"Gulp..."
Amid the heavy silence, throats bobbed audibly as countless people stared in stunned horror.
"What is that? A Heaven Artifact? Can a Heaven Artifact be that powerful?" Dongfang Shi's cherry lips opened and closed several times before she asked hoarsely.
Zhi Ji, Zhao Ji, Demon Empress Ying Ying, Di Wushuang, and the others gave Jian Shang strange looks, then turned their eyes to the Sun-Shooting Divine Bow in his hand...
"A Huaxia National Artifact... the Sun-Shooting Divine Bow!"
After watching the passage that still refused to close for a while and confirming that the Dark Demon Falcon had died within it, Jian Shang turned his large hand over. The Sun-Shooting Divine Bow vanished, and he answered frankly.
"A National Artifact?! A National Artifact... is even stronger than a Heaven Artifact?" Understanding dawned on Dongfang Shi as she murmured.
As the leader of the Penglai Commerce Association, the oldest superpower with the longest historical legacy in China's Divine Land, Dongfang Shi knew far more secrets than ordinary people could imagine. The association even possessed Heaven Artifacts, but none had such power.
It was not that Heaven Artifacts were insufficiently powerful, but that the experts of the Mortal Realm, even Loose Immortals, could not unleash such terrifying might!
"A treasure of the realm, a mighty weapon of the nation! In your hands, its power is naturally limited. But in the hands of a sovereign, it becomes a Heaven Artifact that anchors the nation..."
Knowing what puzzled Dongfang Shi, Jian Shang smiled faintly and patiently explained.
Even setting aside the Penglai Commerce Association's righteous assistance this time, Dongfang Shi's decision to lend him a hundred million spirit stones without charge alone warranted his respect and courtesy!
"The strength of an entire nation?" Dongfang Shi asked, seeming to grasp something.
Jian Shang raised