Chapter 256 “Boom, boom, boom!”
The pure white lotus collided with the statues, shattering them instantly.
Unlike others’ grim situations, the statues struggled to even get close to Fo Xin.
“Help!”
“Pfft!”
Some were thrown by the statues, while others were killed.
In their desperate pursuit of the weapons and techniques, many perished here.
Eventually, the fighting ceased.
However, the already small group lost half of its remaining members, leaving fewer than fifty, with half being Buddhist disciples and Nine Abyss City people. This starkly highlighted the high casualties among the forces sent by other factions.
Even so, after all the statues were destroyed, some, disregarding their injuries, hurried to stand before Rong Mian. “I’ve reached you.”
“What about the items?”
“Give them to me!”
Rong Mian looked coldly at the man before him. “What do you want?”
“Techniques, weapons, elixirs—I want them all!”
Huang Quan stood aside, thinking, *Is this person trying to get himself killed even faster?*
Rong Mian smiled after hearing those words. “One must not be too greedy. However, if you truly want them, I can give them to you, but there is one condition.”
The man, surprised by Rong Mian’s response, eagerly asked, “What condition?”
“Stay here.” Rong Mian’s lips parted, his voice cold as he uttered two words: “Forever.”
The man’s pupils contracted. Before he could say anything, a force blasted him away, and he fell onto the large plaza below.
The man on the ground struggled a few times before becoming still.
The others were shocked by this scene.
They hadn’t expected that Rong Mian would actually resort to killing!
Rong Mian looked down at the crowd, his lips moving slightly as he said coldly, “Who gave you the illusion that I wouldn’t kill you?”
With their thoughts exposed, the crowd grew even more terrified.
Rong Mian continued as if they weren’t frightened enough yet, “The tower trials you’ve faced were opened by me. If not for Huang Quan and Fo Xin, you would have already died in the trials. So, who gave you the illusion that I wouldn’t kill?”
Chapter 258: Can You Afford It?
Unable to speak, the crowd was left speechless.
“If you want to leave alive, decide what you want and come up,” Rong Mian said.
The people below the plaza exchanged glances, hesitating. Eventually, one person, trembling, walked up to Rong Mian and stopped. “I—I want a weapon.”
Rong Mian asked, “What kind of weapon do you want?”
“A divine weapon… an artifact,” the man said cautiously, glancing at Rong Mian.
He only asked for one thing. Was that really greedy?
Huang Quan observed his expression and shook her head inwardly.
An artifact? If Rong Mian gave it, could he truly afford it?
As expected…
Rong Mian looked at the man and smiled. “Sure.”
The man’s face lit up with joy upon hearing Rong Mian’s agreement.
Rong Mian opened his hand, and a sword appeared.
The sword was as thin as a cicada’s wing, shimmering with a cold light. It was clearly an extremely rare weapon.
“This sword is called Ice Cicada. It is an artifact. If you want it, I will give it to you.”
With a precedent set, the man did not dare to take it immediately. He waited for a while, and only when he saw that Rong Mian had no intention of stopping him did he reach out and take the Ice Cicada.
The man held the Ice Cicada, admiring it with great affection. The others below, seeing this scene, had greed flashing in their eyes.
It was an artifact!
They might soon have an artifact of their own!
As everyone watched, the ice from the sword quickly spread over the man, encasing him in ice in the blink of an eye. The Ice Cicada then returned to Rong Mian’s hand.
Everyone: “!!!”
What was happening?
Lin Xu, standing close, felt the biting cold when the Ice Cicada released its power. Watching the man being frozen, Lin Xu trembled and said, “What’s going on?”
“Did that man do something?”
“Why would he do that if he wasn’t going to give it away?” Lin Xu said angrily. “If he wanted to do this, we would never be able to get what we want!”
“It wasn’t the man who did this,” Jing Chen frowned and explained. “The weapon he took out was indeed an artifact. That’s why he was frozen.”
Lin Xu didn’t understand and asked, “Why?”
“Artifacts are not ordinary weapons. They have spirits. Regardless of whether the spirit is awake or dormant, if one’s strength is insufficient, the artifact will not submit or allow someone of inadequate power to become its master,” Jing Chen said. “The man couldn’t control the Ice Cicada, so it backfired on him.”
Lin Xu’s expression darkened upon hearing this.
On the small plaza, Rong Mian looked at the man now frozen into an ice sculpture and said indifferently, “I gave you the item, but you don’t have the life to claim it.” With that, Rong Mian flicked his hand, sending the ice sculpture flying down to the plaza below.
Rong Mian looked down at the remaining people with an indifferent expression. “What do you want?”
The others swallowed nervously. The two examples had made it clear: they needed to be careful, avoid greed, and not ask for too much. As long as they did that, they should be fine.
Thinking this, someone stepped forward and said, “I—I have a fire spirit root. I want a cultivation technique suitable for me, the strongest technique for fire spirit roots.”
Rong Mian glanced at the man and then opened his hand, producing a cultivation manual.
“This technique is suitable for you as a Saint Spirit Master. It is the strongest among all fire-element techniques.”
The man asked cautiously, “If I take this, will there be any problems?”
End of chapter. Hope you enjoyed reading read!
