Chapter 298

"Good stuff??" Chen Ang's interest was piqued the moment he heard there was good stuff.

He soon arrived at the center of the stone forest.

In the center of the stone forest lay a gray-white stone tiger, and beside it was a gemstone emitting a faint glow.

"This wouldn't happen to be the 'little bit of danger' you told me about, would it??" Chen Ang couldn't help but ask.

【Stone of Annihilation. If you want it, go take it!】

Only then did Chen Ang realize that the treasure his "Golden Finger" had mentioned earlier was this Stone of Annihilation. As for the four top-grade profound artifacts inside the palace, that was completely unexpected.

"If this is the Stone of Annihilation, then I really must take it," Chen Ang said.

He immediately began to observe the stone tiger lying there.

"An eighth-rank stone tiger; it shouldn't be too much of a threat!" Seeing that the stone tiger was only eighth-rank, Chen Ang felt more confident. After all, at this point, an eighth-rank beast was something he could easily handle.

Upon discovering the stone tiger was eighth-rank, Chen Ang didn't even bother to fight it. He wrapped his body in spiritual energy and quietly approached the stone beside the tiger.

Because the stone tiger's cultivation was inferior to his, as long as it didn't suddenly wake up and discover him, Chen Ang would save himself a lot of trouble.

……

After obtaining the Stone of Annihilation, Chen Ang didn't hesitate to put it into his spatial ring and turned to run.

But the moment the Stone of Annihilation was removed from its original place, the stone tiger instantly woke up, its fury reaching its peak immediately.

"ROAR!!" A tiger's roar echoed.

It then charged toward Chen Ang.

"Get lost!" Chen Ang shouted angrily at the charging stone tiger.

This shout was infused with spiritual energy, but the stone tiger showed no reaction and tackled Chen Ang to the ground.

It opened its mouth to bite at Chen Ang's neck.

"I didn't want to kill you, but you're pushing your luck a bit too far!" Chen Ang said, looking at the stone tiger that had tackled him.

He then landed a Dragon Fist on the stone tiger's head, and the head burst open upon impact. An eighth-rank demonic beast had lost its life just like that.

Chen Ang looked at his fist; he hadn't expected the power of his Dragon Fist to be so astonishingly destructive now.

Chen Ang took out the Stone of Annihilation to take a look, and with a thought, his attribute panel appeared before his eyes:

【Physique: 12500 (Limit: 14000).】

【Strength: 12300 (Limit: 14000).】

【Agility: 12000 (Limit: 14000).】

【Spirit: 12000 (Limit: 14000).】

"It seems I'll have to make a trip to the Thunder Lands after the Annihilation World grand competition ends."

At this moment, Chen Ang's various attributes were very close to the critical point of a breakthrough, yet the materials for the next stage were still far from being gathered.

"It seems that my first realization of full dragon transformation just now was quite significant for my improvement. Aside from spiritual power, the other three stats increased by about a thousand points," Chen Ang thought to himself.

Chen Ang then found a spot, summoned his Titan Puppet to stand guard, and began to recover right where he was.

After a long while, Chen Ang slowly opened his eyes.

"Counting the time, the competition has been going on for two days. It's time for me to get some more waist plates to stabilize my ranking," Chen Ang thought.

Guided by his "Golden Finger," he returned along the same path to the main hall. Chen Ang did not hesitate and chose the door in the direction of the Azure Dragon.

Although there was a ninth-rank giant python behind that door, he at least had some understanding of its strength. He had no idea what monsters were behind the other three doors.

Before entering the door, Chen Ang looked back at the giant sculpture.

……

Chen Ang arrived at the exit of the main hall and slowly pushed open the door.

The moment he pushed the door open.

"HISS!!"

The giant python's cry instantly echoed throughout the entire cave.

Three seconds later, the giant python's figure appeared in Chen Ang's field of vision.

"Good heavens, you were waiting for me here, weren't you!" Chen Ang hadn't expected the python to charge the moment he stepped out. It clearly wasn't afraid of him retreating back inside.

Chen Ang bit the bullet and walked out; he had to leave today.

"Dragon Spear!!"

The image of the Dragon Spear instantly appeared in Chen Ang's hand.

Having fused with the spear from inside the palace, the Dragon Spear looked different now, with powerful artifact aura filling the entire shaft.

"Hiss!" The giant python's voice suddenly turned hoarse, and its momentum was the complete opposite of before. The fierce aura from moments ago had vanished, replaced by a look of fear in its eyes.

"This?? Was it scared by me??" Chen Ang was a bit bewildered by this scene.

【It should be the spear in your hand!】 the "Golden Finger" pointed out from the side.

Chen Ang reacted after hearing this. This spear was taken from the palace and corresponded to the Azure Dragon totem; it was only logical that it would have a suppressive effect on the python.

However, Chen Ang hadn't expected the suppression to be so obvious. The python curled into a ball, not daring to move. Chen Ang even felt that the python had an urge to prostrate itself before him.

311: Rabble

Chen Ang raised the Dragon Spear, preparing to stab the python, but then he thought that the python could intercept others from entering the tunnel and taking the other profound artifacts. Leaving it alive might be a better choice.

Thinking of this, Chen Ang placed the Dragon Spear behind his back and walked toward the cave entrance he had come from.

Arriving at the entrance, Chen Ang found corpses lying scattered everywhere.

"Good thing I have this Dragon Spear," Chen Ang thought.

Chen Ang walked into the cave. The further he went, the more corpses he found. Turning a corner, he understood why there were so many. The door with the seal he had entered through was still closed; everyone in the cave had become a trapped rat for the python.

Chen Ang walked up, preparing to open the door using the method his "Golden Finger" had taught him.

Suddenly remembering the rules of the Annihilation World grand competition, he began to loot the corpses on the ground.

"Almost forgot about this. I nearly lost so many treasures," Chen Ang said, looking at the handful of spatial rings and waist plates in his hand.

He then took a look at the rankings on a waist plate.

On the front of each waist plate were the top ten people with the most waist plates at that moment, and on the back was the name of the owner.

The first place at this moment was a person named Jue.

The competition had only been going on for two days, and that guy named Jue already had over 160 waist plates.

None of the names in the current top ten were familiar to Chen Ang.

The person in tenth place had 70 waist plates.

Looking at Chen Ang, the waist plates he had just picked up from the ground added up to less than 50.

"Looks like I need to speed things up after I get out. I'm determined to get that Miracle Lotus," Chen Ang said.

He then opened the stone door and walked out.

After stepping out, Chen Ang put away the Dragon Spear. The moment he did, a "hissing" sound came from behind him.

"Damn it, this snake is endless!" Chen Ang said upon hearing the sound.

【Close the door,】 the "Golden Finger" said.

Chen Ang struck several talismans onto the stone door, and ripples of spiritual energy spread out as the door began to close slowly.

"He's out, someone is out."

"Where? Where?"

"……"

Chen Ang had just walked out of the cave when he heard people shouting outside.

"These people are really patient, waiting outside for a whole day and night without leaving," Chen Ang said, feeling speechless.

As soon as Chen Ang walked out, a burly man approached, pointed his blade at Chen Ang, and said, "Kid, hand over the stuff."

Chen Ang ignored him and spread his divine sense to observe the strength of everyone around.

What Chen Ang needed to do now was to capture the leader first, beat up the strongest person among them, and the others would naturally not dare to speak up. If he just dealt with the burly man in front of him, others would keep coming to cause trouble.

Chen Ang didn't even look at the burly man in front of him, locking his target onto a guy in a black cloak not far away.

Although the aura emanating from that guy was only at the early eighth-rank level, he was the strongest among the people at the cave entrance.

Chen Ang's speed exploded, and in the next moment, he was in front of the man. Before the man could react, his two arms were ripped off by Chen Ang's dragon claws.

"AH!"

The man's scream echoed through the sky.

Early eighth-rank was not worth mentioning in Chen Ang's eyes. Eighth-rank demonic beasts couldn't even last two rounds against him, let alone an eighth-rank transcendent.

The crowd was stunned at this moment.