Chapter 328, Chilling Fear

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The Flame Fruit is a Seventh Level Spirit Fruit, containing massive spiritual power. If a martial artist refines its spiritual power, it is enough to save six months of arduous cultivation. Chu Ming had just broken through to the Sixth Heaven of True Dao. If he were to refine the Flame Fruit, he estimated he would directly achieve the peak of the Sixth Heaven, with the Seventh Heaven being almost negligible. Chu Ming waved his hand, directly storing the Flame Fruit into his Storage Ring. The cultivation techniques and martial techniques of Burning Fire Valley were too low-level and he directly ignored them. As for the middle-grade spirit stones, he found over thirty thousand in a corner, in addition to dozens of pure white spirit stones that contained immensely rich spiritual power, a hundred times that of ordinary middle-grade spirit stones. "Could these be upper-grade spirit stones?" Chu Ming gently picked up a white spirit stone, feeling the vast spiritual power within immediately. Apart from upper-grade spirit stones, he couldn’t think of anything else. An upper-grade spirit stone in terms of spiritual power reserves is equivalent to a hundred middle-grade spirit stones, but its true value is immeasurable. In the Great Yan Kingdom, upper-grade spirit stones are scarce, and no one would foolishly exchange upper-grade spirit stones for middle-grade spirit stones. Chu Ming carefully counted and found a total of seventeen upper-grade spirit stones, placing them all into his Storage Ring. Then, Chu Ming turned his head and instructed Wang Qi and Zhao Bin, "Each of you take one-tenth of the items in the Treasure Pavilion, the rest will be distributed to others from Snow Peak. Remember, don’t take more!" "Yes, sir!" Wang Qi and Zhao Bin clasped their hands respectfully and said, feeling a surge of anticipation. Although each of them could only take one-tenth of the treasures in the Treasure Pavilion, that still amounted to over a million lower-grade spirit stones. Plus, the Storage Rings they’ve seized from the elders of Burning Fire Valley outside, in total estimated to be around two million lower-grade spirit stones, still a considerable amount for them. Wang Qi and Zhao Bin called upon the disciples of Snow Peak to completely empty the Treasure Pavilion, while Chu Ming flashed to appear beside the elder, following his gaze towards the Burning Fire Battleship. "What, is the elder interested in the Burning Fire Battleship?" Chu Ming asked indifferently. "Although the Burning Fire Battleship’s power is on par with the Cyan Yang Battleship, if I’m not mistaken, the Burning Fire Battleship should be an incomplete product." The elder deeply gazed, slowly explaining. "Incomplete product?" Chu Ming’s eyes widened in shock, it was the first time he heard of the concept of incomplete battleships. "That’s right! It is said that thirty years ago, Black Flame Taoist spent a fortune to commission a master craftsman from the Black Rock Empire to create a battleship, but during transport, it was seized midway by the Taihang Mountain Stronghold of the Bianyuan Kingdom, only half was delivered back, now it seems, that half is the Burning Fire Battleship." The elder spoke casually, his eyes showing a trace of fear when he mentioned the Taihang Mountain Stronghold. "So the other half of the Burning Fire Battleship is in the hands of the Taihang Mountain Range?" Chu Ming paused in his speech. Bianyuan Kingdom is also a low-level nation, but it’s unique in that no sects exist within it, it’s plagued by mountain bandits and ruffians, the Taihang Mountain Stronghold being the most significant among them. It is rumored that the Taihang Mountain Stronghold houses seven or eight Guiyuan Realm experts, and the Great Village Chief has terrifyingly reached the Fifth Layer of Guiyuan Realm, in the whole of Bianyuan Kingdom, even the royal family wouldn’t dare to confront the Taihang Mountain Stronghold. "No doubt about it!" The elder shook his head, even wishing to retrieve the other half of the Burning Fire Battleship himself, but it’s as hard as reaching heaven. "Sir, the Treasure Pavilion of Burning Fire Valley has been emptied!" At this time, Wang Qi flew over, clasping his hands respectfully. "Find someone to pilot the Burning Fire Battleship, we’re returning to Snow Peak!" Chu Ming instructed indifferently. At the same time, he lightly waved his right hand, causing the Skyhawk soaring above to emit a high-pitched cry and dive towards Chu Ming. Chu Ming leapt, landing directly onto the back of the Skyhawk, flying towards Snow Peak. As for the surrenderers from Burning Fire Valley, he did not kill them. These people would remain the main force against the Demonic Organization. After Chu Ming and his group left, the martial artists on the hillside several miles away finally dared to approach Burning Fire Valley. Above the valley, there were faint flashes of blood light soaring into the sky, filled with a bloody aura. "Burning Fire Valley has been destroyed?!" A martial artist’s mouth trembled as he spoke. Where his gaze landed, fields of blood and dismembered limbs filled his view. Other martial artists were also shaken to see the devastating scene of Burning Fire Valley, originally one of the Five Great Sects of the Great Yan Valley, existing for two hundred years, now destroyed within an hour, the instigator being a youth of less than twenty years. "The Great Yan Kingdom is going to change!" A martial artist looked up at the blood light in the sky, murmuring in awe. After a short while, Chu Ming returned to Snow Peak, where the snow spread endlessly. Chu Ming patted the head of the Skyhawk, which let out a high-pitched cry then stopped before the grand hall. Meanwhile, the news of Burning Fire Valley’s destruction had already swept through the martial world of the Great Yan Kingdom, forming a massive storm, steadily spreading. Particularly among the Martial Extreme Sect, Cyan Nether Mountain, and Celestial Star Sect, the three great sects felt a chill in their hearts, as their strength was not much beyond Burning Fire Valley. Since Snow Peak could annihilate Burning Fire Valley, naturally, it could destroy them as well. Snow Peak’s destruction of Burning Fire Valley was undoubtedly sending them a signal. "Wang Qi, Zhao Bin, you two go and send messages to the remaining three sects, tell them to come to Snow Peak in three days to discuss the amalgamation of the four sects!" In the palace, Chu Ming instructed Wang Qi and Zhao Bin. Originally it was supposed to be five sects merging, but now only four remained. However, Chu Ming didn’t regret destroying Burning Fire Valley. The valley had always been like fire and water with him, and now its destruction was merely his retaliation. Once Wang Qi and Zhao Bin left, he went into closed-door training. This time in the Treasure Pavilion of Burning Fire Valley, he obtained a Flame Fruit, sufficient to save him half a year’s worth of spiritual power accumulation. This time in seclusion, he planned to refine the Flame Fruit. In the secret room, Chu Ming sat cross-legged on a stone bed, taking out the Flame Fruit from his Storage Ring. The fruit, the size of a fist, emitted a gentle red glow, illuminating the entire secret room. Buzz! Swallowing the Flame Fruit in one gulp, it immediately transformed into a massive flow of heat, moving through Chu Ming’s throat to various parts of his body. Muttering the Seventh Layer formula of the "Pure Essence Sword Qi Technique," Chu Ming began quickly refining the spiritual power within the Flame Fruit, converting it into stored spiritual power in his Dantian. Simultaneously, his cultivation began to slowly rise.

Chapter 328, Chilling Fear

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