Chapter 0921: Infiltrating the Nine Tripod Treasure Hall

“It’s this kid!” Two elders of the Nine Tripod Pavilion Merchant Guild were astonished, then scrutinized Huang Long from head to toe.
“Exactly, it’s him!” Wu Zhi said.
De Shou, one of the guild’s elder merchants, looked at Huang Long with disbelief. “Is it really him who severely wounded you?” Huang Long seemed to be only at the early stage of the fifth era, while Wu Zhi was at the sixth era. It was indeed hard to believe that someone at the early stage of the fifth era could severely injure a powerhouse from the sixth era!
Wu Zhi mumbled, “Don’t be fooled by his apparent strength of just the fifth era—he’s actually much stronger than that!”
“Oh, is that so?” De Shou leaped forward, standing in front of Huang Long, and looked at him mockingly. “I really want to see if he’s that strong! Kid, I’ve locked down this entire space. Don’t even think about escaping. I’ll give you a chance to strike first!”
As soon as his words faded, Huang Long suddenly moved. With a flash, he appeared right in front of De Shou. Then, in a flash of light, a giant bell appeared and slammed into De Shou’s chest.
De Shou was shocked, and his divine aura flared violently. But the Chaos Bell instantly struck through his divine aura. Under his horrified gaze, his divine aura burst like bubbles. The Chaos Bell truly struck him.
Since Huang Long had been given the chance to strike first, he naturally wouldn’t hold back. With a scream, De Shou was sent flying backward, his body exploding.
Huang Long then flashed away, summoning the Heavenly Sacred Tripod to deliver the final blow.
“Kid, are you seeking death?” At that moment, the other elder of the Nine Tripod Pavilion Merchant Guild reacted, filled with shock and anger. He leaped forward and punched fiercely at Huang Long’s back.
To his surprise, Huang Long ignored his attack and continued to target De Shou. “Is this kid willing to risk his life just to kill De Shou?!” The elder was both shocked and enraged.
Boom! With another explosion, Huang Long’s Heavenly Sacred Tripod transformed into three thousand Hongmeng Divine Beasts, blasting De Shou to pieces once again. Almost simultaneously, the other elder of the Nine Tripod Pavilion Merchant Guild struck Huang Long’s back.
Huang Long was sent flying. Seizing the opportunity, he put De Shou’s divine body and spatial artifact into the Heavenly Sacred Tripod, which then hovered hundreds of millions of miles away.
“What?! You’re not hurt?!” The elder of the Nine Tripod Pavilion Merchant Guild stared at Huang Long in disbelief. He had intended to say that Huang Long wasn’t dead!
He had delivered a full-force punch to Huang Long’s back, but it only sent Huang Long flying—nothing more!
Huang Long stood high in the sky, his expression and aura unchanged.
Wu Zhi and the others were equally shocked, unable to believe it.

Generally speaking, a half-saint at the beginning of five eras would surely die from a single full-power strike from a peak warrior at the end of six eras! Yet, Huang Long wasn’t even injured! Moreover, he wasn’t wearing any divine armor for defense just now! But as Wu Zhi and the others were shocked, Huang Long flashed forward and appeared in front of the five of them. He unleashed the Chaos Bell, enveloping all five of them in its aura. Only then did the five of them react, filled with both fear and anger. “You!” A glow surged around them as they launched counterattacks, but the Chaos Bell’s force instantly shattered their attacks and blew up their divine bodies. The five of them were not like De Shou—a peak warrior at the end of six eras—who would die utterly after a single strike from the Chaos Bell. Huang Long stored their divine bodies and spatial artifacts in the Sacred Cauldron. Just as he finished putting them all inside, the remaining elder of the Nine Cauldron Merchant Guild leaped up and vanished as a streak of light, escaping without a fight! Seeing this, Huang Long sneered, then raised the Chaos Bell. It flew up and descended over the opponent, instantly enveloping them in its aura. Then, the Cosmic Star Array activated, sending down countless bolts of Chaos Star Lightning. As the Chaos Bell gradually regained its former strength, its power soared. The power of the Chaos Star Lightning had increased by more than ten times compared to before. Even peak warriors at the end of six eras could hardly withstand this storm of Chaos Star Lightning. With a few breaths, the elder of the Nine Cauldron Merchant Guild was severely injured and spat blood under the assault. “Kid, we are elders of the Nine Cauldron Merchant Guild. If we die, you won’t be able to escape the Star King World!” the elder snarled. “Our guild spans three thousand great worlds. Even if you escape the Star King World, we’ll hunt you down!” Huang Long flashed forward and appeared in front of him. The Heavenly Sacred Cauldron transformed into three thousand Hongmeng Divine Beasts, which charged forward and sent the opponent flying. “Even if you’re a disciple of the Heavenly Dao Sect, I’ll still kill you!” Huang Long sneered. “Since you’re dying anyway, why so much nonsense?” He pointed at the void, and dragons formed from Chaos Star energy created a Chaos Star Dragon Array. Before the elder of the Nine Cauldron Merchant Guild could say anything else, the dragons in the array exploded violently, reducing him to dust. Yet, he still wasn’t dead! Huang Long hadn’t killed him completely because he wanted to search his memories to find out where the guild’s treasure vaults in the Star King World were located.

After a while, Huang Long used his supreme magical power to extract the soul memories from their minds, thus learning the location of the Jiu Ding Xuan Merchant Guild’s treasury in the Star King Great World branch.
“I never expected that the Jiu Ding Xuan Merchant Guild’s treasury in the Star King Great World would be in the extreme northern snowfields of this Luo Xing Divine Realm!” Huang Long’s eyes sparkled. However, the treasury was heavily guarded with numerous experts, making it extremely difficult to break in!
“Pity me! Spare my life!” At that moment, the soul of the Jiu Ding Xuan Merchant Guild elder trembled as fragmented thoughts were transmitted.
“It’s too late to beg now!” Huang Long clenched his hands in mid-air, completely erasing their soul consciousness before storing it inside the Sacred Cauldron.
Next, Huang Long activated his Heavenly Eyes, looking through countless mountains toward the extreme northern snowfields of the Luo Xing Divine Realm.
Deep beneath those snowfields, he finally located the Jiu Ding Xuan Merchant Guild’s treasury.
“One, two, three… thirteen!” At the same time, Huang Long sensed thirteen powerful auras lurking within the treasury.
Each of these auras was stronger than De Shou’s—thirteen people, at least seven of them were Half Saints with lifespans spanning over seven eras!
Huang Long frowned.
“Huh?!” Suddenly, through his Heavenly Eyes, he saw eight figures breaking through the air, hiding their identities as they sneaked into the Jiu Ding Xuan Merchant Guild’s treasury!
“Could there be others who, like me, want to seize the Jiu Ding Xuan Merchant Guild’s treasury?!” Huang Long was surprised, then delighted. If these people could alert the Half Saints guarding the treasury and draw their attention, it wouldn’t be impossible for him to infiltrate deeper into the treasury!
Right now, what Huang Long needed most was a Great Path Divine Artifact!
Immediately, he entered the Heavenly Earth Sacred Cauldron, activated its grand array to conceal his aura, and descended deep beneath the northern snowfields, carefully approaching the Jiu Ding Xuan Merchant Guild’s treasury.
Yet, Huang Long wasn’t in a hurry to enter the treasury. He was waiting—for those eight people to alert the guild’s strong warriors and draw their attention before taking action.