"Kill!"
"The gourd is mine! Get out of my way!"
"No one can stop me."
"..."
Everyone threw their full strength into a rush for the gourd, each determined to claim it.
Bai Meng was gravely wounded, but he fought on without retreating, holding them back.
"Miss Li, hurry and refine the gourd!"
Jiang Gan urged Li Ling'er anxiously from the side.
Reforging the Purple-Gold Gourd into a High-grade Sacred Artifact had erased most of the mark Li Ling'er had left on it. She needed to refine it again.
When the others saw Li Ling'er begin, panic set in. They attacked with even less restraint.
"Die, all of you!"
A High-grade Sacred Artifact was worth risking their lives for. Though they had powerful factions behind them and were prodigies in their own right, none could resist its lure.
Outside the Heavenly Crafts Hall, the auras of more than a dozen Cave Heaven Realm experts filled the air, but none showed themselves.
They had reached an unspoken agreement to let the younger generation fight over it.
"This treasure belongs to Hall Master Li's sister. If he returns, he won't let this go."
Some were deeply uneasy, fearing Li Xuancang would not easily forgive what had happened.
"Hmph!"
A disdainful voice answered, "So what if he returns? By then, the dust will have settled. Would he dare attack all of us?"
The Judgment Court wielded immense power, but the law could not punish everyone. They did not believe Li Xuancang would dare provoke them all.
They all thought the same. No one spoke again; they turned their attention to the battle in the Artifact Refining Hall.
"Pfft!"
Bai Meng held his ground and became everyone's target. Each of them wanted him gone.
Wounds covered his body, many deep enough to expose bone,