After slaying the Black Dragon's remnant soul, Wu Shaozhen immediately flew onto the stone pillar and put away the source crystal. He couldn't afford to lose this thing...
Then he removed the other two energy crystals as well...
To Wu Shaozhen's surprise, in that brief span of time, the energy in both Energy Stones had already been exhausted...
Wu Shaozhen shook his head but didn't dwell on it. They could be recharged anyway. He casually put the Energy Stones into his Heaven and Earth Ring, then pocketed the original four depleted Energy Stones as well, taking his habit of leaving nothing behind to the extreme...
Once that was done, the man and the snake looked at the black box above the altar...
If there really was some opportunity here, it had to be inside that box...
The man and the snake approached the box, only to find another seal on it...
Wu Shaozhen took out the Void-Piercing Thorn and broke the seal, then opened the box with a hint of nervousness...
A flash of light shone, and a round object radiating black light floated out of the box...
"A Dragon Pearl!!!"
Old Teng's eyes widened as he cried out...
Wu Shaozhen looked at Old Teng in puzzlement. "Is this thing that powerful?"
Old Teng swallowed. "A Dragon Pearl is the core of a Divine Dragon's energy. What do you think...?"
Then he frowned. "A Dragon Pearl normally shatters when a Divine Dragon dies, unless someone extracts it directly from a living Divine Dragon, or the Divine Dragon willingly spits it out. But neither seems very likely. How could there be a Dragon Pearl here?!"
"Someone probably extracted it directly," Wu Shaozhen said bluntly.
"How do you know?" Old Teng stared at Wu Shaozhen with wide eyes...
"Isn't it obvious? That