Chapter 320

Chapter 320: What a Blast! Raiding Nie Ruhua’s Treasure Vault!

Xiao Yang was dragged into the hidden depths of the lake by Nie Ruhua’s dragon.

Nie Ruhua never imagined that Xiao Yang would recover and act so quickly.

Xiao Yang directly raided Nie Ruhua’s treasure room, completely clearing out her first vault.

He was excited about what treasures might be behind the second stone door.

Because behind the first door was a mountain of premium spiritual stones, spiritual jade, and spiritual crystals.

All top-notch items.

Xiao Yang was so pumped and thrilled.

This was a fortune of immense value.

In the cultivation world, those who possessed countless spiritual stones, jade, and crystals were the big spenders.

He was eager to find out what was hidden behind the second stone door.

Xiao Yang stepped forward, placed his hand on the stone door, and pushed hard.

“Hmm?”

Xiao Yang was taken aback; this time, he couldn’t budge the door.

“Hmph!”

He put all his strength into it.

He was already using thirty percent of his power.

Yet the stone door remained immovable.

The more difficult it was to open the stone door, the more precious its contents must be.

As for why the first door was so easily opened, that was just because it held spiritual stones, jade, and crystals.

Although those were all top-tier.

Clearly, those items weren’t considered too important in Nie Ruhua’s eyes.

So, she hadn’t set any restrictions where those items were kept.

It was obvious that whatever lay behind this second door was something significant.

Otherwise, Nie Ruhua wouldn’t have sealed this door.

“I won’t believe it…”

Xiao Yang’s expression grew serious, a powerful aura radiating from him.

He increased the force in his right hand resting on the stone door.

Veins bulged on his arm as the strength erupted.

However, the stone door remained stubbornly still.

Xiao Yang ramped up his power to fifty, then sixty, seventy percent.

He pushed with all his might.

The hard floor of spiritual jade beneath him cracked under his feet.

“This…”

Even when he used all his strength, unable to budge the door, he felt shaken.

At that moment, runes began to appear on the stone door.

Each rune pulsed with a strong heat element.

These runes on the door looked like countless little fire snakes slithering about.

“Just as I thought, there’s a seal!”

Xiao Yang had already guessed.

How could a place that stored important treasures not have a seal?

The runes appearing on the stone door, resembling fire snakes, were the seals set by Nie Ruhua.

The seal was powerful.

If he couldn’t break the seal, he couldn’t open the door, and naturally wouldn’t get his hands on the treasures behind it.

Xiao Yang considered brute-forcing the seal.

But he quickly abandoned that idea.

Because this was the bottom of Thunder Marsh, and if it got damaged, the water would flood in and wash everything away.

Xiao Yang also couldn’t just give up.

So, what now?

Xiao Yang retracted his hand and stared at the runes on the stone door, deep in thought.

His formation skills were no joke.

If he could destroy the formation patterns, the seal on the door would naturally fail.

Xiao Yang raised his finger, tracing a line on the stone door.

The fierce sword energy emanating from his fingertip swept across the door, yet failed to leave even a mark.

This was Futian Sword Qi, and it couldn’t damage the door at all.

Breaking the formation on the door was no easy task.

Soon, a flash of inspiration struck his mind.

Xiao Yang flipped his hand, and the Futian Sword appeared instantly.

He looked at the sword in his hand.

This was a legendary sword of an ancient emperor; don’t let me down now.

With both hands gripping the sword, he swung down fiercely at the stone door.

As the sword passed through—

“Boom…”

A loud noise erupted as the indestructible stone door was split in half.

The runes on the door couldn’t withstand the edge of the Futian Sword at all.

Xiao Yang was ecstatic, quickly stowing the sword and rushing inside.

At the very moment Xiao Yang burst through the door, Nie Ruhua, who was battling the Sect Holy Daughter, sensed it immediately.

“Impossible?”

Nie Ruhua was shocked.

Someone actually broke her seal and raided her treasure vault?

Nie Ruhua panicked.

She unleashed all her strength, trying to push the Sect Holy Daughter back.

But the Holy Daughter’s sword techniques were incredibly formidable; every move packed a punch.

Nie Ruhua wanted to escape, but it wasn’t that easy.

“Jiang Yaoguang, don’t push me too far!”

Nie Ruhua was furious.

While attacking, she yelled out.

With her golden wings unfurled, a multitude of golden fireballs erupted from them, burning the heavens and boiling the seas, distorting the very air around.

“Buzz!”

The Sect Holy Daughter wielded her sword finger, deflecting the onslaught of electric golden flames.

Nie Ruhua found herself entangled by the Holy Daughter.

“You’re the one who’s gone too far! You dare involve Xiao Yang?”

The Holy Daughter retorted coldly.

“Haha… The Sect Holy Daughter must maintain her purity; not only have you dallied with outsiders, but you’re also pregnant! Do you realize the consequences if that old coot finds out?”

Nie Ruhua laughed maniacally in rage.

“Don’t concern yourself with that.”

The Holy Daughter replied with a light chuckle.

“You think that old man would train you with all his might for your good? Don’t be naive. Do you know why every Sect Holy Daughter has always remained pure?”

Nie Ruhua scoffed.

“What do you know?”

The Holy Daughter’s gaze sharpened further at those words.

“Do you wonder why that old man from the Sect wants to wipe me out completely?”

Nie Ruhua sneered.

“Speak! What do you know?”

The Holy Daughter glared intensely at Nie Ruhua.

“That Sect Holy Daughter? Just a pawn in someone else’s game.”

Nie Ruhua mocked.

“A pawn?”

The Holy Daughter found this hard to believe.

How could that be?

Whose pawn were they?

The existence of a pawn?

The Holy Daughter’s mind was shaken.

She immediately revealed a gap in her defense.

“Crash!”

Nie Ruhua’s palm slammed into the Holy Daughter’s left shoulder, sending her flying backward.

In the next moment, Nie Ruhua dashed directly into the buildings on the small island.

The Holy Daughter wanted to continue the fight.

But suddenly, she began to gag.

After some thought, she decided to leave.

She needed to go get Tie Kuangtu to take action.

The Mad Immortal Tie Kuangtu, even among the Middle-earth Sect, was one of the top players.

If he agreed to help, could he not deal with that Feng Xuan girl?

…

When Nie Ruhua burst into the underground secret area, she saw that all three stone doors had been flung wide open by Xiao Yang.

And everything behind the doors had been thoroughly cleared out.

“This…”

Seeing this scene, Nie Ruhua was instantly furious.

“Xiao Yang…”

Nie Ruhua clenched her fists tightly, gritting her teeth.

She had collected treasures over countless years, and today, someone had raided her vault and emptied it entirely.

Nie Ruhua was furious.

“That guy surely can’t be far away.”

Nie Ruhua quickly calmed down.

Her entire life’s savings had just vanished.

Nie Ruhua summoned her three great sacred beasts, and the entire Thunder Marsh erupted in chaos.

Countless hidden ferocious beasts emerged.

In an instant, the whole Thunder Marsh became lively.

…

“Haha…”

Xiao Yang burst out of Thunder Marsh, laughing heartily.

Nie Ruhua, oh Nie Ruhua, you wanted to force me, but little did you know you ended up losing both your treasures and your dignity!

I raided your vault, and I bet you’re furious!

“Feels so damn good!”

Xiao Yang roared to the sky.

“Crash!”

Just then, a massive shadow suddenly leaped out of a pool beside him.

It was a giant crocodile—over ten meters long—suddenly surfaced from the marsh, opening its huge mouth to pounce on Xiao Yang.

“Hmm?”

Xiao Yang was caught off guard.

“Swish!”

He waved his right hand, and a flash of sword light instantly sliced through the attacking giant crocodile.

The crocodile’s carcass fell back into the pool.

The smell of blood immediately filled the air.

And that stench would attract other savage beasts.

Xiao Yang took off immediately.

As soon as he left, a shadow swooped down from the sky, landing beside the crocodile’s corpse.

It was a gold-eyed ferocious eagle.

The eagle wasted no time in devouring the big meal.

Other savage beasts rushed forward, competing with the gold-eyed eagle for the crocodile’s carcass.

At that moment, Xiao Yang suddenly heard screams and cries from a distance.

He hesitated for a moment, then seemed to recall something and rushed toward the source of the sound.

In a clearing in front of a grove.

Five men and women were surrounded by dozens of savage beasts.

There were also fierce birds circling overhead.

A dozen iron-backed crocodiles, seven or eight black-water pythons, and several unknown savage beasts were crazily attacking them.

At the forefront was the Beast Control Manor’s Ye family, Ye Hu.

Soon, a male cultivator was bitten by an iron-backed crocodile, dragged away.

Other crocodiles swarmed him, instantly turning him into pieces; a gruesome death.

“…”

The others were stunned by the sight.

Ye Hu was also shocked.

Xiao Yang couldn’t help but smile coldly upon witnessing this. These noble offspring had no idea how dangerous Thunder Marsh was.

Even he had nearly fallen victim to that man-woman’s hands.

Just thinking about almost getting forced by Nie Ruhua made him shudder.

That beard-covered face of hers flashed in his mind.

He couldn’t help but shiver and break into goosebumps.

“Boom!”

Right then, Ye Hu blasted a ferocious crocodile into pieces, the foul smell of blood wafting through the air.

The nearby savage beasts, smelling the blood, became even more frenzied.

Those thick-as-a-barrel black-water pythons also pounced forward.

In an instant, another male martial cultivator was ensnared by a black-water python, the sound of cracking bones echoed.

Ye Hu charged in, striking down with his hand, chopping at the thick body of the python that had entangled the young man.

A sharp blade aura erupted from Ye Hu’s palm.

“Swish!”

The giant python that was constricting the young man was sliced into several pieces.

The man fell to the ground, his body twisted and misshapen, coughing up blood. He was heavily injured but still alive for the moment.

“Help… help me…”

The young man begged in agony.

The other two female martial cultivators turned pale in fear at this scene.

“Help!”

“I don’t want to die!”

The two female martial cultivators turned ghostly pale, trembling with fear.

If it weren’t for Ye Hu desperately blocking the attacking beasts, the two women would have already been torn to shreds, serving as food for those relentless beasts.

In a place like Thunder Marsh, a careless move could lead to death.

These noble youngsters didn’t know the hazards of Thunder Marsh at all.

In this place, no one would come to their rescue.

Xiao Yang shook his head at the sight.

Just how arrogant they were before, now they were equally besieged.

Even unmatched beings at the Sacred Martial Realm wouldn’t dare step lightly here.

Yet they had the nerve to barge into Thunder Marsh.

Truly, who gave them such courage?

Even Xiao Yang, if not for the Enlightenment Fruit, would never risk stepping into Thunder Marsh.

Now that he had the Enlightenment Fruit in hand—

Because inside Nie Ruhua’s vault was the Enlightenment Fruit.

No wonder she had set up layers of seals to protect her treasure.

There were just too many good things in Nie Ruhua’s vault.

Had it not been for the Futian Sword in Xiao Yang’s possession, there was no way he could have broken through the numerous seals and raided Nie Ruhua’s vault, clearing out everything inside.

This time, his haul was significant.

Now, he wouldn’t have to worry about training resources anymore.

Finally, he could refine that legendary Enlightenment Pill.

That was the Enlightenment Pill!

A supreme elixir that could help Divine Martial Realm warriors break through to the Sacred Martial Realm.

Once he refined such a pill, he would instantly advance to the Sacred Martial Realm, becoming the Sword Saint.

At that point, in the entire Northern Region, who would be his match?

Jiang Qitian, Qin Fei, and the rest—this life, they were fated to be trampled beneath his feet.