Sun Li and the others stood rooted to the spot for a long, long time before finally coming back to their senses.
At the thought of that black box being crushed to pieces under one foot, their hearts and livers twitched with pain.
In short, this operation had been a crushing defeat. Not only had they lost quite a few people, they had also labored for nothing.
They had even been rubbed into the ground, yet did not dare utter a single word.
"Alas!"
The group sighed and lamented as they prepared to pack up and head home.
However.
The moment they entered the Black Domain, they suddenly remembered something and sharply turned around to look at the area untouched by the Black Domain.
"That black-box treasure has already been destroyed. Why is this area still unaffected by the Black Domain?"
Someone asked.
"Yeah, why is that?"
"Could there be some other treasure hidden underground?"
"Exactly. Otherwise, how could this be explained?"
For a moment, hope once again filled the faces of the people whose eyes had been dim moments ago.
To them, it was like willows darkening and flowers blooming, revealing yet another village.
"Hahaha!"
Sun Li laughed even louder.
"Who would have thought? Heaven closed one window for us, then opened another!"
Sun Li shouted, waving his hand. "Since this area is still unaffected by the Black Domain, then the thing repelling the black mist was not that black box, but something else. I even suspect that this true treasure is of a higher grade than that black box!"
"So without further delay, we shall begin digging again at once."
"Same as before: to avoid damaging the treasure's spirituality, we must dig with the utmost care!"
"But one thing is certain—the true treasure must be buried more than