By now, the Third Prince had also realized that Xu Taiping possessed an Illuminated Dao Heart and could summon a Mysterious Origin Avatar.
So when he saw High Immortal Qionghua raise her sword fingers, he hesitated no longer and lifted the hand bearing five rings.
Then, with a crack, one of the rings shattered.
The instant the ring shattered, the spiritual energy fluctuations around the Third Prince erupted outward like floodwaters bursting through a dam.
Boom!
Even through that frozen giant tower, everyone could still sense the surging fluctuations of his aura.
"As expected of a Gui Water Spirit Bone. The purity and depth of his spiritual power are simply terrifying."
Mu Yun, who had just been marveling at Xu Taiping's Illuminated Dao Heart and Mysterious Origin Avatar, was jolted back to his senses by the spiritual energy fluctuations coming from the Third Prince.
"Brother, what sort of treasures are those rings on the Third Prince's hand? Doesn't the Golden Scale Ranking stipulate that you can only bring three Immortal Rank treasures?"
Mu Yuchen asked Mu Yun, somewhat puzzled.
"Because those aren't treasures that boost his strength, but Sealing Artifacts that seal his own True Essence."
Mu Yun smiled bitterly.
"Seal his own True Essence?"
Mu Yuchen looked stunned.
"As one of the Ten Heavenly Spirit Bones, the Gui Water Spirit Bone's most distinctive feature is that there's no fixed limit to the True Essence it can accumulate. It's like the sea-even if you poured a hundred rivers into it, you couldn't hope to fill it."
"So cultivators with a Gui Water Spirit Bone mostly seal their own True Essence to avoid attracting too much attention."
"Just as the Third Prince is doing now."
Mu Yun explained with a helpless expression.
Root Bones were sometimes simply beyond all reason.
"No