I Contracted All Ancient Divine Artifacts

Chapter 68: Chapter 68: Sword, Cauldron, Zither

Han Zhan climbed up from the ground, his face slightly somber.

He slowly drew the Xuanyuan Sword from behind him.

Though Gongyang Jin’s transformed Xuanyuan Sword couldn’t unleash its full power, as an Ancient Divine Soldier, even its normal attacks held impressive power.

The Xuanyuan Sword is a Demon-slaying Sword, and the things around him now, neither human nor ghost, emanating black aura, were no different from living corpses.

Using the Xuanyuan Sword against them was more than appropriate.

”Round Two, continue.”

Han Zhan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, raised the sword, and fought again!

On the high tower.

Xia Youwei and Li Lingzhen were still climbing to the top.

The higher they went, the stronger the cold wind in the silent night, scraping against the old rusty steps, making a teeth-gritting creaking sound.

Looking down, the ground was no longer visible, vast and empty; in the pitch-black night, it felt as though they were treading on thin air.

Oh, if only the Celestial Intent Four Symbols were still usable. Xia Youwei sighed inwardly and then spoke up, ”Lingzhen, what exactly is the Li Family thinking, going after our teacher.”

If it weren’t for Li Fengchun controlling Li Shutong himself, not even the Tier Nine Insect Emperor Nightmare could have succeeded immediately.

Li Lingzhen knew she was trying to use conversation to distract herself from her nervousness.

Her small hand tightly gripped the nearby railing, and Li Lingzhen steadied herself.

”The Li Family isn’t united either; when a family grows to a certain size, it takes all sorts to make a world.”

Li Lingzhen’s response took Xia Youwei by surprise.

She hadn’t expected the writer of the Forbidden Book to say something so serious.

”Grandfather and the current leader of the Li Family, his own brother, my granduncle, don’t get along.”

Li Shutong is ranked second in the Li Family, while his elder brother is the current real leader of the Li Family, Li Guangming.

Li Fengchun belongs to Li Guangming’s line.

”After he went to assassinate the Three Great Insect Emperors, my granduncle deliberately erased my grandmother’s achievements, just to create a ’Great Xia War God’ for the Li Family, securing a century of opportunities.”

”But because of this, their relationship soured rapidly. Later, at some point, Grandfather stopped caring about Li Family affairs.”

These were internal matters of the Li Family, known only to a granddaughter like Li Lingzhen.

But they still couldn’t believe that the Li Family would choose to collude with the Insect Race.

What difference was there to choosing a path to destruction?

They couldn’t fathom the affairs of great figures, so the conversation fell silent again.

However, the talk helped ease the fear of climbing higher; they had already ascended significantly, and could vaguely see the top of the tower.

”We’re almost there!”

Seeing the ”end,” there was a hint of relief in Li Lingzhen’s tone.

Xia Youwei sensed something, looked up at the outside of the tower, and her expression grew serious.

”Be careful, they’re coming.”

The ”they” Xia Youwei referred to was a group of Nightmare Beasts swooping from the high sky.

Their eyes were red, glowing with monstrous light.

Nightmare Beasts were more agile in the air, and their target was clear: Xia Youwei, who was currently the highest!

”Youwei!” Li Lingzhen called out.

Xia Youwei had already summoned the Fu Xi Zither in advance, and the sound of the Clear Heart Powder played in their ears, like an invisible ripple, shielding them.

The illusion skill of the Nightmare Beasts required eye contact, but the sinister glow in their red eyes was blocked by the invisible ripple.

It worked!

Earlier, Han Zhan had dispelled an Illusion Realm with Clear Heart Powder for them, and at that time, Xia Youwei understood that the sound of the Fu Xi Zither could counter illusions.

But they didn’t celebrate for long.

Seeing that illusions were ineffective, the Nightmare Beasts began charging towards the tower.

They were agile, stretching their wings, and while the Fu Xi Zither defended against illusion attacks, it couldn’t launch a counterattack with Zither Sound Air Blade.

At this moment, Li Lingzhen stepped up.

She raised her hand, summoning the Shennong Cauldron, and at the moment the ancient cauldron appeared, it grew larger in the wind from its original palm size to a massive three to five meters, blocking the entire attack route outside the tower.

”Youwei, keep going up, destroy the formation core.”

”I’ll handle this, leave it to me!”

Now was not the time for hesitation; Xia Youwei chose to trust her teammate, enveloped herself in Fu Xi’s Zither sound to avoid illusion attacks, and turned to continue upwards.

Meanwhile, Li Lingzhen gently patted the Shennong Cauldron,

Soon, a faint herbal fragrance wafted from the cauldron.

Originally, the Nightmare Beasts chasing Xia Youwei were instantly drawn to the scent upon smelling it.

There was a hint of madness in their eyes, recklessly crashing into the Shennong Cauldron.

This was a hidden feature of the Shennong Cauldron, one of the fruits of Li Shutong’s more than twenty days of special training with them.

The Shennong Cauldron could perform Alchemy, and it had accumulated many special properties, these properties, when activated, had different effects.

For instance, the scent of the Insect Sap Grass had a strong allure, making those who smelled it develop ”hatred” towards the Shennong Cauldron and become strongly attracted to it.

Li Lingzhen braced herself against the four legs of the Shennong Cauldron, the Nightmare Beasts had lost reason, and they no longer dodged, changing angles, recklessly crashing. She could only grit her teeth, bearing each wave of impact.

If she couldn’t hold on, without Fu Xi’s Zither sound protection, Li Lingzhen would immediately fall into an illusion!

...

On the battlefield below.

Han Zhan split a Tier Four Corpse Beast with a single strike,

Dark blood splattered on the ground, where many fragments already lay, yet there were still more, continuously replenishing.

Han Zhan, with one sword, reigned supreme.

The fully berserk Longevity Company elder Mu Yang, also bore numerous large and small sword scars.

These injuries dealt by the Xuanyuan Sword cut deep enough to see bone; even with his terrifying regeneration, they were beyond healing, continuously causing destruction.

Han Zhan panted slightly, taking a brief rest, he looked up to the sky, noting the Nightmare Beasts’ prolonged assault, feeling somewhat relieved.

Just as he was about to re-engage in battle, Mu Yang suddenly returned from a crawling state to standing upright.

His eyes, gradually turning from pale to pitch-black again.

Mu Yang’s face showed signs of struggle, as if beyond his control, his whole face twisted bizarrely, dark blood vessels protruding, crawling over his face.

He seemed to be suppressing something.

”Run... quickly... run!” Mu Yang croaked, struggling to speak, and moments later, he took something out from his storage space.

It was a jet-black syringe.

He hesitated no longer, fiercely stabbing it into the other side of his neck.

The black liquid injected into his body, Mu Yang shook violently.

With a loud bang,

The human shell that bound him burst open, revealing raw, crimson flesh beneath.

Mu Yang, completely turned into a monster, a Tier Six Monster!