Chapter 544 – Great Harvest, Divine Soul Enters the Arena

Around the Treasure Land.

The elemental energies of heaven and earth were in chaos, space continuously shattered and healed.

The unimaginable, unreasonable power of this battle had already made many powerful figures question their understanding of reality.

The battle still had no outcome.

But at this moment,

“Pop—”

A sound like a barrier shattering rang out, and the black storm covering the Treasure Land above began to dissipate.

Sophia stepped forward a few paces, reached out, and the several Treasures that had drawn countless peak experts into conflict all fell into her hands.

“The Four Extremes Ascension Altar is finally in my possession.”

This was a Treasure even the Lord greatly desired.

Confirming the Treasures were secured, Sophia couldn’t help but reveal a smile.

She was just about to order Uta and Sickle Moon to retreat when suddenly, her willow-like eyebrows furrowed.

“Whoosh—”

A piercing shriek tore through the air, but faster than the sound was a brilliant golden spear.

This Golden Spear tore through space, directly piercing through the black-robed figure standing within the Treasure Land.

A few strands of hair flew up.

Immediately after, a figure riding a flying shuttle swept across the sky, appearing beside Sophia in a thousandth of a second, reaching out towards the Storage Ring.

Rustle—

The half of the body pierced by the Golden Spear, not yet fully turned to gold, exploded into countless Black Feathers and dissipated.

The mysterious woman who had been shrouded in the black robe had long since appeared hundreds of meters away, completely unharmed.

“It’s a substitute-type skill!”

“I was careless!”

The legendary expert holding the Golden Spear thought to himself.

His single strike had failed to achieve its goal, and he no longer intended to pursue further.

Inside the World Secret Realm, he had suffered too many setbacks. Even wielding two High-Epic Treasures, he had been repeatedly defeated.

Defeated by a monstrously strong man; defeated by a powerful expert from the Dragon Banquet Kingdom.

That monstrous man was not far away.

The Golden Spear legend only dared to ambush; no matter how much he coveted the Treasures, he didn’t dare confront them head-on.

“Retreat!”

He stepped onto his flying shield, about to tear through space and flee tens or hundreds of thousands of meters away.

Suddenly,

Space solidified. This area filled with torrents of multicolored energy abruptly darkened.

Within the darkness, only the bright moon hanging high in the sky and the dazzling golden Sword radiance in the distance could emit a faint glow.

And also,

The hundreds, thousands of previously inconspicuous Black Crows scattered around the Treasure Land. Their crimson eyes glowed brightly, like red stars twinkling under the night sky.

An intangible Qi connected all the Black Crows together, synchronizing, resonating, forming a unified whole.

A terrifying Aura surged into the heavens.

Above the thousands of Black Crows, a shadow of a Black Crow deity, indescribable in detail, only giving a sense of mystery, greatness, terror, and something one dared not look at directly, suddenly manifested.

Was it a military soul taking form?

But it seemed to be more than just a military soul!

This was the killing move Sophia had just developed, barely able to compensate for her lack of offensive power.

This technique was developed by referencing Deadbone’s technical experience. Otherwise, having stepped into the legendary rank for less than a month, being constantly busy with daily affairs, frequently going on external missions, continuously forging Black Crows, managing territory intelligence, hunting powerful monsters, and more…

Without sufficient reference, she would have found it difficult to perfect this combat method in a short time.

And now,

The Black Crow deity shadow, symbolizing concepts like the Master of Black Crows, the night, etc., had a forehead that squirmed and split open, growing a third eye.The crimson eye abruptly snapped open, and in an instant, an eye resembling a scarlet moon hung high in the night sky, gazing down upon the figure clad in golden armor.

“Legion Skill: Crow’s Eye!”

The Golden Spear Legendary was momentarily dazed, his eyes streaming with bloody tears as a hoarse, guttural sound escaped his throat. The hexagonal flying shield beneath his feet was also shrouded in a crimson glow. It creaked and groaned, now firmly imprisoned within it.

In the next moment, a colossal, pitch-black claw wreathed in eerie cold flames descended from above, blotting out the sky.

Once, twice, thrice—thirty times in all.

The earth trembled and shattered continuously.

After a long while,

As the dust and mist dispersed, within the massive claw-shaped crater, all signs of life had vanished over a dozen breaths ago. By now, only a mangled, flesh-ridden corpse remained, alongside two treasures lying unscathed beside it.

The Golden Spear and the Hexagonal Flying Shield.

A Nether Crow descended, swiftly scooping up both treasures.

As for the other equipment on this Legendary? The golden armor and the storage ring had already been destroyed and shattered under the onslaught of the dark flaming claws. The items within the ring had likely been lost to the spatial turbulence.

Sophia felt a twinge of regret but no remorse.

After all, if she hadn’t gone all out, this fellow might have slipped away in a moment of carelessness. She was well aware of the intelligence and had acted decisively, striking precisely at his weak point.

That High-Epic Treasure was far too swift in its escape.

Sophia immediately inspected the treasures.

「Eternal Golden Spear」

「Grade: High-Epic」

「Description: This treasure possesses the abilities to alter size, pierce through space, and split infinitely. Simultaneously, the Golden Spear can impose the ‘Gilded’ concept upon its targets. No matter how resilient the body or barrier, it will turn to gold under the Eternal Golden Spear.」

This was the conceptual power of turning stone to gold!

However, in the world of the Legendary Realm, gold held little value, yet the conceptual force of gilding was terrifying. Once struck, it could effortlessly breach any defense, possessing lethal effects akin to instant death, decay, or annihilation.

「Limitless Sky Shield」

「Grade: High-Epic」

「Description: This treasure can autonomously protect its master. When defending, it negates 99% of impact force and moderately weakens conceptual damage. Additionally, the user can wield the Limitless Sky Shield for prolonged high-speed flight or, for a short duration, achieve speeds capable of piercing through space.」

This was an immensely powerful and practical High-Epic treasure.

It could be used for both defense and flight or escape, with unparalleled speed.

“The Limitless Sky Shield has a minor weakness: in flight mode, its autonomous protection might lag slightly,” Sophia judged.

But speed and slowness, strength or weakness, ultimately depended on the user.

The Golden Spear expert was simply too weak. Apart from these two High-Epic treasures, he possessed no real capabilities of his own.

Otherwise, she wouldn’t have found it so easy to obliterate him instantly.

“Acquiring these two High-Epic treasures is no loss… no, it’s a huge gain, a bloody jackpot for this crow!”

“It always feels like the drop rate from fighting people is much higher than from monsters or exploration. Should we hunt down a few wealthy targets?”

Sophia was genuinely tempted.There are far too many wealthy individuals inside this secret realm. Their own Tianyuan City didn’t even have High-Epic Treasures before, yet here in the secret realm, Golden Spear wasn’t the only one possessing treasures of this level.

Each of them is like a walking treasure chest!

“What a pity, those who possess High-Epic Treasures are all top-tier experts. I’d need to use my true strength to possibly defeat them, but the signature of my full power is too distinctive. Otherwise…”

She really did have the idea of concealing her identity and striking from the shadows.

For now, she could only do some light fishing.

She turned her gaze to the surroundings.

About a dozen breaths earlier.

When she counter-killed and instantly defeated the Golden Spear legend, the powerful legends hiding in the surroundings who had been secretly watching and also considering playing the oriole behind the mantis were all greatly shocked. They immediately fled without hesitation, afraid that if they ran too slowly, they would be slaughtered by this terrifying existence who dominated the Black Crows.

“This is too terrifying! The heir of the Myriad Phenomena Empire couldn’t even put up a fight!”

“I think I’ve heard of this expert before, known by the name ‘Nether Crow,’ skilled in commanding overwhelming numbers of Black Crows. Who would have thought she wasn’t at the Soul Realm, but merely at the Heaven-Earth Realm?”

“With a Domain cultivated to over ten thousand meters, her frontal combat power is already not inferior to ordinary Soul Realm experts. Moreover, this Nether Crow’s Domain realm is clearly far beyond ten thousand meters.”

“What’s even more alarming is that this Nether Crow seems to be allied with the two other supreme experts in the distance. Do they come from the same organization?!”

This World Secret Realm has attracted far too many big fish!

When Soul Realm existences can enter later, who knows how many more big fish and whales will appear.

The Young Sword Saint and the Golden-Bodied Elephant Man are undoubtedly among the big fish.

“Let’s go!”

Seeing the black-robed woman easily obtain the treasure, and with two other experts on the opposite side whose combat power was slightly superior to theirs, the Young Sword Saint didn’t hesitate at all. He slashed through space with his sword, then leaped into it with his Junior Brother, immediately disappearing from sight.

After a while,

Watching the two figures depart into the distance, Sickle Moon resumed her human form, while Uta’s blazing Great Sun-like blood energy rapidly receded. His body cracked, with streaks of blood spraying out, and he seemed to instantly become listless and weakened.

However, the next moment, the blood-soaked Uta’s injuries began to heal on their own, and his aura slowly recovered, as if he would fully recover before long.

“That guy is strong, really strong.”

Uta was very pleased.

Lord Mu, who had been observing through the Black Crows’ vision, also clearly recognized the fearsomeness of that Young Sword Saint.

“Uta had the upper hand, but if it came to a real life-and-death battle, the outcome would be hard to predict.”

He pondered to himself.

It was true that Uta still had fourth-stage shackles he hadn’t broken, and he hadn’t used his War Intent Armament much.

However, the duration he could maintain his fully unleashed state was too short, and it was uncertain whether he could defeat such a powerful enemy.

That young man probably had his own trump cards and killing moves too.

After all, he was a disciple of a legendary being.

“For a randomly appearing disciple of a legend to be able to fight Uta to a standstill—truly, there are many powerful experts in this world!”

Although he hadn’t encountered other experts of this caliber yet, Mu Yuan reasoned that there must be some. To be cautious, he should estimate their numbers in the tens or hundreds.

In reality, Uta’s combat power was quite overpowered even among those of the same realm and rank.

For comparison, he could outclass experts like Bone Two and Tiff by several streets, to say the least.

Even Deadbone’s frontal burst power in his prime was far inferior to Uta’s.Of course, whether it was Deadbone or Uta, the time they had spent at the Epic Three-Star rank after stepping into the Legendary Realm wasn’t long, and their accumulation wasn’t deep.

In contrast, even though the Young Sword Saint was very young, the time he had spent cultivating was certainly more than a year or two.

He was a truly extraordinary talent.

Mu Yuan reflected that many of his own generals couldn’t compare, so it was better to wait until everyone had evolved to the Legendary rank before directly overwhelming him.

The three Tianyuan Experts parted ways and continued to explore deeper into the area.

Sophia also began to examine the four Epic Treasures she had just obtained.

Ding!

At the same time, Mu Yuan received a prompt from the world.

「Prompt: Your Hero Sophia has obtained the special building ‘Four Extremes Ascension Altar’.」

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「Four Extremes Ascension Altar」

「Category: Special Tierless Building」

「Description: Possesses the great power to temper trial-takers and elevate the Domain Realm of the Heaven-Earth Realm.」

「Note: The mystical power of the Four Extremes Ascension Altar can only slowly recover over time or be replenished through extremely rare, great powers. Current Mystical Power (100/100)」

One hundred units didn’t mean it could supply a hundred Legendary figures.

The greater the improvement in the trial-taker’s Domain Realm, the more power it would naturally consume.

This limitation was within his expectations; rather, the fact that it could be replenished through ‘some means’ was already a pleasant surprise.

This Ascension Altar was an open box, while the remaining three items were blind boxes.

「Prompt: Obtained the special treasure ‘Law Stele Light (Epic)’.」

“The stele inscriptions are good too. Even if one cultivates to a realm beyond the Law Realm in the future, laws and concepts will still be of utmost importance.”

「Prompt: Obtained the life-type building ‘Heaven-Earth Vine (Epic)’.」

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「Heaven-Earth Vine」

「Description: A special entity that exists between life and building; its very existence is a miracle. The Heaven-Earth Vine has the ability to open Secret Realms and continuously absorb the power of heaven and earth to expand them. At the same time, the Heaven-Earth Vine can use the power of the Secret Realm to unleash vast strength.”

The description of the Heaven-Earth Vine itself didn’t seem particularly powerful.

Of course, opening and expanding Secret Realms was an incredibly miraculous ability in itself, and the Heaven-Earth Vine was also a significant combat force. Once cultivated, its uses would be endless.

Calling it ordinary was only from Mu Yuan’s perspective.

“However, this is a life-type building. As long as it’s alive, it can bathe in the miracle of evolution.”

Tianyuan City’s only Legendary building had evolved in this manner.

Otherwise, there wouldn’t even be a trace of the Legendary rank.

He had hardly even heard of any Legendary buildings.

“This treasure is truly delightful.”

The third Epic light sphere was soon opened as well.

「Prompt: Obtained the miracle building ‘Angel’s Tear Spring (Epic)’.」

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「Angel’s Tear Spring」

「Category: Production-type Building」

「Description: Angels have tears, and their tears are treasures. The Angel’s Tear Spring can continuously produce the Excellent-grade treasure ‘Angel’s Tear Drops,’ which have the miraculous effect of rapidly restoring one’s own energy.”

Mu Yuan had some recollection of this treasure; it was quite a good restorative supplement within the Legendary Realm.

Its recovery effect was fast and had no side effects.

If one’s energy consumption was too high, they could even gulp down a few drops to quickly restore their depleted energy.

In a life-or-death battle, if one side could restore their energy, the outcome was self-evident.

The only pity was that Angel’s Tear Drops were a specialty of the Holy Griffin Empire, extremely rare and expensive outside.

“This building isn’t bad at all.”Sophia quickly passed the treasures out through the alternating shifts of the Nether Crow.

Mu Yuan swiftly transported the treasures back to his own territory and promptly constructed the ‘Angel’s Tear Spring’.

The structure took the form of a weeping female angel statue, her hands cupped before her chest.

Tears would drip from the statue.

The teardrops gradually accumulated in her cupped hands, gathering to form a small spring—this was the Angel’s Tear Spring.

As the structure was built and the tears began to fall, Mu Yuan received a new prompt from the world.

“Ding!”

“Prompt: Assistance from a Legendary Realm angel can accelerate the production speed of the ‘Angel’s Tear Spring’ structure. Additionally, there is a small chance of producing the quasi-epic treasure ‘Angel’s Tear’, and an extremely small chance of producing the epic treasure ‘Archangel’s Tear’.”

“Such remarkable effects?”

“Is this the unique characteristic of angelic structures?”

Mu Yuan pondered to himself.

His true self remained stationed outside the Secret Realm’s entrance. In just a few more days, it would be time for those at the Soul Realm to enter. He also wanted to seek out a few Opportunities and Treasure Lands that would benefit the strengthening of his Divine Soul.

Suddenly—

Boom—

A dull thunderclap echoed across the clear sky, and the entrance to this World Secret Realm was abruptly torn open into a larger fissure.

The Secret Realm’s repulsive force grew even weaker.

Merely three days before the Legendary Realm gate was set to open, the Soul Realm gate had now opened ahead of schedule.

(End of Chapter)