The members of the six-man squad were all dumbfounded, unable to believe their eyes.

How did this eligible artifact fall on the road?

“Its color is like snow, and its shape is like a lotus flower. Every lotus petal has a unique symbol of the Dark Palace. It can’t be copied … That’s right, this must be a Qualified Artifact! This must be a Qualified Artifact!”

A skinny man turned his head and looked at the person behind him excitedly.

“Don’t be happy too early.” The burly man carrying the broadsword said, “For no reason, there will be a Qualification Tool along the way. Without a doubt, this must be a trap. Did you see those corpses on the ground? Aren’t they suspicious? If you act recklessly, I’m afraid you’ll lose your lives!”

“Then what should we do? Do we turn a blind eye? Go around and leave?” The skinny man, Chen Hongzhi, said unwillingly.

‘”Hongzhi, don’t worry. The thing is right in front of us, and we can’t run away. We can observe the surroundings first. If there’s nothing unusual, then it’s not too late to retrieve it. There are a total of ten eligible artifacts. We’ve already agreed that everyone should work together to take down six of them and enter the Dark Palace together. Now that we’re only the first, why are you in such a hurry?” Said Gui Meishu, a woman in a fiery red dress with short hair.

“Mei Shu is right. We should be careful.”

The sturdy man Li Jin said. Then, he took out a defensive magic treasure and activated it with profound energy. The magic treasure displayed its might and turned into a large amount of yellow light that shone on everyone’s bodies. In an instant, everyone’s bodies were covered with a thick layer of earth armor.

Everyone exchanged glances. The woman named Gui Meishu took out a ring-shaped artifact. Everyone handed out one, while he himself closed his eyes to urge. After a while, a white starlight array appeared beneath his feet. Five circles appeared around the array. The figures within the circles flickered. If one were to pay attention carefully, one could discover that these figures were extremely similar to the figures of the other five people.

This was a magic treasure unique to Gui Meishu. It was linked to the other party’s body. In case of danger, it could be used to pull the other party back at the first possible moment. With this treasure, everyone’s safety would be guaranteed.

“Let’s go!”

Li Jin shouted and took the lead in walking towards the eligible artifact.

Stepping on the broken corpse and crushing the cold blood, the five of them carefully approached the eligible artifact. Outside, Gui Meishu urged the incantation and stared at the five of them without blinking an eye.

Finally, Li Jin approached.

Qualification artifacts were close at hand.

“Team Li!”

Chen Hongzhi said excitedly.

The rest of them also began to breathe quickly.

I’m afraid no one expected that everyone would obtain the first qualification artifact so quickly. Among so many people, so many experts, these people actually obtained the first one in less than a day’s time.

“En!”

Li Jin nodded and exhaled fiercely. His eyes flashed with heat. After observing carefully and discovering that there was no problem, he couldn’t wait to touch the artifact, grab it, and pick it up.

Bata!

The eligibility artifact seemed to have been born on the ground. When it was picked up, the bottom let out a crisp sound.

Li Jin was stunned.

In an instant, a bright light erupted at the bottom of the eligible artifact, illuminating all of the four to five people.

“What’s going on?”

Li Jin was shocked and immediately understood that he had fallen for someone else’s path. He retreated repeatedly, but he realized that the scene around him seemed to be different from before.

Just now, it was still a rugged mountain path, messy ground, and terrifying corpses. But now, there was only a vast expanse of white space around. There was nothing. The only thing worth rejoicing about was that his teammates were still there.

“Captain, what’s going on? Where are we?”

“Looks like we’ve fallen for someone else’s trap.”

“Could it be that someone used a Qualification Tool to set a trap? Damn it!”

Chen Hongzhi said angrily.

Li Jin didn’t say anything. He turned his head and looked around, wanting to find a way out, but at this moment, a gloomy laugh suddenly drifted down from everyone’s heads.

“Welcome to my world.”

As their voices fell, a large number of copper-colored and thick walls suddenly appeared in all directions. These walls were covered with strange patterns, and each side was a hundred meters tall. They let out a rumbling sound and slowly moved over, causing people to feel extremely stressed.

“Get out of here.”

Li Jin shouted.

Everyone immediately rushed towards the gap in the wall that was still unenclosed.

However, the wall seemed to know the intentions of the crowd, and it actually accelerated the speed of the encirclement. Before anyone could escape from the encirclement of the wall, they were surrounded by the wall.

“Go from above!”

Li Jin shouted and jumped, but at this moment, a huge lid fell from the sky, sealing the entire wall.

Li Jin and the others were completely trapped.

“Don’t you know? This is actually a gigantic cauldron. It’s an artifact that I use to refine the souls of greedy people like you. See those corpses on the road? Soon, you will also become one of them.”

The voice rang out again and entered Li Jin and the others’ ears like a final announcement.

…

…

At the edge of the woods a thousand miles away.

Su Yun stepped on the branch and carefully advanced.

Along the way, they encountered many corpses. Most of the corpses had been looted clean, leaving nothing behind. It could be seen that the people who came here were not all for the qualification artifacts, but more for the sake of killing people and stealing goods. Perhaps there were even quite a few bandits among the participants.

Su Yun moved step by step and was cautious. When he noticed someone in front of him, he would immediately conceal himself and observe the movement.

With the protection of the True Longevity Wristband, ordinary people would not be able to discover his existence.

Slowly, Su Yun stopped.

In the direction of leaving this huge forest, the smell of blood in the air gradually became denser. It was not like this path had always been very faint. Not only that, a little bit of profound energy also came from the front. Although this profound energy was intentionally suppressed, it seemed difficult for the other party to conceal this profound energy, and it still inadvertently revealed some of it.

Someone.

Judging from this, the other party should be injured.

Su Yun’s eyes narrowed and he quickly rushed towards the branch.

Although he had killed many people along the way, he did not lose his principles. Of course, he was not too polite. Since he dared to come here, he should be prepared to be killed or others killed. No matter who it was, he came here for the sake of profit. This was the hunting ground, so naturally, there were hunters as well as prey.

He quietly advanced, and very quickly, the source of this blood energy and profound energy entered Su Yun’s eyes.

It was a group of about ten people. At this moment, these people were sitting cross-legged around a large tree. They were all men and women. They wore different clothes and most of them were injured. It was as if they had just experienced a great battle. There was a bloodstain on the ground and branches. The bloodstain extended far away. It could be seen that they had escaped here.

A group of sixteen?

Su Yun stared at these people and felt that something was wrong in his heart. It seemed that a group had also intervened in this chaotic battle. If a large group appeared, then these eligible artifacts would probably be eaten by the other party.

“Huh?”

Just as Su Yun was sizing up these people, a slightly familiar face appeared in his line of sight.

It was a man with a huge black iron sword on his back. The man had a braid on his back. His appearance was pretty and his skin was bronze. He was sitting at the side watching these people. He did not suffer any injuries. He did not even consume much profound energy. He did not seem to have experienced any battles.

Looking at this person’s face, Su Yun felt extremely familiar. After thinking for a while, he patted his head and instantly understood.

Wasn’t this the first group contestant he met when he was competing in Lu City, Hua Yashan, the eldest senior brother of the Heavy Sword Sect?

Why is he here? Su Yun was slightly suspicious. This place was Beiyang. Although Hua Yashan’s strength wasn’t weak, he shouldn’t have seven thousand battle prowess, right? If he had been brought here, how could he have come to participate in this competition? Could it be that he was also doing this for the sake of qualification tools?

Su Yun frowned and carefully sized up Hua Yashan. He discovered that the aura around his body was not strong. Although his cultivation had improved a lot since Deer City, it was still far from 7,000, and the fifth grade of Profound Immortal Ling had not arrived.

However, compared to this doubt, Su Yun was even more confused about such a group of more than ten people. Could it be that Chengdu was going to enter the Dark Palace? Although the Dark Palace was good, it wasn’t like this, was it? There are only ten eligible artifacts. Even if I get all of them, I won’t be able to split them equally.

Or…

Su Yun suddenly thought of a more likely idea…

Perhaps the reason why these people came here was not for the sake of qualification artifacts, but for the sake of killing people and stealing goods, just like him.

With this thought, Hua Yashan, who already had a sect, could explain everything.

Kacha.

Suddenly, a voice that was so soft that almost no sound could be heard floated from afar. Even though the voice was so soft that ordinary people could not hear it, these powerful existences were all awakened from their shock.

Su Yun was the same.

“Judging from the sound, the other party seems to be deliberately hiding … Huo Liu, take Mao Li and the others to take a look.” A man wearing a bamboo hat and unable to see his face turned his head and said to the Spirit Cultivators at that end in a deep voice.

The four of them nodded their heads and immediately stood up. They quickly shuttled into the distance.

Seeing this, Su Yun immediately followed the four people and rushed towards the source of the voice.

Although there were also a large number of fierce beasts and spirit beasts in the Imperial Dragon River Vein, that voice just now was definitely not a beast. Because beasts rarely acted so cautiously, unless it was an intelligent beast that deliberately avoided humans. Therefore, this voice must have come from a Spirit Cultivator.

The speed of the few of them wasn’t slow, the four of them were running wildly, while Su Yun was stepping on the branches, following behind from afar.

He wanted to know what the motives of these people were. If it was really as he had guessed, he might be able to observe and see if there was anything that could interest him.

Su Yun was not in a hurry to enter the center of the Imperial Dragon River Vein, or rather, he had no intention of entering the center. What he needed to do now was to focus on his interests.

After a few minutes of raiding, everyone stopped.

The source of that voice was right in front of them. Almost as soon as the crowd approached, the person noticed the four people rushing over. He immediately couldn’t help but retreat and looked at the four people who had suddenly rushed over with vigilance.

Su Yun followed from afar and looked towards the source. However, he was stunned at a single glance.

Another acquaintance?