Yang Feng looked at Grand Duke Gonio's treasury, a trace of admiration in his eyes. "What an enormous treasury. If the resources here can be fully utilized, they could completely forge a Warlock faction comparable to one of the Ten Great Sects of the Azure Plane."
Grand Duke Gonio was a powerful Blood Clan Grand Duke at the half-step Prince level. He had reached his bottleneck tens of thousands of years ago and, constrained by his bloodline shackles, had been unable to advance any further. Nor had he intended to cultivate another Blood Clan Grand Duke, so his treasury was piled with countless resources—all spoils of war accumulated through his Southward Conquests and Northern Wars.
Blood Clan Grand Dukes were equal beings. They obeyed only the True Ancestor of their own bloodline; even Blood Clan Princes could not command them. That was precisely why Grand Duke Gonio had not cultivated any other Blood Clan Grand Dukes.
"This is a King-Level Secret Treasure!!"
At the deepest part of the treasury stood a colossal blood pool spanning several thousand square kilometers, mixed with countless kinds of blood. At the center of the vast pool floated a longsword inscribed with innumerable crimson curse marks. Strands of incomparably terrifying blood energy seeped from the scarlet sword. The moment Yang Feng saw it, his heart stirred slightly, and he reached a conclusion.
Yang Feng stared at the longsword floating above the blood pool, gravity flashing through his eyes. "Blood Clan powerhouses are not skilled in artifact refinement. This longsword should be a secret treasure forged for Grand Duke Gonio by a human Alchemist of the Azure Plane at Great Grandmaster level or above, using his own alchemical knowledge. Fortunately, this secret treasure has not yet taken shape. Otherwise, trying to encircle and kill him would