Chapter 0955: Seizing the Spirit Jade

“Not bad. I didn’t expect you to have some taste. This is indeed a sacred-grade path artifact—the Spirit Jade!” The silver-haired old man sneered triumphantly, pleased by Huang Long’s shock.
“It really is the Spirit Jade!” Even Huang Long’s gaze burned with excitement.
If he could obtain this Spirit Jade, would he ever lack treasures again?!
In these three thousand great worlds, with endless treasures, as long as one entered an area of a billion li, they could sense them all.
“Heh heh, want to kill me? With this Spirit Jade for defense, even nine early-era powerhouses can’t kill me. How can you, at the peak of the late era, expect to kill me and seize my treasures?” The silver-haired old man spoke in mockery.
“Is that so?” Huang Long sneered, flashing forward. The thirty-three divine artifacts in his body and the Dragon Gate activated, amplifying his strength. He then punched fiercely.
At that moment, the Spirit Jade inside his opponent reappeared, emitting a radiant light that shielded them.
But this time, to the silver-haired old man’s astonishment, that radiant light seemed to collide with thousands of mountains. With a “bang!” it was shattered instantly.
Huang Long’s remaining punch force surged forward. In panic, he used the Green Cauldron to block it. With a loud “crack,” the Green Cauldron’s light dimmed, and along with his body, it was sent flying.
“Impossible, no, it’s impossible! How could your attack be so powerful?!” The silver-haired old man stabilized himself and stared at Huang Long in disbelief from afar. That attack had injured him internally.
The Spirit Jade couldn’t even block the opponent’s attack?!
Huang Long’s attack was stronger than that of nine early-era powerhouses! It was already on par with those in the middle era.
But of course, he had no idea that Huang Long practiced the Supreme Transformation Art, making his true attack power far beyond what his surface strength suggested—he was a monster beyond measurement.
Huang Long didn’t respond. He flashed forward again and appeared in front of his opponent. This time, instead of using his true form’s attack, he flashed with starlight and unleashed the Chaos Bell!
A sacred-grade path artifact?! Huang Long sneered. Although the Spirit Jade was also a sacred-grade path artifact and the best for treasure hunting, its offensive and defensive capabilities were weaker. That was why it ranked 96th.
The Chaos Bell was raised high, and the innate star power surged like a volcano, expanding rapidly to cover an area of a billion li. The celestial star array activated, isolating heaven and earth.
“You… this bell… do you also have a sacred-grade path artifact?!” The silver-haired old man was shocked and then panicked, utterly terrified upon seeing the Chaos Bell above him.

Originally, he thought that although the Yellow Dragon was strong on the surface, it couldn’t kill him with its Spiritual Jade for protection. But now things were different. The Yellow Dragon also possessed a sacred-grade divine artifact, and he could see it was the Twelfth-ranked Chaos Bell! “The Chaos Bell! It’s the Chaos Bell!” The silver-haired old man hurriedly dashed away, no longer intending to compete with the Yellow Dragon for that fragment of the World Tree. Though the fragment of the World Tree was important, life was even more crucial! “Trying to run?!” The Yellow Dragon replied indifferently. Pointing at the Chaos Bell, it summoned the celestial stars, which formed a barrier like a crystal wall, blocking the silver-haired old man. However, struck by this barrier, the old man retreated and summoned his Spiritual Jade, pouring his power into it. The character for “treasure” within the jade emitted a brilliant light. This light formed a beam that violently struck the celestial stars, causing them to shake violently. Seeing this, the Yellow Dragon channeled more power, solidifying the celestial stars, followed by countless planet-sized primordial star-thunder bolts. The silver-haired old man kept dodging, the light from his Spiritual Jade shielding him completely. Yet, as the star-thunder bolts struck it, the light gradually dimmed. No matter how hard the old man tried to activate his Spiritual Jade or even summon the green cauldron to fight back, it was of no use. As the light of the Spiritual Jade faded, the old man finally couldn’t help but beg for mercy: “Please, let me go! I swear I won’t reveal anything about the fragment of the World Tree. And I can give you all my collections from these years!” Fearing the Yellow Dragon might refuse, he added, “I’ve had the Spiritual Jade for not long, but I’ve found several cave treasures. Among them are many first-grade spirit veins, king-grade spirit veins, even supreme-grade spirit veins, as well as lower-grade sacred-grade divine artifacts—I can give them all to you!” The Yellow Dragon sneered, “Is that so? Then do you not want the fragment of the World Tree anymore?!” But instead of relaxing, it intensified its efforts to activate the Chaos Bell. At this point, the light of the Spiritual Jade grew weaker and weaker. The silver-haired old man pleaded urgently, “No, I don’t want it anymore! If you want it, I can give you this Spiritual Jade too!” Hearing this, the Yellow Dragon sneered again. Under the old man’s astonished gaze, it summoned the Heavenly and Earthly Sacred Cauldron, which transformed into an array of three thousand Hongmeng divine beasts and launched an attack. “What is this?!” The silver-haired old man stared at the incoming Heavenly and Earthly Sacred Cauldron, his face deathly pale, and exclaimed, “The Heavenly and Earthly Sacred Cauldron!”

Yet as soon as his voice faded, the formation of three thousand Hongmeng divine beasts created by the Heavenly and Earthly Sacred Cauldron struck at the protective glow surrounding him. With a “bang!” the glow shattered like fragments and completely collapsed. Countless stars and lightning struck his body. The silver-haired old man’s eyes widened in shock as he let out a agonized scream. Before long, the screams ceased, and his life force was gone. The Spiritual Communication Jade, the Green Cauldron, his divine body, and all the spatial artifacts floated in midair. The Yellow Dragon stretched out his hands and gathered them all into the Sacred Cauldron, then put the Sacred Cauldron and the Chaos Bell inside his body. With a flash of light in his hands, the Spiritual Communication Jade appeared. The jade emitted a faint glow in the Yellow Dragon’s hands, warming his palms. Looking at it, he felt joy in his heart—this precious artifact had finally fallen into his hands. With it, he could find any treasure in the future. The Yellow Dragon sent his divine consciousness into the jade and quickly imprinted it there, initially refining the artifact. Since the silver-haired old man was already dead, the Yellow Dragon didn’t struggle much to refine it. After initially refining it, he infused his magical power, and as the “treasure” symbol glowed, he could sense treasures in the surroundings. However, this was only a preliminary refinement, so his detection range was limited. Once it was fully refined and its spirit awakened, the range would likely exceed a billion miles. After initially refining the Spiritual Communication Jade, the Yellow Dragon stored it inside his body and then turned to look at the third fragment of the World Tree. It was time to retrieve it now. The Yellow Dragon reached down into the void with his hands, causing the third fragment to vibrate. Instantly, it was slowly pulled out from the molten lava below by him.