The green-robed man ignored the old man in black robe and calmly walked to the side of the huge head of the five-clawed dragon. He raised one hand and grasped the void with his five fingers.
"Puff!"
A part of the head exploded and a fist-sized black crystal core flew out from it. There were mysterious black patterns on the surface. It was the monster core of the five-clawed black dragon.
The Youth looked at it with a blank expression and put it away. Then he put his five fingers together and turned them into a knife, slightly blurring.
"Ka ka" several crisp sounds, the four giant claws of the dragon were cut off.
After the Youth put away the giant claws, he turned his eyes to the neck of the giant dragon.
There was a pale silver scale that was nearly ten feet long. It was completely different from the surrounding black scales. There were also a few pale silver bone spurs around it, exuding amazing spiritual power fluctuations.
On the scales and bone spurs, there were also some faint patterns similar to those on the monster core.
The Youth carefully removed the silver scale and bone spurs. He also took a few monster materials from the dragon's body. Then he stood up and turned his head to look at the old man in black robe and the other two.
Although there was no malice in the man's eyes, the old man and the other two were still shocked, cold sweat like rain, and they were at a loss of what to do.
The green-robed man ignored the three of them and quickly withdrew his gaze. His figure turned into a green rainbow and flew away.
When the man completely disappeared in the distance, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief.
"This … could this dragon be the five-clawed black dragon we were just talking about?" The middle-aged Taoist looked at the black dragon's broken body and said.
"It should be, and looking at the situation, it is very likely that this dragon has advanced to the Mahayana Stage!" The old man in black robe had just calmed down at the moment and nodded.
The young woman in green robe and the middle-aged Taoist heard this and took a deep breath.
"That senior could actually kill this dragon with his bare hands, and it seems that he did not use much strength. Could it be that he is also a great cultivator of the Mahayana Stage?
I have seen the image of Senior Sima of the Leng Yan Sect and Senior He Shan of the Jing Yuan Temple. It seems that he is not one of them. "The young woman in green robe still had some lingering fear and said with a puzzled face.
"Could it be that he changed his appearance?" The middle-aged Taoist priest thought of a possibility.
"I don't think so. Judging from the black dragon's wound, that senior should be a pure Strength Cultivator. There's an 80% chance that it's not those two seniors." The black-robed elder shook his head.
"If it's not the two of them, then there are other Great Ascension Stage beings in this Spirit Huan Domain?" The young woman in green was slightly surprised.
"There's one more… Could it be that you've forgotten about Senior Han Li, who destroyed the Heavenly Ghost Sect in a single night several years ago? He was a strength cultivator!" At this point, the black-robed old man unconsciously lowered his voice.
"That legendary Senior Han … That's right, according to the rumors, he looks extremely young. Could it really be him?" The green-robed woman's eyes lit up slightly.
"Legend has it that Senior Han is a banished immortal from the Immortal Realm. He's a true immortal!" the middle-aged Daoist priest said with excitement.
As the three of them spoke, their gazes quickly fell on the Five Clawed Black Dragon's corpse. Their eyes shone with a fiery light.
Although Han Li didn't care for the dragon's corpse and didn't want it, to these three Soul Formation Stage cultivators, even a small piece of dragon's flesh would be enough to cause quite a commotion when they brought it back.
After all, this was the flesh of a Great Ascension Stage demonic beast!
… …
The Heavenly Crystal Sect had a history of two to three hundred thousand years. Although it couldn't compare to super sects like the Leng Yan Sect or the Realm Origin Temple, there were still several Body Integration Stage cultivators in the sect. Their strength was not to be underestimated.
However, this sect had always been low-key, so it wasn't very famous in the Spirit Huan Domain.
At this moment, inside the Heavenly Crystal Sect, in a huge martial arts arena.
A dazzling golden light flashed, and a thunderous sound rang out!
A silver-robed elder flew out like a kite with a broken string. He crashed into the martial arts arena's barrier and spat out a mouthful of blood, dyeing the front of his robes red.
A pale gold alms bowl spun as it flew back. The spiritual light on its surface was dim, as if it was heavily injured.
In front of the elder, a green-robed cultivator stood in the air. His face was shrouded in a layer of green light, so his appearance couldn't be seen clearly. He slowly retracted his right hand.
Outside the martial arts arena, there were three other Body Integration Stage cultivators. When they saw this scene, they were all shocked. They hurriedly removed the barrier around the martial arts arena and flew in front of the silver-robed elder. They stared at the green-robed cultivator in the distance with vigilance.
"Great Elder, are you alright?"
"I'm fine. This fellow cultivator has already shown mercy." The silver-robed elder took out a glistening yellow pill and swallowed it. His complexion slowly improved.
When he said this, the three people around him were stunned.
"Fellow cultivator's strength is extraordinary. I couldn't even take one blow from you. I'm ashamed." The silver-robed elder cupped his hands towards the green-robed cultivator in the air and smiled bitterly.
"Since you've admitted defeat, then according to our agreement, you should hand over the Eight Treasure Exquisite Jade." The green-robed cultivator said calmly. It sounded like he wasn't very old.
The silver-robed elder helplessly said to a large Body Integration Stage cultivator beside him.
Although the burly man's face was filled with reluctance, he still stomped his foot and shot forward.
A short moment later, he flew back with a white jade box that was several feet long and half a foot wide. He handed it over to the silver-robed elder.
The old man gently stroked the jade box and a trace of reluctance flashed through his eyes. He waved his hand and a golden light wrapped around the jade box before handing it over to the green-robed cultivator.
The green-robed cultivator reached out to receive the jade box. Azure light flashed from his finger and he pointed at the jade box.
With a crackling sound, the white jade box slowly opened on its own to reveal several white jade stones of different sizes. Although they looked ordinary, there was a faint eight-colored light flowing on their surfaces. It was quite peculiar.
The green-robed cultivator nodded and closed the lid of the box before putting it away.
The silver-robed elder sighed and said, "Our sect has several Exquisite Jade Essence mines. It took tens of thousands of years to accumulate these top-grade Eight Treasure Exquisite Jade. I hope you can make good use of them."
"Don't worry, I naturally won't let these Exquisite Jade go to waste." The green-robed cultivator chuckled and flicked his finger.
A ray of white light shot out and landed in front of the silver-robed elder. It was a storage bracelet.
"I won't take your sect's items for nothing. The things inside should be enough to compensate for these Eight Treasure Exquisite Jade."
The green-robed cultivator said indifferently. Then, his figure flashed and turned into a ray of azure light, disappearing into the sky in a flash.
The silver-robed elder's Divine Sense entered the storage bracelet and he was shocked.
There was a huge amount of spirit stones inside, as well as a batch of ten-thousand-year-old spirit herbs and some extremely precious demon beast materials.
In terms of value, it was indeed not less than the Eight Treasure Exquisite Jade. In fact, it was slightly more valuable.
… …
In just a few short months, many strange things happened in various places in the Spirit Huan Domain.
A few sects' precious materials, secret skills, cultivation methods, and ancient books were taken away by a mysterious person one after another.
This person came from nowhere and his cultivation was extremely high. However, his actions were considered appropriate. The sects whose treasures were taken away received considerable compensation. Hence, it did not arouse the public anger of the various sects in the Spirit Huan Domain. Instead, many itinerant cultivators and sect disciples who had nothing to do with it discussed it enthusiastically.
This person's appearance was very sudden. After being active for a few months, he suddenly disappeared without a trace and never appeared again.
In the blink of an eye, another half a year had passed.
In the southeastern region of the Spirit Huan Domain, there was an extremely huge crimson mountain range. It was called the Fire Cloud Mountain Range and it stretched for hundreds of thousands of miles.
In the mountain range, there were many connected giant volcanoes that spewed extremely hot magma all year round. The air was filled with the pungent smell of sulfur and it was extremely hot.
Almost all the mountains were black and red in color, as if they were burning red Stone. Even the clouds in the sky were crimson red all year round, hence the name Fire Cloud Mountain Range.
This was the largest land of Fire Spirit in the Spirit Huan Domain, and it was also one of the famous dangerous places in this domain. Even cultivators with high cultivation dared not to venture deep into it.
In the depths of the Fire Cloud Mountain Range was an incomparably huge abyss. In the deepest part of it, there was a river of magma that surged and rumbled loudly.
The surface of the magma flickered with red light as if there were countless burning flames.
The temperature here was so high that the surrounding air became blurry and distorted with faint ripples.
On a cliff less than three hundred meters away from the river of magma, a giant cave was dug out by someone. There were all kinds of lights flashing inside, and various sharp whistling sounds could be heard from time to time.
On this day, a long howl that sounded like a dragon's roar came from the cave. Then, an extremely thick white pillar of light rose from the cave and shot straight into the sky.
Within the pillar of light, one could vaguely see two flood dragons and a giant shadow of bone armor. After a long time, it slowly dissipated.
In the cave, a green-robed man sat cross-legged there.
It was Han Li. At this moment, his face was filled with joy.
Two treasures that were flickering with spiritual light were floating in front of him. One was a white bone armor that had an ancient design. There were eight pictures carved on it, and they seemed to be some kind of shield, treasure umbrella, or something like that.
There was also a pair of ferocious-looking silver boxing gloves. There were silver-white bone spurs on the boxing gloves, and they looked like two flood dragon heads.
The two treasures emitted a shocking wave of spiritual power.
Han Li's gaze swept across the two treasures slowly, and a trace of satisfaction flashed across his face.
This white bone armor was called the Eight Treasures Exquisite Bone Armor, and the boxing gloves were called the Heaven Piercing Boxing Armor.
He found the method to refine these two treasures from the ancient books of the Tengui School. They were not ordinary treasures. In a sense, they were treasures that were specially made for strength cultivators, and they needed extremely strong physical strength to unleash their great power.
Since Sima Jingming said that it was very dangerous to use this method to secretly ascend, he spent a lot of effort to collect countless rare treasures to refine these two treasures.
Han Li opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of green light. He put away the bone armor and boxing gloves, and flipped his hand to take out a green jade book. On it was a detailed map of the Spirit Huan Domain.
On the jade book map, there were a few places that were specially marked.
These were the locations of the weak spatial nodes that he found from the ancient books of various sects. However, he had not personally gone to verify them.
Han Li pondered for a while, and his gaze landed on a marked point in the southeast region of the jade book map. His gaze flickered a few times.