Unexpected

In everyone's eyes, the several corpses laid out before the crystal wall had not decayed even after so many years. While that was certainly because the currents in this space contained a special energy that slowed the body's decline, their cultivation in life must also have been extraordinarily powerful.

Even the weakest among them had been a martial artist who had attained the Innate realm, and likely an expert in body-tempering like Kuang Du.

The strongest might well have stood only a single step from the Celestial realm. Trying to kill such a person with the power of treasures alone was simply unrealistic.

But if their opponent had been this entire Thunder Marsh, then everything was vastly different. At least in everyone's eyes, no expert could resist the whole of Thunder Marsh by their own strength.

To put it bluntly, the fact that these few had been able to leave behind intact corpses already counted as good luck.

Who knew how many unlucky ones had been blasted to powder by the power of Thunder Marsh? Some of the bone dust piled on the ground might well have belonged to experts.

"How about it? This crystal palace is faintly connected as one with Thunder Marsh. When you attacked the crystal, you were in fact attacking Thunder Marsh. Luckily, you had the sense to merely test it and didn't stubbornly strike with all your strength. Otherwise, you might have dragged us all down with you."

Rong Xi's expression held a trace of delight, but his words showed no mercy as he snapped at Yan Qiu before turning to Xiang Yang and the others.

"The events of that time happened far, far too long ago. No one knows how to open the crystal palace at the bottom of Thunder Marsh. We can only