"What is this?"
Lin Lu's expression changed drastically. He tried with all his might to destroy the dark green handprint, but quickly realized that it was all futile.
"How could this be?" Everyone's faces turned exceptionally grim. They discovered that they could barely use any spells at all. The moment spiritual energy circulated within their bodies, the dark green handprint erupted, disrupting the flow of spiritual energy through their meridians. Those with weaker cultivation could not cast spells whatsoever. Even stronger cultivators who forced themselves to use them suffered backlash, while their spells' power was drastically reduced. It simply was not worth it—hurting the enemy for eight hundred while damaging themselves for a thousand!
"I'll leave this to you. I'm going to the Treasure Pavilion!"
After deploying the Spirit-Sealing Domain, Jade Maiden spoke to Kong Chen, who had begun playing his zither nearby.
"Alright!"
Kong Chen nodded, immersing himself in the sound of his zither, while Jade Maiden flashed away and entered the Crimson Flame Sect's Treasure Pavilion.
"There really are quite a few good things here!" Jade Maiden casually broke several formations and muttered to herself as she looked at the mountain-like piles of spirit stones and treasures inside.
The Akatsuki organization did not lack magic treasures or spiritual artifacts, but it was desperately short on spirit stones. The Cosmic Light Hall consumed far too many spirit stones; its expenditure was measured in the hundreds of millions. No wonder Zero Burial could not resist making a move against these factions. After all, this was the fastest way to make money.
Outside, beneath the lingering strains of the zither, vast numbers of cherry blossom petals spiraled from Kong Chen's fingertips, while many more came from the illusory cherry blossom tree. Once these petals merged with Kong Chen's Purity Domain, the