The Ancient Lavish Cave was having a second eruption of treasures. Ma.s.sive amounts of treasures poured out rapidly, one after another. It was as magnificent as the previous eruption.
Meanwhile, the sky-prides around the caves bit hard on their teeth and dashed forward with great speed.
They needed to be quick because otherwise, they would not make it to the treasures before the others.
However, no matter how fast they were, they could not beat Chu Kuangren"s Spatial Conveyor Skill.
An invisible spatial fluctuation appeared before those treasures disappeared from where they were, one by one.
Like earlier, all of them moved to the s.p.a.ce in front of Chu Kuangren.
This made the cultivators at the scene erupt in anger.
"The heck is this! How do we get a chance if he keeps doing this?"
"His strength is just too absurd. We"re never going to beat him."
Everyone stared at Chu Kuangren with hate-filled eyes. Deep down, they wished they could skin him alive and chop him into pieces.
Chu Kuangren"s sinister methods of robbing the people of the goods were too despicable an act.
Nonetheless, he was not aware of this at all. He looked at the treasures in front of him and kept them in his Yin and Yang ring.
Just then, a tremendous spiritual power fluctuation suddenly came from afar.
This spiritual power fluctuation was extremely ferocious. It contained a kind of ruthlessness within, as though it was signaling an Emperor"s arrival.
Chu Kuangren"s interest was now piqued. He looked to the mountain range on the far side and squinted his eyes. "This energy, I wonder if it"s him?"
Bai Hongyu was surprised as well. "Did this energy come from him? Why do I feel like it has become stronger all of a sudden?"
Rumble…
The ground shook, and wave after wave of majestic spiritual power fluctuations kept spreading outward, sending tremors across a few kilometers radius.
Immediately after that, a ray of golden light beamed up from the mountain range and pillared into the sky. It shot up into the clouds and dyed the whole horizon in a tinge of gold.
"Hahaha, the Heavenly Imperial Physique has arrived and is ready to crush everyone and everything!!"
The arrogant speech reverberated throughout the entire realm.
A figure, beaming with confidence, slowly walked out from the golden light.
This figure wore a golden long robe and had mysterious Daoist Rhymes circulating around him. Each one of the figure"s movements exuded dominance.
He looked just like a divine being who had descended to the mortal realm!
Chu Kuangren looked amused when he saw that person.
On the other hand, Bai Hongyu"s face was filled with disbelief at the sight of that person. "It really is him. It"s Xiao Jingchen!! I can"t believe he has transformed so much!"
Xiao Jingchen was a Nine Heavens sky-pride.
He was also the host of the Heavenly Golden Imperial Physique. Logically speaking, this Heavenly Imperial Physique was stronger than the Exquisite Nine Orifices Sword Heart. Xiao Jingchen"s physical attributes were not inferior to any of the outlawed sky-prides too.
Yet, he had always been looked down upon by the outlawed sky-prides.
However, after entering the Forbidden Barren Wastelands, he had obtained the inheritance from an Emperor who similarly had the Heavenly Golden Imperial Physique. Thus, his cultivation realm had increased by leaps and bounds. Now, he could unleash the full potential of his Heavenly Imperial Physique.
It was not an exaggeration to say that he has transcended divinity!
"What strong energy. That"s the Heavenly Golden Imperial Physique. I can"t believe that this guy has made such huge improvements. This is astonis.h.i.+ng."
"Isn"t that the son-in-law of the Bai clan? Rumor has it that his talents are great, but he has always paled in comparison to Bai Hongyu. But by the looks of his current energy, he"s certainly way much stronger than Bai Hongyu now."
"The Forbidden Barren Wastelands truly is a great place for Opportunities of Fortune. A top-notch sky-pride like Xiao Jingchen has actually improved by leaps and bounds."
Everybody was discussing Xiao Jingchen. They glanced at him and could not stop exclaiming in admiration.
Other than shock, Bai Hongyu also felt a heavy, inexplicable sense of frustration.
Losing to Chu Kuangren was one thing, but now, even a son-in-law from her clan had surpa.s.sed her.
This feeling was too hard to swallow.
Xiao Jingchen, who had just come out of closed-door meditation, scanned the area and identified numerous Ancient Lavish Caves in no time at all. "Oh, I sense the energy of sky-prides and treasures. This is just in time. I"m also looking for someone to test out what I"ve gained from my closed-door meditation this time."
He took a step forward, crossing ten kilometers in one breath. With just a few strides, he reached atop the Ancient Lavish Caves, where he glanced at his surroundings condescendingly.
It did not take long for him to lock his sights on Chu Kuangren.
Who could blame him? Right now, Chu Kuangren indeed stood out the most amongst the crowd. He had so many treasures circling around him that anyone would have noticed him first.
Besides, Xiao Jingchen still had a beef against Chu Kuangren.
"Back then, at the Firmament Star, I wasn"t at your match yet, so I couldn"t prevent you from annihilating the Heavenly Golden Imperial Palace. Now, I shall avenge them!"
"Chu Kuangren, have you repented?"
Xiao Jingchen said nonchalantly as the energy on his body escalated, causing the people at the scene to flinch and turn away. Yet at the same time, their eyes lit up.
The Xiao Jingchen in front of them now seemed stronger than Sword Daoist. If he were to unleash his full force, perhaps he really could defeat Chu Kuangren.
"Many people think they can fight me after they"ve obtained an Opportunity of Fortune. But what they don"t know is that they"re digging their graves by doing so."
Chu Kuangren replied indifferently.
"Hmph, try me."
Without saying anything else, Xiao Jingchen made his first move. "Heavenly Imperial Palm!"
Colossal spiritual power turned into a giant golden palm that covered the entire sky and grappled toward Chu Kuangren with a gust of violent spiritual power.
"Show me the true power of a Heavenly Imperial Physique."
Chu Kuangren remarked.
He drew out his sword, and purple sword rays shot out, smas.h.i.+ng the giant golden palm to smithereens. The clash of the two energies generated a violent gust that swept across the whole area.
Xiao Jingchen appeared rather composed as he raised his arm and once again cast a powerful technique. "Heavenly Imperial Finger!!"
He thrust a finger out, and Heavenly Golden spiritual power coursed through it, turning into a giant finger. It looked like it was about to pierce through s.p.a.ce as it lashed out in Chu Kuangren"s direction.
Not far away, the few outlawed sky-prides spectated Chu Kuangren"s intense battle with Xiao Jingchen from the sidelines and stared at each other suggestively.
Among them, Dark Bachelor Sage Feng Mo was the first to break the silence. "You guys, if we don"t deal with this guy, his presence would deprive us of any chance to obtain these treasures here. I plan to attack him. What about you?"
"If that"s the case, let"s all go at him together."
The demon tribe"s Touheng said coldly.
Chu Kuangren may be strong and dominant over them all, but the treasures were so attractive. They could not watch Chu Kuangren claim all the good stuff to himself without putting up a fight.
They were unwilling to let him belittle them anymore.
Now, with Xiao Jingchen"s emergence, the strength of his power gave them hopes of suppressing Chu Kuangren.
"I"d also like to see how many more trump cards he has left."
Niu Dali of the Bull Demon Tribe looked quite excited.
He did not have that much malice toward Chu Kuangren.
He merely wanted to spar with him once. Of course, it would be immense if he could contain Chu Kuangren"s strong momentum.
"Cool, the Sha Tribe has a score to settle with this guy as well."
Sha Tribe"s Sha Wushe remarked.
Once the crowd heard his words, they became bolder.
Sha Tribe"s Sha Wushe was an incredibly powerful outlawed sky-pride. He was equal to, if not stronger than, Sword Daoist.
"Let"s go then!"
Feng Mo declared out loud. His figure turned into a pitch-black ray of light, and the Saber of Despair in his hand radiated a black brilliance.
A pitch-black saber ray with terrifying dark energy shot toward Chu Kuangren from behind.
"Don"t you dare!!" Lan Yu scoffed at him coldly and then decided to intervene too. Her long white spear ripped the s.p.a.ce apart, shattering that saber ray.
"Don"t get in my way!"
Feng Mo growled furiously and swung out his Saber of Despair once again. Touheng followed up with a punch too. The two outlaws sky-prides worked together and forced Lan Yu back by several hundred meters.
"Lan Yu, you guys should go and take the treasures. Leave these few people to me." Just then, Chu Kuangren"s voice rang in Lan Yu"s ears.
She pondered for a while before nodding her head in agreement. "Alright."
Chu Kuangren stood in the air, staring at the few people there. "How many outlawed sky-prides do you think will fall today?"