After several Great Sages returned empty-handed in succession, the other Half-Sages abandoned the idea. Shaking their heads, they resumed using Kunlun Treasureland Studies to search for nearby treasures.
Suddenly, the earth trembled, and the gray clouds overhead churned, layer upon layer like scales.
Then strange roars spread throughout the Clan Grounds.
"Corpse Awakenings!"
More than half the sages immediately forgot all about Kunlun Treasureland Studies and charged toward anything nearby that resembled a treasure land. Whether dried-up rivers and lakes or barren mountains, they struck at everything-even tiny holes-in hopes of discovering a treasure land.
Some Half-Sages panicked and dashed about like headless flies. Corpse Awakenings were the strongest members of the Dead Race in the Myriad Worlds.
These Corpse Awakenings had been Sacred Remains to begin with. Nurtured within treasure lands for years, they had absorbed not only the vital energy of heaven and earth and the aura of death, but also vast amounts of the auras given off by treasures.
Every Corpse Awakening was like a Sage forged from treasures!
Their physical toughness in particular placed them among the strongest Saint Bodies in the Myriad Worlds.
Aside from their somewhat limited intelligence, Corpse Awakenings were in no way inferior to the foremost races. Both their combat techniques and sacred arts were extraordinarily powerful.
Those that had killed sages before possessed especially astonishing intelligence and strength.
These Clan Grounds were connected to the Gold Race, whose bodies were already exceptionally powerful. Corpse Awakenings formed from their race were contenders for the strongest Saint Body in the Myriad Worlds.
Beams of treasure light shot skyward across the Clan Grounds, one after another.
Some rejoiced while others cursed furiously, for in most Clan Grounds, anyone who opened a treasure land would be teleported away, even if it was empty.
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