The smoke of battle cleared from Starfall Gorge, and Han Li drove the Magnetic Essence Chariot back to Purple Star Peak. Trailing behind the chariot were dozens of specially made "aura-concealing storage chests." They held no captured weapons, but the true treasure gained from this purge of the sea beasts-hundreds of demonic beast cores.
These cores radiated spiritual light of different attributes, bathing the entire chariot in a kaleidoscope of colors. Even the Magnetic Essence Griffin curbed its ferocity and curiously sniffed at the chests.
Word had already reached Purple Star Peak. When Han Li entered the Star Palace Treasury, the steward in charge of registration stared at the mountain of Demon Cores before him, his eyes nearly popping out of their sockets.
"Sixth Elder, you... did you empty out the sea beasts' entire lair?" Even the steward's voice trembled.
Han Li smiled faintly without answering and simply opened the first chest.
Inside lay an emerald-green Demon Core the size of a longan fruit. An intricate water pattern was naturally etched into its surface, and vast, surging water-attributed spiritual power emanated from it. Its leaking aura alone lowered the temperature of the entire treasury by several degrees.
"The core of a grade-eight demonic beast, an Azure Water Flood Dragon!" The steward's breathing instantly grew heavy, awe written all over his face. Grade-eight demonic beasts were exceedingly rare even in the depths of the Chaotic Star Sea, where spiritual energy was abundant. The value of their cores was beyond measure, making them strategic-grade pill-refining materials.
Next, Han Li opened four more chests. Each contained four neatly arranged, fist-sized Demon Cores of different colors-scarlet Fire Spirit Pills, ocher Rock Armor Pills, green Windstride Pills, silver-white Sharp Gold Pills... each contained terrifying energy equivalent to an all-out strike from a late Nascent Soul