Chapter 0923: Discovered

“Emperor Bell!” Huang Long roared.
Emperor Bell, the spirit of the Chaos Bell, understood immediately and flew out from Huang Long’s body. The body of the Chaos Bell emitted intense light, with waves of Chaos Star power bursting forth.
Pangu-era fierce beasts, mighty demons, and divine mountains appeared, forming a primordial world. Waves of primordial power enveloped those four lower-grade Dao artifacts.
Now, Huang Long intended to seize those four lower-grade Dao artifacts first, and later take the intermediate-grade Dao artifact, the Earth Spirit Pearl.
Immediately, Huang Long soared into the air and threw his fists forward with force.
Countless bolts of Chaos Star lightning descended, combining with Huang Long’s attacks to break the seals on the four lower-grade Dao artifacts.
The spirits of those artifacts continuously resisted Huang Long and the Chaos Bell’s attacks. However, under their combined assault, the seals on the artifacts were gradually shattered layer by layer.
After a while, loud cracks could be heard as all the seals on the four artifacts broke apart.
The moment the seals were completely destroyed, the four artifacts surged upward like runaway dragons, attempting to escape from the treasure vault.
Seeing this, Huang Long slapped the void, fixing the four artifacts in place. The Chaos Bell reentered Huang Long’s body, and his power surged, allowing him to instantly store the four artifacts inside the Sacred Cauldron.
The Sacred Cauldron’s array activated, suppressing them all, as Huang Long stamped a mark on each one.
Thus, all four lower-grade Dao artifacts were brought under Huang Long’s control.
“Finally, only the Earth Spirit Pearl remains!” Huang Long turned to look at the Earth Spirit Pearl, which emitted a soil-yellow glow like the sun.
The Earth Spirit Pearl was an intermediate-grade Dao artifact, nearly reaching the upper-grade level. Breaking its seals was far more difficult than subduing those four lower-grade artifacts.
At this moment, the fluctuations of power outside grew increasingly intense. Time was running out.
Huang Long activated the Chaos Bell and the Sacred Cauldron, launching full-force attacks on the Earth Spirit Pearl’s seals. The seals gradually dimmed. With just two more breaths, they would be completely broken!
But just then, a figure suddenly flashed in and rushed into the treasure vault.
“Who are you?!” The figure, seeing Huang Long deep within the vault through the void, exclaimed in shock. It was one of the eight people who had come to steal from the Nine Cauldrons Merchant Guild’s treasure vault!
He hadn’t expected that aside from them, someone else had also come to steal from here!
And worse—taking advantage of their efforts!
While they were fighting to the death outside, someone else was reaping the benefits, using their efforts as a stepping stone!

“Brat, you despicable wretch! Seeking death! You’re courting your doom! Put down the Earth Spirit Pearl!” After being shocked, the man regained his composure and roared, reaching out to strike Huang Long. With that strike, a giant black claw mark appeared—as large as a planet—it pierced through layers of space, scattering countless treasures and divine artifacts from the vault and heading straight for Huang Long. Even before the black claw reached him, Huang Long sensed a powerful corrosive force. This force seemed capable of corroding everything, not even sparing souls or space! Huang Long was alarmed. This man was at least at the peak strength of the later stages of seven eras! With his current strength, even with the Chaos Bell and the Heavenly Sacred Cauldron, he would still be at a disadvantage against those at the early stages of seven eras, let alone those at the peak of those later stages—he was absolutely no match! Without hesitation, Huang Long immediately unlocked the fifth layer of spatial restrictions on the Sacred Cauldron and poured six royal-grade spiritual veins into the Eighteen Golden God Annihilation Array. With these six veins infused, the array emitted intense golden light, its pattern taking shape as waves of annihilating power converged to form a massive golden god. As soon as this giant golden god appeared, it threw out a punch. “Punch of the Golden God!” A golden fist the size of a divine realm rushed toward the black claw, instantly shattering it and breaking through endless space to strike the half-saints at the peak of seven eras. The moment they were hit, those half-saints’ eyes widened in disbelief as they were sent flying like fallen leaves. One strike, death! This giant golden god was equivalent to the power of ten half-saints in a single strike; even the nine peak-level Red Fusion beings would have been severely injured. Killing those half-saints was as easy as crushing an insect. After killing them with one strike, Huang Long caught them with one hand and stored their divine bodies and spatial artifacts inside the Sacred Cauldron. These were half-saints at the peak of seven eras—once fused by Huang Long, it might even help him leap directly from five eras to six! While storing those half-saints in the Sacred Cauldron, Huang Long continued to attack the restrictions on the Earth Spirit Pearl. With a crack, the Earth Spirit Pearl finally shattered. Once its restrictions were broken, its light surged, illuminating billions of miles of space as its powerful force spread, creating wave after wave of earth-yellow energy. But Huang Long was prepared—he activated the Chaos Bell, instantly covering the Earth Spirit Pearl. The Heavenly Star Array came into operation, gathering countless Chaos Star Dragons that quickly suppressed those energy waves.

Immediately, the Earth Spirit Pearl continued to shrink, marked by the Yellow Dragon, before turning into a stream of light that was directly swallowed by the Bell Emperor.
“Who exactly are you? The one who killed people in my World of Ten Thousand Demons!”
“You brat, how dare you enter the treasure vault of my Jiudingxuan Merchant Guild to steal! Die!”
The noise of the Yellow Dragon killing those seven peak-half-saints of different eras finally alerted the saints outside. The half-saints from the World of Ten Thousand Demons and the elders of Jiudingxuan Merchant Guild all rushed in and roared in fury upon seeing the scene before them.
Almost simultaneously, a half-saint from the World of Ten Thousand Demons and an elder from Jiudingxuan Merchant Guild attacked the Yellow Dragon.
These two were incredibly powerful, on par with Chi Rong—both were peak-half-saints of nine different eras!
Seeing this, the Yellow Dragon didn’t have time to recall the Chaos Bell. He quickly infused eighteen Golden God Annihilation Arrays with six royal-grade spiritual veins, activated the arrays, conjured massive Golden Gods, and threw a punch at the two of them.
Boom!
The sky shook as destructive force spread in all directions. The two peak-half-saints of nine eras were thrown backward with a thud.
At that moment, the Chaos Bell turned into a stream of light and entered the Yellow Dragon’s body. Seizing the opportunity, he dashed into the Sacred Cauldron Space, activated the arrays, instantly tore through space, and vanished in the blink of an eye.
“Chase after him! Chase him now!”
“He’s taken all the spiritual veins—the Earth Spirit Pearl is in his hands!”
“We can’t let him get away!”
The peak elder of Jiudingxuan Merchant Guild roared, his voice carrying for hundreds of miles, causing the air currents to surge. He rushed after the Yellow Dragon first.
Soon after, the seven half-saints from the World of Ten Thousand Demons and the elders of Jiudingxuan Merchant Guild also chased after him through space.
Jiudingxuan Merchant Guild left only five elders to operate the arrays and guard the treasure vault.