The unfinished forms of supreme treasures lay right before their eyes. No one could remain unmoved.
Yet the moment some people approached the Cold Pool, freezing mist surged up. Dozens were instantly encased in ice, then toppled to the ground and shattered.
Someone struck the Cold Pool with a Precious Technique, hoping to retrieve the artifacts. Instead, the runes were extinguished the instant they entered the water. The attack also splashed up a wave, bringing disaster upon a nearby group and turning them into ice sculptures.
Just then, a slender figure leaped into the Cold Pool without the slightest fear.
Holding a leaf of sword grass between her fingers, Shi Zhao pursued the Dragon Bone Iron Sword Embryo, intending to claim it for herself.
All the artifacts in the pool possessed spirituality. The others darted away like fish, but the Sword Embryo hesitated, drawn to the Grass Character Sword Art she was using.
Boom!!
Water roared as endless freezing currents erupted from the Cold Pool. Several creatures leaped in after her, either pureblood creatures or avatars of Venerables—the strongest beings present.
Seeing that someone was already within reach of the Sword Embryo forged from Dragon Bone Iron, they charged over without a moment's hesitation. They attacked fiercely, joining forces against her to seize the peerless Sword Embryo before her.
"Get lost!" Shi Zhao's expression turned icy. Her slender hand, seemingly carved from jade, reached forward and seized the Dragon Bone Iron sword, refining it in an instant.
She channeled her Divine Power and swept the Sword Embryo through the Cold Pool. Streaks of sword light flashed, interwoven with dragon shadows and accompanied by peals of dragon cries as she battled them.
A Venerable roared and spat out a mass of runes, only for a single sword strike to cleave through