Inside the hall, the dozens of Open Heaven Stage masters who had rushed in, including Madam Lan, were all frozen in place. Although there were many people in the hall, it was completely silent, as if an entire world was pressing down on them, making it hard for them to breathe and their blood boil.
“Golden Crow!” After an unknown period of time, a dry and trembling voice came from the crowd.
According to the rumors, an adult Golden Crow was a fierce existence that could slaughter High Rank Open HEaven Stage masters like slaughtering pigs or dogs. Who wouldn’t be afraid of them? Amongst the Open Heaven Stage masters present, there were only a handful of Mid Rank Open Heaven Stage masters.
If they were to anger this Golden Crow in front of them for entering without his consent, none of them would be able to survive. At this moment of life and death, countless people regretted coming here and wishing they could leave, but under the might of this Golden Crow, none of them dared to act rashly.
“What are you afraid of!?” An angry shout rang out, “This Golden Crow is dead!”
Although his voice was loud, it sounded like he was trying to boost his courage.
However, with this person’s reminder, everyone carefully looked towards the Golden Crow and found that the situation was indeed as they had expected. The Golden Crow had been standing there the entire time, its eyes filled with a brilliant light, but it still remained motionless, completely unresponsive to everyone’s arrival.
“This Golden Crow is indeed dead,” Madam Lan nodded lightly. She didn’t feel any vitality from this thing, and when she entered just now, she had been startled. Seeing such a terrifying existence, even her thoughts had become muddled. Now that she had noticed the abnormality, she could finally relax.
The Golden Crow was about to die so the Sun was about to be extinguished too.
Now, on the Sun Star, the Sun’s flames had been extinguished, confirming the Golden Crow’s death from a different perspective. However, judging from the Golden Crow’s corpse, it should have died not long ago.
Among all the people present, she was the strongest, and since she had said so, everyone else’s hearts relaxed and their breathing became more rapid.
In the dark, Yang Kai, who was hidden under the invisible veil, licked his dry lips as he stared at the Golden Crow’s corpse shrouded in the red light.
It was just a corpse, yet it was already so powerful. If this Golden Crow was still alive, what would it be like? If the Golden Crow was like this, what about the Dragon Clan that was ranked above the Golden Crow? His Dragon Vein really had a great growth rate, and now he probably hadn’t even developed ten percent of its power.
Moreover… after arriving here, Yang Kai clearly felt that his Dao Seal was becoming restless, as if something was attracting his Dao Seal, making him feel a strong desire!
Following his instincts, Yang Kai looked towards the four corners of the high platform and saw a red crystal-like object.
“Sun's True Gold!”
Yang Kai wasn’t the only one. When his life was no longer in danger and he was in the mood to investigate carefully, the foot long red crystal placed on the four corners of the platform became the focus of everyone’s attention.
Although they had never seen it before, when they saw it, almost everyone was certain that these red crystals were the legendary Sun's True Gold!
Many Open HEaven Stage masters had been exploring the Sun Star for several days now, but they had never seen the Sun’s True Gold before. Although they had obtained some benefits from the Sun’s True Fire, how could the value of the Sun’s True Fire compare to that of the Sun’s True Gold? It was at least a sixth-grade, or even seventh-grade, or even eighth-grade materials.
In an instant, everyone’s eyes turned red.
A figure shot out from the crowd and rushed towards a corner of the stage, causing a slight change to the situation. More than a dozen figures followed closely behind, each of them pouncing towards a different target.
“Idiot!” Yuan Xiaoman, who was tightly leaning against Madam Lan, coldly snorted.
Madam Lan sighed, “Humans die for wealth while birds die for food.”
As soon as she finished speaking, an earth-shattering scream rang out as the Open Heaven Stage cultivator who had been the first to reach the high platform was forced to retreat. A ball of hot flame burned on his right hand, and no matter how he tried, he was unable to extinguish it. The smell of his flesh being roasted soon filled the air, making one feel nauseous.
Not only that, but the flames quickly spread upwards and reached his arm in the blink of an eye. The man’s expression changed and he decisively grabbed a long sword and slashed it towards his arm.
Sword light flashed and blood splashed. At the same time, a muffled groan rang out as an arm fell to the ground. Under everyone’s eyes, the flame quickly burned the arm to ashes, causing everyone’s faces to turn pale.
After witnessing what had happened, the others who had been itching for action, upon seeing this man suffer such a great loss, all stood still and didn’t dare move. Of the dozen or so people who had rushed out, two or three had suffered the same fate and had to cut off their own arms to preserve their lives.
Yuan Xiaoman’s expression became extremely solemn, “It’s Golden Crow's True Fire!”
Madam Lan nodded lightly and raised her eyes to look at the red light curtain, “It seems this big Golden Crow laid down a restriction here before its death. If you don’t break it, don’t even think about obtaining the Sun's True Gold.”
“Does Sister Lan have a way?” Yuan Xiaoman asked.
Madam Lan’s brow wrinkled as she pondered for a moment before saying, “I can try, but I can’t do it alone.”
“You and I will work together, after this matter is done, you get 70% while I get 30%!” Yuan Xiaoman’s expression became excited. Although the amount of Sun's True Gold on the high platform wasn’t much, it wasn’t a small amount. There were seven or eight of them, so even if she only took 30%, she would still be able to obtain two or three. This kind of treasure, let alone two or three, even one would be worth a fortune.
Unexpectedly, Madam Lan still shook her head, “Two people won’t do, it’s better to wait for the others. When the time comes, we can attack together.”
“Old Hong and the others?” Yuan Xiaoman was stunned, “They went somewhere else, I wonder if they’re still alive.”
The two of them had chosen the Life Gate, so they hadn’t encountered any danger along the way. The others probably didn’t have such good luck.
“This old master’s luck is great, of course I’m alive!”
At this moment, Old Hong's voice rang out. Yuan Xiaoman turned her head and saw Old Hong walking over, followed by several OPen HEaven Stage cultivators, but all of them seemed to be in bad shape, all of them injured and some of them covered in blood.
Although she didn’t know which gate Old Hong chose, from the looks of it, it was obviously not as safe as the Life Gate. Along the way, he had probably encountered many dangers and lost several people.
“Madam Lan’s vision is truly sharp. If I had known this would happen, this old master would have entered the Life Gate as well,” Old Hong smiled bitterly.
“It’s just luck,” Madam Lan smiled, “Didn’t Mister Zhang and Mister Ji come with Old Hong?”
Old Hong shook his head, “They each chose a different path.” Looking up at the high platform and the Golden Crow’s corpse, his eyes burned with passion, “What’s going on here?”
Before Madam Lan could explain further, she heard a loud bang from one side of the hall, and immediately after, a figure rushed out. This person had a murderous aura and was covered in blood; it was Ji Tian Xing from the Blood Dragon Altar!
It's unknown what this guy had encountered along the way, but at this moment he was in such a sorry state, and besides him, no one else had come out.
As soon as he appeared, Ji Tian Xing’s eyes were drawn to the Golden Crow’s corpse and he cried out, “Golden Crow?”
Sweeping his eyes over Madam Lan and the others, he walked over.
Old Hong looked him up and down and chuckled. Although he had encountered some difficulties on his side, the overall situation was still quite good. Ji Tian Xing seemed to be more unlucky than him.
Madam Lan nodded slightly, “Then only Sir Zhang remains.”
Yuan Xiaoman said unhappily, “Must we wait for him?”
Madam Lan said, “The more people there are, the more strength there is. Moreover, there is enough Sun's True Gold, are you afraid it won’t be enough?”
Yuan Xiaoman pouted.
This wait lasted for several hours. During this time, Old Hong and the others who came later also understood the situation here. A few of the Mid Rank Open Heaven Stage masters were also investigating this barrier, trying to figure out how to break it, but unfortunately, they didn’t have any clues.
The restriction here looked simple and wasn’t too complicated, but the one who arranged it was an adult Great Golden Crow. No matter how simple the restriction was, it couldn’t be broken so easily. It had to be powerful enough.
It wasn’t until a few hours later that Zhang Qi from the Loathing Evil Land appeared, but although he had been delayed for quite some time, his condition was much better than that of Old Hong and Ji Tian Xing. At the very least, there were no signs of injury on his body, and the number of Open Heaven Stage cultivators who had accompanied him here was not small.
From the looks of it, the eight exits from the cave should have been able to enter this hall, but the amount of time they had spent and the dangers they had encountered were different.
After meeting each other and explaining the situation, Zhang Qi nodded slightly, “Let’s do this, I have no objections.”
While waiting for Zhang Qi, Madam Lan and the others had already come up with a method to break the seal.
Old Hong flew into the air and shouted, “Friends, please calm down, this old master has something to say.”
Inside the main hall, the Open Heaven Stage cultivators who had gathered in groups of three or five all turned their attention towards this scene.
Old Hong nodded with satisfaction and smiled, “Since everyone has come here, naturally you want to reap some benefits, but now that the benefits are right in front of you, it all depends on whether you have the ability or not. However, this place is protected by a restriction, so if we don’t break it, no one will be able to obtain anything. We just discussed that if we want to break this restriction, we will need everyone here to help us. I hope everyone can put aside their grudges and work together to break this restriction!”
As soon as these words came out, many of the Low Rank Open HEaven Stage masters looked at each other, some of them secretly sneering, thinking that Old Hong was dreaming.
With so many Open Heaven Stage masters present, each of them had their own plans, so there was no harm in cooperating to break the restriction. However, after breaking the restriction, who would be able to snatch any benefits from MId Rank Open Heaven Stage masters? At that time, all the benefits would fall into the hands of Old Hong and the others, and the others could only watch helplessly.
Who would be willing to do something like this?
Therefore, no one spoke, all of them remaining silent.
Old Hong obviously had already expected this and smiled, “Of course, we won’t let everyone work for nothing. We just checked carefully and found that there are a total of eight portions of Sun's True Gold on this high platform. Before the restriction is broken, no one knows what grade these pieces of Sun's True Gold are. Each of the Mid Rank Open Heaven Stage will take one and the remaining three will be yours. What do you think?”
TO BE CONTINUED...
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