"What the..."
Hearing Yue Feixue's words, Ye Feng was stunned.
He had indeed been about to ask her if she had any of those pills, as they could instantly boost one's strength...
"If you do that, you'll never reach that level!"
Yue Feixue paused, then spoke again.
As she said this, she turned her head and looked at Ye Feng with a serious expression.
"Huh? That level?"
Ye Feng frowned, not quite understanding the meaning behind her words.
However, Yue Feixue didn't elaborate, clearly having no intention of answering Ye Feng.
"Uh... that... that treasure, do you guys want it? If not, I'll take it!"
After waiting for a while and seeing neither Yue Feixue nor Zhao Gongzi make a move, Ye Feng pointed at the Netherworld Divine Stele in the center of the Six-Pointed Blood Sacrifice Array and spoke.
After all, he had narrowly escaped death multiple times because of the Netherworld Divine Stele, so it would be a shame not to take something.
And the Netherworld Divine Stele was something the Skull Society and the well-connected Su Jianying had been searching for twenty years, or even longer. It was definitely a treasure!
"Treasure? Take it?"
"You're not thinking of stuffing the Netherworld Divine Stele into your pocket, are you?"
Upon hearing Ye Feng's words, Yue Feixue looked at him with a rather speechless gaze.
"Yeah! That thing..."
Ye Feng explained his guess that the Netherworld Divine Stele might be a treasure.
As Ye Feng finished speaking, Yue Feixue's gaze towards him became even more speechless, while Zhao Gongzi beside him twitched at the corner of his mouth.
"What's wrong? Isn't the Netherworld Divine Stele some kind of treasure?"
Seeing their reactions, Ye Feng frowned in confusion.
"Young man, the Netherworld Divine Stele is no treasure. Any mortal who touches it would turn to dust!"
The white-haired elder looked at Ye Feng speechlessly.
"Legend has it that thing came from hell, and the strange runes carved on it are called Netherworld Script, containing the divine power of Hades, the King of the Underworld!"
"Even without your uncanny strike just now, Su Jianying would have perished completely, body and soul, unable to withstand the divine power!"
Yue Feixue continued, her eyes showing a hint of hesitation as if she were reluctant to tell Ye Feng this.
"Something that dangerous? Wait... Netherworld Script? Hades? Divine power?"
Ye Feng looked at Yue Feixue with astonishment. "In this world... are there really... 'gods'?"
"Zheng!"
Suddenly, the black runes on the Netherworld Divine Stele within the Six-Pointed Blood Sacrifice Array flickered, and the space where it was located began to distort with a series of ripples.
The ripples grew larger and more pronounced, looking as if some force was tearing at space...
"Ping~ Sssss~ Pang~ Hua~!"
Then, a sound like glass shattering into countless particles rang out.
Ye Feng then saw the space where the Netherworld Divine Stele was shatter, turning into a pitch-black vortex, just like when the Blood Skeleton had summoned the Netherworld Divine Stele...
"Whoosh!"
The next second, with a flash of black light in the center of the Six-Pointed Blood Sacrifice Array, the Netherworld Divine Stele vanished instantly, and the space returned to its previous state.
"What the heck?"
Ye Feng frowned, very confused.
Xiao Xiao, who had walked over to his side, also looked bewildered, her large eyes full of curiosity.
"Breaking through space... the Netherworld Divine Stele is gone... as expected..."
Seeing this scene, Zhao Gongzi's face turned as dark as the bottom of a pot.
"Uh, that... Beau... that Netherworld Divine Stele, why did it disappear?"
Ye Feng didn't know how to address Yue Feixue, as they didn't seem very familiar.
He had thought of calling her "beauty," but it felt a bit too flippant, and he might anger her, which would be disastrous. So, he decided not to address her at all...
"It was taken away!"
As soon as Ye Feng finished speaking, Yue Feixue chimed in.
"More precisely, it was summoned back by its owner, Hades, the King of the Underworld!"
Under Ye Feng's confused gaze, Yue Feixue spoke again. "The Netherworld Divine Stele... Su Jianying summoned this thing, likely to obtain the divine power on it, temper his spirit and soul, and then find a suitable physical body..."
"And just now, the Netherworld Divine Stele sensed its owner... and broke through the void to return."
Yue Feixue spoke with a serious expression.
"Hades, the King of the Underworld, has truly awakened!"
She added at the end, her tone filled with deep concern.
"This..."
Ye Feng scratched his head, feeling a bit dejected, as he found himself completely lost.
After waiting for a while and seeing no sign of Yue Feixue explaining further, the clueless Ye Feng stopped thinking and instead walked towards where Su Jianying had turned to ashes.
"What the heck, Su Jianying actually turned to complete ash, not even leaving any treasures!"
Ye Feng grumbled in annoyance after searching the area.
"Eek!"
Suddenly, Ye Feng's eyes lit up. He had found something that was emitting a faint green glow, the very thing Su Jianying had been wearing on his finger.
"This ring is a bit strange... it's the same as the ring I got from that guy Mei You..."
Ye Feng picked up a ring with a small green gem embedded in it, which had fallen to the ground when Su Jianying perished. He examined it closely and was quite surprised.
"That's a Spirit-Containing Ring!"
At this moment, Yue Feixue walked over and pointed at the green-glowing ring in Ye Feng's hand.
"Spirit-Containing Ring? What's that?"
Ye Feng looked at Yue Feixue questioningly.
"Uh... it's a spatial ring that can be used to store items. It's made from... forget it..."
"... You know about spatial rift fragments, right? The Spirit-Containing Ring is somewhat similar to that, but more advanced. It doesn't have a limit on storage times, and you can't just access things at will..."
Yue Feixue paused slightly, then changed her explanation to something Ye Feng could understand more easily.
"Sounds like a good thing? Would Su Jianying keep treasures inside?"
Hearing this, Ye Feng muttered to himself.
Upon hearing Ye Feng mention treasure again, Yue Feixue's expression turned black.
"Use your divine sense... concentrate your attention and try to perceive the Spirit-Containing Ring. Don't just look with your eyes... but use your consciousness to see if you can see what's inside!"
"It's a bit like that peculiar feeling you used to have when you used spatial rift fragments!"
Although she was somewhat speechless at Ye Feng's obsession with treasures, Yue Feixue quickly began to explain to him.
"Concentrate?"
Confused, Ye Feng tried to focus his attention on "seeing" the contents of the Spirit-Containing Ring, but after several attempts, it had no effect.
Seeing this, Yue Feixue extended her delicate hand and placed it on the Spirit-Containing Ring in Ye Feng's hand. A white light flashed, "Try it now!"
"Huh?"
This time, to Ye Feng's surprise, he could "see" the contents of the Spirit-Containing Ring instantly.
"It didn't work just now, did Yue Feixue do something?"
As he quickly searched within the Spirit-Containing Ring, Ye Feng couldn't help but think of the flash of white light from Yue Feixue's hand earlier.
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