With this treasure’s blessing, his path to enlightenment will surely advance further, and a breakthrough in his cultivation is just around the corner!
The next second, Kugu Jin suddenly turned his head, his gaze precisely locking onto the group from Wanfa Tiangong who were standing quietly on the outside, especially Chen Ping, who was clinging tightly to Su Qingyuan.
A sneer curled at the corner of his lips, an extremely flamboyant and ostentatious smile. He lifted the blood-stained hem of his clothes and walked slowly through the void, each step carrying the arrogance and swagger of a victor.
He deliberately moved to a position less than ten steps away from Su Qingyuan, looking down at her. He held the translucent, shimmering jade pendant with Daoist patterns high in his palm, intentionally waving it slowly in front of Su Qingyuan’s eyes, his tone arrogant and smug, showing off to the extreme:
“Sister Qingyuan, did you see that?”
“The Dao Ruins treasure, an ancient Dao-patterned jade pendant, which appears only once every three hundred years, has finally fallen into my hands.”
“Your Myriad Laws Heavenly Palace has always prided itself on being righteous and orthodox, with exceptional vision, yet in the end you still hesitated and missed opportunities?”
“Just now I heard that this young friend beside you advised you to retreat and observe, and give up the fight?”
As he spoke, he glanced contemptuously at Chen Ping, who was cowering beside him, his eyes full of mockery and disdain, and his tone was extremely sarcastic: “As expected of a lowly rogue cultivator, narrow-minded, cowardly and weak, only knowing how to survive. Even when a great opportunity is right in front of you, you only dare to shrink back and avoid it, and dare not reach out to grab it.”
With such a limited perspective and mindset, one can only rely on others to survive and stay alive for the rest of their life.
His words openly boasted of his acquisition of the treasure and his overwhelming strength, while subtly belittling Chen Ping for being cowardly, incompetent, and lacking vision. At the same time, they implied that he was suppressing Su Qingyuan for her indecisiveness and missed opportunities.
He wanted to crush Chen Ping’s dignity in front of Su Qingyuan and completely vent his anger at being annoyed, schemed against, and failed in his sneak attack!
Seeing his smug and arrogant expression, the disciples of the Myriad Laws Palace felt a surge of resentment, yet they had no way to refute him.
The opponent fought a bloody battle to seize the treasure and returned victorious, having indeed obtained the ancient treasure. At this moment, no matter how much they boast, they have a valid reason and evidence that leaves no room for argument.
The two elders frowned slightly, feeling a little regretful, but still glad they had made a prudent decision earlier.
Su Qingyuan’s gaze was calm as she quietly looked at the jade pendant in his hand. Her expression was indifferent, without envy or jealousy. She simply observed quietly without uttering a word.
Meanwhile, Chen Ping, standing to the side, still looked timid and self-conscious, as if he had been suppressed and dared not raise his head.
His head hung even lower, his shoulders slumped slightly, and he looked helpless and extremely embarrassed by the ridicule, as if his weaknesses had really been exposed and he was overwhelmed with shame.
But hidden in his lowered eyes was a chillingly mocking smile.
Keep pretending.
The more triumphant you are now, the more devastated you will be later.
The junk, obtained through the desperate labor and countless deaths of free workers, is about to be exposed for what it truly is.
He waited quietly to watch the show, his mindset incredibly composed.
Just as the withered bones were strutting around arrogantly, reveling in their victory—
Click
A soft, crisp cracking sound suddenly rang out.
The sound wasn’t loud, but it carried clearly throughout the entire arena, sounding particularly jarring in the gradually quieting battlefield.
Everyone was startled by the sound and subconsciously looked at the precious jade pendant in the palm of the withered bones.
The next second, everyone’s pupils contracted simultaneously!
The ancient jade pendant, which was originally bright white, shimmering with rosy light, and exuding a profound Daoist charm, and which looked flawless, suddenly developed a dense array of crisscrossing, pitch-black cracks on its surface!
The originally brilliant bluish-white glow faded, disappeared, and went out at a speed visible to the naked eye!
The rich and warm original Daoist charm vanished instantly, replaced by a dry, decaying, lifeless, and dilapidated aura!
“What’s going on?!”
The smug smile on Kugujin’s face froze instantly, his expression changed abruptly, and he looked completely astonished. He subconsciously clenched his fist, trying to steady the jade pendant.
But it was all too late.
Click, click, click—!
A series of dense cracking sounds followed one after another, followed by a sudden explosion!
Countless cracks instantly covered the entire jade pendant, and the originally warm and hard precious body instantly became brittle, decayed, and vulnerable.
Before the withered bones could react, the jade pendant with Dao patterns in his palm suddenly trembled!
Bang!!!
With a soft sound, the seemingly priceless ancient treasure instantly turned into countless fine gray-white powders, which drifted away with the wind and were completely annihilated!
Not a trace, not a spark of inspiration, not a trace of Daoist essence remained!
Vanished into thin air, completely obliterated!
The entire room fell silent!