The appearance of a Spirit Bone sent the entire venue into an uproar.
No one had expected to see a Spirit Bone appear in the fourth round of the preliminary tournament for the continent-wide advanced Spirit Master academy elite tournament.
Anyone with even a little knowledge of Spirit Masters knew that every Spirit Bone was worth an astronomical sum. They were treasures money could scarcely buy, and almost no one was willing to sell one.
Huyan Li actually possessed a Spirit Bone-and an exceedingly precious, rare Head Spirit Bone at that.
Almost every Spirit Master in the stands was dumbstruck, overwhelmed by shock and envy. They could not help discussing it with those beside them, some clicking their tongues in admiration, others whispering among themselves.
The ordinary spectators, who had no idea what was happening, pricked up their ears to listen to the Spirit Masters explain Spirit Bones. Though they still did not quite understand what a Spirit Bone was, it was clearly something extraordinary. All they needed to do was cheer.
And so, the entire venue erupted.
Possessing a Spirit Bone was a matter of enormous consequence. Once that fact was exposed, its owner would undoubtedly become a target for covetous eyes.
After all, Spirit Bones could be stolen.
The actual method was simple: kill the owner, or sever the part of their body containing the Spirit Bone, then strip the Spirit Bone from the bones it had fused with.
The methods used to plunder Spirit Bones were invariably brutal. In short, the victim either lost a limb or met a violent death.
For someone like Huyan Li, who possessed a Head Spirit Bone, there was only one possible outcome if someone coveted and stole it: death.
His Spirit Bone had fused with his skull, one of the most