Chapter 968: Snatching the Treasure

"The Minor Formless Fire, huh?"

Li Luo's eyes flickered with thought. It seemed that to open this Zhudian, the power of the Minor Formless Fire was needed as a catalyst. But with so many eyes around, he clearly couldn't just expose his own secret.

"The situation is urgent now, so we can only brute-force it. Let's combine our strength, smash through one corner, then get inside. With the Zhudian's protective power, we should be able to find a place to shelter." Li Luo suggested calmly.

Qin Yi nodded slightly—she had been thinking the same.

So then everyone struck at once. Wave after wave of powerful phase-force attacks slammed directly into one corner of the great hall's entrance. Facing their assault, the spirit-runes on the great door kept flickering, yet it remained utterly unmoved.

Li Luo also channeled his phase-force at this moment, but within his phase-force he concealed a wisp of Minor Formless Fire.

Boom!

Li Luo's phase-force, along with the other attacks, landed on the great hall's entrance, and immediately the numerous spirit-runes upon it began to flicker violently.

"It's working! Increase the attack!" Zhu Zhu Dayu exclaimed joyfully at the sight.

Everyone's spirits lifted, and their attacks surged out like a tide.

Li Luo kept up a steady stream of attacks as well. With his covert strikes, the light-runes on the great hall's entrance grew ever dimmer, and after roughly several minutes, they finally dissipated completely.

Rumble!

And the great hall's doors slowly opened at this moment.

Li Luo, Qin Yi, and the others rushed inside almost immediately—after all, anyone could tell that this Zhudian still possessed protective power, and treasures might very well lie within.

Li Luo swept into the great hall and saw it resplendent in gold and jade. Carved into the walls were numerous phase-attribute patterns—earth, wind, water, fire, and more—looking quite mysterious.

But everyone's gaze, in that very first instant, was drawn to the center of the great hall.

There stood a golden platform, inscribed with numerous light-runes that spread outward, connecting to every part of the great hall.

One could faintly see streams of heaven and earth energy ceaselessly flowing into the golden platform.

And upon the golden platform floated over a dozen orbs of light, bobbing up and down. Within them, various implements could be seen, all radiating powerful energy fluctuations.

"Treasure implements!"

The eyes of the crowd that had poured into the great hall instantly blazed with fervor. The implements within those orbs of light were unmistakably treasure implements, and judging by the energy fluctuations, they were clearly all of Purple-Eye grade!

What's more, the orb of light at the very core radiated an even more formidable energy fluctuation—possibly a Double Purple-Eye or even Triple Purple-Eye treasure implement!

Treasure implements of this grade, needless to say for ordinary rogue cultivators, would make even people of Li Luo, Qin Yi, and Zhu Zhu Dayu's status feel their hearts stir.

Li Luo's eyes instantly heated up as well. On him right now, only the "Heavenly Dragon Sun-Chasing Bow" was a Triple Purple-Eye treasure implement; the rest, only the Divine Tree Purple Badge barely counted as one. Yet here, over a dozen had appeared all at once—this was truly a pauper stumbling into a gold vault.

If he could claim one, it would noticeably boost his own combat power.

Inside the great hall, after a brief silence fell over the crowd, in the very next instant, surges of powerful phase-force erupted forth, and they all shot straight toward the golden platform.

Clearly, everyone wanted to strike first and gain the upper hand.

But as the crowd charged within several zhang of the golden platform, it suddenly emitted a humming tremor, then a burst of golden light exploded outward, blasting everyone back and sending their blood and qi churning.

However, the treasure implements stored upon it also shot out in all directions at this moment.

The scene instantly descended into chaos, with everyone red-eyed and scrambling to snatch them up.

Li Luo's gaze swept around. Within him, the three phase palaces hummed and trembled as vigorous phase-force flowed out, fusing into dual-phase power that erupted across his body.

His eyes also swept rapidly, and finally settled on one orb of light.

That orb of light was the most dazzling of all the treasure implements. The energy fluctuation radiating from within was as terrifying as a volcanic eruption—clearly no ordinary object.

Li Luo looked at it, his heart thoroughly stirred.