Chapter 2822: Wang Yingjie’s Opportunity

With two sharp cracks, two ice sculptures shattered into pieces, and two miniature yellow bears flew out, soaring into the distance.

Before they had flown far, Ice Toad True Monarch conjured a palm-sized white gourd, which emitted a beam of white light that enveloped them, drawing them into the white gourd.

"The Bei Ming Family! I wonder how many good things are in this secret realm."

Ice Toad True Monarch muttered to himself and stepped outside.

Emerging from the cave, Ice Toad True Monarch transformed into a streak of white light and shot through the air, disappearing into the horizon.

In a dense green bamboo forest, deafening explosions occasionally echoed, powerful air currents uprooting large numbers of green bamboo and sending them spiraling high into the sky.

Deep within the bamboo forest, in an open clearing, numerous green bamboo stalks were snapped in half, the ground was pockmarked with hundreds of massive craters, the ground was frozen, and large numbers of white ants were visible.

In the distance stood a colossal green bamboo, thick enough for two people to embrace, beneath which grew a completely green spiritual fungus the size of a millstone, emitting a peculiar, enchanting fragrance.

In an open clearing, a burly young man in a golden robe lay on the ground, his left arm missing, and his eyes filled with terror.

A thousand feet away, a stunning young woman in a white dress had a murderous expression on her face; a massive white cloud floated above her head, which, upon closer inspection, was composed of hundreds of thousands of white ants.

The young woman in white was named Guo Xuefei, a late-stage Void Refinement cultivator and a descendant of Guo Yulin.

The white ants were translucent, resembling white ice cubes, and their queen was a low-grade sixth-tier creature.

These were Frost Crystal Ants, ranked ninety-ninth on the Myriad Insects List.

"Fairy Guo," the young man said, "Our Liao family's old ancestor is right outside, and our Liao family is an affiliated cultivation family of the Profound Azure Sect. How about this: I'll cooperate with you against the Wang family cultivators. There's no need for us to fight to the death over a 20,000-year-old Azure Marrow Jade Ganoderma."

The young man in the golden robe said somewhat nervously.

Guo Xuefei seemed somewhat swayed, but just then, the ground suddenly burst open, and a colossal, entirely yellow scorpion emerged from beneath the earth. Its eyes were blue, its pincers enormous, and its tail stinger held high.

This was a Blue-eyed Sand Scorpion, ranked seventy-sixth on the Myriad Insects List, which possessed the bloodline of an earth-attribute true dragon and was extremely venomous.

Neither the Liao family nor the Guo family were ordinary cultivation families; they had long histories, and some of their members raised exotic insects.

This Blue-eyed Sand Scorpion was a low-grade sixth-tier creature; as soon as it appeared, its eyes each shot out a yellow beam, heading straight for Guo Xuefei.

At the same time, a powerful gravitational force emanated from the ground, causing large numbers of Frost Crystal Ants to rapidly plummet to the ground.

A hint of triumph appeared on the young man's face; he had only been trying to paralyze Guo Xuefei, not foolish enough to think a few words could scare her away.

The female phantom above Guo Xuefei's head burst forth with dazzling white light, blocking the two yellow beams, while Guo Xuefei simultaneously opened her mouth and spat out a white beam directly at the Blue-eyed Sand Scorpion.

Hundreds of thousands of Frost Crystal Ants instantly condensed, forming a white ice blade over ten zhang long, which shot straight towards the Blue-eyed Sand Scorpion.

The Blue-eyed Sand Scorpion was about to activate its Dharma Idol to resist when a rather shrill hiss sounded, causing its reaction to falter. The white beam struck the Blue-eyed Sand Scorpion's body, instantly freezing it into a colossal ice sculpture.

The white ice blade shattered the ice sculpture into fragments; the Blue-eyed Sand Scorpion's spirit hadn't even had time to escape.

The young man in the golden robe was scared out of his wits. Before he could escape, a white light flashed, and a gigantic white brick appeared out of thin air, smashing down.

The young man in the golden robe hastily conjured a golden, glittering command flag and infused it with a magic incantation. The golden flag erupted with countless golden flames, forming a thick golden fire pillar that shot skyward, blocking the descending white brick. Simultaneously, a white ice blade flew towards him, striking his protective spiritual light.

With a muffled thud, the white ice blade transformed into hundreds of thousands of Frost Crystal Ants, engulfing him. A shrill male scream erupted, and the young man in the golden robe could not even escape with his Nascent Soul.

Guo Xuefei collected the golden-robed young man's belongings, harvested the Azure Marrow Jade Ganoderma, stored the Frost Crystal Ants in her spirit beast bracelet, and departed from the area.

In a continuous stretch of lush green mountains, colossal roars echoed from deep within the range.

A massive golden lightning bolt flared high in the sky, incredibly conspicuous.

Soon after, a colossal, entirely golden crane flew out from the golden lightning. The golden crane's left claw was missing, many of its feathers had fallen off, it was covered in blood, and its wings flapped unnaturally.

The void rippled, and countless five-colored spiritual lights emerged, forming a five-colored giant hand that slapped the golden crane. The golden crane plummeted from the sky, crashed to the ground, and created a massive crater.

A five-colored spiritual light lit up the void, revealing a palm-sized five-colored jade seal. The jade seal instantly swelled, becoming like a giant peak hundreds of zhang tall, and smashed towards the golden crane.

Countless golden electric arcs erupted from the golden crane's body, and it spat out a thick golden lightning bolt which struck the five-colored jade seal, causing its descent to momentarily halt.

The golden crane was about to use an escape art to flee when a powerful gravitational force suddenly emanated from the ground, as if a mountain weighing hundreds of millions of catties was pressing down on it. The golden crane was unable to move, and the lightning around its body flared intensely.

The five-colored jade seal's spiritual light intensified, and it crashed down, crushing the golden crane into a pulp. A peak was flattened, and the earth shook violently.

Wang Yingjie flew from a distance and stopped high in the air. He chanted a magic incantation, and the five-colored jade seal flew up from the ground. A massive crater appeared on the ground, containing a pile of shattered flesh.

A miniature golden crane flew out from the shattered flesh. Wang Yingjie was already prepared, conjuring a palm-sized green gourd which emitted a beam of green light that enveloped the miniature golden crane, drawing it into the green gourd.

Wang Yingjie descended into the massive crater and found a pale golden orb among the shattered flesh; the orb was only the size of an egg.

Wang Yingjie's expression became excited as he conjured a banner constantly flowing with red light, with wisps of red electric arcs appearing on its surface.

It was the Fire Thunder Banner, a low-grade Sky-Reaching Spirit Treasure.

He gently waved the Fire Thunder Banner; its surface flared with dazzling red light, and countless red electric arcs surged out, striking the golden orb and vanishing as if mud sinking into the sea.

"Lightning Absorption Pearl!"

Wang Yingjie was ecstatic. Lightning-attribute demon beasts might contain Lightning Absorption Pearls or Lightning Guiding Pearls, but it all depended on luck and was unrelated to their tier.

Over the years since his ascension to the Xuanyang Realm, he had killed no fewer than ten lightning-attribute demon beasts, yet not a single one had contained a Lightning Absorption Pearl or Lightning Guiding Pearl.

This Lightning Absorption Pearl came from a mid-grade sixth-tier Golden Thunder Crane; if refined into a formation, its effect for surviving the Great Heavenly Tribulation would undoubtedly be excellent.

They had traveled the inner lands for many years; let alone a sixth-tier Lightning Absorption Pearl, they hadn't even seen a fourth-tier one.

He never expected to find a mid-grade sixth-tier Lightning Absorption Pearl here.

Fortunes were unpredictable. Wang Changsheng hadn't anticipated having to send juniors into the secret realm for treasure hunting; bringing Wang Yingjie and others was mainly for errands and message delivery.

The Wang family had many Void Refinement cultivators. Wang Qingshan and others happened to be away and hadn't returned, and Wang Yingjie just happened to be on Qinglian Island; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to enter the secret realm.

Wang Yingjie suppressed his excitement and put away the Lightning Absorption Pearl and the Golden Thunder Crane's corpse.

Having just entered the secret realm and already obtained a sixth-tier Lightning Absorption Pearl, Wang Yingjie was in high spirits and full of anticipation for the treasure hunt ahead.

He put away the treasures and took out a green-glowing formation disk with a green lotus pattern on its surface. He infused it with a magic incantation, but the formation disk showed no response.

"Could the secret realm be too vast? Why can't I contact my clan members?"

Wang Yingjie muttered to himself, shook his head, put away his treasures, and left the area.