Moyu's Blade

A serpent-shaped strand of Black Nen coiled around a humanoid statue with a pair of bat wings.

Ryan, Baibo, and Mantis's expressions shifted slightly.

Before entering the temple, they had asked Baibo to scout the interior with En, but he had not detected this Black Nen.

And when the three of them entered the temple and first laid eyes on the humanoid statue, they had not seen the Black Nen either.

Then they had turned their attention to the mountain of gold coins. In the time it took to glance over it a few times, the Black Nen had appeared out of thin air.

This sudden, bizarre phenomenon put all three men on their guard.

During their operations, the Elimo Thieves Group did not limit themselves to theft and robbery. Occasionally, they also targeted large ruins or tombs.

After enough such expeditions, they were bound to encounter post-mortem Nen in a tomb or ruin once or twice.

But compared with the post-mortem Nen coiling around the humanoid statue before them, or the post-mortem Nen controlling the countless suits of armor and Head-Holding Human Statues outside...

The post-mortem Nen they had encountered before was hardly worth mentioning.

The two were on completely different levels.

Baibo and Mantis both looked at Ryan.

Whatever their team encountered, they always followed Ryan's lead.

They never questioned his decisions and trusted him completely.

"We have to get that crown."

After only a moment's thought, Ryan made his decision.

The most valuable item in the entire temple was undoubtedly the Pure Gold Crown set with seven-colored gemstones atop the statue's head.

Put an ornate object steeped in history like that up for auction, and the wealthiest collectors who adored such things would flock to it, perhaps even go mad over it.

So—

They could leave all