Post-Battle Division of Spoils

The Azure Sea Heavy Yuan Treasure Pearl truly lives up to its name, as Ling Pengyun incorporated numerous First-Tier Superior-Grade Water Spirit Iron into it, and even ten jin of Third Rank High Grade Heavy Yuan Treasure Iron into it.

This makes the treasure far more durable than other Law Treasure of the same rank, even more durable than mid- Third Rank Middle Grade defensive Law Treasure.

The three attacks launched by the Red Armor Crab King only knocked the sturdy pearl away, without causing much damage to it.

Seeing this, Ling Pengyun was also delighted. He quickly stabilized the Magic Treasure Prototype, the Azure Sea Heavy Yuan Treasure Pearl, and took the initiative to meet the Golden Core, the Law Treasure Red Armor Giant Scissor, and the two phantom giant pincers that the demon king had launched.

He then activated the "Gravity Magnetic Field" ability attached to the Azure Sea Heavy Yuan Treasure Pearl, pressing it down on the three attacks.

The three attacks came completely unprepared. The sudden appearance of gravity pressed down on them, causing their bodies to sink and causing them to miss the best time to attack.

Taking advantage of this moment, the Azure Sea Heavy Yuan Treasure Pearl fiercely bombarded the three attacks, causing the Demon Golden Core's Golden Core, the Law Treasure Red Armor Giant Scissor, and the two illusory giant pincers to retreat step by step.

He single-handedly suppressed those three powerful attacks.

The injured Jia Mu Zhenren took advantage of the moment when the Azure Sea Heavy Yuan Treasure Pearl blocked the attack to quickly mobilize the powerful spiritual energy in his body to reduce the injuries to his arms and the surging Qi and Blood pressure in his body.

Jia Mu Zhenren had just narrowly escaped death, was also enraged. He snorted and stopped conserving his spiritual energy, frantically channeling it into the long spear Law Treasure in his hand.

At the same time, a tremendous force of spear intent erupted from his body, directly dividing the surrounding seawater into two parts.

The immense spear intent also surged into the wooden spear magic Law Treasure in Jia Mu Zhenren's hand.

In less than half a breath, a giant azure spear light, fifty feet long, burst forth from the tip of the spear in Jia Mu Zhenren's hand.

Jia Mu Zhenren then threw the spear forcefully.

"Jia Mu Spear Whirlwind!"

Jia Mu Zhenren Hand Seals and pondered for a moment.

The long spear that flew out, carrying a giant spear tip, began to spin rapidly.

This action stirred up countless seawater droplets, and a massive Water Dragon also gathered around the giant spear's beam.

The giant, spinning spear-like beam struck the defensive light barrier surrounding the Red Armor Crab Demon king, who was at the Golden Core Second Layer, with lightning speed.

This rotating spear beam was formed from the secret spear technique "Jia Mu Spear Whirlwind," which is best at breaking through enemy defenses.

Furthermore, the Jia Mu Zhenren who performed this technique possessed a cultivation level as high as the Golden Core Fourth Layer, and the wooden Law Treasure weapon he wielded was a top-tier Middle Vehicle, Third Rank Low Grade Law Treasure.

This meant that the defensive light barrier erected by the Red Armor Crab Demon King was shattered by the Jia Mu Spear Whirlwind before it could even last half a breath.

Then, the giant rotating spear beam rushed straight in and swiftly struck the body of the Red Armor Crab Demon king.

The red armor on this demon's body is indeed exceptionally strong, only slightly weaker than defensive Law Artifact of the same rank.

Even with its mastery of breaking through protective barriers, the Jia Mu Spear Whirlwind, before exhausting its remaining power, could only crack the red shell of the crab demon's body.

However, although the Jia Mu Spear Whirlwind had exhausted its remaining power, the large area of "Burning Yuan True Fire" that had been burning the protective light barrier around the demon was now directly burned onto the body of the Red Armor Crab Demon because the spear's light had shattered its defensive Divine Ability.

The red carapace on this demon's body is strong in defense, but not very resistant to fire.

In addition, this Burning Yuan True Fire is exceptionally powerful, comparable to the true fire unleashed by an ordinary Third Rank Low Grade Law Treasure.

In an instant, this true fire caused the Red Armor Crab Demon king unbearable suffering, and it kept emitting mournful howls.

Even from that real fire, a faint aroma of meat wafted out.

The Jia Mu Zhenren, naturally, wouldn't miss this opportunity. He quickly withdrew his wooden spear magic Law Treasure, gripped it tightly in his hand, took a step forward, traversed hundreds of feet, and rushed to the front of the Red Armor Crab Demon King. He continuously swung his spear Law Treasure, attacking the cracks on the red armor of the Red Armor Crab Demon King's body.

As the spear continued its attacks, the cracks on the demon king's red armor continued to widen.

The Burning Yuan True Fire on the body of the Red Armor Crab King, under Ling Pengyun's control, transformed into a thread that penetrated deep into the flesh of the Red Armor Crab Demon King through the cracks, burning all the flesh and blood inside its body.

If this demon hadn't used its powerful spiritual energy to stop the Burning Yuan True Fire within its body in time, its flesh and blood would probably have been burned to ashes by these flames.

After exchanging several more blows, Jia Mu Zhenren finally managed to punch a fist-sized gash in the Red Armor Crab Demon King's sturdy red armor with his spear.

He then thrust out his spear, piercing through the largest crack in the Red Armor Crab Demon Red Armor Crab Demon's body.

However, Golden Core Demon Beast are generally quite resilient. Even if their inner bodies are completely destroyed, they can rebuild their physical bodies with the help of the Golden Core, although it will require a lot of resources and time.

This also meant that the wound that pierced his body did not pose a life-threatening threat to the Red Armor Crab Demon King.

Seeing the huge gap appear on the sturdy red armor of the Red Armor Crab Demon from a thousand feet away, Ling Pengyun's eyes lit up with joy.

"A good time."

He formed hand Hand Seals, controlling the vast expanse of Burning Yuan True Fire that was burning the red armor around the Demon King, and swarmed into it through the huge opening on the Red Armor Crab Demon's body.

Although the Red Armor Crab Demon King continued to use its spiritual power to block, it was simply unable to withstand such a massive amount of Burning Yuan True Fire.

In just a short while, the flesh and blood inside the demon's body were burned to ashes, leaving only an empty shell, devoid of any life.

Upon seeing this, Ling Pengyun's eyes lit up, and he immediately summoned the Burning Yuan Treasure Lamp, a magic Law Treasure- level artifact, and placed it on the corpse of the Red Armor Crab Demon.

The lamp emitted a powerful suction force, drawing in a faint green light Daoist scriptures within the corpse of the Red Armor Crab Demon King.

However, according to the feedback from the lamp, the eerie green spiritual light formed from the Red Armor Crab Demon's soul was not perfect and had a slight defect.

"Not good."

Ling Pengyun raised an eyebrow and muttered to himself.

At that very moment, the demon Golden Core, which was entangled by the Azure Sea Heavy Yuan Treasure Pearl, suddenly stopped attacking and attempted to flee into the distance.

However, due to the Gravity Magnetic Field activated by the Azure Sea Heavy Yuan Treasure Pearl, its speed was reduced by 30% to 40%, and its speed slowed down.

Ling Pengyun, who had sensed something was wrong early on, saw that the situation had changed and immediately controlled the Azure Sea Heavy Yuan Treasure Pearl, smashing the Golden Core directly into the seabed deep in the sea, creating a huge crater.

That Golden Core was also completely suppressed by the Azure Sea Heavy Yuan Treasure Pearl.

The Law Treasure "Red Armor Giant Scissor" and the two phantom giant pincers that the Red Armor Crab Demon King used earlier, although intended to help the Golden Core carrying the remnant soul of the Red Armor Crab King escape, were simply no match for the Azure Sea Heavy Yuan Treasure Pearl, which had a solid body and weighed as much as 330,000 catties.

In addition, Jia Mu Zhenren came to the rescue in time, and with the wooden spear Law Treasure in his hand, he quickly subdued the Red Armor Giant Scissor Law Treasure.

Those two giant, phantom pincers formed from Law Power were shattered by Jia Mu Zhenren.

Subsequently, Ling Pengyun and Jiamu Zhenren also made their move together, mobilizing their vast divine sense power and directly pouring it into the golden core of the Red-Armored Crab King, which was being pressed firmly onto the seabed by the Azure Ocean Heavy Yuan Pearl, forcing out the remnant soul of the demon king left inside the golden core.

Because the remnant soul power within that Golden Core is not strong, and the soul power of Demon Beast is inherently weaker than that of a cultivator by nearly one, or even two or three times.

This allowed Ling Pengyun and Jia Mu Zhenren, two individuals with powerful Divine Sense, to expel the remnant soul of the Red Armor Crab Demon King from the Golden Core Golden Core in just a few dozen breaths.

Ling Pengyun once again summoned the Burning Yuan Lamp, absorbing the remnant soul of the Red Armor Crab Demon King into the lamp.

The Burning Yuan Lamp, having absorbed the complete soul of Golden Core Second Layer Demon Beast, was quite satisfied and expressed its gratitude to its Master, Ling Pengyun.

Also, it will be going into a deep sleep soon, and hopes that its Master Ling Pengyun, will not disturb it.

This treasure has been at the third-tier Law Treasure level for nearly a hundred years and has already developed some intelligence. Even though Ling Pengyun modified it into a Righteous Path Law Artifact and its grade dropped back to the Magic Treasure Prototype level, its intelligence was still retained.

If this treasure reaches the Fourth Rank, it wouldn't be impossible to let it fight automatically.

Upon seeing the thought transmitted by the Burning Yuan Lamp, Ling Pengyun was overjoyed and thought to himself.

"I wonder how much its power will increase after this lamp refines the soul of that Red Armor Crab Demon at the Golden Core Second Layer."

Ling Pengyun had no hope of upgrading this treasure to the Third Rank Low Grade with just a mere Golden Core stage Demon Beast soul.

According to Ling Pengyun's estimate, at least three early-stage Golden Core Demon Beast souls would be needed to upgrade this Magic Treasure Prototype Burning Yuan Lamp to the Third Rank Low Grade level.

"We finally managed to kill this demon. Golden Core Demon Beast are really troublesome. Fortunately, Fellow Ling Daoyou helped us this time."

The Jia Mu Zhenren, standing to the side, gazed at the complete Golden Core that had been pressed beneath the seabed by the Azure Sea Heavy Yuan Treasure Pearl, his eyes gleaming with brilliance.

However, he did not take it away immediately, but instead smiled and said something to Ling Pengyun.

"Jia Wood Jia Wood Jiamu is joking. With Jia Wood strength, you could probably kill this demon on your own. I am fortunate to have you by my side today."

Ling Pengyun snapped out of his daze, smiled, and replied.

He had witnessed Master Jia Mu Zhenren unleashing a Middle Vehicle Divine Ability called "Jia Mu Profound Lightning".

With such powerful Divine Ability abilities, Jia Mu Zhenren would indeed have a chance to kill the Red Armor Crab King on his own, but this would likely require Jia Mu Zhenren to expend a great deal of effort.

For example, being seriously injured, or having many high-level pills to restore spiritual power, or using third-level Spirit Talisman Cave or other spiritual objects as trump cards.

It was precisely for this reason that Jia Mu Zhenren, who always sought stability, sought out Ling Pengyun, a person of considerable strength.

"Ling Daoyou, let's skip the mutual flattery. We've already slain this Red Armor Crab Demon King, who was at the Golden Core Second Layer stage. We've separated its Golden Core from its body, but it gained an unexpected Lifebound Magic Treasure: the Red Armor Giant Scissor. Would you like these Law Treasure, Fellow Daoist?"

Jia Mu Zhenren asked the crucial question.

"No need!"

Upon hearing this, Ling Pengyun thought it over and considered that he already had the Azure Sea Heavy Yuan Treasure Pearl, Magic Treasure Prototype comparable to a low-grade Third Rank Low Grade Law Treasure, and the powerful Burning Yuan Lamp, Magic Treasure Prototype, so he was not lacking in attack power for the time being.

Furthermore, having acquired this Third Rank Low Grade Law Treasure, worth at least 300,000 spirit stones, he would also have to pay a price equivalent to the weapon itself, which would be at least 150,000 spirit Spirit Stone. He couldn't afford that many Spirit Stone at the moment.

Rather than accept this, it would be better to forgo the item and instead receive a share of Spirit Stone, he replied.

"How about selling this treasure? In just half a month, there will be a small auction held every three years in the Wood Origin Marketplace where I am stationed. There will be quite a few people there. If we put this item up for auction, it should sell."

"After this item is sold, we will split the Spirit Stone from the sale equally."

"It was suggested by Jia Mu Zhenren."

"Let's do it that way." Ling Pengyun nodded in agreement.

The two agreed and stopped chatting.

Ling Pengyun withdrew the Azure Sea Heavy Yuan Treasure Pearl, handed the Golden Core that he had placed in front of him to Jia Mu Zhenren, and then put away the body of the Golden Core stage Red Armor Crab King in the distance.