.

"What?!"

The crowd turned pale with terror. A Tongyou Realm expert—and an expert at the Sixth Level of Tongyou Realm at that—was instantly killed by a ranged strike just like that? Exactly how powerful was this wild-haired elder who had crawled out of the earth?

Now, not a single Tongyou Realm expert dared to move a muscle. Frightening. This man was simply far too frightening!

The members of the Lie Family secretly clenched their fists, both terrified and furious. Their family’s Sixth Level of Tongyou Realm Elder had been slaughtered without a second thought. This was an astronomical loss for them. Yet, in the face of such a terrifying existence, they didn’t dare to utter a single word.

SWISH!

The wild-haired elder shifted his stance, his body seeming to teleport as he instantly appeared near the dropping vessel. He reached out and snatched it from the air.

The complexions of the surrounding Tongyou Realm experts changed drastically, and they hastily scrambled backward in retreat. Fortunately, the wild-haired elder didn’t seem to hold them in any regard, nor did he make a move to attack them. He simply pinched the vessel, and the entire object instantly shattered into pieces.

The Bone-Eroding Spiritual Source, resembling a thumb-sized wisp of white flame, manifested in the void. It seemed to fear the wild-haired elder as well. It did not attempt to flee, but instead remained suspended in midair, trembling violently.

"Bone-Eroding Spiritual Source... Not bad at all..." the wild-haired elder sighed in his hoarse voice. Instead of directly refining the Bone-Eroding Spiritual Source, he swept his gaze across his surroundings. "A swarm of ants, yet you vainly hope to obtain the Bone-Eroding Spiritual Source... Hmm?"

When the wild-haired elder’s gaze landed on Mo Qianqian, his pupils suddenly constricted, and his stare fixed squarely upon him.