The distance of one hundred and fifty thousand li was not particularly far.
At Lu Yuan's full speed, it only took a dozen or so breaths.
Soon.
The outline of Crimson Flame Ancient City entered everyone's line of sight.
Ancient, weathered, and dilapidated.
That was everyone's first impression of the city.
The walls were riddled with gaps, weeds grew thickly within the city, and not a trace of life could be seen.
Qing Wuji flew to Lu Yuan's side and gazed at Crimson Flame Ancient City. "This Crimson Flame Ancient City is very famous."
"Hmm?"
"There's an extremely powerful Ghost inside the city called the Crimson Flame Lord. It has existed since the day Divine Martial Heavenly Ruins was born, and no one has been able to kill it to this day," Qing Wuji said.
"Are you worried I can't defeat this Ghost?"
Lu Yuan asked with a smile.
Qing Wuji nodded, then shook his head and said, "A little. More importantly, the stronger the Ghost, the larger the Law Crystal inside its body. That's why this Ghost will attract many people."
The value of a Law Crystal mainly depended on its size. The small ones were only as big as a thumb, while the large ones were as big as a bull's head. The larger they were, the higher their value.
Lu Yuan smiled. "It doesn't matter. The more people who come, the better. We'll kill them all in one go, then we can search in peace."
Hearing this, Qing Wuji smiled from the bottom of his heart.
"I just like how confident you are. I hope you can do what you say. I don't want to get myself killed. I have a bright future ahead of me."
"Get lost!"
Lu Yuan cursed with a laugh, then turned to the others and said, "Whoever kills a Ghost gets to keep it. How much you gain depends on your own ability. If you encounter mortal danger, shout for help. Whoever is nearby should go and assist."
"Yes, Captain Lu."
"All right, let's enter the city."
With that, Lu Yuan entered the city first.
His goal was simple as well: he wanted every Ghost whose Law Crystal was as large as a fist.
Especially the Crimson Flame Lord. Once it was successfully killed, its Law Crystal would be the size of a human head even if it wasn't as large as a bull's head.
A Law Crystal the size of a human head would have a starting auction price of at least ten billion Star Source Crystals.
To the currently impoverished Lu Yuan, that was practically a treasure trove.
Not long after entering the city.
Lu Yuan encountered the first Ghost.
This Ghost was over two meters tall. Its two eye sockets were the size of fists, and ghostly green flames danced inside them.
Its entire body was deathly pale, and abnormal bone growth had formed a layer of bone armor over it.
Even so, it still vaguely retained the shape of a human.
Upon seeing Lu Yuan, the Ghost waved its nearly half-meter-long claws, let out a wuwuwu sound, and charged over.
Lu Yuan showed it great respect. He clenched his fist and punched it straight in the face.
Boom!
The long street trembled. Dust accumulated over ten thousand years was swept away in an instant, vanishing without a trace.
The Ghost was directly blasted into powder by the punch. A breeze blew, scattering it completely.
Yet at the instant the Ghost died.
Lu Yuan seemed to see a look of liberation on its face.
A blue crystal the size of a fist lay quietly on the ground.
Lu Yuan walked over, bent down to pick it up, blew away the dust, and held it up under the sunlight to examine it carefully.
The entire crystal radiated a deep-blue glow. It was breathtakingly beautiful and possessed a peculiar magic. The longer one looked at it, the more it felt as though one would sink into it.
"Starting off with a bang."
Lu Yuan smiled, then put the blue crystal into his storage ring.
Although it didn't look very large, being only the size of a fist.
That single Law Crystal was already worth several tens of millions of Star Source Crystals.
"Keep looking."
Lu Yuan glanced around, then continued moving.
Crimson Flame Ancient City was enormous, but there were very few Ghosts.
It made sense when one thought about it. After all, Divine Martial Heavenly Ruins had already opened more than ten times. Each time, over ten thousand people entered, and every time they conducted a gluttonous sweep.
By now, Ghosts had practically become an endangered species.
Aside from a few particularly powerful Ghosts that remained, the weaker ones had long since been swept clean.
In another direction of Crimson Flame Ancient City.
Nangong Muyue was also leading a group of people in sweeping through the city.
Nangong Muyue was truly beautiful. She had a delicate oval face and a figure that was full in all the right places. Dressed in a long ice-blue skirt, she possessed a fresh and refined bearing.
The only problem was that she wore an icy expression toward everyone, as though they owed her money.
Just then.
A young man came running from ahead and stopped in front of Nangong Muyue, panting heavily. "S-Senior Sister Nangong, we found them. There really are others in the city besides us."
Nangong Muyue said coldly, "Did you see clearly which continent they're from?"
"The Dark Continent. I recognize one of them. He's the Young Master of Qingling Star Travel, Qing Wuji."
The man answered without hesitation.
"The Dark Continent!"
A strange glimmer flashed through Nangong Muyue's eyes. She turned to everyone and said, "Stop searching for now. We'll deal with everyone from the Dark Continent first."
"Yes, Senior Sister Nangong."
Unlike the Dark Continent, which was divided into five teams, everyone from the Bright Continent was in a single team.
Therefore, on the surface, the Bright Continent's combined strength was practically the strongest among all the continents.
On Lu Yuan's side, his group had no idea that someone was already preparing to eliminate them aggressively. They were all still searching for Ghosts.
Boom!
Once again, the clutter filling a street was swept away by the force of a fist.
Lu Yuan withdrew his fist. Another Law Crystal was in hand.
"We've only found five Ghosts after all this time. The people who came before us really left nothing behind!"
Lu Yuan complained.
"At this rate, it won't do. The efficiency is too low."
Lu Yuan was very dissatisfied with his current gains.
His thoughts inevitably turned to the Crimson Flame Lord.
"I'll go straight to the Crimson Flame Lord. One Crimson Flame Lord should be worth at least ten Ghosts."
Having made up his mind, Lu Yuan was about to act.
But just then.
A shrill scream rang across the sky.
Lu Yuan abruptly turned his head, his gaze sharpening.
"That direction—it's Qing Wuji and the others."
Without hesitation, Lu Yuan immediately charged toward the source of the scream.
"Too weak. One of the most famous prodigies of the Dark Continent, and this is all the strength you have?"
Nangong Muyue held an ice-blue longsword in her hand. Cold air radiated from the entire blade. The moment that chill touched the ground, it froze the entire surface into an icy plain.
This was an Extreme Dao Saint Artifact.
In front of Nangong Muyue, blood stained the corner of Qing Wuji's mouth, and there was a bloody hole in his chest that constantly emitted cold air.
Qing Wuji's face was purplish-blue. Even so, he still shielded the group of Qingling Star Travel prodigies behind him, refusing to retreat even half a step.
Faced with Nangong Muyue's taunt.
Qing Wuji did not deny it. He merely said coldly, "Nangong Muyue, I'm not your opponent."
Nangong Muyue's icy face remained utterly expressionless.
"My opponent is of course not you. You're not qualified to be my opponent. Killing you is merely taking out the trash. As for Lu Yuan, he barely has the strength to be my opponent—but the result will be the same. You'll all die!"
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