The odd change in Leng Ningyu’s expression made the crowd speculate, and many of them looked enviously at Chu Kuangren.
Leng Ningyu was not just anybody. She was a cultivator who cultivated the Unruffled Emotions Dao. The fact he could draw the attention of a character like her showed that his charm was on another level.
“Tsk tsk. So long as he desires, I reckon he can win over many women in this world, don’t you think?”
Zhan Hongying exclaimed admirably amongst the crowd.
She did not harbor any wishful thinking toward Chu Kuangren because she had nothing but reverence for this person.
“The man who has stolen my heart truly has his marvels. Shame is that someone of my standards would never stand a chance to be with him.”
In the middle of the crowd, Feng Yaorao glanced at Chu Kuangren fondly. Yet, soon after, she shook her head and snapped herself back into reality. She felt a slight grievance at her improbable dream.
As for Chu Kuangren himself, he never really bothered about all the adoration that he was receiving.
Right now, he was focused on gathering all the treasures from the Spiritual Qi Leyline.
This Spiritual Qi Leyline spanned over ten kilometers and contained countless precious treasures within. The number of treasures there was unfathomable. Even by using his mind power, it would take Chu Kuangren a significant amount of time to collect it all.
Just as Chu Kuangren was halfway through collecting them, a quake spread out from within the Spiritual Qi Leyline again.
Wobble, wobble!!
As soon as the leyline began trembling, a new crack began to form at one end.
Everyone looked toward that crack in the ground with visible shock in their eyes.
“What’s this? Has some kind of treasure resurfaced again?”
“Gosh, this is too scary. The treasures here are already abundant. Is there going to be more?”
“I wonder what it is.”
A green light was seen seeping through the crack, and a gush of green-colored qi pillared skyward, forming a gigantic dragon that flew menacingly amidst the sky.
Some of the sky-prides were shocked to see it.
“A dragon formed from earth qi… Is this a Dragon Leyline?!”
“Oh my, a Dragon Leyline is the highest quality of all leylines. What kind of treasure has this leyline produced now?”
The earth qi that surged out from the crack on the ground transformed into a menacing dragon, which flew in the sky and then self-destructed. It then dissipated into the clouds, dyeing a whole half of the horizon into a vibrant hue of green.
Meanwhile, the treasures hidden within the crack in the ground began to surface at the same time.
It was a pool of green soul sap, almost the height of a man. Boundless Daoist Rhyme billowed around it, swirling wildly like a dragon and phoenix. It was an auspicious anomaly.
When this soul sap showed up, a gush of vitality emitted outward. Flowers began to blossom all around it, while all sorts of flora sprouted frenziedly.
In the blink of an eye, a hundred meters radius from the green soul sap turned into a lush forest.
Such an incredible phenomenon dumbfounded everyone at the scene.
“This is Wood Elemental Leyline Essence!!”
Sword Daoist exclaimed in shock when he saw that pool of green fluid.
Wood Elemental Leyline Essence referred to the essence within a leyline. Under normal circumstances, a leyline would very rarely produce its very own essence.
Even in instances where they did, the essence produced would only be as big as the size of a fist.
The crowd had certainly never heard of such a large-sized essence, much less seen one.
Just this pool of leyline essence alone would be worth more than all the treasures found in the leyline.
“If I could absorb this leyline essence, my combat strength would increase by two levels at least. By that time, I’d most certainly attain Sovereign-level combat strength.”
“It’s easier said than done to absorb such huge amounts of leyline essence. One would need approximately a year’s time to complete such a feat. Still, improving to a Sovereign combat strength in just a year is still too big of an Opportunity of Fortune to let go of!”
“Besides, this Wood Elemental Leyline Essence is undoubtedly the most top-notch Healing Spiritual Herb in this world. No matter how heavy the injuries, a few drops of this Wood Elemental Leyline Essence would ensure that its user recuperates back to full health. Do you know how many lives this pool of leyline essence equates to?!”
Everybody looked at the pool of Wood Elemental Leyline Essence lustfully. Even Leng Ningyu’s gaze started to tremble.
“Chu Kuangren, we’re not going to let you have this Wood Elemental Leyline Essence all to yourself!!”
Jiu Yan could not stand it any longer. He morphed back to his original form and dashed toward that Wood Elemental Leyline Essence. He spread his jaws open wide and attempted to engulf it in whole.
Previously, they could bear watching Chu Kuangren claim the rest of the treasures in the leyline to himself.
However, after witnessing this pool of Wood Elemental Leyline Essence, they could not hold back any longer.
It was too precious.
This Wood Elemental Leyline Essence was just way too precious.
Not to mention sky-prides like them, even those Sovereigns would be moved by this item.
“Can’t believe a loser like you would dare to steal what belongs to me.”
Chu Kuangren muttered indifferently.
He then cast his mind power, constructing a huge silvery-white rune in the blank space before him.
Spatial Cessation Rune!
The rune lambasted down from above and instantly locked Jiu Yan’s body into place.
After that, a terrifying palm strength surged out like a torrent and struck onto Jiu Yan’s body brutally, blasting his giant body off his feet.
Jiu Yan spat out a mouthful of blood. Even a mighty wild beast’s body could not endure such an attack.
“Rune?”
“What a majestic spatial rune!”
Not far away, Zi Wuji, the outlawed sky-pride from the Runic Lands, expressed his surprise. A mysterious purple runic light flashed across his eyes.
“My dear fellows, you really don’t need me to tell you how valuable this Wood Elemental Leyline Essence is. You guys can’t possibly allow Chu Kuangren to have it all to himself, can you? Now that we have a few more outlawed sky-prides on our side, we should all attack him at once. I trust that we have enough manpower to fight Chu Kuangren.” Sword Daoist faced the crowd and encouraged them.
Currently, he despised Chu Kuangren to the core. Since there was a chance for him to lead a combined attack against Chu Kuangren, he would surely not let go of this chance so easily.
His words made Bai Hongyu, Wang Quan, and company quite tempted.
On the other hand, when the Bull Demon Tribe’s Niu Dali heard that, a strange look was seen on his face. “Are you kidding me? Do we really need to go all out against this one guy?”
His surprise stemmed from the fact that all of them here were outlawed sky-prides.
When had they, mighty sky-prides, ever needed to combine forces to deal with one person?
That was just outrageous.
“Bull boy, cut that crap of yours. This guy is not someone whom you can beat alone. We’ll only stand a chance if all of us attack him together.”
Jiu Yan, who had been flung into the sky earlier, sprang back into the scene. Ferocious qi was swirling around his body, and his nine heads let out a series of furious growls.
Niu Dali was slightly taken aback by that. “Nine heads, are you that afraid of him too?”
He then looked at Chu Kuangren with his curiosity piqued. After that, a mischievous smile broke out on his face. “Now, I’m more intrigued as to how powerful this guy really is.”
Just like what Sword Daoist said, there was no way they would watch Chu Kuangren claim this Wood Elemental Leyline Essence to himself just like that.
Bam!
Niu Dali took a stride forward, crossing several hundred meters in one breath. The moment he arrived before Chu Kuangren, he unleashed a fist technique at his opponent, generating an incredibly horrifying qi wave in the space between them.
Despite that, Chu Kuangren did not flinch at all. Likewise, he returned with a fist.
The two fists clashed with each other with force, just like two meteors crashing into each other, producing a deafening sound.
The ground underneath Chu Kuangren and Niu Dali’s feet collapsed inward and formed a giant crater. With the two as the center, cracks began spreading outward in all directions, covering over several hundred meters radius of land. Each of those cracks was several dozen meters deep, and they looked as if they were numerous valleys. The landscape around them had experienced a tremendous transformation.
“What a sturdy raw strength. I can’t believe he’s as strong as I am. Is he really human?”
Niu Dali’s expression changed slightly.
He hailed from the Archaic Bull Demon Tribe, so the raw strength of his physical body was one of the strongest amongst all wild beasts. Yet now, he could not even subdue a mere human!
He could finally sense the incredibly appalling power within that seemingly slender and frail body of Chu Kuangren’s!
It was a force with a magnitude not inferior to his. It might even be a force that surpassed him in terms of strength!
