"Since that is the case, we will leave as well." Fang Han opened his mouth and spat out a surge of green air current, which surrounded Prince Yi with a swish, and subsequently vanished without a shadow or trace, seemingly merging into the trees, making it difficult for anyone to perceive them.
"En?" The Thirteenth Prince, "Prince Zhan," had been closely paying attention to the movements of Fang Han and Prince Yi. Seeing Fang Han vanish just like that, his heart could not help but be startled. "Fourth Brother, that Life-Taking Scholar has truly formidable means. I could not even perceive how he left. This time, I am afraid he will help Twenty-Fourth Brother obtain some good things. If his strength increases massively, it will be a severe threat to us."
"No matter. This place is called the Coiled Dragon Star, a nest of ancient Heavenly Dragons. Dragon men also established a massive empire here. There are certainly no small amount of treasures. But after finding them, there will definitely be a round of contention and slaughter. Our royal family members should not kill each other first. Wait until those invited experts finish fighting with each other, then we will pick up the readymade bargains." A trace of a smile appeared on the face of the Fourth Prince, Prince Yi. "Just follow me. I am executing the Formless Sword Evasion; no one will be able to discover our existence. We just need to keep our eyes on Hua Tiandu. This person has formidable methods; who knows, he might just be able to discover some treasures of the ancient Heavenly Dragons."
Amidst his words, streaks of formless sword qi flickered in the air, wrapping around himself and the Thirteenth Prince, Prince Zhan. They also vanished into the air currents, without a shadow or trace.
Formless Sword Evasion!
"Mr. Hua, this is a nest of ancient Heavenly Dragons. From the reference materials I gave you beforehand, are you able to find the dragon lair treasures?"
Hua Tiandu, as well as the Eldest Prince, "Prince Feng," were right now still within the ancient teleportation array and had not come out. Hua Tiandu held his hands behind his back, seemingly sizing up something.
"Prince Feng, these brothers of yours have found quite a few helpers. Especially that Second Prince, who actually managed to bring over an expert from the Yellow Spring Demonic Sect, the Black Nether King. If these evil demons and heretical paths attach themselves to the influence of the royal family, they might disrupt the Great Xuan Empire in the future. There is also that Life-Taking Scholar; who knows where he popped out from. Since I have come today, I might as well just help you eliminate them all. Eradicating these people will also yield no small amount of magical treasures."
Hua Tiandu spoke leisurely.
"Then I thank you greatly, Mister! To eradicate all of these people, given Mister's strength, you can naturally accomplish it. In any case, they are either rogue cultivators or people of the demonic sects. Using this opportunity to eliminate them exactly fits my wishes." Prince Feng was greatly overjoyed. "With them dead, the princes who can contend against me will be very few. However, could Mister help me scheme against that Fourth Prince in secret?"
"The internal affairs of your royal family, I do not want to manage, nor can I manage them; this is a rule. You princes must deal with it yourselves; I will not intervene." Hua Tiandu said slowly and methodically. "First, go kill that Black Nether King beside the Second Prince. Under my hands, it is useless for him to run away; it is only necessary to guard against him self-detonating his primordial spirit. After killing the Black Nether King, go kill that Life-Taking Scholar. As for the people beside the remaining Third Prince, Fifth Prince, Seventh Prince, Eighth Prince, and Ninth Prince, within six double-hours, I can resolve them all. The remaining time can just be spent slowly searching for treasures."
Amidst their conversation, Hua Tiandu and the Eldest Prince, Prince Feng, instantly vanished.
"Why are there so many spirit medicines on this star!"
At this time, Fang Han instantly flew thousands of miles away. Using his intrinsic "Green Emperor Wood Sovereign Art" to merge into this endless forest, he immediately discovered many rare spirit medicines. Some did not even exist in the Xuanhuang Great World. For example, the "Ten-Colored Dragon Ganoderma Grass" was a sacred medicine for increasing lifespan. Concocting it in a furnace into a medicinal pill could increase one's lifespan by a hundred years! Incomparably precious!
However, this grass possessed spiritual sentience. It would drill into the ground or merge into some large trees. It was very difficult for ordinary experts to find, and even if they did, it was hard to capture.
Yet for Fang Han, there was no difficulty at all. Circulating his divine abilities, with a gentle pull, over dozens of spirit medicines were all gathered onto his body. Seeing this made Prince Yi endlessly envious. But he also plucked some spirit medicines.
"This star is the nest of Heavenly Dragons; of course there are many spirit grasses. The breaths that Heavenly Dragons exhale while entrenched on this planet, with their qi and blood surging, would endow any vegetation tainted by it with spiritual nature. Even a mountain, if a Heavenly Dragon shed its skin on it and its fresh blood spattered on it, the rocks of that mountain would transform into Blood Dragon Crystals! Using Blood Dragon Crystals as materials, one can even refine supreme quality treasure-item flying swords, or Heaven Tier medicinal pills. Yes! If the Blood Night King eats Blood Dragon Crystals, his power will skyrocket wildly. His speed will be faster, and the blade edge even sharper, because he will possess dragon power! Humph, humph! The power of one dragon is equivalent to the galloping force of tens of millions of fierce horses!"
Yan said to Fang Han: "These herbal medicines are not worth searching for. We are looking for grand treasures! Now that you possess the World Tree, what treasure can't you buy? Do you really want to pick up this rubbish?"
"That is true! Let me sense where there are powerful treasure auras!"
With a casual toss, Fang Han threw all the herbal medicines he had plucked to Prince Yi. Subsequently, he activated the Five Emperors Great Demon Divine Ability to sense the fluctuations of the Five Elements vital energy between heaven and earth. In a trance, his thoughts instantly swept across a radius of a thousand miles. Any slightly powerful treasure auras could not escape his eyes and ears.
"Rise!"
His body was as fast as lightning, flying and sweeping swiftly, covering a thousand miles in an instant.
Wherever he sensed a powerful treasure aura or magic power fluctuation, he would fiercely fly over.
Rumble! Suddenly, he sensed it. Towards the southwest of his position, a heavy aura, like a mountain or a lofty peak, was breathing in and out; it seemed to be a mountain of treasures.
A lake spanning hundreds of miles appeared before his eyes. In the center of that lake stood a solitary peak! This solitary peak was actually blood-red in color. On this vast lake, the water rippled, its depth unknown, hiding fierce and savage auras within.
Just as Fang Han rushed over, some powerful royal children had already arrived, each flying above the lake.
"Blood Dragon Crystal! This is a mountain peak of Blood Dragon Crystals! Back then, an ancient Heavenly Dragon shed its skin here! If we obtain this mountain peak. Extracting the dragon blood inside, our lifespans could increase by at least a thousand years! Our magic power cultivation will be boundlessly enhanced."
"It's actually a Blood Dragon Crystal mountain peak!"
"Move! None of us can swallow this Blood Dragon Crystal mountain peak alone. We will each use our magic power to shatter this mountain peak and split it equally!"
"Good!"
Several royal children flew out toward that mountain peak. However, right at this moment, the vast surface of the lake suddenly became turbulent with rising waves. Amidst the splashing spray, countless pitch-black colossal creatures flew up from the water. Instantly, dense dark clouds covered the sky, and pillars of water soared up. Amidst the water pillars and dark clouds, over a hundred massive black pythons faintly loomed.
"Black Water King Snakes! They are actually alien species of the ancient primordial era, Black Water King Snakes, and there are so many of them?"
Fang Han also saw them. Those black pythons flying up from the lake, spewing dark clouds, great winds, and dense fog from their mouths, were exactly the Black Water King Snakes he had once encountered at sea. However, the Black Water King Snakes he encountered at sea that time had just advanced to the Divine Ability Mystic Realm and had nothing rare about them. But the aura of every single Black Water King Snake here was ten times more powerful than the ones he had encountered at sea!
Moreover, the few Black Water King Snakes deepest within the dark clouds were even more unfathomable, faintly possessing somewhat of the imposing might of dragons!
Every single Black Water King Snake was a treasure. Even the skins, blood, and flesh of those that had not advanced to the Divine Ability Mystic Realm were treasures. Let alone these Black Water King Snakes that had been tainted by the dragon qi of ancient Heavenly Dragons.
As soon as Fang Han took a look, his eyes instantly shone brightly.
His eyes shone brightly, but those several royal children were distressed. Having just flown over the lake, hundreds of Black Water King Snakes suddenly drilled out. Every single one had overwhelming magic power, besieging them. Seeing this scene, each of them shrieked in terror and immediately fled back the way they came.
However, several Black Water King Snakes closest to them let out a roar. Sound waves vibrated, fierce winds blew up, and countless sparkling water droplets sprayed from their mouths, transforming into flying swords. On each flying sword, musical notes were vibrating; it was actually the Eight Tones of the Heavenly Dragon!
"Eight Tones of the Heavenly Dragon! How could these Black Water King Snakes know this martial art? And they actually know divine abilities? Who taught them divine abilities?" Fang Han was startled. For the demon race to advance to the Divine Ability Mystic Realm and possess magic power was instinct. But after that, they could not progress any further. Because they completely lacked any cultivation methods. Unless they were Great Sages of the demon race, or part of a demonic Dao inheritance, or submitted under someone else's tutelage.
Logically speaking, even if this entire group of Black Water King Snakes had advanced to the Divine Ability Mystic Realm because of this Blood Dragon Crystal mountain peak, it was impossible for them to cultivate True Qi, Astral Qi, or even comprehend Yin and Yang, and break through to Heaven and Human… Without anyone's guidance, without cultivation methods, it would be impossible even in ten thousand years.
But now, the water droplets spewed by several Black Water King Snakes transformed into flying swords with musical notes on them. It was evident that they possessed extremely powerful spiritual sentience and had actually cultivated their water-attribute divine abilities to the level of the Divine Ability Fourth Realm, "Yin Yang Realm."
This was terrifying; they were no longer demonic beasts, but demonic cultivators far more powerful and terrifying than humans!
Monster cultivators.
"What is impossible about this? This is the cultivation method of the immemorial Heavenly Dragons, the True Water Yin Talisman Sword Qi. The various divine abilities of the immemorial Heavenly Dragons are renowned among immortals and demons, across all heavens and myriad realms; they are the real deal. I see that these Black Water King Snakes are very likely the descendants of demonic beasts reared by the immemorial Heavenly Dragons, which is why they know the divine abilities of the immemorial Heavenly Dragons. There might even be treasures and secret manuals of the immemorial Heavenly Dragons here."
"A cultivation secret manual of the immemorial Heavenly Dragons? I wonder what kind of divine abilities they are?" Fang Han did know the formidable power of the Eight Tones of the Heavenly Dragon. Even while still in the Physical Body Realm, he could confront Heavenly Demon Kings of the Divine Ability Mystic Realm with it.
While the two were exchanging spiritual communication at this moment, those several royal children ultimately could not escape the "True Water Yin Talisman Sword Qi" of the Black Water King Snakes. They were directly dismembered by the flying swords formed from true water, turning into a rain of blood that scattered down. Even the magical treasures on their bodies were sliced apart.
These several royal children belonged to distant branch lineages, so their divine abilities were not very strong; they were all characters of the first or second realm. How could they compare to the Black Water King Snakes?
Furthermore, Fang Han had no time to mount a rescue; they had gone in too deep.
"Audacious evildoers!" Right at this moment, suddenly, two streaks of brilliant light, one black and one golden, flew over from the distance with the speed of wind and lightning. The intense auras caused the Black Water King Snakes amidst the dark clouds to become shocked and uneasy.
They were actually Golden Core experts of the Divine Ability Seventh Realm.
Fang Han took one look; it was that Second Prince. Beside him was an even more powerful expert, the "Black Nether King" of the Yellow Spring Demonic Sect, at the Divine Ability Ninth Realm!