Chapter 823: Snatching Treasures Right Before His Eyes! Ryan

"Plant Holy Water is useless to human psychics, but for rare flowers and exotic plants, it's equivalent to SSS+ level cultivation resources!"

Eva's voice quickly echoed in Xu Jingming's mind, "This must have been left here by the Flower Goddess specifically to facilitate the cultivation of plant life or rare flowers."

"So that's how it is."

Xu Jingming's eyes glowed slightly.

Although the main hall was large, it was completely empty—beyond this pool of water before him, no other treasures could be seen.

"It seems this is the most valuable treasure left behind by the Flower Goddess."

Xu Jingming no longer concealed himself; the brilliant SSS-grade Dou Tian Shenlei erupted violently, instantly entering Thunderstorm State!

"Thunder Flash!"

A flash of golden lightning—Xu Jingming instantly teleported beside the pool and sealed all the water into his space ring.

"There's a thief!"

At this moment, everyone—including Ryan—finally reacted.

Especially Ryan, who instantly flew into a rage and roared: "How dare you steal treasures right before me! You seek death!"

The aura of an eighth-rank upper-tier psychic erupted instantly.

Ryan's body swelled, muscles bulging violently, his golden hair thickening and becoming sleeker.

Fangs grew from his mouth, like the King of Beasts—a lion radiating boundless majesty.

Enhanced-class Divine Beast S-grade psychic ability: Golden Lion King!

After releasing his ability, a heavy pressure instantly spread outward.

Simultaneously, Ryan's battle blade, wrapped in crimson blood qi, slashed toward Xu Jingming.

This slash was swift—like lightning.

Yet it still couldn't outpace Xu Jingming's Perfect-level Thunder Barrier!!

Hum—

Thick golden thunder barriers instantly layered over a dozen times before Xu Jingming.

Even so, Ryan's blade shattered them as easily as cutting through rotten wood.

It then slammed heavily into Xu Jingming's chest.

Boom!!

A dull sound rang out; Xu Jingming felt only a slight impact—no injury whatsoever.

"What?!" Ryan's heart jolted.

As an S-grade, eighth-rank upper-tier Master Zongshi, he had just unleashed an SS-grade sword technique.

With this slash, even a towering mountain could be split open—let alone Xu Jingming, a mere seventh-rank upper-tier.

Correct.

Although Xu Jingming was shrouded in black Yuanjia, the distinctive Dou Tian Shenlei had already revealed his identity.

"Indeed, the SSSR-grade Yuanjia is incredibly formidable!"

Xu Jingming's face lit up with joy; he didn't linger, swiftly flying toward the temple's exit.

In terms of pure speed, with Thunderstorm State activated and the Brilliant Thunder Ring enhancing his ability, he far outpaced this entire American group!

Not one of them—not even Ryan—could catch up to him!

"Sh*t! He flies this fast?!"

Witnessing Xu Jingming's flight speed, Ryan was both shocked and furious.

But he wasn't without options—among their group was also an eighth-rank upper-tier Wind Master Zongshi!

Hu—

Violent winds howled, carrying their eight men in pursuit of Xu Jingming.

Meanwhile, the team's elemental mage began attacking.

Fireballs, wind blades—powerful SS-grade and even SSS-grade techniques were hurled desperately at Xu Jingming.

But Xu Jingming, fully trusting his Yuanjia's defense, didn't even bother activating his Thunder Barrier, letting the techniques strike him directly.

"Useless! Useless! Your attacks only waste your psychic energy pointlessly!"

Xu Jingming's mocking laughter rang out.

He quickly flew out of the temple's space, reappearing outside.

There, Zhou Yu—who had been waiting to assist—witnessed a scene she would never forget.

Xu Jingming flew ahead, chased by Ryan and the American elites.

One after another, devastating techniques—seemingly tearing apart space—struck Xu Jingming, yet caused not a single scratch.

Not even a single tear marred his battle robe.

"Is Xu Jingming's physique this formidable?" Zhou Yu swallowed hard.

Battle robes can mitigate elemental damage, but they cannot reduce impact force.

Each of these spells, even without elemental damage, carried an impact force of over ten thousand tons!

Elemental mages have weak physiques to begin with—if it were her.

She'd be dead after absorbing just two or three techniques, her internal organs shattered by the shockwaves.

"Zhou Jie, mission accomplished. Let's go."

While she was still thinking, Xu Jingming had already flown near.

Without waiting for her reaction, he swept her up in his arms as she let out a startled cry.

Feeling the strong arms wrapped around her thighs, Zhou Yu's fair cheeks flushed slightly.

But she knew this wasn't the time for idle thoughts.

The gale howled as the wind-element ability was pushed to its full power, wrapping around Xu Jingming and sending his already astonishing flight speed soaring once more!

In the span of a single breath, he vanished from Ryan and the others' line of sight.

"fu*k! There's actually an eighth-rank upper-position wind-element Grandmaster waiting outside to cover the escape!"

The wind-element Grandmaster in the American team couldn't help but curse, then turned his head to look at Ryan and asked:

"Lord Ryan, what do we do now?"

"Return to the temple and continue searching for treasures.

Xu Jingming is wearing an SSR-grade Yuan Armor. Even if we could catch up, there'd be nothing we could do to him."

Ryan replied in a low voice.

Although he had already done his utmost to suppress his fury, the surrounding eighth-rank Grandmasters could all hear the anger in his tone.

He was like a living volcano on the verge of erupting.

"It's Yuan Armor? No wonder our attacks had no effect on him."

The white man beside Ryan exclaimed in a low voice.

An ordinary SSR-grade battle armor is something eighth-rank ability users have to fight over.

Let alone a premium SSR-grade battle armor like Yuan Armor — even ninth-rank upper-position ability users would be tempted by such a battle suit.

Because of its rarity, even Ryan couldn't possess one.

Borrowing one wasn't an option either, because America's ninth-rank powerhouses worried Ryan might lose it in the Yale Secret Realm.

"By the way, has that pool of water from earlier been analyzed? What substance is it?"

On the way back, Ryan spoke up to ask.

He carried the most advanced artificial intelligence with him.

When they saw that pool of water, the AI had just finished scanning and hadn't begun analyzing before Xu Jingming snatched it away directly.

"We already have results."

The eighth-rank Grandmaster controlling the AI said cautiously:

"According to the AI's analysis, that pool of water just now has an 82% probability of being Holy Plant Water, which can accelerate the growth of exotic flowers, rare herbs, and plant life."

"What?! That's the stuff?!" Ryan's face instantly turned dark as ink.

For ability users, exotic flowers, rare herbs, and heavenly materials and earthly treasures are undoubtedly the most crucial cultivation resources.

Although Holy Plant Water is useless to humans, it can accelerate the growth of exotic flowers and rare herbs.

On that single point alone, it can be called a well-deserved SSS-grade resource!

Holy Plant Water can even accelerate the growth of SSR-grade exotic flowers and rare herbs!

That's terrifying!

And that pool of water just now was at least 5 cubic meters!

Who knows how many exotic flowers and rare herbs it could accelerate the growth of — calling it a priceless treasure wouldn't be an exaggeration!

It might even be the most valuable treasure in the entire palace.

Thinking of such a treasure being snatched away right before his eyes, Ryan felt immense heartache.

And before this, this group of theirs had already wasted nearly twenty days in the Yale Secret Realm......

"Xu Jingming! Don't let me catch you! Otherwise I'll make you wish you were dead!"

Ryan could no longer hold back the fury in his heart and burst out cursing. The explosive surge of his qi and blood caused the surrounding space itself to tremble.