Liu Bai's punch was fast and ruthless, but it was not fatal.
Because he had never intended to kill Bai Bin.
Bang!
A terrifying force erupted from the punch. Bai Bin only felt his head suffer a heavy blow. With a buzzing sound in his ears, he lost all awareness.
Thud!
Bai Bin's body smashed onto the ground, startling the surrounding experts who had been watching the commotion.
Beside them, Chi Hongwu widened her beautiful eyes and looked at Liu Bai in astonishment.
Judging from the aura he had revealed earlier, this man was very strong. Yet to knock down a prodigy of the Ice Phoenix Clan so cleanly and decisively was perhaps too humiliating to the Ice Phoenix Clan.
"Scram."
Liu Bai softly uttered a single word, but to those beside Bai Bin, it sounded like thunder.
They did not dare hesitate in the slightest. Several of them hurriedly lifted the unconscious Bai Bin and fled in panic.
Their strength was not weak either. Every one of them was a Seventh-Grade Sovereign, and with the Ice Phoenix Clan bloodline, their combat power far surpassed ordinary spiritual beast clan prodigies.
Even so, when facing Liu Bai, they did not dare leave behind a single harsh word.
This scene made many onlookers feel their hearts pound in fear. Especially the thin man who had previously harbored ill thoughts toward Liu Bai, he was now clutching his chest and hiding to one side.
Chi Hongwu, who had not intervened, now shifted her gaze to Liu Bai. A strange light flickered in her eyes, and a trace of battle intent seemed to surge within them. In the end, however, she restrained herself.
"Let me remind you, that Bai Bin cannot even rank in the top five among the younger generation of the Ice Phoenix Clan. You may be strong, but if you think everyone they sent this time is like him, you will likely suffer."
Liu Bai looked at the woman in surprise. He could tell she was hot tempered and a battle fanatic. Even after witnessing his strength, she still revealed fighting intent.
Still, since she offered a kind reminder, Liu Bai would not feign indifference. He cupped his fists with a smile and said, "Thank you for the reminder."
After all, there was no conflict between them, unlike in the original storyline.
Chi Hongwu nodded once more and quickly departed.
Jiu You and the siblings Mo Feng and Mo Ling walked over. The latter looked at Liu Bai with eyes full of gratitude and worry.
"Big Brother Liu, you really did not have to do that. That guy would at most bully us a little. He would not truly dare do anything to us," Mo Ling said with reddened eyes.
Although the two were looked down upon in the Ice Phoenix Clan, just as Chi Hongwu had inferred, since a powerful figure from the Ice Phoenix Clan had mediated back then, it meant the clan had already tacitly accepted their existence.
With the pride of these Divine Beast races, once they chose to tolerate something, they would not deliberately continue to make trouble for the siblings.
Doing so would only invite ridicule from others.
Mo Feng also hesitated for a moment before saying, "Thanks. But you did not need to involve yourself. I could handle that fellow."
Liu Bai smiled indifferently. "I cannot stand seeing others insult my friends."
Mo Feng's expression froze. His gaze turned complicated as he lowered his eyes. After a moment, he slowly nodded and said nothing more.
With his cold and arrogant temperament, even after living in the Nine Nether Clan for so many years, aside from his sister, he had never acknowledged anyone else as a friend.
Liu Bai's casual remark had cracked open deep fissures in the ice sealed heart he once had.
As for whether Liu Bai's words were truly unintentional, only he himself knew.
Soon, the four left the area. Seeing that there was no more spectacle to watch, the crowded onlookers gradually dispersed.
Walking beside Liu Bai, Jiu You smiled faintly. "I thought you would kill him."
Though she did not specify, Liu Bai knew she meant that fool Bai Bin.
"You think I am some butcher who only knows how to kill?" Liu Bai curled his lips.
"Are you not?"
"Of course not."
"So you do not plan to kill him?"
"Of course I do."
Liu Bai answered just as decisively.
Then he added with a smile, "But not openly like that."
The Ice Phoenix Clan was different from the spiritual beast clans they had encountered before. It was a genuine superior Divine Beast clan and a branch of the Phoenix Clan. Killing one of their members required the proper opportunity.
Jiu You looked at Liu Bai, especially the inexplicable smile on his face, and a thought arose in her mind.
"You are planning to do it in the Myriad Beasts Graveyard…"
Before she could finish, Liu Bai nodded with a smile.
If he remembered correctly, something major would occur in the Myriad Beasts Graveyard this time. The danger level was so high that even total annihilation was not impossible. When that happened, no matter how many he killed, no one would suspect him.
They casually found an unoccupied stone tower in the city. Liu Bai set up a formation outside to conceal their traces, then prepared to open the four blind boxes they had obtained today.
Jiu You and Mo Ling were both brimming with excitement. Clearly, they were very enthusiastic about this blind box opening activity.
Aside from the Phoenix Flame Essence, although Mo Ling could sense the powerful aura within the remaining three items, she did not know exactly what they were or what use they had. Only after opening them would the truth be revealed.
Liu Bai had already studied the seals on the crystal spheres earlier, so his movements were quite swift.
Spiritual runes flew from his fingertips one after another and quickly covered the crystal sphere. In the end, they directly located a flaw in the sphere and penetrated inward.
Seeing this, joy flashed across Liu Bai's face. The True Dragon and True Phoenix patterns on his arm trembled slightly, and strands of purple gold light quietly surged out. Following the path of the spiritual runes, they entered the crystal sphere and came into contact with the sealing patterns drawn from the blood of a Super Divine Beast inside.
Sizzle.
The True Dragon Pattern and True Phoenix Pattern on Liu Bai's body were far stronger than the sealing patterns drawn with the blood of those Super Divine Beasts. After all, even among Super Divine Beasts there were differences in strength, and the True Dragon and True Phoenix were precisely among the most powerful.
Although Liu Bai's movements appeared cautious, they were actually very swift. In only a short moment, he broke the seal on the crystal sphere. Immediately afterward, crimson flames shot into the sky and the surrounding temperature rose rapidly.
A five colored glow flashed in Liu Bai's palm. The powerful Five Elements sealing power directly suppressed the Phoenix Flame Essence that was about to erupt, temporarily sealing it so it could not fully explode.
When Liu Bai opened his palm, a crimson crystal about the size of a fist appeared within it.
Jiu You and the others could not help looking at the crimson crystal. Inside it, magma seemed to be flowing, and that magma had even condensed into the shape of a fire phoenix.
"It really is Phoenix Flame Essence. This is great!" Mo Ling cried out in delight.
Liu Bai smiled gently at the sight and handed the Phoenix Flame Essence in his hand to Mo Ling, whose big eyes were already sparkling.
"Thank you, Big Brother Liu!"
Mo Ling was extremely excited and carefully received the Phoenix Flame Essence.
"No need to thank me. I already said it was for you."
After saying this with a smile, Liu Bai proceeded to follow the same method and opened the remaining three crystal spheres one by one.
Just like the three items that appeared in the original storyline, from these crystal spheres Liu Bai obtained a female battle armor at the level of a Peerless Divine Artifact, a massive horn shaped like a bow, and a silver heart.
Liu Bai examined the armor. It was designed for a woman, so it was useless for him. As for Jiu You, the armor she wore surpassed this dark armor in both grade and function. Thus it ultimately benefited Mo Ling once again.
However, when Liu Bai handed the armor to Mo Ling, both Mo Feng as her brother and Jiu You as Liu Bai's acknowledged lover looked at the two of them with rather strange expressions.
"Tell me, are you plotting something against little Ling?" Jiu You narrowed her beautiful eyes in an interrogative manner.
Liu Bai could not help but laugh. "What are you thinking?"
"It just happens to suit Mo Ling. It can enhance her ability to protect herself in the upcoming operations."
"Is that really all?" Jiu You looked suspicious, feeling that he was not being entirely honest.
Liu Bai secretly laughed to himself. Of course it was not just that. He intended to properly cultivate this girl. At the very least, she could become another capable expert in the future.
But such utilitarian intentions could not be spoken aloud. So Liu Bai put on a resolute expression and said, "That is exactly it."
"Fine. I will believe you for now." Jiu You curled her lips and did not pursue the matter further.
After distributing the armor, they began examining the other two items.
"This black horn looks quite similar to the horns on the heads of those fellows from the Rhino Demon Clan, does it not?" Liu Bai weighed it in his hand. The horn was astonishingly heavy, heavy enough that even he felt the weight pressing on his hand.
"You are right. It really does look like a horn from the Rhino Demon Clan," Jiu You said in surprise.
"This should have been left behind by an ancient expert of the Rhino Demon Clan," Mo Feng said thoughtfully. "The horns of the Rhino Demon Clan are their strongest weapons. Moreover, there is a unique ferocious aura on it that greatly benefits their cultivation techniques. Although this horn has been eroded by the passage of time, if worn while cultivating, it would definitely allow a member of the Rhino Demon Clan to increase their cultivation speed significantly."
"It is a pity that it is not of much use to us."
Liu Bai smiled slightly. "It still has some use. In my view, this is an excellent material for crafting a bow. If supplemented with other high grade materials, forging a high grade Divine Artifact longbow would pose no problem. With sufficient materials, even forging a Peerless Divine Artifact is not impossible."
Mo Feng nodded, then shook his head. "Unfortunately, an artifact refiner of that level is not easy to find."
Jiu You laughed. "That is not something you need to worry about. The person you seek is far away in the horizon yet right before your eyes."
Mo Feng was stunned, then a look of shock appeared on his face as he turned to Liu Bai.
"Could it be that Brother Liu is also an artifact refiner?"
Liu Bai nodded. This nearly drove Mo Feng mad.
"A Spiritual Array Scholar, an alchemist, and also an artifact refiner capable of forging Divine Artifacts. Brother Liu, is there anything you cannot do?"
Liu Bai thought seriously for a moment, then said, "Giving birth to children."
Mo Feng was speechless.
Mo Ling was stunned.
Jiu You glared at him.
"I am joking." Seeing that Jiu You was about to flare up, Liu Bai quickly waved his hand. "I do have considerable experience in artifact refining."
As a Divine Artifact Master who had inherited the complete legacy of the Divine Refining Emperor, although Liu Bai had not deliberately pursued the level of his artifact refining skills, he already possessed the qualifications to forge Peerless Divine Artifacts.
Mo Feng shook his head helplessly. After getting familiar with him, Liu Bai's true personality had clearly begun to show.
"In fact, the best option for this item is to sell it to the Rhino Demon Clan. They would certainly be willing to pay a high price for it."
Liu Bai agreed. In the original storyline, Han Shan had spent two million Sovereign Spiritual Liquid to purchase this horn, and that was already considered a friendly price.
After storing the Rhino Demon Horn, the four of them shifted their attention to the silver heart.
"Could this be the Devouring Thunder Beast Heart?" Jiu You pondered for a moment and guessed.
"It should indeed be the Devouring Thunder Beast Heart," Liu Bai said decisively.
The Devouring Thunder Beast was a peculiar ancient beast from remote antiquity. It did not consume grass, wood, or flesh, feeding only on lightning. Countless bolts of lightning would gather within its heart, layer upon layer, compressed and condensed, thereby possessing destructive power.
This beast was gentle by nature and did not harm others. However, if truly enraged and forced into a desperate situation, it would detonate its own heart. It was said that if a Devouring Thunder Beast that had grown for ten thousand years self destructed its heart, the power would be enough to cause the fall of an Earth Sovereign.
Liu Bai looked at the object. It was essentially a super bomb.
"It is said that the heart of a ten thousand year Devouring Thunder Beast is pure gold. This one is still silver white, so it should be around a thousand years old," Jiu You continued explaining.
"A Devouring Thunder Beast Heart of this level certainly cannot harm an Earth Sovereign. But if used against someone in the Sovereign Realm, even a Ninth-Grade Sovereign, if caught off guard, would likely be severely injured."
With this item, it was equivalent to possessing a trump card that could save one's life at a critical moment.
Without hesitation, Liu Bai handed the Devouring Thunder Beast Heart to Jiu You.
"With my current strength, this is useless in my hands. You should keep it for self protection."
Given Liu Bai's present cultivation and physical body, combined with the Thunder God Lotus in his possession, even if he crushed this Devouring Thunder Beast Heart directly, it might not be able to injure him. Thus he truly did not value it much.
"Alright. It is getting late. Tomorrow at dawn we will set out for the Myriad Beasts Graveyard. Let us rest well tonight and conserve our strength."
After distributing the items, Liu Bai waved his hand. The four separated to rest and waited for the coming dawn.
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