When the door opened, the first thing that greeted him was a pile of crystals piled up like a small mountain. When he saw those crystals, Long Chen exclaimed in surprise.
"Chaos Spirit Stone!"
Xia Chen and Guo Ran shouted excitedly upon hearing it was a Chaos Spirit Stone. But as they rushed to the crystal, the raging fire in their hearts was instantly extinguished by a bucket of cold water.
"How could this be?"
Long Chen picked up a crystal and found that its interior had cracked, indicating energy depletion.
Although the crystal stone still contained powerful chaotic energy, it was now an empty shell and could no longer be extracted. In other words, these chaotic spirit stones were already useless.
"Damn it, we arrived a step too late. All the Chaos Spirit Stones here have been wasted." Xia Chen looked at the hundreds of thousands of spirit stones in front of him and turned into useless, gritting his teeth.
"I'm afraid it wasn't just one step late, it was probably ten thousand steps late. The reason that mysterious turtle is so powerful is very likely because it accidentally activated the formation here and began to unleash the power of these spirit stones." Long Chen sighed.
This was a treasure trove of spirit stones. All the spirit stones had been used up, leaving them useless. Their happiness was for nothing.
"What are you doing?" Seeing Guo Ran grab a few Chaos Spirit Stones and put them in his pocket, Long Chen couldn't help but ask.
"Even if they're useless, you should get a few pieces, to keep as mementos." Guo Ran said bitterly.
Long Chen was speechless: "Don't be so cowardly. We came in mainly for the Chaos Spirit Stones."
Xia Chen quickly checked and saw there should be other treasure vaults. He quickly cleaned up, and if there was nothing valuable, he would leave quickly. Xia
Chen hurriedly continued investigating, and soon they discovered an armory. However, all the weapons in the armory had been emptied, leaving only some broken and rusty weapons.
However, in a collapsed area, Xia Chen discovered another treasure vault. Judging from the traces left behind, this seemed to be where rare medicines were once stored, but countless herbs had already turned to ashes, making it impossible to identify their original form.
Finally, Xia Chen found the treasure and opened a pile of ruins. Guo Ran cheered—there were many precious ores piled up here.
Although Guo Ran didn't recognize him, with years of forging experience, he was certain that the immortal gold contained in these ores was the material for forging immortal divine weapons.
Guo Ran still couldn't refine this kind of ore, but that didn't dampen his joy at all. He immediately collected all the ore in the area.
"There is ore, but no immortal materials. Clearly, this faction lacks the ability to refine immortal materials or forge divine weapons.
This actually sets a good premise for us. As long as we search for more relics, we can harvest even more treasures. Long Chen said with a smile.
Hearing Long Chen say this, Xia Chen and Guo Ran were greatly excited. The two of them directly created a detection array disk based on the fluctuations of the Chaos Spirit Stones to detect human buildings.
After the three finished tidying up, Xia Chen set up an illusion array here, and only then did the three leave with peace of mind.
Even though the three were skilled and bold, they had to be extremely cautious here, not daring to be careless.
You have to understand, the Golden-winged Demon and the Black Turtle are just rogue cultivators here, without any backing force, yet they have managed to reach the Immortal Realm.
Those forces with racial backgrounds must be stronger. If such a force is alerted, even if the three of them had ten thousand lives, they would have to risk their lives.
Two days later, Xia Chen's detection array finally reacted, and the reaction was extremely intense. The three of them finally found a human ruin.
When they saw the ruins here, the three gasped in shock. This place was a ruined wall, but from the massive gatehouse, it was clear that the human race here must have once been extremely glorious.
A corner of the gate tower, though it had collapsed to the ground, still towered into the clouds. Who knew how magnificent it must have been when it first stood upright.
"Crack."
Stepping past the gatehouse, Xia Chen stepped onto a strange sound—it was a section of bone, already weathered. After stepping on it, it instantly turned to ashes and drifted away in the wind. Among the scattered ashes, runes seemed to flicker.
"A bone that can withstand the erosion of time and survive to this day must be at least a half-step immortal-level powerhouse.
Even half-step immortal-level experts are incomplete with bones. What kind of great battle have they endured? Long Chen looked at the bone, shocked in his heart.
The three circled around a corner of the gatehouse, but saw no other bones, probably all reduced to ashes in the river of time.
"It's a Chaos Spirit Stones."
Suddenly, Xia Chen cried out in surprise. Among the scattered stones, he found a fist-sized, crystal-clear spirit stone—it was a Chaos Spirit Stone. The chaotic energy inside was misty, clearly showing that the chaotic energy hadn't drained at all.
"There's still ... here!"
Guo Ran exclaimed in surprise. Not far away, he also saw a Chaos Spirit Stone, and then they discovered dozens scattered around them.
"How could this happen? These are Chaos Spirit Stones, and just throwing them here like that—could there be some kind of conspiracy? Guo Ran's expression suddenly changed, and he looked around suspiciously.
"There's no conspiracy. These were accidentally scattered during the great battle. Chaos spirit stones are treasures for humans, but for other races, they're just ordinary stones with no use at all." Long Chen stroked the Chaos Spirit Stone in his hand and sighed, "
Perhaps only they know what happened back then. Unfortunately, they can't tell us."
Spirit stones are truly immortal divine artifacts. If their essence is not extracted, they will last forever. However, they are not Recording Jade and cannot record everything from back then.
Hearing Long Chen say this, Guo Ran finally relaxed and continued searching. But soon, he was disappointed—apart from these few dozen Chaos spirit stones, there was nothing else.
But these dozens of Chaos Spirit Stones were already enough for the two of them to be satisfied. This was an absolute treasure. If the chaotic energy inside the stones was released, the concentration of chaotic energy within a certain area would reach an unimaginable level within a certain area within a certain period of time.
If they used it as energy to power the flying ship and warship, who knows what might happen, and both of them were eager to give it a try.
The three carefully explored deep into the ruins. Soon, Xia Chen sensed a formation fluctuating underground. He immediately began trying to communicate with the underground formation, but despite countless tries, he couldn't connect the formation remotely.
"Forget it, don't waste time. Let me handle it!"
As he spoke, Guo Ran took out a strangely shaped object that looked like a steel pangolin, with dozens of shovels in front of it.
"What is this thing?" Long Chen couldn't help but ask, but just as he finished, he suddenly understood:
"Is this the one you used when you and Mo Nian hung out together?"
"Rumble... Long
Chen had guessed it right. This thing was meant for burrowing underground, and it was extremely fast. In less than half an hour, the three had already buried deep underground.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, the sight brightened, and the three cried out in shock—they saw a body full of armorThe monster from Hatsuru, with its huge mouth and baring fangs, stared at them with wide-eyed eyes.