In the end, even the Flirtatious Chicken couldn't escape the clutches of the Shameless Cat and Yang Zhen, and ended up digging a pit along with them.
The three True Chicken Cats... no, now it's the True Chicken Cat Swordsman group of four. Ever since Evil Shadow Black Taotie devoured several Heavenly Tribulation Origin, its intelligence has increased rapidly, and it can now let out silly laughs of "hehehe, hehehe".
But anyone who is fooled by that seemingly silly laughter and thinks that Evil Shadow Black Taotie is an honest and simple kid would be sorely mistaken. This bastard is full of wicked schemes, sometimes surprising even Zhen Ji Mao and the other two.
This is truly... the student surpassing the master.
"Kid, at this rate, when will this ever end!" The Shameless Cat got tired of digging after a while and muttered complaints, "Am I crazy? Playing in the mud with you guys? If it were back in the day, I could have hollowed out this mountain with a single slap. Why didn't I use my True Essence?"
Yang Zhen glanced at the Shameless Cat and said, "What's your hurry? It's like the emperor isn't worried, but the eunuch is. Do you think I, this Sage of Saunter, don't know how to use True Essence? If I used the Earth Treasury Technique, wouldn't it be even simpler? I could just burrow in with a Sage of Saunter, why would I need to dig?"
The Shameless Cat became interested upon hearing this and asked curiously, "Yeah, why is it that your Earth Treasury Technique allows you to move freely inside soil and rocks? Why don't you lead us and just crawl in?"
Yang Zhen scoffed, "You bastard, you're always thinking about getting something for nothing. How can that be allowed? Does such a thing as crystals falling from the sky exist in this world?"
"Damn it, how can such a good thing as crystals falling from the sky happen? But what does that have to do with crawling inside... Damn it, who the hell hit my head? You come out here, and I'll smash your balls in!"
The Shameless Cat glared angrily at the ground, then suddenly noticed Yang Zhen Yang Zhen strangely and quickly looked at her. "What's with that expression?"
Yang Zhen, Flirtatious Chicken, and Evil Shadow Black Taotie exchanged a glance, then darted out and picked up the thing that had just hit the Shameless Cat's head. Their eyes lit up immediately. "Damn, a crystal, and amethyst at that! A crystal falling from the sky?"
"What? What?" The Shameless Cat sidled up. "Kid, this crystal is mine. I just discovered that one of my storage rings is missing."
Yang Zhen ignored the greedy Shameless Cat, Jianmao, looked up, and his expression immediately hardened. He muttered to himself, "Oh my, I'm rich!"
The Evil Shadow Black Taotie immediately burrowed into the Great Deficiency Sword Great Deficiency Sword, controlling it to fly up and begin digging at the rocks above its head.
Yang Zhen stared dumbfounded at his flying Great Deficiency Sword, completely bewildered. Although the Evil Shadow Black Taotie could temporarily control the Great Deficiency Sword, it couldn't unleash any True Essence energy. It was like an ordinary cast iron longsword, powerfully digging at the top of his head. Damn it, he thought the Great Deficiency Sword had become sentient and could fight on its own.
Before long, that Evil Shadow Black Taotie Tie actually dug out another piece of amethyst.
Amethyst is a type of crystal that is even more precious than regular crystal. It is completely transparent and mostly purple. The energy contained in a small piece of this purple crystal is more than that of tens of thousands of other crystals of the same volume, making it an extremely rare cultivation material.
Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er's Wonder Woman outfits each had a piece of amethyst embedded in them, which was one of Yang Zhen's few remaining items. Who would have thought that in this godforsaken place, they would actually dig up two fist-sized pieces of amethyst?
The Shameless Cat stared in disbelief, practically drooling. "Holy crap, we're rich! We're rich! This is actually an amethyst mine!"
As he spoke, the Shameless Cat climbed up the uneven rocks around him and started digging with the Great Deficiency Sword. Then, the Flirtatious Chicken joined in with shining eyes.
Don't be fooled by the fact that these two bastards Shameless Cat and Flirtatious Chicken, don't have any True Essence aura. Their physical strength is incredibly formidable; they could practically crush rocks with a single swipe of their claws.
Now that the two of them had remembered what Yang Zhen had just said about not using their True Essence, they didn't care about the reason anymore; as long as they could dig up the amethyst, that was all that mattered.
Yang Zhen stared blankly for a moment, watching helplessly as these three bastards made a fortune. He hurriedly roared, "Bastards, those belong to this Sage of Saunter! Let go of those amethysts and let this Sage of Saunter have them!"
Upon hearing this, the three bastards shuddered and sped up their digging, digging with incredible speed.
Yang Zhen roared and charged forward, crashing headfirst into the army digging for amethyst.
Not far from the True Chicken Cat Sword combination, on a mountaintop ruin, almost all the human cultivators had gathered.
Before them stood a strange structure resembling an altar, radiating a soft glow. It appeared shimmering and colorful, as if made of translucent crystal bones, exuding a magnificent aura even amidst the ruins.
This was an unusual-looking building, and in just a moment, everyone became excited.
That terrifying shockwave that pierced through the heavens and earth originated from here. Clearly, this place is inextricably linked to the array core of the Sealed Land.
Outside the crowd, on another mountain peak, Qing Lin lay on the ground, staring intently at the human cultivators beside the altar, occasionally letting out strange chuckles. Before long, a furtive figure approached, squatted down beside Qing Lin, looked her over, and patted her on the Qing Lin.
Snap!
A crisp sound rang out, Qing Lin tensed up, leaping up with a whoosh. She turned to run, but then shuddered, turned back, glared at Hong Qiu, and muttered, "You son of a bitch, are you trying to scare me to death?"
Hong Qiu patted his chest and took a deep breath, his face pale with fright from Qing Lin. He quickly covered Qing Lin's mouth and said, "Shh, keep your voice down! There are Mahayana Realm cultivators over there. Don't let them find out!"
Qing Lin slapped Hong Qiu's shoulder irritably and said, "What are you doing here? Did you inform the clansmen?"
Hong Qiu looked at the human cultivators with interest, nodded, and chuckled, saying, "I've informed them. My uncle said you did the right thing. There are too many human cultivators; we need to reduce their numbers. But if they can break that restriction, that would be even better!"
A smug look flashed across Qing Lin's face as he asked, "Where's Bai Xian? Why haven't I seen her?"
" Bai Xian?" Hong Qiu was taken aback. "Isn't she with you?"
"Who... never mind her, you stay here and don't move. This place is too dangerous. If anything happens, immediately inform the clansmen. Even if we don't want what's inside this barrier, we must break out of this Sealed Land!"
Hong Qiu nodded, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "What... is there here?"
Qing Lin glared at him, then flew into a rage. "You're asking me? Who am I supposed to ask? Can't you use your brain?"
Buzz--!
A sudden surge of energy, like the breath of a fetus, came from above, and everyone, including Qing Lin and Hong Qiu, changed their expressions.
"Not good!"
Hong Qiu cried out in surprise, quickly lay down on the ground, took a deep breath, and shoved his head into the soil and rocks.
Qing Lin groaned, staggered back two steps, and looked up in horror at the many human cultivators.
Thump--!
Amidst this surge of energy, the first human cultivator to fall was left to die, followed by the second, and then the third.
Thump, thump, a series of cultivators collapsed, and everyone was horrified. They looked at each other in disbelief, and then someone shouted, "Oh no!"
boom--!
A violent shockwave erupted from the entire altar.