Chapter 198: Sell

The Abyssal Destruction Sword was drawn toward the massive formation created by those twelve people. No matter how hard it struggled, it couldn’t escape the grip of that eerie array.
The moment the Abyssal Destruction Sword flew out of his hands, the golden-robed elder’s claws reached Chen Xiao’s face.
Chen Xiao narrowed his eyes, and a snowflake-like illusion suddenly appeared behind him. In an instant, the temperature in the air dropped by a significant amount.
Chen Xiao stepped forward, and a burst of snow-white light erupted behind him. Caught off guard, the golden-robed elder’s palms were instantly repelled by this light.
At the same time, Chen Xiao’s face turned pale.
“How dare you repel my domain formation?” The golden-robed elder stepped back slightly, his eyes narrowing with a cold glint.
“I thought all you relied on was that magic sword, but I didn’t expect you to have some skills as well. You possess another treasure.”
The golden-robed elder sneered. By now, the Abyssal Destruction Sword was trapped within the array, struggling desperately but unable to escape. The array seemed to have a powerful restraining effect on it.
Chen Xiao’s expression was grim. His body had suffered severe damage. Although he was protected by the divine artifact Snowflakes Drifting, the golden-robed elder’s strength was terrifying. That single attack had already dealt him serious harm. His strength was so great that Chen Xiao couldn’t even gauge it accurately.
“But that’s all you’ve got. Now you can die.” The golden-robed elder rushed forward, slapping Chen Xiao in the face.
“Hmph. Throughout history, turning the tide of battle has always come from the nonsense spoken by idiots like you.”
Before the golden-robed elder could get close, a blood-golden light flashed. The Abyssal Destruction Sword had returned somehow and intercepted his punch.
Swish!
With a flash of blood-golden light, the elder’s palm was severed.
“How is this possible?”
The golden-robed elder was shocked. He turned around quickly only to find that the twelve people who had been setting up the array to trap the sword had disappeared, leaving only a faint pool of blood on the ground.
“To show your back to the enemy—how foolish.”
Chen Xiao sneered. The Abyssal Destruction Sword flew out instantly, and the unprepared elder was cut in two, dying on the spot.
In the next moment, Chen Xiao stored the elder’s body in the Main God Space.
“Shadow, how’s it going?” Chen Xiao asked.
“Young master, based on these people’s memories, they come from the Source Continent, belonging to a faction called the Road God Palace. There are three virtual gods above their heads,” Shadow replied after carefully analyzing the information in the Main God Space.
It was Shadow who had launched a secret attack earlier, killing one of them and destroying the array, allowing the Abyssal Destruction Sword to be released.
“What’s the name of that array they used just now?” Chen Xiao pondered before asking.

“That formation is called ‘Return to Origin.’ It’s designed to capture enemy virtual divine artifacts, and even powerful divine artifacts. If the person who sets up the formation has sufficient cultivation, they can even capture a primary divine artifact.”
A hint of disbelief appeared in the Shadow’s eyes. Even as a disciple of the Supreme God, he had never heard of such a formation.
“It can capture virtual divine artifacts, and even primary divine artifacts?” A faint smile appeared on Chen Xiao’s lips. Such an extraordinary formation would be extremely useful to him.
Chen Xiao looked around. No one was spying on them; everyone was searching for the fourth key. He quickly erased the traces left after the battle and then vanished into the labyrinth.
If others found out that he had eliminated both factions, trouble would be inevitable.
At this moment, Chen Xiao began wandering through the labyrinth.
After what seemed like an eternity, the entire labyrinth suddenly trembled violently. In the next instant, all the walls gradually turned transparent before disappearing completely, revealing a vast square.
A huge labyrinth had suddenly turned into a square. Everyone stared at each other, unsure of what had happened.
“The entrance to the secret treasure—there are nine keys in total. Each key can protect eleven people as they enter.”
A line of faint golden text suddenly appeared above what used to be the labyrinth’s exit.
Only then did the people in the square realize what had happened. It seemed that all nine keys to enter the true secret treasure had appeared and been obtained by someone, causing the labyrinth to vanish.
“So that’s how it is. I thought I could just use those nine keys to open the door and let everyone in.”
Those who had only wandered in the labyrinth and hadn’t participated in the struggle for the keys showed expressions of regret.
Instantly, everyone’s gaze turned toward Chen Xiao.
There was only Chen Xiao, but he held one key in his hand.
“Chen Xiao, you’re really lucky.” Liu Yu, with his long golden hair and gentle demeanor, along with two of his remaining subordinates, approached Chen Xiao.
“I didn’t get a single key. We’re allies—you figure it out.” Liu Yu deliberately shrugged, looking extremely helpless.
“Leave it to me.” A faint smile appeared on Chen Xiao’s face. The forces behind Liu Yu were terrifying, so forming an alliance with him was undoubtedly the best choice.
“Chen Xiao…” At this moment, the thirteen ancestors of the vampire clan also came to him. Although these thirteen people had already obtained one key, two of them couldn’t enter.
The leader of the thirteen ancestors, Wilbruch, the ancestor of the Bruch family, looked at Chen Xiao awkwardly.
“We’re allies. Of course, I won’t treat my allies poorly,” Chen Xiao said with a smile.
Hearing Chen Xiao’s words, the thirteen of them finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Chen Xiao alone, plus Liu Yu’s three people, and the two from the vampire clan used up six spots in total.
“I’m willing to offer a large medium-grade elemental stone vein to buy the remaining five spots,” someone suddenly shouted from the square.

“I’ll offer a medium-sized high-grade Yuan Stone vein!” As soon as the man finished speaking, others started shouting again.
“Oh?” Chen Xiao’s eyes lit up, and a faint smile appeared on his face.
Chen Xiao didn’t have Yuan Stones. Even in the Main God’s Space, there were only more advanced energy crystals. But using those as currency would probably scare people to death.
A large high-grade Yuan Stone vein would attract countless Void Gods competing for it. If Chen Xiao dared to offer something even better, even the most terrifying creatures would come after him.
Chen Xiao wasn’t short of large amounts of money—he was short of small amounts.
“Great! I still have five spots. I’ll auction them all together—highest bidder wins,” Chen Xiao said with a smile.
“A large high-grade Yuan Stone vein!”
Suddenly, a middle-aged man with a big beard called out.
“A large high-grade Yuan Stone vein!” Everyone was astonished. Such an item, which even Void Gods fought over and was extremely rare, was now being offered to buy five spots.
A large high-grade Yuan Stone vein was precious because it had developed spirituality. Within it lay an even more mysterious existence beyond the concept of “Yuan”—a form of spiritual energy. This spiritual energy wasn’t the kind found in supernatural beings’ bodies but a higher form of energy.
The middle-aged man with the beard had seven or eight subordinates, but five spots were enough for most of them to enter.
Chen Xiao glanced around and, seeing no one else bidding, nodded and said, “Deal.”
Immediately, the man with the beard waved his hand and tossed a golden space crystal card to Chen Xiao.
After taking it, Chen Xiao threw it into the Main God’s Space. Then he took out a light blue key and a black key, smiling as he said, “I also have two more keys, totaling twenty-two spots. Five spots per group, and the remaining two spots go to this gentleman with the beard.”
As soon as Chen Xiao finished speaking, the crowd was in an uproar.
It was only then that Chen Xiao took out the two keys he had stolen. Unlike before, when he was alone, if others discovered he had three keys and someone tried to stir up trouble, he might become a public enemy.
But now, both the vampires and the buildings were his nominal allies and had borrowed his spots, so they likely wouldn’t ignore it. Moreover, Chen Xiao had used the remaining two spots from the other two keys to bribe the man with the beard, allowing his subordinates to enter as well.
Everyone knew that behind that small portal lay endless dangers. The more of his people entered, the greater the chances of success.
And since Chen Xiao was now selling these spots through the keys, these people didn’t dare do anything to him.
The man with the beard, seeing Chen Xiao’s actions, also smiled slightly. He wasn’t angry that Chen Xiao only showed up with two keys now—more spots weren’t necessary; the right ones were what mattered.
“Those two keys were clearly obtained by the people from Kachiko and the Dragon Family on Earth. How did they end up in your hands?”
In the square, a domain expert from the Source Continent asked, frowning.

“Good question,” Chen Xiao smiled. “They saw the key in my hand and tried to snatch it, but they were useless, so I took it from them.”
“What about them?” someone else asked.
“Even better question,” Chen Xiao smirked. “As the saying goes, they killed and looted—where do you think they could go?”
As soon as Chen Xiao finished speaking, the crowd fell silent. Even the thirteen ancestors of the vampire clan stared at him in disbelief.
The Long family and that Kachiko weren’t ordinary people; they each had their own trump cards. Otherwise, how could they have kept the first and second keys?
But when they saw the Demon Sword Yuanmie floating beside Chen Xiao, inseparable from him, their expressions instantly changed.
That was equivalent to an unparalleled warrior at the ninth level of the Domain realm!
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Tragedy!
The typhoon passed, and the weather cleared up, but both the electricity and the internet systems were completely ruined.
I wrote a thousand words at home last night, only to face a sudden power outage. This morning, I went to an internet cafe, only to encounter another power outage—so frustrating. Now, I’m forced to be at an internet cafe dozens of miles away from home. I’m dying.