God-Slaying Ring

Inside the Hall of Treasures.

Lei Zhan flipped through the Treasure Catalog in his hands, page by page.

Cold-Dark Sword Formation.

Composed of nine top-grade Earth-tier flying swords, each one forged from the precious Cold-Dark Yin Iron...

Although Daoist Sanshou rated it as top-grade Earth-tier, in terms of sheer power, it was slightly superior to the average Heaven-tier flying sword.

Having roamed the North Dark Sea for several years, Lei Zhan's eye for magical treasures had broadened. A treasure like the Cold-Dark Sword Formation would fetch at least five thousand jin of Essence Liquid per sword at Tianbao Mountain, and since they originated from the same source, selling the entire set together would be worth sixty to seventy thousand jin of Essence Liquid.

Brocade Cloud Miasma... a top-grade Earth-tier defensive magical treasure...

Hundred-Poison Immortal Binding Array... an Earth-tier magical treasure array...

Lei Zhan slowly browsed through the items one by one. Because of the Yellow-Haired Great Bear's favor, he was allowed to select two items from the entire collection of Earth-tier treasures, so he was being exceptionally careful.

After all, the number of magical treasures within the Hall of Treasures was simply staggering!

"Senior Great Bear," Lei Zhan said after browsing for a while, turning his head toward the Yellow-Haired Great Bear.

"You know me, Senior. There are too many treasures in this hall. Rather than getting dazzled and confused, it would be better if you helped me filter them."

"My requirements aren't high; I just prefer the ones with the most components and the highest value!"

The Yellow-Haired Great Bear widened his eyes. "The most components? The highest value? You call those requirements 'not high'?"

The treasures in the Hall of Treasures were numerous, but everything is subject to comparison. These two criteria alone filtered out ninety-nine percent of the available items.

The Yellow-Haired Great Bear shook his head and waved a paw. The Treasure Catalog in Lei Zhan's hands instantly became much thinner.

"What remains are those with many components and high value. And the rare materials you need for your Star-Plucking Hand... I've included those as well!"

Lei Zhan had cleared the fourth level of the War God Hall and his God-Devil Body Refining had broken through to the Wanxiang level. After this selection, he would have no more opportunities to choose Earth-tier treasures, so the Yellow-Haired Great Bear naturally couldn't be bothered to put in extra effort.

"Thank you, Senior Great Bear." Lei Zhan nodded and reopened the catalog.

"Yin-Yang Life-Death Array? Composed of one hundred and eighty fire-attribute top-grade Earth-tier flying knives and one hundred and eighty water-attribute top-grade Earth-tier flying knives?"

The moment Lei Zhan opened the first page, he saw a massive treasure array. It consisted of three hundred and sixty top-grade Earth-tier magical treasures that could form the Yin-Yang Life-Death Array, possessing immense power.

"Water and fire-attribute top-grade Earth-tier treasures—they are perfectly suited for me to execute the Water-Fire Grinding Disc." Lei Zhan nodded and turned the page. Based on his understanding of the Yellow-Haired Great Bear, the further back a treasure was recorded in the catalog, the more precious it was!

"Hm? This set is even more suitable!" Lei Zhan's eyes burned with intensity as he looked at the book. "Earth-Fiend Primordial Chaos Sword Formation? A set of seven hundred and twenty top-grade Earth-tier flying swords?"

In this sword formation, every single flying sword was forged from precious Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Jade and Earth-Fiend Gold Essence, with each one nearly rivaling the swords in the Cold-Dark Sword Formation.

Furthermore, because all seven hundred and twenty swords shared the same origin, the power of the Earth-Fiend Primordial Chaos Sword Formation was even greater than the Yin-Yang Life-Death Array he had just seen!

However, with so many treasures, the demands on his soul to fully control them were significantly higher.

Fortunately, Lei Zhan's soul had already reached the level of Divine Sense. While controlling over seven hundred top-grade Earth-tier flying swords at once would be taxing, it was not impossible.

Satisfied, Lei Zhan added this set to his list of candidates.

Although his Qi Refining Path was not inferior to his God-Devil Body Refining, his methods were ultimately lacking. With the help of this set of treasures, his strength in the Qi Refining Path would improve drastically.

Rustle.

Rustle.

Inside the Hall of Treasures, Lei Zhan browsed in silence.

Soon, he found the Five Elements Essence that the Yellow-Haired Great Bear had mentioned for the second stage of the Star-Plucking Hand.

"Three-Colored Profound Stone? Containing the essences of metal, earth, and fire?" Lei Zhan's hand paused as he flipped the page. "Only three?"

Whoosh!

As he turned the page, a rare material resembling jade marrow caught his eye.

As expected, Lei Zhan felt a sense of helplessness.

"Azure Wood Ice-Heart Marrow?"

Lei Zhan looked up at the Yellow-Haired Great Bear. "Senior Great Bear, these two rare materials... are they recorded incorrectly?"

"Hm?"

The Yellow-Haired Great Bear was stunned for a moment before realizing what he meant. He looked at Lei Zhan with a sly smile.

"How could they be recorded incorrectly? These two rare materials containing the Five Elements Essence are inherently precious and are usually kept among the Heaven-tier treasures. If it weren't for the fact that you obtained the Star-Plucking Hand left behind by my master, I wouldn't have placed them here at all!"

"This..." Lei Zhan was speechless. The Yellow-Haired Great Bear was truly a treasure spirit who had lived for endless ages; with just one sentence, he had blocked Lei Zhan's argument.

"Senior Great Bear, if these Five Elements Essences were together, I might have chosen them, but separated..." Lei Zhan shook his head and continued flipping toward the back.

A long time passed.

Lei Zhan reached the final page of the catalog. "God-Slaying Ring!"

It really was there! Lei Zhan felt a surge of joy. Although he already possessed three treasures gifted by Immortal Juhua, he could never have too many life-saving items.

This God-Slaying Ring was completely unreasonable; it could forcibly rip an enemy's soul and true spirit right out of their body, even if they were powerful God-Devils whose souls and divine power were perfectly fused!

"That God-Slaying Ring is just a little trinket my master forged when he was bored."

The Yellow-Haired Great Bear watched Lei Zhan, who had fallen into deep thought. "Although Juhua gifted you a few treasures, that Dao talisman containing his full-strength strike is best suited for Qi Refining cultivators. Against powerful God-Devils, its effectiveness is far less potent."

"Hmm." Lei Zhan nodded.

God-Devils at the Purple Mansion level could achieve Rebirth from a Drop of Blood, and those powerful God-Devils could even split into independent individuals from a single drop of blood or a wisp of divine power.

If Immortal Juhua's full-strength strike could not completely annihilate a God-Devil in an instant, then the one who would die next would be Lei Zhan himself.

"Can this God-Slaying Ring kill a Void-Returning God-Devil?" Lei Zhan asked curiously. He knew that the God-Slaying Ring could render the ancient Primordial Spirit-level God-Devil Xiangliu Fang completely powerless, but a Void-Returning God-Devil... Lei Zhan felt a bit uncertain.

"Kill a Void-Returning God-Devil?" The Yellow-Haired Great Bear's eyes widened. "Void-Returning God-Devils are comparable to some Celestial Immortals; how could they be so easily killed?"

"However..."

"Hmm?"

Lei Zhan, who had been somewhat disappointed, saw his eyes light up instantly.

"However what?" Lei Zhan asked hurriedly.

"If it is a Void-Returning God-Devil in its peak state, the God-Slaying Ring naturally has less than a twenty percent chance. But if it is used in conjunction with that talisman refined by Juhua..."

"Juhua has lived for millions of years. If he strikes with his full power, even an ordinary Void-Returning God-Devil would have to pay a heavy price. Once that God-Devil is severely injured, using this God-Slaying Ring gives a fifty percent chance of causing the Void-Returning God-Devil to die on the spot!"

"Of course, even if you only use this God-Slaying Ring, any God-Devil below the Void-Returning level will surely die!"

The Yellow-Haired Great Bear's eyes were full of confidence. His master was a True God born from the chaos, and the vast majority of beings in the Star-Plucking Great World were God-Devils, so he naturally understood them extremely well.

Most importantly, it was not that there were no rare treasures in the Hall of Treasures capable of killing Void-Returning God-Devils, but no matter how highly he regarded Lei Zhan, he would not place them among the Earth-rank magical treasures and curiosities.

Lei Zhan nodded; what the Yellow-Haired Great Bear said undoubtedly made his eyes shine.

With this combination of moves, even when facing a Void-Returning level God-Devil, he would not be without the power to fight back.

Even if he could not kill the opponent, the time created in the process would be enough for Lei Zhan to crush the Great Teleportation Dao Talisman and escape to a sufficiently safe place.

"Have you decided?" The Yellow-Haired Great Bear looked at Lei Zhan.

"Senior, I choose this God-Slaying Ring and the Earth-Fiend Primordial Chaos Sword Formation!" Lei Zhan smiled.

The God-Slaying Ring would naturally greatly increase his trump cards. As for the Earth-Fiend Primordial Chaos Sword Formation, even if he didn't end up using it, it would still be worth a considerable amount of Essence Liquid.

"Come." The Yellow-Haired Great Bear gestured toward the space above.

Deep in the void above, points of starlight suddenly descended one after another, quickly piercing through the restrictions and arriving in front of Lei Zhan.

This was a set of magical treasures featuring a palm-sized formation disk. The disk secretly corresponded to the number of Earth-Fiends, and flying sword treasures—each entirely black with specks of gold—had been shrunk countless times, stuck upside down on the disk like dense embroidery needles, emitting waves of astonishing aura fluctuations.

The other item was a seemingly plain black ring. Divine patterns were coiled around the black ring, and although it looked unremarkable, Lei Zhan felt his soul tremble with fear the moment he looked at it.

"Very well. You have chosen your treasures. The next time you come, it will be when you have cleared the fifth floor of the War God Hall or when your God-Devil Body Refining has broken through to the Primordial Spirit level." The Yellow-Haired Great Bear shook his head. "You mentioned earlier that you wanted to go to the Star Hall, so let's go together!"

"Alright." Lei Zhan nodded, waving his sleeve to collect both treasures.

It might be a long time before he could come back again.

Regarding that Cold-Dark Sword Formation, the original work said it cost ten thousand catties of Essence Liquid per sword, which feels too exaggerated! Although these top-tier supreme magical treasures can rival Heaven-rank treasures, they generally only rival mid-grade ones; a mid-grade one would only cost three or four thousand Essence Liquid to buy. Even with a premium because a Wanxiang True Person can use it, five or six thousand would be the absolute limit.

Ten thousand catties of Essence Liquid is the price for a top-grade Heaven-rank treasure!

Also, for a complete set of sword formation treasures, seven hundred and twenty swords in one go shouldn't be considered much! Even Immortal-rank treasures have complete supreme sets. It seems there is one with one thousand and eighty swords; I'm not just writing nonsense!