Suanni came to a broken mountain, crouched on the ground, and quietly gazed at its center.
Shi Teng had run nearly a thousand miles without so much as panting, yet now he froze in astonishment.
At the center of the broken mountain stood an enormous halberd, pitch-black from end to end and more than a hundred feet long.
Its shaft was as thick as the mouth of a bowl, planted straight into the center of the mountain and covered in bizarre runes.
The pitch-black blade radiated an icy aura.
From a distance, the small mountain looked as though this battle halberd had cleaved it in two.
Wild joy surged through Shi Teng's heart. This-this had to be the ancient battle halberd Old Bei had mentioned!
With this thing, even if I never fought, just carrying it around would look damn impressive.
Seeing Suanni staring fixedly at the enormous halberd, Shi Teng raised his brows slightly. "You want it too? Even if you carried it, you couldn't really wield it, could you?"
Suanni ignored Shi Teng and merely said in a low voice, "To think the Abyss Saint Lord's Heavenly Saint Abyss-Splitting Halberd ended up in the Mystic Yellow Domain!"
Shi Teng's eyes flickered. "You-you recognize this ancient halberd?"
"At the height of the Yellow Springs Great Emperor's glory, he commanded five Demon Emperors and eight Saint Lords. This Heavenly Saint Abyss-Splitting Halberd was the weapon of the Abyss Saint Lord, the foremost of his eight Saint Lords!"
"Sounds pretty badass!"
"Of course. All eight Saint Lords possessed strength at the Immortal King level.
"And this Heavenly Saint Abyss-Splitting Halberd was bestowed by the Yellow Springs Great Emperor himself. With this halberd alone, the Abyss Saint Lord once held off an invasion of a hundred thousand Extraterrestrial Demons, though he ultimately fell!"
Before Suanni had finished speaking, Shi Teng had already leaped onto the mountaintop.
Gripping the shaft with both hands, he unleashed all his strength. Rocks rolled around him, yet the Heavenly Saint Abyss-Splitting Halberd did not budge.
Shi Teng's eyes widened slightly, and defiance crossed his face. "I refuse to believe I can't even pull out a single halberd!"
Shi Teng mobilized all his spiritual energy and strained with every ounce of strength he possessed, but the Heavenly Saint Abyss-Splitting Halberd still showed no response.
Suanni sat nearby without speaking, a faint smile at the corners of his mouth, almost as though he were mocking him.
Shi Teng's expression darkened, and he muttered, "Like hell I'll believe that!"
With a flicker of thought, a square stone seal appeared in his right hand, and he hurled it out.
Under Shi Teng's control, the Heaven-Flipping Seal abruptly expanded to the size of a small mountain and smashed straight toward the mountain beside him.
Rumble!
The two small mountains collided with a thunderous roar, sending shattered rocks flying.
Even Suanni jumped in fright.
The surrounding rocks tumbled away, exposing the Heavenly Saint Abyss-Splitting Halberd, its shaft planted straight into the ground.
Shi Teng sent the Heaven-Flipping Seal smashing toward the Heavenly Saint Abyss-Splitting Halberd again.
Unable to watch any longer, Suanni leaped up and caught the mountain-sized Heaven-Flipping Seal with one hand.
He said in a low voice, "Boy, stop squandering heaven's treasures! This is an ancient divine weapon.
"Now that the Abyss Saint Lord has fallen, the Heavenly Saint Abyss-Splitting Halberd has no master. You can try claiming it with a drop of blood!"
Shi Teng's brows immediately relaxed. "Right! How did I not think of that? Isn't that how all the novels do it?"
Claim it with a drop of blood!
Suanni sat quietly where he was, his expression solemn. I hope this Heavenly Saint Abyss-Splitting Halberd can shine brilliantly once more in this boy's hands.
May he not disgrace the Abyss Saint Lord's fierce and mighty name.
Shi Teng bit his finger, and a drop of blood seeped into the Heavenly Saint Abyss-Splitting Halberd. Its shaft trembled slightly.
Delight spread across Shi Teng's face.
Then, as though the Heavenly Saint Abyss-Splitting Halberd had come alive, a powerful force surged into Shi Teng's body, and the blood throughout his body began pouring madly into the halberd.
Shi Teng was dumbfounded. Was this thing trying to devour me?
Shi Teng wanted to stop, but he could not move a muscle.
As the blood throughout his body continued surging into the Heavenly Saint Abyss-Splitting Halberd, Shi Teng's face turned deathly pale, and his head began to spin.
[System, hurry and save me!]
[Ding! Congratulations, host, on obtaining the ancient battle halberd: Heavenly Saint Abyss-Splitting Halberd. Some of its power is sealed. At its peak, it can cleave through the void!]
[Bullshit! Hurry and save me! I'm about to drop dead from blood loss!]
Just as Shi Teng felt weak and powerless, his blood drained dry and death drawing near,
a stream of icy blood surged into his body, and the Heavenly Saint Abyss-Splitting Halberd, which had towered hundreds of feet high, began slowly dissolving,
merging into his body along with his blood.
At the same time,
the image of a small golden halberd appeared between Shi Teng's brows.
Suanni nodded solemnly. He had not expected the Heavenly Saint Abyss-Splitting Halberd to truly accept this boy as its master.
Some unseen thread already connected this boy to the Yellow Springs Great Emperor.
If he could truly form the Five Emperors Canopy Umbrella and open the Yellow Springs Treasury, perhaps he really could inherit the Yellow Springs Great Emperor's mantle.
The icy blood throughout Shi Teng's body slowly began to burn, and a phantom image of the Heavenly Saint Abyss-Splitting Halberd appeared in his mind.
With a slight stir of Shi Teng's thoughts,
a streak of golden light shone between his brows, and the Heavenly Saint Abyss-Splitting Halberd instantly appeared in his hand.
An enormous ancient battlefield emerged in the depths of his mind. Demonic energy billowed to the heavens, and blood flowed in rivers. A lone figure stood upon that ancient battlefield, brandishing an enormous halberd.
Pale mountains of corpses rose high, and dry bones littered the ground.
To kill one was a crime; to slaughter ten thousand was to be a hero. Slaughter nine million, and become the hero among heroes!
Shi Teng's once-icy blood blazed in earnest.
The primordial azure dragon origin within him seemed to stir as well, and a low roar of a primordial azure dragon echoed from deep within his heart.
Shi Teng followed the impulses of his mind, brandishing the Heavenly Saint Abyss-Splitting Halberd in his hands.
Every movement carried boundless power.
Only after a long while did Shi Teng grow still. He stood quietly upon the open plain, immersed in sudden enlightenment.
Shi Linhu and the others could only wait at a distance. With the powerful aura emanating from Shi Teng, they did not dare approach.
Three days passed before they knew it.
Bei Village had left behind a great deal of food during its hurried flight, which Shi Linhu and the others could use to fill their stomachs.
Only on the morning of the fourth day, as the first ray of sunlight rose into the sky,
did Shi Teng's body tremble slightly before he abruptly jolted awake.
His face was utterly bewildered.
I-who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?
Then he finally came to his senses.
Seeing Shi Teng awaken, Shi Linhu and the others hurried over, their faces full of excitement. "Little Teng, you're finally awake! We thought..."
"Finally awake? Was I asleep for a long time?"
"It's already the fourth day!"
"That long? Why does it feel like I only took a nap?" Shi Teng rubbed the back of his head, his face full of confusion.
Shi Teng loosened his limbs and stretched. "Are there any more treasures? If not, let's head back. Grandpa Chief, Little One, and the others must be worried!"
"Mm!"
The group immediately set off back to Stone Village.
Shi Teng was delighted all along the way. His haul this time had been quite substantial.
Especially this Heavenly Saint Abyss-Splitting Halberd. With this thing, he reckoned he could easily kill opponents above his level in an instant.
He could not help humming a little tune,
"The sun shines overhead, the flowers smile at me, the birds say morning, morning, morning, why are you carrying your little schoolbag..."
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