The spacious stone hall was extremely majestic. However, due to the corrosion of time, the current stone hall had already collapsed a little. Some of the huge stone pillars had broken off and were lying in disorder within the hall, giving off a feeling of being in ruins and having experienced the vicissitudes of life.
The ruined stone hall was filled with numerous figures. However, most of them were spread out, with only a dozen or so people gathered at the center of the stone hall. Their auras were somewhat domineering, and the other treasure seekers in the stone hall did not dare to voice any objections. They all knew that the Lion Tiger Regiment was one of the strongest adventurer groups in the White Dragon Hillock. Furthermore, both of their leaders were present, so no one dared to provoke them.
At the end of the stone hall was a six-meter-tall stone statue. Its body was mottled, and its eyes were wide open. It emitted a ferocious aura, as if it were a living creature.
At this moment, there were two dents on the arms of the stone statue.
Under the stone statue, there was a tall and sexy woman with a cold face. At this moment, her cold face was filled with rage.
"Little beauty, if you don't hand over the item now, don't blame us for not knowing how to be gentle with the fairer sex."
Within the Lion Tiger Regiment, there was a person with a mischievous smile as he spoke. Numerous drooling gazes involuntarily swept over the cold and elegant lady's voluptuous and exquisite figure in front of him. His heart felt a nefarious fire surging. This little girl's figure was really too good.
The cold and elegant woman in front of the Lion Tiger Regiment was naturally Li Qing.
She clenched her teeth, her eyes cold as she said, "Don't go too far.
You've already taken one of the Spiritual Artifacts we discovered earlier. Are you still not satisfied? "
Although she wanted nothing more than to kill every last one of these loathsome fellows, she understood that she was only at the quasi-Heavenly Transform Stage.
She was at the same level as the Lion Tiger Regiment's leader, but the latter had two quasi-Heavenly Transform Stage experts. Moreover, he had quite a few subordinates who were eyeing her like tigers watching their prey. If she were to clash with them here, she wouldn't be able to gain the slightest advantage.
A middle-aged man from the Lion Tiger Regiment took a step forward and raised his arm. A dark-red bracelet could be seen on his wrist. The bracelet looked like a fiery red dragon that was entrenched in the air.
The head and tail of the Flood Dragon joined together.
Forming a ring.
A kind of extremely vigorous Spiritual Power fluctuation, one after another, was emitted, indistinct.
It was as if a dragon was roaring.
The light formed by the Flood Dragon Spirit Bracelet almost enveloped the middle-aged man's body.
Inside the stone palace.
Everyone couldn't help drooling as they looked at the Serpent Dragon Spirit Bracelets on the middle-aged man's arm. Li Qing had been the first to discover that there was something strange about the stone statue's wrist, and she had used her sword to shatter the dust around the statue's wrist.
As the dust fell, everyone could see spiritual light blossoming. There was a bracelet flickering with spiritual light on each of the statues' wrists. One of the bracelets was in the shape of a dragon, while the other was in the shape of a serpent. As spiritual light blossomed, the roars of dragons and serpent dragons resounded.
This scene definitely wasn't something an ordinary Spiritual Artifact could possess. According to everyone's guesses, the Draconic Spirit Bracelets should be a High Rank Spiritual Artifact.
High Rank Spiritual Artifact.
These four words were enough to make many people's eyes turn red. In White Dragon City, a Middle Rank Spiritual Artifact could easily be auctioned off for millions of spirit coins. As for a High Rank Spiritual Artifact, it was something that could only be chanced upon by luck. Once one appeared, it would definitely attract many forces to fight over it. But right now, a pair of High Rank Spiritual Artifacts, the Draconic Spirit Bracelets, had appeared here.
While many people were in ecstasy, Li Qing was the first to regain her senses. She took the initiative and snatched the Draconic Spirit Bracelets from the stone statue's wrist.
However, just as she was about to leave, the two leaders of the Lion Tiger Regiment locked onto her. The two of them worked together, forcing Li Qing to retreat and snatching one of the Draconic Spirit Bracelets from her hand.
However, the two who'd snatched the Draconic Spirit Bracelets weren't satisfied. They could tell that the two Spiritual Artifacts were a set. In other words, only by combining them would they be able to display the true power of a High Rank Spiritual Artifact. Therefore, they didn't want the other Draconic Spirit Bracelet to fall into Li Qing's hands.
The middle-aged man holding the Draconic Spirit Bracelet lovingly caressed the bracelet on his wrist. He smiled at Li Qing and said, "Hand over the Draconic Spirit Bracelet and we promise not to hurt you."
He was Cheng Hu of the Lion Tiger Regiment, one of the two leaders. He was quite famous in the White Dragon Hillock.
Li Qing gritted her teeth, her beautiful eyes looking as if they were about to spit fire. These Lion Tiger Regiment members were too greedy.
"If you want to snatch my Draconic Spirit Bracelet, then come and try!"
Li Qing's voice was ice-cold as a Spirit Bracelet appeared in her jade-like hand. However, her Spirit Bracelet was in the shape of a fire dragon. The violent Spiritual Energy in the hall caused the Spiritual Aura of heaven and earth to fluctuate.
"Haha, don't tell me you want to rely on your own strength to contend against the Lion Tiger Regiment?"
Cheng Hu sneered. He didn't care in the slightest whether or not this would attract any gossip. In their eyes, there was only profit. What did those rumors count for?
"Big Brother, let's attack together and capture her. Let's see how long she can keep her mouth shut!"
The other leader of the Lion Tiger Regiment, Cheng Shi, who'd exchanged blows with Mu Chen before, coldly said.
If the Draconic Spirit Bracelet was only a Middle Rank Spiritual Artifact, then perhaps they wouldn't care. Although they were a little tempted by a Spiritual Artifact of that level, it wasn't a must-have. But a High Rank Spiritual Artifact was completely different.
Although it was only a single rank, the difference between the two was like the distance between heaven and earth. If the two of them could obtain this High Rank Spiritual Artifact, then they wouldn't have to fear even a Heavenly Transform Stage Initial Phase expert. They might even be able to rely on their tacit understanding to suppress their opponent.
In the White Dragon Hillock, a few of the more powerful forces possessed Middle Rank Spiritual Artifacts. However, aside from the three major forces, the number of High Rank Spiritual Artifacts that possessed them could be counted on one hand.
Above High Rank Spiritual Artifacts were Peerless Rank Spiritual Artifacts. However, Spiritual Artifacts of that level were beyond Cheng Hu's imagination. It was said that Spiritual Artifacts of that level were capable of developing their own intelligence. They were boundlessly mysterious and had the power to move mountains and split seas. Not to mention the White Dragon Hillock, even in the entire Northern Heavens Continent, the number of forces that possessed Peerless Rank Spiritual Artifacts could be counted on one hand.
"Okay."
Cheng Hu nodded his head as he stared coldly at Li Qing.
Everyone else in the stone hall inwardly curled their lips when they saw that the Cheng brothers wanted to team up against Li Qing. The Lion Tiger Regiment was still as unscrupulous as ever.
Li Qing's face also slightly changed at the sight of this. However, the fury in her eyes burned even brighter. She clenched the Draconic Spirit Bracelet in her jade-like hand. She'd already made up her mind. Even if both sides suffered, she wouldn't let them snatch the Draconic Spirit Bracelet away!
"Attack!"
Cheng Hu and his brother paid no attention to the surrounding boos. With a roar, they charged towards Li Qing, one on the left and one on the right. Powerful Spiritual Energy ripples swept out, and the Spiritual Energy pressure caused many of the weaker spectators to hastily retreat.
Li Qing gritted her teeth at the sight of their attacks. She was about to activate the Draconic Spirit Bracelet that she'd just obtained and wasn't familiar with yet.
"Haha, no matter what, the Lion Tiger Regiment is a famous force in the White Dragon Hillock. How could they only do such despicable things?"
However, just as she was about to take action, a familiar mocking voice suddenly rang out in the stone hall.
"Who?!"
Cheng Hu and Zhou Hu's figures abruptly paused. Their sharp gazes looked towards the source of the voice. In the next moment, they saw a tall and handsome young man staring at them with a sneer and ridicule on his face at the entrance of the shattered stone hall.
"It's that brat!"
Cheng Hu and Cheng Hu's expressions changed at the sight of that figure. They hastily looked behind him, but when they didn't see Su Xuan's figure, they breathed a sigh of relief. As long as that sweet-tempered girl was here, they didn't need to fear anything.
"Mu Chen!"
When Li Qing saw Mu Chen, joy flitted across her originally furious eyes. However, when she saw that Mu Chen was alone, a sliver of worry flitted across the depths of her eyes.
Although she knew that Mu Chen couldn't be judged by his strength, the Lion Tiger Regiment members before her were no ordinary characters.
Cheng Hu gloomily stared at Mu Chen and slowly said, "Brat, I advise you to get lost as soon as possible. Otherwise, you'll attract trouble."
Mu Chen merely chuckled when he heard this. The tip of his foot pushed off the ground, and his figure flitted past the crowd in the stone hall, landing beside Li Qing. He ignored the sinister gazes of Cheng Hu and the rest, and only looked towards Li Qing. A reassuring smile appeared on his handsome face as he asked, "Senior sister Li Qing, are you alright?"
When Li Qing saw that Mu Chen had still come to her side despite the situation, a sliver of gratitude flitted across the depths of her eyes. She gently shook her head and said, "Let's work together and charge out. Once we meet up with Su Xuan and the rest, they won't dare to do anything."
Mu Chen nodded. Soon after, he said, "We'll definitely leave, but senior sister Li Qing, you must also get your things back."
As he spoke, he tilted his head and looked towards Cheng Hu and the rest. He stretched out his hand and smiled, "Trash of the Lion Tiger Regiment, hand over your things and get lost."
The expressions of the crowd in the stone hall turned interesting at this moment. Was this brat here to cause trouble?
Would the Lion Tiger Regiment let him off after he said those words?
They looked over, and sure enough, they saw the expressions of the Cheng brothers slowly darken. Fierce killing intent spouted from their eyes.
(Today's first watch, tomorrow's third watch.)