Chapter 68: The Bandit Treasure (2)

Bang!

A massive iron block, as large as a water buffalo, fell and aimed at Yang Qi.

But with a raise of his hand, Yang Qi flattened the iron block. Then, hundreds of powerful crossbows appeared on the wall, shooting at him. The arrows were inscribed with runes that could penetrate protective true qi.

However, the moment the arrows reached Yang Qi, they were shattered into powder by a surge of true qi.

At the same time, many sharp blades emerged from the ground, aiming to pierce Yang Qi's legs, but they were shattered by his armor, turning into fragments.

No matter how many traps there were, they could not harm Yang Qi, who was protected by true qi.

Occasionally, the passage ahead was blocked by steel walls, but with a single strike from Yang Qi, no matter how thick the walls were, a large hole would appear, and nothing could stop his advance.

In the underground passage of the Loulan ancient city, he unleashed the Divine Elephant Hell Suppressing Technique to the fullest, acting like a king of destruction.

Moreover, he vaguely sensed that the powerful Death Realm expert above had not allowed his true qi to penetrate underground but seemed to have ascended to the sky.

Boom!

Another massive steel gate, weighing hundreds of thousands of pounds, was pierced by him. Many vials of poison water shot at his body but were deflected back.

The poison water, upon landing on the steel gate, produced a cloud of smoke, and a large amount of iron was melted, showing its ability to melt gold and iron.

However, it could not melt Yang Qi's true qi.

After breaking through the steel gate and dispersing the poison water, Yang Qi immediately saw a huge chamber.

Inside the chamber, boxes upon boxes were filled with Qi Gathering Pills.

The number was beyond millions, possibly reaching hundreds of millions.

"So many Qi Gathering Pills? Unfortunately, my signet ring can't carry them all; the space inside is too small," Yang Qi sighed, then had a sudden thought: "Right, there's a trident being cultivated inside the signet ring. I'll take it out and let it absorb the Qi Gathering Pills while I search for other treasures."

With a thought, a stream of true qi emerged from his body, forcibly pulling out the massive trident from the signet ring's space, landing in his palm.

Instantly, the trident hummed and trembled.

Yang Qi reached out and poked a large box, opening it and causing the Qi Gathering Pills to roll out. Under the influence of his true qi, they transformed into medicinal energy, which was absorbed by the trident.

The trident emitted a greedy intent, absorbing all the Qi Gathering Pills.

"This weapon is about to become a demon!"

Yang Qi even felt that inside the weapon, many meridians had formed a body, and the medicinal energy of the Qi Gathering Pills was gradually improving the essence of the weapon's metal.

If this weapon were to truly ascend to the rank of a spirit weapon, its power would likely surpass that of a Qi Master.

"Human-shaped true qi!"

Yang Qi moved, and a human-shaped true qi emerged from his body, holding the trident and breaking open box after box, absorbing the Qi Gathering Pills.

This was a true feast.

"I wonder what kind of transformation this trident will undergo after absorbing all the Qi Gathering Pills here?" Yang Qi was full of anticipation, but his body flew forward, delving deeper into the treasure vault.

Room after room, each filled with vast quantities of Qi Gathering Pills, he passed through over a hundred chambers before finally seeing some porcelain bottles containing other pills, all of medium quality.

He didn't care much for these and continued forward. Suddenly, the scenery changed, and the ground was covered in white jade, inlaid with gold and rare crystals. The pavilions and terraces were shrouded in mist, and powerful true qi fluctuations emanated from them.

"Goodness, Nine Turn Golden Pills!"

Yang Qi immediately saw a transparent crystal gourd, half a person tall, filled with golden pills. These were the Nine Turn Golden Pills he had once found in the White Ape's cave in the Black Corpse Mountains, which could help one break through the Qi Master bottleneck.

Each one was worth a fortune.

And now, this crystal gourd contained hundreds of them.

Yang Qi was overjoyed and waved his hand, sending the gourd into the signet ring.

"Li He, Hua Yinhao, and He Jili can immediately advance to Qi Master with three Nine Turn Golden Pills. And my elder brothers should also be able to... Let's see what other treasures are here."

Yang Qi continued his exploration and found a jade box filled with emerald-green pills. Although he didn't know what they were made of, the medicinal energy they emitted was no less than that of the Nine Turn Golden Pills, making them a high-quality pill.

He also collected this jade box of pills and placed it in the signet ring, then discovered dozens of other types of pills, each with hundreds of pills.

This continuous collection made him a bit numb.

Thinking about it, one Nine Turn Golden Pill was worth millions of Qi Gathering Pills. How much would all these pills, which were as valuable as the Nine Turn Golden Pills, be worth?

He continued searching, collecting all the pills, and then saw many demon beast cores, each at the Qi Master level.

Various demon cores were embedded in the walls of the hall, emitting different kinds of light.

However, upon closer inspection, these cores seemed to be embedded in a mural.

The mural depicted a sage, bald and wearing a robe, riding a fierce tiger. The tiger was tall and powerful, completely black, and even through the mural, it emitted a terrifying aura.

The aura of an ancient divine beast.

Behind the sage, there were rings of light.

The rings continuously emitted light, illuminating the entire palace chamber.

The reason the rings glowed was the demon cores, all at the Qi Master level, densely embedded to form the rings, numbering at least ten thousand.

Ten thousand Qi Master demon cores?

This meant that this mural had been created by killing ten thousand Qi Master demon beasts.

However, this was not what shocked Yang Qi the most. What shocked him the most was that the sage, riding the tiger, held a treasure bead in his hand, as if about to feed it to the tiger.

This bead emitted a luster that transcended the mundane, and Yang Qi instantly recognized it as the demon core of a Death Realm demon beast!

"Heavens! Killing a Death Realm demon beast and taking its core to embed in this mural? And this mural seems to be infused with true qi, forming a great array. Is this mural a magical treasure? But this treasure is too large..."

Yang Qi suddenly activated the true qi in his hand and shot it at the mural, successfully peeling off the mural, which was as large as a wall.

The mural was like a carpet, about five to six inches thick, not made of paper but of wild animal skin. The paint used was not ordinary material but likely made from the ground-up cores of demon beasts.

Yang Qi couldn't immediately determine what kind of magical treasure this large mural was, so he stored it in the signet ring.

However, at the moment he stored it in the signet ring, a voice emerged from the mural: "You scoundrel, daring to steal the Demon Sage Map that I painstakingly cultivated for two hundred years! Die!"

With this voice, a massive surge of true qi descended from above the underground chamber, piercing through layers of earth and walls, directly attacking Yang Qi.

This force was as majestic as a mountain and as vast as the sea, a hundred times more powerful than a Qi Master, clearly that of a Death Realm expert.

"Death Realm!"

Seeing the true qi surge down, Yang Qi was not afraid but rather excited. He knew that this "Demon Sage Map" was the most powerful treasure in the chamber.

"Divine Elephant Hell Suppressing, Hell Furnace!"

Facing the vast true qi, he did not show any weakness. He immediately gathered all his true qi, forming the image of a furnace, and clashed with it.

Boom!

The collision of true qi caused explosions everywhere, and the entire chamber was about to collapse.

"Trident!"

Yang Qi felt his blood surge, and the true qi shock almost made his meridians flip, reaching deep into his qi sea, giving him a real sense of "stirring the rivers and seas."

However, this force thoroughly activated the life essence of the thunderous giant elephant within him, making him feel incredibly refreshed and invigorated.

He roared, taking the trident, which had absorbed countless Spirit Gathering Pills, into his hand, and the human-shaped true qi returned to his body.

"Fine, I've obtained many treasures and enough wealth. I'll charge out and battle that Death Realm expert. Let's see how it goes. This will help me fully refine the thunderous giant elephant within me, reaching the strength of twenty ancient giant elephants and forging the Hell Furnace!"

Yang Qi let out a long howl, breaking through the ground and shooting up into the sky.

He then arrived in a grand hall.

This was the imperial hall of the ancient Loulan city.

But now, the hall was covered in blood, a scene of hell on earth. The palace grounds were filled with large pits, now blood pools, containing corpses.

The stench of blood was overwhelming.

However, when Yang Qi broke through the ground, the first thing he saw was not the gruesome blood pools but a massive cloud of blood-colored true qi, about ten acres in size, battling a sword light as bright as the sun.

The true qi collided, causing large sections of the palace and city walls to collapse.

It was like two giant human-shaped beasts trampling the ground, each with the power to destroy a city.

Even Qi Master experts could not intervene.

This was the battle between two Death Realm experts. The sun-like sword light was clearly the Great Sun Heaven and Earth Sword Technique of Chu Tiange.

This meant that while Yang Qi was searching for the underground treasure vault and plundering treasures, Chu Tiange had also come to the ancient Loulan city, finding the true commander of the hundreds of thousands of blood-sucking bandits, the Death Realm expert Jing Wuxue, and was in battle with him.

"Where is Yun Hailan? Has she come?"

Yang Qi looked around and indeed saw a woman in a sapphire robe on a high tower in the imperial city.