Two quarters of an hour later, the chaotic scramble came to an end.
Mu Chen had obtained the low-grade Divine Artifact, the Black Tortoise Seal.
Wu Yingying held a Jade Ruler, its entire length a verdant green, shaped like a hundred different herbs.
The Four Seas Spiritual Academy had obtained a green wooden vine, ancient and smooth.
The three Divine Artifacts had found their owners, and the seven top-grade Spirit Artifacts soon found theirs as well.
Mu Kui and the others, together with four Wood God Guards at the Spirit Soul Tribulation level, had forcibly snatched three Spirit Soldiers—nearly half of all the top-grade Spirit Artifacts.
Out of more than a hundred Spirit Academies, only six or seven had gained anything.
The various factions, wary of the strength of the three Northern Heavens academies, were seething with frustration but didn't dare snatch anything by force.
In the end, they could only charge toward the ancient main hall behind the plaza in a fit of fury, hoping to make up for their losses at the Wood God Academy. A melee quickly broke out.
The Four Seas Spiritual Academy had made a killing and was preparing to leave.
But the moment its four teams, numbering around twenty people, stepped out of the hall, a mysterious domain enveloped them. Their bodies grew heavy, and even the flow of spiritual energy within them slowed.
"Everyone, might I ask your academy for an item?"
Mu Chen sat cross-legged in midair, gazing down at the crowd.
Above his head, the Black Tortoise Seal blazed with light and swelled to enormous proportions, intimidating everyone present.
"Demon, are you planning to borrow our heads again?"
"Come on, then! The Four Seas Spiritual Academy isn't afraid of you. Fight, fight, fight!"
The Four Seas Spiritual Academy's usually valiant and