Chapter 97: A Saint Realm powerhouse!

The reason Yang Yu didn't go down directly was because there were too many people around.

Once the Heart of Flame was taken, it couldn't be hidden.

There were thousands of martial artists present; let's not even mention those with low cultivation.

But the Spirit Sea and King Realm experts could not be ignored.

What's more, there were even Half-Saints among them.

These people were not necessarily upright gentlemen.

Usually, when there were no conflicts of interest, everyone was "friends from afar" and "buddies."

Once they saw Yang Yu obtain the treasure, they would definitely snatch it.

For Yang Yu, getting away with the treasure was the real challenge.

That was why he had been watching, looking for an opportunity...

Time passed quickly.

After most of the martial artists went down for a swim, they truly experienced the difficulty of diving and became somewhat desperate.

"The treasure is right within reach, yet no one can obtain it?"

"Are we just going to watch?"

"It's a pity my cultivation is still too low."

"Just now, several seniors at the eighth or ninth layer of the King Realm made a move, and they only managed to dive to one hundred sixty or seventy zhang."

"One hundred and some zhang, is that really the limit?"

While everyone was discussing, finally, a white-haired old man stepped on the air and landed steadily on the water's surface.

He didn't say a word and just dove straight down.

"It's Elder Song!"

"A Half-Saint powerhouse has finally stepped forward."

"Elder Song didn't want to show off originally, but now he can't help it anymore."

"Haha, with Elder Song making a move, we should be able to see the Heart of Flame, right?"

"We don't dare to dream of getting the treasure, but at least we want to see what it looks like."

The crowd became excited again.

Elder Song, whose full name was Song Yi, was the number one expert in Haicheng and was also ranked highly in the entire Southern Region.

Sure enough, Song Yi did not disappoint.

After a while, the calm water surface began to tremble violently.

The orange light in the water was also flickering.

"The light is moving, which means the Heart of Flame is moving."

"Could it be that Elder Song has touched the treasure?"

"Will he succeed?"

"Uh... if he succeeds, does that mean we won't have a chance?"

"Even if he doesn't succeed, you, a Spirit Sea Realm cultivator, don't have a snowball's chance in hell."

The crowd chattered, craning their necks in anticipation.

After another while, they finally saw Song Yi again.

But the orange light under the water was still there.

Clearly, Song Yi had only touched the Heart of Flame but had not obtained it.

When the crowd looked closer, although Song Yi had flown out, his body was covered in wounds, and his skin was twisted everywhere.

As he emerged from the water, he spat out a large mouthful of blood, and his aura became extremely weak.

"Senior Song is injured?"

"So severe..."

"What happened?"

The crowd exclaimed.

Song Yi returned to the mountain, meditated to regulate his breathing for a while, and only then did he recover slightly, saying with eager eyes:

"I... I did indeed see the Heart of Flame. It is truly a divine object, a divine object indeed... I dove to about two hundred eighty zhang, which was already very risky. The Heart of Flame was about twenty zhang below me at the time."

The crowd realized:

"That means the Heart of Flame is at the three-hundred-zhang mark? At that depth, one doesn't even dare to imagine how hot it is inside."

Song Yi continued: "That's right. At that moment, I even felt as if I were soaking in magma, and I had to use all my strength just to resist the incoming heat waves."

The crowd asked one after another: "Then what happened? We just saw the light flickering constantly, what happened?"

Song Yi sighed:

"I wanted to take the Heart of Flame, but I really couldn't go any deeper. I could only try to strike the Heart of Flame with Xuanqi from a distance, hoping to knock it up. Unfortunately, it didn't work; instead, it caused the Heart of Flame to erupt with violent power, which shook me and caused internal injuries. If it weren't for my Defense Treasure protecting my body, I would have died at the bottom..."

The crowd was both shocked and suspicious: "How could this be? Although the Heart of Flame is a treasure, it shouldn't be able to counterattack on its own, let alone injure a Half-Saint, right?"

Song Yi coughed a few times and said: "I don't know either. At that time, I really couldn't hold on anymore, and I didn't dare to stay long, so I fled up in a panic... I always feel that there seems to be something terrifying at the bottom of this pool."

"Hahaha, since Old Song has also failed, let me complete the final step!"

Just then, a hearty laugh came from the air.

An old man in a white robe was flying through the air, landing like lightning.

"This flight speed..."

"Could it be, the Saint Realm?"

"A true Saint Realm powerhouse!"

"This is... that's right, it's him, the old gentleman, Ye Gucheng!"

Yang Yu faintly heard these exclamations and perked up: Ye Gucheng? The name alone sounded like a big shot.

Su Yuechan also showed a hint of awe, saying: "I didn't expect that the birth of this treasure would actually attract him."

"A Saint Realm powerhouse is truly terrifying. He didn't even release his pressure; just standing there is enough to make people feel intimidated," Shao An said, taking a deep breath.

After Ye Gucheng appeared, he didn't stop and dove into the water in a flash.

Because he dove so fast, he even created a deep whirlpool.

A Saint Realm powerhouse was just that confident.

"Even Senior Ye has made a move; this Heart of Flame must belong to him."

While the crowd marveled, they also felt some regret.

Just now, Song Yi, with his Half-Saint strength, had almost succeeded.

Now that a true Saint Realm expert had arrived, it was a sure thing.

If Ye Gucheng obtained the Heart of Flame, no one else would dare to have any wild ideas.

Snatch it?

Better forget it.

Unless other Saint Realm powerhouses helped.

But there were only five Saint Realm experts in Great Xia, and the other four were not here.

With Ye Gucheng here, he was invincible.

But just at this moment, an unexpected change occurred!

The crowd had thought Ye Gucheng would easily obtain the treasure.

But not long after he went down, the ground began to tremble again.

The originally calm orange light was also trembling wildly, along with the entire pool of water churning.

It was as if there had been an earthquake at the bottom of the lake.

Splash!

Suddenly, huge waves rose on the water.

Ye Gucheng flew out at high speed, his old face full of shock: "Impossible, how could there be such a giant creature down there?"

"Senior Ye, what happened?" The crowd was shocked.

"This place cannot be stayed in for long!" Ye Gucheng shouted.

Before he could finish his sentence.

The churning waves suddenly turned into steam.

At the same time, a giant creature emerged from the water...

Almost everyone was stunned.

They had never seen such a huge beast.

This was a four-legged monster, looking somewhat like a turtle from afar, dozens of zhang long, its entire body covered in gray-black scales, like unbreakable rock.

If it were to lie on the ground, it would really look like a small hill...

Who could have imagined that there was a giant monster under the pool water?

"I wanted to take the Heart of Flame just now, thinking the ground beneath my feet was rock, but I never expected to completely enrage it... Everyone, this monster's strength is terrifying, run!"

Ye Gucheng reminded them again.

"Run!"

The crowd came to their senses and fled in all directions.

Even a Saint Realm expert says it's strong; why not run instead of waiting to die?

Only Yang Yu felt secretly happy inside: Opportunity, isn't it coming right now...