Firmament Sword

Xu Luo moved with incredible speed. Using the Shaking Light Step, he charged toward the White Fox, whose three tails had been severed. His Sword Qi coalesced into a searing streak, piercing toward the White Fox’s head!

”Save me!” the White Fox shrieked.

The golden figure and the Mountain Spirit Child were both stunned by the scene. In the brief moment they were dazed, three of the six powerful beings had been slain!

And now, it looked like the White Fox was about to meet a violent end!

”Dammit!” A cold voice emanated from the golden figure.

The Mountain Spirit Child roared, ”Human... Prepare to die!”

But then, it did something completely unexpected. Its body shot off in the opposite direction, fleeing like a bolt of lightning!

Xu Luo paid no attention to the Mountain Spirit Child. His Beidou Sword never stopped. The Sword Qi plunged directly into the White Fox’s skull. With a flick of his wrist, the fox let out a bloodcurdling scream as its head exploded with a POP!

Then, Xu Luo threw a punch, slamming it viciously into the approaching golden figure.

BOOM!

The golden figure was sent flying backward, but a large black patch appeared on Xu Luo’s fist!

Poison!

”Damn it!” Xu Luo cursed, then charged at the golden figure, sword in hand.

It was a golden fish. Its entire body, as if carved from gold, glittered with a dazzling light.

The Monkey had warned him before to watch out for the Mountain Spirit Child and be careful of the fish in the pool. But everything happened too quickly. Even though Xu Luo was already a King-level Powerhouse, he had to give it his all to prevent a single one of the Quasi-Kings from escaping, leaving him no energy to worry about anything else.

The Golden Fish let out a strange cry, turned, and fled. It flew through the air in a peculiar way, and for a moment, even Xu Luo found it difficult to catch up!

Meanwhile, the Mountain Spirit Child was intercepted by the Monkey, who wielded his Big Iron Rod. The two were locked in a fierce battle, the sounds of their clashing echoing—CLANG CLANG CLANG.

The Monkey shouted, ”Quick, seal off that hand! Don’t let the poison spread!”

In fact, Xu Luo had already sealed the meridians in that hand. At the same time, he unleashed the pressure of the Saint Realm, bearing down on the Golden Fish.

The Golden Fish had been swimming freely through the air. It possessed two great Divine Techniques: one was poison, and the other was speed!

But under the pressure of Xu Luo’s Saint Realm, the Golden Fish suddenly felt the air become incredibly thick. It had heard the Monkey’s voice and seen him with his Big Iron Rod. It let out a sharp roar, ”You of the Golden Monkey Race, do you wish to provoke the Saint Emperor?”

Xu Luo sneered. With a single slash of his sword, he cut the Golden Fish in two. He waved his hand, collecting it into his storage space, and said, ”We can have braised fish later.”

The poor Golden Fish was slain before it could even scream.

The Mountain Spirit on the other side was scared out of its wits. Blustering but inwardly terrified, it roared at the Monkey, ”How dare you target Lord Saint Emperor’s treasury! Do you have a death wish?”

”Once you’re all dead, who’s going to know it was me?” the Monkey sneered, swinging his iron rod and smashing it relentlessly at the Mountain Spirit.

Just then, Xu Luo charged over. The Monkey yelled, ”Let’s kill it together!”

The Mountain Spirit dodged left and right, trying to escape, but there was no getting away from two King-level powerhouses. In an aged voice, it uttered a venomous curse, ”If you kill me today, the Saint Emperor will surely kill you in the future!”

BANG!

The Monkey’s Big Iron Rod smashed viciously onto one of the Mountain Spirit’s arms, accompanied by the CRACK of breaking bone.

The arm was instantly smashed off, transforming into a wisp of energy that tried to flee back into the Mountain Spirit’s body.

The Monkey opened its mouth and inhaled sharply, sucking the arm into its belly. He laughed heartily. ”Refreshing!”

The Mountain Spirit Child let out a piercing roar. Before it could react, Xu Luo’s sword slashed its leg, which also instantly transformed into a wisp of energy.

Copying the Monkey, Xu Luo opened his mouth and inhaled, drawing the leg’s energy into his stomach amidst the Mountain Spirit Child’s howls.

A vast, pure essence spread through Xu Luo’s throat, so refined it was almost unimaginable!

”Tastes good, right?” the Monkey laughed, swinging his Big Iron Rod and furiously attacking the Mountain Spirit Child.

In the blink of an eye, the Mountain Spirit Child was torn to pieces by the two Kings. Its body disintegrated into streams of energy, which were divided between Xu Luo and the Monkey.

Only after the Mountain Spirit Child had completely vanished did Xu Luo and the Monkey look at each other. They descended from mid-air, leaned against a tree, and panted for breath before looking at each other again and bursting into laughter.

”That was so satisfying!” the Monkey said with a look of pure bliss, muttering, ”This stuff is unbelievably pure. I can’t believe it. That was my first time eating it!”

Xu Luo grumbled, ”It would’ve been even better if it wasn’t humanoid.”

”It’s just energy, who cares what shape it is?” the Monkey said with a laugh. Then, his expression turned worried as he glanced at Xu Luo’s blackened hand, his brow furrowing slightly. ”Didn’t I warn you? How could you be so careless?”

Xu Luo gave a wry smile. ”I couldn’t worry about that at the time. I was only thinking about not letting them escape. That thing really is formidable. My hand only touched its scales—there was no wound—and I was still poisoned.”

”The Golden Fish’s poison is terrifying. An ordinary person would probably be dead by now. Your constitution is impressive!” the Monkey said. ”But it’s no problem. The Golden Fish’s Fish Swim Bladder can counteract its poison. Just find it and eat it later, and you’ll be fine.”

Afterward, Xu Luo and the Monkey cleaned up the battlefield. The two large snakes, one red and one black, had their heads smashed by the Monkey, and their bodies were collected by Xu Luo.

The meat of beasts at the Quasi-King Realm contained a massive amount of essence, making it an incredibly rare and top-quality ingredient!

The little green bird had been blown up. The chimpanzee was collected by the Monkey, and he also gathered the bodies of the gray dog and the White Fox.

After dividing the spoils, Xu Luo took out the Golden Fish’s Fish Swim Bladder and swallowed it directly. The poison in his hand slowly began to dissipate.

”Let’s go, to the treasury!” the Monkey said, full of vigor. He wasn’t good at expressing himself, but in his heart, he was extremely grateful to Xu Luo.

If the Monkey had been alone today, things would never have gone so smoothly. Even if he could have defeated the eight powerful beings, killing all of them would have been nearly impossible.

If news of this had leaked, the Infinite Saint Emperor would have surely taken his anger out on the Golden Monkey Race!

And he would never have let the Monkey go, either. He would have hunted him to the ends of the earth.

Now, with Xu Luo’s help, all eight beings had been slain, and they could calmly clean the battlefield, leaving not a single trace behind.

Even if the Infinite Saint Emperor found out, and even if he grew suspicious, it would be very difficult for him to trace it back to them anytime soon.

The treasury door wasn’t large, only about a person’s height, located right next to the pool.

Xu Luo and the Monkey stood before the treasury door, their expressions grim. The door was reinforced with at least a dozen Arrays, completely sealing what looked like an ordinary stone gate.

Furthermore, there seemed to be some sort of connection between these Arrays, making one hesitant to act rashly.

Breaking the door open with brute force wouldn’t be a problem; both Xu Luo and the Monkey were confident they could do it.

But what worried them was this: if they used brute force to break the stone door, would they trigger some kind of restriction and alert the Infinite Saint Emperor?

This concern was not unfounded. After all, only eight Quasi-Kings had been guarding this place. If two or more King-level Powerhouses truly set their sights on this treasury, eight Quasi-Kings would never be able to stop them.

The Infinite Saint Emperor must have considered this. Since that was the case, the fact that he was still confident enough to leave only eight Quasi-Kings to guard the place meant he had to have other measures in place.

Even if he wasn’t worried about outsiders, he still had to guard against an inside job. If the eight Quasi-Kings decided to steal what they were guarding, wouldn’t his losses be catastrophic?

Therefore, this treasury... would definitely not be easy to enter!

The Monkey scratched his head and said, ”I was so focused on coming to the treasury to get the Chaos Heaven Armor, and I even scouted this place a few times. But I was only ever observing the strength of the eight Quasi-Kings. I completely forgot to figure out how to open the stone door... Ugh, I’m so stupid!”

Xu Luo walked up to the stone door and examined the Arrays on it, growing more alarmed the longer he looked.

Although he wasn’t an expert in Arrays, Xu Luo had read through the entire text on Mechanical Skill. Not being an expert didn’t mean he couldn’t understand them.

The Arrays on this stone door looked simple and crude, but they actually concealed countless killing traps!

Not even Divine Sense could penetrate it!

”It seems... I’ve underestimated this Infinite Saint Emperor. There truly is always someone better out there,” Xu Luo muttered. ”No famous powerhouse in the Divine Domain earns their reputation for nothing.”

The Monkey had a troubled look on his face. ”So what do we do now? There’s no turning back. We’ve already killed the eight Quasi-Kings guarding the treasury. We can’t just go back empty-handed, can we?”

Xu Luo shook his head. ”We’ve entered a mountain of treasure; how could we leave empty-handed? We just underestimated the situation here.”

”Yeah, I thought everything would be fine as long as we killed the eight guardians,” the Monkey said. ”I never expected the hardest part would be right here...”

”If only Fifth Brother were here.” Xu Luo also scratched his head. ’If Sui Yan were here,’ he thought, ’opening this treasury would definitely not be so difficult.’

”Otherwise, let’s just smash it with my rod! To hell with the consequences! We grab the treasure and get the hell out of here!” the Monkey, being short-tempered, snarled from the side.

”What about your Golden Monkey Race then?” Xu Luo glanced at the Monkey and said coolly.

”Then what do you suggest we do?” The Monkey paced back and forth, growing agitated.

”Hmm?” Xu Luo let out a soft sound of surprise. He stared intently at the patterns on the door, his brow first knitting slightly before gradually relaxing.

”What is it?” the Monkey asked anxiously, looking at Xu Luo.

”I think... I have an idea,” Xu Luo said softly. He narrowed his eyes and once again focused on studying the Arrays on the door.

Then, Xu Luo said, ”This treasury is probably the entire mountain. I just studied it carefully and found that a Divine Thought is sealed within the Arrays on this door. If I’m not mistaken, that Divine Thought... was likely left by the Infinite Saint Emperor himself!”

HISS!

The Monkey couldn’t help but suck in a cold breath. He cursed, ”That damn toad! This means that no matter how well we covered our tracks, the moment we break this door, he’ll recognize and remember us!”

Xu Luo nodded. ”Correct. However, if this treasury... was no longer in this world, do you think his Divine Thought could still be transmitted?”

The Monkey’s eyes instantly lit up.